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Thunderation
Published: 4/23/2012 4:59 PM
Last Modified: 4/23/2012 4:59 PM

Let's get one thing straight. The Lakers stink. There's no point guard worth a hoot. Kobe is wheezing. the coach and the center are fighting/pouting.

So: What's a team to do after somebody like World Goon Artest cheap-shots one of your best players, knocks him into mid-week?

Harden appeared to be sliding over to try to land a charging call.

Still, that's no reason to mutilate a guy.

You win the game, that's what you do. Scoreboard is payback.

If you're ahead by 18 points late in the third when World Goon Artest blindsides one of your finest, you stomp the bums into the court. Instead the Thunder played mushy and lost a manhood statement game for four reasons.

One, lousy end-game coaching. Somebody dribbles until two seconds are left then fires up a 30-footer. Possibly this is because the Thunder is a turnover machine, nobody can pass, can be trusted to handle the ball late.

Two, Westbrook is shooting bricks and is passing balloons. It has become clear how you guard him: back off and let him shoot, don't let him Thunderdunk.

Three, the offensive inside game stinks.

Four, bad management, getting Fisher from the Lakers was a joke. He couldn't guard a ref.


Reader Comments 10 Total
JS (10 months ago)
Or the Thunder spent a season's worth of energy being the best team in the first half of the season while older, more experienced teams such as the Spurs gradually built themselves into the best team in the second half, the one that counts. It looks to me like Durant and Westbrook need a break to get some fresh legs.
241362 (10 months ago)
Jump-shooting teams are fragile.
ouisok (10 months ago)
This is a sorry time of the year when that is all you can find to write about.
colhi64 (10 months ago)
OUISOK, it is a sorry time of year. No meaningful football to write about, basketball is all TU right now and that story is now worn out. Leaves Pro Basketball or baseball. Baseball shot itself in the foot years ago. So, until some local football player gets into trouble with the law, or Gundy gives us a good "I'm a man" rant we are doomed to Thunder and tennis. Shoot me now.
Golden Hurricane (10 months ago)
Oh great...a couple of college sports weasels have chimed in. Fellas, outside of your little cocoon, NO ONE cares about college sports. It's not the NFL, not MLB and not the NBA. College sports simply don't compare to the real thing.
The Picker (10 months ago)
GH is on the mark.

What's better, daydreaming about OU going to the Alamo Bowl to play Who Cares, or following and analyzing a big league sport like the NBA, featuring the world's best players?

The Thunder is the number one story of this year, and last year, and probably for many years to come. If OKC wins a championship, it will probably be the biggest sports story in the state's history. What's number one now is Tiger winning at Southern Hills, as that is a world championship, not some rinky dink college game.
colhi64 (10 months ago)
Not sure I agree with you , Pick. I have not watched pro sports in years, millionaires striking for more money turned me off. College guys play for free (most of them) and play for the love of the game (again, most of them). Pro's its all about me me me (most of them, again) and fat paychecks. I am not against what they make, I am against going on strike for more millions. Having said that, if we bet a BCS playoff, college football will zoom to new heights (most of it, the minor bowls will be less interesting). In pro basketball you can run from half court without dribbling for a slam dunk and refs never call traveling. Jump in the air without dribbling and here comes the whistles. Then the biggest thug in the league's name is World Peace. Give me a break. College hoops anytime for me.
colhi64 (10 months ago)
get* I need to learn to proofread.
241362 (10 months ago)
College hoops? One hundred percent flunk-out rate among the stars? Posturing, posing phony coaches?
Hula Hoop Bowl in football? Cheating teams out of a chance to win it all? Pros please.
Glenn616 (10 months ago)
When the game is tied late in the game, you don't shoot a contested 3 point shot. Instead, you go for 2 points. When the game is tied, you only need 2, not 3, points to win the game.
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