Chicago led by as many as 22 points while shooting a hyper-efficient 50 percent from the 3-point line throughout the game. Even then, the Thunder searched within itself to generate winning energy and refused to go down without a fight.

Game Flow

The players sitting in the Thunder locker room at halftime didn’t need a rah-rah pump-up speech from Coach Daigneault as motivation to pick up the energy. The first half was filled with enough examples that the effort wasn’t enough. Chicago shot a scorching 55 percent from the field and the 3-point line.