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KD needs to avg more than 3 assists per game to make the thunder Scary all i know is that if he just stays the ball hog he is known as and shoot 30 shots a game without even thinking of his team Thunder will not go on any run Look at green With the Celtics They give him the ball more than us and he his putting up almost 18pts a game think about it! maynor needs more time if anything he is a true Pg and russ should go back to Sg and we would be a great Team Maynor was putting up good assists in Utah. We need assists to win. not terrible playmaking

Mannn. Thunder Needs To Step it up and pass the ball if KD is shooting bad just pass it!! and brooks needs to be fired or make them pass the ball! Tabo is good defender but we need offense more than tabo bricking 3's and giving us no chance. Serge needs to step it up too he wanted green gone to start now SHOW UP! Same with Perk and Collison STEP UP

As we hope to face the nuggets in the 1st round we might get port instead and the way we are playing that is going to be a scary series

I know this is a different sports, but last year the Rangers couldn't beat the Orioles at all (okay, so they might have won a game or two, barely). It didn't matter when they played them, where they played them, who started for them, orr how crappy they are as a team. The Raptors this year are our Orioles. Somehow , some way, we were going to find a way to crunk it up against them. Good thing we only play them twice

swept by Toronto.. man that just sounds horrible, and even worse they hadn't won on the road since January 5th and it was at Cleveland!. Just an all around terrible showing by everyone outside of Harden and Perk who single handedly kept us in this game.. Stat of the night, OKC finished without a single blocked shot as a team.. wonder if that has happened yet this season

qrex :@ChilamBilam12

Maybe he wants to put something positive and can’t find it.

prolly didn't watch -- figured we'd win by 50, so he went with the wifey to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to pick out new curtains. When he gets back and sees the score... gonna be pissed!

walrusmuse :
But thinking about it, we still lost to effing toronto. that sucks. thru sheer lack of effort

From start to finish... And we did twice...

@ChilamBilam12
Maybe he wants to put something positive and can't find it.

one thing to not lose in the fury of this game: Harden was revelatory. if anyone else on our team showed up today (Cook was wildly under-utilized, but he came out just as Harden took over so it kinda made sense for him to stay out of the way) we would have won.

But thinking about it, we still lost to effing toronto. that sucks. thru sheer lack of effort/guarding Bargani.

Man Royce must be really hurting after this one.. i've never seen it take this long for him to get a recap up

At least we are not New York

Whatever @okcbaby says tonight, it is true. I was at the game. Good holy balls of fecal matter. Awful. Harden was brilliant. KD was not. the MVP chants were ironic tonight. And i love KD. he's the man. But sh*t it was terrible. I was also bragging on Perk's apparent FT okayness. Not anymore. I love him. But damn.

Skeletor :
I’m painting a bathroom. Not quite the same level of joy

I'm deeply jealous.... NOT!

I'm painting a bathroom. Not quite the same level of joy

* pick-me up *

listening to Trini Lopez right now -- his happy rhythms are always a great pick-me for a down mood

@cdub00

We know he has it in him. He made some great passes in the Miami game, and passed very well also in the early stages of tonight's game

I wanna see KD make a pass in those late game situations. see kdpass it k dizzle!

No doubt it's better to face adversity in the regular season than the playoffs. Winning every game would have been fun, but you always learn more from a loss.

fear the beard!!!

...except when KD and RW are on the floor -- then don't sweat it
:(

Hopefully, someone says in the late game interview, we have to get Harden more involved

Andrea is tough for us* we should not*

Sammy :
Also, hope people realize the Raps have league’s second worst dRTG, giving up 112.1 pts/100 possessions. This loss is bad, but what’s inexplicable is the way we lost.

Right...

I really think it was the zone that killed the team and Brooks took way too long to get Harden in the game.

Durant and Westbrook forced shots late, since they are the 'guys'.

What more does Harden have to do?

Andrea is. Thankfully, we should face anyone with his combination of length and shooting touch in the playoffs, save Pau Gasol (although we seem to handle Gasol better than Andrea B)

Also, hope people realize the Raps have league's second worst dRTG, giving up 112.1 pts/100 possessions. This loss is bad, but what's inexplicable is the way we lost.

justin :@ChilamBilam12

Russ made several good passes, especially real early, that were not finished.

True. Ibaka has to work on his butterfingers

Call me crazy, but I'm just not that bothered by this loss. I think Andrea is just a uniquely difficult match-up for us. I'm just proud of the guys for getting back into it and having a chance to win at the end. Look, most of us acknowledge the team is still a little way away from elite status. We can get there but we've still got dues to pay.

@ChilamBilam12

Russ made several good passes, especially real early, that were not finished.

the lack of ball movement is incredibly obvious, and a lot of starts with Westbrook.. only 4 assists on the night as the starting point guard is unacceptable, given that basically his first job is to distribute the basketball.. the kid has to learn that their are more then 2 players on the floor at any one time

Someone should hold

Skeletor :

innocent bystander :

Thunder S :
I think we should change our name to the Oklahoma City Ballhogs. The logo would undoubtedly be better, with a hog holding a ball in its mouth.

unfortunately, there’s much truth in your satiric comment
*sigh*

Someone should make this sign for Wednesdays home game. Shoot, we should keep making them until we get our voices heard. If only this strategy would work.

Also include the sign that says "dont be a hero". Very useful for late game. lol

just irritates me that harden drives, he gets fouls, westbrook drives, the refs just shrug like...ehh. whatever. And come on, perk got tech'd for his thing, but the raptors all NIGHT were bitching and they didnt? PIF. its lame.

I just wish this team learns to play together. i dont mind the losses here and there if that happens

gotta be one of the worst eggs KD has laid this season...

Kevin, you alright buddy? You OK?

I've officially made Harden my favorite Thunder player until the other Thunder stars start sharing the ball. RW, KD, you have been demoted. Now the tier is Harden, Perk, Collison, KD, RW. I know you are crushed.

ChilamBilam12 :
I understand that at this point we are transitioning to a more defensive minded team set.. but where has our offense gone? yes, holding programs to under 100, especially given our defensive number earlier in the season, is impressive.. but we’ve gone 5 games now without cracking the 100 point mark ourselves, as the number 5 teams scoring in the league.. what’s happened?

now even less ball movement to an already dead movement. i don't know how its even possibel to say that lol.

Harden *ALMOST* saved our bacon in this one.

Unfortunately, near the end of the game, the bearded one with the hot hand barely touched the ball. SMH

innocent bystander :

Thunder S :
I think we should change our name to the Oklahoma City Ballhogs. The logo would undoubtedly be better, with a hog holding a ball in its mouth.

unfortunately, there’s much truth in your satiric comment
*sigh*

Someone should make this sign for Wednesdays home game. Shoot, we should keep making them until we get our voices heard. If only this strategy would work.

I understand that at this point we are transitioning to a more defensive minded team set.. but where has our offense gone? yes, holding programs to under 100, especially given our defensive number earlier in the season, is impressive.. but we've gone 5 games now without cracking the 100 point mark ourselves, as the number 5 teams scoring in the league.. what's happened?

As disappointing as this loss was, I think it was an important one for the team. The team needed a reminder that even if we are better with perkins, nothing in this league comes without hard work and effort. I fully expect us to beat the pants off utah.

Skeletor :

justin :@Sammy

That’s what I think too, since that’s more it less been out late game offense since he took over.
Harden was fantastic though and hitting everything. One wide open Harden three puts this game away…

Which KD had during his last trip to the line. Everyone, rewind your DVR to that spot. You see Harden turn the corner, two guys converge on KD, and KD jumping up for the foul rather than kicking it out to Harden

and remember what happened at Miami when KD decided to pass the ball to Harden, or give it up to Cook for a 3.

shesh guys chill, its not the end of the world. KD didnt shoot well tonight, to much thabo, that last rush with russ was an obvious foul but the refs seem to forget we play too, and we just lost. Thats it period. I was very pissed at the refs tonight. It seems that the closer we get to playoffs the more they bet on games :P.

We barely lost so its no biggie. We got a 3 day chill then we play again, i think our guys needed a break anyways.

As others have said, all this really kills is our hope of getting the 2 or 3 seed, which was mostly unrealistic anyways.

Thunder S :
I think we should change our name to the Oklahoma City Ballhogs. The logo would undoubtedly be better, with a hog holding a ball in its mouth.

unfortunately, there's much truth in your satiric comment
*sigh*

innocent bystander :
classic trap game
Lesser Team really gets up for a game and plays out of their mind.
Better Team goes through the motions without focus. By the time BT figures out that LT is winning, it’s too late — LT has their mojo going.
A couple of years ago, we were the “lowly” team that would occasionally embarrass a better team. At least we’re on the other side now, if that’s any consolation.

Perspective is always good

@Sammy

its like how G.Karl was on Melo, there was a few plays in Denver where Melo instead of taking the shot, or Billups going to the rim they passed it out to Smith, the Spurs do it alot between Parker, Geno, and Jefferson. They find one of them to take that clutch shot through passes and movement. It really bothers me that Brooks doesn't emphasize to them to move around instead of watching KD take a 18 footer and watch Perk battle for the rebounds alone. Brooks said that we should have tooken it to the rime, not when the other team plays Zone, we can break that sh't to save ourlifes we could IF they passed it to Harden.

justin :@Sammy

That’s what I think too, since that’s more it less been out late game offense since he took over.
Harden was fantastic though and hitting everything. One wide open Harden three puts this game away…

Which KD had during his last trip to the line. Everyone, rewind your DVR to that spot. You see Harden turn the corner, two guys converge on KD, and KD jumping up for the foul rather than kicking it out to Harden

classic trap game

Lesser Team really gets up for a game and plays out of their mind.
Better Team goes through the motions without focus. By the time BT figures out that LT is winning, it's too late -- LT has their mojo going.

A couple of years ago, we were the "lowly" team that would occasionally embarrass a better team. At least we're on the other side now, if that's any consolation.

@Bob

You don't think Thabo in the game has a drastic effect on how teams play defense on the Thunder?

I think we should change our name to the Oklahoma City Ballhogs. The logo would undoubtedly be better, with a hog holding a ball in its mouth.

Serious contenders teams take care of business at home against crappy teams. Look at Dallas. Thunder are not there yet.

@Sammy

That's what I think too, since that's more it less been out late game offense since he took over.

Harden was fantastic though and hitting everything. One wide open Harden three puts this game away...