12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo

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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#41 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:31 am

Are they ever going to miss from three?
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Post#42 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:33 am

We look mediocre even when guys play well.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Post#43 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:34 am

Melo steal GGeorge's talent?
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#44 » by Dadouv47 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:36 am

Such a Thunder thing to lose against the Knicks without their 2 best players.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#45 » by Thundershock88 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:36 am

Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup
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Post#46 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:37 am

NaturalThunder wrote:Are they ever going to miss from three?

Probably not until we guard them
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#47 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:38 am

And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to get over, and we get a team without their best player but we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.

I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He's regressed so much lately that he can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#48 » by ZemGOAT » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:38 am

Need to feed PG in the 3rd just to see if he can get it going
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#49 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:38 am

Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup

50 minutes last night
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Post#50 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:39 am

And that was a horrendous call to end the half.

Of course Jarrett Jack, unlike our staring PG, can actually make FTs. If Russ could make a damn FT then we'd actually only be down by one possession at the half.

**** this team.
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Post#51 » by Pillendreher » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:39 am

18-4 run to end the quarter...
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#52 » by Dadouv47 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:40 am

NaturalThunder wrote:And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to hurdle, and we get a team without their best player and we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.

I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.


You are being kind to Westbrook.

If he was 80-90% of last season we would be GREAT.
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Post#53 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:40 am

NaturalThunder wrote:And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to hurdle, and we get a team without their best player and we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.

I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.

Dude, they played 3 overtimes last night and don't have an NBA center. What exactly were you expecting here?
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#54 » by Thundershock88 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:40 am

spearsy23 wrote:
Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup

50 minutes last night



Well, I tried to forget about last night, but now that you mentioned it, he missed 2 dunks in the 4th last night. Maybe the layup was the right choice.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#55 » by ThunderBolt » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:41 am

spearsy23 wrote:
Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup

50 minutes last night

It’s not like tonight is the first night he’s blown a layup.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#56 » by NaturalThunder » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:42 am

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NaturalThunder wrote:And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to hurdle, and we get a team without their best player and we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.

I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.


You are being kind to Westbrook.

If he was 80-90% of last season we would be GREAT.

I said he was 60% of what he's been the rest of his career (save his rookie season). I agree, if he was just 80%-90% of what he was last season, we'd be anywhere from 20-8 to 22-6 instead of 14-14.
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Post#57 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:42 am

I've been complaining about this team all season but tonight really isn't worth it. If we get a win that's a nice bonus, bit we really shouldn't.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#58 » by Thundershock88 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:43 am

Knicks are shooting out of their minds. They'll cool off. I just hope we don't have our typical 3rd quarter slump.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#59 » by spearsy23 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:43 am

Knrstz wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup

50 minutes last night

It’s not like tonight is the first night he’s blown a layup.

It's very rarely been so obviously because he didn't have his legs.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo 

Post#60 » by Pillendreher » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:44 am

We still have too many stretches without involving everybody.
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said

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