At this moment it is 60-59 Golden State, 10:24 left in the third quarter. It looks like Golden State has led the entire game, except for two ties at 5-5 and 7-7. GS's largest lead appears to have been ten.Oklahoma City has never led.
This is ominous for Golden State. They are at home. This is literally a do-or-die game for them. They have not been able to pull away much less blow away the "Thunder." We are now into the second half and Oklahoma City has made a mini run, they trailed 58-50 at the half. Soon will come squeaky bum time. Is Golden State psychologically strong enough to win this game? "This game!" What a change that question represents! That is a rare question to ask of a team of professionals but that is what a lot of people are wondering right now. Let us revisit the series predictions:
Not ONE predicted an Oklahoma City series victory.
Golden State has some kind of psychological hold on the country, too. I guess it is the joy of their style of play, their whole club culture; people are really psychologically invested in this team and if they go quietly into the night..."Was it not real?" It is really going to...bum some folks out all acrosss the country!That kind of question is being asked by those who were just transported by the "Warriors."
Or was it a "hallucination," as one sports writer wrote, of a golden time gone, of too short duration and now gone and forever. The last two years have just been so transcendent that if it ends so unexpectedly, so definitively, you just blink your eyes and wonder.
And as I finish, the game is tied, 68-68, 5:52 left in the third.
This is ominous for Golden State. They are at home. This is literally a do-or-die game for them. They have not been able to pull away much less blow away the "Thunder." We are now into the second half and Oklahoma City has made a mini run, they trailed 58-50 at the half. Soon will come squeaky bum time. Is Golden State psychologically strong enough to win this game? "This game!" What a change that question represents! That is a rare question to ask of a team of professionals but that is what a lot of people are wondering right now. Let us revisit the series predictions:
| NAME | GSW | OKC | GAMES |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.A. Adande |  | 7 | |
| Kevin Arnovitz | | 7 | |
| Chris Broussard | | 7 | |
| Bradford Doolittle | | 5 | |
| Amin Elhassan | | 6 | |
| Chad Ford | | 7 | |
| Israel Gutierrez | | 6 | |
| Tom Haberstroh | | 5 | |
| Zach Lowe | | 6 | |
| Tim MacMahon | | 7 | |
| Kevin Pelton | | 5 | |
| Ramona Shelburne | | 7 | |
| Marc Spears | | 7 | |
| Marc Stein | | 5 | |
| Ethan Sherwood Strauss | | 5 | |
| David Thorpe | | 6 | |
| Michael Wright | | 6 | |
| Royce Young | | 7 |
Not ONE predicted an Oklahoma City series victory.
Golden State has some kind of psychological hold on the country, too. I guess it is the joy of their style of play, their whole club culture; people are really psychologically invested in this team and if they go quietly into the night..."Was it not real?" It is really going to...bum some folks out all acrosss the country!That kind of question is being asked by those who were just transported by the "Warriors."
Or was it a "hallucination," as one sports writer wrote, of a golden time gone, of too short duration and now gone and forever. The last two years have just been so transcendent that if it ends so unexpectedly, so definitively, you just blink your eyes and wonder.
And as I finish, the game is tied, 68-68, 5:52 left in the third.
