What the hell is a Pokusevski?

This sickly looking fellow is named Aleksej Pokusevski, a walking skeleton known as Poku who attempts to play professional basketball in Oklahoma City.

This sickly looking fellow is named Aleksej Pokusevski, a walking skeleton known as Poku who attempts to play professional basketball in Oklahoma City. He is a freakishly tall and frighteningly thin man, standing 7 feet tall and weighing only 190 pounds. You read that correctly, he weighs only 190 pounds.

I watched a bit of the OKC-Golden State game and spent most of the time wincing when the broadcast showed Poku up close. He is so disturbingly thin that he makes you do a double-take. And in the NBA, when split second decisions are normal, trotting out some gaunt weirdo who makes you stare for a half second could be quite the secret weapon.

Do guys subliminally ease up a little on Poku because they pity the guy? He looks like he could currently be battling a very severe illness or perhaps just survived three months in the wilderness with nothing but bugs and rainwater to sustain him.

Or, do they go even harder against him because no one wants to get shown up by a guy who looks like he really might be dying? Do the Warriors give Iguodala a little extra sauce because Poku did this to him? I know I would.

You see plays like this and you could talk yourself into Poku sticking around — but then you see him get swallowed whole by Otto Porter Jr. and you spin the other direction.

Either way, get something to eat, Poku.

Other random thoughts on the Thunder-Warriors game:

I'm always surprised how much Otto Porter looks like Wilt Chamberlain. The Warriors goofed around most of the game and didn't respect the Thunder. Maybe it's the secret psychological effect of seeing Poku out there, because again — how can you take a team seriously when they play this horribly emaciated man? Does Sam Presti keep him locked in a closet and feed him nothing but carrot-paste?

At any rate, by the time the Warriors got serious, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nearly stole this game. The Thunder are a collection of young and inexperienced dudes just learning the game — and the Black Steve Nash. SGA was dropping in rainbow teardrops and scrape-the-rafters threes while playing with five fouls down the stretch.

Luguentz Dort — a small mountain who plays defense — did a great job on Steph Curry.

The Thunder started hot, hitting 5-8 from three in the first and eventually pushed the lead to 15. But the Warriors pushed back behind surprisingly solid depth, yet again. Porter, Iguodala, Poole and Toscano-Anderson all hit shots to close the game in the 4th. Damion Lee poured in 20 huge points.

Andrew Wiggins, the mild mannered Canadian, beasted all of the Australians and Serbians that the Thunder threw at him.

Steph Curry hasn't scored in the 4th quarter of the past two games. The Warriors have won them both.