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OKC Thunder (31-8, 12-5 road) vs. Dallas Mavericks (17-23, 11-7 home)
TV: ESPN; 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: 8:30 CT
Offensive Rating: Thunder – 113.0 (1st), Mavs– 103.6 (20th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 102.9 (6th), Mavs – 106.7 (22nd)
Pace: Thunder – 92.5 (8th), Mavs – 93.9 (5th)
View from the enemy: The Two Man Game
To the road they go. The Thunder take off for six games away from the comfort of The Peake playing the Mavs, Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, Kings and Lakers. But it starts in Dallas with a semi-resurgent Mavs team.
On the brink of complete implosion, the Mavericks have somewhat righted themselves as of late. They’ve won four straight breaking a stretch where they had lost 10 of 11. The Mavs have been disappointing for sure, but they have lost seven games in overtime this season, so they’re not too awful far from being a .500 team.
The key for the Thunder is to get off on the right foot with this trip. I think it breaks down as three wins is good, four wins is great and anything above that is outstanding. Losing a game like this one to the Mavs would really put OKC behind the eight-ball, so it’s smart to get off on the right foot here.
Dallas coming in: Again, the Mavs have won four straight and last played Wednesday beating the Rockets.
Three Big Things
1. Dirk. He’s coming around. He’s not quite himself, but he’s playing more minutes and doing more damage. In January he’s averaging 31 minutes a game and 16.4 points. So he’s back to being that old dangerous, scary Dirk.
2. Collison. Not Nick. Darren. He torched the Thunder in the first meeting, lighting Russell Westbrook up for 32 points which included a miraculous 3 to send it overtime. The Thunder simply have to do a better job of defending him, otherwise, things will be challenging again.
3. Hold the Mayo. Get it? You get it.
Tip at 8:30 CT. Go Right Foot.
http://dailythunder.com/2013/01/behind-52-from-kd-okc-survives-in-dallas-117-114/#more-23856
anyone know of any likely trade possibilities the thunder may make this year? Any chance they trade martin for someone?
Telling my age! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCB7Kn-VE
@Dicharden
Keep 'em coming. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsYnBI2nvHI Brandi
not happy we had more turnovers than assists
http://dailythunder.com/2013/01/behind-52-from-kd-okc-survives-in-dallas-117-114/
this story is really incredible and interesting but does it really matter.he is either dumb as hell or he's got some problems.
@d21 i might respect him more if he made it up himself
@RRRWHATEVER i would if he did it just to troll the media.
@d21 WHen I went to Buffalo Wild Wings, it was literally on 4 different sports channels at once
All the low seeds are losing so Lakers still have a chance.
Houston on 6 game losing streak.
@ThunderWins *James Harden on a 6 game losing streak*
First round Lakers anyone?
@ThunderWins booooooooo dont let the fakers have a shot :( come on harden~
Damn It Feels Good To Be The Thunder
Bethlehem Shoals @freedarko
Sports/culture analogy: Durant is like that real quiet kid in a band who has more stage presence than G_d when he gets on stage.#kurtcobain
So.... if I type, "Hey, KOOL-AID!"
...will TC's avatar come busting through my computer screen?
@Barry Amenema OH YEA!!!!!!!!!!
@RRRWHATEVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYS7aQY1iZI
@Barry Amenema @RRRWHATEVER MY gooooooood lol. i miss commercials like that
@Barry Amenema *waits for thunderchick* :D
@mavsROOLusuck is here!!!!!!
@OBoy Jones III @mavsROOLusuck OMG OMG OMG WHERE
*runs to get pen* HES EVEN MORE LEGENDARY THAN MEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..........
@OBoy Jones III @mavsROOLusuck *trips over a book* OMG........
IS HE HERE YE *runs into door* .................. ttt
@Legendary_Dork @mavsROOLusuck he's at the top in the people listening
@OBoy Jones III @mavsROOLusuck MoooOOOOOOOooooOOVs!
doing the dirk step-back is nice, but doing that en route to 52 in the pioneer's building? NOT NICE
@OohWeeItsVelvetHoop Let the Mavs have hope then destroy it in OT- NOT NICE!
@OohWeeItsVelvetHoop whilst dirk is playing non the less lol
...So does anyone else want to trade for Elton Brand?
@OBoy Jones III Impossible. He cannot be traded for before the summer because he was claimed off the amnesty waiver.
@senseandsenescence ahhh I hate you amnesty rules!!!! thanks.
@OBoy Jones III only if Cuban will throw in a time machine
@1 Knee 4 Points 5 Rebounds 35 Million Dollars @OBoy Jones III Can he play he's playing the Thunder with the Thunder every night?
@1 Knee 4 Points 5 Rebounds 35 Million Dollars @OBoy Jones III *like
@1 Knee 4 Points 5 Rebounds 35 Million Dollars You wouldn't take him to play Thabeets role?
KD's new percentages after his 40% shooting tonight. 52%FG/91%FT/41%3P. I wish we he had a little more breathing room
During thunder six game winning streak, durant averaging 35 pnts on 53% shooting and 51 of 55 from the foul line
best double-header i've seen in a while.
I just got home. How was the game?
@Sid Burgess Well, Dallas was playing 5-on-8, so of course OkC won.
@courtsense Guessing Marion was looking for his pacifier afterwards?
@Sid Burgess It wasn't so much the calls that irked Marion, it was the fact that he's old, can't play anymore, and is stuck on a lousy team.
@Sid Burgess Darnell and McKayla were not impressed...
@Sid Burgess Heart exploding
I wish westbrook got the calls durant does. If he did he would probably be averaging 26-7
Putting this at the top of the stack for El Prez:
This seems a fitting reply to your Little House on the Prairie reference after a win over Dallas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP5QYx4btkc
:)
KD scores 52 and we have the Te'o groupies still emeshed in this cesspool of dysfunction. Here...get it all out of your system before tip in Denver on Sunday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU
If youre alludung to me cause I defended him, here 1) He beat my Spartans, so, if anything, Im an Anti-Mantite 2) my first reaction was he was a sociopath and I wanted to bring him down, 3) I wanted him to be a scoiopath because I really wnated to see how NFL brass was going to resons to such a grandiose liar. This is how I wante the story to play out. Then I researched it, saw videos of teh alleged perp, Roniaih Tuiasopop or whatever his name is, and began leaning that Te'o was a victim. Its looking more and more like I was right.
*respond to such a grandiose liar...
@El Prez Will someone already chnage their name to Lennay kekua already?
@El Prez No, was supposed to see it tuesday and my uncle bailed. Waiting for him. Am excited by the reviews, although the premise itself doesnt interets me that much
On another train of thought...did you see Zero Dark Thirty?
@El Prez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_FvK51wOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU