OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Phil89]

29/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [23-5] vs Golden State Warriors [16-15]

Thunder show fighting spirit to win from 19 down against Warriors



OKC - 18 16 33 26 93
GSW - 28 20 23 15 86

Player of the Game: Greg Oden

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 29
Kevin Durant - 26
Stephen Curry - 21
Monta Ellis - 19
Andris Biedrins - 14
Corey Maggette - 14
Ronny Turiaf - 10
Greg Oden - 10
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 5
Stephen Curry - 5
Andris Biedrins - 3
Monta Ellis - 3

Rebounds
Andris Biedrins - 13
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Greg Oden - 7
Ronny Turiaf - 7
Corey Maggette - 7
Monta Ellis - 7
Brandon Roy - 6
Kevin Durant - 5

Video Highlights
Roy gets the ball on the baseline, then sinks a tough shot on his weaker hand.

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Westbrook steal, then Roy finishes with an amazing piece of skill. And 1.

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The most important of Oden's 6 blocks.

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[Martti.]

What jerseys do the Warriors have?

Sucks the streak didn't reach the Rockets 22, but winning 20 in a row after going 3-4 is pretty good.

[Phil89]

They're some kind of alternate home jersey.

[Clutch]

good god... those jerseys are F'ugly they deserved to choke a 19-pt lead wearing those

[Andrew]

Those jerseys are from the custom jersey contest for NBA Live 09. The winning jersey was included in NBA Live 10.

Sorry to hear that your streak came to an end but great effort to come back from 19 down against the Warriors.

[Phil89]

1/1/11

Conference Standings

Eastern Conference
1. ORL | 20-11 | N/A | .645 | +4 | [9-5]
2. CLE | 19-11 | 0.5 | .633 | +1 | [8-5]
3. IND | 15-12 | 3.0 | .556 | +7 | [8-4]
4. TOR | 18-13 | 2.0 | .581 | -3 | [7-7]
5. CHI | 16-13 | 3.0 | .552 | -1 | [6-8]
6. DET | 17-14 | 3.0 | .548 | +5 | [11-4]
7. BOS | 17-15 | 3.5 | .531 | -5 | [5-9]
8. CHA | 15-14 | 4.0 | .517 | = | [7-6]
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9. WAS | 16-16 | 4.5 | .500 | -2 | [8-6]
10. ATL | 14-15 | 5.0 | .483 | -4 | [6-8]
11. MIA | 12-18 | 7.5 | .400 | +3 | [8-7]
12. NJN | 13-19 | 7.5 | .406 | +3 | [9-5]
13. NYK | 12-19 | 8.0 | .387 | -4 | [4-10]
14. MIL | 11-18 | 8.0 | .379 | -1 | [6-6]
15. PHI | 10-19 | 9.0 | .345 | -3 | [5-10]


Western Conference
1. OKC | 24-5 | N/A | .828 | = | [11-1]
2. PHX | 21-10 | 4.0 | .677 | +5 | [11-2]
3. DAL | 19-9 | 4.5 | .679 | +1 | [9-3]
4. UTA | 16-12 | 7.5 | .571 | -1 | [5-8]
5. LAL | 19-14 | 7.0 | .576 | +4 | [10-5]
6. DEN | 18-13 | 7.0 | .581 | -4 | [7-7]
7. SAS | 18-13 | 7.0 | .581 | -1 | [8-5]
8. NOH | 15-14 | 9.0 | .517 | +2 | [7-6]
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9. GSW | 16-16 | 9.5 | .500 | -4 | [5-9]
10. HOU | 15-16 | 10.0 | .484 | +1 | [8-7]
11. MIN | 12-19 | 13.0 | .387 | +1 | [5-10]
12. LAC | 12-19 | 13.0 | .387 | -4 | [2-9]
13. MEM | 10-19 | 14.0 | .345 | +1 | [5-10]
14. SAC | 7-23 | 17.5 | .233 | +1 | [3-8]
15. POR | 7-25 | 18.5 | .219 | -2 | [1-14]

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League Leaders

Points Per Game
1. LeBron James - CLE - 25.9
2. Dwyane Wade - MIA - 24.9
3. Deron Williams - UTA - 24.8
4. Danny Granger - IND - 23.7
5. Kevin Durant - OKC - 23.4

Rebounds Per Game
1. Dwight Howard - ORL - 12.0
2. Al Jefferson - MIN - 11.1
3. LaMarcus Aldridge - OKC - 11.0
4. Yao Ming - HOU - 10.6
5. Greg Oden - OKC - 10.3

Assists Per Game
1. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 8.7
2. Jameer Nelson - ORL - 8.3
3. Chauncey Billups - DEN - 7.6
4. Jose Calderon - TOR - 7.5
5. Jordan Farmar - LAL - 7.4
5. Steve Nash - PHX - 7.4

Steals Per Game
1. Russell Westbrook - OKC - 3.5
2. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 2.1
3. Michael Redd - MIL - 1.8
4. 4 Players - 1.7

Blocks Per Game
1. LaMarcus Aldridge - OKC - 2.8
1. Dwight Howard - ORL - 2.8
3. Tyson Chandler - CHA - 2.7
3. Yao Ming - HOU - 2.7
5. 3 Players - 2.3

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Awards

Players of the Month
East
Dwyane Wade - MIA
27.0 PPG - 3.9 RPG - 2.6 APG - 1.9 BPG - 1.6 SPG

West
Kevin Martin - HOU
23.9 PPG - 3.2 RPG - 3.3 APG - 0.8 BPG - 1.3 SPG

Rookies of the Month
East
Rasheed Duffy - MIL
12.2 PPG - 6.6 RPG - 1.1 APG - 1.3 BPG - 0.4 SPG

West
Alan Edwards - MIN
12.3 PPG - 8.9 RPG - 1.0 APG - 0.7 BPG - 0.8 SPG


MVP Candidates
LaMarcus Aldridge - 18.6 PPG - 11.0 RPG - 2.7 APG - 2.8 BPG - 0.5 SPG
LeBron James - 25.9 PPG - 5.2 RPG - 1.8 APG - 1.9 BPG - 1.6 SPG
Kobe Bryant - 22.4 PPG - 3.4 RPG - 3.8 APG - 1.2 BPG - 1.3 SPG
Brandon Roy - 23.3 PPG - 3.9 RPG - 2.6 APG - 1.0 BPG - 1.7 SPG
Kevin Durant - 23.4 PPG - 4.4 RPG - 2.0 APG - 1.0 BPG - 1.6 SPG

[Phil89]

2 straight games in Sacramento up next. They have a 1-13 home record and the second worst overall record.

[Andrew]

Looks like you're on track to have a few players pick up awards this year.

[Phil89]

2/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [24-5] vs Sacramento Kings [7-23]

Durant leads Thunder to comfortable victory against Kings



OKC - 30 28 26 22 106
SAC - 22 16 27 21 86

Player of the Game: Brandon Roy

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 33
Beno Udrih - 23
LaMarcus Aldridge - 19
Brandon Roy - 16
Russell Westbrook - 16
Spencer Hawes - 15
Francisco Garcia - 14
Greg Oden - 12
Andres Nocioni - 11
Raymond Felton - 11

Assists
Raymond Felton - 9
Brandon Roy - 7
Russell Westbrook - 7

Rebounds
Spencer Hawes - 11
Francisco Garcia - 11
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Greg Oden - 9
Brandon Roy - 7
Andres Nocioni - 5
Beno Udrih - 5
Stromile Swift - 5

Video Highlights
Aldridge dunks over Hawes.

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Durant goes baseline and finishes with an athletic dunk.

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Aldridge comes out of nowhere to block Felton's shot.

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Roy spots Durant's run and sets him up perfectly with the pass.

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[Phil89]

4/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [25-5] vs Sacramento Kings [7-24]

Durant drops 51 to secure another Thunder win in Sacramento



OKC - 31 25 18 28 102
SAC - 31 17 25 21 94

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 51
Andres Nocioni - 22
Raymond Felton - 19
Francisco Garcia - 17
LaMarcus Aldridge - 14
Beno Udrih - 13
Greg Oden - 12
Brandon Roy - 12

Assists
Raymond Felton - 14
Russell Westbrook - 5
LaMarcus Aldridge - 4
Travis Diener - 4

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 17
Spencer Hawes - 15
Francisco Garcia - 15
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Stromile Swift - 12
Brandon Roy - 6


Video Highlights
Durant spots up Oden with the alley-oop pass.



Oden slips a nice pass through to Roy.

[Andrew]

Closer game second time around but a great performance by Durant. Always good to see the throwbacks as well.

[Phil89]

Are the videos better in a bigger size?

[Phil89]

7/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [26-5] vs Indiana Pacers [16-13]

Thunder almost win from 16 points down in 4th



OKC - 18 31 18 31 98
IND - 19 31 31 18 99

Player of the Game: Danny Granger

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 26
Kevin Durant - 24
Danny Granger - 24
Russell Westbrook - 21
Troy Murphy - 21
TJ Ford - 18
Mike Dunleavy - 13
Jeff Green - 13
Tyler Hansbrough - 12

Assists
Danny Granger - 7
TJ Ford - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 5
Kyle Lowry - 4

Rebounds
LaMarcus Aldridge - 14
Greg Oden - 11
Troy Murphy - 10
Mike Dunleavy - 8
Danny Granger - 8
Brandon Roy - 7

Video Highlights
Westbrook sets up Durant with an alley-oop pass.


Eric Maynor spins past Kyle Lowry on his way to the bakset.


Ferocious Thunder defense allowed them to get back into the game.


Durant saves the ball from going out and Westbrook scores to put the Thunder in front late on.

[Phil89]

8/1/11
Cavs trade Williams to Nets for Harris


Cleveland have announced that they've completed a deal with New Jersey that will see Mo Williams and Devin Harris switch teams.
No explanation was given regarding the trade, but some experts are speculating that LeBron James had wanted Williams gone.

Cleveland
Mo Williams - 28 years old - PG - 8.32m - 3 years - 25.28m total

New Jersey
Devin Harris - 27 years old - PG - 8.00m - 3 years - 24.00m total

[Phil89]

9/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [26-6] vs Orlando Magic [23-11]

Thunder win close one in Orlando despite a big game from Howard



OKC - 15 25 28 33 101
ORL - 21 22 20 36 99

Player of the Game: Dwight Howard

Top Scorers
Dwight Howard - 36
Kevin Durant - 32
Jameer Nelson - 27
Brandon Roy - 26
Vince Carter - 18
Greg Oden - 10
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Russell Westbrook - 10

Assists
Jameer Nelson - 11
Vince Carter - 8
Russell Westbrook - 7
Greg Oden - 4

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 13
Dwight Howard - 12
LaMarcus Aldridge - 7
Marcin Gortat - 6
Rashard Lewis - 6
Vince Carter - 6

Video Highlights
Aldridge blocks the ball straight to Durant who takes it all the way to the rim.

[Murat]

Cavs increased their salary cap. Absolutely clever trade.

[Martti.]

Badger, yeah, 0.32M a year makes all the difference.

The bigger videos look a little better even.

[Andrew]

Are the videos better in a bigger size?

Yeah they look pretty good.

So close in Indiana, tough luck. Good job eking out the win in Orlando.

[Phil89]

I thought that Oden, Aldridge and Hibbert might be able to shut Howard down a bit, but I guess I was wrong.
Though he did have help from Gortat and Ilgauskas. (The glare off their domes blinded me and allowed the Magic to keep pace )

It was interesting to be on both sides of close results in successive games.

[Phil89]

11/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [27-6] vs Washington Wizards [19-17]

Thunder get revenge against streak-ending Wizards



OKC - 24 37 29 42 132
WAS - 20 23 19 30 92

Player of the Game: Brandon Roy

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 30
Gilbert Arenas - 28
Josh Howard - 26
Kevin Durant - 25
JJ Redick - 17
Greg Oden - 15
LaMarcus Aldridge - 14
Mike Miller - 14
Jeff Green - 12
Russell Westbrook - 11
Al Thornton - 11

Assists
Gilbert Arenas - 8
Russell Westbrook - 7
Brandon Roy - 4
Mike Miller - 4

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 12
Andray Blatche - 9
Al Thornton - 9
LaMarcus Aldridge - 7
Josh Howard - 7
Brandon Roy - 5

Video Highlights
Durant to Roy, massive dunk.


JJ Redick scoring 3 of his 17 points off the bench. Unlucky not to have a shot at a 4 point play.

[Phil89]

12/1/11
Wizards trade Arenas to 76ers for Brand


A day after a heavy defeat against Oklahoma City, Washington have traded point guard Gilbert Arenas to Philadelphia for Elton Brand.
A strange move as they have no recognised back up point guard. This trade will no doubt affect promising youngster Jrue Holiday's playing time.

Washington
Gilbert Arenas - 29 years old - PG - 18.20m - 4 years - 73.10m total

Philadelphia
Elton Brand - 31 years old - PF - 15.95m - 3 years - 50.04m total

[Murat]

Washington won. 2.25 m for now... It means Washington totally 23.06 m saved for 3 years...

[Andrew]

You certainly got some payback against the Wizards. Not the best trade for the Wizards to make if they're short on point guards, at least Brand is a player that's still more effective in video games than in real life.

[Phil89]

I think that was my highest score ever on this game so far.

Redick scoring 17 was surprising. He hasn't really had any game time this season, then he goes and scores more than 3 of my starters.

[Phil89]

13/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [28-6] vs Toronto Raptors [19-16]

Thunder pull away from Raptors late on



OKC - 26 27 25 37 115
TOR - 27 18 20 25 90

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 28
Hedo Turkoglu - 28
Jose Calderon - 26
Brandon Roy - 23
Chris Bosh - 16
Jeff Green - 15
LaMarcus Aldridge - 12
Russell Westbrook - 12
Jarrett Jack - 10

Assists
Jose Calderon - 8
Hedo Turkoglu - 5
Kevin Durant - 5
Russell Westbrook - 5

Rebounds
Andrea Bargnani - 16
LaMarcus Aldridge - 9
Chris Bosh - 8
Jeff Green - 7
Greg Oden - 5
Kevin Durant - 5
Hedo Turkoglu - 5
Reggie Evans - 5

Video Highlights
Aldridge blocks Bargnani emphatically.


Aldridge blocks Calderpn's shot, Jeff Green finishes with a spectacular dunk.


Serge Ibaka does it all himself in a late cameo appearance.