My thoughts on tonight's Lakers vs Thunder game

The Lakers won the game 101-98 in overtime. However, OKC easily could have won this game. They definitely played very well. First off, Kevin Durant is a stud. He is young, but very good. When Kevin shoots like he does, its pretty much the bottom of the net. It is such a nice shot. Kevin Durant is amongst the next generation/era of great players.  He will be among the top NBA players in a few years. Oklahoma City really has a lot of nice players on their roster. Jeff Green is another great solid player. He played very well and did some great things for them. I didn't realize he was 6ft 9.  James Harden looks like a great pickup and he is going to be a really good rookie in my mind. Also, solid point guard work from Russell Westbrook, he looks to be a good looking player for the Thunder. They seem to have a solid core of players to build on.  They also have the player Thabo Sefolosha. Wow, I didn't realize how good defensively this guy is. They were saying someone (I forget who) puts him in the class of of a Bruce Bowen defender. He played great defense on Kobe tonight. I was not happy with some of Kobe's shot selection and that combined with Sefolosha's defense made Kobe look bad (in my opinion) in a few instances. I give Sefolosha a lot of credit, he played really really great.  Kobe did not have the good game I expect from him. If you look at his numbers, they look decent, but they are not Kobe standards. I look for Kobe to bounce back and bounce back against OKC as well.  He has high standards to live up to. Ron Artest did a nice job and I think he saved the game for the Lakers. I think he had an all around good game. I haven't mentioned about the great defense he played in the last game for the Lakers against the Hawks, and he did it again this game. Its good to see Ron make some shots and play solid D, but what the hell is wrong with his free-throw shooting? Lamar had a good game, but he airballed his last free-throw, don't know what happened there. Anyway, Lakers are lucky to get a win. This was supposed to be another "easy" game of the schedule for the Lakers. The Lakers aren't playing their best yet and teams are going after them.