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Orlando Summer League 2010 Recap: Oklahoma City 77, Indiana 73
by Zorgon on Jul 9, 2010 4:00 PM CDT
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The Thunder took on their last Summer League opponent in the Pacers this morning. If they won and the Bobcats lost, they would become the Orlando Summer League champions. Read on for a quick recap of the action.
The game started off on a 8-0 run by the Thunder. D.J. White looked good in the run, even making a rare post move score. Apparently, the Pacers got to the game late, and it showed in their performance. Ryan Reid had a good quarter, getting two tough post buckets and taking a charge. Mustafa Shakur and James Harden continued to score well. All in all, the quarter was mostly forgettable, besides an amazing dunk by Paul George.
The second quarter was one of complete domination for the Thunder. The only mentionable talent on the Indiana Pacers was Magnum Rolle, who had some nice scores, and Paul George, who had adequate defense in the paint. James Harden continued to get to the line and hit nice layups. A particularly hilarious moment came when Russell Robinson seemingly accidentally ran directly into James Harden. It looked like Robinson did it intentionally, but I'm not judging.
Below: What did Cole Aldrich have to say about the Thunder? Were the Thunder Summer League Champions?
Orlando Summer League 2010 Recap: Oklahoma City 80, Orlando 78
by Zorgon on Jul 9, 2010 3:44 AM CDT
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The Thunder played the home court team today in the Orlando Magic. The Magic have been sorely disappointing in this Summer League, but they have some notable talent on their team. A quick recap on how the game went down is below.
The first quarter of this game, as with the last game, was terribly ugly to watch. But it picked up as the quarter went on, and some good things were seen from Ryan Reid, who drew a couple fouls and hit a jumper, and Kyle Weaver, who weaved through three guys to get to the bucket. A particularly hilarious moment came from the Magic's Yaroslav Korolev, who got a block, rebounded the block, had a really amateurish looking coast to coast drive, and got rejected by the rim when attempting to lay it in. The Magic played a pretty terrible game, making some ill-advised drives and shooting some heavily contested shots.
The second quarter had the ante upped a bit, but it was mostly more of the same until the end, when the Thunder hit a couple shots in succession to widen the gap to around 10 again. Ryan Reid looked absolutely horrible as he missed at least three jumpers, while at one point getting it stolen from him in the post. Taylor of the Magic was looking pretty good, as he ran the offense really well and made a few shots of his own. Kyle Weaver fell a bit cold.
Below: Who hit the game winning shot? What have we learned about certain players from this game?
Orlando Summer League 2010 Recap: Oklahoma City 89, Philadelphia 80
by Zorgon on Jul 8, 2010 4:06 AM CDT
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Today, the Thunder faced off against the surprisingly experienced Philadelphia 76ers, who sport the #2 pick in this years draft and two regular rotation players from last year. How did the Thunder fare? Read on for a quick recap of the action.
The first quarter was one of the ugliest quarters of basketball I'd seen in some time. The only way either team could score was through getting fouled, and nobody was looking impressive, especially on the Sixers. Still, you have to give credit to Latavious Williams and Ryan Reid for stepping in later in the quarter and defending the paint unbelievably well. Ryan Reid still doesn't look like much of an NBA player, but Latavious williams has a chance. Courtesy of a Harden Three and some nice post moves by Williams, the Thunder were up by 7 going into the second.
The second quarter started off with a bang as Latavious Williams had an excellent ally-oop dunk within the first minute. But then, shortly after, the Sixers staged a comeback, hitting several outside shots. Evan Turner (the second pick of the draft) wasn't a part of it though, has he did pretty horribly throughout the quarter, not hitting one shot from the field. Luckily though, the Thunder decided to sub back in Mullens, White, and Maynor, which led to a massive comeback and restoring of the norm for this game.
Below: How did the Thunder fare in the second half? Who got a hand injury midway through the fourth?
Western Conference Quarter-Finals Game 6 Recar: Los Angeles Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 94
by Zorgon on May 3, 2010 6:14 AM CDT
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Wow. How do you recap a game like this? Where do you even start? It was easily the best game of the series, and potentially the biggest game in Oklahoma City Professional Sports History. Before the Thunder and Hornets came, the biggest moment in Oklahoma City Professional Sports History would be....I don't know, this?
Wow, we've certainly come a long way from that.
The game, for lack of a better term, was epic. After a series that consisted of two blowouts, one game that was all but decided by the last couple of minutes, and two relatively close games, everybody was itching for one that came down to the wire. After all, it would have been confirming what the Thunder were trying to prove, in that the Thunder cannot beat a more experienced team when it comes down to the wire.
Thunder-Lakers Post Series Reaction Thread
by Zorgon on May 1, 2010 1:59 AM CDT
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I know I'm being a bit of a wimp, but I simply do not have the energy to recap this game tonight after all of the cheering and craziness that went on in the Ford Center. Expect a full recap tomorrow.
In any case, if you want to say any farewells, make any shout outs, or start ranting and raving about the off-season, then let it start here.
And keep in mind, Welcome to Loud City will be updated daily in the off-season. There will be lots of things to cover, like:
The Rest of the NBA Playoffs
The 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey (Featuring Krstic playing for Serbia and Durant and Westbrook possibly playing for Team USA).
The NBA Draft
The Summer Leagues
The Tulsa Shock
Free Agency Madness
....and the Start of the 2010-2011 Season.
So stay around, crack open a cold one, and prepare for the madness that will be going on this Summer. The season may have just ended, but there's lots of action lurking right around the corner.
Western Conference Finals Game 5 Recap: Los Angeles Lakers 111, Oklahoma City 85
by Zorgon on Apr 29, 2010 11:20 AM CDT
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Game 5 is in the books, and guess what? We got our butts handed to us.
Kobe decided to guard Russell Westbrook, initially putting a huge detriment into things. Kevin Durant has been on and off in this series, and tonight, he chose to be off....or, rather, he was forced to be off by Ron Artest's excellent defense.
And what happens when your two primary scorers are out of commission? Complete disaster, that's what. Nobody else stepped up to the plate. Thabo looked absolutely hopeless on offense, missing wide-open threes by a mile. Jeff Green was just as inefficient as Durant, except on a smaller scale, and Krstic was worthless as ever against the Lakers' big man tandem.
And the bench? Well, they did a good job....in garbage time. I honestly can't remember a game where there was absolutely no positive thing to be said about it, other than Etan Thomas matching up quite well to Josh Powell. It was just a complete disaster. If you didn't watch, let me enlighten you: We didn't score a field goal until over half of the first quarter was over. We only scored 5 in the first half of the 2nd. And the rest of the "real" game wasn't pretty either, as most of the points game from forced shots or free throws.
THE TIME HAS COME!!!! (A Bad Photo Essay)
by Zorgon on Apr 23, 2010 1:24 AM CDT
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BEAT L.A.!
10-0, uh oh.
Deadlock.
Then ecstasy!!!!
We did it!!!!
Take that, Sour Grapes and Bad Haircuts!!!!
Full recap coming A.S.A.P. That is, as soon as I can settle down, review some tape, and type out proper sentences.
WE WON!!!! CELEBRATE!!!!
Western Conference Quarter-Finals Game 1 Recap: Los Angeles Lakers 87, Oklahoma City 79
by Zorgon on Apr 18, 2010 6:36 PM CDT
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I can't say I'm surprised.
Nobody can say they were surprised. Not even the most die hard Thunder fan really expected us to win and would be devastated by this loss.
And obviously, the local media is going to do all it can to iterate that this was a good loss, a learning experience, a blah this and a blah that. In truth, though, it was just a loss. It was bad. We could have won, and we should have won. But, admittedly, the reason we did lose was because we were young.
Early on, the Thunder looked like deer in the headlights. The Lakers created their lead by driving to the basket down low, and they pulled away with three back-to-back threes. After this disastrous first quarter, the Thunder almost looked dead in the beginning of the 2nd, falling behind by 17. But the, individual players started to shine through. Collison brought his veteran presence. Westbrook starting driving to the hole so fast that he was almost like Sonic the Hedgehog. When it was all said and done, we were within 8 points at the start of the half.
The rest of the game was competitive, like it should have been. The Thunder were always threatening to come back, and at one point got it to within 6 before the start of the fourth. But they just couldn't make a run. In the end, the fact that they fell so far behind so early dug them into a big hole. This, coupled with the fact that the Thunder would make stupid mistakes whenever they would go on a run combines for a relatively uneventful loss.
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Northwest Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
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Denver
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53 | 29 | .646 | 0 | Lost 1 |
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Utah
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53 | 29 | .646 | 0 | Lost 4 |
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Oklahoma City
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50 | 32 | .609 | 3 | Lost 2 |
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Portland
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50 | 32 | .609 | 3 | Lost 2 |
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Minnesota
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15 | 67 | .182 | 38 | Lost 7 |
(updated 9.2.2010 at 4:09 PM CDT)
Thunder Schedule
Last 5 Games
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Fri 04/30 | L 94 - 95 |
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Tue 04/27 | L 87 - 111 |
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Sat 04/24 | W 110 - 89 |
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Thu 04/22 | W 101 - 96 |
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Tue 04/20 | L 92 - 95 |
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