Game 29: Oklahoma City Thunder (14-14) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (22-9) - 7:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:55 pm

Galloisdaman · Post #2 » by **Galloisdaman** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:21 pm

Big game. LAC are one of the best this season. Hope OKC is ready!

Post #3 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:02 am

I expect shai to try hard to have a good game. Hopefully it doesn’t lead to forcing the issue.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=28355617

Post #4 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:10 am

Encouraging first half from shai and Bazley. Ferguson continues to struggle. Never really noticed before tonight but Dennis has the whitest teeth in the nba.

Galloisdaman · Post #5 » by **Galloisdaman** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:38 am

SGA saying remember me?

NaturalThunder · Post #6 » by **NaturalThunder** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:18 am

Where was this Schroder last year when we were still trying to be good and trying to keep something resembling a core together?

NaturalThunder · Post #7 » by **NaturalThunder** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:26 am

Is this win going to be the turning point in the season? We're now above .500 with a 15-14 record.

We've lost a lot of close games against good teams this year. Tonight, we get the monkey off our back and beat a good team; and we didn't have Gallinari. We were down 98-90 with about 6 minutes to go in the 4th quarter, and we outscore the Clippers 28-14 the rest of the way...we scored 28 points in the final 6 minutes of the 4th. Impressive.

Adams was a beast tonight. Really, this season's level of success probably ultimately hinges on whether he'll hit his usual January wall or not. That, and if Schroder can consistently keep up this level of play the rest of the season. Those two things are the difference in us finishing with 40-42 wins and 45-47 wins.

I know Kawhi didn't play, but still. This felt like a huge win. Kawhi is obviously a much better player than Gallinari, but I feel like us not having Gallo is about on par to the Clippers not having Kawhi when it comes to how much slack each respective team has to pick up in each player's absence.

Post #8 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:28 am

This was probably the funnest game that I can remember from the last several seasons. I wasn’t even thinking about winning but just enjoying shai and Bazley playing well. Then I started thinking that Adams is really boosting his trade value with performances like tonight’s game. After a rough start, Schroder starts going off. Then before you know it, we won the freaking game. Sure they were missing Kawhi, but we were missing gallo. I think that’s a bigger loss for us than them. Not because gallo is better than Kawhi but because we have less options to replace the scoring.

I kind of feel bad for the clippers. I think they’ll be fine but I don’t miss the stress of living and dying with every game. By the way, George's handles still suck.

spearsy23 · Post #9 » by **spearsy23** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:28 am

Sga shown any glimpses yet?

Post #10 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:37 am

Clippers should trade for cp3.

Post #11 » by **Andre Roberstan** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:08 am

Pille's Billy Donovan take looking funny in the light.

Pillendreher · Post #12 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:51 am

Andre Roberstan wrote:Pille's Billy Donovan take looking funny in the light.

Oh. Is this one of those games where they win against a better team and the fanbase starts to talk itself into Billy Donovan again? A treasured Thunder tradition.

Post #13 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:34 pm

Pillendreher wrote:
Andre Roberstan wrote:Pille's Billy Donovan take looking funny in the light.

Oh. Is this one of those games where they win against a better team and the fanbase starts to talk itself into Billy Donovan again? A treasured Thunder tradition.

Read on Twitter

I told you guys a week or two ago, he'll be back next year.

spearsy23 · Post #14 » by **spearsy23** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:33 pm

I assumed he would, because coaching bad teams with no expectations is a much simpler task than coaching good ones. It's a lot easier when winning half your games is considered outperforming expectations.

Pillendreher · Post #15 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:40 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
Andre Roberstan wrote:Pille's Billy Donovan take looking funny in the light.

Oh. Is this one of those games where they win against a better team and the fanbase starts to talk itself into Billy Donovan again? A treasured Thunder tradition.

Read on Twitter

I told you guys a week or two ago, he'll be back next year.

I saw that tweet as well this morning and had a stroke before breakfast.

Galloisdaman · Post #16 » by **Galloisdaman** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:04 pm

Cool thing is they came back in another game.

Post #17 » by **Andre Roberstan** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:53 pm

Pillendreher wrote:
Andre Roberstan wrote:Pille's Billy Donovan take looking funny in the light.

Oh. Is this one of those games where they win against a better team and the fanbase starts to talk itself into Billy Donovan again? A treasured Thunder tradition.

Nah, I've been on this wave for a minute. You know I've never thought he was that bad a coach. And the team as currently constructed probably plays to his strengths more than most.

Joel Embust · Post #18 » by **Joel Embust** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:05 pm

Schröder for sixth man of the year.

Pillendreher · Post #19 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:06 am

Andre Roberstan wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
Andre Roberstan wrote:Pille's Billy Donovan take looking funny in the light.

Oh. Is this one of those games where they win against a better team and the fanbase starts to talk itself into Billy Donovan again? A treasured Thunder tradition.

Nah, I've been on this wave for a minute. You know I've never thought he was that bad a coach.

You should heed my wisdom.

Andre Roberstan wrote:And the team as currently constructed probably plays to his strengths more than most.

I have yet to discover a single strength of his besides coming up with 5000 word sentences and putting "I think" in front of everything.