Game Thread #17: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Detroit Pistons
by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:00 PM CST
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The Thunder return from their little east coast jaunt to tackle the Detroit Pistons tonight. Detroit is ranked last in both points and rebounds, so let's see if OKC can make up a little ground in both of those areas.
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I knew we'd find a way to put up that image of N'dmakong Suh
Excellent work.
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haha, I couldn't resist
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
I just noticed
KD gives fist bumps to all the guys at the scorer’s table. Spreading the love.
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these refs...
need to swallow their whistles for a bit. 7+ minutes of bonus for them
Watching a home game on TV is almost surreal
Man, I really miss being at the arena.
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I love going too, but...
tickets are a tough get now unless you dish out some cash. Best seat in the house, for me, is my lazy boy. I have instant replay on demand, cheap beer, and no line at the bathroom.
Miller High Life, that is
GOTTA live the High Life!
easy access to the 7-11 too!
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:26 PM CST up reply actions
Well, I'm a season ticket holder back home, but....
as you know, I’m in Austria at the moment. I suppose a season of relaxing won’t be so bad, but still, there’s nothing like getting psyched at the biggest party in town. Even with the expensive food, long lines, and guys who sit with their legs three feet apart.
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Man, that was an awesome first part of the action
Hopefully we can keep this up through the game
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I really love how RW is running the fast break
He’s getting the outlet pass and then PASSING the ball up the court, not just dribbling it up. It changes the entire dynamic of the fast break.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
RW just turned into Tim Duncan on that bank shot
he’s got everything working right now
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Pistons are straight up demoralized
If Ibaka can just dominate like that
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Doesn't say a lot for Ibaka's shot mechanics though
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true
his mechanics have looked a bit funky every since he played overseas.
I like the rebounding energy though. looks like the team got a good talking-to about boxing out.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:33 PM CST up reply actions
He was just
pulling a Courtney Paris. Miss two shots, get two rebounds, then put the third effort through the hoop. Stat padding! lol
Rumor has it
Walker Russell runs the point better than Brandon Knight does. We will see.
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Someone busted out a Vuvuzela during that Jerebko FT
Much respect.
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That would tie the NBA record low, I believe.
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I think they were going for that rarely used
Collison corner-3 ball on that play
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First a Nazr Mohammed half-court shot with 5 seconds left, now this?
If nothing else, we need Eric Maynor back to take our end of half and quarter shots.
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This is how the Nets game should have been.
Awesome.
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Loving this defense right now
Two things impress me the most:
1) Pistons had the bonus at the FT line for over 7 minutes, and yet only go to the line 1 time after that. OKC didn’t get careless defensively
2) the high defensive effort is leading to a much more efficient offense. Fancy that!
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Reggie Jackson running the offense=Sweet
The number of plays he can run is limited (all of them have been picks) but he’s getting a feel of where everybody is on the floor
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hopefully he'll get extended minutes tonight
Reggie really needs a confidence game right now
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:47 PM CST up reply actions
Just came back from the snack bar...
having what’s left of a pork loin I smoked yesterday. Can’t get that at the arena ;-)
I'm having apple juice
Can’t get that at the arena either! :-D
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you a 'smoker?'
;-)
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 7:48 PM CST up reply actions
Yes.
I love it. High wind yesterday though, I had to keep a close eye on it.
oh boy, Detroit
I don’t want to patronize their team or their fans, but I just feel kind of bad for them right now
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I do too.
But I wouldn’t if it were the Mavs!
It's like management still thinks it's 2004
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wow.
peddle to the metal boys. We look so much better tonight than we did on the whole road trip.
it's like night and day for Harden too
15 points, 3-3 from three, 3 assists, 3 boards
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 8:00 PM CST up reply actions
yep.
He’s gonna need to get over these road woes, and fast.
That is complete bullshit
that is a TERRIBLE call. the contact was before the shot, AND the league said they’re not calling that this year.
Oh now we're just being silly.
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yes
and brooks called a time out to stop it. nice bit of coaching, that.
There it goes
Another pointless Perk technical. I’m sure we’ll lose him to suspension during some critically important game.
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Leads the league with 6
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what was he even
bitching about? that one was pointless. up by 30? yeah, we didn’t need that.
Are you serious?
That part of the court was WIDE OPEN
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Collison hurt?
Right before I heard that, I was getting ready to type, “This is the kind of game somebody gets injured in.”
A sampling of what's going on over at Detroit Bad Boys Right Now....
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LOL
love that last one. that was the dude that nagilum did in!
"It won't take a third of your crew...
maybe half."
That was such a weird episode
The whole time was spent just trying to figure out where they were. “What are you sensing, counselor troi?” “Nothing.” “What do your sensors read, Mr. Data?” “Nothing.” “Well, what do you think, Dr. Pulaski?” “Duh, we’re in a laboratory mice maze!” “Of course, that must be it!”
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Troi was useless...
when they needed her most. Remember at the end she said something like…“oh, I sense it now, it was too big for me to read before.” And she crashed the ship in the movie. Pulaski was just a bitch.
Hahahahaha
Her betazoid powers almost never came when they needed them the most. They only served to provide additional dialogue and serve as a occasional deus ex machina. And yeah, Pulaski was a terrible addition.
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And of course
Bringing in that guy specifically just to have someone die, like it’s the original series or something.
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Ever see Galaxy Quest?
Sam Rockwell plays a “Yeoman Johnson” type character that does the conventions now. Awesome movie.
Yep, don't remember it too well,
but I loved that movie.
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you're right
I think Prince missed his window to get to a competitive team while he was still in his prime.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I mean
It’s not like he won a championship with them or anything.
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lol
that was when he was in his 2nd season though. Detroit fell apart pretty quickly after that, and he could have signed with somebody else.
Maybe he’s not out of his prime yet though, but clearly he’s not maxing out where he is now.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
I think those tires are on fire these days
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 8:52 PM CST up reply actions
Plus, Prince is no longer there to provide "tire mark" cornrows
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Is it LAZER time yet?
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He needs to promote
one of those Pink Floyd laser light shows at the Myriad Gardens Crystal Bridge.
Brian Davis on Harden
“How does he do that?”
I’m waiting for the day when Harden steps out on the court and says, “I know something you don’t know…I am not left-handed.”
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Unless your enemy has studied
his agripa(sp?), which I have.
the revenge business
it does not pay that well
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
Great movie.
Here’s my Cliff from Cheers moment: It’s a little known fact thata….Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopler agreed to do the movie score only if Rob Reiner found a way to put the hat that he wore in Spinal Tap in Princess Bride. Rob agreed. You can see it in the background in one of the Peter Falk scenes.
That's a heavy heavy fuel factoid
And I just found the pic. That’s awesome.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 9:02 PM CST up reply actions
it's obvious OKC is trying to feed Ibaka
but I think he would do well to get about 5 feet closer to the rim
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Wow, I've never seen Damien Wilkins get up that high!
Strange things happen in garbage time.
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Wait, did anyone hear Brian Davis say that Detroit Amnestied Rip Hamilton?
I’m 99% sure that’s wrong.
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you're right, he's wrong
it was a straight buyout, they didn’t use their amnesty on him. probably b/c he only had 2 years left on his contract.
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 9:04 PM CST up reply actions
Nazr swoooooping in and dishing to Cole
I never thought I’d write that sentence
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Kinda like...
some of these sentences: http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi1144782873/
ALDRICH!!!!!!!!!!!
Palming it like no OTHA!
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Lazar Hayward
“He’s the guy in the headband.”
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If you ever wondered what the US Fleet Tracking Charity Game looked like
It was a little something like this if you throw in a few more dunks and behind the back passes.
Yeah...
this game got silly a long time ago.
that's why I've
been talking about star trek and princess bride!
And Damien Wilkins madness, I'm assuming.
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All of the rich posers have.
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Darn it we need 100!
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does that mean
NO FREE CHALUPA?
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by J.A. Sherman on Jan 23, 2012 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, I miss Taco Bell.
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Night All
I’ll drop more useless mad knowledge on you guys next game.
Excellent Game, Excellent Result.
Thanks for coming all!
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He definitely led some of the more impressive-looking runs.
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