I often tell my children they should use the bathroom "just to be safe" before we leave the house to avoid the 5-minutes-into-trip-potty-break. Am I... turning my kids into pluggers by doing this? Is this how pluggers get made? Sort of a nurture, not nature, plugger situation?

Hey, if you just snap the 2nd quarter out of existence the Thunder win by 2!

One reason I need the Thunder to win it this year at the start of their window is how even through two miserable Braves seasons 2021 still sustains me.

I need Dort hitting those threes against Denver to be the equivalent of Matzek striking out three Dodgers that I can just go watch in rough times.

I think the Ajay minutes tricked me in real time into thinking the roster was longer than it was tonight. Looked at the box score after and the only starter with reduced minutes was really Chet, only iHart and Caruso with big bench minutes.

My only beef with Mark was closing ultra small.

Almost any adversity this series and they take a string of some of the worst shot attempts you've ever seen.

I don't think I have any confidence until I see them shoot well from 3 on the road. 34%, 20%, 25% so far and weren't good last year either. Hard to see them actually pad one of these leads like they should if they can't make shots.

Would very much like to see a road playoff game where the Thunder hit the good looks they generate from three. But I'll settle for just the second half here, guys!

And now the Alex Caruso becomes one of those guys Grizzlies fans will shake their head about when they think about him forever game

It's like they saw it was the shooting variance game early and just decided they should go ahead and get all the games over with at once: the turnover game, the brick game, the forget how to navigate an Edey screen game...

SPJ channeling the shooting variance of PJ Washington and the groin kicks of Draymond, he's just going down the list of Thunder villains tonight

Such a weird way to let the game trickle away. Was surprised Mark never called a TO or used a couple substitutions in that long stretch when they looked exhausted. Get Kenny out there or something and see if a little energy shakes something loose.

Even odds they could just get a major concession if they told Trump it was a deal.

"Sure, I gave China all the Louisiana Purchase territory but they have us $30 million. Someone told me that's double what we paid France! If I had been Jefferson I would have gotten it for free."

Thunder killer Andrew Wiggins has been coaching his new teammates up