G17: Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets | 8PM CST

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #1 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:28 pm

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THUNDER at NUGGETS
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Location: Pepsi Center
Thunder: 8-8 | #T-6 in West
Nuggets: 6-9 | #10 in West

Next Game: Sat, Nov 26 vs Detroit Pistons
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Pillendreher · Post #2 » by **Pillendreher** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:12 pm

Man we need solid outing desperately. Nothing fancy, just solid defense which fuels our offense.

Pillendreher · Post #3 » by **Pillendreher** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:23 pm

Oh man we're so gonna lose this.

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ducler · Post #4 » by **ducler** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:42 pm

spearsy23 · Post #5 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 4:28 am

2016-2017. Thunder, we find a way to lose.

spearsy23 · Post #6 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 4:49 am

Still ugly, still bad defense, still stupid. None of that matters because we got freaking win!

Ball like Cody · Post #7 » by **Ball like Cody** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 4:52 am

good **** Russ!!

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #8 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 4:58 am

Finally, win #9

Post #9 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:14 am

Wow great win!

Post #10 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 2:18 pm

glad we won but omg it's painful to watch. We need some defense. Sounds like we are missing ibaka more than we thought ( I know he was trash last year)

Pillendreher · Post #11 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 2:57 pm

This has nothing to do with Ibaka. Defense has been trash no matter who's on the floor.

Post #12 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:52 pm

Pillendreher wrote:This has nothing to do with Ibaka. Defense has been trash no matter who's on the floor.

it has to do with the fact that Adams needs a good 4 to help him.

For the rest we can't ask much more from Roberson ( and neither from westbrook, or he won't be able to perform offensively).

Post #13 » by **bondom34** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:13 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:This has nothing to do with Ibaka. Defense has been trash no matter who's on the floor.

it has to do with the fact that Adams needs a good 4 to help him.

For the rest we can't ask much more from Roberson ( and neither from westbrook, or he won't be able to perform offensively).

Problem is there's nothing showing this. Serge didn't make a difference last year. And his numbers are worse this year yet.

Post #14 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:25 pm

bondom34 wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:This has nothing to do with Ibaka. Defense has been trash no matter who's on the floor.

it has to do with the fact that Adams needs a good 4 to help him.

For the rest we can't ask much more from Roberson ( and neither from westbrook, or he won't be able to perform offensively).

Problem is there's nothing showing this. Serge didn't make a difference last year. And his numbers are worse this year yet.

I think I said Serge was terrible last year and we made a GREAT trade. Serge didn't make difference last year but he was helping Adams more on the inside than Sabonis or any other is this year.
I never said we shouldn't have traded Ibaka or something close to it, just that we need an average 4 at least ( Sabonis is a great talent but is far from that).

Post #15 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:28 pm

We had good interior defense and this year we are beyond terrible. What is the reason then?

Sounds that we need an average 4 even more than a wing player. We can't get stops even against terrible offensive teams.

Even with hitting 50% fg and 50% from the 3 we went to OT against the nuggets. We should have lost this game 95% of the time.

Post #16 » by **bondom34** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:37 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:We had good interior defense and this year we are beyond terrible. What is the reason then?

Sounds that we need an average 4 even more than a wing player. We can't get stops even against terrible offensive teams.

Even with hitting 50% fg and 50% from the 3 we went to OT against the nuggets. We should have lost this game 95% of the time.

Joffrey and Kanter are both awful? The defense hasn't been that poor with Adams. The other 2 are both horrendous defenders.

spearsy23 · Post #17 » by **spearsy23** » Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:18 am

We lost both durant and ibaka, that's a lot of length and rim protection. Sabonis will need to become a much better team defender to make up for that. I think he will but it's going to take time.

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