Why are the Thunder so bad in these late game situations?

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KD and Russ don't trust their teammates

Coaching isn't the issue, OKC's offense looks exactly like how it did when Brooks coached. Seems like the 2 of them revert to old habits when the game is on the line


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Westbrook wants the glory to himself. He thinks he's the alpha.

There is no established food chain and as a result they don't trust each other.
 

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Ibaka isn't helping at all either. I have no idea what has happened to him. He either has hit his ceiling in maximizing his skill 3 years ago or he's hiding some injury nobody knows about. He was an elite defender with a good offensive game but now he's regressed so much :francis:

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Pretty sure if I was knocking this down every night and had already made 10 of millions of dollars...my basketball skills would diminish to :francis:
 

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Russ is a terrible pg and leader of men. Matter of fact, OKC doesn't seem to have any leadership on that team..at all. Durant is passive and Russ does that dumb shyt to TRY to convey leadership
 

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I fell asleep start of the 4th like We got this...

Woke up to Mike and Mike show like wtf?

Man, shyt blew my morning... we fold off big leads like its nothing
 

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late situations westbrook tends to shot chuck, that GSW game where he took an off balance shot with 10 seconds left made it evident
 

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Honestly the reason is neither Russ nor KD have any poise in stressful situations...thats why they always make dumb plays and bad shots in close games at the end.

Time ticking down needing buckets they panic and try to do everything too fast and fukk up,ive been noticing this for a minute...
 
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