Game thread, whatever: Thunder @ Wolves

Post #381 » by **Calinks** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:56 am

WesJ4 wrote:Nice win. Thunder are pretty good for an all black team.

White NBA teams dominates freakishly athletic Black NBA team. If that's not a sign of the Apocalypse I don't know what is!

theGreatRC · Post #382 » by **theGreatRC** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:56 am

Basti wrote:
theGreatRC wrote:That was one of the most satisfying wins i've witnessed as a Wolves fan.

1. Love, Shved, Pek, JJ and AK all had great games
2. We played on national television for the first time in about 6 or 7 years
3. We beat the best team record-wise in the NBA

Plus, I love watching Durant and Westbrook play, amazing NBA players.

LETS GO WOLVES

Not trying to rain your personal parade but remember that other awesome national game we had last year? The one similarly satisfying, if not more, against the Clippers? That one felt even better than this one we just saw.

My bad, I should have said TNT...both National TV games (from this year and last) were GOTY for me...besides the other OKC game we had last year where JJ had a triple D and Love had 50+

Post #383 » by **Basti** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:57 am

WesJ4 wrote:Nice win. Thunder are pretty good for an all black team.

Really?

Murphs56 · Post #384 » by **Murphs56** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:58 am

Don't worry K Love. I think you're a star in this league

Post #385 » by **Basti** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:59 am

theGreatRC wrote:
Basti wrote:
theGreatRC wrote:That was one of the most satisfying wins i've witnessed as a Wolves fan.

1. Love, Shved, Pek, JJ and AK all had great games
2. We played on national television for the first time in about 6 or 7 years
3. We beat the best team record-wise in the NBA

Plus, I love watching Durant and Westbrook play, amazing NBA players.

LETS GO WOLVES

Not trying to rain your personal parade but remember that other awesome national game we had last year? The one similarly satisfying, if not more, against the Clippers? That one felt even better than this one we just saw.

My bad, I should have said TNT...both National TV games (from this year and last) were GOTY for me...besides the other OKC game we had last year where JJ had a triple D and Love had 50+

That OT Thunder game was nationally televised, too? I'm trying to erase the details from that because it was so horribly heartbreaking to lose after such an amazing game.

Chance1117 · Post #386 » by **Chance1117** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:59 am

Man I missed it. I had to work one some electrical in the basement. When I got done there was 10 seconds left in the game.

Ambrosius · Post #387 » by **Ambrosius** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:00 am

I think the clue of the game was like: Rick Adelman.

Brooks totally surprised by the movement of the ball, Shev and Barea very inspirated, the Thunder surprised by the intelligence of the plays...

The impossible is: Rick Adelman.

Freaking awesome coach.

Vindicater · Post #388 » by **Vindicater** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:01 am

AWWOOOOOOO

Post #389 » by **Calinks** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:01 am

Last seasons Thunder game was funner but we won this one.

theGreatRC · Post #390 » by **theGreatRC** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:03 am

My bad Basti, :lol:

I'm so hyped up from this win tonight that i'm tangling up everything i've been saying

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The national TV game last year against the Clippers was GOTY for me.
The OKC Thunder game last year (Not nationally televised) was also heavy GOTY consideration from me.

The national TV game against OKC this year is GOTY from me so far for the Wolves.

Jukeness · Post #391 » by **Jukeness** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:03 am

So glad that on TNT Pek showed what a brute forcing machine he is.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #392 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:04 am

Basti wrote:
theGreatRC wrote:That was one of the most satisfying wins i've witnessed as a Wolves fan.

1. Love, Shved, Pek, JJ and AK all had great games
2. We played on national television for the first time in about 6 or 7 years
3. We beat the best team record-wise in the NBA

Plus, I love watching Durant and Westbrook play, amazing NBA players.

LETS GO WOLVES

Not trying to rain your personal parade but remember that other awesome national game we had last year? The one similarly satisfying, if not more, against the Clippers? That one felt even better than this one we just saw.

true, but this game was different because our team look really shaky recently and we came through with a legit game where they played well all 4 quarters against the best team in the NBA. Wasnt a fluke win like against Philly where they're just draining threes left and right - they defended, rebounded well, and converted efficiently on offense, and made clutch plays on both ends to seal the win. I expect this win to give them a mental boost - it reminded them of the ingredients to a win recipe. Once they learn how to bring that in big TNT games as well as a non televised Tuesday night game against the Raptors, then we might finally get to see the team we were hoping to see.

southern wolf · Post #393 » by **southern wolf** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:11 am

I knew Love would have a huge game when he was in the national spotlight. He was great and I hope we see that more consistently. We're still a young up and coming team so we're going to see more losses like the Magic game, but we're also going to surprise a fair few teams like we did tonight. I had a feeling we would surprise either the Heat or Thunder.

FinnTheHuman · Post #394 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:11 am

Barea probably got confirmation that the end of the world is coming from his Mayan friends in Mexico, he played in that 4th q like it was his last game.

Post #395 » by **Klomp** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:17 am

Jukeness wrote:So glad that on TNT Pek showed what a brute forcing machine he is.

They were all over him!

eyeteeth · Post #396 » by **eyeteeth** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:30 am

Klomp wrote:
Jukeness wrote:So glad that on TNT Pek showed what a brute forcing machine he is.

They were all over him!

Ha, yeah, Kevin Harlan was starting a fan club. I was actually surprised that all of the announcers were being as nice to the team as they were. Definitely a management decision to tell the world the Wolves are getting better. Pretty freaking cool.

[RCG] · Post #397 » by **[RCG]** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:31 am

Lose to the Magic, beat the thunder. Huh.

CareySkyScurry · Post #398 » by **CareySkyScurry** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:32 am

Did not see anything past the first quarter.
One poster said AK had a good game-how was his D?

southern wolf · Post #399 » by **southern wolf** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:41 am

[RCG] wrote:Lose to the Magic, beat the thunder. Huh.

Like I said before, that's what you're going to get with a young up and coming team. We're unpredictable.

AQuintus · Post #400 » by **AQuintus** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:41 am

CareySkyScurry wrote:Did not see anything past the first quarter.
One poster said AK had a good game-how was his D?

He did a good job closing out on Durant and contesting his shots, but it's hard to be a good defender against KD since he'll make those shots anyway, and he did tonight.