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Mrakar wrote:I think we finally reached the point where Thunder decide to stop Giddey experiment. There is no need to start him anymore. Yes they could do it against Pelicans bcs it didnt matter, but in game as important as these are you cant give your opponent free pass.
Giddey is -20 in 10 minutes...
LaLover11 wrote:jkvonny wrote:Revived wrote:OKC is very, very fortunate that they did not get the Kings matchup in round 1.
A smaller Mavs team outrebounded them and had 12 offensive rebounds. Sabonis and Fox alone may have had 20 boards each honestly.
Thunder will be a good team for years to come…they’re just too young and scrawny right now. They need some muscle/strength in their guys and that will come with time.
Luka, great player but not known for his strength exactly, bodying up their starting C should be a tell.
Agreed. Fixed it for ya.
Nah Lakers and LeBron would've beat the Kings in a 1 game elimination. LeBron is one of the best game 7 players in NBA history, so I would bet he would've found a way to lead his team with AD to make the playoffs.
If it was 7 game series vs the Kings maybe I would believe it but not a 1 game elimination.
It should've been Lakers vs Mavs in the 2nd round
LaLover11 wrote:jkvonny wrote:Revived wrote:OKC is very, very fortunate that they did not get the Kings matchup in round 1.
A smaller Mavs team outrebounded them and had 12 offensive rebounds. Sabonis and Fox alone may have had 20 boards each honestly.
Thunder will be a good team for years to come…they’re just too young and scrawny right now. They need some muscle/strength in their guys and that will come with time.
Luka, great player but not known for his strength exactly, bodying up their starting C should be a tell.
Agreed. Fixed it for ya.
Nah Lakers and LeBron would've beat the Kings in a 1 game elimination. LeBron is one of the best game 7 players in NBA history, so I would bet he would've found a way to lead his team with AD to make the playoffs.
If it was 7 game series vs the Kings maybe I would believe it but not a 1 game elimination.
It should've been Lakers vs Mavs in the 2nd round
SweetTouch wrote:Lively +18 on 20 minutes played
2 pts
4 rebounds
Wtf
LaLover11 wrote:jkvonny wrote:Revived wrote:OKC is very, very fortunate that they did not get the Kings matchup in round 1.
A smaller Mavs team outrebounded them and had 12 offensive rebounds. Sabonis and Fox alone may have had 20 boards each honestly.
Thunder will be a good team for years to come…they’re just too young and scrawny right now. They need some muscle/strength in their guys and that will come with time.
Luka, great player but not known for his strength exactly, bodying up their starting C should be a tell.
Agreed. Fixed it for ya.
Nah Laker and LeBron would've lost the Kings again in a 1 game elimination. LeBron is one of the best game 7 players in NBA history, so I would bet he would've found a way to lead his team with AD to make the playoffs. But the Kings have owned the Lakers for years now. Sabonis def owns AD.
If it was 7 game series vs the Kings for sure Sacramento.
It should've been Kingss vs Mavs in the 2nd round
ChipotleWest wrote:LaLover11 wrote:jkvonny wrote:Agreed. Fixed it for ya.
Nah Lakers and LeBron would've beat the Kings in a 1 game elimination. LeBron is one of the best game 7 players in NBA history, so I would bet he would've found a way to lead his team with AD to make the playoffs.
If it was 7 game series vs the Kings maybe I would believe it but not a 1 game elimination.
It should've been Lakers vs Mavs in the 2nd round
Nobody cares about hypothetical scenarios for the Lakers or hypothetical trades for the Lakers. They're done until October.
jkvonny wrote:LaLover11 wrote:jkvonny wrote:Agreed. Fixed it for ya.
Nah Laker and LeBron would've lost the Kings again in a 1 game elimination. LeBron is one of the best game 7 players in NBA history, so I would bet he would've found a way to lead his team with AD to make the playoffs. But the Kings have owned the Lakers for years now. Sabonis def owns AD.
If it was 7 game series vs the Kings for sure Sacramento.
It should've been Kingss vs Mavs in the 2nd round
Agreed.
Fixed it for ya.
SweetTouch wrote:Lively +18 on 20 minutes played
2 pts
4 rebounds
Wtf
durden_tyler wrote:The Thunder obviously can't survive losing the next two road games and go down 1-3 in this series. If they want a shot at this one they must steal one of the next 2. i think they are capable but i feel we have a Kyrie special coming up, especially playing at home back in Dallas.
Patches Perry wrote:Good game Dallas, I expected a bounce-back performance and they brought it. They also won me almost a grand, so good on them for doing that specifically for me.
On OKC side, they need to coordinate better rotations after their hard doubles. Too many open threes which obviously Dallas took advantage of. Dags may have to finally bite the bullet and shorten the rotation. I don't want to see much of Giddey or Hayward. Shai, Dub, Chet, Dort, Wiggins, Wallace, Joe, Jwill should be the 8 man rotation. This is the playoffs and all of these guys are young. Thibs would find a way to play all 8 guys 48 minutes, they can handle it.
I'm not going to read the comments because I'm too emotionally invested and I can only handle the huge overreactions after each game if they favor my team like they did after game 1.
See ya'll Saturday.
Capn'O wrote:Patches Perry wrote:Good game Dallas, I expected a bounce-back performance and they brought it. They also won me almost a grand, so good on them for doing that specifically for me.
On OKC side, they need to coordinate better rotations after their hard doubles. Too many open threes which obviously Dallas took advantage of. Dags may have to finally bite the bullet and shorten the rotation. I don't want to see much of Giddey or Hayward. Shai, Dub, Chet, Dort, Wiggins, Wallace, Joe, Jwill should be the 8 man rotation. This is the playoffs and all of these guys are young. Thibs would find a way to play all 8 guys 48 minutes, they can handle it.
I'm not going to read the comments because I'm too emotionally invested and I can only handle the huge overreactions after each game if they favor my team like they did after game 1.
See ya'll Saturday.
That's funny because I've been calling Daignault the anti Thibs for about half a season. MD utilizes his roster in a way many of us wish Thibs would to preserve his guys but there's a cost to that too.
Patches Perry wrote:Capn'O wrote:Patches Perry wrote:Good game Dallas, I expected a bounce-back performance and they brought it. They also won me almost a grand, so good on them for doing that specifically for me.
On OKC side, they need to coordinate better rotations after their hard doubles. Too many open threes which obviously Dallas took advantage of. Dags may have to finally bite the bullet and shorten the rotation. I don't want to see much of Giddey or Hayward. Shai, Dub, Chet, Dort, Wiggins, Wallace, Joe, Jwill should be the 8 man rotation. This is the playoffs and all of these guys are young. Thibs would find a way to play all 8 guys 48 minutes, they can handle it.
I'm not going to read the comments because I'm too emotionally invested and I can only handle the huge overreactions after each game if they favor my team like they did after game 1.
See ya'll Saturday.
That's funny because I've been calling Daignault the anti Thibs for about half a season. MD utilizes his roster in a way many of us wish Thibs would to preserve his guys but there's a cost to that too.
Absolutely, I prefer Dags approach to Thibs 99% of the time. I just hope he is flexible enough to adapt to the 1% where he needs to be more like Thibs.
Capn'O wrote:OKC missed a ton of open shots down the stretch. They played like an inexperienced team tonight. But can some of the guys grow from that?
. It's super weird, DAL's 3P% was higher than their overall FG% 
