Game 59: Oklahoma City Thunder (32-25) @ Phoenix Suns (30-28)

grumpysaddle · Post #141 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:49 am

Go to Morris every time down. Kanter is a terrible defender.

Post #142 » by **Qwigglez** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:50 am

Why can't we ever close out quarters? Just man up the last 1 minute, stop trying to take a small break.

Neal Walk · Post #143 » by **Neal Walk** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:51 am

Why does the defense always break down at the end of quarters? Is that a players thing? Coaches?

JTrain · Post #144 » by **JTrain** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:51 am

Well, Westbrook won't have another half like that. All we got out of it was five points.

Jdiddy701 · Post #145 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:52 am

Why in the world would Utah give up Kanter? He's a monster

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grumpysaddle · Post #146 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:52 am

Neal Walk wrote:Why does the defense always break down at the end of quarters? Is that a players thing? Coaches?

The coaches aren't the ones playing defense...

grumpysaddle · Post #147 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:53 am

Suns need to get under Westbrook's skin. Get him ejected. He's got that one T already.

Jdiddy701 · Post #148 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:53 am

grumpysaddle wrote:Suns need to get under Westbrook's skin. Get him ejected. He's got that one T already.

Seriously!!! I couldn't play in the NBA because I'll be jabbing at him until he gets a T

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spearsy23 · Post #149 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:53 am

grumpysaddle wrote:
Neal Walk wrote:Why does the defense always break down at the end of quarters? Is that a players thing? Coaches?

The coaches aren't the ones playing defense...

That's okay, for the first quarter and 3/4 nobody on OKC was.

NoKneeBledsoe · Post #150 » by **NoKneeBledsoe** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:54 am

I remember last year I said trade for Kantar and everyone called me stupid and said he is horrible

letsgosuns · Post #151 » by **letsgosuns** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:54 am

No Warren. No Goodwin. Marcus and Green get all the playing time. Totally illogical. Plus the Suns destroyed themselves this half. Awful free throw shooting. Terrible turnovers. They should be up by 15 points. I am afraid they are going to get annihilated in the second half.

kennydorglas · Post #152 » by **kennydorglas** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:55 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:Why in the world would Utah give up Kanter? He's a monster

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Because they have even better players in Favors/Gobert.

Post #153 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:56 am

Qwigglez wrote:Why can't we ever close out quarters? Just man up the last 1 minute, stop trying to take a small break.

Teams will always make runs, and we did early. I don't mind a loss that much because when Durant comes back I don't expect us to get there anyway. If we did it would be gravy, but if we don't we get a better pick by about 4 spots in a good draft which will help us in the future.

JTrain · Post #154 » by **JTrain** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:56 am

Qwigglez wrote:Why can't we ever close out quarters? Just man up the last 1 minute, stop trying to take a small break.

We should quit with the strategy with under 35 seconds left. Just play to get a good shot. We end up screwing ourselves on both sides of the court.

i505 · Post #155 » by **i505** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:57 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:Why in the world would Utah give up Kanter?

Because Gobert has the same wingspan as Mothra.

Post #156 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:58 am

NoKneeBledsoe wrote:I remember last year I said trade for Kantar and everyone called me stupid and said he is horrible

I agree with the fact we shouldn't have traded for him. We would have had to give up assets and he will command money in the future. Lets get a young guy in the draft or keep Wright.

RunDogGun · Post #157 » by **RunDogGun** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:59 am

Missed free throws could be what this game comes down to. :banghead:

Oddly, I liked the offense running through Barron and Wright.

Cutter · Post #158 » by **Cutter** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:01 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Qwigglez wrote:Why can't we ever close out quarters? Just man up the last 1 minute, stop trying to take a small break.

Teams will always make runs, and we did early. I don't mind a loss that much because when Durant comes back I don't expect us to get there anyway. If we did it would be gravy, but if we don't we get a better pick by about 4 spots in a good draft which will help us in the future.

Lets try to get our win over OKC while we can. Once Durant comes back they become a scary team.

Cutter · Post #159 » by **Cutter** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:02 am

NoKneeBledsoe wrote:I remember last year I said trade for Kantar and everyone called me stupid and said he is horrible

Kanter is good offensively, bad defensively. But if Ibaka can cover for him defensively, then Kanter is a great pickup for OKC.

letsgosuns · Post #160 » by **letsgosuns** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:03 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:Why in the world would Utah give up Kanter? He's a monster

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That organization has made many questionable moves since Jerry Sloan resigned in the 2010-11 season even though the team's record was 31-23. They pretty much have gone downhill since. I have no idea what kind of direction they are trying to go in.