Well, well, well. Since that 0-4 start that had some people proclaiming doom, Oklahoma City has gone 9-1, despite Russell Westbrook missing half of those games. The team has been winning and looking good doing it. Let’s get into what the Thunder have been doing so well (and one thing they haven’t been doing well).
(All stats per Cleaning the Glass except where noted)
Russell Westbrook has now missed 7 games due to 2 separate injuries, more than he missed the last two seasons combined. The Thunder are a solid 4-3 across those games; understandable losses on the road to a definite playoff team in Golden State and a probable playoff team in the Clippers, as well as a pretty brutal loss to the likely lottery-bound Mavericks (though they just roughed up OKC’s previous vanquishers the Jazz by 50).