Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Portland Trailblazers 03/28/10

Post #1 » by **slick_watts** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:40 pm

Huge game for playoff seeding.. a loss to Portland evens us up, and would also most likely give them the tiebreaker unless we beat them on the road later in April.

A win, and we basically take the tiebreaker from them, considering the differences in our division records, and gain some seperation from them and SAS (hopefully they lose to Boston). Denver has a couple tough games coming up as well, and we'd be in the thick of the division again if some things go right.

This will be the strongest we've seen the Blazers since they stomped us in OKC early in the year. Of course, our team is much different as well since then (especially our bench), so this should be an interesting matchup.

Key to this game IMO is the Blazers front line. Marcus Camby legitimizes that front court, giving LMA a reprieve from some of the dirty work. If we get worked over on the boards and in the paint, this could be a long night for us.

GoDucks92 · Post #2 » by **GoDucks92** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:51 pm

With the stupid bull your fellow fans have been posting on the other boards, you guys should automatically win this.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #3 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:03 pm

I think the only Thunder fans who post that stuff on the main boards is wiff and I think he is joking most of the time. I know he hates Portland though

Jimmy76 · Post #4 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:11 pm

dream_catcher_9 wrote:I think the only Thunder fans who post that stuff on the main boards is wiff and I think he is joking most of the time. I know he hates Portland though

wiffs Portland hate is legendary :lol:

does it just stem from the old sonic-blazers rivalry?

GoDucks92 · Post #5 » by **GoDucks92** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:16 pm

I dunno.

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Wiff, Islanders82, joyner82 (probably the same douche thinking he is sneaky), among others.

Jimmy76 · Post #6 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:21 pm

DuckFan5992 wrote:I dunno.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=998467
Wiff, Islanders82, joyner82 (probably the same douche thinking he is sneaky), among others.

I think most of it is pretty innocent trolling/trash talking

with the obvious exception of wiff

dream_catcher_9 · Post #7 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:25 pm

DuckFan5992 wrote:I dunno.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=998467
Wiff, Islanders82, joyner82 (probably the same douche thinking he is sneaky), among others.

I never seen that Islanders82 guy post in the OKC board before. I doubt he is a Thunder fan.

Joel Embust · Post #8 » by **Joel Embust** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:28 pm

Sounds like a New Yorker to me, and who gives? Just enjoy the game!

broyblazin · Post #9 » by **broyblazin** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:33 pm

OKC has no chance tonight, but good luck in future games.

Jimmy76 · Post #10 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:47 pm

DuckFan5992 wrote:With the stupid bull your fellow fans have been posting on the other boards, you guys should automatically win this.

broyblazin wrote:OKC has no chance tonight, but good luck in future games.

hmmm

Joel Embust · Post #11 » by **Joel Embust** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:54 pm

broyblazin wrote:OKC has no chance tonight, but good luck in future games.

Why would the Thunder have "no chance" ?

broyblazin · Post #12 » by **broyblazin** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:06 pm

Eleqtrique wrote:
broyblazin wrote:OKC has no chance tonight, but good luck in future games.

Why would the Thunder have "no chance" ?

Just some pre-game trash talk. Nothing crazy like the trash you guys were spewing on the GB about Oden.

Jimmy76 · Post #13 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:09 pm

broyblazin wrote:
Eleqtrique wrote:
broyblazin wrote:OKC has no chance tonight, but good luck in future games.

Why would the Thunder have "no chance" ?

Just some pre-game trash talk. Nothing crazy like the trash you guys were spewing on the GB about Oden.

we'll let the game do the talkin :wink:

indo · Post #14 » by **indo** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:13 pm

Roy had 28 points on 12-14 last night against the Hornets.
Interesting to watch what will be happend tonight with Thabo on him.

Jimmy76 · Post #15 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:16 pm

indo wrote:Roy had 28 points on 12-14 last night against the Hornets.
Interesting to watch what will be happend tonight with Thabo on him.

if Roy is on nothing you can do

but i wouldnt trust any defender to slow him down more than Thabo

definitely excited for that matchup

Batum vs Durant should be good too

Post #16 » by **slick_watts** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:24 pm

Andre Miller is abusing Russ and we're making some silly switches on defense.

Doesn't look we've come out executing the same way we did against the Lakers.

Jimmy76 · Post #17 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:26 pm

westbrook being too eager with those pull ups

Post #18 » by **slick_watts** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:41 pm

Don't mind the jumpers by Russ. But his defense has been horrible, basically the whole team's defense has been bad. Making poor rotations.. Portland's just killing us.

Post #19 » by **slick_watts** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:48 pm

Blazers basically doing whatever they want offensively and we're taking long jumpers. We've very lucky this isn't a double digit lead.

Jimmy76 · Post #20 » by **Jimmy76** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:49 pm

i hope we can keep collison on the cheap after his contract runs out

perfect glue big