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

[SoonerBoy18]

Out of curiosity, why?

Thunder seems to always struggle at their place, won in Overtime two seasons ago and got blown out last season, so I was 100% sure we were going to lose to them again since the Pacers keep getting better

[SoonerBoy18]

Almost playoff time when the youngsters have an advantage over the old aching knees veterans

More worried about Memphis than anyone else

We beat Memphis in Game 7 before WITHOUT Rudy Gay, So they are irrelevant to me

[Mississippi Blues]

We beat Memphis in Game 7 before WITHOUT Rudy Gay, So they are irrelevant to me

That was 2 years ago. How in the world can you use a series from 2 years ago as a justification to "I'm not worried about them". The Thunder always have a hard time with the Grizzlies. If you recall, the Thunder played the Grizzlies right after they traded Rudy Gay & the Grizzlies won that game. On a last second tip in, but still. Not saying that means that Memphis has our number, but the fact you're blowing them off because of something from 2 years ago blows my mind.

Here's to hoping I bit the trolls bait & you weren't serious.

[Mississippi Blues]

Thunder seems to always struggle at their place, won in Overtime two seasons ago and got blown out last season, so I was 100% sure we were going to lose to them again since the Pacers keep getting better

This rationale I can understand. I didn't expect them to win either for similar reasons. I didn't watch the game due to a school event so when I checked it & saw the Thunder had won 97-75, I was pretty happy.

[Soonerman]

Huge game today with the Knicks in town.

[Easy180]

We beat Memphis in Game 7 before WITHOUT Rudy Gay, So they are irrelevant to me

If you include the words "game 7" in your post you shouldn't also include the word "irrelevant"

[Praedura]

Huge game today with the Knicks in town.

Gonna kick the Knicks right out of their bockers!

[Teo9969]

That was 2 years ago. How in the world can you use a series from 2 years ago as a justification to "I'm not worried about them". The Thunder always have a hard time with the Grizzlies. If you recall, the Thunder played the Grizzlies right after they traded Rudy Gay & the Grizzlies won that game. On a last second tip in, but still. Not saying that means that Memphis has our number, but the fact you're blowing them off because of something from 2 years ago blows my mind.

Here's to hoping I bit the trolls bait & you weren't serious.

No.

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Recap - January 31, 2013 - ESPN

[SoonerBoy18]

This rationale I can understand. I didn't expect them to win either for similar reasons. I didn't watch the game due to a school event so when I checked it & saw the Thunder had won 97-75, I was pretty happy.

I didnt watch it either, and I checked the score and was happy as well.

[SoonerBoy18]

That was 2 years ago. How in the world can you use a series from 2 years ago as a justification to "I'm not worried about them". The Thunder always have a hard time with the Grizzlies. If you recall, the Thunder played the Grizzlies right after they traded Rudy Gay & the Grizzlies won that game. On a last second tip in, but still. Not saying that means that Memphis has our number, but the fact you're blowing them off because of something from 2 years ago blows my mind.


Here's to hoping I bit the trolls bait & you weren't serious.

We are #2, Will probably end up #1, and they fell to #5, We DID beat them the night after they traded him, so I am no longer having this conversation with you.

[Mississippi Blues]

We are #2, Will probably end up #1, and they fell to #5, We DID beat them the night after they traded him, so I am no longer having this conversation with you.

Okay, I got the game mixed up. It was March 20th they beat us on a tip-in, which was also AFTER they traded away Rudy Gay. The point is the same other than I got the game mixed up. Like you said, this conversation doesn't need to go any further...

But we won't have to mess with them in the first round anyway, so I won't think much about the Grizzlies until we play them if we do.

[Mississippi Blues]

No.

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Recap - January 31, 2013 - ESPN

Excuse me. Thank you for the correction. We play the Grizzlies so much it seems, all their games run together in my head.

[Soonerman]

Thunder gave up way too many offensive boards today. Good game by the Knicks.

[G.Walker]

The last time the Knicks scored at least 125 points in a game was on April 5th, 2011 against Toronto, only the Thunder, unbelievable!

[Teo9969]

Thunder gave up way too many offensive boards today. Good game by the Knicks.

Yep.

Durant in particular sucked on the boards. 3 Rebs in 45 minutes...

[SoonerBoy18]

I love Carmelo Anthony. But obviously Thunder would have won with James Harden. We would be undefeated with him. *Sarcasm

[G.Walker]

Even though we lost, we still have a chance to finish #1 in the West, but it won't be easy, we would have to win the rest of our games, and Spurs would have to lose 2 more, because now they have a 1 game lead.

[Teo9969]

Spurs only need to lose 1 more...OKC owns the tie-breaker.

[Anonymous.]

Yea essentially losing to the Knicks means we no longer control our own fate. Now to get #1, we depend on the Spurs to drop a game before the season is over. Which is pretty likely.

But we need to win-out from here.

[BoulderSooner]

Yea essentially losing to the Knicks means we no longer control our own fate. Now to get #1, we depend on the Spurs to drop a game before the season is over. Which is pretty likely.

But we need to win-out from here.

the #2 seed is a better draw for the Thunder .. it puts the spurs lakers clippers and grizz in the other half of the bracket

[warreng88]

the #2 seed is a better draw for the Thunder .. it puts the spurs lakers clippers and grizz in the other half of the bracket

Yeah, I would rather play the Rockets first round, then the winner of the Denver-Golden State series than Memphis-Clippers.

[dankrutka]

Yeah, I would rather play the Rockets first round, then the winner of the Denver-Golden State series than Memphis-Clippers.

Agreed, this avoids some tough matchups. The West is stacked. No one is getting to the Finals easy this year.

[warreng88]

For the people who think we aren't as good as last year, think about this: Our record was 47-19 at a much shortened season of 66 games last year. That is a winning percentage of 71%. For us to get to that same winning percentage this year, we would have to win 58.39 games. As of last night, we were 57-21 with four games left to play. Two of them are on the road against very beatable Warriors and Portland and two at home against the Kings and the Bucks. If we win out, we will have a 74% winning percentage.

[Anonymous.]

Thunder only half game back of Spurs now.

Spurs play in Denver tonight, where almost nobody has won but the Nuggets. Next difficult game for the Spurs is playing in LA against the desperate Lakers.

Right now the Lakers are the 8 spot as we gave the Jazz a loss.



Spurs/Nugs game is on ESPN tonight if you want to check it out, go Nugs!

[dankrutka]

Go Spurs. Again, I prefer the 2 seed match ups...