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Los Angeles Clippers (8-2, 3-0 road) vs. OKC Thunder (8-3, 5-2 home)
TV: ESPN (Cox 29, HD 720); FS OK (Cox 37, HD 722, Tulsa Cox 27, DirectTV 679, UVerse 754)
Stream: Click here
Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM, 97.1 FM Tulsa)
Time: 6:30 CT
Offensive Rating: Thunder – 109.5 (3rd), Clippers– 108.5 (6th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder –102.5 (12th), Clippers – 99.0 (3rd)
Pace: Thunder – 92.9 (9th), Clippers – 93.6 (7th)
View from the enemy: Clipper Blog
It’s pretty simple: The Thunder need to win this game. Not for the win-loss column really, or for playoff seeding or to save their season really. But for self-confidence and reassurance to fans, they need to win this one.
The Clippers coming in: The Clippers have won six in a row, beating San Antonio Monday.
Three Big Things
1. Bench work. The Grizzlies worked the Thunder over with their second unit and with the Clipper having an even better bench with Jamal Crawford and Eric Bledsoe leading the way, Kevin Martin and company have their work cut out for them. If OKC’s bench loses the second and third quarters big, the starters won’t be able to dig out of a hole. Not with Chris Paul running the show.
2. Keep moving. Lots of sharing the last two games. Lots of good ball movement. The secret cause to the Thunder offense is more passing, re-passing and passing, and less standing and dribbling.
3. Lineups. The Clippers can create mismatches, especially against OKC’s starting five. Scott Brooks needs to be willing to flex and adjust tonight, needs to go small and use his bigs in the right situations. Thabo could be a weapon against LA’s perimeter scorers, but he can’t be on the floor with Perk and Ibaka (other than starting, of course).
Tip at 6:30 CT. Go Win.
It just kills me that Sam Presti could be so dumb and allow Perk to stay on this ball club. We have so many trade assets now. We must make a move. He sucks at rebounding, cant score, and gets burned on pick and rolls. Thabeet has made more of an impact and I'm tired of everyone saying how great a low post defender he is...Presti made a mistake with Perk!
http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/11/thunder-get-their-signature-win-top-clips-in-ot-117-111/
@Legendary_Dork Royce? Royce?!
I'm almost to a point where I wanna buy a Hasheem jersey just to support him. Do they even make Hasheem jerseys? lol
@Tronchaser I think they should make a Thabeet jersey. I keep tellin' my wife that it ought to be all black, with a bleached out yellow spot on the back.
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@MisterJohnsonOKC Booo.. whats the error?
Perk back to Boston is very realistic seeing that they dont have a lot of size outside of KG. Secondly, if we can get Brandon Bass and/or Avery Bradley out the deal we should be good!
@9th Wonderous they didn't want to pay Perk what we payed him. And he's gotten worse since then.
@OBoy Jones III Yea but Boston is struggling nowadays and KG time is almost up. They gonna need a big man!
Great win. Have a great holiday weekend everyone.
Clipper Ships
Me and my dad make models of clipper ships.
I like clipper ships because they are fast.
Clipper ships sail the ocean.
Clipper ships never sail on rivers or lakes.
Clipper ships have lots of sails and are made out of wood.
--Matt Montini
@Barry Amenema * hesitantly liked......*
117 points Dang and thats without Harden
@OkcBaby It was a fast game. The offense was generally good.
Have we beat a good team yet:) Will this satisfy the debbie downers. Doubtful
@OkcBaby It was a good win.
@OkcBaby Maynor, bad, Hasheem, good.
@OkcBaby idk, ask @TheRealFakeJustin
@OkcBaby Hater checking in.
When terrible free throw shooters play OKC they manage to hit almost all theirs. Howard went what 7-20 last laker game, i bet you if they were playing us he would of been 19-20 lol.
its our curse :( THUNDOR isnt doing his job right.
@Legendary_Dork I met that guy before at the airport... I'll give him a buzz.
@Tronchaser i read an interview they had with him last year, he seems like a great dude.
Tiago Splitter scored 23 against Boston? really?
@OBoy Jones III they need a perk-KG trade to get a young center to improve their defense
@OBoy Jones III is he still terrible at free throws?
@Legendary_Dork don't know how he is overall this season but he went 5-5 tonight from the line.
@shiki @OBoy Jones III i can honestly say thats one of the smartest things brooks has ever done
@Legendary_Dork @OBoy Jones III maybe another hacking tiago will destroy all his confidence
@OBoy Jones III gross.....so no more hack a splitter huh
@OBoy Jones III O.O
soooooooo since royce is back, do we get a royce write up :D . or does ms @Mrs. Daily Thunder get those honors?
only 3 shots from howard,but 9 from gasol
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@SergeIblocka i liked it too because Serge never gets assists.
@SergeIblocka
He should have shot it. he was wide open. Ibaka rarely passes up a wide open jumper like that.
Guys we need to keep long term.
1. Martin
2. Thabo
3. Thabeet
All our focus should go into signing these 3 guys. We can let Maynor go, and hopefully we can amnesty Perkins.
@MostJadedGamer will be interested to see what Thabo gets offered in free agency. I always thought we wouldn't resign him but have changed my mind recently.
@OBoy Jones III @MostJadedGamer agreed, thabo has been so much better now that his foot injury is gone, plus hes hitting 3's :D
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@SergeIblocka @MostJadedGamer more like put perk in a cannon and SHOOT his ass back to boston
@MostJadedGamer if martin stays healthy all year *which i believe he will seeing as how hes not playing 40+ mins a game* we HAVE to resign him
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@MisterJohnsonOKC
Amnesty Perkins dont resign Maynor, and hopefully we can scrape up enough to resign Martin, Thabo, and Thabeet.
Wow, Charlotte is over 500 and Chicago isn't
@KellOne Mike Dunlap for coach of the decade.
Gosh, I just realized we were 1-2 in our first three... not very good
@RRRWHATEVER you must have not been on DT much when we went under .500. it was bad.
@OBoy Jones III i was trolling daniel hawaii
@OBoy Jones III @RRRWHATEVER dark times that beeeee~ i can only remember chaos, blood, tears, pandemonium, and the end times.
@SergeIblocka @OBoy Jones III @RRRWHATEVER you had it coming :P
@Legendary_Dork @OBoy Jones III @RRRWHATEVER No twinkies, weed everywhere, and the calendar ending.
The END TIMES ARE HERE!
@RRRWHATEVER the spurs game was close, and russ just got lost on that last play. Parker saved that game.
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@MisterJohnsonOKC he had a double double tonight? man when thabeet gets player of the game..we are ROCKING!
Wow, just realized we're 8-1 in our last 9 games. Not bad.
@Daniel Hawaii You see, we have this guy.... his name is Kevin Durant. He's kinda good at basketball.
@Tronchaser @Daniel Hawaii id tron....i might trade him for picks or cash considerations..hes alright :P
@Tronchaser @Daniel Hawaii *IDK
@Daniel Hawaii beating the clips tonight was something we absolutely needed.