- ABC News
- April 28, 2024
NEW ORLEANS -- The youngest No. 1 seed in the history of the NBA playoffs certainly isn't being hindered by its lack of playoff experience. The Oklahoma City Thunder rolled to another dominant victory over the eighth-seeded New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday afternoon, winning 106-85 to take a 3-0 series lead. "We just try to clear the hurdle in front of us," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "That's how we've been through time, not just this season. "And the word I've used with the team is 'uncommon' all year. I think they just have an uncommon maturity and uncommon poise, uncommon competitiveness and togetherness. And with that competitiveness, they're not just siloed competitors. They compete together. And I think that gives you confidence in stressful situations or on the road when you're doing it as part of a unit, and I really think they feel like that." Only twice in NBA history has all of a team's points in a playoff game come from players under 25 years...