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11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

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11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Wed Nov 1, 2017 9:40 pm
by Thabo Sefolosha
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Image BOSTON CELTICS at OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER Image
8:30PM CST | Image
Location: Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, OK
Celtics: 5-2 | # in East
Image | 21.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 5.7 APG
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Thunder: 4-3 | # in West
Image | 19.6 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 11.7 APG
Image | 19.6 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.1 APG
Image | 22.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 1.6 APG
Image | 14.4 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.3 BLK
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Next Game: Sun, Nov 5 @ Portland Trail Blazers
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SUMMARY
Image Thunder Last 3
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10/31/17 @ Image MIL W 110-91
10/28/17 @ Image CHI W 101-69
10/27/17 @ Image MIN L 116-119

Image Thunder Upcoming 3
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11/5/17 @ Image POR 8PM CST
11/9/17 @ Image DEN 9:30PM CST
11/10/17 VS Image LAC 9PM CST

INJURY REPORT
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Marcus Morris, PF Out
Oct 30
Gordon Hayward, SF Out
Nov 1

PLAYER OF THE GAME
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2 | Image Russell Westbrook
2 | Image Carmelo Anthony
2 | Image Steven Adams
1 | Image Raymond Felton

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Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Wed Nov 1, 2017 10:53 pm
by Dadouv47
Curious to see if our second unit will still be effective. Probably the first good bench we will play against this season.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Wed Nov 1, 2017 11:17 pm
by bondom34
Interested to see how they respond,if they string together a few strong performances it would really help confidence.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 2:28 am
by ajones9219
Good luck gents. OKC has been my west team for a while so looking forward to a good game! Two strong teams squaring off

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 2:42 am
by Osirus89
ajones9219 wrote:Good luck gents. OKC has been my west team for a while so looking forward to a good game! Two strong teams squaring off


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Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 6:20 am
by RalphSampsonJr
That Barnes pick up for the Cs was a good move. Horford really is a 4. I see the Cs have the best defensive rating in the whole NBA. Who woulda thought

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 7:34 am
by Kinglee
This is going to be a great game. I'm looking forward to it.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 12:29 pm
by sleestak33
Really feel bad for Gordon Hayward and that might be the worst sports injury I've ever seen (although the Kevin Ware/Louisville injury was definitely worse because his bone was protruding through his leg). I was hoping to see the Celtics give Cleveland a good run this year and they're just not going to be able to do it without him. That being said they're playing pretty good and it will be fun to watch Russ duel with Kyrie "the earth is flat" Irving. It's fun watching these guys start to gel together and especially the re-emergence of the playoff version of the big Kiwi.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 4:40 pm
by Dadouv47
On paper we should win this easily, but Boston is so well coached and the new guys are already adapted in their system so...won't be easy. Still, if we guard Kyrie well enough, I don't believe they have enough scoring to beat us (that means playing good D like we did last games)

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2017 8:44 pm
by Pillendreher
Gonna be an interesting game. The Celtics have the 3rd best Adjusted DRtG so far and are rebounding way over their heads so far going from 27th to 4th in DRB% just like that. 31 year old Al 'I don't rebound, man' Horford is suddenly suddenly having the best DRB% of his career. We'll see how that keeps up with them.

I want to see us beating them convincingly as a clear next step forward. Our defense over the last two games has been excellent and our offense has also trended straight upward. Let's continue that trend.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 1:23 pm
by NetsWorld
OKC Thunder need to continue their decimation of East teams. Picking Thunder tonight 110-80. Sorry, got much confidence in this team that they can make it work.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 4:22 pm
by Thundershock88
Think we will win a tight one. 107-104

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 4:33 pm
by bondom34
I don't know how to feel here other than what I mentioned before. Good test against a well coached team. My only semi comfort is its at home but if.they put together another strong game I'll feel like maybe this team is for real. If its another clunker I don't know. Need good PG to show up.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 5:05 pm
by Dadouv47
Thundershock88 wrote:Think we will win a tight one. 107-104


Exactly what I think. Close game, but a W :)

Still worried about clutch Kyrie though

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 9:55 pm
by Old Man Game
I admit it, I think we're going to mess them up pretty bad tonight. Thunder by 15.

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Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 10:28 pm
by Kiwi_thunder
Reading some of the Celtics forums, a large number of them think this is going to be an easy win for them. Basically think our bench is trash (must still be thinking we have Semaj, Enes and Doug in that unit).

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 10:39 pm
by Dadouv47
If he plays like last 7 games, I don't know how they will guard Adams.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 10:44 pm
by Dadouv47
Kiwi_thunder wrote:Reading some of the Celtics forums, a large number of them think this is going to be an easy win for them. Basically think our bench is trash (must still be thinking we have Semaj, Enes and Doug in that unit).


Their bench (and the chemistry between their bench players) is still better than our bench. It's probably the first game our bench is really going to be challenged. We played only against garbage second units before this game.

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 10:49 pm
by Thabo Sefolosha
Kiwi_thunder wrote:Reading some of the Celtics forums, a large number of them think this is going to be an easy win for them. Basically think our bench is trash (must still be thinking we have Semaj, Enes and Doug in that unit).


Homers, it's fine, they can see our new bench when we are up big on them in the 4th :wink:

Re: 11/3 - 7PM CST | G8: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder

Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2017 11:04 pm
by Pillendreher
Kiwi_thunder wrote:Reading some of the Celtics forums, a large number of them think this is going to be an easy win for them. Basically think our bench is trash (must still be thinking we have Semaj, Enes and Doug in that unit).


lmao. Even if your bench were still trash (stats.nba.com currently has our bench 2nd in NetRtG league wide), are they thinking we're the Blue? Like our starting 5 is trash or what? :crazy: :lol:
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