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It is very hard to turn the Oklahoma City Thunder, the league’s second-best offensive team in the regular season and the best in the playoffs, into the equivalent of the Sacramento Kings or New Jersey Nets on offense. But that’s what happened all season when the Thunder starting lineup of Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins, Russell Westbrook and Thabo Sefolosha was on the floor. That five-man group scored 100.5 points per 100 possessions, a mark that would have put the Thunder between the Kings and Nets at 24th in the league, according to NBA.com’s stats tool.
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