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OKC Thunder (20-4, 6-2 road) vs. Atlanta Hawks (15-7, 8-4 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: 6:30 CT
Offensive Rating: Thunder – 114.1 (1st), Hawks– 104.3 (15th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 103.8 (10th), Hawks – 101.1 (4th)
Pace: Thunder – 92.0 (15th), Hawks – 92.3 (10th)
View from the enemy: N/A
The Thunder have lost to four teams this season. One of those teams was the Atlanta Hawks. That game seems like forever ago, but with the Thunder riding an 11-game winning streak and taking off to play a tough road game, OKC’s obviously in for a challenge.
The Hawks weren’t billed as that tough a team before the season, but they’ve exceeded expectations as they’ve found serious footing in their defense. Al Horford is terrific, Josh Smith is playing well, their guards are providing enough backing and they have a solid bench. They’re well built and definitely a team that could threaten OKC’s streak.
Surviving these back-to-back games with the win streak intact is going to be a challenge.
Atlanta coming in: The Hawks beat the Wizards last night.
1. Roadie. It’s been a while since I’ve had to watch the Thunder on TV. Do they broadcast games somewhere? How do I watch? It’s the start to a mini-trip for OKC and while Atlanta isn’t known to be a super tough place to play, it’s never easy to get the energy up on the road.
2. Defending Horford. Kendrick Perkins in known for his defense, but against a guy like Horford, he could have issues. Perk defends the post well, not anything outside of it. And Horford is an excellent pick-and-pop shooter, so Perk can’t fall asleep and let Horford have those 17-foot jumpers or he’ll punish OKC.
3. Benches. Lou Williams is Atlanta’s scoring anchor off the bench and those minutes in the second and third quarters could be key. Can either team build or maintain a lead? OKC’s bench has been better the past few weeks, but Atlanta has a good one, so this will be a test.
Tip at 6:30 CT. Go Twelve.
When do we start rooting for rapts loses?
http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/12/thats-12-durant-powers-okc-past-atlanta-100-92/
At postgame Lamb said he was excited. He contains it well
@KellOne He was talking in his sleep.
@Bryson ...," said Lamb sheepishly.
Umm ... The dude who says whoop & plays in Houston just hit Philly up for 33 ... On 12 shots ... That's absolutely baffling ..
@PJthe3 bka ... He took 6 less FT attempts than the entire Philly team...wow
Milwaukee really don't look good
@CDSpark They are bad.
Just now checking in...all I have to say is: Goddamn Kevin Durant is good.
Was that Trinidad James over there lookin all crazy where Russ jumped into the stands?!...
Not only did it look like him ... (Or Jerome from Martin)... But I swore Perk pointed him out to KD at the end of the game ... He was like 2nd row closer to the baseline but near Russ Jumpsite ... Btw - I'm prahlee the only 1 here who hasn't heard his song nor seen the video
@PJthe3 bka ... I just watched the video. I don't live in that dude's world man.
@PJthe3 bka ... my homie is his main producer
@RRRWHATEVER @PJthe3 bka ... did he do all gold everything? and did he get paid? i saw an interview with him where he said he got all of his beats online for free and didn't sound like he was paying them royalties.
@PJthe3 bka ... haha really? i'll need to watch it again.
@PJthe3 bka ... I had to look that dude up.. and man has he got a jacked up grill.
@Tronchaser consign the necessity for grill work .. his furniture is mangled on some coming to America landlord "reel fuct up" time time
Calling being implicated as the kingpin of a drug ring in a metropolitan city is more than just bad publicity.
@cemitten The Wire. Keeping it real.
@cemitten who is that?
@Tronchaser zbo
@OBoy Jones III @qrex @Tronchaser probably is. But then again having been arrested numerous other times its not like you have a good reputation to fall back on.
@cemitten @qrex @Tronchaser it sounds alot like old friends bringing someone down to be honest.
@qrex @Tronchaser It was old news. The guys announcing tonights game referred to it as bad pub rather than stating that he could have ended up in jail for a long time.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/nba-player-implicated-in-indy-drug-investigation
@Tronchaser @cemitten Link?
@cemitten bwhaha, yeah, that's not good.
Ugh. Delete the "Calling"
Hey Drew Gooden is still in the NBA. Who knew?
@Old Man Game This definitely made me chuckle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR3t4wIu5Hs&feature=youtu.be After Durant shuts down Josh Smith on D and dunks on him on the other end, he walks past the crown saying "this is my f***ing house. BEAST!
@OKC035 The guy on the left at 0:17.
@OKC035 My favorite part is Westbrook trying to play it off when KD isn't there to pose with him.
@OKC035 And the crowd all frown and say "we know"
@OKC035 He maxed out his TSN rating right there.
Pet peeve: When listening to the opponents announcers, it annoys the crap out of me when a player from their team misses a shot and they just say "...And no whistle!"
Drives me nuts! I feel like it happens all the time when people drive on Serge and he swats their crappy shots. You don't get a foul call for sucking.
@Stringer Bell wilkins is thoroughly convinced that Ibaka does not have a midrange game and that they "should give him that shot all night"...
@TreyFiveOnMyBack Nique:commenting::Damien:playing
@TreyFiveOnMyBack It was either color commentator or Wal Mart greeter.
@Stringer Bell Never watch a Portland game.
@justin_mia @Stringer Bell I live in Portland, bro. The whining is never ending.
@Stringer Bell "Russell Westbrook... travels with the ball, no call.. passes to Durant... pushes off Batum fires the shot and gets the shooter's role. Nothing Batum could do about that one"
@justin_mia and NEVER take a Wookie to the theater
I enjoy winning.
Brooks better not just be toying with us by playing Lamb those 5 minutes and then we don't see him for another month.
@Old Man Game Lamb made him look smart so I expect to see Lamb more.
@qrex @Old Man Game 21-4 with all these young players and coming off a big trade makes Brooks look smart too
@twistdov @Old Man Game Exactly. You give a young player a chance. if it works, "I knew". If it doesn't , "I was just trying to give the kids some time'"
@Old Man Game He's trolling us!
so its confirmed, NO ONE on the hawks team can guard durant. They had like what 3-4 people try to guard him tonight