Thunder at Houston Rockets Game Recap – March 26, 2017

HOUSTON – An avalanche of three-pointers cascaded down on the Thunder on Sunday afternoon. Head Coach Billy Donovan’s job: sorting out what the Thunder’s defense could have controlled, and what was left up to the incredibly hot shooting of the Houston Rockets.

The Thunder fell 137-125 to Houston, one of the best offensive teams the NBA has to offer in this new age of pace, space and three-point marksmanship and they displayed all of it on Sunday. For sure, the Thunder’s defense was far from perfect, and Donovan addressed the issues he saw after the game. Some of the shots that dropped for Houston were difficult ones, but mostly Donovan assessed that his team’s energy needed to be more…