Few Games are as Defining as This- Oklahoma City HAS to Win Tonight

Ugly. There's no other way to describe Saturday night's loss on their home court for Oklahoma City. They needed one more win to put away the 73 win Golden State Warriors, a team they had exposed all series. They lead all night. It was a home game for God's sakes. They simply fell apart. Their two superstars, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook disappeared down the stretch. It was basically the nightmare scenario.

There is a very real case to be made that Kevin Durant's last game in Oklahoma City might have been Saturday night's disaster. If that happens to be the case, the legacy of he and Westbrook's dynamic duo is heading the way of Stockton and Malone, a great duo that never won. Worse yet, he personally looked terrible at the end of the last two games, which should (but won't) give some pause to a GM in another city, trying to build a winner. That's not the way he wants to go out.

Fortunately for OKC, they get to play a game seven tonight in Oakland. I fully expect Golden State to run them out of the building after they failed to close out a sure win on Saturday, but they get one more shot at redemption. This literally will define how people view these two superstars, and their very good team. A loss tonight will only redefine everything the way we thought it was a month ago- Golden State can get it done, and this group of Thunder can't.