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@Th3solution I definitely think Shai is the MVP this season! It was literally quite insane what OKC achieved in the second half because of him.
Stats… don't tell the story as such. But in the first half Boston showed why they are good. OKC expected the three and Boston drove to the paint, over and over, and made OKC look bad, whilst still taking (and bricking) the wide open threes that they should take (it happens) And in the second half OKC showed why they are good, and I think it shook Boston. It was a mentality loss, for sure. I think part of it was in the second when they drove to the paint they'd get slapped about and in the first half it was called a foul, and in the second it wasn't. And it just absolutely messed up the game plan. And at that point they couldn't save it due to being so cold from three already.
I did have a theory, and it was a feeling at half time, that maybe OKC defended less well on the first half on purpose (it was glaringly bad first half, and I know they don't play like that) knowing that when they turn it on in the second it will feel like it's come from nowhere and blindsid Boston. Unfortunately it's exactly what happened
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