Oklahoma City suffered its first loss since Chet Holmgren was sidelined to injury, and his absence was taken advantage of in the team's two-point defeat.

Fashionable, even.  Improbability has defined the Thunder’s week, seven days without any big men. But on the final day, the inevitable met the controllable for Oklahoma City: The casualties of its small-ball lifestyle shook hands with the shortcomings that were meant to be the Thunder’s strengths.