OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Phil89]

1/12/10

Conference Standings

Eastern Conference
1. TOR | 11-6 | N/A | .647
2. BOS | 12-6 | N/A | .667
3. CLE | 11-6 | N/A | .647
4. CHI | 10-5 | N/A | .667
5. ORL | 11-6 | N/A | .647
6. ATL | 8-7 | 2.0 | .533
7. WAS | 8-10 | 3.5 | .444
8. CHA | 8-8 | 2.5 | .500
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9. NYK | 8-9 | 3.0 | .471
10. IND | 7-8 | 3.0 | .467
11. DET | 6-10 | 4.5 | .375
12. PHI | 5-9 | 4.5 | .357
13. MIL | 5-12 | 6.0 | .294
14. MIA | 4-11 | 6.0 | .267
15. NJN | 4-14 | 7.5 | .222


Western Conference
1. OKC | 13-4 | N/A | .765
2. DEN | 11-6 | 2.0 | .647
3. UTA | 11-4 | 1.0 | .733
4. DAL | 10-6 | 2.5 | .625
5. GSW | 11-7 | 2.5 | .611
6. SAS | 10-8 | 3.5 | .556
7. PHX | 10-8 | 3.5 | .556
8. LAC | 10-10 | 4.5 | .500
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9. LAL | 9-9 | 4.5 | .500
10. NOH | 8-8 | 4.5 | .500
11. HOU | 7-9 | 5.5 | .438
12. MIN | 7-9 | 5.5 | .438
13. POR | 6-11 | 7.0 | .353
14. MEM | 5-9 | 6.5 | .357
15. SAC | 4-15 | 10.0 | .211

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League Leaders

Points Per Game
1. LeBron James - CLE - 29.5
2. Deron Williams - UTA - 28.7
3. Danny Granger - IND - 23.8
3. Rashard Lewis - ORL - 23.8
3. Baron Davis - LAC - 23.8

Rebounds Per Game
1. Yao Ming - HOU - 11.3
2. Greg Oden - POR - 11.2
3. Al Jefferson - MIN - 11.1
3. Dwight Howard - ORL - 11.1
5. Tyson Chandler - CHA - 10.9

Assists Per Game
1. Jameer Nelson - ORL - 9.8
2. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 8.4
3. Andre Miller - POR - 8.1
3. Chauncey Billups - DEN - 8.1
5. Stephen Curry - GSW - 7.7

Steals Per Game
1. Russell Westbrook - OKC - 3.1
2. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 2.2
3. Dwyane Wade - MIA - 1.8
3. Ron Artest - LAL - 1.8
5. 4 Players - 1.7

Blocks Per Game
1. LaMarcus Aldridge - OKC - 3.2
2. Dwight Howard - ORL - 3.0
3. Yao Ming - HOU - 2.9
4. Emeka Okafor - NOH - 2.5
5. Tyson Chandler - CHA - 2.4

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Awards

Players of the Month
East
LeBron James - CLE
29.5 PPG - 5.0 RPG - 1.5 APG - 1.6 BPG - 1.6 SPG

West
LaMarcus Aldridge - OKC
21.8 PPG - 17.2 RPG - 6.9 APG - 3.2 BPG - 4.9 SPG

Rookies of the Month
East
Rasheed Duffy - MIL
5.4 PPG - 3.3 RPG - 0.4 APG - 0.3 BPG - 0.3 SPG

West
Alan Edwards - MIN
9.9 PPG - 6.5 RPG - 0.6 APG - 0.8 BPG - 0.6 SPG


MVP Candidates
LaMarcus Aldridge - 21.8 PPG - 10.5 RPG - 2.1 APG - 3.2 BPG - 0.6 SPG
LeBron James - 29.5 PPG - 5.0 RPG - 1.5 APG - 1.6 BPG - 1.6 SPG
Baron Davis - 23.8 PPG - 0.9 RPG - 6.3 APG - 0.2 BPG - 1.4 SPG
Deron Williams - 28.7 PPG - 3.1 RPG - 5.2 APG - 0.0 BPG - 1.7 SPG
Rudy Gay - 17.5 PPG - 8.3 RPG - 3.4 APG - 2.0 BPG - 0.6 SPG

[Axel The Great]

Good to see LaMarcus Aldridge getting player of the month and being top in MVP Candidates.

[Clutch]

damn, i love those Sonics jerseys; reminds me of the Glove and Reignman

[Andrew]

Nice work putting that streak together, and another great screenshot with that dunk by Roy against the Spurs. Good to see you atop the league.

[Murat]

Who is number 53?

[Phil89]

Regen player.

[kibaxx7]

Quick, a drug testing for Aldridge!

[Phil89]

2/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [13-4] vs Utah Jazz [11-4]

Thunder take strangle hold in West after beating 2nd placed Jazz



OKC - 34 34 22 14 104
UTA - 22 22 20 26 90

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 27
LaMarcus Aldridge - 20
Rudy Gay - 20
Mehmet Okur - 20
Kevin Durant - 15
Carlos Boozer - 14
Russell Westbrook - 13
Andrei Kirilenko - 12
Deron Williams - 12
Ronnie Price - 12

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 7
Ronnie Price - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 4

Rebounds
Mehmet Okur - 11
Carlos Boozer - 11
Rudy Gay - 6
Andrei Kirilenko - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 5
Russell Westbrook - 5
Kevin Durant - 4

Video Highlights
Brandon Roy spins then dunks over Deron Williams

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James Harden makes a three point play.

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Roy with another spin move and this time finishes with a reverse two handed dunk.

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Aldridge sinks a tough jump shot to beat the buzzer in the third quarter.

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Durant behind the back then dunks emphatically.

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Westbrook may seem a surprise choice for POTG, but he also had 5 steals to go with his 13 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds.
Deron Williams ended up with 5 fouls and sat out most game. Thus his contribution was minimal.
I'm using a HDMI cable now and the difference is amazing. The videos should be better quality.
Also, Chicago is leading the Eastern Conference.

[Andrew]

You flat out dominated them in the first half. Did you rest your starters in the fourth?

[Phil89]

Yeah pretty much.

[Phil89]

4/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [14-4] vs Golden State Warriors [12-8]

Thunder destroy Warriors in 12th straight win



OKC - 29 31 18 35 113
GSW - 11 22 17 23 73

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 28
Brandon Roy - 23
Monta Ellis - 21
Stephen Curry - 18
LaMarcus Aldridge - 16
Jeff Green - 14
Rudy Gay - 13
Russell Westbrook - 13
Corey Maggette - 12

Assists
Brandon Roy - 5
LaMarcus Aldridge - 4
Rudy Gay - 4
Russell Westbrook - 4

Rebounds
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Rudy Gay - 8
Brandon Roy - 8
Andris Biedrins - 8
Jeff Green - 7
Ronny Turiaf - 5

Video Highlights
Durant intercepts a pass and takes it all the way to the basket.

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[Murat]

OKC goes great...

[Andrew]

Another team mercilessly steamrolled.

[Axel The Great]

I wonder what Clutch would say about this. You did something I can't do, and that's crush the Warriors.

[Phil89]

6/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [15-4] vs Los Angeles Clippers [11-11]

Lucky 13 for Thunder against Clippers



OKC - 21 32 18 22 93
LAC - 16 17 22 27 82

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Travis Outlaw - 20
Baron Davis - 20
Kevin Durant - 17
LaMarcus Aldridge - 16
Brandon Roy - 16
Rudy Gay - 15
Eric Gordon - 15
Russell Westbrook - 13
Blake Griffin - 11

Assists
Baron Davis - 10
Rudy Gay - 4
Brandon Roy - 4
LaMarcus Aldridge - 3
Russell Westbrook - 3

Rebounds
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Chris Kaman - 8
Drew Goodewn - 7
Kevin Durant - 6
Jeff Green - 5
Travis Outlaw - 5
Rudy Gay - 4
Blake Griffin - 4

Video Highlights
Rudy Gay two handed reverse dunk.

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Westbrook alley-oop pass to Aldridge.

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Aldridge steals the ball off Kaman then takes it all the way to the basket.

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Gay blocks Griffin, then Griffin blocks Gay.

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[Andrew]

Nicely done.

[Phil89]

7/12/10
Thunder, Portland complete trade


Oklahoma City have agreed a deal with Portland to send Rudy Gay and Kyle Weaver to the Trail Blazers in exchange for Greg Oden and Kyle Lowry.
The Thunder were keen to bring in another big man to take some pressure off Kevin Durant defensively and allow him to be more offensive.
It may seem like a risk trading a good all-rounder in Gay, but OKC have plenty of scoring options with Durant, Roy and Aldridge all averaging over 20 ppg this season.
It is believed Oden was the Thunder's second choice target, but after failing to reach a deal with the Lakers for Andrew Bynum they agreed a deal with Portland.
The injury prone Center will link up with former team mates Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge who were signed in the off-season.
He will also get a chance to play alongside Kevin Durant, the player overlooked by Portland with pick #1 in the 2007 draft in favour of Oden.

Oklahoma City
Rudy Gay - 24 years old - SF - 10.45m - 6 years - 62.72m total
20 GP - 20 GS - 17.3 PPG - 7.9 RPG - 3.4 APG - 2.0 BPG - 0.6 SPG

Kyle Weaver - 24 years old - PG - 1.07m - 2 years - 2.34m total
19 GP - 0 GS - 1.1 PPG - 0.2 RPG - 0.7 APG - 0.1 BPG - 0.5 SPG

Portland
Greg Oden - 22 years old - C - 6.64m - 2 years - 14.09m total
16 GP - 16 GS - 9.0 PPG - 10.4 RPG - 0.9 APG - 1.6 BPG - 0.4 SPG

Kyle Lowry - 24 years old - 4.61m - 4 years - 19.42m total
8 GP - 0 GS - 1.8 PPG - 0.4 RPG - 0.6 APG - 0.0 BPG - 0.1 SPG


In other news, the Thunder today released forward DJ White. He had been inactive all season and was in the final year of a 1.12m contract.

[Andrew]

Interesting trade, a bit of a gamble perhaps since Gay's been such a good player for you but hopefully Oden will shine and you can turn him into a superstar.

[Phil89]

8/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [16-4] vs Sacramento Kings [4-17]

Oden impressive on debut against poor Kings



OKC - 34 27 21 20 102
SAC - 18 18 15 21 72

Player of the Game: Greg Oden

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 28
Kevin Durant - 26
Greg Oden - 16
Raymond Felton - 15
Jeff Green - 14
Francisco Garcia - 12
Spencer Hawes - 10
Travis Diener - 10
Stromile Swift - 10
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10

Assists
Raymond Felton - 8
Greg Oden - 6
Kyle Lowry - 4
Kevin Durant - 3

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 15
Spencer Hawes - 10
Francisco Garcia - 10
Kevin Durant - 7
LaMarcus Aldridge - 6
Stromile Swift - 6
Jeff Green - 5

Video Highlights
Roy to Oden alley-oop style.

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Jeff Green given way too much time at the top of the key and takes advantage.

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[Phil89]

Interesting trade, a bit of a gamble perhaps since Gay's been such a good player for you but hopefully Oden will shine and you can turn him into a superstar.

Yeah but I figured I needed another big man because the only back up for Aldridge is Mullens. While I still have Jeff Green to replace Gay.

Strangely enough that was my 14th straight win and Sacramento's 14th straight loss.

[Andrew]

Definitely a nice debut from Oden. Did he have a few blocks to along with 16-15-6?

[Phil89]

Yeah, I think he sneaked a couple in.

[Phil89]

12/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [17-4] vs Minnesota Timberwolves [8-14]

15 straight as the Thunder hold on against Wolves



OKC - 20 38 18 18 94
MIN - 26 19 15 25 85

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 29
Brandon Roy - 20
Al Jefferson - 15
Alan Edwards - 15
Derek Fisher - 14
Ramon Sessions - 11
Greg Oden - 11
LaMarcus Aldridge - 11
Kevin Love - 10

Assists
LaMarcus Aldridge - 4
Greg Oden - 3
Russell Westbrook - 3
Kevin Love - 3
Derek Fisher - 3

Rebounds
Al Jefferson - 13
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Greg Oden - 8
Alan Edwards - 7
Kevin Love - 7

Video Highlights
Roy with a spin move and tough finish.

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Oden blocks it, then the Thunder get it up the floor quick for Roy to finish.

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Roy finishes with a massive dunk.

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[Andrew]

Nice work getting fifteen straight. I'd say that's a club record.

[Clutch]

pretty significant player swap but the added defense seems to be working; nice trade