Tip-off: 2:30pm @ Ball Arena, Denver | Broadcast: ABC
The Thunder are down 1-2 to a team with championship experience and, arguably, the best player of this era. Losing in the playoffs sucks, and it feels worse when the reasons align with your worst fears: not that the other team had more talent, but that they had more heart, smarts, or black magic in their favor.
Listening to ESPN's Jay Bilas and, especially, Mark Jones call the Game 3 heavyweight match, it was almost as if the teams and announcers were sharing a script.