Durant and Westbrook named to All-NBA teams

http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/05/friday-bolts-5-25-12/

Is it Sunday yet? I hate the long layoff! Let's get this WCF underway already!!

I tell you guy/gals this.  How many times have we seen this team down and given up on them? I know I have more than a couple of games.  And wouldn't you know it, they've clawed their way back in it and found a way to pull out a win.  I went to Midwest City High School waaaay back in the late 80's.  We had this thing called "Bomber Magic".  Sometimes, you just gotta believe at the end of the game, our boys will find a way to pull it out.

Of course, they may not. But I for one, am not going to give up on them because they face the daunting challenge of beating the Spurs.

Isn't this, as fans, what we live for?  To see our team overcome adversity and return home victorious?

I'm already planning a trip to the airport.

I think Royce Young is probably getting ready to head to San Antonio 

Even if we steal game one i'm still thinking we are losing this series...obviously i want to win BUT...

* Popovich is going to make adjustments for game 2 and the rest of the series to stop us

* Laker's did the same thing after the beatdown they took game one and honestly they could of very well been up in the series 3-2...i'm not saying mwp is right about the lakers being better but still this series was a lot closer then 4-1.

I think stealing game one is basically going to be the difference of us going 5 games or 6-7.

Anyone saying Thunder in 5 or less is...well...lets just say we aren't stealing 2 games on the road in SA

Time for Thunder Up Anthem from KJ 103 http://www.kj103fm.com/player/?mid=22123519&station=KJYO-FM&program_id=HouseBand.xml&program_name=podcast

It won't happen, but I'd feel differently about how this series would go if they came out with a Russ-Harden-Sef-KD-Collison starting lineup.

If anyone is interested . . . I read in the morning paper that Jenni will be on ESPN (Outside the Lines) at 2pm today.

Skip - "Spurs go as Manu goes."  Think about that for a second... nah... it's Skip talking... LOL! Disregard... (feel free to flag this post!!)

Where are the Memphis Grizzlies when you need them? Didn't they know their sole point of their existence was to eliminate the Spurs from the playoffs to clear a path for our eventual championship?

Shame on the Grizzlies for letting me down.

I just finished a workout, so I have to walk around with my arms flared so everyone will know.  I'm now going to sit down with my protein shake and read the bolts.  With my arms flared.  Bolts, please.

@Royce... Daily Bolts??!?!? you're killing us... not practice report wed or thursday... 2 more sleeps!

In my opinion, the key to the series will be whether Russ can turn it up a few notches on defense. In the game where TP went off, the gameplan was clearly to turn TP into a scorer, and he obliged. Russ is a good athlete, but as Zach Lowe pointed out in his preview, he can get jumpy or over aggressive on the pick and roll. You have to be sound in your positioning against the spurs. Also, as coach nick pointed out, he had a lot of mental breakdowns in the game where the spurs went up by 27. If Russ can turn it up on a notch, playing smart, sound, but relentless D on TP, and we can stay home on shooters - a tall task no doubt, but one that may be aided by Mo Cheeks in this time to prepare- then i think that is the one variable no one has thought about yet.  Not that we have seen this consistently from Russell, but maybe he will rise to the challenge. 

haha skip bayless says he might come to okc game 3. Stephen a smith told him to get bodyguards lol.

Thunder didn't have to play that great to beat LA or Dallas. Same with Spurs for the Clips and Utah. 

Both teams will have to play great to win this series.

I think it's more likely the Spurs do.

i dont care whether spurs are unbeatable,I just want thunder games

Some of the opinions I read on this board about this upcoming series have me puzzled and shaking my head. I don't mind if you think we can win the series - that's what being a fan is all about. I don't mind if you compare player to player matchups and feel like the Thunder have an advantage at several - again, that's what fans are supposed to do. And I hope the Thunder do win the series. I think the Spurs win it in 5 games, and I'll be impressed if we push it to 6.

But I don't understand this business of calling the Spurs offense gimmicky, or this idea that the Spurs are built for regular season success and not playoff success. Those two ideas couldn't be further from the truth. The Spurs run as much PnR as any team in the league and they move the ball around a hedge or a double team better than anyone. There is nothing gimmicky about that at all. They hit 3's because the shooters are always set and wide open and in their spot. They are great in transition, excellent at paint penetration, excellent at ball movement, good in the low post, great beyond the arc. They have no offensive weakness. Their bench play is so quality that their whole 2nd team could compete for the 8th seed in the West.

And they're so mentally tough and veteran and well-coached that they are perfectly suited for the playoffs. You've got a well-oiled offensive machine hitting on all 8 cylinders and they haven't even hit their high gear yet (they will once Manu plays like Manu). They're so good right now that Blair can't even see the floor. Imagine that luxury?

I think the only way the Thunder win a game against the Spurs is to turn our defense up as high as it can go and hope everyone is hitting the shots they're getting (especially Russell's midrange and at least one guy from deep). Our perimeter defense is suspect most of the time, so that ball movement can really hurt us. We do happen to be pretty good at defending the types of things the Spurs like to do, but to do so consistently, against the first and second teams, is a tall order.