Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Indiana Pacers 03/02/2011

[slick_watts]

Missed the entire half. Looks like the pace was fast and Brooks went small a bunch.

[Krodis]

Missed the entire half. Looks like the pace was fast and Brooks went small a bunch.

Not really. Ibaka and Collison got in a bit of foul trouble and there was a decent amount of small ball in the second quarter, but not excessively.

On the other hand, we went with an Aldrich/Mohammed frontcourt for a few minutes.

[slick_watts]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Jeff Green wouldn’t have 11 rebounds or 6 blocks in this game right now.

[fallacy]

Jeez we look so damn good when we actually have a center on this team. I can't wait til Perkins can play. We look this good with just Nazr in there, we'll look ridiculous with Perkins

[fallacy]

Durant looks like he's going to be out a week or so

[slick_watts]

Durant looks like he's going to be out a week or so

That looked nasty.

[Hobes]

What happened to KD?? I didn't watch the 3rd

[fallacy]

What happened to KD?? I didn't watch the 3rd

Rolled his ankle badly. He had to walk off with two people carrying him

[Hobes]

What happened to KD?? I didn't watch the 3rd

Rolled his ankle badly. He had to walk off with two people carrying him

That has to happen in a game when we're leading by 30+ ...

[Sinant]

Definitely gonna need some news on the KD injury.

[slick_watts]

Definitely gonna need some news on the KD injury.

Don't worry, the brilliant OKC sideline reporting has you covered, "Kevin Durant has an ankle sprain and will not return".

[fallacy]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrTP3vUIlZA&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[slick_watts]

Really enjoyed the defense for most of this game, and the offense was surprisingly potent. Indiana isn't a bad defensive team.

James Harden putting up 17ppg on 60%+ TS the last five.

[BadWolf]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1097367

Drop by. Enjoy the pictures.

great game thread, salivating
dwelling on supersonics is so 2008ish though

[bbms]

Harden is so good.

[Devilanche]

Harden is so good.

I guess how fast we become a contender depends on how well harden grow into the role.
having 3 players who can all score in westbrook,harden, durant would mean that we can afford team having a defensive stopper on 1 of the 3 and the other 2 pick up the slack, even allowing for 1 of them having an off night.

How did ibaka look on offence? I was busy mugging for exams to watch. In general our bigs on offence?

[slick_watts]

Serge mostly kept out of the way on offense. He got some action on screens, and made a nice jumper off one, then finished in the paint on another. His other FG was a running hook shot in the paint that looked nice. He missed a couple open PnP looks from the elbow that he would normally make.

Nazr Mohammed set some nice screens and showed he can knock down the jumper. He had a nice cut into the paint after rolling on a KD screen and had an easy layup.

Cole didn't do much on offense besides set screens. Same with Nick.

[Devilanche]

So Cole and Nick pretty much do the same thing which isn't bad of course.

Will look out more for Ibaka then.