That's for sure. 1 more win and I'll have a shot at back to back titles.
If I get to the Finals at least I should regain my rebounding dominance. A tough series against Yao and now against Haynes and Nene. Cleveland don't have Shaq or Ilgauskas anymore. Just Varejao. Atlanta have Horford, Pachulia and Przybilla. Not too bad.
Oklahoma City Thunder [11-0] vsDenver Nuggets [8-6]
Thunder win game 4 and complete least lopsided sweep ever
OKC - 30 26 38 33 127 DEN - 22 26 32 30 120
Player of the Game: Kevin Durant
Top Scorers Kevin Durant - 33 Carmelo Anthony - 30 Greg Oden - 28 Brandon Roy - 27 JR Smith - 27 Nene - 20 Chauncey Billups - 18 Randy Foye - 15 Russell Westbrook - 14 LaMarcus Aldridge - 10
Assists Russell Westbrook - 13 Chauncey Billups - 10 Carmelo Anthony - 7 Nene - 3 Greg Oden - 3 Kevin Durant - 3 Jeff Green - 3
Rebounds Nene - 12 Garry Haynes - 11 Greg Oden - 11 LaMarcus Aldridge - 10 Chris Andersen - 7 Kevin Durant - 6 Carmelo Anthony - 5
Video Highlights Westbrook finds Durant who finishes with a windmill dunk.
Line-ups Oklahoma City Starting 5 - Greg Oden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Brandon Roy, Russell Westbrook. Subs - Kenyon Martin, JJ Redick, Jeff Green, James Harden, Eric Maynor, Serge Ibaka. Inactive - BJ Mullens, Roy Parrish, Boris Jones.
Cleveland Starting 5 - Anderson Varejao, Antawn Jamison, LeBron James, Delonte West, Devin Harris. Subs - Daniel Gibson, Jamario Moon, Christian Eyenga, JJ Hickson, Curt Blake, Hubert Ripley, Adam Morrison. Inactive - Darnell Jackson, Carl Landry.
Key Players Oklahoma City Kevin Durant Averaging 30.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 1.8 APG and 3.4 SPG in the Playoffs. Lead his team to the second best record in NBA history. 3rd in scoring during regular season.
LaMarcus Aldridge Averaging 15.1 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.7 APG and 2.2 BPG in the Playoffs. Solid at both ends of the court. Has recorded many 20-10 games this season.
Cleveland LeBron James Averaging 24.9 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 BPG, 2.1 SPG in the Playoffs. He was named the league's Most Valuable Player this season. 4th in scoring during regular season.
Devin Harris Averaging 16.9 PPG and 5.2 APG in the Playoffs. Swapped New Jersey for Cleveland and has really flourished as LeBron's #2.
Key Factors Fitness - Cleveland have played 8 more games in the post-season than Oklahoma City, including two game 7's. Rebounding - Oklahoma City have Oden, Aldridge and Hibbert while Cleveland only have Varejao. Depth - Oklahoma City have players like Green, Redick, Martin and Harden who can come on and add scoring. Cleveland have Hickson and Gibson. Pride - Oklahoma City are defending their title.
Last edited by Phil89 on Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
They definitely seem to have had the harder road. With your advantage on the boards and your Big Four, I reckon you could very well sweep through the entire postseason.
Oklahoma City Thunder [12-0] vsCleveland Cavaliers [12-8]
Thunder outlast determined Cleveland to take game 1
OKC - 30 31 26 41 128 CLE - 25 34 27 33 119
Player of the Game: LeBron James
Top Scorers LeBron James - 37 Russell Westbrook - 27 Brandon Roy - 25 Kevin Durant - 24 Delonte West - 22 Devin Harris - 21 Greg Oden - 17 Antawn Jamison - 17 LaMarcus Aldridge - 14 Jeff Green - 13 Anderson Varejao - 11
Assists LeBron James - 11 Russell Westbrook - 10 Devin Harris - 9 LaMarcus Aldridge - 5 Greg Oden - 4 Brandon Roy - 3 Antawn Jamison - 3
Rebounds Anderson Varejao - 13 LaMarcus Aldridge - 10 Greg Oden - 9 Kevin Durant - 6 LeBron James - 5 Delonte West - 5 Antawn Jamison - 4 Curt Blake - 4 Brandon Roy - 4 Jeff Green - 4
Video Highlights Durant with a spectacular dunk.
Oden finishes with an acrobatic lay-up.
Durant sinks a 3 to give the Thunder a 103-101 lead midway through the fourth.
----- Durant started really slowly scoring wise, but Westbrook stepped up and kept me in it until Durant got going.
Oklahoma City Thunder [13-0] vsCleveland Cavaliers [12-9]
Thunder overcome shaky start to beat Cavs
OKC - 20 33 34 34 121 CLE - 25 30 25 28 108
Player of the Game: Brandon Roy
Top Scorers Kevin Durant - 31 LeBron James - 31 Brandon Roy - 27 LaMarcus Aldridge - 21 Antawn Jamison - 18 Delonte West - 17 Devin Harris - 17 Jeff Green - 16 Greg Oden - 11
Assists Devin Harris - 12 LeBron James - 9 Russell Westbrook - 6 Eric Maynor - 5 Brandon Roy - 4 Delonte West - 4 Daniel Gibson - 4
Rebounds Greg Oden - 18 Anderson Varejao - 10 Antawn Jamison - 10 LaMarcus Aldridge - 9 Kevin Durant - 5 Brandon Roy - 5 Russell Westbrook - 5 Jeff Green - 5
Video Highlights Green dunks over Harris.
The crowd loved it when Durant blocked LeBron's shot.
Roy sinks it from half court on the buzzer at the end of the third quarter. Too bad it didn't count.
----- I trailed by as many as 9 early in the second quarter. Fought back and they seemed to run out of legs in the fourth. Plus Jamison and Varejao picked up their 5th fouls midway through the fourth.
Oklahoma City Thunder [14-0] vsCleveland Cavaliers [12-10]
Game 3 win edges Thunder closer to back to back Titles
OKC - 24 27 29 31 111 CLE - 23 21 35 22 101
Player of the Game: Brandon Roy
Top Scorers LeBron James - 35 Kevin Durant - 29 Brandon Roy - 27 Delonte West - 25 LaMarcus Aldridge - 19 Jeff Green - 19 Devin Harris - 17 Antawn Jamison - 15 Russell Westbrook - 13
Assists Devin Harris - 12 Russell Westbrook - 5 LaMarcus Aldridge - 3 Kevin Durant - 3 Jeff Green - 3 LeBron James - 3 Daniel Gibson - 3
Rebounds Greg Oden - 15 LaMarcus Aldridge - 12 Anderson Varejao - 12 Antawn Jamison - 11 Brandon Roy - 8 LeBron James - 8 Devin Harris - 5 Jeff Green - 4
Video Highlights Green with a 360 dunk.
Green sinks a massive three to halt Cleveland's momentum.