Monday, March 9, 2009

Truckin'

The Thunder are inexplicable winners of four out of their last five. You would never guess that a squad not featuring Kevin Durant would have much of a chance. But, if you watched the games you know it's defense and sharing the basketball.

Watching this team of youngster's, throwaways and no-names play basketball the way it's meant to be played has been a treat. It should give them a tremendous amount of confidence when KD and Jeff Green return.

Another plus to watching this depleted unit is that, simultaneously, everyone stands out and yet nobody does. Nenad Krstic has been great. So has Thabo Sefalosha and Kyle Weaver. Nick Collison continues to do all the dirty work. Earl Watson has been solid. Russell Westbrook is doing a much better job of getting everyone involved. But they've done it all collectively, rising at once as a unit.

I'm ready to have KD back but these guys deserve so much credit for playing really hard at a very high level.