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San Antonio Spurs (19-6, 11-4 road ) vs. OKC Thunder (19-4, 13-2 home)
TV: FSOK (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: 7:00 CT
Offensive Rating: Thunder – 114.0 (1st), Spurs– 109.3 (5th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 104.0 (12th), Spurs – 101.2 (4th)
Pace: Thunder – 91.9 (15th), Spurs – 94.3 (3rd)
View from the enemy: 48 Minutes of Hell
Two big things that are important about this game: 1) The Thunder are two up on the Spurs in the loss column and could make it three with a win and 2) the Spurs took the first meeting so in terms of a tiebreaker, have a leg up already.
I genuinely think you can throw the first meeting out though. The Thunder were starting the process with a new team that night as both teams kicked off the season, OKC doing so just a few days after trading James Harden.
But there’s obviously some history here between the teams and even with the Spurs shorthanded, they’re very dangerous. And going down 0-2 to them in the regular season could complicate things in terms of seeding come April.
San Antonio coming in: The Spurs beat the Celtics on Saturday.
Three Big Things
1. Missing Spurs. No Ginobili, no Stephen Jackson (aww), no Kawhi Leonard. Which means the Spurs absolutely no one on their roster that has a good chance of checking KD. Danny Green will get most of the assignment, but he’s giving up size and strength, and doesn’t really have the athleticism to handle it. The Spurs will have a plan, because they’re coached by Gregg Popovich, but Durant could be set for a big night.
2. Thabo and TP. The Thunder went mostly with Russell Westbrook on Parker in the first meeting. Will they use the secret Thabo weapon this time around, or go with Westbrook again?
3. Perimeter. The Spurs are going to take, and make, a lot of 3s. They’re awesome at the drive and kick. The Thunder have gotten better at defending that, but it has to be a focus again. The Spurs attempt 22.4 a game, making 8.5. Gary Neal, Green, Matt Bonner — there are serious weapons on the outside that can equalize the game because three points is greater than two.
Tip at 7:00 CT. Go Eleven.
http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/12/this-one-goes-to-11-okc-shreds-the-spurs-107-93/
No words...
http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/article_external/mma_fighter_suffers_horrific_injury_during_sex/12458515
@KellOne I wish he would have given more details on how he actually broke his penis. What did any of us really learn from this? We're all just wondering were exactly the bar is set in relation to breaking your penis? I'd like to know to you can stress fracture your penis. Not a good job of reporting actually. Why. What. Where. How?
@El Prez @KellOne if she's riding you and the phone rings and she reaches for it without fully dismounting is how it usually happens. You don't literally have bones in it, but there are ligaments which hold it straight that can be broken
@Perk90X @KellOne Be that as it may, all I know is I've never broken my penis or had stretched ligaments. Bruised it once in the 11th grade when I talked my date to the Pep Club dance into using that Pop N Rock candy. But there really wasn't that much trauma. I think this story is a hoax.
@El Prez @KellOne I thought it was well known. If u got a James Harden or Jeremy Lin lean on your joint, then one of your ligaments is broken or weaker than the opposing side
@Perk90X @KellOne Did I miss something? Did you go to med school?
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@MisterJohnsonOKC @KellOne he's trying to save face. He did it himself. No females were present other than on a computer screen and he got himself too excited and didn't use enough lotion
@MisterJohnsonOKC And to go public with it. The down low is there for a reason
@KellOne Real man would have broken her Vagina instead
https://twitter.com/KeriHilson/status/280883050945060864
ibaka im jealous.
@Lost Ones MUST. KILL. SERGE
@RRRWHATEVER @Lost Ones and steal all of his money too? I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, but she ain't messin' with no broke... broke.. broke
@Lost Ones Saw her at the Lakers game, she's a looker alright. She sits in 104 behind Perk's wife
Postgame is up people. Just to tide you over till Royce's. ThunderChick, MisterJoshson, Crow, Tron, u know what to do! lol just messing.
links on the profile, btw
@ThunderPeakes 2 typos last paragraph first sentence
@KellOne fixed. thanks for catching that for me.
I'd like to hear from Disappointed Cosby.
Does anybody know if Nancy Lieberman is married, is she down with the swirl, does she like younger dudes, and in fact does she like dudes at all? Thank you. Also where does she live and hang out or play ball/golf would be nice too
@Perk90X also check on Nancy Pelosi
@RRRWHATEVER you know what, I ain't mad at Nancy Pelosi. My parents would look at me all types of crazy though, she's older than them but whatever. By the time our kids graduate high school, she'll be 90 or dead, I'll be around 50, and their "new mom" will be 18
@RRRWHATEVER and Hillary Clinton for me, she owes Bill one anyways. And Pam Grier, and Sade, and every woman on ESPN except for Shelly Smith, it's some good looking older women out there
@Perk90X SUSAN RICE TOO
@RRRWHATEVER nah but I'd get at Condy Rice. But we've had beef over differing politics at times and some of the people she associates with as a result
@Perk90X she got some huge friends.
@Lost Ones I think she is twice my age. I ain't even mad
Dominating game by Ibaka. Glad Presti was smart enough to sign Ibaka before the season(despite 95% of Thunder fans not wanting him to) instead letting him get to free agency where he would have got max offers.
I don't care how amazing Harden is doing in Houston it was always more important for the Thunder to have Ibaka long term then it was Harden. Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka is a better trio for winning championships then Westbrook, Durant, Harden.
I expected this kind of improvement from Ibaka this season. We all have known or should have known that Ibaka has scary unlimited potential, and he is not even close to maxing out his potential yet. I expect Ibaka to be much better next season.
@MostJadedGamer
I for one was glad that we signed him. I think if we are all honest we wanted both of them to be signed. I didn't care which one we signed first. I was kind of always on the Ibaka side of the which one should we keep argument just because he was a big man which i believed was more important to our team, but i wanted them both.
@MostJadedGamer He's doing great. The team is using him great, too. They are maximizing his skill set on offense probably more than anyone on the team.
@justin_mia But nobody ever has the combination of skills that Ibaka has. The best shot blocker in the league, and a excellent jump shooter. You just don't ever see a combination like that.
I agree lethalizer I don't think Ibaka improves as rapidly as he is doing now if Harden is on the team.
@Lost Ones @MostJadedGamer Durant had a couple n ice ones with Ibaka too I think.
@Lost Ones @MostJadedGamer I agree, and I think that's as much a development on Westbrook's part as it is on Ibaka's.
@justin_mia @MostJadedGamer Agreed. I still would like to see some better on-ball defense from Ibaka though. He surely is a great help defender from the weak side, but on the ball? Not so much.
@justin_mia @MostJadedGamer he actually looked great on the PnR tonight dang near dominant.
@MostJadedGamer It is a strange combination, it is not perfect but I always thought of Ibaka like Horace Grant. Grant could shoot, not quite the shot blocker Ibaka is, but not bad in his younger years. Elite role player. Snuck into an ASG. That's where I see Ibaka. If he can improve or add ball skills,he'll be on another level, but I'm still doubtful on that.
@justin_mia @MostJadedGamer I remember myself screaming at the laptop "RUN A PICK-AND-POP PLAY WITH IBAKA DAMN IT" loads of times during the past years. I still miss Harden time to time, but if there is one positive thing with him leaving, it's the Ibaka involvement on offense. That kinda balances it out.
@justin_mia @MostJadedGamer Oh and Ibaka "given the chance" to perform more on offense certainly increased our starting line-ups' +/-. It used to be all Russ-KD at the beginning of the games before Harden-Collison and their patented pick-and-roll play checked in. Now we use 3 options on the court, not counting the wide-open Sef 3's.
Just got home from the game. All i can say is we are amazing. Hope you guys are happy now.
@sexywatt
We're mostly happy. :)
@ThunderChick2010
haha i want full happiness. Is that asking too much?
@sexywatt Were you close to Presti? Did you hear anything about a Perkins trade?
@justin_mia
haha no i have no clue where he even sits.
@justin_mia @sexywatt He scored 9. The trade is off
Some Puppets in here
I go to bed a happy camper. Good night DT!
@Tronchaser
Good night, Tron!
Over the past 10 games Maynor is shooting 28%
@Lambchop Russ can play 48 minutes. The dude is immortal.
Just don't foul out!
@Lambchop put in Jackson:) lol
@Lambchop Okcbaby will rub it for him.
@Lambchop ew