It was a night for the defense of Oklahoma City Thunder to stand up, and they did as the Thunder outlasted Australian side Melbourne United 86-86 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in a contest that was a fight quarter to quarter, in the end, the difference was Josh Huestis with two huge blocks at the death.

CLUTCH D. @jhuestis preserves the win w/2 monster blocks in final 5 seconds. pic.twitter.com/wgNrBH1e5z — OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 8, 2017

It wasn’t a good night for the offense of the Thunder as they shot 34% from the field 25% from three-point range. The Thunders new big three had a bad night with George shooting 5 from 17 scoring 22 points in 38:41 minutes. Anthony 6 from 19 scoring 19 points in his most minutes this preseason playing 31:10 minutes. Westbrook went 3 from 10 from the field scoring 9 points 7 assists and 5 rebounds in his most minutes this preseason playing 28:29 minutes.

The Thunder are not worrying about chemistry on the offensive side of the ball.

Russell Westbrook reminding @royceyoung that he went to school: pic.twitter.com/MqIuXatlc9 — Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) October 8, 2017

Josh Huestis was a stand out on defense with four blocks two in the dying seconds of the game to hand OKC the tight win. Melbourne United was very physical, and it worked for them in disrupting the Thunder on the offensive side of the ball. United also made some tough shots to make the game go down to the wire. Standouts for the Australian team were Caspar Ware Jr. Scoring 20 points and Josh Boone scoring 15 points. The two players received praise from Thunder All-Star Carmelo Anthony after the game.

Oklahoma goes to Denver on Wednesday to complete their preseason there will be a good chance we get to see a full run out for reigning MVP Russell Westbrook and All-Star Carmelo Anthony and maybe see the Thunder put out there best line up this preseason.

Written by Shannon Blake (justamansopinionblog)

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