Oklahoma City Thunder: 2017-18 player grades for Steven Adams

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - APRIL 27: Steven Adams #12 of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks on prior to Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Utah Jazz on April 27, 2018 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - APRIL 27: Steven Adams #12 of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks on prior to Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Utah Jazz on April 27, 2018 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Highlights

Adams had 13 games where he scored 20 points or more. His season high was on Dec. 1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, when he scored 27 points.

Adams shot 100 percent from the field and from the free throw line, going 11-for-11 from the floor and 5-for-5 from the charity stripe.

Not everything was great for the big Kiwi this season, as could be expected in a long season. During a Jan. 26 game, while successfully boxing out Marcin Gortat, Adams kicked Bradley Beal in the groin and was assessed a technical.

Adams is no stranger to getting kicked in the groin, as he was on the receiving end of a few kicks to the groin by Draymond Green.

Adams had a couple of injury bugs also. He got a concussion on Dec 16 against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first overtime of that game.

In Game 1 of the team’s first round series in the 2018 NBA Playoffs, Adams caught a lob from Westbrook and the dunk was so forceful that it hurt his arm.