OKC - Five-peat! Final summary

[Phil89]

19/12/10

Eastern conference free agency summary



Here is a complete list of all expiring contracts for every team in the eastern conference.
As well as a small summary of each team's situation for the next off-season period.

Atlantic Division

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Central Division

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Southeast Division

[Phil89]

19/12/10

Western conference free agency summary



Here is a complete list of all expiring contracts for every team in the western conference.
As well as a small summary of each team's situation for the next off-season period.

Northwest Division

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Pacific Division

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Southwest Division

[Andrew]

Looks like it will be an interesting offseason. There's no question that keeping Westbrook and Lopez are your main priorities but hopefully you can snag a useful piece with the MLE.

How do you usually try to score with Durant?

[Phil89]

20/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [21-5] vs Orlando Magic [18-10]

Westbrook has huge night as Thunder beat Magic



OKC - 30 32 26 36 124
ORL - 26 31 24 39 120

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook


OKC _______ ORL
49-107 - FGM/A - 51-102
5-16 - 3PTM/A - 7-19
21-22 - FTM/A - 11-15
33 - Rebounds - 44
36 - Assists - 31
18 - Blocks - 9
17 - Steals - 5
17 - Turnovers - 33
10 - Fouls - 14


Top Scorers
Jameer Nelson - 37
Rashard Lewis - 29
Kevin Durant - 26
Brook Lopez - 22
Chris Duhon - 20
Shannon Brown - 17
Brandon Bass - 16
Al Horford - 16
James Harden - 13
Russell Westbrook - 12

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 26
Chris Duhon - 12
Jameer Nelson - 12

Rebounds
Dwight Howard - 14
Rashard Lewis - 14
Brandon Bass - 9
Brook Lopez - 8
Al Horford - 8
Kevin Durant - 6
Serge Ibaka - 5

Video Highlights
Horford blocks Nelson's shot, Durant keeps it in, Westbrook finds Harden, who sinks the three.

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Lopez and Horford had 9 blocks between them. Durant had 6 steals.

[Phil89]

Looks like it will be an interesting offseason. There's no question that keeping Westbrook and Lopez are your main priorities but hopefully you can snag a useful piece with the MLE.

How do you usually try to score with Durant?

It's not really how he's scoring, more just the amount. I want him to score more to help his MVP chances.

He's lost scoring because I've got more talented guys around him this season. [/luxury problem]

[Andrew]

Ah, fair enough. Solid win over the Magic, doesn't look like Howard was much of a factor at the offensive end.

[Phil89]

22/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [22-5] vs Los Angeles Clippers [12-16]

Thunder fall just short against Clippers



OKC - 25 25 21 34 105
LAC - 26 30 25 25 106

Player of the Game: Mo Williams


OKC _______ LAC
44-101 - FGM/A - 45-93
8-25 - 3PTM/A - 7-18
9-9 - FTM/A - 9-12
36 - Rebounds - 55
29 - Assists - 27
5 - Blocks - 8
16 - Steals - 5
12 - Turnovers - 25
10 - Fouls - 6


Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 35
Randy Foye - 30
Mo Williams - 27
Shannon Brown - 22
Eric Gordon - 16
Blake Griffin - 14
Brook Lopez - 14
Al Horford - 14

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 14
Mo Williams - 10
Erc Gordon - 6
Brook Lopez - 5
Al Horford - 4
Kevin Durant - 4
Randy Foye - 4

Rebounds
Chris Kaman - 14
Blake Griffin - 13
Randy Foye - 8
Mo Williams - 7
Brook Lopez - 7
Al Horford - 7
DeAndre Jordan - 6
Kevin Durant - 5

Video Highlights
Westbrook blocks Williams' shot, then Horford takes it all the way to the bakset.


Matthews accelerates past Williams and dunks.

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Very disappointed that their point guard had the same amount of rebounds as my two big men.

[Phil89]

26/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [22-6] vs Los Angeles Clippers [13-16]

Brilliant display from Williams hands Thunder second straight loss



OKC - 29 23 30 34 116
LAC - 30 23 31 37 121

Player of the Game: Mo Williams


OKC _______ LAC
45-100 - FGM/A - 47-100
4-14 - 3PTM/A - 8-17
22-23 - FTM/A - 19-22
33 - Rebounds - 45
25 - Assists - 24
14 - Blocks - 13
15 - Steals - 2
14 - Turnovers - 24
15 - Fouls - 11


Top Scorers
Mo Williams - 50
Kevin Durant - 36
Al Horford - 24
Randy Foye - 23
Chris Kaman - 18
Brook Lopez - 18
James Harden - 15
Blake Griffin - 12

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 16
Eric Gordon - 6
Randy Foye - 5
Mo Williams - 5

Rebounds
Al Horford - 12
Chris Kaman - 12
Blake Griffin - 11
Brook Lopez - 7
Kevin Durant - 7
Randy Foye - 6
Mo Williams - 5
DeAndre Jordan - 5

Video Highlights
Lopez strips the ball from Griffin as he tries a shot.


Durant posterizes Griffin.

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Late on I was winning 112-108, then Durant fouled Williams and he completed a 4 point play.

[Andrew]

Hard luck on that four point play, they really killed you on the boards too. Incredible game from Mo Williams in the second game too, he really willed them to victory. A minor setback I'm sure, I'm guessing you'll come back strong sooner rather than later.

[Phil89]

I'm a little concerned about potentially facing them in the playoffs after those 2 games. They match up quite well against my team.

Maybe I shouldn't have traded Williams until after I played these games.

[Andrew]

If you can beat them on the boards, I think you've got them. From the outside looking in, that seems to be the difference as field goal and free throw attempts and makes are fairly close.

[Phil89]

28/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [22-7] vs Phoenix Suns [17-12]

Brook Lopez has monster night against his brother



OKC - 24 25 21 42 112
PHX - 22 18 22 44 106

Player of the Game: Brook Lopez


OKC _______ PHX
44-92 - FGM/A - 44-95
5-19 - 3PTM/A - 8-21
19-19 - FTM/A - 10-13
35 - Rebounds - 42
30 - Assists - 22
10 - Blocks - 11
10 - Steals - 3
12 - Turnovers - 17
9 - Fouls - 12


Top Scorers
Brook Lopez - 32
Steve Nash - 32
Kevin Durant - 28
Al Horford - 18
Jason Richardson - 17
James Harden - 16
Channing Frye - 15
Josh Childress - 11
Robin Lopez - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 19
Steve Nash - 10
Josh Childress - 5
Brook Lopez - 4

Rebounds
Brook Lopez - 15
Robin Lopez - 14
Al Horford - 10
Channing Frye - 7
Josh Childress - 6
Jason Richardson - 6
Hakim Warrick - 5

Video Highlights
Lopez blocks Nash in the paint.


Westbrook throws an alley-oop to Lopez.

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Lopez also had 5 blocks and 3 steals.

[Andrew]

A huge night without a doubt. Solid outing for Robin too, but looks like Steve Nash was his usual self. Good win, looks like another fourth quarter shootout.

[Phil89]

30/12/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [23-7] vs Boston Celtics [14-14]

Thunder win in Boston



OKC - 29 21 27 29 106
BOS - 29 22 18 28 97

Player of the Game: Al Horford


OKC _______ BOS
40-78 - FGM/A - 38-79
4-11 - 3PTM/A - 7-14
22-26 - FTM/A - 14-19
31 - Rebounds - 35
29 - Assists - 16
10 - Blocks - 5
21 - Steals - 6
19 - Turnovers - 26
14 - Fouls - 14


Top Scorers
Ray Allen - 27
Von Wafer - 19
Brook Lopez - 18
Al Horford - 17
Paul Pierce - 16
James Harden - 16
Kevin Durant - 14
Corey Brewer - 14
Shannon Brown - 11
Jermaine O'Neal - 10
Kevin Garnett - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 8
Al Horford - 5
Wesley Matthews - 5
Paul Pierce - 4
Nate Robinson - 4

Rebounds
Jermaine O'Neal - 10
Al Horford - 9
Brook Lopez - 7
Glen Davis - 6
Kevin Garnett - 5

Video Highlights
Horford blocks Garnett.


Brown beats the buzzer with a long two.

[Andrew]

Solid win, nice job taking the lead and extending it in the third. I often find I win games, or lose my grip on them, in the third.

[Phil89]

I'm excited to see what the other teams do in the off-season. Boston, New York, Charlotte and Memphis can all drastically change their rosters.
Though given that this is Live 10, everyone will likely re-sign with their teams and the off-season will turn out to be very anti-climactic.

52 games + 2 All-Star games + Playoffs to go.

[Andrew]

You might get lucky. badreligionau has had a fair amount of player movement on CPU controlled teams throughout the years in his Nuggets Dynasty.

[Phil89]

I've noticed that contracts are way more expensive on this game than on my previous one. Which makes it much harder to sign several good players.

Everyone wants like $10m+ now. Probably because they are all rated much better on this roster update.

[Phil89]

1/1/11

Conference Standings

Eastern Conference
1. MIA* | 28-5 | N/A | .848
2. ORL | 20-13 | 8.0 | .606
3. NYK* | 17-12 | 9.0 | .586
4. CLE* | 16-12 | 9.5 | .571
5. CHA | 17-13 | 9.5 | .567
6. TOR | 17-14 | 10.0 | .548
7. NJN | 16-15 | 11.0 | .516
8. ATL | 15-15 | 11.5 | .500
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9. BOS | 14-15 | 12.0 | .483
10. PHI | 15-17 | 12.5 | .469
11. WAS | 13-18 | 14.0 | .419
12. DET | 10-15 | 14.0 | .400
13. IND | 11-17 | 14.5 | .393
14. MIL | 11-17 | 14.5 | .393
15. CHI | 11-19 | 15.5 | .367


Western Conference
1. OKC* | 24-7 | N/A | .774
2. LAL* | 20-12 | 4.5 | .625
3. POR | 18-11 | 5.0 | .621
4. DEN | 19-12 | 5.0 | .613
5. PHX | 19-13 | 5.5 | .594
6. SAC | 17-15 | 7.5 | .531
7. NOH* | 16-15 | 8.0 | .516
8. UTA | 15-15 | 8.5 | .500
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9. LAC | 14-16 | 9.5 | .467
10. DAL | 12-16 | 10.5 | .429
11. GSW | 12-18 | 11.5 | .400
12. MEM | 12-19 | 12.0 | .387
13. MIN | 10-18 | 12.5 | .357
14. HOU | 9-24 | 16.0 | .273
15. SAS | 5-25 | 18.5 | .167

* = Division Leader

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League Leaders

Points Per Game
1. Amare Stoudemire - NYK - 31.3
2. Ben Gordon - DET - 27.8
3. Mo Williams - LAC - 27.6
4. Kobe Bryant - LAL - 27.2
5. Deron Williams - NJN - 26.7

7. Kevin Durant - OKC - 25.4

Rebounds Per Game
1. Carl Landry - CHA - 13.0
2. Andrew Bynum - LAL - 12.3
2. Dwight Howard - ORL - 12.3
4. Chris Bosh - MIA - 12.0
4. Joakim Noah - CHI - 12.0

20. Brook Lopez - OKC - 10.4

Assists Per Game
1. Russell Westbrook - OKC - 12.6
2. DJ Augustin - CHA - 10.0
3. Deron Williams - NJN - 9.7
4. Stephen Curry - GSW - 9.5
4. Jose Calderon - TOR - 9.5

Steals Per Game
1. Kevin Durant - OKC - 2.8
2. Russell Westbrook - OKC - 2.3
3. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 2.1
4. CJ Miles - UTA - 2.0
4. Chris Paul - NOH - 2.0

Blocks Per Game
1. Al Horford - OKC - 3.0
1. Andrew Bynum - LAL - 3.0
3. Nene - DEN - 2.8
4. Dwight Howard - ORL - 2.7
5. Brook Lopez - OKC - 2.5
5. Samuel Dalembert - SAC - 2.5


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Awards

Players of the Month
East
LeBron James - MIA
26.2 PPG - 5.3 RPG - 7.1 APG - 1.9 BPG - 1.6 SPG

West
Kobe Bryant - LAL
27.4 PPG - 4.6 RPG - 2.5 APG - 1.0 BPG - 2.5 SPG

Rookies of the Month
East
Dirk MacDermott - ATL
4.2 PPG - 6.6 RPG - 0.5 APG - 1.6 BPG - 0.2 SPG

West
Angel Carlos - MEM
1.8 PPG - 0.2 RPG - 2.1 APG - 0.0 BPG - 0.2 SPG


MVP Candidates
Amare Stoudemire - 31.3 PPG - 11.6 RPG - 4.7 APG - 1.8 BPG - 0.7 SPG
Chris Bosh - 23.2 PPG - 12.0 RPG - 1.4 APG - 1.8 BPG - 1.4 SPG
Dwyane Wade - 23.5 PPG - 3.2 RPG - 4.5 APG - 1.6 BPG - 1.8 SPG
Kobe Bryant - 27.2 PPG - 4.4 RPG - 3.5 APG - 1.1 BPG - 1.9 SPG
Channing Frye - 24.2 PPG - 10.1 RPG - 3.0 APG - 1.6 BPG - 0.9 SPG


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Transactions
07/12/10 - OKC trades J.Green, N.Collison and 2011 1st round pick to NJN for Brook Lopez and Travis Outlaw.
07/12/10 - OKC trades T.Outlaw and A.Law to MIA for R.Murray and E.House.
09/12/10 - POR trades J.Przybilla and 2011 1st round pick to CHA for G.Wallace.
09/12/10 - NYK trades T.Mozgov, D.Gallinari, R.Felton, W.Chandler, 2011 1st Round Draft Pick and 2011 2nd Round Draft Pick to DEN for R.Balkman, C.Billups and C.Anthony.
09/12/10 - LAC trades B.Davis and 2011 1st Round Draft Pick to CLE for M.Williams.
09/12/10 - PHX trades G.Dragic and 2011 1st Round Draft Pick to HOU for A.Brooks.
09/12/10 - NJN trades D.Favors, D.Harris and 2011 1st Round Draft Pick to UTA for D.Williams.
11/12/10 - ATL trades M.Bibby, M.Evans, J.Crawford and 2011 1st Round Draft Pick to WAS for K.Hinrich.
11/12/10 - ATL trades R.McNamara to WAS for T.Booker.
16/12/10 - OKC releases E.House.
18/12/10 - OKC sign S.Weems.

[Andrew]

Good to see you're atop the West even with a couple of brief rough patches. Reckon you'll chase the scoring crown with Durant?

[Phil89]

This season is the complete opposite of last season. The west is really close and the east is being dominated by the Heat.

I'll give the scoring title a fair shout with Durant, but he'd probably have to score 30+ a game from here on out to be in contention.
He's 6 ppg behind Stoudemire currently, but maybe if Amare gets injured he will have a chance.

[Phil89]

3/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [24-7] vs Philadelphia 76ers [15-17]

Thunder finish strongly against 76ers to get the win



OKC - 27 22 26 34 109
PHI - 17 24 25 23 89

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant


OKC _______ PHI
49-79 - FGM/A - 41-86
2-9 - 3PTM/A - 1-6
9-12 - FTM/A - 6-14
28 - Rebounds - 31
28 - Assists - 19
12 - Blocks - 6
9 - Steals - 6
13 - Turnovers - 18
12 - Fouls - 8


Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 33
Louis Williams - 21
Brook Lopez - 20
James Harden - 19
Shannon Brown - 19
Andre Iguodala - 16
Jrue Holiday - 11
Al Horford - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 18
Louis Williams - 5
Andre Iguodala - 4
Jrue Holiday - 4

Rebounds
Elton Brand - 9
Spencer Hawes - 8
Brook Lopez - 8
Thaddeus Young - 6
Kevin Durant - 6
Al Horford - 5

Video Highlights
Durant posterizes Hawes.


Thabeet has his own little block party.

[Andrew]

Dominant win, nice little defensive sequence by Thabeet there.

[Phil89]

5/1/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [25-7] vs Washington Wizards [14-18]

Slow start no obstacle as Thunder smash Wizards



OKC - 17 31 35 32 115
WAS - 20 20 30 22 92

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant


OKC _______ WAS
50-90 - FGM/A - 38-88
1-7 - 3PTM/A - 3-13
14-16 - FTM/A - 13-17
36 - Rebounds - 33
23 - Assists - 17
11 - Blocks - 10
15 - Steals - 6
23 - Turnovers - 27
14 - Fouls - 13


Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 30
Gilbert Arenas - 25
John Wall - 23
Al Horford - 14
Russell Westbrook - 14
Brook Lopez - 13
Yi Jianlian - 12
Corey Brewer - 12
Josh Howard - 11
Andray Blatche - 10
James Harden - 10
Shannon Brown - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 12
Gilbert Arenas - 8

Rebounds
Andray Blatche - 10
JaVale McGee - 9
Brook Lopez - 8
Kevin Durant - 8
Al Horford - 7

Video Highlights
Brewer spins around McGee and then lays it in high off the glass.

[Andrew]

Cool screenshot. I find it's sometimes hard to be original with screenshots, it's tempting to use dunks but of course that gets old fairly quickly. That one is really well captured though, you picked a good dunk.