****Official 2012/2013 Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball Thread****

[adaniel]

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Interesting, I haven't heard it but it wouldn't surprise me after watching the way his ankle bent.

[OKCisOK4me]

Good win indeed, although it would have been better had Serge Ibaka not swatted Blake Griffin in his junk. Our best scenario is that he only sits out one game, because he is almost certainly going to get suspended.

And while yes, the Pistons stink, the Spurs performance last night shows they are not going to fall apart without a few weeks of Parker. We gotta be on our A game if we want the #1 seed.

Blake Griffin was playing like a donkey and a half yesterday. If you look at that replay over and over again, Blake has a fist full of Ibaka's jersey and he's stretching it to the moon. Serge was trying to loosen his grip by swinging at him and the whole time he's looking up for the rebound not paying attention to where his swing lands. It was an inadvertent blow to Blake who played it off with a lovely little flop. Blake did so much crap yesterday that was similar to one Ron Artest that it wasn't even funny. If Serge gets suspended, it's well worth it...just bad timing.

[Teo9969]

Serge likely won't get suspended. Possibly fined, but even that's doubtful.

When you have a ridiculous wing span, there's not much room for error. About the time that Serge prepared to swing, Griffin's arm was extended pretty high up. He then contracted a little bit, bent his elbow, and by the time Serge's arm hit Blake's arm, it was hit w/ Serge's upper arm (rather than the forearm or elbow he probably intended). From there, you realize the length of Ibaka's arm is the culprit as much as the intent. Things happened way too fast to be sure that he was trying to take a cheap shot, and basked on Ibaka's history, I would doubt that a cheap shot was his goal. He was still pretty focused on the play at hand as evidenced by his looking up at the rim.

Agree though that he should have jumped and drawn the foul. Would have negated the 3-pointer and kept the Thunder in the lead. Good to see him calm down and finish the game on 2 major plays.

[OKCisOK4me]

Yes, to keep his composure and finish with a rejection and an and-1 was great for Serge. No doubt in my mind that it was inadvertent.

[Anonymous.]

Griffin is a dirty player. Most of his "posters" are offensive fouls. He is like the lightweight version of Lebron. Large player that bowls through people near the rim yet doesn't get any fouls called on them.

I am just glad that it looks like OKC has figured out the Clips, there was a time the last couple seasons where facing the Clips meant surely an L was to be added. Now it is the other way around. I want to crush them in the playoffs. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin's flop-city routine is a joke to the league.


Tonight against LAL will be a good one, 8:30 on ESPN.

[Mississippi Blues]

BS was right. Serge didn't get suspended but was fined $25,000 instead.

[Teo9969]

2 Turnovers tonight against the Lakers. Franchise low.

That's really quite ridiculous...

[ljbab728]

2 Turnovers tonight against the Lakers. Franchise low.

That's really quite ridiculous...

That's not only a franchise low, it ties the NBA low.

[Mississippi Blues]

The team that always has people up in arms over how bad they are at keeping possession is the team that is tied for the all-time low in turnovers during a single game. How ironic.

[Anonymous.]

The botched call on Russell traveling in the 3rd or maybe early 4th basically prevented OKC from claiming the record.

[Bellaboo]

The botched call on Russell traveling in the 3rd or maybe early 4th basically prevented OKC from claiming the record.

The call where Brewer passed to Collison and it went out of bounds, they both emphatically claimed it was tipped by a Laker........ could have been a zero turnover game.

[OKCisOK4me]

It wasn't a botched call. He really did travel, lol.

[Anonymous.]

Another big W last night in NY.

We are in the lolcat's house tonight. Celtics @ noon Sunday then fly out to San Antonio for Monday night's game.

[adaniel]

Another big W last night in NY.

We are in the lolcat's house tonight. Celtics @ noon Sunday then fly out to San Antonio for Monday night's game.

Win.

Of course, who deserves the LOL if we lose to them...and yes, we do tend to sleepwalk through what should be easy games (cough cough Wizards cough)

[Mississippi Blues]

Win.

Of course, who deserves the LOL if we lose to them...and yes, we do tend to sleepwalk through what should be easy games (cough cough Wizards cough)

We do, but the Bobcats just suck. We won our last game against them by 45 points & had a 50+ point lead a few times in the game.

[OKCisOK4me]

All I know is that the radio feed sounds like a high school game. I can hear the cheerleaders, lol...

[Praedura]

Jeff Green's first game in OKC since being traded. I hope the crowd gives him a warm welcome.

[SoonerBoy18]

Jeff Green's first game in OKC since being traded. I hope the crowd gives him a warm welcome.

Not sure if its the boring PA announcer not being loud enough or if its the fans who dont really care because all season the fans inside the arena have been giving poor standing ovations. They did poor against Martin, Harden, Fisher, Brewer and Now Green.

[OKCisOK4me]

Huh? I must be reading your post wrong...

[Teo9969]

He's saying we're not giving standing ovations to players that deserve standing ovations.

[MonkeesFan]

Not sure if its the boring PA announcer not being loud enough or if its the fans who dont really care because all season the fans inside the arena have been giving poor standing ovations. They did poor against Martin, Harden, Fisher, Brewer and Now Green.

Only way they get great standing ovations is when they win the championship for them but they did not so they get poor standing ovations

[HOT ROD]

why didn't ABC show any city shots during today's Sunday game? Normally, ESPN does a fairly good job showing the city but today there was nothing aside from the outside of the building itself at the very beginning.

Anybody have insight?

[MonkeesFan]

why didn't ABC show any city shots during today's Sunday game? Normally, ESPN does a fairly good job showing the city but today there was nothing aside from the outside of the building itself at the very beginning.

Anybody have insight?

Because it is not night time, it is prettier at night time so that is why they did not show any city shots

[ljbab728]

Only way they get great standing ovations is when they win the championship for them but they did not so they get poor standing ovations

A warm welcome is nice. A standing ovation is not required and I see no reason to downgrade the crowd when that doesn't happen.

[OKCisOK4me]

He's saying we're not giving standing ovations to players that deserve standing ovations.

I understand that, but this sentence kills it for me:

"They did poor against Martin, Harden, Fisher, Brewer and Now Green."

Is he saying that we should have given Kevin Martin a warm welcome when he played for Houston? I didn't even know who Kevin Martin was before he was acquired by the Thunder organization. I think you give a warm welcome, if the player we're welcoming is in the starting line up introductions. If they're coming into the game, it is what it is.