Offical Game Thread: Thunder 99 Nets 103 Final/OT

[Da big3]

Vince might be passive on offense but he sure made his defensive presence felt with those crucial steals off Durant and Green.

that last was a foul, i am not gonna lie...

[jzmagik]

Devin looked good coming back, VC good game, Brook lopez simply amazing. This guy's the real thing

[Birth of the Cool]

haha I think Frank was massaging Vince's shoulders on the way to the locker room saying "thx dood..saved some face!"

Excellent start by Lopez. Good mix of feeding the post & letting a huge target like him run pick & roll offense & he was looking to finish in traffic or get fouled & his confidence was so high he took no hesitation on two open 20' & drained em'. With all those touches the key was he kept his TO's low also. Just great to see this guy's progress.

Anderson was active but struggled mightily. This is why despite whatever up's & down's Yi has his talent ceiling is far higher & I just trust his shooting form more. His lack of high NBA level athleticism hurts his game because his NBA head is still not strong/smart enough to overcome it. Work in progress but still contributes.

Najera getting more acclimated to the Nets offense and slowly finding his groove. Who didn't love that 1 offensive trip that led to two offensive rebounds & 1 bucket.

Devin struggled a bit but it's expected. 1st half he seemed slow or at least tentative but he should look sharper vs Celtics. Still found his way to contribute 8 quite assists.

Vince thanks Frank for letting him pad some stats in OT I guess lol. The offense runs slower but smoother with Vince & he let his game come to him. Amazing defense down the stretch of the 4th quarter - forced tough shot Green (?) , then tough shot (Durant), then broke up the last second lob, and then help defense strip on Durant. Lots of steals but they are good steals meaning he's not cheating into passing lanes but just playing positional defense and using active legs & esp. hands to get the steals.

Shouldn't have been this hard but still a win is a win is a win.

Nice to see Krstic back in the NBA.

[ChampionRed]

And now come the Celtics and Blazers.

[Rich Rane]

- Lopez scores 20 in the first half and hardly gets touches in the second. I have no idea why the offense ran considerably less through him. Nice stats though. Would've had a better game had he gotten more touches.

- It took us OT to beat OKC. Just...bleh. Defense leaves something to be desired.

- Frank with the TO when Carter hits the three. It's like a coach in football calling a timeout just as the opposing team's kicker splits the uprights for the three...except in this case, it's Frank calling it on his own player.

- Najera...had a good little stretch in the early 4th...other than that, mistakes everywhere. Leaving his man open and making everyone else look bad, putting pressure in the backcourt against the guards that could either blow passed him or pushing the ball to a bigger man in the frontcourt for a mismatch, not knowing what to do when given the ball. And what was this guy doing taking a game clinching shot?

- Anderson's shot just isn't falling. When that didn't work, he tried driving and had a couple of ins and outs. Good mindset. I hope Frank doesn't take all his minutes away.

- CURLY! YEAH!

[tigerman]

only the 2nd alley-oop connection for Vince and Devin as teammates?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2Mi1QE5qM

[Adam1221]

Guys dont underestimate anyone, especially not OKC who'se been playing much better in the last couple of weeks, Denver needed a miracle shot to beat them....

Anyway Brook..........boy is this kid an amazing draft steal or what?
31 and 13 double double that's just crazy and for a rookie ah!

[Da big3]

If brook dosnt get 15-20 shots next game, freank is a holy idiot...

[SteveNets15]

If brook dosnt get 15-20 shots next game, freank is a holy idiot...

he already is

[aussienet]

Guy's this is insane I watched on sportscentre highlights (so we get like 20secs of footage) Actually I watched in horror as I see Frank run on the court calling for a timeout (now I know I have ragged on VC late last year) But come on your clutch player has the ball scores a tied he is open on thw ing for a three.......... SPLASH! And you wanna call a timeout???? WTF?????

The dude is a total control freak. They didn't show us the play he drew up. Who's number did he call? Was it Harris? The one with a dodgy hammy and is playing at about 80%

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You could see VC wanted to bitch slap him (that's about as far as i'll go with NBA players toughness these days).

Yes we won and it was a hard fought win. But it appears to be thru Frank's retardation that it was close at all.

Am I wrong?

[vincecarter4pres]

^^^You are correct sir.

[VCRJKidd15]

^^^You are correct sir.

umm no he is wrong actually. Frank called the TO when Harris had the ball the refs didnt even see him so they didnt blow the whistle. Marv Albert says "Frank calls a timeout" when Harris is holding is holding the ball or even before that i dont remember but it was before VC had the ball in his hands. It sucks that he called the TO but w/e we won anyways