OKC - Five-peat! Final summary

2000 replies, well done.

Also, hoping Miami can finally win.

A fifth straight title in six or seven hard fought games seems like a fitting conclusion to this Dynasty thread.

Yeah! KD MY MAN! Take the momentum brathaaaa!

I really need to win game 5 to have a chance because the last 2 games will be in Miami.

2000 replies, well done.

Also, hoping Miami can finally win.

Thanks. Never though I'd keep it going for this long. Guess it shows that I'm still enjoying it after 2 years.

They've already won 2 games. Isn't that enough?

A fifth straight title in six or seven hard fought games seems like a fitting conclusion to this Dynasty thread.

It panned out that way in my last dynasty thread. Let's hope I can keep the streak going here. Actually makes me realise that I've won 7 straight championships between the two games. Guess that's why I feel I need to start with a struggling team on 2k13.

**/6/14

Oklahoma City Thunder [14-4] vs Miami Heat [14-5]

Durant makes sure Thunder head to Miami with series lead



OKC - 37 19 42 27 125
MIA - 29 29 35 26 109

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant
(45pts, 8reb, 4st, 2blk, 2stl)


OKC _______ MIA
48-93 - FGM/A - 49-105
5-19 - 3PTM/A - 4-15
24-24 - FTM/A - 7-11
43 - Rebounds - 34
22 - Assists - 35
15 - Blocks - 10
6 - Steals - 9
20 - Turnovers - 17
9 - Fouls - 18


Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 45
Chris Bosh - 31
LeBron James - 26
Raymond Felton - 22
Derrick Rose - 21
Blake Griffin - 15
Roy Hibbert - 14
James Harden - 14

Assists
LeBron James - 9
Raymond Felton - 9
Derrick Rose - 8
JR Smith - 7
Gilbert Arenas - 5

Rebounds
Chris Bosh - 15
Blake Griffin - 10
Roy Hibbert - 9
Kevin Durant - 8
Rashard Lewis - 7
Michael Beasley - 6
Howie Jeffries - 5

Video Highlights
Durant lobs it up and Hibbert dunks left-handed.
Flash

Nothing left to chance there. One more win to wrap this up.

Heat come up short again. One more.

Hall of Fame!

**/6/14

Oklahoma City Thunder [15-4] vs Miami Heat [14-6]

Thunder finish Heat off in game 6 to seal championship #5



OKC - 24 32 34 29 26 145
MIA - 32 29 26 32 18 137

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant
(42pts, 6reb, 3stl)


OKC _______ MIA
54-107 - FGM/A - 59-117
4-18 - 3PTM/A - 8-24
33-34 - FTM/A - 11-13
48 - Rebounds - 40
21 - Assists - 39
8 - Blocks - 13
10 - Steals - 5
25 - Turnovers - 23
8 - Fouls - 21


Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 42
Derick Rose - 37
Raymond Felton - 36
Blake Griffin - 28
Chris Bosh - 26
LeBron James - 26
JR Smith - 21
Tyson Chandler - 16
James Harden - 15
Rashard Lewis - 10
Michael Beasley - 9

Assists
Raymond Felton - 14
JR Smith - 12
LeBron James - 8
Derrick Rose - 8
James Harden - 5

Rebounds
Roy Hibbert - 16
Tyson Chandler - 14
Blake Griffin - 12
Chris Bosh - 8
Rashard Lewis - 8
Michael Beasley - 7
Kevin Durant - 6
JR Smith - 5

Video Highlights
Harden lobs it up and Durant slams it home.
Flash

**/6/14

NBA Finals review

1. Miami [65-17] vs 1. Oklahoma City [63-19]




Results
OKC @ MIA - 143-140 (OT)
OKC @ MIA - 121-124
MIA @ OKC - 110-120
MIA @ OKC - 138-126
MIA @ OKC - 109-125
OKC @ MIA - 145-137 (OT)

Thunder wins series 4-2



Finals MVP

Kevin Durant - Oklahoma City
37.4 PPG - 4.3 RPG - 2.8 APG - 1.5 BPG - 2.8 SPG



Route to the title
Record: 16-4
1st Round - Phoenix - 4-1
Semi Finals - LA Clippers - 4-1
West Finals - Utah - 4-0
NBA Finals - Miami - 4-2

Thunder Dynasty
Of the 49 players involved in Oklahoma City's championships over the past 5 seasons, only Kevin Durant has played in them all.

5 rings
Kevin Durant

4 rings
James Harden

3 rings
Russell Westbrook, Brook Lopez, Blake Griffin

2 rings
Shannon Brown, Serge Ibaka, Byron Mullens, Daequan Cook, Rolf Young, Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor

1 ring
Erick Dampier, Jeff Green, OJ Mayo, Jamario Moon, Nenad Krstic, Acie Law, Patrick O'Bryant, Sasha Vujacic, Al Horford,
Corey Brewer, Wesley Matthews, Hasheem Thabeet, Sonny Weems, Ronald Murray, Rocco Roe, Shaquille O'Neal, Ryan Gomes,
George Hill, Allen Iverson, Andrea Bargnani, Marvin Williams, Grant Hill, Al Cunningham, Eric Bledsoe, Kevin Garnett,
Tracy McGrady, Crawford Mayer, Gilbert Arenas, Kris Humphries, Antawn Jamison, Howie Jeffries, Kyle Korver,
Michael Beasley, Kevin Seraphin, Nick Collison, Jeremy Lin, Ron Artest

Congratulations! Great way to end this dynasty. HOF-Material!

Congrats on completing the Drive for Five! A very fitting end to one of the best Dynasty threads in the past couple of years.

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Congratulations! Great way to end this dynasty. HOF-Material!

Congrats on completing the Drive for Five! A very fitting end to one of the best Dynasty threads in the past couple of years.

Thanks! It's been an amazing ride for five seasons and it's nice that people found it interesting enough to follow. I've never really done it for any recognition or anything, I just wanted it to look nice and share my dynasty game on here.

I had to stop myself from going through the off-season. I guess I'll leave that for another day if I decide to revisit it.

I'm preparing my 2k13 association now. Hopefully it can be half as interesting as this one. I actually considered duplicating the rosters from this game onto 2k13 and 'continuing' this, but I think it's best for me if I start something new. Plus I couldn't really be bothered.

Congrats on another memorable dynasty

I'm interested to see who you've chosen for your 2k13 association. Whoever it is, I'm sure it'll be another quality thread.

I actually considered duplicating the rosters from this game onto 2k13 and 'continuing' this, but I think it's best for me if I start something new. Plus I couldn't really be bothered.

I'm considering the same thing when I'm done with my dynasty. It's going to be a lot of work though.

^ It would be a huge amount of work for you considering there is like no real players left on your game

My new team will be the squadron from a major American city which has a regionally significant nickname. (If that narrows it down)

Ahahaha! I think I got it.

A great end, though I'm sad you didn't leave my Heat a chance in all 5 years.

HOF for sure, one of the last Live dynasties with badreligionau's story, so kudos for sticking with this with 2K taking all other story makers.

Absolutely in the HOF, after a few more people get their congratulations in.

HOF material? Absolutely Amazing closure.

Top job on the five! I thought it was a really cool addition listing all the players that won a ring with the club during that time.

Well done on such a successful story!

A great end, though I'm sad you didn't leave my Heat a chance in all 5 years.

HOF for sure, one of the last Live dynasties with badreligionau's story, so kudos for sticking with this with 2K taking all other story makers.

Absolutely in the HOF, after a few more people get their congratulations in.

HOF material? Absolutely Amazing closure.

They had 5 chances.

As much as I'm loving nearly everything about 2k13 so far, I'll always have a fondness for Live 10. I remember when I first bought the game, I was really excited and played it for hours at a time. It was just so fun having a basketball game again after more than a decade.

Top job on the five! I thought it was a really cool addition listing all the players that won a ring with the club during that time.

Well done on such a successful story!

I liked keeping track of my records and achievements in this thread. I figured it added a bit of back story to the whole thing.


After playing half a season with the Wizards I've realised how lucky I was having this amazing team (and how stacked it was, but I stand by the individual deals that created it. It's hard to judge them by how good these players are IRL nowadays. Especially considering Derrick Rose would have never signed a 1 year MLE deal with Milwaukee and then re-signed to begin with).

I also realise that a game where I had consecutive 60+ win seasons and won 5 straight championships might have gotten a bit tedious for readers. I tried to keep it as detailed as possible and just hope it was interesting enough for everyone.

It's funny how buying this game led me to following the Thunder in real life. Truth be told I only picked them as my dynasty team originally because they had the most cap room. But I was lucky to unintentionally fall onto the bandwagon the season that they started to get good.

Thanks for the HOF shouts. It was never why I did this, but I appreciate it all the same.

Just remembered that this hadn't been inducted yet, so it's time to remedy that. Inducted February 4th, 2013.

I was going to do a final updated version of those dynasty summaries that I've done before, but I haven't had the time or patience. There's a lot of info here to get through

By all means.

Just wondering, if the write-up was almost a game-by-game summary of the 5 seasons and ended up being like 50 million words, would everyone read it or should I just save time and keep it to the main events of the season (trades, all-star weekend, milestone games) and leave the more detailed parts for the playoffs?

I'm planning on breaking it up with pictures too btw...

Looking at the views and popularity of this Dynasty thread, I'd say you'll find an audience.

Ok cool. I've done two months of the first season and I've got just over 1,500 words so far. Feels like I'm doing homework again.

It's nice going through everything again though and reminiscing.