VIDEO: Serge Ibaka feasts on Gortat after feed from Durant
Mark D. Smith / USA TODAY Sports
Kevin Durant being the third-highest scorer in the league has its perks for the Oklahoma City Thunder - aside from having him put the ball in the hoop 27.2 times per game, of course.
The ever-present threat of the "Durantula" hoisting up a shot is not only something 29 teams in the league must deal with on a nightly basis, but it acts as a convenient decoy which enables his teammates to get open for uncontested opportunities.
As Washington Wizards players Jared Dudley and Garrett Temple committed to No. 35, athletic big man Serge Ibaka wisely rolled to the rim for what will soon become a poster on the walls of many an OKC fan.
Poor Marcin Gortat.
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