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On verge of elimination, Thunder sticking with optimistic tone

The sky was never falling.

No matter how bleak the regular season got for the Thunder, the message rarely varied. This was a team built for the postseason, a team that would figure it out. It wasn't a matter of if the light bulb would come on, the Thunder insisted, but when.

It's getting awfully dark now, but Russell Westbrook will tell you he remains convinced.

His team trails the Utah Jazz 3-1 in a best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series, but ask Westbrook if he still he still has that regular season certainty that things will turn in the Thunder's favor, and he hardly hesitates.