You have to wonder if going small was a good decision for OKC. Specifically, playing Perkins who had 5 fouls (and you could see he was not challenging people in the paint to avoid his 6th) over Ibaka, who lacks discipline and bites on every Duncan fake, but at least he didn't have 5 fouls and would have been more intimidating inside. On offense he would have commended more respect in pick and roll/pick and pop scenarios too, and that would have created more space for OKC's perimeter players to attack the paint.
Scott Brookes is going to have to change the record in his huddles also. He keeps saying things he doesn't himself believe like "we're a tough team", "you guys don't even know how hard you're playing right now", and the most generic stuff you'll ever hear a coach say.
Compared to Pop's "Are we having fun yet?" and "I want some nasty", that's your series right there.
"Air is beautiful, yet you cannot see it. It's soft, yet you cannot touch it. Air is a little like my brain." - Jean-Claude Van Damme