vs. 
Los Angeles Lakers (4-4, 1-3 road) vs. OKC Thunder (5-0, 3-0 home)
TV: TNT (Cox 31, HD 730)
Stream: Click here
Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM, 97.1 FM Tulsa)
Time: 8:30 CT
Thunder lead series 1-0
View from the enemy: Forum Blue and Gold
Put Game 1 completely out of your mind. When I say “Game 1″ you should say, “What happened Game 1?” Because it’s over. It’s done with. It was a wonderful 48 minutes of basketball and fun vengeance against Metta World Peace, but dwelling on it and thinking it’s a given for Game 2 is dangerous.
However, nothing dramatic changed form Monday until now. The Lakers didn’t trade for a new point guard. They didn’t import much needed bench depth. The Thunder still have KD, Russ and Harden. The Thunder are still better. Oklahoma City at its best is probably 10 points better than the Lakers at their best. That doesn’t guarantee anything, which is why the anxiety levels will still be riding high until the final buzzer sounds.
The Lakers though, preached adjustments. What could they have changed in a day of work though other than having Josh McRoberts pull a Tonya Harding on Russell Westbrook’s knees? They are who they are. Yes, they can alter their pick-and-roll coverage some, hedge harder on Westbrook, take away his midrange game and hope the Thunder don’t shoot the lights out again. Which is a smart plan. That’s the blueprint to beating OKC. If it fails, it fails miserably, but it can work.
And then there’s the Kendrick Perkins thing again. He’s obviously not going to be 100 percent, and the Thunder had some issues defending Andrew Bynum in Game 1 as well as rebounding against LA’s size. If Perk isn’t ready to go, that could certainly affect things.
Which means to say, Game 2 is not given. The Thunder will turn it over more than four times tonight, will have to execute, will have to rebound and will have to defend. Kobe Bryant can go off at a moment’s notice and there may be a storm to weather. All you can go by is that if the Thunder do their thing, they should be just fine.
Tip at 8:30 CT. Go Red Glasses.
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wait what happened i was playing doodle jump.....
That's y u don't give up. NEVER GIVE UP! Always believe.THUNDER UP
KD made clutch shot,Lebron missed clutch FTs.
@shiki Sure, but KD sucks at missing free throws on purpose.
@todayisbananas @shiki i actually missed that. did he try to miss front rim and just left it short or did he air ball on purpose?
@thunder_fan_in_korea @todayisbananas @shiki He quickly tried to hit the rim, but missed the rim completely. They might have called a lane violation or something. Instead of lakers having to inbound under their basket, they got it on the sideline.
@todayisbananas @shiki That was atrocious, i freaked out a little after that thinking that it might cost us the game...
@neo12 @todayisbananas I said to me "fish is on our bench" at that time
@shiki M-V-P! M-V-P!
Lakers in 6. Your friend, Fletch.
@FletchMFletcher ejections?
@FletchMFletcher in 6 what
@blueRAP @FletchMFletcher Years
Just got home from the game... and I must say, our boys are learning how to be some serious closers. I love it.
My voice is friggin hoarse for yelling so loud!
@Tronchaser That's awesome. Did people start to leave when lakers were up 7 with 2minutes left?
@neo12 Nope, no one left... we just started yelling louder!
@todayisbananas @neo12 Why thank you. :)
@Tronchaser @neo12 Good work.
@neo12 @Tronchaser I didn't see anyone leave. Everyone stood up though.
Who's the poster that always says,
"and you' all was worried"
@neo12
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@neo12 I don't know, but if you find him let him know he's right.
Can I just say....
....
Wow.
Seriously. Can I just say that? So proud right now.
hahaha Beard like Harden is trending!!!
did anyone ask scott why westbrook only played 34 minutes that is unacceptable in the playoffs.
@Lost Ones He was taking a ball handler off the floor in order to force Durant to be more aggressive.
@Lost Ones This was the first game these playoffs where Durant seemed as passive as he did last year. He made the right play on some passes and played well overall but he was settling like he did last year.
@Lost Ones The big difference obviously is that even when he's settling like he did tonight, he's still improved defensively and as a ball handler and is a more willing and capable passer.
@Lost Ones Westbrook generally has zero tolerance for Durant handling the ball if Durant's not driving to the rim and being aggressive. He'd rather take matters into his own hands than watch Durant hang out at 20 feet and take a contested jumper.
@Lost Ones Because he was making bad decisions on offense?
@FREE_COLE @Lost Ones His shot was just not on tonight, but it was annoying whenever he thought he should have gotten a call he would just lay on the ground bitching, while the lakers took advantage on other end
@neo12 @Lost Ones It was more then his shot not being on though. If his shots not on, fine but then do something else. Those drive and kicks to serge were awesome even if they missed, Bynum was showing hard and then backing off just enough so Russ thought he could shoot, His defense was stellar for the most part
Not home from the game yet, what happen to KD's 2nd ft at the end?
@blueRAP they said it was a lane violation but it was weird
@blueRAP completely missed the rim
@Lost Ones thanks.. anyone got a screen shot of Westbrook's shirt?
@Zyzz @blueRAP there is a instgram pregame out there somewhere too
@Zyzz @blueRAP http://t.co/m7oBbiIE
@blueRAP @Lost I wanna see a screenshot of the mystical yellow pants.
Beard Like Harden now a worldwide trend.
Oh Dan Majerle.
Nice question Royce !
@LPCes99 what he ask i forget
@Lost Ones @LPCes99 Why he was passing the ball so much? Was it the Lakers or was it his choice (okay I have a fuzzy memory on the second option)?
@DPC @Lost Ones @LPCes99 Yeah.. Russ jumped on the reporter right away... Lol
@Lost Ones @LPCes99 I think KD was offended that the reporter said KD struggled during the game. KD said "It's not like I went 9 for 30; I went 9 for 15".
@Lost Ones @DPC @LPCes99 I don't think so. I think it was another reporter that asked him something like "Give the way you played for the fist 46 minutes of the game, did you feel like it was all on you to make the big shot?" RW started laughing and KD defended himself.
@DPC @LPCes99 lol it that the question he got upset about?
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@MisterJohnsonOKC Charles is just trying to be funny. No way he really believes that.
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@todayisbananas @MisterJohnsonOKC OKC is actually above the national average(OKC 15 percent, national 13). The rural areas bring the percentage for the whole state down to 7 percent or so.
@Jooseppi @MisterJohnsonOKC Dang, LiveFyre. I wouldn't have deleted the post if I saw someone had responded.
@Jooseppi @MisterJohnsonOKC A lot of the metro population lives outside of OKC proper. Likely more whites than blacks commute. The real number is likely closer to 10 percent. Edmond is supposedly 5 percent, but feels more like 1 percent. Still, a very silly criticism.
@MisterJohnsonOKC He must be getting Oklahoma confused with New Hampshire. I lived there for two years and seriously didn't see a single black person.
@C_Dub @MisterJohnsonOKC I've now lived in southern Louisiana for 3 years after spending the first 22 years of my life in OKC and I'm happy/unashamed to say that I'm very content with OKC's black population.
@MisterJohnsonOKC I guess all my soccer and basketball teammates growing up were figments of my imagination.