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Darkwebs said:
It's fun watching the Thunder choke in the 4th yet again
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Are we sure we want to play the Clippers and not OKC in the playoffs? A playoff series victory over OKC could be a real catalyst to breaking that team up :)
 
trailblazer18 said:
Are we sure we want to play the Clippers and not OKC in the playoffs? A playoff series victory over OKC could be a real catalyst to breaking that team up :)
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Its hard to know what teams has more problems; one week the Clippers next the Thunder.
 
smokeybandit said:
Frazier went off today. 19 points, 13 assists, 2 rebounds, 3 steals, no turnover.
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Well he should've felt at home as it was essentially a D-League game.
It's fun to check the Blazers connections:
Frazier
Luke Babbitt
Dante Cunningham
Thomas Robinson
and of course, two of our best draft-picks: Omer Asik and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
 
yuyuza1 said:
AI is my favorite player of all time. Glad to see this.
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Toughest guy pound for pound to play the game in my opinion..fearless player who wouldn't hesitate to drive on some of the greatest bigs to play the game. Well deserved HOF nod
 
Fun Choklahoma facts via Mark Stein:
Through the first three quarters of games, OKC is plus-232 for the season in the first, plus-107 in the second and plus-208 in the third, better scoring margins than any team other than Golden State and San Antonio. Yet in the fourth quarter, thanks to the Thunder's well-chronicled struggle to hold leads, they're stunningly minus-6, as helpfully tallied by the tireless Micah Adams from ESPN Stats & Info.
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It would be fun to know the individual player's +/- in the 4th quarter.
 
Watched a number of Thunder games in the 4th. I think its a combo of a couple things; first their roster. They don't have a single 3+D wing. Waiters is horrible on both ends; Singler can't defend, Roberson can't make an open shot, Morrow is the worst defender of the group. They have all specialists for one side of the ball. They do have a strong bench; so in the 2nd quarter and end of 3rd quarters their bench outplays the other team. They build up leads then; Kanter's terrible defense isn't as costly against reserves. But then when the opponent puts in their best 5 man crunch time lineup the Thunder are way outmatched at two positions.

They also don't have any sort of offense scheme to fall back on; its either isolate Westbrook or isolate Durant. The pace of the game slows down in the fourth as whatever team is ahead is more likely to burn clock. Westbrook doesn't get as many deadly fast breaks in a slower pace game.

They're going to be dangerous to any team this year even with their problems. But I could see them having trouble with any of a dozen solid playoff teams this year as well. Their a real wildcard.
 
Diaw is out for the Spurs but everyone else is playing tonight vs. the Jazz. That should be a good game.
 
OKC will tank tomorrow because they don't want to face us in the first round.
 
Bullshit but I don't care because Fuck the Spurs.
 
Changing that call was total bullshit! Curry's feet were set and outside of the restricted circle, but he totally leaned into Townes with his upper body. The NBA REALLY wants the Warriors to get to 73 wins. No way was the video evidence sufficient to overturn that call. If anything, it confirmed the call on the floor was correct.

BNM
 
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