Here’s the play, courtesy of Sebastian Pruiti over at the NBA Playbook, that allegedly motivated Scott Brooks to bench his starting point guard for the entire fourth quarter last night. It was, initially, a nerve-racking move to take in: you expect a young team to fold in on itself without its young, bullish boy wonder at the helm, and you expect the coach to make the swap back in before that can happen. Remarkably, though (and probably to Brooks’ surprise), the Thunder’s bench players — boy wonders all — scored 23 of the team’s final 29 points against the veteran Mavericks as Westbrook watched from the sideline. More »

[Deadspin]