OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Axel The Great]

You know, if you're gonna do this, just remind me to keep reading this until after you sweep my team. Jk. Nice win, especially with Yao having 20 boards!

[Phil89]

It's weird. During the game it didn't really seem like Yao was grabbing that many rebounds. Something to work on for game 2.

[Axel The Great]

Sometimes, while playing with the Rockets, I don't realize how many rebounds Yao has until Marv Albert says, "That's rebound number 10!"

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [5-0] vs Houston Rockets [4-3]

Thunder fight back to win by the narrowest of margins



OKC - 29 24 22 25 100
HOU - 25 22 30 22 99

Player of the Game: Kevin Martin

Top Scorers
Kevin Martin - 28
Kevin Durant - 25
Jeff Green - 20
Aaron Brooks - 17
Luis Scola - 16
Russell Westbrook - 15
Yao Ming - 14
LaMarcus Aldridge - 11
Brandon Roy - 11
Greg Oden - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 7
Aaron Brooks - 6
Brandon Roy - 4
Trevor Ariza - 3
Kevin Martin - 3

Rebounds
Luis Scola - 12
Yao Ming - 8
Kevin Martin - 8
Trevor Ariza - 6
Brandon Roy - 5
Greg Oden - 4
Josh Boone - 4

Video Highlights
Oden blocks Yao.


Westbrook alley-oop to Oden.


Durant makes an extremely difficult jump shot from the corner.


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The big men had foul trouble.
Oden + Aldridge picked up 2 in the first quarter. Yao picked up his 5th with 1 minute left in the third.
Game was tied 92-92 with 1 minute left. Then Yao fouled out.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [6-0] vs Houston Rockets [4-4]

Thunder almost into Conference Finals after tough win in Houston



OKC - 27 12 31 27 97
HOU - 26 18 27 17 88

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Kevin Martin - 28
Kevin Durant - 24
LaMarcus Aldridge - 21
Brandon Roy - 19
Aaron Brooks - 19
Russell Westbrook - 15
Greg Oden - 12
Luis Scola - 12

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 6
Greg Oden - 4
Aaron Brooks - 4
Luis Scola - 3
LaMarcus Aldridge - 3

Rebounds
Yao Ming - 19
Greg Oden - 14
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Luis Scola - 5
Kevin Martin - 4
Kevin Durant - 4
Brandon Roy - 4

Video Highlights
Durant with an emphatic dunk.


Brooks gets past Westbrook but Oden is there to help out.

[Andrew]

Nice job getting the sweep against the Jazz. The Rockets are certainly proving themselves a tough opponent but seems you're on the brink of sending them home.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [7-0] vs Houston Rockets [4-5]

Thunder finish with massive fourth to seal series sweep



OKC - 23 18 21 51 113
HOU - 23 22 22 29 96

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Martin - 35
Kevin Durant - 33
Aaron Brooks - 22
Russell Westbrook - 19
Brandon Roy - 17
Jeff Green - 15
LaMarcus Aldridge - 14
Trevor Ariza - 11

Assists
Aaron Brooks - 9
Greg Oden - 7
LaMarcus Aldridge - 7
Russell Westbrook - 6
Brandon Roy - 4
Trevor Ariza - 4

Rebounds
Yao Ming - 14
Greg Oden - 13
Kevin Martin - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 6
Kevin Durant - 5
Brandon Roy - 5
Russell Westbrook - 5

Video Highlights
Roy given too much room again and takes advantage.


Oden blocks Yao's shot.


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51 points is easily the most I've ever scored in a quarter. 20-23 FGA-M, 2-3 3PA-M, 9-10 FTA-M.

[Phil89]

Western Conference 1st Round
(1) OKC vs HOU (5) - OKC wins series 4-0
(2) LAL vs DEN (3) - DEN wins series 4-3

Eastern Conference 1st Round
(1) CLE vs CHI (5) - CLE wins series 4-3
(3) ORL vs ATL (7) - ATL wins series 4-3

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Cleveland winning was probably expected seeing as they had the second best record this season. But Chicago pushed them all the way.
The other 2 series were probably won by the underdogs. Although I love the games again the Lakers, it'll be nice to play someone different.
Plus there's the Northwest rivalry factor. Also not forgetting Garry Haynes. Just when I get past Yao...

[Phil89]

Nice job getting the sweep against the Jazz. The Rockets are certainly proving themselves a tough opponent but seems you're on the brink of sending them home.

Yeah, the Rockets slowly got better after each game. In games 3 and 4 they actually lead for large parts.

[Kenny]

Good luck against the Nuggets... as much as it pains me to say that. 51 points in a quarter is phenominal

[Andrew]

That's an incredible finish. I had a 50 point quarter against the Lakers in my 06 Dynasty, though from memory it was the third quarter. You certainly saved your best for last!

[Phil89]

The weird thing is that I didn't even notice that I'd scored that much until after the game when I was writing up the report.

Should be a tough series against Denver. They play Nene at PF because of Haynes, so they match up well against my team.

[Axel The Great]

Why is K-Mart number 23? That's retired here in Houston. Good sweep, at least my team put up a fight. Though those Rockets don't have what I have in my dynasty: Donte Greene!

[Bucket]

Why is K-Mart number 23? That's retired here in Houston.

Cause this is Live 10...

[Axel The Great]

With the dynamic dna updates, he's number 12. Just pointing out a minor issue, not a big deal.

[Andrew]

The weird thing is that I didn't even notice that I'd scored that much until after the game when I was writing up the report.

Same thing with me. I needed to make up a deficit and take control of the game and it just kind of happened.

[Phil89]

With the dynamic dna updates, he's number 12. Just pointing out a minor issue, not a big deal.

It's probably because the roster I started this on was just the default one which I updated to the trade deadline.
I don't think I had internet at the time to download the updates.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [8-0] vs Denver Nuggets [8-3]

Durant and Roy lead Thunder to victory in game 1



OKC - 28 28 24 35 115
DEN - 20 25 24 36 105

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 33
Chauncey Billups - 31
Brandon Roy - 29
Randy Foye - 20
Nene - 19
Russell westbrook - 16
Greg Oden - 13
Carmelo Anthony - 13
Garry Haynes - 12
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 6
Carmelo Anthony - 5
JR Smith - 4
Brandon Roy - 3
Chauncey Billups - 3

Rebounds
Nene - 11
Garry Haynes - 9
Chris Andersen - 7
Greg Oden - 7
Kevin Durant - 6
LaMarcus Aldridge - 5

Video Highlights
Oden dunks over Andersen.


Durant with a fast break two handed dunk.


Aldridge blocks Melo's shot, Oden keeps the ball alive, then Westbrook takes it all the way.


Oden denies Haynes in the paint.

[Andrew]

Nice highlights as always, good to see you draw first blood in the WCF. Going by the quarter-by-quarter scores, it seems like it was a pretty competitive game despite the final ten point margin.

[Phil89]

Definitely. Chauncey was a constant threat and Haynes was too big and strong for even Oden to handle.

If Carmelo gets his act together I may have some problems.

[Axel The Great]

That Gary Haynes looks like a stud. Sure to be a problem for Oden this series. Good to see you held on for the win though.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [9-0] vs Denver Nuggets [8-4]

Durant leads Thunder to epic double overtime victory



OKC - 31 28 19 22 20 22 142
DEN - 24 27 25 24 20 20 140

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 48
Brandon Roy - 35
Carmelo Anthony - 33
Chauncey Billups - 30
Nene - 28
JR Smith - 26
Jeff Green - 17
Garry Haynes - 14
LaMarcus Aldridge - 12
Russell Westbrook - 12
Greg Oden - 10

Assists
Chauncey Billups - 15
LaMarcus Aldridge - 9
Russell Westbrook - 5
Carmelo Anthony - 5
JR Smith - 5
Garry Haynes - 4
Kevin Durant - 4

Rebounds
Nene - 19
Garry Haynes - 17
Greg Oden - 17
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Kevin Durant - 8
Brandon Roy - 6
Carmelo Anthony - 6
Jeff Green - 5

Video Highlights
Roy with an acrobatic lay-up.


Maynor intercepts, passes to Roy, who finds Durant on his way to the basket.


Andersen blocks Oden's shot, but Green brings it straight back in and scores.


Nene scores over Oden to tie the scores at 100-100 and send the game into overtime.

[Andrew]

I know I would've had a couple of choice words for the game when Nene made that shot. Sounds like another awesome one, congrats on coming out on top once again.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [10-0] vs Denver Nuggets [8-5]

Thunder steal late win in Denver to go 3-0 up in the series



OKC - 23 26 29 34 112
DEN - 29 26 24 32 111

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 36
Chauncey Billups - 32
Carmelo Anthony - 30
Brandon Roy - 29
Jeff Green - 16
LaMarcus Aldridge - 15
Nene - 15
JR Smith - 13

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 7
Chauncey Billups - 6
Carmelo Anthony - 5
Greg Oden - 3
Garry Haynes - 3

Rebounds
Nene - 10
Carmelo Anthony - 9
Greg Oden - 9
LaMarcus Aldridge - 6
Garry Haynes - 6
Chris Andersen - 5
Kevin Durant - 4

Video Highlights
Oden stops Billups in his tracks.


Durant slams it home.

[Andrew]

Love the reaction shot. Great win.