The game is different in the NBA Playoffs. Half court offenses are paramount, defenses are suffocating and each possession has palatable tension. One of the bi

The physicality in these NBA Playoffs is palpable, and most teams are sensing the shift. Some, like the Oklahoma City Thunder, even seem satisfied by it.

The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated their way through the regular season and that continued into the first round of the playoffs. Oklahoma City was matched up against Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, and the series was never a close one. The Thunder dominated Game 1 by 51 points before blowing out the Grizzlies by 19 points in Game 2.