In quite possibly an early matchup of this year’s NBA Finals, the Thunder put on a show for their home crowd by beating the Heat by 16. Kevin Durant showed up, nearly posting a triple-double with 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. I wouldn’t necessarily call this a statement game, as the Thunder have been considerably stronger at home, but it does show that the Thunder can run with the Heat on any given day (if everybody did not already believe so), and the Heat bigs are incredibly vulnerable. When LeBron and Wade are not abusing other teams, they seem to get exposed down low too much to be a legitimate team to beat. My team to beat in the East still remains as the Bulls, and although I’m a big fan of the Spurs going deep into the playoffs, the Thunder are really shaping out to be the dominant team in the West right now.