Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#1 » by slick_watts » Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:55 pm

Can we win two in a row?
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#2 » by bbms » Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:09 pm

Tough sequence, but I think we can make it.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#3 » by Devilanche » Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:39 pm

If we play like we did against the nets we surely have a chance. But if its the iso + run down shot clock method, we won't have a chance.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#4 » by Trip » Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:56 pm

Marvin Williams is out so that might help a smidge. Once again it is going to come down to guarding the 3 ball and minimizing what Smith and Horford are going to do to us.

That said I say we sqeak out the last W of 2010.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#5 » by Jimmy76 » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:23 am

green aggresing to the mean
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Post#6 » by slick_watts » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:31 am

Green's doing the best he can on Horford and ran the floor on him for the dunk. Hit a few jumpers too.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#7 » by Trip » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:32 am

I love watching Westbrook turn the jets on and really push the ball while opposing players are just trying to shift their moment back the other way.

They know theres no chance!
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#8 » by slick_watts » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:38 am

Great first quarter, nothing you can do about that Crawford three.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#9 » by Jimmy76 » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:43 am

why EVER run a thabo-nick pnr? :lol:
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#10 » by Trip » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:46 am

How long can Brooks deny Harden more pt? I don't think we would be trying to dig ourselves out of a hole in the 2nd half nearly as often if we would just insert Harden into the starting lineup.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#11 » by Jimmy76 » Sat Jan 1, 2011 1:53 am

Trip wrote:How long can Brooks deny Harden more pt? I don't think we would be trying to dig ourselves out of a hole in the 2nd half nearly as often if we would just insert Harden into the starting lineup.

+1

imagine Harden's spacing and shooting next to westbrook and durant
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#12 » by whatisthis » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:03 am

PG-Westbrook
SG-Harden
SF-Durant
PF-Ibaka
C-Collison

please
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#13 » by slick_watts » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:03 am

Jimmy76 wrote:why EVER run a thabo-nick pnr? :lol:


Yeah that was just weird.

Team's done a good job extending the lead a bit even though Hawks have been shooting the penalty.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#14 » by Trip » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:05 am

Jimmy76 wrote:
Trip wrote:How long can Brooks deny Harden more pt? I don't think we would be trying to dig ourselves out of a hole in the 2nd half nearly as often if we would just insert Harden into the starting lineup.

+1

imagine Harden's spacing and shooting next to westbrook and durant


I love the idea of having westbrook and Harden working similarly to the Spurs backcourt.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#15 » by Trip » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:10 am

KD didn't get any handles for christmas....
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#16 » by Trip » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:13 am

I would be interested in seeing what Harden would do with that last possession iso.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#17 » by whatisthis » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:15 am

defense has been decent..atlanta, and more specifically crawford, has hit some ridiculous shots which is why they're at 50%
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#18 » by dream_catcher_9 » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:26 am

whatisthis wrote:defense has been decent..atlanta, and more specifically crawford, has hit some ridiculous shots which is why they're at 50%


yep, for our lack of elite big's we have played good defense the past few games.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#19 » by Trip » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:32 am

Joe Johnson got a huge deal and is now a bucket of suck...i feel kinda bad for atl.
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Re: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks 12/31/10 

Post#20 » by slick_watts » Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:47 am

Atlanta has been making some tough shots. But we've played into their hands offensively. A lot of long jumpers.

This is going to be a very tough game to win, when Atlanta has gone to that zone OKC looks totally clueless.

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