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Thunder are quite a contrast to Spurs

San Francisco Chronicle
Published May 13, 2016 at 5:45 PM
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Thunder are quite a contrast to Spurs Thompson and his teammates returned to practice Friday, barely 36 hours after they advanced to the Western Conference finals. Westbrook finished fourth and Durant was fifth in Most Valuable Player voting. Oklahoma City won 55 regular-season games — 12 fewer than San Antonio. [...] the Thunder also just completed an impressive six-game beatdown of the Spurs, and no tandem in the league — aside from Stephen Curry and Thompson — is more potent offensively than Westbrook-Durant. "He's the fastest player in the NBA, so you really can't take possessions off," Thompson said Friday. Curry probably will spend most of his time on Andre Roberson, but he also figures to cross paths with his counterpart at point guard. Westbrook and Curry bring contrasting styles; Westbrook plays as if jet-propelled, relentlessly attacking the rim, while Curry blends deft ballhandling with incomparable long-range shooting. Curry knows he can't even begin to match Westbrook's array of high-flying dunks. Never let your guard down, try to think one step ahead, get back in transition and don't let him get a head of steam. Durant and Westbrook combined to...

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