The Oklahoma City Thunder finally looked like a team in rebuild mode.
On New Year’s Eve, the Thunder lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 113-80. After keeping the game close through the better part of three quarters, OKC fell behind by double digits in the final minute of the third quarter and then utterly collapsed in the fourth, putting up only seven points in the frame.
With that, Oklahoma City falls to 1-3 on the year while the Pelicans made up for their own bad loss to the Phoenix Suns the game before.
Here are three takeaways from the Thunder’s Thursday night performance:
