Steven Adams could afford to joke around, even if his health was no laughing matter.
Adams was asked to elaborate on what the Thunder called a "left hip contusion," and Adams pointed to his left side, describing his injury as "australopithecus afarensis," or Latin for a species of ape which was a direct ancestor of humans.
The Thunder's 106-101 win over the Kings wasn't funny. The Thunder slogged through another bad Western Conference team, and Adams definitely wasn't 100 percent. He was returning from a sprained left ankle suffered against San Antonio, and it showed.