The Oklahoma City Thunder looked once again like the dominant overall 1 seed, leaving no doubt from the first five minutes of play that they would be evening the Western Conference Semifinals with the Denver Nuggets after their Game 1 disaster put them in the hole.
They blew the doors off the Nuggets in the first quarter, then again in the second quarter to the tune of 87 first half points--the most in any half of any NBA postseason game, ever. Shai looked every bit the rightful MVP, resting after three quarters like old regular season times. And Nikola Jokic was stifled and frustrated, fouling out just before SGA went to the bench in a stark contrast of best-player and their team's fate for the evening.