Oklahoma City Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers 01/17/2011

[inquisitive]

Chris Webber was right and obvious. OKC just needs a little low post presence player and they will be dangerous. Considering they went 2-23 from the 3pt. line, they still kept the game pretty close. They're just one good trade for a low post player to be a championship contender.

[dream_catcher_9]

tough loss. Just too many mental mistakes, and against a great team like the Lakers it cost us.

[Krodis]

On the bright side, I think Scott Brooks might be SLOWLY learning with regards to the rotations. Ibaka played 33 minutes and Harden played 29. Green played 30 (still too many), but Sefolosha and Krstic only played 19 and 16 (around where they should be.

Honestly, I'd like to give Collison more of Green's minutes. I'd like to give anyone at all Green's minutes at this point, but Collison specifically.

[cajun joe]

anyone else on here frequent daily thunder?...I find the content there has tanked a bit recently. the recaps are about 95% fluff. free I know, but still.

[Sinant]

With the massive advantage Westbrook has at guard against the Lakers, if only Durant could figure out how to play against Artest, this could have been a W.

Durant just lets Artest get into his head. He gets frustrated and starts rushing his shots to get away from Artest.

Growing pains of a 22 year old superstar I suppose

[inquisitive]

With the massive advantage Westbrook has at guard against the Lakers, if only Durant could figure out how to play against Artest, this could have been a W.

Durant just lets Artest get into his head. He gets frustrated and starts rushing his shots to get away from Artest.

Growing pains of a 22 year old superstar I suppose

Spot on. Also, with their speed and ability to drive to the hoop especially with Westbrook, why not do it more often. They were able to get Bynum in foul trouble. Brooks needs to change their mentality from a 3pt shooting team to one that drives to the hole. There is no need to shoot that many 3s when you have the speed and athleticism to go to the hoop like they do. Durant has the speed and quickness to blow by Artest, but he seems almost timid to do something when Artest guards him. Just weird.

Also, Westbrook made some poor decisions down the stretch.