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

[warreng88]

I was comfortable with winning out the rest of the season until I heard Perk will be out against Portland tonight. As poorly as Portland is playing lately, it still usually takes a good effort by Perk and Serge to contain Aldridge and Hickson. I am curious how Nick and Thabeet will play against them tonight.

[Anonymous.]

...Give the lakers 8, and we'll take 1st. We are now number 1 in our conference, I think it'll stay that way. I have no worries about defeating any team in the west. The Spurs are a great team with great chemistry, but they don't have the endurance to win 3 away games in a row.
I believe we have the strength and game to take the west again. Now here where it gets into a debate...the OKC Thunder will not win the playoffs this year. Miami is in their prime and no one will stop them.
Don't forget to tune in tonight NBATV, Thunder vs. Blazers

The format of 2-3-2 is only for the Finals, not the Conference finals.

Inter-conference matchups are 2-2-1-1-1 with the Ace match being to the HCA holder.

[SoonerBoy18]

So Kevin Durant has been fined $25,000 for a "menacinng gesture" in last nights game, And I was curious where does the money from fines and technicals go?

[Anonymous.]

All NBA fines go to charities courtesy of the Player's Union and the League.


For those wondering, Kevin Durant made a throat slashing gesture after a huge dunk.

[Mississippi Blues]

For those wondering, Kevin Durant made a throat slashing gesture after a huge dunk.

I was watching it when he did that & it honestly surprised me. It was a sweet dunk & block that led to his dunk, it's easy to see why he was so pumped up.

[SoonerBoy18]

I had us losing all three road games, I am so happy I was wrong. 2 more games then its "Blue Out" time! =)

[dankrutka]

It's looking more and more like OKC-Lakers in the 1st round. I don't like it at all. Too much talent on that team to go down quietly. Maybe they'll play like they did all season (i.e., terrible defense), but they just make me nervous. On the bright side, it would be hands down THE series to watch in the 1st round. It would bring a lot of media and attention to OKC.

Edit: Marc Stein just reported that Kobe may have tore his left achilles. If true then the Lakers are done.

[SoonerBoy18]

It's looking more and more like OKC-Lakers in the 1st round. I don't like it at all. Too much talent on that team to go down quietly. Maybe they'll play like they did all season (i.e., terrible defense), but they just make me nervous. On the bright side, it would be hands down THE series to watch in the 1st round. It would bring a lot of media and attention to OKC.

Edit: Marc Stein just reported that Kobe may have tore his left achilles. If true then the Lakers are done.

Thats exactly how I feel, I am excited that it will give us all the media in OKC but I am a little nervous at the same time

[Easy180]

Kobe is done for the season but hopefully not his career...Takes a lot of the fun and the spotlight off the matchup....Sucks

[Teo9969]

Interesting time for the injury. Obviously this means their season is essentially over....but can they hang on to beat out the Jazz for the last spot.

Jazz has @Minnesota, @Memphis
Lakers have vs. Spurs, vs. Houston

Hard to see the Lakers winning either of those games w/o Kobe. The Jazz should be able to pull out the @MIN game, which would put the jazz in the playoffs.

I want the Lakers to miss the playoffs so that they don't even get their 1st round Draft pick.

[Praedura]

Just anxious and excited for the playoffs to start.

Then we can get national TV coverage with shots like this

[SoonerBoy18]

Just anxious and excited for the playoffs to start.

Then we can get national TV coverage with shots like this

Lol Yess! And perhaps an Orange out this time around

[Mississippi Blues]

Lol Yess! And perhaps an Orange out this time around

I see you're still on your orange trip. I remember reading through here last year at playoff time & seeing you talk about orange outs at an alarming rate. Lol

I personally just don't think an orange out would work very well. Orange isn't a heavily used color by the Thunder. Who knows, maybe it would be though. I was dying to see an orange alternate jersey, but that didn't happen.

[SoonerBoy18]

I see you're still on your orange trip. I remember reading through here last year at playoff time & seeing you talk about orange outs at an alarming rate. Lol

I personally just don't think an orange out would work very well. Orange isn't a heavily used color by the Thunder. Who knows, maybe it would be though. I was dying to see an orange alternate jersey, but that didn't happen.

Lol I was hoping nobody remembered, I just think it will be good for tv during a finals game when the whole world is watching but I know they wont, I just have to let it stay in my imagination lol.

[Naptown12713]

Hopefully, I am in the correct forum. My question is do anyone know if arena tours of Chesapeake arena is given during non-scheduled events? I am scheduled to have family in town from Indiana during the third week of this month. They are hugh Thunder fans and would love the opportunity to tour the renovated arena.

Any feedback someone can provide will be greatly appreciated.

[Mississippi Blues]

Lol I was hoping nobody remembered, I just think it will be good for tv during a finals game when the whole world is watching but I know they wont, I just have to let it stay in my imagination lol.

It would definitely be cool because I would really like for them to use orange more, but I doubt they will. We're sorta on the same page as far as orange goes though.

[ljbab728]

Hopefully, I am in the correct forum. My question is do anyone know if arena tours of Chesapeake arena is given during non-scheduled events? I am scheduled to have family in town from Indiana during the third week of this month. They are hugh Thunder fans and would love the opportunity to tour the renovated arena.

Any feedback someone can provide will be greatly appreciated.

I don't believe they have any regularly scheduled tours unless it's for a special occasion. I would suggest you call or email them in advance.

405-602-8700
info@chesapeakearena.com

[Naptown12713]

I don't believe they have any regularly scheduled tours unless it's for a special occasion. I would suggest you call or email them in advance.

405-602-8700
info@chesapeakearena.com

I truly appreciate the feedback! It is greatly appreciated.

[Anonymous.]

Tonight Lakers host the Spurs. A win by LAL would almost guarantee a OKC vs LAL round 1.

It's too bad for Kobe, he may have truly played himself into the ground to get his team into the playoffs, and he will not be a part of it.

[dankrutka]

It's funny that it is so easy to disregard a team that still has Dwight Howard (remember, he basically took the Magic to a Finals singlehandedly), Pau, and Nash (although his age is a factor). It would still be a fun, albeit less scary, series now. The real question is, who are the Spurs playing/sitting tonight?

As far as Kobe's injury, I've read a few articles about whether his ridiculously heavy minutes (and the fatigue and wear that come with it) as of late are responsible for his injury and it doesn't seem to be the case, but I'm certainly no expert. Regardless, I think D'Antoni is going to take the blame. It'll be interesting if he's around next year and hilarious if that circus gets yet another coach. They should have just kept Brown in the first place.

[ljbab728]

With Lakers win over the Spurs, OKC is now just one win away from the top seed in the West.

[Easy180]

With Lakers win over the Spurs, OKC is now just one win away from the top seed in the West.

But without Harden...lol

[Anonymous.]

This looks like almost a perfect setup [for OKC] heading into the playoffs.

Spurs are in trouble, Parker is playing very poorly and Ginobli is still out. Spurs may not make it past Warriors or Rockets.


OKC may not be sweating until the WCF, which may give us some Nuggets to deal with.

[Mississippi Blues]

OKC may not be sweating until the WCF, which may give us some Nuggets to deal with.

While it's hard to see anyone else making it there, let's not make early judgements on who will be playing who.

[Mississippi Blues]

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