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Not watching and not following. But read this thread for entertainment. It's hilarious reading all season thethe talk about how amazing OKC is, and then I check the scoreboard and they are getting walloped.
 
sturg33 said:
Not watching and not following. But read this thread for entertainment. It's hilarious reading all season thethe talk about how amazing OKC is, and then I check the scoreboard and they are getting walloped.
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You do know that the player our whole defense is designed around is hurt right?
 
OKC has the best 2 players on the court, no excuses for losing by 50 points combined or whatever it's been.
 
sturg33 said:
If that was the case, you wouldn't have said this:
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That is a true statement. The Thunder have no clue what to do on defense right now and it was sketchy a lot of times during the season with Ibaka. Our players are trained to overpursue aggresively and make plays because they know they have at worst the second best shot blocker int he league back there.

Also, a lot of Ibakas contests at the rim turn into easy buckets in transition. I'm not saying we would have won these games (at least especially not last night) but it would have been different games with Ibaka back there.
 
thethe said:
And then they were talking to eachother laughing on the sidelines. They are overmatched this series because the coaching disparity is laughable. Its chess against checkers.
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Durant and Russ are the two best players in this series. They have no excuses.
 
thethe said:
That is a true statement. The Thunder have no clue what to do on defense right now and it was sketchy a lot of times during the season with Ibaka. Our players are trained to overpursue aggresively and make plays because they know they have at worst the second best shot blocker int he league back there.

Also, a lot of Ibakas contests at the rim turn into easy buckets in transition. I'm not saying we would have won these games (at least especially not last night) but it would have been different games with Ibaka back there.
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Thunders defense sucks as we've been saying all year long. That's not strictly on Ibaka being out.
 
And again, if Russ and KD (among others, but these two especially) were sooooooo good, they'd be able to get past the Spurs. At some point, if KD is an all-time great, he's got to be able to beat these teams.

Did KD rest in the 4th q of that blowout last night, btw?
 
I also think you overrate KD's defense, thethe. I don't know or care what the numbers say, but when I watch him, he doesn't strike me as a great defender. He isn't anywhere near the difference maker LBJ is on that end. Hence why I still find the gap between the two pretty large.
 
thethe said:
The thunder defense is predicated on overpursuing aggressively because Ibaka blocks everything. Him not being there destroys their whole defense and Brooks is too stupid to adjust.
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What about not even breaking 80 points offensively?
 
yeezus said:
Even if Silver had nothing to do with it (not saying I believe he does) the Pacers wouldn't take the Heat.
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Yeah that's probably true anyway. Indiana has zero offensive ability and they can't get a bucket when they need to as game 2 proved that. Paul George is an awesome talent, but when he struggles the Pacers are in trouble. You can't expect CJ or Earl Watson whichever guy it is to score 20 points. Also where has Evan Turner been all playoffs? He played early on in the Atlanta series, but I haven't heard his name since.
 
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