Thunder forward Abdel Nader finished with six points on Friday night in a 118-110 loss against the Los Angeles Clippers but he had perhaps the play of the game.
With the Thunder trailing by four points at the start of the fourth quarter, Nader caught the ball from Markieff Morris, slipped around the screen and went right at Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell.
As Thunder analyst Michael Cage proclaimed, Nader punched it in over Harrell. Moments later, Nader completed the And-1 attempt by knocking down the free throw.
While Nader had only six points in the game, Paul George said afterward that the contributions from the bench were huge in keeping the Thunder alive in the game.
[They] stepped up. With foul trouble, they stepped up, had big minutes. Dennis [Schröder], Abdel [Nader], Nerlens [Noel] played some big minutes for us. Markieff [Morris] came in and made some big shots.
The poster dunk by Nader wasn’t his first of the season, though. Back in January, he caught New Orleans Pelicans center Cheick Diallo at the rim and then flexed on him afterward.
The only thing missing on Friday was the flex by Nader …
