Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets 03/24/10

Post #1 » by **slick_watts** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:41 pm

The Good News: James Harden will be available for this game according to coach Scott Brooks.

The Bad News: Houston kills us. Although Landry has moved on, Kevin Martin remains a Thunder Killer and Thabo will have his hands full keeping in front of him.

A loss here to Houston would make the race a lot more interesting for us. We've had three winnable games slip through our fingers, some due to bad coaching, others due to our defense becoming noticably more pedestrian.

Hopefully the return of Harden galvanizes this group and we can get back on track for the home stretch. The last thing we need is to be the 8th seed with an impossible matchup in the first round.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #2 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:37 pm

I hope we see the Durant of 2 days ago vs the Spurs. He was a man possessed, and had that fire in his belly that I haven't seen from him very often.

Clangus · Post #3 » by **Clangus** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:54 am

wow THE entire team is on fire!

Joel Embust · Post #4 » by **Joel Embust** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:19 am

Welcome back James Harden!

Big block on K-Mart, three big threes, took it to the hole on a couple of occasions.

Joel Embust · Post #5 » by **Joel Embust** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:58 am

Air Congo ready for take off!

Post #6 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:07 am

Great game.. Russ' performance especially at the end of the 1st half is really concerning but other than that..

I like that the second unit is getting lots of minutes with Harden back. Great opportunity to get back on the same page.

Jimmy76 · Post #7 » by **Jimmy76** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:24 am

missed the game (most of it anyways)

is westbrook still sick?

Post #8 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:25 am

Dunno but he made some dumb decisions..

dream_catcher_9 · Post #9 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:27 am

Great win. That's 2 games in a row we have come out with focus and energy, and just played well.

Harden is a huge difference maker especially when he plays well, and not out of control.

Jimmy76 · Post #10 » by **Jimmy76** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:31 am

slick_watts wrote:Dunno but he made some dumb decisions..

sounds like our westbrook on a down swing

Post #11 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:36 am

Jimmy76 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:Dunno but he made some dumb decisions..

sounds like our westbrook on a down swing

We had an 18 point lead late in the first half and Russ made some poor plays and all of a sudden it's 13 with under a minute and it was looking like Charlotte again. Maynor gets subbed in, we have a few nice possessions on both ends and end the half with 17 point lead and momentum back.

He's just in a little funk..

Clangus · Post #12 » by **Clangus** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:42 am

Jimmy76 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:Dunno but he made some dumb decisions..

sounds like our westbrook on a down swing

Im fine with a down swing for now. As long as the upswing comes back in teh playoffs.

Jimmy76 · Post #13 » by **Jimmy76** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:45 am

Clangus wrote:
Jimmy76 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:Dunno but he made some dumb decisions..

sounds like our westbrook on a down swing

Im fine with a down swing for now. As long as the upswing comes back in teh playoffs.

if thats the timing its perfect :lol:

Joel Embust · Post #14 » by **Joel Embust** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:12 am

Westbrook had some great passes that led to easy buckets.