Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM ET

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Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM ET 

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Post#2 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:26 pm

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Post#3 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:18 pm

Is Capela an idiot? I don't think it was malicious but my gosh that was reckless.
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Post#4 » by Dadouv47 » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:32 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:Is Capela an idiot? I don't think it was malicious but my gosh that was reckless.


lol @ Houston broadcaster saying it wasn't worth a flagrant.

It wasn't malicious indeed but it was pretty dangerous...
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Post#5 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:36 pm

Does anyone ariball more threes than Muscala?
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Post#6 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:42 pm

Not exactly great personnel management here.
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CP3 is playing so great. Its a shame we are so shorthanded. I like Dort but he needs to chill on the threes. I said he reminds me of Marcus Smart and I think he wants to shoot 22 threes too.
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Post#7 » by Dadouv47 » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:57 pm

SGA really taking a step back those last games.
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Re: Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM ET 

Post#8 » by Dadouv47 » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:03 am

Schroeder's passing ability has really improved (not that difficult though, he never passed the ball before this season)
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Post#9 » by ThunderBolt » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:14 am

Dadouv47 wrote:SGA really taking a step back those last games.

I don’t think it’s a step back in that he’s regressing. He’s just had a couple of mediocre games. He’s desperately needs to get stronger and also needs to be more consistent on his threes. He’s got a double double today.
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Post#10 » by ThunderBolt » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:21 am

Dorts defense is legit. Time to get excited.
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Post#11 » by ThunderBolt » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:25 am

This is amazing. Lol.
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Post#12 » by Dadouv47 » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:42 am

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Dadouv47 wrote:SGA really taking a step back those last games.

I don’t think it’s a step back in that he’s regressing. He’s just had a couple of mediocre games. He’s desperately needs to get stronger and also needs to be more consistent on his threes. He’s got a double double today.


Oh yeah in no way I wanted to say that he's regressing. I meant that he isn't attacking like he did during his best stretch of the year. I'm not worried at all about SGA. He needs to get stronger indeed, work on his defense and 3pt% but there's not an aspect of the game that I think ''it may be difficult for SGA to improve on that''. Love the kid and I'm so excited about his future.
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Post#13 » by Thunder Up » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:42 am

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Post#14 » by Thunder Up » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:46 am

Give me Dort at 25+ minutes the rest of the season... he has some clamps, and he isn't a complete pussy on offense like TFerg
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Post#15 » by ThunderBolt » Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:04 am

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Dadouv47 wrote:SGA really taking a step back those last games.

I don’t think it’s a step back in that he’s regressing. He’s just had a couple of mediocre games. He’s desperately needs to get stronger and also needs to be more consistent on his threes. He’s got a double double today.


Oh yeah in no way I wanted to say that he's regressing. I meant that he isn't attacking like he did during his best stretch of the year. I'm not worried at all about SGA. He needs to get stronger indeed, work on his defense and 3pt% but there's not an aspect of the game that I think ''it may be difficult for SGA to improve on that''. Love the kid and I'm so excited about his future.

The more I watch shai, the more I think it’s in his best interest to keep a good team round him this year. Dumping cp3, schroder, Gallo and Adams would likely hurt his development.
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Re: Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM 

Post#16 » by Dadouv47 » Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:14 am

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ThunderBolt wrote:I don’t think it’s a step back in that he’s regressing. He’s just had a couple of mediocre games. He’s desperately needs to get stronger and also needs to be more consistent on his threes. He’s got a double double today.


Oh yeah in no way I wanted to say that he's regressing. I meant that he isn't attacking like he did during his best stretch of the year. I'm not worried at all about SGA. He needs to get stronger indeed, work on his defense and 3pt% but there's not an aspect of the game that I think ''it may be difficult for SGA to improve on that''. Love the kid and I'm so excited about his future.

The more I watch shai, the more I think it’s in his best interest to keep a good team round him this year. Dumping cp3, schroder, Gallo and Adams would likely hurt his development.


100% agree. Not so sure about Schroeder but definitely it's fundamental to his development that he's playing with CP3 (by far the point guard with the highest BBIQ of his generation), a good big and a wing that can shoot in Gallo.

Problem with CP3 is that he's having fun right now but once he will get tired about not contending, it can become a problem. We will have to trade him sooner or later (if it was up to me I wouldn't mind keeping until 2022)
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Re: Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM ET 

Post#17 » by mcscotty » Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:33 am

Doesn't get much sweeter than that. The comeback, the opponent.....unbelievable. Schroeder has 6th Man of the Year in the bag.
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Re: Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM ET 

Post#18 » by Old Man Game » Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:53 am

Come on. That was just absurd. To win that game with zero NBA caliber actual centers available? Are you kidding me?



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Re: Game 44: Oklahoma City Thunder (24-19) @ Houston Rockets (26-15) - 5:00 PM ET 

Post#19 » by QPR » Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:54 am

He was always one of my most disliked opponents but it's hard not to appreciate just how good CP still is.
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Post#20 » by Old Man Game » Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:15 am

QPR wrote:He was always one of my most disliked opponents but it's hard not to appreciate just how good CP still is.
So good. So cerebral. He probably can't jump over the New York City phone book but he's still special in a league of athletic freaks.

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