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AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 07:12 PM
I think the Thunder wins this one in regulation.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 08:58 PM
The fatigue is evident in both teams. Neither teams will score 100 pts

oumartin
5/11/2011, 09:01 PM
thunder are very sloppy.. Not liking it.

Boomer.....
5/11/2011, 09:09 PM
17-17 after 1.

Even after that horrible start, all of the bad plays and calls, we are tied.

yankee
5/11/2011, 09:14 PM
Where was the blocking call with Harden?

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 09:15 PM
Harden's dribble needs to improve

oumartin
5/11/2011, 09:28 PM
finally putting together a little run..

Anyone think nerves gets this team still?

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 09:33 PM
Im so proud of this crowd

yankee
5/11/2011, 09:40 PM
Good first half.

Sooner_Tuf
5/11/2011, 09:45 PM
Up ten at the half! Keep it up Thunder!

Peach Fuzz
5/11/2011, 09:51 PM
Cant watch the game only able to use my phone.. How we looking

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:04 PM
It's a sloppy game. Their bigs seem tired

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:05 PM
Looked good in the first half but both teams are looking like crap the first 4 minutes of the 3rd.

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:07 PM
Im so proud of this crowd

The crowd is really good tonight.

KP inside of 5 feet shoots 51%

Oustide of 5 feet 0%

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:08 PM
RW with the Tomahawk

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:10 PM
those talking-basketball commercials are creepy

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:12 PM
those talking-basketball commercials are creepy

My 15 yo son just asked why MJ was crying.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:13 PM
randalph with three fouls early in the third is a good thing.


check that, he just got his 4th

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:14 PM
Has KP smiled since he's been in OKC?

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:14 PM
randalph with three fouls early in the third is a good thing

Check that, 4

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:15 PM
randalph with three fouls early in the third is a good thing.


check that, he just got his 4th

Jinx, you owe me a coke.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:15 PM
Has KP smiled since he's been in OKC?

his contract doesn't allow him

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:16 PM
his contract doesn't allow him

Thats good because I like him better when he grimaces.

Canyonero
5/11/2011, 10:18 PM
Perkins with the soft touch

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:19 PM
I just want to say that I forgot what it was like to get a response to post I made with a few minutes or even seconds. ;)

Blue
5/11/2011, 10:20 PM
What I miss? Looks like a Beatdown in Bricktown.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:20 PM
Give Gasol credit, he's playing hard

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:22 PM
Give Gasol credit, he's playing hard

Back before we got KP I heard a rumor, from a person who works in sports at a local news channel, that OKC had made a deal to get M Gasol. I wish that would have happened. He brings a lot of the same things that KP does plus he can score.

Blue
5/11/2011, 10:23 PM
I wish we'd completely screw the lakers and land D Howard.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:24 PM
Back before we got KP I heard a rumor, from a person who works in sports at a local news channel, that OKC had made a deal to get M Gasol. I wish that would have happened. He brings a lot of the same things that KP does plus he can score.

I agree. He's a better player than Pau


I wish we'd completely screw the lakers and land D Howard.

dont have the money for that big a purchase

Canyonero
5/11/2011, 10:25 PM
Great hustle on the boards

oumartin
5/11/2011, 10:25 PM
Starting to get comfortable am I. Hope OKC keeps threir foot on the gas

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:26 PM
Starting to get comfortable am I. Hope OKC keeps threir foot on the gas

Without Randalph, memphis is average.

oumartin
5/11/2011, 10:27 PM
jinxed him

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:29 PM
Ibaka just got screwed

oumartin
5/11/2011, 10:29 PM
Officials wanna make it all about them.

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:30 PM
Ibaka just got screwed

Twice and I don't think he enjoyed it

yankee
5/11/2011, 10:30 PM
Great effing call. :rolleyes:

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:30 PM
Officials wanna make it all about them.

It's the ultimate power trip. Think about it. You get to shut up guys who could beat you in sec, who happen to be famous and super rich.

oumartin
5/11/2011, 10:31 PM
Randolph is tired. His ft shooting has gone to crap

Blue
5/11/2011, 10:32 PM
Try not to blow it. :D

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:35 PM
I'm more worried now that they have a large lead

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:37 PM
Refs have decided to make this game close.

oumartin
5/11/2011, 10:37 PM
Great acting job by Mayo

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:38 PM
Our Moslem won that battle.

oumartin
5/11/2011, 10:42 PM
Things are going the Thunders way tonight. Very happy to see this.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:45 PM
I think we got this one

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:46 PM
Do the coaches never talk X's and O's in the huddle or are the TV cameras not allow to show any strategy talk on TV.

soonerprices
5/11/2011, 10:47 PM
I think we got this one

So I can go to bed?

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:47 PM
So I can go to bed?

yup. I'll wake you up if it goes to overtime.

GrapevineSooner
5/11/2011, 10:48 PM
So I can go to bed?

Not yet.

Memphis just cut it to 22 with a 3 and they have the ba...no, wait, they don't now.

OK, you can go.

AlboSooner
5/11/2011, 10:54 PM
If Cook can do this every game, the thunder can't be beat

yankee
5/11/2011, 11:10 PM
Great win. Maynor had 9 assists. Random fact, but it's awesome!

Blue
5/11/2011, 11:14 PM
Good win. Now go close em out.

oumartin
5/11/2011, 11:28 PM
Barkley and McHale not taking to kindly to the fact that the bench was huggin' each other and OKC was launching threes at the end.

Blue
5/11/2011, 11:32 PM
Barkley and McHale not taking to kindly to the fact that the bench was huggin' each other and OKC was launching threes at the end.

F them. It was a great atmosphere and OKC is now in control.

sooner KB
5/11/2011, 11:39 PM
Do the coaches never talk X's and O's in the huddle or are the TV cameras not allow to show any strategy talk on TV.

I would find it extremely shocking if NBA coaches never talked any kind of X's or O's and left all strategy up to the players. I would probably say it would probably be the most utterly shocking sports related thing I've heard in my entire life. I would be completely incomprehensible. Maybe you can call the Sports Animal tomorrow and ask the guys if coaches have any hand in strategy. I would be fairly confident in making a bet that they indeed do.

SoonerNate
5/11/2011, 11:49 PM
That was a whipping. I really figured the home team would win each of these 3 home games but I wonder if Memphis is demoralized enough that the more talented Thunder team will take it in 6.

Thoughts?

Blue
5/11/2011, 11:56 PM
I would find it extremely shocking if NBA coaches never talked any kind of X's or O's and left all strategy up to the players. I would probably say it would probably be the most utterly shocking sports related thing I've heard in my entire life. I would be completely incomprehensible. Maybe you can call the Sports Animal tomorrow and ask the guys if coaches have any hand in strategy. I would be fairly confident in making a bet that they indeed do.

The "Kodak smartass reply of the week." :D

soonerloyal
5/12/2011, 09:24 AM
Barkley and McHale not taking to kindly to the fact that the bench was huggin' each other and OKC was launching threes at the end.

Yeah, they predicted that LH would play the tape of that over & over in the Grizzlies locker room, and the Grizzlies would (not direct quote) annihilate the Thunder because of it. Just makes me want to see our guys seal Memphis up in the wall in Game 5 even more.

soonerbrat
5/12/2011, 09:40 AM
The fatigue is evident in both teams. Neither teams will score 100 pts

ha..you were right....but they could've gone over 100 if they wanted instead of dribbling around the last 10 seconds :P

soonerprices
5/12/2011, 11:02 AM
I would find it extremely shocking if NBA coaches never talked any kind of X's or O's and left all strategy up to the players. I would probably say it would probably be the most utterly shocking sports related thing I've heard in my entire life. I would be completely incomprehensible. Maybe you can call the Sports Animal tomorrow and ask the guys if coaches have any hand in strategy. I would be fairly confident in making a bet that they indeed do.

Hear is the deal, when the camera is on the coach I have never heard them say anything about X's and O's. It's always "keep playing", "we need to play better D", "Don't give up".

Here are some possibilities as to why:

a) The coaches are aware when the cameras are on and won't talk X's and O's during that time. I seriously doubt this is the case but maybe.

b) The NBA will not allow the cameras to show huddle footage when strategy is being discussed. This is possible since every time you see these TV shots they are not live shots.

c) These guys are the best of the best. Strategy is taken care of by calling plays and taking care of match ups. There is no need to discuss it since it can all be taken care of by calling plays. This seems unlikely since it doesn't appear that many plays are actually called. Especially with the Thunder. The Thunders strategy is to out athlete the other team. Its a one-on-one game.

This is just an observation that i have made. I coach HS basketball and the TV shots of the coaches huddle is not very realistic compared to what actually happens. I was just curious as to why? Do I think NBA coaches discuss X's and O's? Sure I do. but in these playsoffs I have not heard it.

soonerbrat
5/12/2011, 12:48 PM
you have heard maybe 1 10-second clip from each coach in each game. Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

soonerprices
5/12/2011, 01:10 PM
They show lots of coaches huddle clips during each game. I bet they show half a dozen clips of a coaches huddle during a game.

soonerbrat
5/12/2011, 09:06 PM
ooh, 6 whole huddles? yeah, you can tell everything a coach says from that.

soonerprices
5/13/2011, 09:40 AM
ooh, 6 whole huddles? yeah, you can tell everything a coach says from that.

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