Reed Sheppard says he talked to Kevin Durant after the opening night loss I told him I gotta be better at finding ways to get him the ball Him amp Alpi get them better shots Durant was only 4th on the team in usage 20 in the opener behind Sengun 29 Amen 24 amp Sheppard himself 21

James Harden was asked to self-assess his playoff run I think I did pretty good you know like I dont grade myself on shotmaking Defensively been extremely solid offensively you know getting guys shots and fitting into a system that was already in place

James Harden drives and dishes an assist to Jarrett Allen for the easy 2 9th assist Shortly after Jalen Duren is called for his 3rd foul and 3rd turnover for elbowing Harden off the ball Paul Reed will be subbed in for Duren With replays

Kenny Atkinson James Harden is a good isolation defender I was a little more upset with our back line defense Everybody's putting it on James Sure some of it was him Sometimes micro experiences get exaggerated

Paul Reed recovers the offensive rebound then Duncan Robinson recovers the recovered ball to Ausar Thompson who finds Paul Reed who scores the And-1 layup after the ball slowly rotates on the back of the rim for a bit with replays

Sam Presti I'm more or less made a career from listening to people much smarter than meHe lists people he learned from Steve Kerr Stephon Jackson Malik Rose Manu Ginobili Kendrick Perkins Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finds Chet Holmgren for the 3-pointer then hits a pullup 3 to give the Thunder the lead after being down by 0-15 to start the gameJaylin Williams gets the steal and the 3-pointer at the other end starting the game 33 from 3