3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST

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Player(s) of the Game

Paul George | 32 PTS (7-23 FG, 17-20 FT), 14 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL
2
13%
Jerami Grant | 14 PTS (6-9 FG)
1
7%
Steven Adams | 12 PTS (6-11 FG)
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Terrance Ferguson | 6 PTS (2-3 FG)
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No votes
Russell Westbrook | 37 PTS (14-28 FG, 5-8 3P), 7 REB
11
73%
Dennis Schroder | 14 PTS (7-16 FG), 4 AST
1
7%
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3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#1 » by Thabo Sefolosha » Thu Mar 7, 2019 6:54 am

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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#2 » by Pillendreher » Thu Mar 7, 2019 10:52 am

Another opportunity to actually give a ****. Let's see if they do.
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Post#3 » by thekaoswithin » Thu Mar 7, 2019 2:19 pm

Must win game, we've slipped behind the Rockets and cannot afford any crucial losses to playoff competition like this.
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#4 » by 1bigfan13 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 2:35 pm

They'll be in 5th place after tonight.

50 wins seemed like a sure thing 3 weeks ago, but now I think they'll struggle to match the 47/48 wins they had the past two seasons.

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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#5 » by ThunderBolt » Thu Mar 7, 2019 2:42 pm

I know all teams have both winning and losing streaks and I’m not emotionally invested in them. But I don’t think there is another team that can consistently go from good to bad and vice versa like we have the last three seasons. I’m sure we’ll snap out of it at some point but these kind of streaks leave the feeling that we will never win another game.
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#6 » by Dadouv47 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 4:00 pm

Well I blame our team for many things lately but I can't blame them if we lose tonight. We won 3 games against Portland and they are a very good home team and on fire lately. Obviously a very important game though :(
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Post#7 » by Osirus89 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 8:57 pm

Whether they win or lose it will be interesting to see how PG looks. He looked rough last game coming back so I just want to see if he looks a bit more comfortable on the floor. Schroeder has been awful for so long now that it would be good for him to have just a non-horrible game. Russ the lovable wildcard will hopefully be out to prove a point tonight. Hopefully that point is a win.

Underrated development for Russell. He has actually been pretty good on spot up threes. It’s a shame that makes up so little of the teams offensive gameplan.
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#8 » by Dadouv47 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 10:11 pm

Osirus89 wrote:Whether they win or lose it will be interesting to see how PG looks. He looked rough last game coming back so I just want to see if he looks a bit more comfortable on the floor. Schroeder has been awful for so long now that it would be good for him to have just a non-horrible game. Russ the lovable wildcard will hopefully be out to prove a point tonight. Hopefully that point is a win.

Underrated development for Russell. He has actually been pretty good on spot up threes. It’s a shame that makes up so little of the teams offensive gameplan.


Indeed. His last great game was 2 games before the ASG (I don't count the Jazz one because he wasn't that good despite a monster game winner)
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Post#9 » by ducler » Thu Mar 7, 2019 10:50 pm

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Post#10 » by acheema0 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 10:55 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:
Osirus89 wrote:Whether they win or lose it will be interesting to see how PG looks. He looked rough last game coming back so I just want to see if he looks a bit more comfortable on the floor. Schroeder has been awful for so long now that it would be good for him to have just a non-horrible game. Russ the lovable wildcard will hopefully be out to prove a point tonight. Hopefully that point is a win.

Underrated development for Russell. He has actually been pretty good on spot up threes. It’s a shame that makes up so little of the teams offensive gameplan.


Indeed. His last great game was 2 games before the ASG (I don't count the Jazz one because he wasn't that good despite a monster game winner)


He had 45 points on 31 shots with 9 Rebs 7 assists and 0 turnovers against the jazz lol if that's not a great game idk what is
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#11 » by Dadouv47 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 11:01 pm

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Dadouv47 wrote:
Osirus89 wrote:Whether they win or lose it will be interesting to see how PG looks. He looked rough last game coming back so I just want to see if he looks a bit more comfortable on the floor. Schroeder has been awful for so long now that it would be good for him to have just a non-horrible game. Russ the lovable wildcard will hopefully be out to prove a point tonight. Hopefully that point is a win.

Underrated development for Russell. He has actually been pretty good on spot up threes. It’s a shame that makes up so little of the teams offensive gameplan.


Indeed. His last great game was 2 games before the ASG (I don't count the Jazz one because he wasn't that good despite a monster game winner)


He had 45 points on 31 shots with 9 Rebs 7 assists and 0 turnovers against the jazz lol if that's not a great game idk what is


He was mostly great in overtime. A month before he killed Ingles/Crowder big time on both ends but it wasn't that easy in that game.
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#12 » by Thundershock88 » Thu Mar 7, 2019 11:54 pm

I'll be at the game tonight. Let's hope they don't **** the bed again.
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Post#13 » by Pillendreher » Fri Mar 8, 2019 3:37 am

We got this!
"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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Post#14 » by Dadouv47 » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:01 am

I love Westbrook playing like this but that's not how we can win this game.
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Post#15 » by Pillendreher » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:02 am

Defense has been better, but I still don't like the initial PnR defense because we're giving them too much space to operate. Also, it sure would be nice if they called **** evenly and wouldn't let George get mauled on drives while giving garbage like this drive and the imagined offensive foul a couple of possessions prior to Lillard.
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Post#16 » by Pillendreher » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:09 am

8vs5 today I see.
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Post#17 » by Dadouv47 » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:10 am

Bench Schroeder and play Felton
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Post#18 » by Pillendreher » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:10 am

5 trips to the Ft line on 3 phantom fouls
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#19 » by Dn4sty » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:14 am

These officials are infuriating....Portland got a massively favorable whistle in the 1st quarter.

Also Schroder beyond bad so far
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Re: 3/7 | G65: Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers - 9:30PM CST 

Post#20 » by Dadouv47 » Fri Mar 8, 2019 4:19 am

Schroeder is on drugs

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