Duane Rankin That's really what the difference is with us If we're locked in on the things we want to take away and rebounding Kevin Durant on Suns defense as they limited Golden State to 375

Stephon Castle on the OKC defense I'm trying to play through it it's tough The way they guard how physical they are we don't get that same luxury to play as physical on the other end

Sam Vecenie amp Bryce Simon break down a game 5 adjustment from OKC In the 2nd half they went toward playing McCain more on the ball which opened up the ability to get into those second side actions in an empty for Shai which allowed him to get into more space

CP3 On Who Runs Point Guard Between SGA and Luka Shai I think that year we played together he also started to see defense matters You ain't gotta be a lockdown defender but when you playing defense for your team your teammates just wanna see the star actually try Actually try on defense

Kevin Durant hits back to back 4 point plays vs Portland

Stephon Castle drives through the Thunder defense and scores the And-1 layup then continues with a great defense on Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderDylan Harper grabs the rebound and scores the long 2 over Jaylin Williams with a replayThe Spurs are up 15 points again

ESPN writer Dennis Jr The Thunder foul all the time and its annoying to watch them playon defense theyre pushing guys and playing nasty and you go down the court and SGA is like Oh I fell That is what is frustrating