The Russell Westbrook Thread (2014/15)

spearsy23 · Post #881 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 3:53 am

Kinda expected coming off an overtime game on the second night of a back to back, but it's still crushing to see it happen.

Post #882 » by **bondom34** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 3:53 am

Gut punch. They miss the playoffs amd this is another to look back at.

ohio · Post #883 » by **ohio** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 3:55 am

na they not gon miss the playoffs unless it leads to them winning the lottery and drafting another HOF/MVP caliber player.

NinjaSheppard · Post #884 » by **NinjaSheppard** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 3:55 am

Bulls played fantastic today. Outside of that stretch at the beginning of the 4th they took away everyone but Russ and Ibaka long twos. Ibaka shot really well which kept OKC in it but that is about as good of a gameplan as you can execute.

NaturalThunder · Post #885 » by **NaturalThunder** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 3:55 am

We should make a game out of this: Who's going to be tonight's so-so player to come off the opposing team's bench, shooting 70%+ from the floor, and score 20 points?

Post #886 » by **bondom34** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 3:56 am

Yeah, almost woulda preferred a blowout. I expected a L too, but that sucked.

RSCD3_ · Post #887 » by **RSCD3_** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:00 am

bondom34 wrote:Gut punch. They miss the playoffs and this is another to look back at.

There is a very small chance OKC misses the playoffs IMO

Pelicans arent ready and the suns dont have the continuity yet

Post #888 » by **PaulieWal** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:00 am

Thibs out-coached Brooks in the last couple of minutes. He really needs to infuse more creativity in their offensive sets, especially in crunch-time situations. Bad loss, what a waste of a game for the GOAT.

Post #889 » by **bondom34** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:00 am

NaturalThunder wrote:We should make a game out of this: Who's going to be tonight's so-so player to come off the opposing team's bench, shooting 70%+ from the floor, and score 20 points?

Next 11 games -

Toronto: Lou Will
Clippers: Rivers, just because
T-Wolves: Budinger
Chicago: Hinrich
Dallas: Harris
Boston: Thomas
Atlanta: Schroeder
Miami: The rookie that just lit up Phoenix
Lakers:Lin
Spurs: Baynes
Utah: Burke

Post #890 » by **bondom34** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:02 am

RSCD3_ wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Gut punch. They miss the playoffs and this is another to look back at.

There is a very small chance OKC misses the playoffs IMO

Pelicans arent ready and the suns dont have the continuity yet

I think NOP may, they'll be tied after tomorrow whenthey beat Boston, and they have an easy schedule to finish. Plus I'm finally worrying about KD.

spearsy23 · Post #891 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:08 am

NOLA just went on a winning streak, got Davis back and has an easy schedule. We, on the other hand, have the 5th toughest schedule in the NBA remaining, no idea when Durant might be back and lost the tiebreaker. NOLA should have a better shot at getting in than us right now.

Post #892 » by **bondom34** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:12 am

Yeah, even though I expected the loss, still keeping an eye on the draft.

spearsy23 · Post #893 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:13 am

Just looked: NOLA has 9 games against teams ahead of them in the standings and we have 10. This probably comes right down to the wire and their tiebreaker may screw us.

young_frogger · Post #894 » by **young_frogger** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:22 am

Today, GOATbrook and WestBRICK combined to form the almighty GOATBRICK

young_frogger · Post #895 » by **young_frogger** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 4:24 am

RSCD3_ wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Gut punch. They miss the playoffs and this is another to look back at.

There is a very small chance OKC misses the playoffs IMO

Pelicans arent ready and the suns dont have the continuity yet

Durant needs to get back ASAP tho...

spearsy23 · Post #896 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 5:39 am

young_frogger wrote:Today, GOATbrook and WestBRICK combined to form the almighty GOATBRICK

spearsy23 wrote:
DontH8TheBrody wrote:I am one of the original 5 who jumped on the GOATbrook bandwagon haha. And like bondom said, he and I were probably his two biggest fans on the OKC board forever and now the league is in a frenzy over him.

I am hoping he can pass Harden for the scoring title, not sure if its possible though!

But...but....I've always loved the Brodie

Also, I'm waiting for the bad game where the GB starts calling him goatbrick.

Called it.

SideshowBob · Post #897 » by **SideshowBob** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 5:26 pm

So without that Portland game in the beginning of the season, he's at 29.7 PTS/36 (29.6 with it). For comparison, Durant last season was at 29.9 PTS/36.

Westbrook Box-Score with Durant Out (19 G)

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MPG    PTS    ORB    DRB    AST    STL    TS%   TOV%    GmSc
34.6   32.8   2.0    5.8    8.8    2.2   .542  .118     25.6

~53.2% AST%
~42.9% USG
115 ORTG
102 DRTG
~36 PER

Westbrook Box-Score with Durant IN (26 G)

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MPG    PTS    ORB    DRB    AST    STL    TS%   TOV%    GmSc
32.9   24.1   2.0    4.8    7.8    2.0   .537  .144     19.2

~41.7% AST%
~34.6% USG
112 ORTG
103 DRTG
~28 PER

*I have removed the games in which Westbrook and Durant got injured altogether (@POR, @GSW).

dfins891 · Post #898 » by **dfins891** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 5:58 pm

He/the Thunder just haven't learned to close games without Durant yet. Just off the top of my head basically all the losses outside of the season opener against Portland have been by single digits. Most of them by 5 or less points.

Ursusamericanus · Post #899 » by **Ursusamericanus** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 11:30 pm

HeartBreakKid · Post #900 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 11:37 pm

Well, they pulled out a W against Philly which I think is the more important thing. No one they can give up a loss to bottom feeders in their predicament. Losing to Portland is understandable.