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Heyward
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Except McHale, Hou does not matchup well with OKC at all depending on health of course.
And FOH, you post after OKC loses every game, yet they beat your 2nd favorite team and you dont post.
The irony of that is hilarious.
Brooks will get outcoached but the only team that can compete with the Thunder when they are firing on all cylinders is Miami.
What of the great Dwight Howard being shut down by the immortal Steven Adams?
And you LOL losses against PHX/LAL. Did those matter?
BRule
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You won by 8....do you guys want us to award you champs, now? Howard is never going to put up big numbers vs OKC, it's going to be an up and down game with a ton of 3s launched. If he gets a bunch of put backs, maybe he drops 18-20 points.
He had about 10-15 opportunities on the block to score and he couldn't do anything. Adams blocked him twice and prevented him from doing anything. HOward gets by because he is more athletic than everyone but when he faces another big guy with some athleticism then he is horrible. No offensive game other than putbacks.
BTW, aside from KD OKC played poorly last night. That wasn't close to their best game.
Houston has no answer for the Thunder. Houston could probably beat every othe team in the West. But Howard can't do anything against the Thunder and we have enough guys to make Hardens life tough (even though he is a great player).
Of course they could lose. But, at there best nobody but the Heat can match them. They just need to get their focus back on defense.
They have the best offense in basketball (aside from the Heat) and the potential to be a tough defensive team.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
First 2, yes.
Provided health, Hou does not matchup well with the Thunder.
Basketball is about matchups.
BRule
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OKC is letting up 11 MADE threes a game the last month and a half.....if they don't fix that, I'm pretty sure that's a good way for Houston to beat them......but what do I know.
Of course they aren't playing great defense right now. Its March..this team was on its way to back to back finals appearances until RW got hurt. The team is in a lull just like Indiana/Miami just was.
We will see what happens when the stakes get higher. Nobody can match a 1-2 of KD/RW and in basketball that is the most important thing. Teams have no chance to stop the Thunder on defense.
BRule
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So you're admitting it's just a regualr season game? I'm confused........
No, I'm admitting that for teams that have actually PROVEN something they will go into lulls. OKC showed last night that when the game means a little something (Beverly coming back to OKC) that they can take it to a higher level. The bad thing for the West is that it isn't even close to their top gear. Nobody is going to stop them on offense. Now, if OKC gets committed on defense then all bets are off and only Miami can stop them from winning a ring.
The Thunder do not have the best offense in the NBA. As a matter of fact the Clips, Hou, and Portland have better offenses; SA is virtually identical. Check out Hollinger or Basketball ref
BRule
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Basically you're saying......it's only a regular season game if it helps YOUR case/OKCs.....got it. Thanks for playing.
With RW healthy they sure as hell do.
Do you think all regular season games are played with the same intensity?
You got me. Proved it