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Thunder bounce back and whack the Wolves, 106-84

by Royce Young on January 9, 2013 at 10:26 pm 228 Comments

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I don’t know what it was about tonight’s game. Maybe it was the terrible first quarter where the Thunder and Wolves each scored just 16 points. Maybe it was the relaxed atmosphere in the area. Maybe it was the fact the Wolves were without Kevin Love.

But despite winning by 22 and bouncing back nicely from a disappointing loss to the Wizards on Monday, there was a very matter-of-fact-ho-hum-feeling about this win. Most likely, it was just the tone set in the first quarter and the methodical way the Thunder built the lead. No explosive runs (heh), no highlight plays, no major momentum shifts. Just a steady wear-down of an overmatched, wounded opponent. Keep Reading…

Timberwolves vs. Thunder: Pregame Primer

by Royce Young on January 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm 1,469 Comments

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Minnesota Timberwolves (16-15, 6-10 road) vs. OKC Thunder (26-8, 17-3 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), Wolves– 103.6 (19th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 103.7 (9th), Wolves – 103.2 (7th)
Pace: Thunder – 92.4 (8th), Wolves – 92.2 (9th)

View from the enemy: A Wolf Among Wolves

Oh, boy here we go again. A team playing the Thunder without their best player. The Wolves don’t have Kevin Love who re-fractured his hand, which naturally means Derrick Williams is headed for a new career-high. Start preparing yourselves now. Keep Reading…

Wednesday Bolts – 1.9.13

by Royce Young on January 9, 2013 at 10:48 am 177 Comments

BoltsLogoNew1David Thorpe of ESPN Insider: “Westbrook’s will to win pushes him to an interesting conundrum. When he is making shots, he distributes the ball beautifully, orchestrates a devastating attack and is ready to explode when the defense spreads out to cover their scorers. When he is missing shots, he wants to keep shooting as if he must be the one to get his team going. Mediating that urge is simply part of a player’s maturation process. The Thunder are scoring 110.5 points per 100 possessions, which is the league’s best and a full two points better than what the San Antonio Spurs led the league with last season. When Westbrook is making shots as well as distributing them, the Thunder can easily continue leading the league in scoring efficiency. Indeed, they won four of their past six games by double figures, including huge blowouts over hot teams (Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors) on the road.”

Mike Wise of the Washington Post on KD’s MVP chances: “Steve Nash. Larry Bird. Mark Price. Reggie Miller. Dirk Nowitzki. That’s it. That’s the list. And Nash and Bird are the only players to do it more than one season. Durant is now on pace to become No. 6 in the .50/.40/.90 club. Third in scoring, he takes two fewer shots per game than LeBron and Carmelo, the other two genuine MVP candidates. He’s also averaging career highs in assists, steals and blocks. As good a season as Anthony is having, Durant is a better defender; he plays both ends of the court as well as anyone outside of LeBron. And clutch, so clutch.” Keep Reading…

Tuesday Bolts – 1.8.13

by Royce Young on January 8, 2013 at 10:41 am 1,007 Comments

BoltsLogoNew1Jonah Bromwich of Off the Dribble on 50-40-90: “There is still a lot of season left. And while Durant has built a small cushion with his 3-point and field goal averages, he will need to stay focused at the line to join the ranks of the 40-50-90 pantheon. His free throw percentage in his last five games was just under 90 percent, and with only a tiny buffer between his current percentage and the dreaded 89 percent, every missed free throw represents a missed opportunity.”

From Elias: “The Wizards, who entered Monday with a record of 4-28 (.125), posted a 101-99 home win over the defending Western Conference-champion Thunder. Last month, Washington brought a 1-13 (.071) record into a victory over the defending NBA champions, the Heat. Only one other NBA team has ever posted victories over each of the previous season’s finalists in games it entered with a winning percentage under .200 (minimum 10 games). In 2004-05, the Hawks were 3¬-15 when they defeated the defending-champion Pistons, and 9-37 at the time of their victory over the Lakers, the runners-up in 2003-04.” Keep Reading…

OKC falls in a headscratcher to the Wizards, 101-99

by Royce Young on January 7, 2013 at 9:17 pm 492 Comments

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I thought they had learned.

Evidently not.

Much like last season when the Thunder fell in Washington to the lowly Wizards, Oklahoma City dropped a headscratcher to the now 5-28 Wizards, 101-99. That’s right, that’s the Wizards fifth win of the season. OKC got that on Nov. 11. Didn’t matter tonight though.

Even when it seemed that Kevin Durant might’ve rescued the Thunder from embarrassment with a ridiculous 3 to tie the game at 99-99 with 36 seconds left, this was a terrible, awful, very no-good performance by OKC. Even if the Thunder found a way to win, it wasn’t going to excuse the fact that they went nearly 11 minutes without a basket in the second half, missed 16 straight shots and allowed the Wizards to score a hundred points. Keep Reading…

Thunder vs. Wizards: Pregame Primer

by Royce Young on January 7, 2013 at 4:57 pm 1,681 Comments

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OKC Thunder (26-7, 9-4 road) at Washington Wizards (4-28, 3-13 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: 6:00 CT

Offensive Rating: Thunder – 113.1 (1st), Wizards– 95.2 (30th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 103.5 (9th), Wizards – 104.1 (11th)
Pace: Thunder – 92.5 (8th), Wizards – 91.2 (20th)

View from the enemy: Truth About It

January 18th, 2012. Riding a seven-game win streak and heading to D.C. to take on a one-win Wizards squad, the Thunder completely fell on their face, losing 105-102. Keep Reading…

Thunder Player Power Rankings: High standards

by Royce Young on January 7, 2013 at 12:11 pm 250 Comments

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Funny how high our standards can be. The Thunder went 3-1 this week, but it felt like they played kind of bad.

It seems like it really wasn’t good enough, mainly because that home loss to the Nets was so ugly. Russell Westbrook told us not to go bananas. But some people probably went bananas anyway.

The Thunder have won five of their last six, but still, we all tend to focus a lot more on what they’re doing wrong than what they’re doing right. Why? Because their standard of performance is high for themselves. They expect better too.

And like I said after Westbrook’s comment, when your team routinely wins seven out of every 10 games it plays, losses tend to stick out more. Wins like the ones over the 76ers and Raptors were mostly routine, taking-care-of-business affairs. But a double-digit home loss to the Nets? That’s something. We notice that. And there’s a lot more to talk about. Keep Reading…

Monday Bolts – 1.7.13

by Royce Young on January 7, 2013 at 10:52 am 59 Comments

BoltsLogoNew1From Elias: “Russell Westbrook scored 23 points and Kevin Durant added 22 in the Thunder’s 104-92 win at Toronto. It was the fifth consecutive game in which both Westbrook and Durant scored at least 20 points. They had two such streaks of at least five games last season. Only two other pairs of teammates did so even once during that time: Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum (5 games last season) and Stephen Curry and David Lee (5 games last month).”

Marc Stein’s power rankings: “Tough to move the Thunder up after the shock of (A) OKC getting spanked at home by the Nets and (B) Kevin Durant getting ejected near the end of that spanking. Can’t get too worked up about it, though, when KD & Co. are 17-3 in their last 20 games and 23-1 when they score 100 points.” Keep Reading…

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