OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Phil89]

This game has lost it's excitement ever since I had to restart it. It's just not the same.
I played 100 games exactly in the original save. Really sucks that all that effort was for nothing.

I've been thinking about some of those challenge ideas in the other thread and I feel like giving one a shot.
Maybe I'll start a game with New Jersey or New York. I really enjoy putting squads together, and with their expiring contracts it could be fun.

[Andrew]

Understandable, as I said I'd have a hard time getting back into it after what happened.

[|)e8*]

If you do start a new one, I suggest you use simulation intervention

[kibaxx7]

Yep, do what De8 says... it would be nice to see you playing with a revamped Nets squad.

[Phil89]

I'll hopefully have a positive update for this soon

[Andrew]

Good to hear.

[Phil89]

I figured out a way to basically get back to the point I was at before I saved over my last game.
I started a new Thunder Dynasty and added several superstars to my team to ensure I got lots of wins and made the playoffs.
Just before the trade deadline I returned all the players to their rightful teams and simmed the rest of the season.
In the playoffs I changed the settings to 2 minute quarters, 1 game series and rookie difficulty to make it easy to win the Finals.
Won all the games easily, (Ironically beating Boston in the Finals), and now I'll start from the 2011 off-season.

I solved my internet problem so now I can post the game reports from the end of the playoffs with pictures and videos.
I played the remaining Finals games against Boston in free play mode after editing the rosters to match this Dynasty.

[Phil89]

??/5/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [10-0] vs Los Angeles Lakers [8-3]

Lakers hit back in game 3 to keep series alive



OKC - 17 30 29 33 109
LAL - 21 35 30 31 117

Player of the Game: Kobe Bryant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 52
Kobe Bryant - 40
Rudy Gay - 22
Manu Ginobili - 22
Jeff Green - 19

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 11
Derek Fisher - 7
Manu Ginobili - 6

Rebounds
Lamar Odom - 16
Al Jefferson - 15
Ben Wallace - 11
Kevin Durant - 9

Video Highlights
Rudy Gay with an impressive spin move and dunk.

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Durant massive dunk over Ron Artest.

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[Phil89]

??/5/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [10-1] vs Los Angeles Lakers [9-3]

Thunder are on the brink of the NBA Finals after win in LA



OKC - 37 16 24 32 109
LAL - 20 32 21 19 92

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 45
Kobe Bryant - 31
Russell Westbrook - 22
Rudy Gay - 19
Lamar Odom - 19

Assists
Manu Ginobili - 7
Ron Artest - 5

Rebounds
Ben Wallace - 12
Jeff Green - 11
Al Jefferson - 11
Andrew Bynum - 10
Kobe Bryant - 8

Video Highlights
Durant climbs over Bynum to slam home.

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Westbrook hits a 3 right on the final buzzer.

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[Phil89]

??/5/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [11-1] vs Los Angeles Lakers [9-4]

Thunder win game 5 to progress to NBA Finals



OKC - 18 24 21 35 98
LAL - 22 24 22 22 90

Player of the Game: Kobe Bryant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 34
Kobe Bryant - 24
Jeff Green - 23
Manu Ginobili - 23
Russell Westbrook - 19

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 5
Manu Ginobili - 5

Rebounds
Al Jefferson - 14
Ben Wallace - 11
Lamar Odom - 9
Kobe Bryant - 9

Video Highlights
Jeff Green with an emphatic block on Andrew Bynum.

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Green finishes after a nice pass from Westbrook.

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Western Conference Finals
(1) OKC vs LAL (2) - OKC wins series 4-1

Eastern Conference Finals
(1) CLE vs BOS (3) - BOS wins series 4-2

[Phil89]

NBA Finals

Oklahoma City Thunder [RS: 63-19] [PO: 12-1] vs Boston Celtics [RS: 47-35] [PO: 12-5]

OKC won season series 2-0

It is a very interesting match-up.
The young guns in their first playoffs vs the veterans looking for another Championship.
The newest franchise vs the second most successful franchise.

Key Match-Ups
Jeff Green - PF - Kevin Garnett
Kevin Durant - SF - Paul Pierce
Rudy Gay - SG - Ray Allen
Russell Westbrook - PG - Rajon Rondo

[Phil89]

??/6/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [12-1] vs Boston Celtics [12-5]

Veteran Celtics grab impressive road win in game 1



OKC - 22 25 16 23 86
BOS - 30 18 32 25 105

Player of the Game: Kevin Garnett

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 33
Ray Allen - 28
Rajon Rondo - 22
Paul Pierce - 18

Assists
Kevin Garnett - 7
Paul Pierce - 6
Rajon Rondo - 6
Russell Westbrook - 5

Rebounds
Kevin Garnett - 14
Rasheed Wallace - 12
Ben Wallace - 8

Video Highlights
Westbrook 3 point play.

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Jeff Green gets rewarded for his excellent defensive pressure.

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[Phil89]

??/6/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [12-2] vs Boston Celtics [13-5]

Thunder hit back to level series at 1-1



OKC - 23 31 28 27 109
BOS - 18 33 21 28 100

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 35
Paul Pierce - 29
Rudy Gay - 28
Ray Allen - 25
Jeff Green - 23

Assists
Rajon Rondo - 17

Rebounds
Jeff Green - 13
Rasheed Wallace - 13
Kevin Garnett - 12
Ben Wallace - 10
Kendrick Perkins - 8

Video Highlights
Rudy Gay with another impressive dunk.

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Durant spins past 2 defenders then dunks.

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[Phil89]

??/6/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [13-2] vs Boston Celtics [13-6]

Thunder grab vital road win in game 3



OKC - 30 32 31 29 122
BOS - 18 21 35 26 100

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 31
Rudy Gay - 28
Rasheed Wallace - 23
Paul Pierce - 22
Russell Westbrook - 17

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 8
Rajon Rondo - 8

Rebounds
Rasheed Wallace - 14
Kevin Durant - 11
Kevin Garnett - 10
Ben Wallace - 9
BJ Mullens - 9

Video Highlights
Durant blocks a shot, then plays 1-2 with Green who finishes.

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Durant gets the loose ball, brings it down the court and fires in a 3.

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Ben Wallace shows his hunger for the ball by beating 2 defenders to the rebound.

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[Phil89]

??/6/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [14-2] vs Boston Celtics [13-7]

Championship within reach for Thunder after gutsy win in game 4



OKC - 21 19 24 28 92
BOS - 18 18 23 29 88

Player of the Game: Rasheed Wallace

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 32
Rudy Gay - 28
Rajon Rondo - 20
Rasheed Wallace - 18
Paul Pierce - 18
Jeff Green - 14
Kevin Garnett - 14
Ray Allen - 14
Russell Westbrook - 13

Assists
Rajon Rondo - 8
Ray Allen - 7


Rebounds
Rasheed Wallace - 16
Kevin Garnett - 13
Ben Wallace - 10
Jeff Green - 8
Kevin Durant - 6
Paul Pierce - 6

Video Highlights
Ben Wallace with 2 great blocks to stop the Celtics scoring.

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Rudy Gay doing what he does best.

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[Phil89]

??/6/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [15-2] Boston Celtics [13-8]

Historic day as Oklahoma City are crowned NBA Champions



OKC - 24 27 29 32 112
BOS - 23 20 30 30 103

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 34
Rajon Rondo - 22
Jeff Green - 22
Rudy Gay - 20
Russell Westbrook - 20
Rasheed Wallace - 20
Ray Allen - 20
Paul Pierce - 19
Kevin Garnett - 16

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 10
Rajon Rondo - 6

Rebounds
Rasheed Wallace - 12
Ben Wallace - 10
Kevin Garnett - 9
Jeff Green - 6

Video Highlights
He does this every game.

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Jeff Green blocks a shot then sinks a 3 at the other end.

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With the game in the balance in the finals minutes, Durant comes up big.
He blocks Pierce's shot, then plays a nice 1-2 with Green before slamming it home.

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[Phil89]

2010 NBA Champions - Oklahoma City Thunder



Finals MVP: Kevin Durant

Record: 16-2
1st Round - SAS - 4-0
Semi Finals - HOU - 4-0
West Finals - LAL - 4-1
NBA Finals - BOS - 4-1

[Andrew]

Nice work, that was a creative solution. Congrats on the championship, hope you can follow it up with a repeat. Just be sure to save a backup copy of your Dynasty as you progress through the season.

[Phil89]

Haha yeah I'll make sure I have at least 50 copies at all times

[Phil89]

2011 Off-Season

Players Released
Kevin Ollie
Ben Wallace
Thabo Sefolosha

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Retirements
Kurt Thomas - Chicago Bulls
Chucky Atkins - Detroit Pistons
Anthony Parker - Cleveland Cavaliers
Anthony Johnson - Washington Wizards
Bobby Jackson - Milwaukee Bucks
Joe Smith - Free Agent
Dikembe Mutombo - Golden State Warriors

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Notable Re-Signings

Atlanta Hawks
Joe Johnson - 29 - SG - 14.17m - 2 years

Boston Celtics
Ray Allen - 35 - SG - 7.26m - 2 years
Glen Davis - 24 - PF - 4.50m - 2 years
Paul Pierce - 33 - SF - 15.14m - 4 years
Nate Robinson - 26 - PG - 7.76m - 4 years
Rajon Rondo - 24 - PG - 9.76m - 4 years

Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James - 25 - SF - 14.78m - 4 years

Dallas Mavericks
Dirk Nowitzki - 32 - PF - 17.97m - 4 years

Houston Rockets
Yao Ming - 30 - C - 12.75m - 4 years

Miami Heat
Dwyane Wade - 28 - SG - 14.87m - 4 years

Milwaukee Bucks
Michael Redd - 31 - SG - 15.10m - 2 years
John Salmons - 30 - SF - 10.44m - 2 years

New York Knicks
Chris Duhon - 28 - PG - 7.26m - 4 years
David Lee - 27 - PF - 7.78m - 4 years
Tracy McGrady - 31 - SG - 14.81m - 4 years

Oklahoma City Thunder
Rudy Gay - 24 - SF - 10.45m - 6 years

Phoenix Suns
Amare Stoudemire - 27 - PF - 12.17m - 4 years

San Antonio Spurs
Tim Duncan - 34 - PF - 9.52m - 2 years
Manu Ginobili - 33 - SG - 8.93m - 4 years

Toronto Raptors
Chris Bosh - 26 - PF - 13.05m - 2 years

Utah Jazz
Carlos Boozer - 28 - PF - 12.49m - 4 years

Washington Wizards
Josh Howard - 30 - SF - 12.03m - 2 years

After all the hype surrounding this free agent class the biggest names available were Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge.
All of the big name superstars re-signed with their teams. Much to everyone's disappointment.
And after clearing up a whole load of cap space, New York missed out and ended up re-signing McGrady, Lee and Duhon.

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Free Agents Signings

Atlanta Hawks
Joel Przybilla - 31 - C - 5.85m - 4 years

Charlotte Bobcats
Jose Barea - 26 - PG - 5.00m - 2 years
Channing Frye - 27 - PF - 4.35m - 4 years
Shaquille O'Neal - 38 - C - 3.28m - 1 year
Deshawn Stevenson - 29 - SG - 5.85m - 2 years

Chicago Bulls
Steve Blake - 30 - PG - 4.50m - 2 years
Will Bynum - 27 - PG - 4.85m - 2 years

Cleveland Cavaliers
Carl Landry - 27 - PF - 5.85m - 4 years

Dallas Mavericks
Sergio Rodriguez - 24 - PG - 5.85m - 4 years

Denver Nuggets
Kwame Brown - 28 - C - 5.85m - 4 years
Randy Foye - 27 - SG - 5.18m - 4 years

Detroit Pistons
Louis Amundson - 27 - PF - 5.85m - 4 years
Shelden Williams - 27 - C - 5.03m - 2 years

Golden State Warriors
Kelenna Azubuike - 26 - SG - 5.01m - 4 years
Renaldo Balkman - 26 - SF - 5.85m - 4 years

Houston Rockets
Josh Boone - 25 - C - 5.85m - 4 years
Sebastian Telfair - 25 - PG - 4.83m - 1 year

Indiana Pacers
Ronnie Brewer - 25 - SG - 4.98m - 2 years

Los Angeles Clippers
Rasual Butler - 31 - SG - 5.85m - 2 years

Memphis Grizzlies
Brendan Haywood - 30 - C - 3.98m - 4 years

Milwaukee Bucks
Patrick O'Bryant - 24 - C - 5.85m - 1 year

Minnesota Timber Wolves
Derek Fisher - 36 - PG - 5.41m - 1 year
Earl Watson - 31 - PG - 4.30m - 2 years
Marcus Williams - 24 - PG - 5.12m - 4 years

New Jersey Nets
Al Harrington - 30 - PF - 4.51m - 4 years
Stephen Jackson - 32 - 4.84m - 2 years

New York Knicks
Josh Powell - 27 - PF - 5.85m - 4 years
Tyrus Thomas - 24 - PF - 5.30m - 4 years

Oklahoma City Thunder
LaMarcus Aldridge - 25 - PF - 10.42m - 4 years
JJ Redick - 26 - SG - 1.58m - 4 years
Brandon Roy - 26 - SG - 11.86m - 6 years

Orlando Magic
Zydrunas Ilgauskas - 35 - C - 5.85m - 1 year

Philadelphia 76ers
Richard Hamilton - 32 - SG - 10.64m - 2 years
Kyle Korver - 29 - SG - 5.85m - 2 years

Phoenix Suns
Will Solomon - 32 - PG - 5.85m - 2 years

Portland Trail Blazers
Allen Iverson - 35 - SG - 5.41m - 1 year
Kyle Lowry - 24 - PG - 4.61m - 4 years

Sacramento Kings
Travis Diener - 28 - PG - 4.47m - 4 years
Raymond Felton - 26 - PG - 7.80m - 4 years
Roko Ukic - 26 - PG - 5.17m - 4 years

San Antonio Spurs
Larry Hughes - 31 - SG - 5.08m - 2 years
Brad Miller - 34 - C - 5.85m - 2 years

Utah Jazz
Mike James - 35 - PG - 5.85m - 1 year

For some reason these 3 teams decided to sign more point guards despite the fact that they all have a good young one already.
CHI - Hinrich, Rose, Bynum, Blake, Law, Murray.
MIN - Sessions, Fisher, Williams, Watson, Flynn.
SAC - Udrih, Felton, Ukic, Diener, Evans, Jaric.

Redick was actually my second choice, but I didn't quite have enough cap room for Tony Allen and I didn't want to use my MLE on him.
To be honest though, I only signed him as a back-up for Roy and Harden.

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Roster

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

Bench
Jeff Green
BJ Mullens
James Harden
Kyle Weaver
Serge Ibaka
JJ Redick
Eric Maynor

Inactive
Boris Jones
Roy Parrish
DJ White

[Phil89]

29/10/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [0-0] vs Atlanta Hawks [0-0]

Thunder overcome Hawks with late push



OKC - 18 26 26 27 97
ATL - 23 20 23 18 84

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 25
Mike Bibby - 24
LaMarcus Aldridge - 22
Rudy Gay - 20
Joe Johnson - 20
Kevin Durant - 17
Marvin Williams - 14
Al Horford - 12

Assists
Mike Bibby - 7
Rudy Gay - 6

Rebounds
LaMarcus Aldridge - 17
Rudy Gay - 10
Al Horford - 10
Marvin Williams - 8
Josh Smith - 7
Joe Johnson - 7

Video Highlights
LaMarcus showing nice touch around the hoop.

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Rudy takes the contact and still scores.

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[Andrew]

Good stuff, though I'd still play Durant at power forward in a Nellieball-like lineup.

[Martti.]

Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James - 25 - SF - 14.78m - 4 years

What the hell? And what's with everyone's 1-3M salary?

[Phil89]

What do you mean?

[Andrew]

Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James - 25 - SF - 14.78m - 4 years

What the hell? And what's with everyone's 1-3M salary?

I believe Phil is presenting the annual salary, not the total value of the contracts.