The Thunder have to make the Lakers pay when they give them open looks.

The Oklahoma City Thunder remain undefeated in the postseason, currently leading the Lakers 2-0 in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. L.A. hasn’t been able to find an answer yet for the Thunder as a whole, but has limited a player more than usual.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named public enemy No. 1 by the Lakers, with the whole team making sure that Gilgeous-Alexander isn’t the one to beat them. L.A. has stuck to this plan in the first two games, as they have both face-guarded him whenever he is in the game and have double-teamed him when he fights to get the ball. With the Laker defense so keyed in on Gilgeous-Alexander, it has left opportunities for other Thunder players to hit wide-open three-point shots, but the only problem is that not a lot of making is going on.

In multiple situations where Laker players were scrambling to get back into position, the Thunder just weren’t able to make the open shot from deep.…