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Russell Westbrook / Thabo Sefolosha / Kevin Durant / Jeff Green / Nenad Krstic

VS,




Baron Davis / Rasual Butler / Al Thornton / Marcus Camby / Chris Kaman

Matchup

I was unimpressed with how the offense played against this Clippers team last week. After a tough win against the Spurs where the starters played heavy minutes, we'll see if OKC comes out with tired legs.

Defensively, I'd like to see OKC get off to a better start. The Clippers got a lot of easy buckets early in the previous game, Baron Davis was doing whatever he wanted to do.

Make this team a jump shooting team. Butler's been ice cold and Thornton isn't known for his range. Obviously Camby and Kaman prefer to be closer to the basket, and the farther away from the lane you keep Baron Davis the better. The Clippers miss a lot of open jumpers.

Big matchup is Kaman against Krstic; Krstic did a good job on Kaman last outing. Kaman will look to get even.

Some Numbers

OKC is first in the league in opponent three point percentage. OKC opponents are shooting 28% from three point range. How much luck plays into this is up for debate, but it's clear that the defensive rotations and close outs have been improving.

OKC is also, interestingly, top five in blocked shots after blocking 10 against the Spurs. That's something I'd never imagine seeing with this roster.

The Clippers have two starters (Butler, Thornton) with PER's below 10.0 on the year.

A Question

After a big road win, does this feel like a 'trap game'?

This is the 2nd of 4 games in 5 nights. So hopefully we can come out well and get a bit of rest in a big blowout win. That's asking for a lot, especially with (like you said Slick) how bad the offense looked against the Clipps just last week.

We did fairly well against Kaman last time, and it seems like if we can do that again, we should come away with a win. We got pretty lucky drawing the Clipps twice in a 2 week period where they are without Griffin and Gordon.

Playing at the beloved Ford Center after two tough road wins, this team is going to win big tonight, I CAN FEEL IT!

I'll say 94-89 Thunder.

Can we have a good dose of IBLOCKYA tonight?

Poor shooting to start AGAIN.

Jeff Green with a crazy shot.

RW horribly over commits sometimes on defense.

Missing open shots.. tired legs?

I hate when Durant just chucks and doesn't even look to pass....

Yeah unless it's in transition seems like KD is taking a shot.

We are one of the worst 3pt teams in the league... WHY DO WE SHOOT SO MANY.

Horrible defense to end the quarter, two wide open threes for Rasual Butler. Both time it was Kevin Durant late to close.

Sometimes I wonder if we would be better without Durant. When his shot is falling great but when its not he is a black hole, and he completely disrupts the flow of the offense with him just standing with the ball figuring out what to do with it.

Telfair is destroying Kevin Ollie.

Defense looks tired and lazy as expected.

Jeff Green is having a horrible game on both sides.

I'm disgusted.

Put Ibaka on Kaman please.

Thanks lol.