Oklahoma City has worked this to a three game series after back to back wins at home. It has been an amazing turnaround given how soundly they were beaten in game two, so much so I am not sure you can put it all on the return of Serge Ibaka.
The Thunder were showing signs that the loss of Serge Ibaka is going to be a big one. Not only did they lose game one, the first loss to San Antonio all season long, they looked soft in the middle, something that is going to be hard to correct over the course of the series.
The Thunder won a spirited series against the Clippers. They are definitely one of the top teams in the West but this group has yet to reach the very top of the mountain.
