Oklahoma City was the place to be for a serious game 1 on sunday. Yes, I watched all 8 games through out the weekend and Yes, Derrick Rose is a beast but the performance of the weekend had to go to KD. Why KD over DRose you ask? Very simple, the opponent. Look if D.Rose happened to come up short in that heroic comeback Im still not sold that the Pacers have what it takes to knock them out of the playoffs in a 7 game series. On the other hand if Durant let the Nuggets run away with the lead in the 3rd quarter this would have spelled panic for them. Unlike the Bulls the Thunder's performance from last season's playoffs had them pegged to go far in the playoffs (they were picked to finish 2nd to the Lakers in most if not all pre-season polls for the regular season). So there are expectaions and that does not come with out pressure. The acquisition of Perkins only raises those expectations so to be down 0-1 to the Nuggets and losing home court advantage could threaten their playoff run. The Nuggets can hang with anyone and they are more than capable of beating OKC. So the nod had to go to Durant. Can't wait for game 2!
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