3/20 - POSTGAME | Oklahoma City Thunder (99) - (100) Boston Celtics

[RalphSampsonJr]

This playing down to competition culture starts with Billy D.
Coaches like stevens and Pop would rip these guys to shreds if we played like we have against these teams.
He obviously hasnt got a hold of the guys and hasnt created the right culture for this team to reach their ceiling.
Not to mention his rotation policy is confusing to say the least.
He cant have a job with the thunder next year can he?

[slick_watts]

i'm not sure i'm ready for a world where corey brewer is allowed to attempt six threes in a game.

Then you should probably watch the local team coached by Spo. That guy is pretty solid.

the heat have two of my favorite players: james johnson and kelly olynyk. i watch sometimes. but they aren't that good.

[slick_watts]

you guys need help if you can't sleep after your team loses. what the heck. the only time this happened to me in the last 10 years was when the 49ers lost to the giants in the nfc championship game because of kyle williams fumbles.

[Pillendreher]

Utah just lost to the Hawks.

[Old Man Game]

Such a quintessentially Russell Westbrook led Thunder way to lose a game. Feels like this sort of crap has been happening to us for years. I'm reminded of when we lost in D.C. to the Wiz a few years back when they had so many injuries they were starting third stringers.

[bondom34]

you guys need help if you can't sleep after your team loses. what the heck. the only time this happened to me in the last 10 years was when the 49ers lost to the giants in the nfc championship game because of kyle williams fumbles.

Fan is short for fanatic.

[dakomish23]

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[Osirus89]

Such a quintessentially Russell Westbrook led Thunder way to lose a game. Feels like this sort of crap has been happening to us for years. I'm reminded of when we lost in D.C. to the Wiz a few years back when they had so many injuries they were starting third stringers.

To be fair, if Russ wasn't being a pansy about shooting Fts, this would have been either a win or an OT game. The fact that they gave Carmelo the ball when they knew they would be fouled was just one of the stupid things this team did at the end. Carmelo had taken 1 FT up to that point. If only he was so hesistant to shoot 3 pointers...

[dakomish23]

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If they won the games they were supposed to, they wouldn’t need any help.

[NaturalThunder]

you guys need help if you can't sleep after your team loses. what the heck. the only time this happened to me in the last 10 years was when the 49ers lost to the giants in the nfc championship game because of kyle williams fumbles.

I envy you, then.

I have improved drastically in that regard in the last two years. I've improved a lot over the last two years, but I still have my moments where a loss is so frustratingly debilitating it takes me hours to wind down enough to be able to fall asleep. Having a kid and a fulltime job where 150 teenagers rely on you to be "with it" every day will make you grow up in a hurry. My dad says he used to be as bad as me at around this age, but now he only watches sports for the enjoyment and doesn't really have "favorite" teams anymore. I really hope I can get to that point one day. I'm afraid my uber-competitive spirit, which errs on the side of unhealthy, won't allow it, though.

[Marcus_Shart]

Did the refs screw OKC? It would fit the “NBA is out to screw the Raptors because Toronto is a zero market for US tv” narrative. The NBA would rather Boston finish first and wants Cleveland in finals etc. To help screw Toronto, Boston needs to win, so OKC needs to lose.

Would make ZERO sense as Toronto is locked at 1 and Boston is locked at 2 in the East. The outcome of the remaining games for both teams means squat. I admit it seemed like some home cooking was going on a bit on some calls, but OKC should've been able to overcome that given Boston's injuries. The refs didn't make any egregious calls in the last 30 seconds so the game was up in the air. The zebras didn't decide it. You think they expected Tatum to pass out of a layup and Marci' to make that 3?

Do you think the league doesn't want OKC in the playoffs???? A team with 3 marquee names and a STRONG rivalry narrative with the 2 top seeds in the West? Who MK Ultra'd you into thinking they WANT Russell Westbrook prancing down some runway in Paris instead of taking Harden or the snake hard to the hole in the first round?

The loss Toronto had to OKC won't effect JACK as far as seeding or home court for Toronto at this point in the season....get over your persecution complex, it's bordering on delusional at this point.

[getrichordie]

Obviously didn’t get to watch the game with what’s going on in my hometown. No power. We are all exhausted.

The thing that stood out to me was Brewer going 1 for 6 on his 3-pt attempts. We knew his hot shooting from the 3 wasn’t going to last.

From reading the comments, it sounds like Westbrook got careless. 5 turnovers.

I’m not surprised we lost. Brad Stevens is just such an exceptional coach. He’s the second best coach in the league IMHO. And Boston is built to beat us. Especially with Monroe coming out there with Grant on the floor.


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[sleestak33]

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0-884 LOL...that's a fantastic stat. I would have thought that number would be around 95% but that definitely makes it even worse. This game was called stealing defeat from the jaws of victory. You just simply can't lose games like that when you've done everything you're supposed to do to lock the game away.

[Reign23]

I'm not watching another game this year. Playoffs included.

That's the first game I've decided to watch in forever and we lose to the Celtics D-Team on a bunk, contested, one-dribble three-pointer by Marcus Morris.

Of course we should've been up by 20 at that point against this **** Celtics squad, but we suck, so of course it came down to losing on a last second three pointer.

after a six game winning streak boy you should become a knicks fan

[Thundershock88]

Throwing Huestis out there randomly in the 4th with the all bench lineup, says it all. He has no idea how to stagger starters. Instead, he just throws PG out there, despite it being a proven negative. It's sad, because this team has so much talent. Unfortunately, when it's all said and done, Bill Doh will have lost us KD and PG before we finally show him the door. Quite depressing.

Here's Tim Legler saying what we all know.

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[Pillendreher]

Throwing Huestis out there randomly in the 4th with the all bench lineup, says it all. He has no idea how to stagger starters. Instead, he just throws PG out there, despite it being a proven negative. It's sad, because this team has so much talent. Unfortunately, when it's all said and done, Bill Doh will have lost us KD and PG before we finally show him the door. Quite depressing.

Here's Tim Legler saying what we all know.

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It's very obvious that we can stagger minutes in three different ways:

Russ alone: +3.2 NetRtG in 184 minutes
Melo alone: +10.3 NetRtG in 105 minutes
George+Adams: +1.6 NetRtG in 125 minutes (+2.1 NetRtG in 76 minutes if you add Patterson)

But instead we keep doing stuff that hasn't worked and ignore things that might work. You could also throw Adams in there with the bench, but then we need somebody to grab some minutes with the starters as the Center. Who's that?

[RalphSampsonJr]

Throwing Huestis out there randomly in the 4th with the all bench lineup, says it all. He has no idea how to stagger starters. Instead, he just throws PG out there, despite it being a proven negative. It's sad, because this team has so much talent. Unfortunately, when it's all said and done, Bill Doh will have lost us KD and PG before we finally show him the door. Quite depressing.

Here's Tim Legler saying what we all know.

Watch on YouTube

It's very obvious that we can stagger minutes in three different ways:

Russ alone: +3.2 NetRtG in 184 minutes
Melo alone: +10.3 NetRtG in 105 minutes
George+Adams: +1.6 NetRtG in 125 minutes (+2.1 NetRtG in 76 minutes if you add Patterson)

But instead we keep doing stuff that hasn't worked and ignore things that might work. You could also throw Adams in there with the bench, but then we need somebody to grab some minutes with the starters as the Center. Who's that?

That lack of rebounding as soon as Russ and Adams came off was so ete opening.
We all know 2Pat and Grant arent great on the boards but jesus! Boston got 6 o rebs in 2 mins i heard the commentators say?!

[Thundershock88]

Throwing Huestis out there randomly in the 4th with the all bench lineup, says it all. He has no idea how to stagger starters. Instead, he just throws PG out there, despite it being a proven negative. It's sad, because this team has so much talent. Unfortunately, when it's all said and done, Bill Doh will have lost us KD and PG before we finally show him the door. Quite depressing.

Here's Tim Legler saying what we all know.

Watch on YouTube

It's very obvious that we can stagger minutes in three different ways:

Russ alone: +3.2 NetRtG in 184 minutes
Melo alone: +10.3 NetRtG in 105 minutes
George+Adams: +1.6 NetRtG in 125 minutes (+2.1 NetRtG in 76 minutes if you add Patterson)

But instead we keep doing stuff that hasn't worked and ignore things that might work. You could also throw Adams in there with the bench, but then we need somebody to grab some minutes with the starters as the Center. Who's that?

Not sure, but one thing that blows my mind is how Dakari goes from completely out of the rotation, to a starter when Adams is out.

[Pillendreher]

Throwing Huestis out there randomly in the 4th with the all bench lineup, says it all. He has no idea how to stagger starters. Instead, he just throws PG out there, despite it being a proven negative. It's sad, because this team has so much talent. Unfortunately, when it's all said and done, Bill Doh will have lost us KD and PG before we finally show him the door. Quite depressing.

Here's Tim Legler saying what we all know.

Watch on YouTube

It's very obvious that we can stagger minutes in three different ways:

Russ alone: +3.2 NetRtG in 184 minutes
Melo alone: +10.3 NetRtG in 105 minutes
George+Adams: +1.6 NetRtG in 125 minutes (+2.1 NetRtG in 76 minutes if you add Patterson)

But instead we keep doing stuff that hasn't worked and ignore things that might work. You could also throw Adams in there with the bench, but then we need somebody to grab some minutes with the starters as the Center. Who's that?

Not sure, but one thing that blows my mind is how Dakari goes from completely out of the rotation, to a starter when Adams is out.

That's Donovan logic for you. Good enough to start next to the reigning MVP, but not good enough to play next to Ferguson.

[Osirus89]

It's very obvious that we can stagger minutes in three different ways:

Russ alone: +3.2 NetRtG in 184 minutes
Melo alone: +10.3 NetRtG in 105 minutes
George+Adams: +1.6 NetRtG in 125 minutes (+2.1 NetRtG in 76 minutes if you add Patterson)

But instead we keep doing stuff that hasn't worked and ignore things that might work. You could also throw Adams in there with the bench, but then we need somebody to grab some minutes with the starters as the Center. Who's that?

Not sure, but one thing that blows my mind is how Dakari goes from completely out of the rotation, to a starter when Adams is out.

That's Donovan logic for you. Good enough to start next to the reigning MVP, but not good enough to play next to Ferguson.

Compare that to D'Antoni. D'Antoni has run pretty much a 9 man rotation all season. The occasional 10 players will play in a game, but he has run a tight rotation all year. The guys that aren't reliable sit on the bench and he just rides the starters and like 4 more dudes. Hence they are running the table on the league because every player that sets foot on the floor is an NBA level rotation player. We trot out the likes of Huestis, Ferguson, etc.

Its this close to the playoffs and he hasn't tightened the rotation much. Abrines is starting to get phased out, but then he plays Huestis who provides almost nothing positive. I dread he thinks this is good enough for the playoffs.

He should use in playoffs:
PG:Russ (a ton) Felton( some)
SG: Brewer (?)
SF: PG ....there is no one good enough to play backup behind him. Guess he is playing 40 mins a night.
PF: Melo Patterson
C: Adams Grant

If Dre was available, this team would be set as he could just fill in the blanks at SG or SF, but alas....
It seems he will have to use PG at the 2 in the playoffs to ensure the undesirables dont see the court, but that thought hasn't occurred to him all year, so good luck hoping for that.