vs. 
Thunder (42-16, 16-12 road) at Clippers (43-18, 23-6 home)
TV: ABC (Cox 8, HD 705)
Stream: Click here
Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM, 97.1 FM Tulsa)
Time: 2:30 CT
Offensive Rating: Thunder – 112.8 (2nd), Clippers– 109.5 (7th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 102.8 (8th), Clippers – 102.1 (5th)
Pace: Thunder – 93.8 (8th), Clippers – 91.7 (17th)
View from the enemy: ClipperBlog
Something you probably didn’t want to hear: The Clippers are just a half game behind the Thunder, two behind in the loss column. OKC already has the season series in hand against the Clips, but those two games have addendums on them. The first was the second of a back-to-back for the Clippers, the second was without Chris Paul.
Friday’s game against the Nuggets was pretty heartbreaking and puts the Thunder in a tough position. They’re looking at back-to-back losses, something that would be a significant bummer seeing as they had a three-game losing streak recently and then made us mostly forget about it by blowing out three straight teams.
Clippers coming in: Beat the Cavs on Friday.
Three Big Things
1. CP3. As he goes, so do the Clippers. The Thunder used Thabo on him in the first meeting, a very effective strategy that forced Paul into one of his worst games ever as a pro. Who gets the assignment today?
2. Turnovers. The Clippers don’t play fast, except when they turn you over live. They take live-ball turnovers and turn them into two points as good as any team in the league. The Nuggets made OKC pay in their transition game, but the Thunder didn’t help by giving possessions away.
3. KD. If it’s close, it’s time for him to finish a team. He hasn’t done that in a while.
Tip at 2:30 CT. Go Bounce.
http://dailythunder.com/2013/03/led-by-westbrook-thunder-close-the-clippers-108-104/
Get out. We've hit our Westbrook praising limit on this thread. Any more praising on here, and Skip will come and yell at us all.
What happened to Daily Thunder?
When did this become Daily Clippers?
Where are the normal posters at?
Did Westbrook dominate CP3 today?
@Sup' Bruh' For the most part yes, but you going way overboard on the CP3 hate, I agree that he's slightly overrated, but no one is going to agree with you with you say "crawford is better than chris paul".
@OKC035 @Sup' Bruh' yeah that was a stretch, my bad
But I'm not backing down, CP3 is nothing special
http://hardwoodparoxysm.com/Gifs/THABEETYAH_1.gif
I can tell Thabeet was pretty pumped.
Westbrook is really, really good. That is all.
@Aren't
I have a feeling @Sup' Bruh' agrees with you.
So sick of the CP3 hype,
Glad Russ but the best pg in league discussion to bed,
It's Russ, then Parker, then the rest of the league,
Russ was the best player on the court tonight,
Russ is playing better than KD right now,
Which I thought I would never say....Oh yeah CP3 WAY Overrated
@Sup' Bruh' I don't think CP3 is WAY overrated, but I would say he is slightly overrated. People act like he's in a different universe than TP and Russ, but he's not.
@OKC035 @Sup' Bruh' Lol what is he great at???
He isn't even top 3 in the League,
Westbrook owned him, CP3 is nowhere near better than Russ,
You guys are smoking some good shit
@FF_pickups What is cp3 good at?
are you sure you watch the games?
@BrockSuede @Sup' Bruh' @OKC035 Has nothing to do with being a Thunder fan,
I watch lots of games and don't understand the cp3 hype,
Crawford is better than cp3 honestly
Westbrook is the best combo guard, CP3 is the best point guard
@Sup' Bruh' @OKC035 @Sup' Bruh'
There's no changing your mind about this. We get it. Russ is fantastic, but you really should pull your head out of your Thunder colored butt.
@Sup' Bruh' i'll take CP3 any day over westbrook. you don't have to be the most athletic to be the best like CP3 is. CP3 is a commander and can control a game unlike anyone else.
@Jeremy2 @Sup' Bruh' Did you watch the game?
Russ took over and won us the game, while cp3 missed about 4 straight shots,
Jamal Crawford was their go to guy at the end, Not cp3,
CP3 can't gaurd Russ in his wildest dreams,
And I'm pretty sure I could gaurd CP3
@Jeremy2 @Sup' Bruh' Wow...you guys have no clue
@Sup' Bruh' I love Russell just as much as the next guy, but he isn't the best PG in the league.
@Sup' Bruh' It's one game. Westbrook is great, no question but we're talking about one of the greatest point guards of all time, bro. No disrepect to Westbrook but Paul is one of the greatest of all time.
@FF_pickups @Sup' Bruh' He had 2 of the greatest point guard seasons of all time, but don't overrate him. His injurys have taken a toll on him. He's gotten badly out played by Russ and TP head to head this year. TP killed him in the playoffs last year.
@OKC035 @FF_pickups @Sup' Bruh' Exactly
@FF_pickups @Sup' Bruh' Completely 100% Disagree with both of you,
Paul is not the best pg in league,
AND IN NO WAY AN ALL TIME GREAT!!
He wouldn't even go top 3 if the NBA did a draft of point gaurds currently playing
@FF_pickups So you would take cp3 over Russ/Drose/Irving/Parker?
@Sup' Bruh' @FF_pickups @Sup' Bruh' You're kinda stupid.
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He wouldn't even go top 3 if the NBA did a draft of point gaurds currently playing"
He was the FIRST point guard chosen by the Olympic team.
I wonder if future Blake appeared to present day Blake before the game and advised him to wear a cup during todays game
@anonymous12345 Lets hope not
Westbrook since the start of February
33.5 MPG, 26.7 PPG, 6.3 APG, 4.2 RPG, 1.9 SPG, .550 FG%, .424 3P%, .805 FT%
@OKC035 Ridiculous.
@OKC035 Should also add, I like it when Westbrook is on this side of variance as opposed to the other. Excessive (and sometimes unwarranted) Westbrook criticism is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
sample size?
@FF_pickups 13 games.
@FF_pickups How is it way to small??? Then I guess Lebron's 7 game 60% shooting stretch was too small. No one should have talked about it.
@FF_pickups Was the attitude need to bring perspective? "Thank you"
I'm not raining on a parade. I am trying to bring some perspective.
@FF_pickups Too small? Or the start of a trend? Stop raining on parades. That's actually pretty impressive.
so in other words, it's way too small. Thank you.
@OKC035 With Parker out a month, I wonder if this is his year to make 1st team all NBA
@OKC035 We get it he sucks
*can't keep straight face*
@OKC035 awsome. .
Out of all the games I had to miss.... it had to be this one.
It had everything: Russ playing awesome, KD playing awesome, Blake getting nut chopped.... and most importantly a win.
@ EatSleepThunder i know your pain.
Is it just me noticed this, or we've been doing it a long time ago?, but since this season, I've come to realize that brooks has given russ the green light early in games--- (hence sometimes he ends up with more shots than KD. But KD is so effecient he can focus on rebounding etc.) and letting westbrook getting ibaka and sef their shots. But what i think brooks should do is after all that energy exertion by westbrook he should put russ off the ball "sometimes" so he can get it on-the-move IF kd is doubled. Then westbrook can sucked the defense in, if players rotate, then find guys for open shots and that's one of the main ways our offense can be better and less predictable.
I think that's a great post but in fairness, it's hard to criticize Scott Brooks who MANY experts consider to be a top 5 coach.
@FF_pickups i believe in him, he'll get it done.
@FF_pickups Define nagging?
nagging?
I'm not ready to crucify K Mart yet. He hasn't been good lately but he's still had a pretty damn good season offensively. We can't just sit him on the bench we need his scoring in the playoffs. Hopefully he can break out of this slump.
@OKC035 I think he just needs to sit situationally if brooks is willing to use lamb or brewer and see if they can do better