OKC - 2011/12 - Thunder Three-peat

[Phil89]

[Justine.]

Props on getting three awards. But Westbrook Defensive Player? And Kevin Durant wasn't able to made the All-NBA team! Good luck on facing the Jazz!

[Andrew]

Great work with the season review. Durant got screwed on the MVP and All-NBA team selections, but good to see you pick up some hardware with DPOY, COY and Sixth Man honours, along with the All-Defensive selections. You were definitely head and shoulders above the rest of the league this year.

[Phil89]

Props on getting three awards. But Westbrook Defensive Player? And Kevin Durant wasn't able to made the All-NBA team! Good luck on facing the Jazz!

Second year in a row Westbrook has won DPOTY. He lead steals per game both years.

Great work with the season review. Durant got screwed on the MVP and All-NBA team selections, but good to see you pick up some hardware with DPOY, COY and Sixth Man honours, along with the All-Defensive selections. You were definitely head and shoulders above the rest of the league this year.

I figured I'd put a bit more effort into it. I think Roy and Aldridge's form cost Durant the MVP.

[Phil89]

1/5/11

Playoffs Injury Report

Charlotte Bobcats
Gerald Wallace - Back Spasm - 1 week - Unavailable

Dallas Mavericks
Darius Songaila - Broken Finger - 2-3 months - Unavailable

Denver Nuggets
Ty Lawson - Sore Foot - day-to-day - Restricted

Most teams have their full squads available for selection.
Wallace is the biggest name injury concern, but he should only miss a game or two.

[Phil89]

I think my game hates me. Somehow after I played the first game against Utah it managed to save over my file with another game.
I definitely did not do it because I am extremely careful if I start new Dynasties, (to check out my updated rosters), not to save them at all.
I'd made a highlights video and everything. Oh well.

Luckily I learnt from last time and have a backup copy. But now I have to play the game again.
No more starting games until after the Playoffs are finished.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [0-0] vs Utah Jazz [0-0]

Thunder pressure overwhelms Jazz



OKC - 23 33 37 23 116
UTA - 23 22 17 16 78

Player of the Game: Brandon Roy

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 24
Brandon Roy - 22
Deron Williams - 18
Carlos Boozer - 15
LaMarcus Aldridge - 14
Russell Westbrook - 13
Mehmet Okur - 13
JJ Redick - 11

Assists
Brandon Roy - 5
Russell Westbrook - 4
Mehmet Okur - 4
Mike James - 3
LaMarcus Aldridge - 3

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 12
Carlos Boozer - 12
Mehmet Okur - 11
LaMarcus Aldridge - 5
Roy Hibbert - 5
Kevin Durant - 4

Video Highlights
Durant dunks between 4 Jazz players.


Oden blocks the shot, then follows up by grabbing the rebound.


Durant shows his incredible athleticism with a spectacular dunk.

[Andrew]

Glad to hear you had a backup handy, that'd be a terrible turn of events two years in a row. I'd say you've set the tone for the series in Game 1, still expecting a sweep.

[Phil89]

It's weird though. For the first quarter and a half they were right with me and it was a great contest.
But then I pulled away just before the half and they had no response. I imagine the games in Utah will be quite challenging.

[Axel The Great]

Automatic sweep right here. I don't see Martti. complaining to you about winning too much.

[Martti.]

I believe I have in the past, but with the roster he has, you'd expect him to crush other teams so often.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [1-0] vs Utah Jazz [0-1]

Thunder hold on to take 2-0 lead in series



OKC - 29 26 23 20 98
UTA - 21 22 23 24 90

Player of the Game: LaMarcus Aldridge

Top Scorers
Deron Williams - 30
LaMarcus Aldridge - 26
Mehmet Okur - 25
Kevin Durant - 18
Brandon Roy - 17
Greg Oden - 14
Ronnie Price - 11

Assists
Ronnie Price - 11
Russell Westbrook - 8
Deron Williams - 3

Rebounds
Mehmet Okur - 13
Greg Oden - 11
LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Carlos Boozer - 10
Kevin Durant - 6
Deron Williams - 5

Video Highlights
Roy finds himself wide open and takes advantage.


Martin ends up with an easy dunk after a great pass by Redick.


Aldridge block ends up being an assist to Durant.


Hibbert blocks Williams, then Green finishes off the fast break.

[Axel The Great]

This game was a lot closer. Good job taking a 2-0 lead. I still don't know how you hold PG's like Deron Williams or Steve Nash to under 5 assists.

[Phil89]

Well Williams plays SG for the Jazz in this Dynasty because they don't have a proper one. Ronnie Price is the main PG.

[Axel The Great]

Yeah, that's what I noticed. In my dynasty, they also play him SG, but at times they play him as PG, and yet he still manages to dish out 8-12 assists on me.

[Andrew]

A bit closer than I would've anticipated after the first game, seems they've still got some fight in them. Hope you can take care of business in Games 3 and 4.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [2-0] vs Utah Jazz [0-2]

Thunder pull away in fourth to take strangle hold on series



OKC - 25 23 23 43 114
UTA - 23 25 20 31 99

Player of the Game: Greg Oden

Top Scorers
Kevin Durant - 34
Brandon Roy - 30
Deron Williams - 25
Greg Oden - 21
Mehmet Okur - 21
Andrei Kirilenko - 17
LaMarcus Aldridge - 13
Carlos Boozer - 12

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 7
Brandon Roy - 5
Ronnie Price - 5
Andrei Kirilenko - 4
Carlos Boozer - 3
Deron Williams - 3
Mike James - 3
Greg Oden - 3

Rebounds
Greg Oden - 10
Carlos Boozer - 10
Mehmet Okur - 9
LaMarcus Aldridge - 9
Jeff Green - 6
Andrei Kirilenko - 6
Kosta Koufos - 6

Video Highlights
Oden plays a 1-2 with Westbrook before dunking.


Roy gets past Williams then slams it home.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [3-0] vs Utah Jazz [0-3]

Thunder produce brilliant second half to seal game 4 and win series



OKC - 24 27 34 32 117
UTA - 31 27 24 27 109

Player of the Game: Brandon Roy

Top Scorers
Brandon Roy - 31
Andrei Kirilenko - 26
Kevin Durant - 25
Mehmet Okur - 23
LaMarcus Aldridge - 18
Deron Williams - 18
Greg Oden - 17
Carlos Boozer - 15
Ronnie Price - 12
Mike James - 11

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 10
Ronnie Price - 6
Mehmet Okur - 5

Rebounds
Mehmet Okur - 11
Greg Oden - 9
Jeff Green - 8
LaMarcus Aldridge - 6
Carlos Boozer - 5

Video Highlights
Oden with the block, Durant finishes at the other end.


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Jazz lead by as many as 10 in the second quarter. I took the lead for the first time with 2 minutes left in the third.

[Houndy]

Great comeback

[kibaxx7]

Another sweep? Keep it up man.

[Phil89]

Western Conference 1st Round
(1) OKC vs UTA (8) - OKC wins series 4-0
(4) DAL vs HOU (5) - HOU wins series 4-2
(3) DEN vs PHX (6) - DEN wins series 4-0
(2) LAL vs SAS (7) - LAL wins series 4-2

Eastern Conference 1st Round
(1) CLE vs CHA (8) - CLE wins series 4-2
(4) TOR vs CHI (5) - CHI wins series 4-1
(3) ORL vs DET (6) - ORL wins series 4-2
(2) BOS vs ATL (7) - ATL wins series 4-3

[Phil89]

I'm now 20-2 in the Playoffs. Again I'm playing the Rockets in the Conference Semis. Maybe they will put up a better fight this season.

Btw, did anyone notice that I put Durant in 'Playoff mode' for an extra bit of realism?

[Lamrock]

Playoff mode? Did he shoot 35%?

[Phil89]

Sleeves.

[Phil89]

??/5/11

Oklahoma City Thunder [4-0] vs Houston Rockets [4-2]

Green scores 32 off bench as Thunder take game 1 easily



OKC - 32 31 28 31 122
HOU - 24 21 26 23 94

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook

Top Scorers
Jeff Green - 32
Aaron Brooks - 28
Kevin Durant - 27
Kevin Martin - 19
LaMarcus Aldridge - 17
Brandon Roy - 15
Russell Westbrook - 15
Yao Ming - 14
Luis Scola - 11
Trevor Ariza - 11
Greg Oden - 10

Assists
Russell Westbrook - 20
Aaron Brooks - 7
Trevor Ariza - 4
Kevin Martin - 4
Greg Oden - 4

Rebounds
Yao Ming - 20
Greg Oden - 15
Kevin Martin - 10
LaMarcus Aldridge - 8
Kevin Durant - 8

Video Highlights
Roy grabs the loose ball and dunks.


Roy shows his athleticism with a tough lay-up.


Even though Ariza gets past him, Durant doesn't give up. He gets back and blocks the shot which leads to a fast break basket.