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Thunder bounce back in style against Philly, 109-85

by Royce Young on January 4, 2013 at 11:02 pm 490 Comments

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I think if you were to look up “proper bounce back game” in the pretend dictionary that would contain such a thing, this game would likely be referenced.

Serge Ibaka summed it up pretty well:

“It was a tough game against the Brooklyn Nets and we had to bounce back. That is how a good team works.”

Coming off a rather disgusting home loss to the Nets on Wednesday, the Thunder were hosting a capable 76ers squad. It was moderately close for two and a half quarters before the Thunder, as they should, asserted themselves on both ends of the floor and closed the game well, winning the second half 63-43. Keep Reading…

76ers vs. Thunder: Pregame Primer

by Royce Young on January 4, 2013 at 3:59 pm 1,052 Comments

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Philadelphia 76ers (15-18, 6-11 road) vs. OKC Thunder (24-7, 16-3 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: 7:00 CT

Offensive Rating: Thunder – 113.0 (1st), Sixers– 102.6 (21st)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 104.0 (11th), Sixers – 105.3 (14th)
Pace: Thunder – 92.5 (8th), Sixers – 90.4 (23rd)

View from the enemy: Philadunkia

Considering how the last home game went, you’d think — you’d think — the Thunder would come out tonight kind of angry. But that doesn’t always happen. Because honestly, I thought the energy Wednesday against the Nets was good, it was just the defense wasn’t. Keep Reading…

Friday Bolts – 1.4.13

by Royce Young on January 4, 2013 at 10:57 am 203 Comments

BoltsLogoNewDarnell Mayberry: “Pump your brakes if you’re going bananas. But by all means pay attention to whether the Thunder is sustaining the level of play it has set out to this season. And over the past three weeks, not even the biggest optimist can claim that’s been the case. Oklahoma City is just 3-3 in its past six games. But even those wins, and a few victories before them, the Thunder had significant trouble stringing together four quarters of quality basketball.”

Very interesting stuff from Henry Abbott of TrueHoop on Steve Novak’s defense: “What Synergy does, and what most NBA teams pay mightily for, is employ an army of people to watch every second of hoops in the NBA and other leagues and categorize every single play various ways — for instance, as a spot-up, isolation or pick-and-roll. Then those plays are fed into an ever-changing database where you can look up all kinds of things that were never available any other way. Statistics aren’t the final word in much of anything in basketball, especially when it comes to defense, which is really not well-converted into numbers anywhere. Any individual defensive ratings are guaranteed, at this point in history, to miss a lot.” Keep Reading…

Film Study: The Slip

by Royce Young on January 3, 2013 at 2:59 pm 536 Comments

Most of the Thunder’s game against the Nets was very ugly. But there one very pretty play: The little Russell Westbrook slip play.

I broke down this set last season, as it was clearly a new play Scott Brooks and his staff developed for crunchtime situations to get Kevin Durant the ball in a workable spot on the floor. And it’s been one of the most successful sets OKC has late in games. Excellent play, really. Very effective.

But the way the Thunder ran it Wednesday against Brooklyn had a small wrinkle: Normally Kevin Martin would be the player delivering the ball to Kevin Durant as Westbrook set a down screen on his man, but this time, it was Kendrick Perkins. Keep Reading…

Thursday Bolts – 1.3.13

by Royce Young on January 3, 2013 at 11:16 am 185 Comments

BoltsLogoNewDarnell Mayberry on how bananas you should be: “I’m not saying go bananas. I’d never say do that. But the Thunder hasn’t exactly played well lately. You can say OKC is 24-7 and yada yada ya. But the fact of the matter is this team has had some extremely disturbing stretches, periods or halves. This team is good enough to win on most nights, and that’s precisely what it’s done for the most part. But believe me, what we’re watching right in no way is the identity this team wants to have. There’s too much inconsistency. Too many breakdowns. This team’s goal this season and beyond is to sustain a level of performance, against good teams and bad, and right now that just isn’t happening.”

Rob Mahoney of SI.com lists Serge Ibaka as one of his most improved: “If Kendrick Perkins is to blame for the Thunder’s overly conventional lineups with two court-clogging big men, Ibaka could rightly be credited for some of the team’s push-back solvency. If nothing else, Perkins’ very presence has forced Ibaka to stretch his game over the past few seasons, and this season we’ve begun to see the considerable payoff from that evolution.” Keep Reading…

Thunder lose their cool late against the Nets, 110-93

by Royce Young on January 2, 2013 at 11:05 pm 350 Comments

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There’s something about P.J. Carlesimo being inside The Peake and the Thunder playing terrible.

It can’t be a coincidence. Maybe seeing him patrol the sidelines with that constantly furrowed brow and his arms always crossed made the Thunder snap back to 2008. Because what other reason is there to explain the Thunder giving up 61 first half points and completely collapsing late in the fourth? In all seriousness, it felt a whole lot like one of those ugly “They’ll learn from this” losses that were commonplace in 2008.

The last six minutes of the game, the Thunder scored eight total points. Shame in that is that right before, Oklahoma City scratched, hustled and clawed its way back from a 23-point first half deficit to tie the game 85-85 with seven minutes left.

And then the Thunder got stupid. Keep Reading…

Nets vs. Thunder: Pregame Primer

by Royce Young on January 2, 2013 at 4:46 pm 1,813 Comments

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Brooklyn Nets (16-15, 5-8 road) vs. OKC Thunder (24-6, 16-2 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: 7:00 CT

Offensive Rating: Thunder – 113.3 (1st), Nets– 106.2 (11th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 103.4 (9th), Nets – 106.5 (21st)
Pace: Thunder – 92.5 (8th), Nets – 87.8 (29th)

View from the enemy: The Brooklyn Game

Tonight, Thunder coaching legend P.J. Carlesimo returns to Oklahoma City in what’s assured to be an emotional night at The Peake. What’s that? Oh yeah. The Thunder went 1-12 under Carlesimo, and 20-62 with the Sonics in 2007-08. Keep Reading…

What’s up with Russell Westbrook’s shot?

by Royce Young on January 2, 2013 at 2:52 pm 111 Comments

Russell Westbrook hasn’t shot the ball very well this year. It’s become a bit of A Thing. With Westbrook, the mid-range game is off, but he’s also not finishing. And it’s killing his shooting percentage, which is down to 40.4 percent, close to his rookie level of 39.8 percent.

Part of it is that Westbrook lacks consistency. Consider this: Westbrook hasn’t had back-to-back games where he’s shot 50 percent or above from the floor yet this season. In fact, Westbrook has only hit 50 percent of his shots six games out of 30.

On a TrueHoop TV, David Thorpe diagnosed it like this: Keep Reading…

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