Personally, I Think OKC Is Within Reach....

[maxiep]

When OKC beat Portland, wasn't that about the time when Brandon Roy was really sucking the life out of the team? Or am I remembering wrong?

Both times. Brandon was trying to be his old self, but his body was betraying him. And the team was defering to him, hoping for that old magic. Brandon Roy the man and the player deserved better knees than the good Lord gave him.

 

[tlongII]

Dallas lost to the Spurs last year in the playoffs.

You're right. I meant Phoenix.

 

[illmatic99]

13 of our last 18 games are against teams > .500. 6 of those games are on the road. I wouldn't count on being able to reach OKC.

And that schedule in the last week of March/first week of April is just brutal: (vs. SA, @OKC, @SA (b2b), @NO, vs. OKC, vs. DAL). If we can get out of that stretch without losing more than 3 games (and winning both vs. OKC), we might have a chance, but it's going to be really tough.

 

[KingSpeed]

13 of our last 18 games are against teams > .500. 6 of those games are on the road. I wouldn't count on being able to reach OKC.

And that schedule in the last week of March/first week of April is just brutal: (vs. SA, @OKC, @SA (b2b), @NO, vs. OKC, vs. DAL). If we can get out of that stretch without losing more than 3 games (and winning both vs. OKC), we might have a chance, but it's going to be really tough.

We can beat all those guys. I don't think strength of schedule matters. If you're good, you're good, you'll win games. We just beat Orlando and Miami back to back on the road. And we blew out Orlando back when Dwight Howard played us at RG. We're a great team and we're deep as fuck if we stay healthy. You WANT to be playing the tough teams down the stretch. Makes it easier to pass them in the standings.

 

[STOMP]

Ya, the biggest reason being Perkins. No one on the Spurs team can cover LA one on one (not Duncan, either). And Dre can somewhat hang with Parker, while he would get destroyed by Westbrook's combo of strength and quickness. I think we can handle KD and Manu, but of the other matchups, I like SA.

yet in over half of the Blazer Thunder matchups the last two years, it's been Miller punching Westbrook in the nose and taking his lunch money

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201002090POR.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201003280OKC.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201004120POR.html

repeating myself from several threads over the past few months, I like a healthy Blazer roster's chances vs anyone but Stern's Lakers. If the officials weren't in their pocket, I think even that matchup would be pretty 50-50. The PDX Bigs matchup very well with theirs and they've more weapons on their wings. Miller or Fisher doesn't seem a hard choice at all. Between Crash Batum and Wesley, I don't think any team has a better collection of wing defenders to potentially throw at Kobe. But barring an injury to someone in their core, they're going to get whatever little advantage they need to beat a worthy foe and advance to the final$

STOMP

 

[KingSpeed]

yet in over half of the Blazer Thunder matchups the last two years, it's been Miller punching Westbrook in the nose and taking his lunch money

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201002090POR.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201003280OKC.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201004120POR.html

repeating myself from several threads over the past few months, I like a healthy Blazer roster's chances vs anyone but Stern's Lakers. If the officials weren't in their pocket, I think even that matchup would be pretty 50-50. The PDX Bigs matchup very well with theirs and they've more weapons on their wings. Miller or Fisher doesn't seem a hard choice at all. Between Crash Batum and Wesley, I don't think any team has a better collection of wing defenders to potentially throw at Kobe. But barring an injury to someone in their core, they're going to get whatever little advantage they need to beat a worthy foe and advance to the final$

STOMP

Sometimes, the giants fall to the better team. Remember when Payton/Kobe/George/Malone/Shaq starting 5 lost to Pistons in 5 games?

 

[STOMP]

Sometimes, the giants fall to the better team. Remember when Payton/Kobe/George/Malone/Shaq starting 5 lost to Pistons in 5 games?

they got to the finals which means that the officials got Dave's money team as far along as needed. In the finals themselves I'm recalling injuries playing a part

STOMP

 

[illmatic99]

Philly and OKC are in a good one. Sixers are so deep, and their perimeter D is stellar.
96-94 PHL with 3:30 left.

 

[illmatic99]

Lou Williams with a bomb in Harden's grill.

 

[THE HCP]

GO PHILLY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Come on Philly.... this would be huge

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

OKC choking

 

[illmatic99]

Nice to see a sellout in Philly. They care more about hockey here. Come on!

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Damn, airball iggy

 

[illmatic99]

million $ move, 10 cent finish

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

WOWOW KD with a three....

 

[illmatic99]

Freakin hell, KD.

 

[illmatic99]

In November, I was able to get a pair of tix for three games for free when I signed up for a email fan club thing. They were literally giving them away.

Not so nowadays.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

And utah gets a game winning shot at the buzzer

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

And OKC has a chance at a game winning shot

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Overtime

 

[illmatic99]

Meeks doesn't usually miss those.