Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Frankly, I don't think Oklahoma City does Durant for LeBron James + more stuff. I think Kevin Durant is the most valued player, because LeBron James is a socially awkward manchild.
Definitely, no way. I mean, part of it is the culture of Oklahoma. I mean, Kevin Durant is a guy who walks over to the crowd and kisses his mother after each and every game. LeBron James is a guy known for taking off to another team for a chance at a championship. That doesn't really fly here.
Then there's the fact that Durant is 4 years younger than James, AND the fact that we just beat Cleveland by 15 ... yeah, I can't see that trade going down.
Tonight, YOUR Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Portland Trailblazers. Tip off is in about 2 minutes.
So the thing is ... we're playing Portland on the road, and so far this season we're 2 and 1 against the Trailblazers, so that's not the issue. The issue is, Thursday night is the Lakers, which is a big, big game. We've only played the Lakers once this year and we beat them, which means they'll be coming for us. Plus, if you'll remember, we embarrassed them pretty badly during that game. And we just got Derick Fisher from the Lakers, so I'm sure they'll attempt to shut him down as well. That'll be a tough battle, especially after coming off of Portland tonight.
Well, that was easy. 109-94, Thunder wins. No drama and no injuries. By the end of the game our 3rd string was in, so it looks like everybody will get lots of rest between now and Thursday.
It sucks when your team isn't playing as good as they should be playing. In the first half of the game against the Lakers, we ended down by 5 points. We couldn't hit anything. Kevin Durant, one of the best shooters in the league, started out 0 of 8. The only applause the Thunder in LA was when Derick Fisher came out.
And then, in the 3rd, the Thunder turned on the heat. Harden came out shooting. Westbrook found his little 2 point jumper zone. Durant started driving. Westbrook ran past Bynum (who has to be a foot taller than him) and dunked on him. Here they were! Here were my Thunder!
Gasol couldn't stop us. Bynum couldn't stop us. The only person who could stop us was the legend, Kobe Bryant. But did he? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HE DID NOT.
THUNDER WINS BY 9, 102-93.
It's very likely in the finals we will face the Lakers in the west, and Cleveland in the finals. This week, we beat both teams.
Last night YOUR Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Los Angeles Clippers in an embarrassing blow out. One can only hope that the Thunder is getting this crap out of their system before the play offs. Last night's game puts the Thunder at a season record of 1-3 against the Clippers. With last night's win, the Clippers cinched a spot in the playoffs, their first time back since 2006.
And while I would never root against the Thunder, it's always good to see Blake Griffin (University of Oklahoma alumni) and Chris Paul (who played his rookie year here in Oklahoma with the Hornets) do well.
Despite a rough couple of weeks, the Thunder regained the number one spot in the West, with about a week left in the normal season.
Flack wrote:It's very likely in the finals we will face the Lakers in the west, and Cleveland in the finals. This week, we beat both teams.
How many games are frigging left? The Cavs have a lot of games to make up!
HURR IM THE HURRMAN You meant Heat, I'm betting. Sorry. I do want you to know that people read this, and that you are my "go to" source for basketball news, Flack.
Yeah, I meant the Heat. I had LeBron Dummy on the brain.
I almost wish the Thunder were ranked #2 or #3 in the West. Going in to the playoffs with a target on your back is never ideal ... although the trade off is, of course, home court advantage -- something that's invaluable for the Thunder, who play in "loud city" and always play well at home.
Regular season ends either this week or next week, then I think there's a week off before the playoffs begin.
So we got beat by the Lakers. We beat them the last couple of times but when a guy on the other team elbows your 40+ point shooter in the head and puts him out for multiple games ... well, you don't score as many points as you usually do.
I missed the first half of tonight's game against the Kings. The Kings are next to last in the Western conference so -- ho, ho! -- surprise that they were up by 3 going in to half time. Stupid Thunder. I'm not sure what happened in the first half of the game but by the time I turned it on all of our starters were on the bench and all the guys we normally put in when we're ahead by 20 were playing. It was a 1 point battle back and forth for the lead until eventually the Thunder's scrubs pulled ahead, winning by 7 or so.
The Thunder is battling for first seed in the Western conference and are 1.5 games behind the Spurs so it looks like we'll be #2, which most analysts are saying is a better position. If the positions stay the same, we'll face Dallas in the first round, probably LA in the 2nd, and then the Spurs in the 3rd, unless something crazy happens.
I think the Thunder vs. Dallas will go 5 games, maybe 6. The Lakers should have no problem with Denver (sorry ICJ). Clippers/Memphis is a coin toss. San Antonio should crush the Jazz.
Again without Harden, the Thunder limped along all night and didn't seem too interested in their last game of the season against the Denver Nuggets. The game ended with the Thunder down by 5, 101-106, which is a punk ass bitch of a score against the Nuggets. So lame.
Playoffs begin Saturday. I'll be starting a new thread to track the playoffs, so sorry if you were going to do that*.
(*Nobody here was going to do that. I'd bet a sack full of pizza cutters on it.)
