<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/OKC-Thunder-Rockets-Muscala.jpg"></figure><h1>OKC locks playoffs match-up vs. Rockets after Mike Muscala game-winner</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-08-12T20:18:09-07:00">August 12th, 8:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-08-12T20:22:23-07:00">August 12th, 8:22pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Thanks to Mike Muscala’s game-winner over the Miami Heat on Wednesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder have locked in the 4/5 first-round matchup against the Houston Rockets.</p><p>The Thunder and the Rockets met in the regular season thrice with the Thunder winning two games.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Muscala's game-winner locks the Thunder into a 4/5 matchup with the Rockets and guarantees the Sixers get OKC's 2020 first round pick.</p><p>— Royce Young (@royceyoung) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1293738145180192772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Catch Muscala’s <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1293738983956967424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">game-winning three</a>. The Heat had a chance to snatch the game away with 5.2 seconds left. Unfortunately, they failed to capitalize.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Muscala for the win!<a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/6FL5gRvQtE">pic.twitter.com/6FL5gRvQtE</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1293738983956967424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Thunder have exceeded all expectations from experts who did not believe they’ll qualify for the postseason this year. After all, they gave up Paul George and Russell Westbrook over the summer. In return, they received Chris Paul, whom analysts believe is on the tail end of his career.</p><p>Given that their roster was filled with young guns, analysts predicted that the Thunder will enter a rebuilding process that could last for a few seasons. But lo and behold, Paul proved to everyone <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-chris-paul-received-early-mvp-votes/">that there’s still a lot left in his tank</a>. He also took young guards Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dennis Schröder under his wing. Apart from Paul, head coach Billy Donovan, too, has been given tons of credit for his good work. He was able to maximize the pieces that he was given.</p><p>For basketball die-hards, expect the first-round duel between the Rockets and the Thunder to be a testy one. After all, Paul might have some hidden heat for James Harden and crew. Besides, Paul is one of the smartest players in the league. So it won’t be a surprise if he knows Mike D’Antoni’s playbook by heart and uses that knowledge to boot them out.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

OKC locks playoffs match-up vs. Rockets after Mike Muscala game-winner

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure data-feedback="fb:likes"><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mike_Muscala_reveals_why_he_didn_t_back_out_of_agreement_with_OKC_after_Paul_George_Russell_Westbrook_trades.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Mike Muscala reveals why he didn’t back out of agreement with Thunder after Paul George, Russell Westbrook trades</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-09-09T16:38:31-07:00">September 9th, 4:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-09-09T16:38:57-07:00">September 9th, 4:38pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Mike-Muscala/9b6108d6">Mike Muscala</a> agreed to a deal with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> this summer before the franchise traded stars <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Paul-George/b0b809e6">Paul George</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Russell-Westbrook/b3770983">Russell Westbrook</a>.</p><p>After the Thunder traded George and Westbrook, they told Muscala he could seek out another contract on the open market if he wanted to.</p><p>Muscala, though, decided to honor his agreement with OKC because he really liked the vibe he was getting from the Thunder.</p><blockquote>“I was intrigued then by a new situation. Obviously, at the beginning, the team and how it was structured was very intriguing. And that’s what I agreed to. But then even when that changed, I think because my feelings just were so good about the organization, it stuck with me,” Muscala told <a href="https://theathletic.com/1191234/2019/09/09/meet-mike-muscala-the-thunder-forward-talks-choosing-okc-and-settling-in-on-a-remade-roster/">Brett Dawson of The Athletic</a>.“And I just felt that even despite the change in the roster, the personnel, that it would still be a good opportunity for me and that there would still be a lot that I could learn. I’ve never played the game with the approach that ‘Oh, I just want to win a championship.’ It’s never been like that. For me, it’s been more about the people I meet and have met throughout my career who I stay in touch with. I think that’s what’s so cool about basketball.“Being on the Sixers and the Lakers last year with a couple of younger guys, I really enjoyed getting to know them more. I’m not saying I was a big mentor to them, but just kind of taking them under my wing a little bit and talking to them. Maybe going out to dinner here there and just kind of throwing some ideas at them and things that I had learned through my first couple of years. That was really valuable to me. It felt good. And I felt that on this team now, with a lot of younger players, there would be an opportunity to do that.”</blockquote><p>Mike Muscala put up 7.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 64 games with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/philadelphia-76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and Los Angeles Lakers last season. He shot 40.2 percent from the field, 34.8 percent from beyond the arc and 82.4 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Thunder will have a difficult time making the playoffs next season in the rugged Western Conference, but are hoping veterans such as Muscala, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Chris-Paul/a53c094a">Chris Paul</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Steven-Adams/ac7909ac">Steven Adams</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Danilo-Gallinari/ad6609ce">Danilo Gallinari</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Nerlens-Noel/a5c80922">Nerlens Noel</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Dennis-Schroder/a2f008e4">Dennis Schroder</a> can push the team to the postseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike Muscala reveals why he didn’t back out of agreement with Thunder after Paul George, Russell Westbrook trades

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