2012 NBA Western Conference Semifinals - Thunder vs. Lakers / Nuggets

[SoonerBoy18]

According to News9 Sports, every one in the arena are to be silent and turn their backs when Ron Artest is announce during the starting lineups. That would be awsome if its going to go according to plan!

[Bellaboo]

According to News9 Sports, every one in the arena are to be silent and turn their backs when Ron Artest is announce during the starting lineups. That would be awsome if its going to go according to plan!

It won't go to plan - there will be 'Thunderous Boos', long and loud, when the idiot is announced.

[ultimatesooner]

According to News9 Sports, every one in the arena are to be silent and turn their backs when Ron Artest is announce during the starting lineups. That would be awsome if its going to go according to plan!

That would be stupid, it would be better if everyone would crack up laughing

[kevinpate]

It won't go to plan - there will be 'Thunderous Boos', long and loud, when the idiot is announced.

This. It would be nice to accomplish a silent ignore, but you'd likely be more successful in persuading folk to ignore the family phelps when they come aprotestin' than to deny sports fans the opportunity to boo their evil one de jour.

[SoonerBoy18]

Expect him to feed off the booos, thats why its better to ignore him.

[ljbab728]

Can anyone say Metta World Blowout?

[Soonerman]

I'm sure enjoying this spanking the Thunder are giving the Lakers!!!

[jn1780]

Can anyone say Metta World Blowout?

Good to see there wasn't any "accidental" celebratory blows to the head. Thunder made sure there was nothing to celebrate about.

[SoonerBoy18]

I wonder what the crowd really sounds like when we play the Lakers, TNT kept altrnating the sound effects when thunder scored.

[GaryOKC6]

This. It would be nice to accomplish a silent ignore, but you'd likely be more successful in persuading folk to ignore the family phelps when they come aprotestin' than to deny sports fans the opportunity to boo their evil one de jour.

I think the boos worked. The croud clearly had "meta world class piece of S..t" raddled. Ithink theat is why he left the game early. It was a distraction to the team. Go thunder.

[Matt]

Artest had more minutes last night than anybody else on either team. He didn't leave the game early because he was rattled--that's ridiculous. Mike Brown pulled all of his starters early in the fourth, IIRC.

[Sheetkeecker]

I think they will sweep the Lakers in four.
And won't that look good for the next round?

[Sheetkeecker]

I'm sure enjoying this spanking the Thunder are giving the Lakers!!!

That spanking was truly abuse!

[SoonerBoy18]

I think they will sweep the Lakers in four.
And won't that look good for the next round?

Hopefully Thunder learned from the west finals a year ago. The Spurs are basically as good as Dallas were last year. Hopefully these 1st two rounds will prepare Thunder to win a series without home court advantage.

[kevinpate]

I would enjoy seeing it be Thunder in 4 straight. However, I'm gonna speculate Thunder in 6.

[MDot]

Hopefully Thunder learned from the west finals a year ago. The Spurs are basically as good as Dallas were last year. Hopefully these 1st two rounds will prepare Thunder to win a series without home court advantage.

I honsetly don't think they will get past the Spurs.

[SoonerBoy18]

I would enjoy seeing it be Thunder in 4 straight. However, I'm gonna speculate Thunder in 6.

That would mean the Lakers would be able to win here in Oklahoma City which is not happening.

[MDot]

That would mean the Lakers would be able to win here in Oklahoma City which is not happening.

No, they could win game 3 and 4 which are in Los Angeles and the Thunder win game 2, 5 and 6.

[SoonerBoy18]

No, they could win game 3 and 4 which are in Los Angeles and the Thunder win game 2, 5 and 6.

Oh, I prefer us to win in 5 so we can celebrate on our court instead of meeting the guys at the airport lol.

[MDot]

Oh, I prefer us to win in 5 so we can celebrate on our court instead of meeting the guys at the airport lol.

LOL, that's always fun but I'd like to see us get the sweep. If we sweep this series would be over on Saturday. LOL

[jn1780]

Past experience tells me that sweeping the Lakers could be a negative when facing the Spurs.. They have a habit of having their in the clouds.

[Snowman]

They have a habit of having their in the clouds.

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[MDot]

Past experience tells me that sweeping the Lakers could be a negative when facing the Spurs.. They have a habit of having their in the clouds.

It's going to be a negative playing the Spurs period. What I'm hoping for is that the Clippers put up a fight and wear down the Spurs.

Unless something crazy happens (think Manu's injury last year) I think the only team with a shot of coming between them and another ring is the Thunder, unless they (Thunder) beat them then they'll win it all IMO.

But it goes both way, the only team that will stop the Thunder from winning it all is the Spurs because they can beat Miami, Indiana, Boston, and Philadelphia in a seven game series.

[SoonerBoy18]

Where is the optimism here? Thunder will be fully prepared mentally to play the Spurs by the time this Laker series is over. Thunder is too hungry to get intimidated by San Antonio, they never panic. You really think they are going to lose again in the WCF? We are in a great position right now.

[Lord Helmet]

I really don't see a sweep. Especially if Perkins is banged up and has to miss a game or two.