Does thunder only strike once?

As we watch the Oklahoma City Thunder this season we see the improvements in their team as a whole and team chemistry. As you watch them you notice how much of an improvement their team has had on both sides of the ball. The Thunders defense is considered one of the best in the league this season and on offense, Westbrook finally got out of his stat chasing phase and has let superstar Paul George operate more on offense who by the way is having a career year this year. Then you have Steven Adams who is considered one of the best two-way centers in the league, also on offense they have been rotating the ball opening up more people for shots and spreading the floor everywhere inside the paint.Yes, I said spread the floor inside the paint

Even with the teams improvements there is still more room for improvement like always. The Thunder suffer tremendously from  shooting outside the paint they are the worst team in the NBA from deep. Well almost the most they are just right above the Atlanta Hawks who average 33.5% outside the paint and the Thunder are just right above them averaging 34.3% from outside the paint.





 But the Hawks have taken more jumpers than them beyond the arc and have the third highest 3point to mid-range in the league which is 4.3. The Thunder ratio is 1.9 which is the 10th lowest in the league so the Hawks shots are more effective, and the Thunder is ranked 24th in the league for effective shots. Even though the Thunder suffer from shooting outside the paint they hide it well with their ability to get to the basket and score and grab rebounds they rank second in offensives rebounds percentage. They also have lessened their turnovers which also gives them the ability to hide their outside the paint situation. I feel as if this can only hold up so long and will be there downfall when it comes to playoff time and their opponents exploits their flaws.