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gilesfan said:
How do the Thunder or Niners ever lose a game?
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Well the Thunder lose because of injuries and the niners lose because Kap is awful. Here is an article snippet from Royce Young about how effective the Thunder starting lineup has been since RW/KD came back:

The Thunder starters, bolstered by the additions of Steven Adams and Andre Roberson, are demolishing teams this year. The group is outscoring opponents by 34.5 points per 100 possessions (118.3 offensive rating, 83.8 defensive rating), the best mark of any NBA lineup that’s logged at least 75 minutes.

The only thing that can stop the Thunder this year is health and Reggie Jacksons ridiculous ego.
 
Kevin Seraphin is the best low post scoring big man that comes off the bench and is under 24 in the whole NBA.
 
The Bulls committed a few derpy mistake in the final minute (Rose twice; Gibson once), but this was about a big of a statement-win as a team can collect in December: top team in the East, Bulls have struggled at home, et cetera.

I'm also sure Toronto isn't thrilled that two of the approximately five games Chicago has had their full starting lineup have been against the Raptors (both decisive Chicago wins).
 
Meanwhile: I was watching the game, and I still didn't realize the Bulls scored 49 points in the fourth-quarter. That's some domination—and not the sort of domination they've executed heretofore under Thibodeau.
 
jpx7 said:
I'm still not sure—but they have looked otherworldly the past two or three weeks.
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Their offense is so beautiful to watch and very smart on defense. They won their last two games on the road against two really tough west teams without their starting PG.
 
jpx7 said:
Meanwhile: I was watching the game, and I still didn't realize the Bulls scored 49 points in the fourth-quarter. That's some domination—and not the sort of domination they've executed heretofore under Thibodeau.
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Bulls can do everything on offense. PnR with a quick guard. Post up game with a dominant center. High post with a big. Coming off screens with butler. It's a very difficult offense to stop.
 
Explain to me how the Hawks are a good team? Looking at all their players numbers, none of them look spectacular, looks like they can't score. Interested in how that works.

Also, is there a logical reason the Sixers signed a guy like Furkan Aldemir? I have no idea what kind of move it is. Just simply better than what they had? Some that might be a good bench player?
 
Basketball is about movement and space. How can you create space on the floor? How can you use movement to create angles to the rim. If you have a team full of shooters the game becomes easy. Korner will never get the recognition because his stats don't jump out but he should be in the discussion for an all nba team. Nobody has more gravity on the floor like Korver. Just an incredibly smart player who is the best shooter I've seen. That includes allen and miller.
 
And what's with New Orleans? Their numbers look like they should dominate, but they're barely above .500. Davis is a monster.
 
yeezus said:
Yeah, and bench scoring can be so important I suppose.
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It's huge. For instance: Bulls has 42 from their bench tonight, versus Toronto's 31—and their bench includes better shooters and better defenders. Considering the Bulls won by 9, that's basically the different in the game.
 
Damn:

From Elias: The Bulls 49 points in the fourth quarter are the most fourth-quarter points scored by a team since the Celtics scored 49 against the Lakers on Mar. 19, 1993.
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