OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Houndy]

Phil, the thrill of a double overtime is great.
My triple overtime loss is something I'll never forget, same with double ot in
the playoffs

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [15-0] vs Cleveland Cavaliers [12-11]

LeBron brilliance forces series into game 5



OKC - 28 26 33 17 104
CLE - 35 39 20 20 114

Player of the Game: LeBron James

Top Scorers
LeBron James - 39
Brandon Roy - 29
Russell Westbrook - 27
Kevin Durant - 25
Antawn Jamison - 17
Delonte West - 17
Devin Harris - 16
Anderson Varejao - 11

Assists
Devin Harris - 10
LeBron James - 6
Russell Westbrook - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 3
Anderson Varejao - 3

Rebounds
Antawn Jamison - 17
Greg Oden - 12
LeBron James - 11
Anderson Varejao - 8
Delonte West - 7
LaMarcus Aldridge - 6

Video Highlights
Westbrook finds Durant with the alley-oop pass.


Aldridge emphatically blocks Jamison.


Aldridge rebounds and fires out the pass to Green, who takes it all the way to the basket.


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I lead by 14 during the first. They lead by 25 during the second. Ridiculous amount of fouls called on my players.
I got the lead back down to 3 near the end of the third. Back up to 20 midway through the fourth.
I really felt like I was going to win going into the fourth. But it must of been my worst fourth quarter of the season.

[Andrew]

Hard luck, but with the series LeBron is having there's no shame in dropping one on the road. Seems to me the Cavs have simply salvaged a little dignity before the inevitable.

[Houndy]

It's better to win it in OKC

[Andrew]

That'll require another loss.

[Phil89]

??/6/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [15-1] vs Cleveland Cavaliers [13-11]

Thunder secure back to back Championships after brilliant game 5 in Cleveland



OKC - 37 32 27 27 123
CLE - 27 18 29 26 100

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
LaMarcus Aldridge - 30
Brandon Roy - 26
Devin Harris - 26
LeBron James - 24
Kevin Durant - 19
Antawn Jamison - 19
Russell Westbrook - 18
Jeff Green - 14
Delonte West - 13
Greg Oden - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 9
Devin Harris - 8
Brandon Roy - 5
Jeff Green - 5
Delonte West - 5

Rebounds
Anderson Varejao - 16
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Greg Oden - 9
Brandon Roy - 7
Antawn Jamison - 7
LeBron James - 6
Roy Hibbert - 5
Jeff Green - 5

Video Highlights
Durant slams it home over some defenders.


Green finishes with a double handed dunk.

[Phil89]

2011 NBA Champions - Oklahoma City Thunder



Finals MVP: Kevin Durant
28.7 PPG - 4.8 RPG - 1.9 APG - 0.9 BPG - 3.0 SPG

Record: 16-1
1st Round - UTA - 4-0
Semi Finals - HOU - 4-0
West Finals - DEN - 4-0
NBA Finals - CLE - 4-1

[Axel The Great]

Congratulations on the repeat! Shame you couldn't go 16-0, but a trophy is a trophy. Now go for that three-peat.

[Phil89]

2012 Off-Season

Players Released
Kenyon Martin
Boris Jones (Waived)
Roy Parrish (Waived)

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Re-Signings
Russell Westbrook - 22 - PG - 38.87m - 5 years
Serge Ibaka - 21 - PF - 5.72m - 4 years

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Drafted
Pick 30 - Allan Graham - 19 - PG - 185cm - 88kg
Pick 60 - Waived (No roster space)

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Retirements
Rafer Alston - Miami
Zydrunas Ilgauskas - Orlando
Grant Hill - Free Agent

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Free Agents Signings

Atlanta Hawks
Charlie Wilcox - 29 - PF - 11.71m - 2 years

Boston Celtics
Reggie Evans - 31 - PF - 23.42m - 4 years

Charlotte Bobcats
Shane Battier - 33 - SF - 11.71m - 2 years

Cleveland Cavaliers
Ronnie Price - 28 - PG - 11.71m - 2 years

Dallas Mavericks
Marcus Banks - 29 - PG - 23.42m - 4 years

Denver Nuggets
Patrick O'Bryant - 25 - C - 23.42m - 4 years
Justin Williams - 27 - PF - 2.56m - 3 years

Detroit Pistons
Derek Fisher - 37 - PG -2.32m - 1 year

Golden State Warriors
Yi Jianlian - 24 - PF - 11.71m - 2 years

Houston Rockets
Rasheed Wallace - 37 - PF - 5.85m - 1 year

Indiana Pacers
Delonte West - 28 - PG - 46.33m - 4 years
Zach Randolph - 30 - PF - 51.05m- 4 years
Shaquille O'Neal - 39 - C - 5.85m - 1 year

Los Angeles Clippers
Darrell Arthur - 23 - PF - 11.71m - 2 years

Los Angeles Lakers
Craig Smith - 27 - PF - 23.42m - 4 years

Memphis Grizzlies
Pau Gasol - 31 - PF - 32.49m - 2 years
DJ Augustin - 23 - PG - 35.75m - 4 years
Ronny Turiaf - 28 - PF - 11.71m - 2 years

Miami Heat
Ike Diogu - 28 - PF - 23.42m - 4 years

Milwaukee Bucks
Jamario Moon - 31 - SF - 23.42m - 4 years

Minnesota Timber Wolves
Marcus Camby - 37 - PF - 5.85m - 1 year

New Jersey Nets
Marc Gasol - 26 - C - 31.93m - 4 years
Samuel Dalembert - 30 - C - 9.28m - 2 years
Stromile Swift - 31 - C - 11.53m - 2 years

New Orleans Hornets
Oleksiy Pecherov - 25 - C - 23.42m - 4 years

New York Knicks
Keyon Dooling - 31 - PG - 22.47m - 4 years
Hamed Haddadi - 26 - C - 23.42m - 4 years

Oklahoma City Thunder
Danilo Gallinari - 23 - SF - 22.16m - 4 years
Arron Afflalo - 26 - SG - 1.71m - 2 years

Orlando Magic
Eddy Curry - 28 - C - 23.42m - 4 years

Philadelphia 76ers
Allen Iverson - 36 - SG - 2.25m - 1 year
Courtney Lee - 26 - SG - 5.85m - 1 year

Phoenix Suns
Brook Lopez - 23 - C - 36.40m - 4 years
Joe Alexander - 24 - SF - 11.71m - 2 years

Portland Trail Blazers
JR Smith - 26 - SG - 24.58m - 2 years
Mike Dunleavy - 31 - SF - 18.20m - 4 years
Matt Barnes - 31 - SF - 11.71m - 2 years

Sacramento Kings
Troy Murphy - 31 - PF - 22.41m - 4 years
Sean Williams - 25 - PF - 11.71m - 2 years

San Antonio Spurs
Gabe Pruitt - 25- PG - 11.71m - 2 years

Toronto Raptors
Aaron Gray - 26 - C - 23.42m - 4 years

Utah Jazz
Kosta Koufos 22 - C - 23.42m - 4 years

Washington Wizards
Josh McRoberts - 24 - PF - 23.42m - 4 years

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Roster

Starting Line-Up
C: Greg Oden
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge
SF: Kevin Durant
SG: Brandon Roy
PG: Russell Westbrook

Bench
Jeff Green
Roy Hibbert
Danilo Gallinari
James Harden
JJ Redick
Eric Maynor
Serge Ibaka

Inactive
Arron Afflalo
BJ Mullens
Allan Graham

[Bucket]

Phil89, I know this, game is not boring, but results. I do one dynasty and I finished first season with 71 wins, in hardest level, but games is very hard, this is on of Live problems.
But congrats on winning the ring

[Kenny]

Congrats on the title, without doubt you'd be the favourite for next season as well because your lineup is incredible.

Great signing in Gallinari and it's nice to see you give a contract to Arron Afflalo

[Phil89]

Congratulations on the repeat! Shame you couldn't go 16-0, but a trophy is a trophy. Now go for that three-peat.

The 1 game I did lose was probably my worst of the season. And the most annoying. I came back to within 3 points after being down by 25, but then I let it slip out to 20 again.

Phil89, I know this, game is not boring, but results. I do one dynasty and I finished first season with 71 wins, in hardest level, but games is very hard, this is on of Live problems.
But congrats on winning the ring

Yeah, I'm a little uncomfortable with the amount of wins I got. There were maybe 5-6 games I won easily because somehow the difficulty was on Pro.

Congrats on the title, without doubt you'd be the favourite for next season as well because your lineup is incredible.

Great signing in Gallinari and it's nice to see you give a contract to Arron Afflalo

I didn't really have any cap room after re-signing Westbrook so I had to find someone willing to take MLE.
Luckily this game is on the original rosters so everyone is on way less money.
Gallinari will be backup for Durant, with Green moving to PF to be backup for Aldridge. He did this last season when Aldridge or Oden got early fouls.
Afflalo will be lucky to see game time behind Roy, Redick and Harden. Though I might play Redick in front of Maynor at PG.

[Houndy]

That'll require another loss.

Forgot about the format in the Finals
Great job repeating. Hopefully, you can maybe go for 73-9

[Axel The Great]

There were maybe 5-6 games I won easily because somehow the difficulty was on Pro.

So that maybe explains the 40-point margins?

Gallinari should provide you effective three-point shooting, though he is a defensive liabliity. Great signing all the same. Also, Rockets have 'Sheed!!!

[Andrew]

Congrats on taking care of business in Game 5 to make it back-to-back championships! Seems the player who should've been MVP in the regular season prevailed in the Finals.

Some interesting offseason moves there, Shaq continues to bounce around the league. I like that you're standing pat for the most part.

[Phil89]

Yeah I guess I virtually traded Kenyon Martin for Gallinari.

[Phil89]

Might get this going again soon. Just spent 9 days up on the Sunshine Coast.

[Bucket]

Cool

[Andrew]

Good to hear. Hope you enjoyed your time away, love the Sunshine Coast.

[Phil89]

28/10/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [0-0] vs Phoenix Suns [0-0]

Thunder produce brilliant final quarter to overrun Suns



OKC - 22 29 20 40 111
PHX - 27 24 30 27 108

Player of the Game: Steve Nash

Top Scorers
Amare Stoudemire - 28
Brandon Roy - 28
Steve Nash - 27
LaMarcus Aldridge - 22
Kevin Durant - 21
Brook Lopez - 17
Jason Richardson - 14
Leandro Barbosa - 14
Russell Westbrook - 14
Greg Oden - 12

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 10
Steve Nash - 9
Greg Oden - 5
Brandon Roy - 4
Jason Richardson - 4

Rebounds
Brook Lopez - 17
Greg Oden - 11
Amare Stoudemire - 9
LaMarcus Aldridge - 7
Jason Richardson - 5
Leandro Barbosa - 4
Jeff Green - 4

Video Highlights
Westbrook finds Durant who finishes with a nice dunk.


Roy alley-oop pass to Durant.


Westbrook steals the ball from Nash, then takes it all the way to the basket.

[Phil89]

Good to hear. Hope you enjoyed your time away, love the Sunshine Coast.

Yeah it was a good holiday. Was a bit hard walking anywhere though as I had an operation on both my big toes a few days before I went.

[Andrew]

Ouch, bad timing.

Fine start to the season, a good first step towards a threepeat. Sounds like everyone's picking up where they left off.

[Phil89]

30/10/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [1-0] vs Los Angeles Clippers [0-0]

Roy leads Thunder to another comeback win



OKC - 18 27 23 39 107
LAC - 26 20 32 16 94

Player of the Game: Blake Griffin

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 35
Blake Griffin - 28
Kevin Durant - 24
Travis Outlaw - 16
Eric Gordon - 16
Jeff Green - 13
Drew Gooden - 12
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10

Assists
Baron Davis - 9
Russell Westbrook - 6
Greg Oden - 4
Eric Maynor - 3

Rebounds
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Drew Gooden - 12
Greg Oden - 10
Blake Griffin - 7
Travis Outlaw - 6
Chris Kaman - 6

Video Highlights
Roy drives to the rim and emphatically dunks.


Roy spins his way to the basket to give the Thunder their first lead of the night.

[.PorkyJoker.o6]

Phil89, Great Comeback win! one of the best!

[Andrew]

Seems as though the Clippers ran out of steam in the fourth and you just trampled them. Good stuff!