This may be understatement of the year but Oklahoma City have some problems. Not just injuries. A couple of days ago there were rumours going around about Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka freezing Reggie Jackson out. The nerve! Kendrick Perkins of all people! Unbelievable.
But the main reason for their woes (next to Scott Brooks’ inability to coach) is the injuries to their two stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
Westbrook talked to Tony Sellars of the Associated Press about how frustrating it was to have the injury and the unofficial vow to be the same as he was before the injury.
“I missed a shot and tried to come back up and get a rebound and I hit my hand on Perk’s (teammate Kendrick Perkins) elbow. I knew I hurt something, I thought I dislocated my finger of something. I couldn’t tell until I got the ball back when I ran back down the court and couldn’t dribble,” said Westbrook. “I was already mad once I hit my hand because I knew it wasn’t gonna be good, so I was instantly upset and frustrated. Obviously, I was ready to go and ready to help my team go out and get wins, especially since we were down some guys already. It was frustrating for me, but it’ll be alright. I’ll get back to where I was at.“
The Thunder have to stop the bleeding somehow. They need to find ways to get wins while KD and Westbrook are out. Because if they keep losing games, Durant and Westbrook won’t have the time to win enough games.
