1/7 | G38: Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder | 7PM CST

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #1 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Fri Jan 6, 2017 1:55 pm

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NUGGETS at THUNDER
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Location: Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nuggets: 22-13 | #4 in West
Thunder: 21-16 | #7 in West

Next Game: Mon, Jan 9th @ Chicago Bulls
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eathb_au · Post #2 » by **eathb_au** » Fri Jan 6, 2017 11:37 pm

I wish we were that good.

Pillendreher · Post #3 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 12:47 am

So is Cam gonna play?

spearsy23 · Post #4 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 4:27 am

Pillendreher wrote:So is Cam gonna play?

I thought the plan was the 9th @ Chicago. That would give him one more game with the blue then he could fly out with the team since they're both playing in okc tomorrow.

ducler · Post #5 » by **ducler** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 10:10 am

oken · Post #6 » by **oken** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 1:15 pm

Two streaking teams.. I hope we'll be the ones that come out with a W
Denver's last wins were against Knicks, LA Cripples & Minny. We really should not lose to those guys.

Pillendreher · Post #7 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 1:34 pm

http://newsok.com/for-thunder-or-blue-payne-to-play-saturday/article/5533461

Pillendreher · Post #8 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 5:29 pm

Read on Twitter

I bet we're gonna play him and Semaj together.

RunOKC · Post #9 » by **RunOKC** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 7:17 pm

Must win?

Post #10 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 8:14 pm

When we played at Portland and they had lost several in a row, I kind of felt like we were going into a buzz saw. They were desperate for a win. I feel like our guys should play and feel the way Portland played against us. Denver has plenty to play for, but I feel our guys should have a little bit of desperation-urgency. Maybe having Cam back gives everyone a boost.

Pillendreher · Post #11 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 8:59 pm

Knrstz wrote:When we played at Portland and they had lost several in a row, I kind of felt like we were going into a buzz saw. They were desperate for a win. I feel like our guys should play and feel the way Portland played against us. Denver has plenty to play for, but I feel our guys should have a little bit of desperation-urgency. Maybe having Cam back gives everyone a boost.

The main problem in that game was us getting manhandled with the bench and then never being able to get back in it afterwards. One could say 'We let them in'

http://www.popcornmachine.net/gf?date=20161213&game=OKCPOR

We were up 9 shortly after Westbrook sat down and then gave up 22 points in ~6 minutes.

Jstock12 · Post #12 » by **Jstock12** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 9:12 pm

http://imgur.com/6mI9Umu

Nice graph, showing Domas as one of the premiere rim-protectors alongside Porzingis, Embiid, Hibbert, Gobert, Aldridge. He doesn't get nearly as many blocks as them, but blocks is a meaningless stats since DFG% accounts for everything that matters as it is.

Kind of hard to believe at first, but goes to show that Domas is a very solid positional interior defender.

spearsy23 · Post #13 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jan 7, 2017 9:17 pm

CamPayne GET HYPE!

Pillendreher · Post #14 » by **Pillendreher** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 12:11 am

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HERE WE GO

Old Man Game · Post #15 » by **Old Man Game** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 12:13 am

Well I have At&t uverse which has been out since early this morning and still isn't back so I won't be watching this one.

Word of advice kids, don't use AT&T Uverse. It's cheap but you certainly get what you pay for.

Post #16 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 12:49 am

Did we ever play Cam much with Russ last year?

Pillendreher · Post #17 » by **Pillendreher** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 12:52 am

Knrstz wrote:Did we ever play Cam much with Russ last year?

Not really. I remember that bugging me.

spearsy23 · Post #18 » by **spearsy23** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 12:55 am

Pillendreher wrote:
Knrstz wrote:Did we ever play Cam much with Russ last year?

Not really. I remember that bugging me.

We tried it a bit. By the eye test it was working fairly well but by the numbers it was pretty awful.

InTheSabonus · Post #19 » by **InTheSabonus** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 1:00 am

spearsy23 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
Knrstz wrote:Did we ever play Cam much with Russ last year?

Not really. I remember that bugging me.

We tried it a bit. By the eye test it was working fairly well but by the numbers it was pretty awful.

I imagine defence would not have been so great with Russ and Payne both out there. Payne tried but was a rookie guard, and Russ sleeps on most of his assignments. Could be a great duo offensively, but we have a similar dynamic, but better, with Oladipo out there.

spearsy23 · Post #20 » by **spearsy23** » Sun Jan 8, 2017 1:08 am

InTheSabonus wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:Not really. I remember that bugging me.

We tried it a bit. By the eye test it was working fairly well but by the numbers it was pretty awful.

I imagine defence would not have been so great with Russ and Payne both out there. Payne tried but was a rookie guard, and Russ sleeps on most of his assignments. Could be a great duo offensively, but we have a similar dynamic, but better, with Oladipo out there.

It's actually the offense that was really horrible. I'm going from memory so I don't remember exactly what it was that made it look so bad. I think cam's numbers were okay and Russ's terrible, but it was also a small sample and the bench was bad with pretty much everyone last year.