Kevin Durant has probably been the best player of these 2013 NBA playoffs, but after the way the Oklahoma City Thunder came apart down the stretch of an 87-81 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals, it's starting to become clear that KD's supporting cast won't be good enough to help him advance.
Serge Ibaka, whom Oklahoma City paid before James Harden largely because it believed the big man had a few more levels of development left, had a game to forget. Sure, he notched 13 points and 10 boards, but he missed 11 of his 17 shots and simply wasn't the No. 2 option the Thunder needed him to be.
His jumper wasn't falling, and worse than that, it appeared as though Ibaka didn't even want to be shooting at times. It got so bad at one point that one observer leveled a truly hurtful insult at Ibaka by comparing him to another embarrassingly poor offensive player.
And the most perplexing aspect of the power forward's breakdown was his inability to cram home a couple of the easiest scoring opportunities he'd seen all year.
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