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Thunder @ Rockets
Friday, October 22 @ 7 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Toyota Center, Houston

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Houston Rockets 124 - Thunder 91

Box score: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359848

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76ers @ Thunder
Sunday, October 24 @ 6 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Paycom Center, OKC

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Heard a kid hit $20,000 half court shot at the game tonight. How many is that since the thunder have been in OKC? Has to be a league record.

Philadelphia 76ers 115 @ Thunder 103


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz2cl-dlMiU

Box score: hthttps://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359862tp://


Paycom Center: Attendance 16,990

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Warriors @ Thunder
Tuesday, October 26 @ 7 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Paycom Center, OKC

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The game was really fun tonight. Big difference from the first two games when the Thunder looked out of sorts. SGA and Dort returned to form and Giddey is just really fun to watch. I'd say Giddey is the most promising the rookie have had since... James Harden.

Giddey looks very promising.

Giddey looks very promising.

Sounds like The Twitter is trying
To Cancel Phila's color guy
I guess he said something Nasty
About Josh Giddey in the final minute

https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/nba-okc-josh-giddey-injury-scare-with-76ers-joel-embiid-philadelphia/ff76e019-4800-4149-8559-61284f777715

I was at the game and I have to say: it was great to be back. While the arena was only about 1/3rd full, the fans that were there were great. The team was really fun to watch and if they keep playing like they did last night (including promising Giddey minutes), I bet we start to see more fans come back to the arena even if we are losing.

Official home opener attendance at Paycom Center vs the 76ers was 14,256. NBA basketball capacity is listed as 18,203:

NBA Attendance Report - 2022: http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance

The 2020-21 season where fans were not allowed into the arena disrupted the momentum of 355 consecutive sellouts: https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2019/05/27/okc-thunder-chesapeake-energy-arena-basketball-fans-loud-city-country-survey-attendance/

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Official home opener attendance at Paycom Center vs the 76ers was 14,256. NBA basketball capacity is listed as 18,203:

NBA Attendance Report - 2022: http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance

The 2020-21 season where fans were not allowed into the arena disrupted the momentum of 355 consecutive sellouts: https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2019/05/27/okc-thunder-chesapeake-energy-arena-basketball-fans-loud-city-country-survey-attendance/

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I wonder how they calculate attendance because there were definitely not 14k fans there on Sunday night. Loud City was 80% empty. Club level was probably 50% full and lower bowl was probably 50-60% full.

I wonder how they calculate attendance because there were definitely not 14k fans there on Sunday night. Loud City was 80% empty. Club level was probably 50% full and lower bowl was probably 50-60% full.

Counting arms and legs?

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Golden State Warriors 106 @ Thunder 98

Box score: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359875

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Lakers @ Thunder
Wednesday, October 27 @ 7 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Paycom Center, OKC

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I wouldn't be surprised at all
If the Brody decides to drop
A 50-Piece on the PC tonight

^^^^Is this a poem or are you accidentally hitting enter?

Los Angeles Lakers 115 @ Thunder 123

Box score: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359885



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Kpp9K7-2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tNyKMS8EVY

Love you RW, but if your team is trying to get a full court pass in to put up a shot while down 5, then that steal and slam is fairgame.

Love you RW, but if your team is trying to get a full court pass in to put up a shot while down 5, then that steal and slam is fairgame.

Russ did the same thing in either his rookie or second year. Stole the ball and slammed at the end of a game that was well in hand. And players from the other team let him know about it.

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Thunder @ Golden State Warriors
Saturday, October 30 @ 7:30 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Chase Center, San Francisco

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Thunder 82 @ Golden State Warriors 103

Box score https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359910

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Thunder @ Los Angeles Clippers
Monday, November 1 @ 9:30 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Staples Center, Los Angeles

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UNIFORM DETAILS
City Edition

Uniform Design Concept:


The Oklahoma City Thunder new City Edition uniform is part of the 2021-22 Nike NBA City Edition Moments Mixtape theme. In celebration of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary, this on-court collection was designed to showcase the iconic moments of each franchise. This uniform pays homage to unique moments in Thunder history.

Behind The Design:

The 2008 Summer League logo, which was the team’s original identity in OKC and featured on the first uniform worn by the Thunder.
The vertical wordmark from the team’s first Alternative uniform, worn from 2012-16.
The soundwaves and neckline from the original 2017 Statement Edition uniform.
Foundational, core brand element from the 2018 Home uniform (originally founded in 2008).
Sash detail on the shorts from the 2018 City Edition uniform, which honors Oklahoma’s Native American culture.--LockerVision



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The new City Edition uniform will be unveiled Friday, November 12, home game against the Sacramento Kings.

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UNIFORM DETAILS
City Edition

Uniform Design Concept:


The Oklahoma City Thunder new City Edition uniform is part of the 2021-22 Nike NBA City Edition Moments Mixtape theme. In celebration of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary, this on-court collection was designed to showcase the iconic moments of each franchise. This uniform pays homage to unique moments in Thunder history.

Behind The Design:

The 2008 Summer League logo, which was the team’s original identity in OKC and featured on the first uniform worn by the Thunder.
The vertical wordmark from the team’s first Alternative uniform, worn from 2012-16.
The soundwaves and neckline from the original 2017 Statement Edition uniform.
Foundational, core brand element from the 2018 Home uniform (originally founded in 2008).
Sash detail on the shorts from the 2018 City Edition uniform, which honors Oklahoma’s Native American culture.



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The new City Edition uniform will be unveiled November 12 home game against the Sacramento Kings.

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Loves Travel Stops. Ruining Thunder jerseys since 2019.

i wish Love's would let them make their logo black and white for this uni combo

Other than the Love’s logo, I love these. The matching alternate court will look really nice with it as well.

i wish Love's would let them make their logo black and white for this uni combo

+1. Almost every other sponsor's logo is either modified or somewhat integrated with the design of the jersey in question, but the Love's logo is stubbornly conspicuous on ours.

The grey court design looks amazing. These jerseys would be cool if Loves was not the only sponsor in the entire league that refuses to do any sort of color matching. Literally the league's worst sponsor.

gray court is neat but seems expensive to get new courts each year to match the city jerseys...

https://twitter.com/joe_mussatto/status/1455176088137572352

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Thunder 94 @ Los Angeles Clippers 99

Box score https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359926

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Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers
Wednesday, November 4 @ 9:30 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Staples Center, Los Angeles

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I think we are finding out that Bazley is not it. Shai and Giddey look amazing together for how early it is.

I think we are finding out that Bazley is not it. Shai and Giddey look amazing together for how early it is.

HuH? Bazley played pretty well last night with a 15-6-1 stat line. He has been much more aggressive and has generally been covering bigger guys and defending more inside. He's not really a post. Considering Dort was out and spacing was off, he did pretty well. He's not MJ, but he played well.

Bazley can play well off the ball at times. His issue is his handle in traffic.

Bazley's splits right now are 37.0 21.6 65.0. For his career they are 39.4 30.2 69.6. It's way too early to write him off, but I was hoping that he would take a step forward last year after he had a really nice Bubble in 2019. That didn't happen and so far it has been more of the same. He's still very young, on an affordable Rookie deal and the Thunder picked up his option, he needs to start showing some marked improvement or he's going to get drafted over.

Bazley has an up side. BUT AND IT'S A BIG BUT. He is shooing around 22% from 3 for the season. Last year he was only 29%. If you can't shoot the 3 in the NBA anymore you don't have much of a shot making it in the league. Teams just won't guard him which causes a problem for everyone else. They were Double teaming SGA cause they can leave Bazley.

Bazley lost the game for us last night with some poor decision making in the last 4 minutes. His shooting was also atrocious. He missed the basket completely on at least 4 shots.

The NBA sure does love to create new uniforms and of course encourage the fans to spend $130+ on them. I'll pass on this one.

For-profit business prefers increasing revenue over financial stagnation and when they come up with a way to make more money, they try to entice people to spend their money on that product. Big news if true.

Bazley lost the game for us last night with some poor decision making in the last 4 minutes. His shooting was also atrocious. He missed the basket completely on at least 4 shots.

He was second leading scorer last night and did not cost them the game. Shot 5 of 12 with a respectable 3 of 8 (37.5%) from 3 . Oh, and SGA airballed 2 himself... guess his shooting was atrocious also. And you are exaggerating with 4 air-balls. His 15 points was tied for second best for the Thunder and he played at least 4 min less than Giddy, also at 15. Take your hater glasses off.

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He was second leading scorer last night and did not cost them the game. Shot 5 of 12 with a respectable 3 of 8 (37.5%) from 3 . Oh, and SGA airballed 2 himself... guess his shooting was atrocious also. And you are exaggerating with 4 air-balls. His 15 points was tied for second best for the Thunder and he played at least 4 min less than Giddy, also at 15. Take your hater glasses off.

Rover--do you intentionally try to be a dick in 75% of your posts on any topic or is being a smug ass just your normal disposition?

You must not have watched the 4th quarter. He cost them the game because he made poor decisions in the last few minutes of the game that directly led to us losing the lead. It doesn't matter if he was THE leading scorer--if he made the integral mistakes that led to the loss of our lead, he cost us the game. He also had, by far, the worst +/- of any of our players and 7 turnovers--4 more than anyone else. And, no, 4 airballs is not an exaggeration.

Darius Bazely is our new Jeff Green. On a good team, he's your 7th man. Make open shots, play defense, surprise teams with some ballhandling and athleticism, but stay in your lane. Right now, he's trying to be a 3rd star which is setting him up for failure because he's a tweener on defense and an inconsistent shooter. His handle is good for his size but the defense easily funnels him into help and he gets lost. He has flashes of brilliance and athleticism, but it's muddled in with lots of bad play. At this point he is, at best, a trade sweetener for this team's future.

Darius Bazely is our new Jeff Green. On a good team, he's your 7th man. Make open shots, play defense, surprise teams with some ballhandling and athleticism, but stay in your lane. Right now, he's trying to be a 3rd star which is setting him up for failure because he's a tweener on defense and an inconsistent shooter. His handle is good for his size but the defense easily funnels him into help and he gets lost. He has flashes of brilliance and athleticism, but it's muddled in with lots of bad play. At this point he is, at best, a trade sweetener for this team's future.The last sentence is what scares me. I've admitted many times that I'm not a BB expert. But we're two years into this and no further along in the rebuilding process than we were two years ago. We have two players to build around and a bunch of future draft picks and hopefully trade sweeteners. This is really reminding me of the last 30 years of my Dolphins.

The last sentence is what scares me. I've admitted many times that I'm not a BB expert. But we're two years into this and no further along in the rebuilding process than we were two years ago. We have two players to build around and a bunch of future draft picks and hopefully trade sweeteners. This is really reminding me of the last 30 years of my Dolphins.

We're one year into this
Only had one draft
That involved tanking

The last sentence is what scares me. I've admitted many times that I'm not a BB expert. But we're two years into this and no further along in the rebuilding process than we were two years ago. We have two players to build around and a bunch of future draft picks and hopefully trade sweeteners. This is really reminding me of the last 30 years of my Dolphins.

Allow me to gently suggest that if it were easy, every team would do it.

Rover--do you intentionally try to be a dick in 75% of your posts on any topic or is being a smug ass just your normal disposition?

You must not have watched the 4th quarter. He cost them the game because he made poor decisions in the last few minutes of the game that directly led to us losing the lead. It doesn't matter if he was THE leading scorer--if he made the integral mistakes that led to the loss of our lead, he cost us the game. He also had, by far, the worst +/- of any of our players and 7 turnovers--4 more than anyone else. And, no, 4 airballs is not an exaggeration.
Guessing I hit a nerve. Lol. Sorry I just saw it differently than you. I don’t hate him. He’s not MJ, but serviceable.

Right now, Bazley is bad. He was bad last night. He had 7 turnovers, which is nearly impossible with his usage, including an inexplicable game deciding one late that was just a terrible decision. I disagree that he’s a serviceable NBA bench player. I hope he can develop. He’s still only 21… but I just don’t see that he has any definable NBA skill. I think it’s fine to give him opportunities because OKC has to make a decision on him soon.

And to Bill’s pessimism, I really don’t get it. It really looks like OKC hit on Giddey. If so, that’s huge. There’s a lot to look forward to. OKC is doing this rebuild right.

I'm wondering if anyone looks at the 2021-22 NBA Officiating Last Two Minutes Reports?

Right now, Bazley is bad. He was bad last night. He had 7 turnovers, which is nearly impossible with his usage, including an inexplicable game deciding one late that was just a terrible decision. I disagree that he’s a serviceable NBA bench player. I hope he can develop. He’s still only 21… but I just don’t see that he has any definable NBA skill. I think it’s fine to give him opportunities because OKC has to make a decision on him soon.

And to Bill’s pessimism, I really don’t get it. It really looks like OKC hit on Giddey. If so, that’s huge. There’s a lot to look forward to. OKC is doing this rebuild right.

Part of Bazley’s turn over issue was that he played a lot at the 3 instead of the 4 he usually plays. That puts the ball in his hands more. With Dort out it changed his responsibilities with the ball.

It looks to me like the Thunder have thrown Bazley into the ocean and said sink or swim. He is in his 3rd year and hasn't shown much improvement from his rookie season. I think Daigneault is going to give him plenty of opportunity to show if he can be a productive part of this team going forward. I hope he takes a step this year, but I think Poku is going to be the future at that position going forward and maybe Bazley can find a role as a backup.

The challenge the Thunder are going to run into is that every year they're going to add new draft picks who will need playing time. That's why they're likely trying to figure out Bazley's situation this season. He's so young (same age as JRE) that I would 100% be fine with re-signing Bazley if the price is low... but, will there be minutes for him? Would he cut into other player's development? At this point, I'd rather see minutes go to JRE, Mann, and Poku. While none of them are proven, they each have more definable NBA skills than Bazley. But, it would stink to see Bazley figure it out on another team like Cam Payne. This stuff isn't easy. If nothing else, Bazley is naturally contributing a lot to tanking. ;)

Thunder did take the Clippers all the way to the wire in a disappointing lost inside Staples Center.

Leonard (LA) and Lu Dort (OKC) were missing which obviously put more pressure on Gilgeous-Alexander, Blazley & Giddey to perform.

Exciting watching the growth of Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Blazley & Giddey's development.

Let's stop the 'blame game' where a player (Blazley) is singled out for his performance. Thunder are positioned to do battle with NBA giants like the Lakers, Clippers, Mavericks and small market Bucks.

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NBA Small Markets (Under 2 million MSA population):


43 Memphis, TN - MSA 1,337,779 NBA Attendance & Record (14,406 - 78.3%) 5 - 3
40 Milwaukee, WI - MSA 1,574,731 NBA Attendance & Record (17,34 - 100.%) 4 - 4 [Shared MLB market]
46 New Orleans, LA - MSA 1,271,845 NBA Attendance & Record (15,402 - 80.7%) 1 - 8 [shared NFL market]
41 Oklahoma City, OK - MSA 1,425,695 NBA Attendance & Record (15,019 - 82.5%) 1 - 6
47 Salt Lake City, UT - MSA 1,257,936 NBA Attendance & Record (18,306 - 100.0%) 6 - 1

Above Alpha-listing.

It's early in the NBA season.

Remineder:


Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers
Wednesday, November 4 @ 9:30 p.m.
Bally Sports, Oklahoma
Staples Center, Los Angeles

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Joshua Giddey, love this young man's adaptation to the NBA game.

Thunder 107 @ Los Angeles Lakers 104

Box score https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401359947





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1BpYDp0M48

This team is actually
Pretty good when it
Plays the LA Lakers

Fun, fun last half of the 4th quarter last night. These guys have heart, I have to give them that!