We had all seen the movie before, you know the one about the hometown basketball team cruising along with a big lead and then blowing it at the end.
In fact we've not only seen it, we've seen it repeated a couple of times and it looked like we were going to see it again last night in Cleveland.
Read MoreThunder head coach Scott Brooks is once again keeping his plans about whether point guard Russell Westbrook will play tonight or sit on the bench a secret until just before game time.
Yesterday after the Thunder practiced in Chicago, Brooks would say only that Westbrook would indeed sit out one of the games of this latest back-to-back set, either tonight's game in Cleveland or tomorrow night's in Toronto.
Read MoreThe raw numbers were bad enough, Cleveland 114, Oklahoma City 104.
But here's the rest of the story...the Thunder have now lost as many games at Chesapeake Energy Arena during this homestand as they had the first three-and-half months of the season.
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