Game 42: Oklahoma City Thunder (23-18) vs. Miami Heat (28-12) - 8:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:59 pm

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Post #2 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:19 am

Tough game without Adams. We will need some good defense this time.

Post #3 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:24 am

We are defending the 3's so badly...

Post #4 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:37 am

This game is over if we don’t figure out how to attack this defense.

Post #5 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:43 am

ThunderBolt wrote:This game is over if we don’t figure out how to attack this defense.

Muscala taking so many 3's isn't going to work

Post #6 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:51 am

It used to be entertaining to watch Thunder games. Lately, not so much

Post #7 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:00 am

Dadouv47 wrote:It used to be entertaining to watch Thunder games. Lately, not so much

Since the Houston game we’ve looked like the mediocre team that we did early in the season.

Post #8 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:08 am

ThunderBolt wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:It used to be entertaining to watch Thunder games. Lately, not so much

Since the Houston game we’ve looked like the mediocre team that we did early in the season.

Yup. Game against the Wolves was a lot of fun because of SGA/Gallo playing really well. Other than that... :banghead:

We really miss Adams tonight though

Post #9 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:25 am

Did billy finally bench Ferguson? I thought I heard fisher say something about schroder starting the second half but missed it.

Post #10 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:58 am

oh well we knew after some minutes that we couldn't win this game.

Diallo having an ''ok'' game (it's been a while). Bazley on the other hand...

Post #11 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:08 am

Gallo would be a great fit in Miami.

Old Man Game · Post #12 » by **Old Man Game** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:54 am

We gotta get our starting center back. We finally get Noel and now Adams out and next you know you're relying on Mike Muscala for extended stretches. That said, Ferg may be a bigger issue.

Old Man Game · Post #13 » by **Old Man Game** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:55 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Did billy finally bench Ferguson? I thought I heard fisher say something about schroder starting the second half but missed it.

Ferg was "sick" and wouldn't return.

Post #14 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:20 am

Still hope we can trade Gallo (and maybe Schroeder?) and have a shot at getting the 10th-11th seed. Not going to be easy but Spurs/Portland/Suns (and even NOLA) are playing better lately.

Well it all depends on what kind of package we could get. Don't want to tank just to get a slightly better draft position.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #15 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:27 am

Spurs lost to Atlanta tonight. OKC loses and is still 5 games up on the 9 seed. Even if they trade Gallo it will be hard to drop 5 games in the standings in the second half. It would take the Spurs adding someone at the deadline and Memphis continuing to play better along with OKC selling for it to look like they would drop out of the playoffs.

Post #16 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:49 am

I'm not saying the Houston trade was bad, but if Russ had been traded to miami and we would have managed to snag Adebayo, it would have been nice. He wasn't viewed as untouchable as Herro.

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Presti seems to favor the raw, undeveloped athlete as opposed to the one that's more seasoned. It's seemed like his philosophy works well enough when the pick is early in the lottery but the same strategy fails when its in the late first round, second round or undrafted players.

Bergmaniac · Post #17 » by **Bergmaniac** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:11 pm

First time I've watched you guys in a while, is it just me or is Michael Cage even more insufferable this season? Or maybe I am less used to his inane ramblings now that I watch the Thunder less often...

Post #18 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:15 pm

Bergmaniac wrote:First time I've watched you guys in a while, is it just me or is Michael Cage even more insufferable this season? Or maybe I am less used to his inane ramblings now that I watch the Thunder less often...

Anyway

Now that he has Chris Fisher next to him it becomes more obvious. Brian Davis tended to take some of the focus off Cage with his ridiculous homer-ism statements. I find Fisher to be pretty honest about what's going on.

Galloisdaman · Post #19 » by **Galloisdaman** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:40 pm

Toronto and Miami are good teams. OKC is not good enough to beat them missing their starting center.

OKC is really only around 5-7 players deep. They need them all to play and play well.

Post #20 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:10 pm

Galloisdaman wrote:Toronto and Miami are good teams. OKC is not good enough to beat them missing their starting center.

OKC is really only around 5-7 players deep. They need them all to play and play well.

Agree. Think we have 6 good players (CP3/Gallo/SGA/Adams/Schroeder/Noel). Ferguson is trash even if he's a starter.