Never had the team imo, they're just now starting to shift the blame his way (meaningfully).Originally Posted by vrortiz405
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Never had the team imo, they're just now starting to shift the blame his way (meaningfully).
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Harden had 21 points on 6-7 shooting and 7-7 from the stripe for a +26 for the game.
Great win, minus the little lapse in the 3rd quarter, that was about as perfect a road game you could play, especially in one of the toughest arenas in the league
Thunder Up!
Man I am impressed with Ivey. He can make shots and am always amazed with his defense. Hayward should never see the floor as long as Ivey is healthy.
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I agree 100%
I'm worried about Sessions with the Lakers, he gave us fits last time, and he played with the Cavs
I can see the Lakers winning this one, they are still a great team
I'm not too worried about Sessions. The last time Sessions played the Thunder as a Cav was in a game that was sponsored by the US Postal Service.
Oops I had a serious brain lapse...that was Kyrie Irving that gave us fits, my bad
FIFY
Speaking of which Chuck, I always here mention that they brought Hayward in so he can play D on KD in practice. My question is how does KD benefit from this?
Amazing, the forty minutes of the "Total Dominance Hour" with Berry Trammel and not a single utterance about the Thunder.
But they managed to squeeze in talk about the K State coaching search.
smh
edit: Update, Dean's segment is over, zero Thunder talk
So?
I think it was their reasoning. I don't know how the worst person in the defensive PER can guard KD. Not every Presti move is perfect.
Yeah, but when was the last BAD move Presti made before bringing in Hayward?
Drafting Byron Mullens
Touché
I lol'd
KD on Jimmy Kimmel in a few minutes
Now that I think about it...didn't we trade Mullens for Lazar?
So it's really just an extension of the one clearly bad decision Presti has made. And Lazar has done more for OKC than Mullens ever did.
Even still, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken ****.
Great, a Jimmy Kimmel/Adam Carolla circle jerk. Is it 1998 again? Bring out KD already.
Only reason "Lazar has done more than Mullens ever did" is because of the position they play. We're loaded at Center. Not at SF.
Kimmel, this is what's inside KD's backpack
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KD did well on Kimmel.
Is it too much to ask to have a little Thunder talk on the radio on the way home?
I hope Bynum acts true to his words and takes 3 pointers tonight
clunk
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KD on Kimmel
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Hangs out at the Apple Store ..... Lol
Kevin seems as tired as we are of the "Why do you want to stay in dinky little ol OKC" question. If there are any clones here, that question is definitely UUU.
****ing Spurs are now 2.5 GB of OKC in the middle of our toughest stretch
It is 2 games in the loss column.
I don't expect the Thunder to win tonight, but it would be nice to stay 3 up on the Spurs.
Tough game for sure. Things I'll be looking for :
- if we can distribute ball and not sit at the 3 pt line until 9 secs led on shot ock for every possession
- how fisher plays against former team
- keeping Bynum out of underneath the basket
- shutting down kobe
Though it was at home, but Perk absolutely pwned Bynum in the last game at the Peake. I also think that Perk can get into Bynum's head like CP3 used to get into Russ's and get him off his game.
why?
Going to scare ya just a little bit more.
Spurs:
Remaining Games: 17
Remaining +.500: 8
Remaining Home games: 9
Strength of opponent: .479
Thunder
Remaining Games: 16
Remaining vs +.500: 9
Remaining Home games: 7
Strength of opponent: .535
The Spurs have to play at Boston, the Lakers three times (once on road) a back to back with Utah and host the Griz. The rest is cake. They do have some clusters of games in a short amount of time left and you never know when Pop might sit his whole team and call up their Austin D League team to play a game.
Thunder's next three: At Lakers, Bulls at home, at Miami. Who thinks we win all three?
You forgot a home game with the Grizzlies right after Chicago.
correction. who thinks we win all four?
and then OKC travels to Indiana. Indiana has beaten Chicago, Lakers, Heat, Celtics, Orlando, Atlanta.. They're no pushover. They're 28-20 on the season...
definitely a trap game. Especially if we come in 3-1 or 4-0 off our next four games.
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Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks told my broadcast partner before the game that it's almost surprised him lately how well his team is playing, and how dominant they have become. And, he said if they keep playing this way they'll win the whole thing. After watching the Thunder roll through Portland on Tuesday night, it's easy to see why even their own head coach is impressed.
Smooth and easy. That not only describes how OKC played on Tuesday, but describes the way nearly everything has gone for the Thunder since moving away from Seattle. The next time the team gets a bad break, or a key injury, it'll be the first time. They have no idea what adversity is, and should, I suppose, actually get a lot of credit for that. Their design, and path to where they are hasn't seen even one pothole. I'm quite certain their fans, who had the team dropped in their lap, think it's this way everywhere.
This isn't bitterness, it's envy. It's a useless emotion, and probably a sign of weakness, but it does apply here. While the Blazers have found heartbreak, trouble, and bad news under every single overturned stone (some of their own doing, but a lot out of it out of their control), the Thunder have gracefully waltzed up to a championship window that's now wide open- likely for the foreseeable future.
It's not like this just suddenly turned into this, but given the recent appearance by a now-retired Brandon Roy, and departure of Greg Oden, coupled with watching the Thunder cruise through the Rose Garden with ease, ripped the band-aid off a badly-infected wound.
It's hard to imagine a Thunder team winning just 23 games in a season, with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. But, that's what they did, and allowed them to stumble into the final piece of their three-headed monster, James Harden (who actually was taken one pick after Hasheem Thabeet in the '09 draft).
On Sunday, the Thunder dismantled the Miami Heat. On Tuesday, perhaps fearing a letdown, Brooks had his team running around like caged animals during pre-game warmups. You could tell, they were focused and were all business. With recent hard-fought battles in Portland fresh in their minds, and a great respect for the Rose Garden, they came out firing.
Everything was going to have to go perfectly for the Trail Blazers to have a shot in this game, and in the opening quarter, nothing went right. The Thunder, on the other hand, looked like a well-oiled chainsaw. The Blazers were 6 for 23 shooting in the first 12 minutes, while the Thunder were 13 for 20. The lead was 14 before Portland fans had finished their first beverage.
OKC's lead was 18 by halftime, and they only briefly paused to catch their breath in the third quarter. The Blazers, to their credit, rallied in this game. They went on a 17-2 run to get to within five, at 73-68. The Thunder answer though, and took a nine-point lead to the fourth.
In the final quarter the Thunder's big three seemed only mildly amused, and took turns dishing out body blows to the Trail Blazers. First it was Harden, who went on a personal 7-0 run, and then it was Westbrook, who was brilliant once again, scoring 32 points. And, of course, sprinkled into the fun was Durant, who went for an easy 25 points, on 10 of 14 shooting.
On a night when the Trail Blazers could have made up some ground on the logjam at the bottom of the western race, the Thunder simply didn't allow it. They won the game 109-95, and improved to 38-12.
There were some bright spots for Portland, and both came in the form of players who weren't even on this team two weeks ago. J.J. Hickson, who was sent adrift by Sacramento and landed in Portland, had 14 points in his Blazer debut against the Lakers. Against the Thunder, Hickson had a team-high 21 points, on 9 of 10 shooting, in just 26 minutes. He'll be a restricted free agent after the season, and I guess being put on waivers by the Kings served as pretty good motivation to take full advantage of an opportunity like this.
Jonny Flynn was the other Blazer who was especially fun to watch in this game. Flynn, who was the sixth-overall pick in that '09 draft mentioned above, is also getting the chance to show he simply needed the right situation to blossom. Flynn, who got the bulk of the point-guard minutes in the second half, had 10 points, five ****ists, and lit a spark under the Blazer offense. The NBA is funny this way- Flynn was in a bad situation in Minnesota, suffered a serious hip injury, rehabbed with Houston, and now is finally healthy. Could it be that the Blazers have found a guy that could stick in the future? Tough to tell that just yet, but you've got to give Flynn credit for doing his best to prove himself.
For the Trail Blazers, it was another night where we talked about the difficulty of digging a deep hole early and expecting to be able to recover.
Just as familiar was seeing everything go Oklahoma City's way down the stretch, as they put a cap on another impressive performance.
OKC is going to drop one of the games. I just can't see OKC going into the Indiana game sitting on an 8 game winning streak. I love this team, but I can't even imagine us doing that through this gauntlet.
Oh, and for some of the anti-fisher lovers.. just some stats for you..
OKC is 4-0 since acquiring Derek Fisher, winning by an average of 15.5 points per game.
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I was anti-fisher, but have come around. He as been great for this team so far. I just don't want him playing 40 minutes like he did against Minnesota.
Agreed. I think Brooks saw that too. Next day he came out and say Fish will play 12-19 minutes a game.
Is this bc of Fisher or that KD, Russ, and Harden are playing really, really good? Fisher hasn't brought anything on the offensive side of the ball.
I'm not anti-Fisher btw.
I'm sure it's behind the scenes. He's probably got their head on straight and got their eyes back on the prize instead of going through the motions.
Plus, it really helps that Reggie Jackson isn't on the floor at all anymore.
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Um... just 23 posts before you... http://www.landthieves.com/board/sho...l=1#post570606...
Ya but this is just 1 video and not 2.
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