Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks 12/27/10

Post #1 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:00 am

Game on!

Dallas got wide open three pointers whenever they want last game against us, but didn't start making them until the fourth quarter.

Post #2 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:22 am

Same old story. Over helping, hedging, no closing out. Horrible defense on the perimeter, Dallas making the open shots.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #3 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:36 am

great offense, and solid defense to end the quarter.

Post #4 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:37 am

It's nice to see Ibaka and Collison together again. Our best defensive front court.

Post #5 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:52 am

James Harden!

Krodis · Post #6 » by **Krodis** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:53 am

I love James Harden.

fallacy · Post #7 » by **fallacy** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:08 am

Ibaka had the block of the year on Chandler

dream_catcher_9 · Post #8 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:11 am

fallacy wrote:Ibaka had the block of the year on Chandler

dunno about that, but it was real nice. He is really having a good battle with Chandler.

Krodis · Post #9 » by **Krodis** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:14 am

On the bright side, James Harden played 16 minutes.

On the other hand, Jeff Green played 20.

;x

Post #10 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:23 am

What is Jeff Green doing here? Why is he helping so far into the paint? Serge Ibaka is between the handler and the rim, Kevin Durant is helping off the weak side.

This is 80% of the problem with the defense this season, and the primary reason teams are shooting so well from the perimeter against us. Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook are the chief offenders, but all our players do it to some extent.

It's simple YMCA defensive fundamentals. We could have a defense as good as last year easily if the team would defend intelligently in those circumstances.

Devilanche · Post #11 » by **Devilanche** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:14 am

what's with the smallball lineup?

westbrook-harden-thabo-durant-green? How many other coach will go to this lineup to close a game? not like all 5 are deadly from deep..

Post #12 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:19 am

Devilanche wrote:what's with the smallball lineup?

westbrook-harden-thabo-durant-green? How many other coach will go to this lineup to close a game? not like all 5 are deadly from deep..

Brooks is one of the worst game straegists in the league. Probably THE worst. He says in the timeout he wants the team to get a stop, they do, but because they don't even have a power forward on the court they give up the second chance point. That was the ball game there.

Yet another winnable game down the stretch where our coach doesn't put the players in a position to win.

I like Brooks as a motivator and overall as a coach but his decisions this year with the lineups have cost this team games. Chicago game, Toronto game, this one. Second rate coach.

Balkman32 · Post #13 » by **Balkman32** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:23 am

No team is going to win a game only scoring 12 points in a q! Silly.

wiff · Post #14 » by **wiff** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:33 am

So Larry Brown is available.

GetMoney · Post #15 » by **GetMoney** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:39 am

these realgm forums are hilarious
if you go around to every team, pretty much every fanbase wants either a new coach or half their team replaced

dream_catcher_9 · Post #16 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:08 am

tough loss. The Mavs are a much better team though. Tyson Chandler make them elite.

wiff · Post #17 » by **wiff** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:11 pm

So what was with the boo's at the end of the game. I only caught the last quarter and was in and out of that. Why were the fans booing at the end of the game?

SaintofKillers · Post #18 » by **SaintofKillers** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:25 am

I think that was for us. Jet, Chandler, Butler and company were gloating back at the crowd for the taunts and cat-calls throughout the game.