Game 48: Oklahoma City Thunder (28-19) vs. Dallas Mavericks (28-17) - 8:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:45 pm

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Post #2 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:15 pm

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Balkman32 · Post #3 » by **Balkman32** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:29 pm

RIP Kobe - Far too soon.

VintageVince · Post #4 » by **VintageVince** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:55 pm

no chris paul tonight, anyone know why?

edit:

On the latest injury report, the Thunder has listed Chris Paul (personal reasons) as out for tonight’s game.

Post #5 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:02 pm

VintageVince wrote:no chris paul tonight, anyone know why?

edit:

On the latest injury report, the Thunder has listed Chris Paul (personal reasons) as out for tonight’s game.

Most likely grieving about Kobe's passing.

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Post #6 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:06 pm

Yup. Fair enough for CP3. I was pissed Westbrook had to play yesterday a couple of minutes after hearing the terrible news (he had a great relationship with Kobe as well if I'm not mistaken)

spearsy23 · Post #7 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:14 am

Dadouv47 wrote:Yup. Fair enough for CP3. I was pissed Westbrook had to play yesterday a couple of minutes after hearing the terrible news (he had a great relationship with Kobe as well if I'm not mistaken)

Literally everybody had a great relationship with Kobe. It's insane how far his reach extends. Outside of Vince probably every guy in the league at this point grew up watching him, and it seemed like he worked out with everyone who ever asked.

Post #8 » by **ThunderBolt** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:31 am

Ok time for shai to quit being horrible at basketball.

Post #9 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:04 am

We miss CP3 so badly

RunOKC · Post #10 » by **RunOKC** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:09 am

That half was all over the place...

Bad fastbreak O
Team is flustered
Mavs D is pretty stout
Quite a few borderline calls so far going against OKC imo

Lets see if Gallo and SGA can get it going a bit in the third quarter, but not sure if have the horses to win this one.

Post #11 » by **ThunderBolt** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:23 am

Gallo constantly looks like he’s about to fall on his face when he drives to the basket.

In honor of Kobe, I think shai is going to shoot 8-24.

Post #12 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:53 am

If Presti is willing to tank for the next 2 years, we definitely need to keep Burton

Post #13 » by **ThunderBolt** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:11 am

In the grand scheme of things, shai’s performance tonight doesn’t mean much but I really wanted to see him step up and run the offense. Instead he missed shot after shot at the rim and made poor decisions. I guess there is something to be said about keeping cp3 around for mentoring. This was probably shai’s worst game of the year and it follows what might have been his worst game of the year against the wolves. Oh and this team has some rebounding issues. On to the next one.

Post #14 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:21 am

ThunderBolt wrote:In the grand scheme of things, shai’s performance tonight doesn’t mean much but I really wanted to see him step up and run the offense. Instead he missed shot after shot at the rim and made poor decisions. I guess there is something to be said about keeping cp3 around for mentoring. This was probably shai’s worst game of the year and it follows what might have been his worst game of the year against the wolves. Oh and this team has some rebounding issues. On to the next one.

Shai is learning a lot from CP3 and it's really important to keep him around. But sooner rather than later, SGA will have to lead our team.

If CP3 stays, I guess it would be a good thing to rest him some games in order to give SGA the opportunity to run the offense.

Old Man Game · Post #15 » by **Old Man Game** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:39 am

That should just about cement CP3's all star bid. This team looked aimless out there without him.

Old Man Game · Post #16 » by **Old Man Game** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:41 am

ThunderBolt wrote:In the grand scheme of things, shai’s performance tonight doesn’t mean much but I really wanted to see him step up and run the offense. Instead he missed shot after shot at the rim and made poor decisions. I guess there is something to be said about keeping cp3 around for mentoring. This was probably shai’s worst game of the year and it follows what might have been his worst game of the year against the wolves. Oh and this team has some rebounding issues. On to the next one.

Gives you an idea of what life might have been like if they'd somehow gotten off of Russ without taking back a big name piece like Paul. SGA's a nice prospect but trying to lead a team by himself I think it would have been a very long season indeed.

Galloisdaman · Post #17 » by **Galloisdaman** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:08 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:
VintageVince wrote:no chris paul tonight, anyone know why?

edit:

On the latest injury report, the Thunder has listed Chris Paul (personal reasons) as out for tonight’s game.

Most likely grieving about Kobe's passing.

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I wonder how Kobe's passing effected Gallo. They had some history going back to when they were kids in Italy. Their dads played in the same league. When Gallo was first drafted some felt he chose #8 because of Kobe (it wasn't). Starting in his second year Gallo used to ask to guard Kobe. They would sometimes joke back and forth.

Post #18 » by **ThunderBolt** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:33 pm

Galloisdaman wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:
VintageVince wrote:no chris paul tonight, anyone know why?

edit:

On the latest injury report, the Thunder has listed Chris Paul (personal reasons) as out for tonight’s game.

Most likely grieving about Kobe's passing.

Read on Twitter

I wonder how Kobe's passing effected Gallo. They had some history going back to when they were kids in Italy. Their dads played in the same league. When Gallo was first drafted some felt he chose #8 because of Kobe (it wasn't). Starting in his second year Gallo used to ask to guard Kobe. They would sometimes joke back and forth.

If fans that never knew Kobe but only watched him can be sad, I’m sure every nba player is feeling it.