Floppy? And now I know why this guy is a joke. Harden had a bad stretch this series, it happens. But can you seriously say that OKC would not have gotten past the first 3 rounds without Harden? Perkin, I will agree is situational use, not starting. Ibaka would be the better starter. But, to sit here and claim that OKC was a joke is stupid.

Picker, you keep giving me more reasons not to read your articles, the only reason I keep reading them is the train wreck mentality, you want to look away but its so horrific you can't.

Seriously? You people dissing Perk are hilarious. Dude was a starter on a title winning team, and his knee injury in the 2010 Finals was THE difference between him but being on not one, but TWO title teams. Perk has never been a scorer so expecting him to magically turn into one in OKC is laughable. He brought a lot more than that to the table, though. I'll admit to not having watched him much since leaving the Celtics so I'll go ahead and concede that it's possible he could have lost a step following his knee injury, thereby affecting his play since he's been in OKC.

The bottom line for OKC is that they play finesse ball in the conference where finesse ball is okay to play (with a few exceptions). The East is where defense and tough ball is played for the most part. I still remember a tweet from Jenni Carlson of the Oklahoman during earlier rounds of the playoffs while she was watching a game in the Heat/Knicks series, I believe. It was an ugly game with a low score in the 3rd. The gist of her tweet was that there was no offense played in the East, and she was glad she covered a team that could play offense in the West. Perhaps the difference is not the offense, but rather the lesser defense played in the West? The bottom line in this series is that Miami was just too physical and honestly, played too much defense for OKC to overcome.

OKC has to figure out a way to pass Miami without the benefit of having a play to run.

Razor, the bottom line was not physicality. It was we couldn't figure out Labron. We doubled all day and went with a small line up hoping they wouldn't hit jumpers... Guess what? They did. By the way... each game was a toss up before last night. I argue, their wasn't a big gap between the two teams. You know the gods are looking down on you when you hit a record 14 three's and Mike Miller leads you in scoring. Bottom line. The Heat role players stepped up offensively and ours didn't.

Wow, Pick...you're up to 9 comments. Another 190 and you'll be up in cartoon territory.

Maybe you just need better media?

John Wooden said basketball is about one thing: "field goal percentage". The rest is just talk.

If "ands" or "buts" were "candy" and "nuts",
oh, what a constipated season we'd have!
Interesting year. But....
Don't look for OKC or Miami in the Finals next year.

Boulevard, I bet you can't find the last time I responded to one of the Pickers blogs. He has become irrelevant because it's the same old routine. I get it....he hates OKC talk radio....he hates OKC media....he hates anything OU. It's all stale, there's nothing new here....but hey, I guess some people just enjoy reheating the leftovers. Enjoy!