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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:56 pm
by slick_watts
Orlando lost last night in overtime to Charlotte.

Tough matchup for the Thunder. The Magic, even though they have Dwight Howard, are a perimeter oriented team. They shoot more three pointers than anyone, and they have a bunch of guys who make them with good frequency.

KD might be able to do some work on Turkoglu, but with Howard in the middle, we either have to hope the jumpers are falling or try and get him into foul trouble. Orlando will score points against us.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:43 pm
by Sinant
Thunder's best hope is to have Westbrook and Durant attack the basket and keep Dwight on the bench.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:25 am
by bbms
Tough one.

I simply can't believe this team against other top seeds.

We should have signed van Gundy. **** Coach of the Year Award.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:26 am
by Jimmy76
i dont really like that transition pull up midrange westbrook seems fond of

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:30 am
by slick_watts
Jimmy76 wrote:i dont really like that transition pull up midrange westbrook seems fond of


I also hate that shot because it puts the other team into transition.

Thankfully, berserker Krstic has come to play tonight. Dwight Howard better watch out for errant chairs.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:30 am
by Sinant
Reggie Miller forgot Durant has ladders for arms.

There are two men in the arena that could have made that alley-oop :3

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:37 am
by Jimmy76
defense keeps improving and durant getting better about picking his shots

like what i see

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:39 am
by bbms
Westbrook mid-range is awful.

Thunder is playing fine. Krstic is awake!!! He is masking Jeff Green.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:42 am
by Trip
Theres that elbow jumper for Ibaka.


Theres the Ibaka putback.


Crazy idea here.......let's start the guy. Wild huh?

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:45 am
by Trip
KD loves a national audience!

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:45 am
by bbms
Durant is terribleee!

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:46 am
by slick_watts
Durant's on fire. The defense let up to end the quarter, I think we should go smaller when Anderson is at center. Collison / Ibaka aren't guarding him at the 3pt line.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:47 am
by Jimmy76
well its ok for durant to not pick spots when he shoots like this

hot **** damn

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:55 am
by slick_watts
Ibaka is terrible at guarding jump shooting big guys. So is Collison.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:56 am
by BIG EDDIE
slick_watts wrote:Durant's on fire. The defense let up to end the quarter, I think we should go smaller when Anderson is at center. Collison / Ibaka aren't guarding him at the 3pt line.


You're absolutely right!

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:03 am
by Sinant
Durant is bonkers right now.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:05 am
by slick_watts
We're going to need Durant to score 50 if this keeps up. As good as the defense was to start, it's completely collapsed since.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:13 am
by slick_watts
I'll never understand why we invariably help off the perimeter on penetration, especially against good three point teams. On the last play, just have a big man rotate to Turkoglu, KD might recover in time to contest inside off the pass. Helping off the perimeter gives Turkoglu the easiest pass possible and a wide open shot for the shooter.

I don't understand this strategy. It's why we get destroyed on 3pt shots. We're not going to win this game giving up this kind of 3pt shooting.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:20 am
by slick_watts
I think they're playing the game they want to play. Loose defense, all offense. Brooks wants defense, he got it for about 9 minutes of the first quarter but then it was gone once Westbrook / Durant / etc. got going on offense.

Magic are 8-16 from 3PT range. Inexcusable... we're not going to win a shootout against this team, the effort on defense has to be better.

Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic 01/13/2010

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:21 am
by Sinant
Durant's FT shooting is starting to concern me.

85% in December, 83% in January.

Common KD, you're a 90+ guy :C