OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Axel The Great]

Now you have both the #1 and #2 picks from the 2007 draft.

[Phil89]

I like that it gives me more options. With Oden at center I can now choose between Aldridge and Green to partner Durant, depending on who I'm playing.
If it's a team like the Lakers who have Bynum, Gasol and Odom, I now have Oden at 7ft and Aldridge at 6 ft 11 to cover them better.
It worked pretty well against Minnesota who had Jefferson, Love and Edwards who were all 6 ft 10 or taller.
But if it's a team with less talls, I can play Green and he can add more perimeter scoring.

C - Oden, Mullens
PF - Aldridge, Ibaka
SF - Durant, Green
SG - Roy, Harden, Redick
PG - Westbrook, Lowry, Maynor

[cavs4872]

I like that lineup a lot. Who's the oldest player on your team now?

[Phil89]

On most sports game I tend to stick to young players as they give the longest return possible.

21 - Serge Ibaka, James Harden, BJ Mullens.
22 - Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook.
23 - Roy Parrish, Eric Maynor.
24 - Boris Jones, Kyle Lowry, Jeff Green.
25 - LaMarcus Aldridge.
26 - JJ Redick, Brandon Roy.

[Bucket]

Average team age is 23.14 , Amazing In my Thunders chise my team average age is 24.8

[Murat]

Really young... 1st and 2nd picks... Love it... Like Sonics Durant&Green show... Same team... Phil89's OKC is going brilliant...
BTW: This team needs an old guy: Old guy is experience. Mostly 1-2.

[Axel The Great]

Yes, it needs an old guy like Badger.

[Phil89]

14/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [18-4] vs Dallas Mavericks [14-8]

Roy rescues Thunder in classic encounter against Mavs



OKC - 34 15 36 38 123
DAL - 25 29 32 24 110

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Caron Butler - 35
Kevin Durant - 31
Brandon Roy - 31
Russell Westbrook - 19
Jason Terry - 18
LaMarcus Aldridge - 17
Greg Oden - 16
Dirk Nowitzki - 13
Sergio Rodriguez - 13
Jason Kidd - 10

Assists
LaMarcus Aldridge - 6
Russell Westbrook - 6
Brandon Roy - 5
Shawn Marion - 5
Jason Kidd - 5
Sergio Rodriguez - 5

Rebounds
Erick Dampier - 17
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Dirk Nowitzki - 9
Greg Oden - 8
Kevin Durant - 8
Shawn Marion - 6
Jamal Sampson - 6
Brandon Roy - 5
Jeff Green - 5

Video Highlights
Roy manages to sink the basket while getting fouled.

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Durant comes up with a big play late on with the scores close.

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Things were looking bad in the 3rd quarter. I was down by 10 and they had all the momentum.
Roy hadn't really been in the game in the first half, but in the 3rd he scored 16 points. Also Dirk picked up his 5th foul and sat out.
Butler and Terry fouled out late in 4th.

[Phil89]

17/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [19-4] vs Houston Rockets [12-13]

Green scores 32 off bench as Thunder make it 17 straight



OKC - 31 20 19 35 105
HOU - 28 24 13 31 96

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Jeff Green - 32
Kevin Martin - 30
Brandon Roy - 23
Yao Ming - 16
LaMarcus Aldridge - 15
Kevin Durant - 15
Luis Scola - 12
Aaron Brooks - 12
Trevor Ariza - 10
Russell Westbrook - 10

Assists
Aaron Brooks - 7
LaMarcus Aldridge - 5
Kevin Durant - 4
Russell Westbrook - 4
Trevor Ariza - 4

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 13
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Luis Scola - 12
Yao Ming - 9

Video Highlights
Westbrook spin move and tough finish over Brooks.

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Aldridge blocks Scola's shot, then runs the ball up the court before throwing the alley-oop pass to Oden.

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Roy blocks Yao, then completes a 3 point play at the other end.

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Durant to Green for the emphatic finish.

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[MassimoV]

nice block by roy and great win !

[Andrew]

Nice wins and yet another new club record. Good luck stretching it as far as you can.

[Phil89]

The Dallas game was the most challenging and exciting of the season.

I noticed that Portland are on a 13 game losing streak. I can't help but feel partly responsible for that, what with me taking all of their players and all.

[Lamrock]

Good god that's a stacked lineup! I seldom check in for my own reasons (see: Location), but its impressive that its still going strong.

[Phil89]

19/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [20-4] vs Memphis Grizzlies [7-14]

Durant shows his scoring touch against Grizzlies



OKC - 31 20 24 31 106
MEM - 15 28 21 30 94

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 35
Zach Randolph - 31
Brandon Roy - 26
OJ Mayo - 24
LaMarcus Aldridge - 18
Michael Conley - 18
Greg Oden - 14
Russell Westbrook - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 6
Michael Conley - 6
Greg Oden - 4
LaMarcus Aldridge - 4
Brandon Roy - 3
Antonio Daniels - 3

Rebounds
Brendan Haywood - 13
LaMarcus Aldridge - 11
Greg Oden - 9
Brandon Roy - 8
Kevin Durant - 7


Video Highlights
Aldridge with the block, Durant finishes with a layup.

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Greg Oden massive dunk.

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[MassimoV]

nice photo of Aldridge.Great start of the game,you killed them in the first

[Andrew]

Another nice win, I too like the Aldridge screen and that Oden dunk was pretty nice. Off the dribble, to boot.

[Phil89]

21/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [21-4] vs Boston Celtics [15-13]

Oden shows why Thunder traded Gay to get him



OKC - 33 34 17 20 104
BOS - 21 19 20 22 82

Player of the Game: Greg Oden

Top Scorers
Nate Robinson - 28
Kevin Durant - 25
Greg Oden - 24
Rajon Rondo - 19
Brandon Roy - 18
Jeff Green - 14
LaMarcus Aldridge - 11
Paul Pierce - 11

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 8
Rajon Rondo - 5
LaMarcus Aldridge - 4

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 17
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Kendrick Perkins - 10
Kevin Garnett - 9
Rasheed Wallace - 8

Video Highlights
Westbrook blocks the shot then Aldridge does the rest.

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Durant gets past Pierce with a nice move then dunks over Davis.

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Durant beats the buzzer with an impossible shot.

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A move made in Portland.

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Kyle Lowry beats the buzzer to end the third quarter in style.

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[Andrew]

Awesome game from Oden, that trade is certainly paying off. The Rockets' 22 game winning streak is within your reach, hope you can keep it up and beat the Lakers' all-time best.

[Phil89]

22/12/10
Thunder acquire Hibbert from Pacers


Oklahoma City have agreed a deal with Indiana that will see the Thunder receive center Roy Hibbert, while the Pacers will get Kyle Lowry in return.
The 24 year old point guard only recently joined the Thunder as part of the deal that saw Greg Oden and Rudy Gay swap teams.
Coach Scott Brooks is understood to have wanted a more established back up for Oden, with only 21 year old BJ Mullens on the bench.
With the recent departures of Kyle Weaver and Kyle Lowry, Eric Maynor will now get his chance at back up point guard.

Oklahoma City
Kyle Lowry - 24 years old - PG - 4.61m - 4 years - 19.42m total

Indiana
Roy Hibbert - 24 years old - C - 1.65m - 2 years - 3.40m total

[Phil89]

23/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [22-4] vs Chicago Bulls [15-11]

Bulls push Thunder all the way despite no Rose



OKC - 18 27 27 35 107
CHI - 25 19 22 34 100

Player of the Game: Brandon Roy

Top Scorers
Kirk Hinrich - 27
Kevin Durant - 24
Brandon Roy - 23
Luol Deng - 20
Steve Blake - 16
Russell Westbrook - 15
Jeff Green - 13
Joakim Noah - 11
Greg Oden - 11
LaMarcus Aldridge - 11
Taj Gibson - 10

Assists
Kirk Hinrich - 8
Brandon Roy - 6
Russell Westbrook - 4

Rebounds
LaMarcus Aldridge - 18
Hakim Warrick - 15
Joakim Noah - 11
Taj Gibson - 10
Greg Oden - 5
Brandon Roy - 5
Roy Hibbert - 4

Video Highlights
Durant with a nice spin move and lay-up.

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Greg Oden with tight defense on Deng and a big block.

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Westbrook alley-oop to Durant, who finishes with one hand.

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[Andrew]

Close call, but the streak remains intact.

[Phil89]

It was a great contest. Probably one of the best games I've played this season in terms of excitement and challenge. I'm glad Rose was injured.
Hibbert had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal in his debut off the bench.

[Phil89]

27/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [23-4] vs Washington Wizards [15-15]

Arenas leads Wizards to magical overtime victory, Thunder streak ends at 20



OKC - 32 28 17 23 17 117
WAS - 27 22 28 23 20 120

Player of the Game: Gilbert Arenas

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 36
Gilbert Arenas - 31
Josh Howard - 26
Brandon Roy - 25
Al Thornton - 25
Mike Miller - 19
Russell Westbrook - 16
Andray Blatche - 13
Greg Oden - 12
LaMarcus Aldridge - 12

Assists
Gilbert Arenas - 9
Mike Miller - 7
Brandon Roy - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 5
Josh Howard - 5

Rebounds
Andray Blatche - 18
Al Thornton - 18
LaMarcus Aldridge - 17
Gilbert Arenas - 9
Greg Oden - 8
Kevin Durant - 6
Javale McGee - 6
Josh Howard - 5
Mike Miller - 5
Jeff Green - 5

Video Highlights
Roy Hibbert takes the ball to the hoop.

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Oden blocks then Maynor picks out Harden to finish.

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[Justine.]

Ahh.. Finally the streak was ended Great game by Durant though. Al Thornton 18 rebounds

[Phil89]

I took the lead so many times during the overtime period, but they had it when it counted the most.