Game Thread #15: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Washington Wizards
by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 6:00 PM CST
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The Thunder take on the Wizards tonight in the nation's capital. Lest you forget, a year ago around this time the Wizards took the Thunder into overtime, so they have the ability to put up points. It will be incumbent on the Thunder defense to keep John Wall, Nick Young, and company in check in order to earn win #13.
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J.A.
I’m sure you did it subconsciously, but you stole my “space-time continuum” meme from that boston game thread. lol
sorry mate!
I guess it was too perfect that I simply absorbed it, osmosis-like.
Truthfully, I have no original ideas of my own so I just take everybody else’s!
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 6:16 PM CST up reply actions
Let's do it!
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What's up buddy?
Are you excited about the “early” start tonight? What is it, 1:00am?
Yep, it's 1 AM
And no, I really wish I had an hour or two more to nap.
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Where is everyone from?
I know Zorgon is in Austria. I’m in Norman. What about you okluschen?
I may be in Austria, but I'm from OKC.
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I'm in NJ
exciting, thrilling NJ
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 6:17 PM CST up reply actions
Singleton
I wish we had drafted him. Though clearly Reggie Jackson was needed in light of the Maynor injury
sloppy
so far. both ends. Mcgee is sucking wind though from the pace.
So who saw
in the Oklahoman today the bit about the reason we wore home jerseys against boston? Turns out, Boston asked the league to wear their green uni’s for MLK day. Rather than my space-time continuum theory, the league probably has a rule about one team having to wear white. But I’m guessing on that.
Yeah, I asked Darnell Mayberry about it on Twitter
I wonder if my tweet inspired that little tidbit?
This game is looking pretty competitive thus far.
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Man, literally almost no cheer after that basket.
Welcome to being 1-12.
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On the bright side...
I bet tickets are cheap.
As someone
with a B.A. and an M.S. in psychology, I find it fascinating that I read it as “Great” until you said something. Lends support to the theories that we don’t read every word but rather phrases and clumps of words.
Like I said, Booker is in the house.
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I hope Harden
can break his bad shooting on the road tonight.
damn...
we had almost 6 seconds there. B.D. is right, he saw the shot clock…
No Foul?
looked like Harden got bodied twice.
Even though he missed...
that was a good shot for reggie.
Harden doesn't seem to know how to play within himself tonight.
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Our offense is such a mess right now
I really miss Maynor….
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freaking
heat check. westbrook was slashing
Man, I'm really hungry
Craving some banana nut bread. Or some pumpkin muffins with white chocolate chips.
I'm eating bananas and Austrian beef jerky....
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that doesn't sound
like a good combo to me.
Well, Austrian meat is really....
dry? So I need to refresh my palatte with a banana once in a while.
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We're given them confidence
I don’t think we’ll be able to put them away so easily anymore…..
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Perk is on pace for getting suspended for his techs before the end of the season
I believe the magic number is 16.
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Westbrook's takin OVAAAAA
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So much for that timeout by WAS....
you can’t stop Durant.
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And we're back.
How was 7-11?
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Just saw Jeff Green on the WAS broadcast
Awesome to see him up and looking good.
Both teams are about to break their season averages for
Blocks, steals, and turnovers. Shows you what kind of game this has been so far.
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How could we not convert on that fast break?
About the only thing we had been doing right up to that point
This whole game is bizarre
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Nooooo!
There goes Sefolosha’s 3PT%
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WHAT THE HELL WESTBROOK
That three was just…..absurd. He’s never hit it in from that far.
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Harden has been an atrocious ballhandler tonight
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BUT WESTBROOK IS STILL BALLIN'
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.....
I can’t believe the Wizards are still in this one.
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Big show of confidence by Brooks here
KD and Russ on the bench to start the fourth.
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Glad to see Harden is back to his game
But we’re only stalling for time until Durant and Westbrook are back, really
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OKC getting murdered on the offensive glass
Wiz have 10 more offensive boards and 24 more shot attempts
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It's WESTBROOK time!
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The Thunder have just never had a consistent offensive flow tonight....
They pretty much had to rely on fast breaks for runs, and its’ really hurt them. I mean, Washington basically handed the game over on a platter in the early 3rd, and OKC just wouldn’t take it.
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we're playing
to our opponents’ level again
We've had no reliable third source of offense tonight....
Looks like the end of tonight’s game is going to be a bunch of Durant postups and Westbrook drives.
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Why we're not the best team in the NBA
I give you exhibit A, B, C, and D.
If Kevin Durant didn't exist
I’d be really really worried. But he does, so I’m only a little worried.
Wizards slowly, painfully extending their lead....
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Oh my god....
The Wizards are HANDING us opportunities. And we just keep throwing them out the window.
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The Wizards are saying: Please, don't embarrass yourselves
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Alright, still in this..
Need to score and get a stop and we’re in a good position.
Man, it's a good thing that we're facing the Wizards....
No other team could shoot itself in the foot so well. Except, perhaps, for the Warriors.
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Gotta trade the two for one
And hope for the best.
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Man, gotta admire Durant
Ignores the call, gets right back in the game…..too bad it’s too late.
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Well, that's probably it..
OKC’s inability rebound just sealed the deal.
Thunder show why they're too inconsistent to win a championship
We can’t rebound, can’t defend, and our too predictable on offense
yep, they're the worst
except for every other team
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
This would never happen
to the Bulls, Heat, and Lakers
oh indeed it would
it happens to every team. nobody is immune.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
Are you kidding?
Each one of these teams has had similarly horrible games. Are you being serious right now?
Not to the Wizards
The Wizards only had ONE WIN before tonight. ONE WIN! You cannot let that happen if you’re going to be champs. This game and the Bos game (where we lucked out) showed that this team will not win until they learn to be consisten on offense (i.e., quit taking so many jumpers) and rebound. I am so ashamed of the Thunder tonight
Hahahaha
Ok, whatever you say. If you’re going to base everything you think off of the record of the opposing team rather than the game that they played then you deserve what you get. I’m not saying Washington played like a great team but they played well enough to beat us on a stinker night. Congrats to them, these things happen to all teams. If you’re ready to mail it in for the Thunder after two less than stellar performances landed them with a 12-3 record well then have fun with that.
The 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls
The Winningest Team of All-Time….lost a game to the 21-61 Toronto Raptors, in their first year of existence.
Argument over.
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me too
it happens though to every team. Just this year, the Lakers lost to the Kings, the Bulls lost to the Warriors, and the Heat lost to the Warriors too. Last year, the Heat lost a number of head-scratching games, including 1 to the league-worst Cavs.
It makes sense over the course of a season, but it doesn’t make the reality any less maddening as you’re watching your team go down to the league’s worst.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Lighten up brother.
Nobody is saying that OKC doesn’t have flaws that it needs to work out but this year there isn’t that one team that doesn’t have flaws that they need to work on.
Kobe is on track to set a record in usage % which is pretty much because he’s been a one man team up until now.
The Heat still can’t finish games.
Chicago does the same thing we do and plays down to the level of all their opponents and they are already showing wear and tear.
OKC is far from perfect and games like this are going to happen but they have as good of a chance as anyone right now.
Don't say ANYTHING
You’ll jinx it.
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Can the Wizards put in JaVale McGee at PG right now?
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Oh man.....oooooh man.....
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Geez...
That was way too far out to get KD the ball…
a fitting ending
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
The sheer fact that we were even in this game....
is just a testament to the Thunder’s fighting spirit. We might have played worse than poop tonight, but we still tried.
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What kool-aid are you drinking
and can I have some. This game is a statement to the Thunder’s inconsistency, lack of rebounding, defensive play, and energy that’s going to bite them in the playoffs if they can’t get it fixed
No kidding.
Note that I said, we played worse than poop. BUT, and that’s a big BUT, we never gave up during the final minutes, even when we were down by 8 with less than a minute to go. We had a shot at tieing this game because we didn’t give up. Our execution, energy, rebounding, defense, hell, everything was horrible tonight. But the Thunder didn’t throw a hissy fit, and they kept trying. That’s all I’m saying.
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Ehh..
We were due for a stinker. Come back and start a new win streak.
The Wizards TV crew is bragging about how they "limited" Durant to 8 points in the fourth
“Limit”? If you get 8 points in every quarter, you average 32….which is 5 points over Durant’s average.
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Again, drinking the kool-aid
Durant was terrible this game. He cannot get 3 charges in the 4th and has to play better defense
He was terrible.
I didn’t say he wasn’t….but you don’t brag about “limiting” someone to 8 points in a quarter. You could say, “You forced him into 7 Turnovers” or “You held him to 2-10 from three point range”, but “Limiting him to 8 points”? That’s just silly.
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It was fun, and bizarre....
Thanks to Soonerbered, Belt, das06h, and my co-bloggers for coming. See you Saturday night!
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John Hollinger puts tonight and the glaring problem of our season in a nutshell
This was what I wrote about day after Boston game … OKC was getting Ws but they weren’t sharp. Biting them tonight.
defensive rebounding seems to be the real culprit
it hurts OKC doubly b/c it gives the other team 2nd chances while reducing the Thunder’s defensive efficiency. Long term though they should be ok, b/c they have the same personnel they had last season when they were much more dominant on the boards. But they have to correct this glaring problem to eliminate these kinds of lackadaisical games.
There’s a basic formula for lesser teams to follow if they want to beat good teams – get offensive rebounds, and get to the FT line. The Wiz did a good job of both tonight (19 OREB, 31-43 from FT), even if they were kind of all over the place offensively.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
The Wiz were ok
but not outstanding in that dept – 8-21. They weren’t scorching the nets from long range. OKC just couldn’t keep McGee off the offensive boards. It was particularly troublesome how WSH kept getting tip-outs off of missed FT’s. That’s just a basic concentration thing.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 18, 2012 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
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47 | 19 | .712 | 0 | Won 4 |
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Denver
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38 | 28 | .575 | 9 | Lost 1 |
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36 | 30 | .545 | 11 | Lost 4 |
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