Game 53: Oklahoma City Thunder (35-16) vs. Dallas Mavericks (29-23)

[SleepingHero]

I know PJs contribution wasn’t as obvious as Gafford’s, but like Derek lively, Gafford’s role is really straightforward and easy to jump into, whereas PJ is going to take a while to get acclimated.

However, I think he made a pretty big difference in terms of boxing out, rebounding, attacking closeouts, defending and just generally being a long, quick presence out there.

For having zero practice and basically a small folder on what they run 3 hours before the game, PJ played an incredible game.