Sixers-Thunder Recap: Kant Stop The Thunder

Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY SportsThe story of the game was in the paint, where the Sixers had no answer for a driving Russell Westbrook and Queen lead singer Enes Kanter in a 122-97 loss.

It just wasn’t the Sixers night, and it had the old time feel of a game the Sixers were simply never going to win.

One look at the points in the paint disparity tells the whole story of the game. The Thunder dominated down low with a 76-50 advantage, while the Sixers relied heavily on their perimeter game, with little success.

For all intents and purposes, the game was lost in the second quarter when the Sixers just could not defend the paint, no matter which big man was in the middle. Kanter abused the Sixers…