Game Thread #24: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Portland Trail Blazers

Let’s see if OKC can keep their bigs off the boards and get some fast breaks going

he can get by Crawford no problem, but he’s gotta find a better seam if he’s going to shoot

is getting into the middle of the lane and dropping it off.

OKC leaves it wide open every single game

great set up for the big 3 ball from Reggie

Other than that though, OKC is fortunate to only be down 2:

gave up 31 points in a quarter
7 turnovers already
gave up 4 offensive rebounds

there was the skip pass, but it looked like it went over all 5 Blazers to get to Cook

you’re killing me

4 3-pointers already, and yet when he gets inside the lane, he is ripping them apart

might want to consider a double team once in a while

still a few careless TO’s

but they’re crashing the offensive boards hard – 9 so far, 30 total
Ibaka is playing great – 6 points, 9 boards, 5 offensive
held Portland to only 21 points
nice 8-0 run to close out the half

still some carelessness, but I really like the team’s focus and physical presence

1 on LMA, 1 on Crawford, saving layups

OKC struggling to hit shots right now though

to stop the bleeding

something about these 3rd quarters…

he’s not getting the calls on contact; gotta let those go and try something else

They’re being overly physical with OKC, and the Thunder don’t have an answer except to shoot longer shots

breathe….holy smokes