Week in Review: Troubled Times

After an encouraging win over the Northwest Division-leading Utah Jazz at home, the Thunder dropped three straight on the road to teams below .500, each in frustrating fashion. With this latest losing streak, the Thunder sit firmly in 7th place in the Western Conference, 4.5 games out of the fourth seed and 17 out of first.

SIX THINGS FROM THE WEEK

Norris Cole. After trading Cameron Payne to the Chicago Bulls, it was the league’s worst-kept secret that the Thunder were need of a backup point guard. With Derek Fisher unavailable, the Thunder inked a deal with Norris Cole, who had been playing in China, for the remainder of the season. In three appearances this week, Cole failed to live-up to…