The Thunder have no excuse for losing tonight. With the Trail Blazers in full tank mode and Raymond Felton out with injury, it seems like the Thunder should cruise to certain victory. Right?
I could sit here and write 2,000 words about how this game is the small market team versus the superstars, but everybody and your grandma knows that. I could also talk to you about what Bosh, James, and Wade can do. But I won't, because you already know that too.
When Ricky Rubio tore his ACL on March 10th, 2012, Minnesota lost their rookie sensation. And with him, they seem to have lost all hope for their first playoff run in the post-Garnett era.
So, if you haven't heard, the Thunder have officially found themselves in a slump, going 3-4 in their last seven games. Fortunately for us, the Los Angeles Clippers also find themselves in a slump, going 3-4 over their last seven games.
The last two matchups have been blowouts, but the Jazz aren't the same team that we saw in February. They've recovered from their slump, and have been solid in recent weeks, defeating the Heat and Lakers.
On March 15th, 2012, the Portland Trail Blazers fired coach Nate McMillan and traded away Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby. From a casual fan's perspective, this means two things....
If the Thunder lose this game, they'll find themselves in serious danger of losing the top seed in the Western Conference. If that's not enough reason to watch, I don't know what is.
In case you got caught up in all of the other trade news, you might have missed the fact that the Denver Nuggets just traded Nene to the Washington Wizards for JaVale McGee and Ronny Turiaf.
Back in February, it took career games from Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Serge Ibaka in order to defeat the Nuggets. What makes us think we'll be able to do that again, after some underwhelming performances against middling teams in the past couple of weeks?
Well, would you look at that! The season is half over! Oh yeah, it's been half over for some time now. We're actually closer to approaching the two thirds mark. Darn you, lockout!
