A constant hurdle throughout this successful Thunder season has been adjusting to different start times. It affects players' routines and rhythms and, to this point, has left the Thunder looking sluggish and lacking defensively.
In afternoon tilts this season, the Thunder have tripped up to the tune of a 1-3 record, and they have not played coy with the fact that switching tip times has thrown them off.
"Obviously it is different, you do not have the full day for your normal routine,” Thunder rookie center Chet Holmgren said. “Shoot around time, film time, might be different, or might not have shoot around. That is no excuse, we have to have the same preparation and mindset coming into every game, no matter what time it is," the 7-foot big man said earlier this season following an afternoon loss to the Mavericks.
"It is an afternoon start time for the opponent, too," Mark Daigneault said when asked about the shifting times potentially impacting the Thunder early in the season.
On Tuesday, the Thunder will have yet another obstacle. While not an afternoon game, the Thunder will see their clash with the Rockets tip-off at 9 p.m. CT.
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