The Thunder von Oklahoma City is a Juggernaut Lording of the old school over a new, supposedly wide open NBA

The history of these NBA playoffs was the newly discovered and designed parity of the league for a good reason. The margins in this post -season field have practically not felt there. The seeds are hardly important, which creates perception that this championship follow-up hunt is actually far open.

But in reality it is not.

With theirs 118-103 victory over the Timberwolves on ThursdayThe Oklahoma City Thunder, which now leads the final of the Western Conference 2-0, continues to distance itself from an otherwise uniformly matching pack. The truth is that the parity of this specific race in the fight for second place is between a few good but not responsible team that fight to win the centimeters that separate them.

In the meantime, Oklahoma City is a miles from the four still living teams and on the way to a certain injury to win the title. The Timberwolves will say that they are still in this series, but they are not. Anyone who comes from the east will also lose. The thunder is too much.

No, the fact will use the fact that OKC needs seven games to come by, or that they may have had problems with Memphis, if Morant has not been hurt – a weak attempt to paint a picture of a team that is still young enough to be vulnerable. That would have been true if Boston had stayed healthy and not two 20-point leads had been blown to the Knicks, but as soon as the Celtics went down, OKC was far and away the best team.

The wolves recognize this in real time. You can't score in the thunder and you can't stop them either. OKC supported the MVP in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with one of the greatest defenses in history. It is as if Prime Aaron Rodgers was the quarterback of the 2001 Ravens. Simply throw in the towel.

If you think about it, the thunder have the testimony of an old guilt dynasty in an allegedly new NBA landscape in which teams are to be created relatively the same. You have the defense. The depth. The MVP. And they are all young enough to keep this thing going for a while.

It is a little reminiscent of the Warriors 2015, another team that goes through a few years of playoff experience before suddenly turning into a juggernach because it concerns an MVP point guard and every time defense. People weren't comfortable with how quickly everything happened. They didn't trust him. They said they had to see it to believe it.

And how these Thunder had to go seven games with the Nuggets, these warriors had real difficulties in the second round when they went down to Memphis 2-1. But when they got through this series, they were on the way to not just one championship, but several titles.

So the thunder that used this nervous series against the nuggets as a kind of voltage release and you can see it. feel You, the pedal on the floor when the first insight into the finish line comes into view. They won 78 games in the regular season and combined playoffs, and 60 of them came up in double digits-the most tied with the warrior in 2016-17.

The thunder only needs six more victories. Don't be surprised if you don't lose again.

The timber wolves are a strong, physical defense and OKC receives every shot it wants. What, the Pacers or the Knicks will better defend SGA? In the regular season, he achieved an average of 36 in two victories against New York. He put 45 on the Pacers on the day after Christmas.

To hell, the thunder has not even started to make their 3 Series. During the regular season, they were the sixth best 3-point shooting team in the league with almost 15 brands per game with a clip of 37.4%, but these numbers fell to 12.1 and 32.5% in the playoffs. What happens if some more do it?

Even if you don't do it, this defense can win a title near yourself. The thunder is the best team in the league to defend the two holy countries of modern crimes outside the 3-point line and within the restricted area, and they also make more sales than any other.

If you only do one of these things, you are a really good defense. The best thing to be with you is like a pitcher who has the best fast ball in the league, curveball And Change. At that time it is just a guessing game. Close your eyes and hope that you accidentally connect.

So far, the wolves connect with nothing. They shot 90 3 hands in two games and only made 26. This is a 28% clip. It may be okay if the wolves took a few piles of 2, but they can't do that either. OKC only raves about every potential points. When Rudy Gobert is on the floor, both Bigs from OKC can basically park on the edge. Anthony Edwards, who only made 13 shots in game 1, was able to get into the color more on Thursday, but the 2-point mathematics will not add up for him if he is 4 for 17 of 3 if OKC is missing his own 3s.

The edge of the thunder is so big here. In order for Minnesota to be competitive for 48 minutes, you have to get unusually hot from 3, with extremely contested recordings and get big games from all your boys while OKC stays cold. And that's just to keep it nearby.

It won't happen. And it's not a knock on the wolves. You are one of a whole series of really good teams in a competitive NBA landscape. It's just that thunder is a Great Team and the main difference between a number of good teams and a great team can be seen.