Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#1 » by slick_watts » Mon Dec 7, 2009 11:18 pm

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

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Stephen Curry / Monta Ellis / Corey Maggette / Vladimir Radmanovic / Mikki Moore

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Finally, a favorable front court matchup. Nenad Krstic will return to the lineup tonight, and the front court will have no excuses in the paint against the likes of Maggette, Radman, and Mikki Moore.

Curry and Ellis, however, might present some problems. Both are excellent shooters, and we've had some trouble guarding the 3pt line lately after starting off the season blazing in that regard.

Golden State is one of the worst road teams in the league, hopefully we can end the homestand at 3-2.

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Kevin Durant is now our leading rebounder, at 7 rebounds per game. I think this is the first time at any point he's been averaging more boards a game than Jeff Green in their careers. Dunno if this is a good thing or not.

Golden State, unsurprisingly, leads the league in pace. Hopefully our young guys stick to their game and don't get baited into a high tempo, score fest that favors GS.

A Question

Will the bench bounce back after a horrible effort against Boston?
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#2 » by wiff » Tue Dec 8, 2009 12:21 am

slick_watts wrote:
Will the bench bounce back after a horrible effort against Boston?


Apparently you missed Serge Ibaka going nuts during the first half of that game. Of course he only played 6minutes in the first half but it was 6 minutes of heaven.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#3 » by slick_watts » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:22 am

GS with six fast break points already.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#4 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:27 am

Livvvy in the game before Harden
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#5 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:28 am

KD is pushing. 3 To already :(
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#6 » by dream_catcher_9 » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:30 am

7 team turnovers already.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#7 » by dream_catcher_9 » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:36 am

Durant is playing like poopoo
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Post#8 » by KidDelicious » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:38 am

GO THUNDER GO!!

i dont care if we are inconsistent i freaking love this team and i am thankful for them!
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#9 » by slick_watts » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:39 am

Hey Shaun Livingston hasn't looked too bad.

Also PLEASE DISALLOW KD FROM DOING THAT CLEAR OUT. He never scores with that play.
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Post#10 » by KidDelicious » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:42 am

ALSO... james harden please go become an awesome defender so i dont have to watch thabo brick anymore.. its my wish to santa this christmas lol
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Post#11 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:49 am

what an ugly effort so far.

Jeff Green has been pretty solid, but everyone else...not so much
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Post#12 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 2:03 am

Harden and green YAY

KD - having an off night
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Post#13 » by slick_watts » Tue Dec 8, 2009 2:22 am

Westbrook's been awful on both sides. KD is forcing shots against THE WARRIORS. We're shooting under 40% against THE WARRIORS.

Not acceptable!
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Post#14 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 2:29 am

agreed. Total B.S

Harden and Green are the only thing we have going....which worries me as Green has been known to disappear after strong starts.
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Post#15 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 2:33 am

Thats better KD - make plays for others!
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Post#16 » by slick_watts » Tue Dec 8, 2009 3:02 am

Defense has improved in the third, common theme for this team.

Warriors getting tired and frustrated by some questionable refereeing.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#17 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 3:19 am

KD playing well in second half!
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Post#18 » by slick_watts » Tue Dec 8, 2009 3:38 am

Well it's nice to get the win.. this was our game as soon as Maggette was ejected, an already depleted Warriors team couldn't keep up the hot shooting.

I'm a little disturbed by KD's 44 minutes; was that really necessary in this one? Did we really have to leave Green, Durant, Harden, and Westbrook on the floor to close this one out with a 14+ point lead and two minutes remaining? What if one of them gets injured?

Although unspectacular, Livingston was head and shoulders better than Mike Wilks has been, so that was good. Harden of course played well. I'm tempering my excitement about any good play on offense since we did just beat the Warriors.

Nice to be two games ahead.. hopefully we can beat Memphis because that CLE / DEN back to back is brutal.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#19 » by dream_catcher_9 » Tue Dec 8, 2009 3:48 am

Fear the beard baby...
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warrios 

Post#20 » by Clangus » Tue Dec 8, 2009 4:38 am

Utah beat SA so we should be back in 8th seed. (tied with Houston who is in 7th)

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