CK After Dark: It was bound to happen at some point

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the latest edition of Corporate Knowledge: After Dark, this time following a 119-98 loss to the Thunder that featured a handful of items from the ‘You Can’t Afford To Do That Against This Team’ list I just created.

Poor shooting, turnovers, sloppy execution — they all reared their ugly heads, not necessarily all night long, but certainly in high-leverage situations. Against the defending champs, after already beating them three times this season, in Oklahoma City, nothing but peak performance was going to work. Because as we all witnessed, that team and those fans were out for blood. The chippiness was palpable, though we love that stuff regardless of game outcome.

We talked about all of that, plus the current two-dimensionality of the absence without Devin Vassell, the need for a more assertive De’Aaron Fox, and the future of this matchup. Not sure if there will be a playoff series between these two this postseason, but man it would be fun.

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