Kevin Durant stated Wednesday night the Oklahoma City Thunder are simply "fooling" themselves if they believe their current play is good enough to make them a great team heading into the playoffs.
The Los Angeles Clippers stormed back from a 17-point deficit to open the fourth quarter with a 35-13 surge in the final period and knock off the Thunder on Wednesday. Afterward, the team's leading scorer made it clear the level of play isn't good enough right now, per Royce Young of ESPN.com:
They made plays, we didn't. They were disciplined, we weren't. We want to be a great team. We're fooling ourselves. If we just want to be a great team, the way we're playing, we're fooling ourselves. We want to win a bunch of games in the regular season, that's cool, but we're fooling ourselves with the way we're playing.
Head coach Billy Donovan added, "I think the biggest thing is, the decision we have to make collectively as a group from an accountability standpoint is, what kind of team do we want to be?"
The comments come with Oklahoma City currently sitting third in the Western Conference with a 42-19 record. That l ...
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