Oklahoma City Thunder @ Portland Trailblazers 04/12/10

Post #1 » by **slick_watts** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:37 pm

Well, here we are. A blown call, tired legs against Denver, and a blown game against a beatable team and we're playing for 7th place instead of home court. The West is nuts.

This is the biggest game of the year, obviously. A win and it's likely we'll avoid 8th place and draw a team other than the Lakers. A loss, and 8th place is ours and we better pray Andrew Bynum's return is all talk.

The good news: Brandon Roy will be out of this game.
The bad news: Portland beat the Lakers on the road without Roy in the second half last night.

Possessions are at a premium against Portland and we can't play the same kind of wild basketball we showed against Golden State.

This is where the team has to show it has a killer instinct.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #2 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:48 pm

Russ needs to show some poise. I'm not holding my breath.
I think we lose because we don't match up well with Portland even without Roy. I expect the team to play hard but eventually lose in the clutch like always.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #3 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:51 pm

oh and Thabo better not see more than 20 minutes tonight, unless Andre Miller goes off which is possible. Lots of Harden tonight...

KidDelicious · Post #4 » by **KidDelicious** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:24 pm

i hate portland so much.. after last time we lost the boys need to pull this one out. and not just pull it out. im talking PULVERIZE portland in the rose garden.

i wanna bathe in portlands (basketball) blood!!

death to portland!!!!! (nba wise)

go thunder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy76 · Post #5 » by **Jimmy76** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:45 pm

big game

its gonna be tough to make it out of the first round if we don't win here

lets see this team bounce back from a hard/stupid loss

EtchenBa · Post #6 » by **EtchenBa** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:41 pm

KidDelicious wrote:i hate portland so much.. after last time we lost the boys need to pull this one out. and not just pull it out. im talking PULVERIZE portland in the rose garden.

i wanna bathe in portlands (basketball) blood!!

death to portland!!!!! (nba wise)

go thunder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stay classy.

Clangus · Post #7 » by **Clangus** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:32 pm

Good Luck to Portland.

Im glad we made the playoffs. But I think our poise over the last few weeks has shown we are likely in for a first round beat down. (And I have been the most positive upbeat supporter all year.)

I hope we win, but we just aren't playing good ball lately.

Roy out is a blessing, but he doesn';t usually destroy us so itsm not as big a deal as it looks like IMO.

J~Rush · Post #8 » by **J~Rush** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:01 am

i hate OKC so much.. after last time we lost the boys need to pull this one out. and not just pull it out. im talking PULVERIZE OKC in the rose garden.

i wanna bathe in OKCs (basketball) blood!!

death to OKC!!!!! (nba wise)

go blazers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy76 · Post #9 » by **Jimmy76** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:19 am

so how many thunder fans have posted on the blazers gamethread?

im counting zero

Post #10 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:21 am

Is that stuff really necessary? C'mon now...

J~Rush · Post #11 » by **J~Rush** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:32 am

Jimmy76 wrote:so how many thunder fans have posted on the blazers gamethread?

im counting zero

The OKC fan base is smaller than the Portland fan base on RealGM. The ratio is about the same (if you up 0 to 1 since dividing by 0 is illogical)

slick_watts wrote:Is that stuff really necessary? C'mon now...

KidDelicious' post made me smile, as I enjoy when games have a rivalry behind them. I wanted to return the favor.

Clangus · Post #12 » by **Clangus** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:39 am

LOL

I personally blame Wiffler for this "rivalry" thing

Post #13 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:55 am

Nothing wrong with rivalries, but at least be original.

Jimmy76 · Post #14 » by **Jimmy76** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:14 am

what is up with Greens free throw shooting?!?!

Post #15 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:20 am

I don't know but I hate the smiling about it and joking around. Portland looks like the team on the mission, we look like we're still playing in November.

These guys aren't ready for the playoffs right now.

Jimmy76 · Post #16 » by **Jimmy76** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:22 am

slick_watts wrote:I don't know but I hate the smiling about it and joking around. Portland looks like the team on the mission, we look like we're still playing in November.

These guys aren't ready for the playoffs right now.

nope

and I cant imagine what this team would be without Durant

leaguegod692 · Post #17 » by **leaguegod692** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:23 am

Jimmy76 wrote:what is up with Greens free throw shooting?!?!

3/16 in the last 4 in a bit games

Post #18 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:37 am

I think Portland fans are gonna throw things onto the court again. Juwon Howard did not get credit for the rip move.

Post #19 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:13 am

Russ has been really struggling lately under the lights. I think it's nerves. He has to really settle down and get his emotions / nerves together, he's rushing and playing too fast.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #20 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:18 am

slick_watts wrote:Russ has been really struggling lately under the lights. I think it's nerves. He has to really settle down and get his emotions / nerves together, he's rushing and playing too fast.

agreed. only cure is for him to keep playing in big games.