With a winter storm supposedly set to roll in to Oklahoma City tonight, apparently it hit the Chicago Bulls a few hours early. Because they were ice cold.
(See what I did there? So good, right?)
Seriously though, “inept” isn’t even a good enough word for the Bulls’ offensive performance tonight. By quarter: 6-30, 4-18, 7-20, 8-18. For a grand total of 25-86 from the field, or a 29.1 percent. The Thunder’s defense has been a question as of late as they’ve allowed four straight teams to score better than 105 points. They went to the other extreme tonight, allowing the Bulls just 72.
“Defensively, it was probably as good as we’ve played in the last five or six weeks,” Scott Brooks said.
Now, before you start being impressed, realize the Bulls are a very weak offensive team and were playing without Kirk Hinrich who, yes, actually matters quite a lot to them offensively. Still, 72 points on 29.1 percent shooting is 72 points on 29.1 shooting. Officially, it’s the lowest percentage (actually 29.06 percent) from any team this season topping 29.11, which the Bobcats put up against… the Thunder. Keep Reading…
Evaluating the Thunder’s deadline moves
The Thunder sent a player to another team for literally nothing and brought in a player for a second-round draft pick. That’s the kind of trade deadline this was.
With the hype building and some fans giving wild ultimatums about the necessity of the Thunder making a big deal, Sam Presti and his front office went for the small play. Essentially a favor deal sending Eric Maynor to Portland for a trade exception, and a move to bring in Ronnie Brewer from New York for a 2014 pick.
Watching Maynor go is kind of sad, but that was expected, and necessary. He wanted a chance to prove himself worthy of a contract and wasn’t ever going to get it in OKC. So the story of this deadline for the Thunder is the acquisition of Brewer and what that means. Keep Reading…