Game Thread #16: Oklahoma City Thunder vs New Jersey Nets
by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 7:00 PM CST
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The Thunder visit New Jersey tonight to visit the struggling New Jersey Nets. The Nets have struggled this year, so like the Wizards, will be looking to reverse their fortunes. The Thunder need to get the bad taste of the Wizards loss out of their mouths. Join us tonight and let's watch how the Thunder respond to the set-back!
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Here we go!
I would be thrilled to see some great defensive intensity in this game
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LOL
That inside madness was what the Nets and Celtics did to us all of the last two games
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Holy cow
Perkins misses the dunk and Ibaka misses the easy lay in.
NBAtv
I’m pretty sick of only getting the other teams broadcast on NBAtv!
Don't they switch at half-time?
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Nope :(
Sometimes they carry both broadcasts. As much as it costs I don’t know why they don’t carry all the broadcasts, haha.
Ah, that sucks.
I guess it’s one of those things that just makes too much sense to have a basis in reality.
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If it's like xm radio...
and the way they do MLB games, you always get the home teams’ crew.
Not always..
I’ve been stuck with the other team a couple times when OKC was at home I think.
Well that's just shenanigans
Get your broom…..
(How many get that South Park reference?)
Westbrook is straight up Ballin' right now
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Westbrook looks good so far...
… maybe we’re in for a statement game post contract signing?
Oh hey
Just realized I’m over 1000 comments on WTLC :D
We appreciate the effort, sir!
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Ibaka in the HAUS
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Jackson gaining that confidence!
Love to see him involved
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Hahahaha
The look from Durant when Jackson almost passed on that open 3.
“What are you thinking rookie?!”
The Nets really need a Small Forward....
MarShawn Brooks isn’t looking too good out there.
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Here you go belt
Just send this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNxCvDYpmxE&feature=related
to NBAtv and they’ll get you fixed up asap
Just when I think our offense is about to lose its' Ubuntu, we get back in transition
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Nets announcers..
I’m actually enjoying their commentators. Not too homerish and they seem to have done their homework on the Thunder.
I really like Ian Eagle
His voice is so listenable and cheezy at the same time
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I had a..
fraternity brother who could do voices like that. Where is he now? Main sports reporter at a TV station in El Paso. It still cracks me up.
That's awesome. Does he do the voice while reporting?
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And is it different from his "normal" voice?
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Hahahaha, wow.
My suspicions have been answered. I swear Brian Davis has a “Normal” voice that we’ve never heard before.
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Here he is...
can’t find a clip at the moment
HA
Here he is being very caring and sincere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZjZBQ5NYs
That gave me a good chuckle.
Tonight will be a good test for Harden
He’s really been struggling on the road as of late
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I think more than lately
don’t his road woes go back to last year?
probably right
it is symptomatic of young bench players too; Harden’s so good though, he should be able to turn the corner in this area.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
agreed
We’re gonna need that in the playoffs.
Aye aye aye
Still having some major problems with our second unit’s offensive flow
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it's weird
it’s not like they’re not even getting good shots; they just don’t seem to have shot-making confidence with Maynor gone
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
sigh
you’re spot on. I REALLY miss Eric.
Jackson
He’s looking like he has serious confidence issues. That’s twice that he’s almost passed on that wide open 3 and he just looks skittish. I wish he would’ve had more time to acclimate to the NBA before he had to take serious minutes.
it's true; he's come into an impossibly difficult situation
at least he has 50 more games with a guaranteed 15 minutes per night to learn to play with these guys
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 7:49 PM CST up reply actions
Grrrrrrrrr
Those kind of 3 pointers that KD missed, with 15+ seconds on the shot clock, frustrate the shit outta me. No passes, just dribble to 26 feet and shoot.
I'm sure it's tough psychologically
when you know you can do things like that, you just think you can do things like that all the time. Kind of like Kobe or T-Mac back in the day. The mental challenge is to realize that the team becomes so much better when KD goes against settling for the jumper and really makes the defense work.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 7:54 PM CST up reply actions
Delay of Game
On Harden’s shoes
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Thunder already above their season average in blocks.
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I'm predicting the Nets have at least one run in them
We’re letting them hang around too close….
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Glory be
Nets are 28th in the league in rebounding and they still have 10 offensive boards in the 1st half already.
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Yeah
This is really starting to make me ill. All these second chances teams are getting against us are just maddening.
Yeah, but at least we're somewhat competing with them in that department tonight
In the past two games, we were just getting outright destroyed
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it really undermine's OKC's defensive ability too
they should be better defensively than they are, but almost every game the other team ends up getting more shot attempts
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 8:04 PM CST up reply actions
Westbrook gets an iso
And he goes for a foul at the top of the arc? Bleh….
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true, true
it’s not like Deron can check him out that high. That shoulda been a play moving toward the rim. RW is doing a good job spotting cutters; a penetration move would probably have yielded a better shot.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 8:10 PM CST up reply actions
Nets have been abysmal
It’s not often that you’ll ever catch me saying that I’m disappointed only being up 13 at the half but man, this should be ridiculous right now.
I can live with the spotty offense
only 4 points in last 3 min of the half; not great offensive flow during that time.
Defense is playing with much more intensity this game, which is why they’re doing well.
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What does "defensive rotation" mean?
On a side note, what does “ball movement” mean?
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I was just kidding, guys....
Didn’t mean to kill the comments.
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Deron Williams
Basically willing his team back into this one
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difficult and poor shots
are becoming more and more of a problem. we need to snap outta this quick.
RUN. THE. OFFENSE.
Williams getting the ball to the right spots
The Nats just aren’t executing
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Gaahhhh
What’s up with Durant and the FTs tonight? Dang
Box out, Ibaka....
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It's like he's still playing with that European mentality
Where you can grab the ball from inside the cylinder
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any speculation on this terrible rebounding?
it seems like they get an awful lot of hands on the ball after a shot, but then lose control and the other team gets the offensive board. Is it just concentration? or are they out of position?
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
Let's just say
I can’t wait to get Synergy Sports.
Still, I don’t see a lot of Boxing out. It’s like our players want to use their athleticism rather than fundamentals for their rebounds.
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good defense
but 16 points scored in the 3rd after 20 in the 2nd. Against the 29th ranked defense in the league.
That said, still very good defense. NJ has yet to score 20 points in a quarter.
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Wow, that had to be the greatest Chickasaw Nation Commercial Ever
Normally it’s some random person rambling. That one actually had substance.
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as a card carrying potowatomie...
I’m glad my tribal money isn’t wasted on that crap. What purpose do those ads serve and/or do they have any efficacy?
Who knows....
Why does the first Chickasaw NFL Ref matter? First Chickasaw in Space? I don’t know? It’s like watching someone else’s family reunion.
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ha
I’d say they need to find a better use for all that casino money. My tribe is freaking tight. I don’t even get a discount at the golf course! Fire Lake has too much water anyway.
Potowatomie = People of the Fire. Here endth the lesson.
At least Jackson is involved in the offense now
Still, we’re not getting much
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good look from Harden to Reggie in the corner
would still love to see him attack the rim with that.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
With the Thunder's worse free throw shooting
Teams should just foul at any sign of a fast break.
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Two great plays by Thabo
too bad they called the bad offensive foul on the first one
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I wouldn't mind the call if they were consistent
But they’ve called the exact same situation the other way before
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Come on, man!
That’s a foul on deron williams
well lookie there
movement off the ball combined with ball movement gave us an open look and a foul. amazing
It's now or never for the Nets
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travel???
how about a hack that knocked him forward???
speaking of Zebras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fljKx9nvrL4
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 21, 2012 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
You've gotta...
a lot of free time if you found something like that on youtube. wow. lol
I tend to think
that J.A. Sherman just spends a lot of his time searching up really strange terms on YouTube and coming up with odd pop culture references….
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That being said....
That Zebra/Chuck Testa was pretty dope.
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That would be...
an interesting research project. I’ll have to write a program to have random words generated as search terms.
If the Nets weren't so atrocious from three
I would be worried about this game
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Kinda like Wall's Lob last night
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Or however many nights ago....
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LOL at Morrow trying to challenge Westbrook in the post
Nets are really getting desperate
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KD's offensive game is atrocious
but he was a beast on the boards tonight – 15 so far
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Didn't we score 70 in one half last week?
this game has been a sloppy mess. just glad we’re gonna come out on top.
Sloppy win, but our great defense shone through!
Thanks to Soonerbered, Belt, and my partner J.A. Sherman for showing up. See you guys Monday Night!
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