Steven Adams crouched low, poking the ball away with fast hands. Jerami Grant went belly-first with max effort onto the floor. Paul George pounced on the rolling ball. It was a chain reaction that exemplified the Thunder at its best. Defense to offense.
The Thunder's hustle turned into a three-on-none. All George had to do was decide if he wanted to dunk himself or log an assist. He chose an off-the-backboard pass to Grant for a punctuation dunk, the play started by the Thunder's biggest strength.
Once the Thunder took back control in the turnover battle, it ran away from Phoenix in a 118-101 win Monday.