Former Thunder center Kendrick Perkins said he sees a “dysfunctional team” in OKC, after the Thunder lost to Portland 111-98 Sunday in Game 4.
Perkins joined Mike Greenberg and Seth Greenberg on ESPN’s “Get Up!” Monday to talk about, among other things, his former team falling behind 3-1 to the Trail Blazers in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
“Offensively, we don’t know what they’re running,” Perkins said. “Defensively, they can’t figure it out. We don’t know if they’re trapping CJ (McCollum), we don’t know if the they’re trapping Dame (Damian Lillard). The role players are not stepping up right now. Russ (Russell Westbrook) is struggling. I don’t know what’s going on with Russ.
“But to me, Oklahoma City have to hang their hats on the defensive end. I feel like right now they’re getting in a battle that they can’t win and try to out-shoot Dame and CJ and the Portland Trail Blazers for those 3-point shots. They should own the paint. Every game they should dominate in paint points. I think it starts from the top. With OKC, it starts at the top with the coaching. I think at the end of the day you have to put players in position to be successful.”
The Blazers outscored the Thunder in the paint 36-22 Sunday.
Perkins played for the Thunder for four years, from 2011 to 2015. He struck an encouraging tone on Twitter Sunday night.
"Still some basketball to be played!" read a post on his verified Twitter account. "... Hardest game to win in a series is a close out Game! Steal Game 5!"
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2019-04-22 19:33:00Z
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