On Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, the OKC Thunder played their most complete game since defeating Portland on January 4. Despite leading by as many as 16 points, the victory was anything but a guarantee.
After some minor theatrics between Russell Westbrook and Joel Embiid, which included Westbrook picking up his sixth foul while contesting an Embiid game-tying three. Although Embiid is a career 78 percent free throw shooter he walked up to the line and nailed all three freebies, in spite of coach Billy Donovan‘s icing tactic.
With Westbrook disqualified, Donovan subbed back-up point guard Dennis Schroder into the ballgame.