* The Thunder are playing better defense with better schemes and better personnel. But Danny Green missed multiple, wide-open threes last night. If the Spurs wings don’t cash in when the offense leads them to the open corner trey, everything falls apart. Before a meaningless three went in at the buzzer, Green was 0 for 5 from downtown in last night’s game. If he goes 2 for 5, just under his season percentage, maybe things play out differently. Combined with Serge Ibaka’s historical outlier performance (11 for 11 FG’s, many of them jump shots) this suggests that San Antonio might fare better in Games 5 through 6 or 7. Continue reading