OKC is going to be cutting it really close in the playoffs with jdub looking the way he does. He got like 9 more reg season games and the Clippers or Suns in round 1 to get right
Games like this show how it can get dicey for them. Shai is a one man wrecking ball but the rest of these guys are a question mark offensively night-to-night. They just have so many guys, a few guys are bound to show up, so it doesn't really matter in the regular season.
I would argue every other contender or top six team in the West has more reliable top-end offensive options than OKC after their main guy (outside of maybe Minnesota).
To be frank, Dubb has already caused OKC to cut it "really close" in their past two playoff runs
He cost them vs Dallas 2-years ago
He nearly cost them vs Denver last year (
17.6ppg on
37/23/81)
Well, when they match up with DEN in the 2nd round again this year and he once again can't score on Peyton Watson or Christian Braun, but he's now taking the ball out the hands of Ajay Mitchell and Jarret McCain in some weird Daigneault lineup... ehhh