The FTA disparity in the second half effed TP and Manu up. Both were tired by then and TP stopped driving the basket and settling for jumpers. If you're already tired and know the refs aren't going to blow the whistle for you, you give up on penetration. Once TP's threat of slashing was gone, the rest of the game plan fell apart. Memph felt, correctly, that they could pressure more and be more physical on D.

Thank God for Duncan's "Naw, we're not losing this sh__" attitude. He owned OT and gave nary a fk about getting fouled in the process. He's been out to prove a point that he's STILL the one of the best big men in the game, and that the Memph vs Heat talk was wild premature. A lot of dudes are looking stupid right now. Much respect to Memphis, but OKC came back from 2-0 because KD and Russ can SCORE. It took them a while to figure that out last year. There are no prolific scorers on the Memph squad like that.