4/5 | PG: Oklahoma City Thunder (103) at Memphis Grizzlies (100)

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #1 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 2:28 am

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER at MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

• Record: 44-33

• http://www.espn.com/nba/game?gameId=400900545

Post #2 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 2:33 am

One of his best games of the season, but there are so many that's it's difficult to make a ranking lol

Seriously, I never saw GOATbrook playing so smart and being cold blooded like those last months. Before he wasn't clutch. Now he's hitting every clutch shot every game. It's just too crazy. He's phenomenal.

Post #3 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 2:38 am

Russ is amazing. He leaves me speechless. So does the rest of this roster. I've said before that I'm skeptical of us having enough time to put together a good roster before Russ is out of his prime. I'm even more skeptical that Adams is capabl of being a key part of that roster.

Post #4 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 2:41 am

What was up with andre's minutes? I missed the first half.

Post #5 » by **Andre Roberstan** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 2:50 am

Knrstz wrote:What was up with andre's minutes? I missed the first half.

Sore knee.

thedoppelganger · Post #6 » by **thedoppelganger** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 2:53 am

Nice clutch performance yet again.

Also - LOL Lakers. Sabotaging their own tank despite their best efforts @ San Antonio somehow.

InTheSabonus · Post #7 » by **InTheSabonus** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 3:24 am

How lucky are we to be able to watch Russell Westbrook.

Post #8 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 3:32 am

Andre Roberstan wrote:
Knrstz wrote:What was up with andre's minutes? I missed the first half.

Sore knee.

anything serious? Losing our second most valuable player against the rockets ( because of roberson's great defense against harden) would be a disaster.

LiSTWithLani · Post #9 » by **LiSTWithLani** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 4:46 am

Raps fan here! Wish you the best of luck!
Just quoting this from a discussion that we've been having on our board.

lstern wrote:
lstern wrote:Westbrook only needs to average 6.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game over the next 6 games. To be more exact, he needs just 37 points, 11 rebounds and 29 assists in the last six games to average 30/10/10 for the season.

#WestbrookWatch:
April 5th @ Memphis, Russ tallied 45 PTS, 10 AST & 9 REB.
-- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -
In order to average at least 30/10/10 for the season, he needs just:

2REBs and 19ASTs

OKC have 5 remaining games!

Mulhollanddrive · Post #10 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 5:55 am

Please don't rest Westbrook vs Phoenix, he'll break the triple-double record by half time.

Post #11 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 6:16 am

Mulhollanddrive wrote:Please don't rest Westbrook vs Phoenix, he'll break the triple-double record by half time.

I'm terrified you guys come out on fire.

Pillendreher · Post #12 » by **Pillendreher** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 7:22 am

In case you weren't paying attention: We were 0/14 on post ups this game if I'm not mistaken.

InTheSabonus · Post #13 » by **InTheSabonus** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 9:07 am

Pillendreher wrote:In case you weren't paying attention: We were 0/14 on post ups this game if I'm not mistaken.

Among league leaders in postups, among the bottom in the league at actually hitting them.

If you don't like that you don't like thunder basketball.

Pillendreher · Post #14 » by **Pillendreher** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 9:20 am

InTheSabonus wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:In case you weren't paying attention: We were 0/14 on post ups this game if I'm not mistaken.

Among league leaders in postups, among the bottom in the league at actually hitting them.

If you don't like that you don't like thunder basketball.

When you pack the paint, we post you up.

#DonovanCoaching

Bergmaniac · Post #15 » by **Bergmaniac** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 9:48 am

Great Russ, terrible Donovan. Business as usual.

Kanter has completely been an even bigger black hole than usual lately, I watched the game with the Memphis feed and their commentators said he literally didn't pass the ball once out of the post all game even when he was getting double and triple teamed and has open teammates in positions for an easy pass. They had a good laugh about it.

And why use postups so much when the refs were letting the bigs on both sides to push and shove each other all night? Just dumb.

NaturalThunder · Post #16 » by **NaturalThunder** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 6:57 pm

Pillendreher wrote:
InTheSabonus wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:In case you weren't paying attention: We were 0/14 on post ups this game if I'm not mistaken.

Among league leaders in postups, among the bottom in the league at actually hitting them.

If you don't like that you don't like thunder basketball.

When you pack the paint, we post you up.

#DonovanCoaching

And keep going to the well many times over even though we suck at it.

That's some highly effective terrible coaching.

spearsy23 · Post #17 » by **spearsy23** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 7:43 pm

NaturalThunder wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
InTheSabonus wrote:
Among league leaders in postups, among the bottom in the league at actually hitting them.

If you don't like that you don't like thunder basketball.

When you pack the paint, we post you up.

#DonovanCoaching

And keep going to the well many times over even though we suck at it.

That's some highly effective terrible coaching.

Billy is still trying to tank but Russ makes it impossible.

NaturalThunder · Post #18 » by **NaturalThunder** » Thu Apr 6, 2017 10:21 pm

spearsy23 wrote:
NaturalThunder wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:When you pack the paint, we post you up.

#DonovanCoaching

And keep going to the well many times over even though we suck at it.

That's some highly effective terrible coaching.

Billy is still trying to tank but Russ makes it impossible.

Surely Donovan has access to and has been made aware of these numbers, right?

Like, surely someone on the staff has said to Billy at some point this season (hopefully more than once) and he's aware of the fact that we do it more than almost every team in the league despite our efficiency from the post being among the worst in the league, right?