Winning Game 2 of the Western Conference finals May 19 on the road should have been a feel good story for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Instead, most of the discussion afterward was focused on a single negative aspect. During the fourth quarter, in which the team expanded a onepoint advantage to a lead of as […]
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Speculation on the Durant/ Westbrook situation in OKC
It ran five largely unwatched seasons while critics chastised the television-watching public for wasting their time with “Desperate Housewives” instead. Based on a popular Internet meme relating to the Oklahoma City Thunder, however, you would think it was the most popular program ever on television. Thanks to ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons, the dynamic Thunder duo […]
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NBA games are not decided by the theoretical
The result of the play, two points for OKC, gave the Thunder a 102-101 lead with one minute, five seconds remaining in the game. In the end, Denver lost 107-103. A day later, the NBA front office released a statement admitting that a mistake was made, that Perkins’ tip should have been waived off. Everyone […]
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That was then … this is now, Oklahoma City Thunder fans
As fans, we watched the team stay in playoff position from start to finish; we saw Kevin Durant become the youngest player to win back-to-back scoring titles; and we witnessed Russell Westbrook leap into superstardom. Looking back, it’s hard to believe this is the same franchise that limped into Oklahoma City three years ago decimated […]
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Foes may fear Thunder’s new X factor, ‘The Beard’
Thabo Sefolosha will always frustrate the opposing team’s best perimeter scorer with his relentless defense, and Kendrick Perkins will do the same to a post player. Off the bench, Nick Collison is going to take a charge. This routine has worked wonderfully for the team through 70 games of the regular season. Yet, with the […]
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Lockout could be apocalyptic event for Thunder
While the team is the talk of the town, little of that talk has been about the foreboding event that could ruin everything. Right now, the Thunder/ Oklahoma City relationship is in the honeymoon stage. We all expected things to be a little rocky at first, and the first season’s 23-59 record was exactly that. […]
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Some midseason awards for the OKC Thunder
Some might point out that the Thunder have played 54 of their scheduled 82 regular season games, meaning that the season is far more than half over. That’s math, and as Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush taught us, math is a member of the axis of evil. As the players, coaches, league executives and those […]
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With trade winds blowing, Thunder have some options
Between now and Feb. 24, most discussion about the NBA will revolve around trade rumors. As that date gets closer, followers of the league will pontificate about which players are on the market. Some teams will throw in the towel for the season and shed high salaried players while other teams will seek to add […]
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Amazing haul turned Thunder into contender
The news of the Thunder’s 112-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets Jan. 19 was lost in the wake of surprise headlines when Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced that afternoon that his team, the New Jersey Nets, was no longer interested in acquiring Denver star Carmelo Anthony. This was shocking because most people were expecting Prokhorov […]
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Everything matters when it comes to charity stripe
Did the player wait the right amount of time before running off his screener? Was the pump fake convincing enough? Could the Thunder Girls’ outfits distract the defender for a split second? Everything matters. When it comes to the outcome of a game, the margin of error is even smaller. In games where teams regularly […]