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OKC Thunder Displayed Championship Experience in Sweep of Suns
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OKC Thunder Displayed Championship Experience in Sweep of Suns

Oklahoma City Thunder On SI·Rylan Stiles·30 days ago
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Sure, Monday night was largely the same. Another blowout win for the Oklahoma City Thunder over the Phoenix Suns to sweep their first-round matchup. It ended the Thunder's first-round series the same way they capped off the previous two, a four-game sweep. So how could this series be different? How could this four-game set be one where the OKC Thunder leaned on their title experience to get it done when their core accomplished this goal twice before being crowned NBA champions? It is about controlling the series and the Thunder's mindset in this quick four-game set. The Thunder never trailed in the second half of any of the four games this series, while also never letting any Suns lead grow past nine points. This was a massive contrast to Oklahoma City's previous first round sweeps. The Bricktown Ballers were down a jaw-dropping 29 points in the first half to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of last year's first round series. This was in a long line of Game 3 missteps for Oklahoma City.…

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