OKC - Five-peat! Final summary

[Phil89]

26/1/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [28-12] vs Cleveland Cavaliers [13-27]

Green stars as Thunder bounce back



OKC - 32 27 31 40 130
CLE - 29 26 24 22 101

Player of the Game: Jeff Green



Video Highlights
Durant finishes with a nice dunk.

[Andrew]

Nice, is that two or three on the season for Green?

[Phil89]

Two I think. Durant has one as well as far as I can remember.


Edit: I just went through all the games and added them up.

Double-doubles
Green - 15
Westbrook - 12
Dampier - 3
Durant - 2
Krstic - 1

Triple-doubles
Green - 3
Durant - 1

[Phil89]

28/1/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [29-12] vs Indiana Pacers [11-32]

Durant leads Thunder to another win



OKC - 28 36 25 20 109
IND - 22 21 26 26 95

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant



Video Highlights
Mayo with a one-handed slam.


Durant ends the first quarter with a buzzer-beating three.

[Andrew]

Granger's going up for the goaltend in that screenshot. Nice win.

[Phil89]

^ Yep. The referee called it too.

I love having Shannon Brown coming off the bench. He was shooting like he has been in real life recently in this game.
May be in with a shot at 6th man award at the end of the season if he keeps his scoring up.

[Andrew]

Yeah it seems he's definitely been a spark for you off the bench. Here's hoping the awards logic doesn't screw you over.

[Phil89]

30/1/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [30-12] vs Philadelphia 76ers [14-32]

Thunder continue winning form



OKC - 32 29 27 28 116
PHI - 21 24 41 17 103

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook



Video Highlights
Durant finds himself in space and takes advantage.

[Andrew]

Solid game from Westbrook. Not quite matching the scoring of his real life counterpart but those opportunities aren't really there with your roster (and a healthy Durant) and he's certainly still contributing.

[Phil89]

1/2/10

Conference Standings

Eastern Conference
1. MIA* | 34-11 | N/A | .756 | = | [10-4]
2. BOS* | 34-12 | 0.5 | .739 | = | [11-3]
3. NJN | 24-18 | 8.5 | .571 | +2 | [8-6]
4. CHA | 26-22 | 9.5 | .542 | = | [6-8]
5. ATL | 24-20 | 9.5 | .545 | +1 | [7-5]
6. WAS | 23-20 | 10.0 | .535 | +1 | [7-4]
7. ORL | 23-21 | 10.5 | .523 | +2 | [9-6]
8. DET* | 21-20 | 11.0 | .512 | -5 | [3-10]
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9. CHI | 21-23 | 12.5 | .477 | +1 | [8-6]
10. NYK | 19-23 | 13.5 | .452 | +2 | [6-7]
11. MIL | 19-26 | 15.0 | .422 | -3 | [5-10]
12. TOR | 18-27 | 16.0 | .400 | -1 | [5-10]
13. CLE | 13-30 | 20.0 | .302 | +2 | [7-9]
14. PHI | 14-34 | 21.5 | .292 | -1 | [2-12]
15. IND | 11-35 | 23.5 | .239 | -1 | [3-12]


Western Conference
1. OKC* | 31-12 | N/A | .721 | = | [10-4]
2. PHX* | 27-16 | 4.0 | .628 | +1 | [7-9]
3. HOU* | 29-17 | 3.5 | .630 | +3 | [11-4]
4. LAL | 28-17 | 4.0 | .622 | +3 | [11-2]
5. POR | 27-16 | 4.0 | .628 | -1 | [11-4]
6. DAL | 25-19 | 6.5 | .568 | -4 | [5-10]
7. UTA | 24-19 | 7.0 | .558 | -2 | [8-7]
8. SAC | 22-22 | 9.5 | .500 | +4 | [10-4]
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9. DEN | 21-24 | 11.0 | .467 | +4 | [9-5]
10. GSW | 19-24 | 12.0 | .442 | +4 | [9-6]
11. SAS | 19-24 | 12.0 | .442 | -3 | [5-9]
12. MEM | 20-26 | 12.5 | .435 | -2 | [7-8]
13. NOH | 18-25 | 13.0 | .419 | -2 | [6-7]
14. MIN | 16-26 | 14.5 | .381 | -5 | [3-9]
15. LAC | 13-34 | 20.0 | .277 | = | [2-12]

* = Division Leader

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League Leaders

Points Per Game
1. Kobe Bryant - LAL - 33.4
2. Kevin Durant - OKC - 33.3
3. Deron Williams - UTA - 31.7
4. Antawn Jamison - CLE 30.0
5. Monta Ellis - GSW - 26.9

Rebounds Per Game
1. Chris Bosh - MIA - 13.3
2. Dwight Howard - ORL - 13.1
3. Kevin Love - MIN - 13.0
4. Amare Stoudemire - NYK - 12.8
4. Samuel Dalembert - SAC - 12.8

Assists Per Game
1. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 10.5
1. Tyreke Evans - SAC - 10.5
3. Jameer Nelson - ORL - 9.7
4. Steve Nash - PHX - 9.6
4. Deron Williams - UTA - 9.6

Steals Per Game
1. Kevin Durant - OKC - 2.7
2. Monta Ellis - GSW - 2.5
3. OJ Mayo - OKC - 2.2
4. Tony Parker - SAS - 2.0
4. Chris Paul - NOH - 2.0
4. James Harden - MEM - 2.0

Blocks Per Game
1. Brook Lopez - NJN - 3.8
2. Johan Petro - NJN - 3.0
2. Andrew Bogut - MIL - 3.0
4. Roy Hibbert - IND - 2.9
5. Dwight Howard - ORL - 2.6
5. Anderson Varejao - CLE - 2.6
5. Al Horford - ATL - 2.6


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Awards

Players of the Month
East
Antawn Jamison - CLE
32.2 PPG - 11.9 RPG - 1.4 APG - 2.5 BPG - 1.6 SPG

West
Deron Williams - UTA
30.5 PPG - 1.6 RPG - 10.3 APG - 0.7 BPG - 1.9 SPG

Rookies of the Month
East
John Wall - WAS
18.4 PPG - 3.1 RPG - 6.2 APG - 1.2 BPG - 2.0 SPG

West
Blake Griffin - LAC
15.1 PPG - 10.4 RPG - 1.1 APG - 2.1 BPG - 0.9 SPG


MVP Candidates
Kobe Bryant - 33.4 PPG - 4.7 RPG - 4.6 APG - 1.5 BPG - 1.9 SPG
Kevin Durant - 33.3 PPG - 5.7 RPG - 2.3 APG - 1.6 BPG - 2.7 SPG
LeBron James - 24.7 PPG - 6.0 RPG - 6.7 APG - 1.9 BPG - 1.8 SPG
Deron Williams - 31.7 PPG - 1.8 RPG - 9.6 APG - 0.6 BPG - 1.7 SPG
Chris Bosh - 22.6 PPG - 13.3 RPG - 1.1 APG - 2.0 BPG - 1.4 SPG


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Injury News

Charlotte
26/01/10 - Desagana Diop - Sprained Ankle - Day-to-day

Chicago
30/01/10 - Kyle Korver - Sore Elbow - Day-to-day

Cleveland
27/01/10 - Mo Williams - Sore Toe - Day-to-day

Denver
10/01/10 - Nene - Broken Wrist - 2 weeks
16/01/10 - Chris Andersen - Broken Nose - 2 weeks

Golden State
30/01/10 - Louis Amundson - Sore Ankle - Day-to-day

Houston
31/01/10 - Yao Ming - Broken bone in his Foot - 1 month

Indiana
27/01/10 - Danny Granger - Sore Elbow - Day-to-day
01/02/10 - Darren Collison - Strained Achilles Tendon - 1 week

Los Angeles
30/01/10 - Pau Gasol - Strained Achilles Tendon - Day-to-day

Memphis
26/01/10 - Marc Gasol - Broken Finger - 1 week
30/01/10 - Darrell Arthur - Sore Ankle - Day-to-day

Miami
30/01/10 - Zydrunas Ilgauskas - Strained Thigh Muscle - 1 week

Minnesota
21/01/10 - Luke Ridnour - Bone Spur in his Foot - Day-to-day

Orlando
01/02/10 - Brandon Bass - Sprained Wrist - Day-to-day

Sacramento
01/02/10 - Samuel Dalembert - Sore Thigh Muscle - Day-to-day

San Antonio
28/01/10 - Tim Duncan - Sore Achilles Tendon - Day-to-day

Toronto
15/01/10 - Julian Wright - Broken Bone in his Foot - 1 month

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Transactions

11/01/10 - Toronto trades L.Barbosa to Charlotte for T.Thomas.

[Andrew]

Close race for the scoring crown. Nice to see the top eight in both conferences at .500 or better, too.

[Phil89]

1/2/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [31-12] vs Washington Wizards [23-20]

Westbrook and Green star in win over Wizards



OKC - 35 24 34 31 124
WAS - 21 32 23 33 109

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant



Video Highlights
Durant with a two-handed reverse dunk.


Westbrook picking up 1 of his 25 assists with an alley-oop to Dampier.

[Andrew]

25 assists and only three turnovers, nice. Tough night shooting the ball for Westbrook but the assists sure made up for it, certainly didn't stand in the way of you picking up the win.

[rise]

Haven't checked this one out in a while. Great to see Westbrook breaking records!

But, this is bad:

Houston
31/01/10 - Yao Ming - Broken bone in his Foot - 1 month

That spells disaster.

Jamison maintaining 30ppg?

[kibaxx7]

Yeah, how Jamison is playing, that's great numbers. Always nice to see Westbrook like that, if he continues like this in real life, he's my lock for MIP.

[Andrew]

31/01/10 - Yao Ming - Broken bone in his Foot - 1 month

Proof that NBA Live 10's sim engine does indeed have its moments. One can only hope that the real Yao can make it through the year without another broken foot, the strained tendon alone has to be disheartening for Rockets fans.

[Phil89]

3/2/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [32-12] vs Golden State Warriors [19-24]

Warriors overrun Thunder late on



OKC - 26 32 26 27 111
GSW - 29 29 23 37 118

Player of the Game: David Lee



Video Highlights
Westbrook evades Curry and dunks.


Mayo beats the entire Warriors team to dunk.

[Andrew]

Looks like it was a competitive one, tough break.

[Phil89]

5/2/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [32-13] vs Golden State Warriors [20-25]

Thunder hit straight back against Warriors



OKC - 35 27 26 33 121
GSW - 33 28 17 29 107

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook



Video Highlights
Durant intercepts the pass and Westbrook takes it all the way to the rim.


Brown hits a wide open three.

[Andrew]

At least you didn't have to wait long to get a little payback. Looks like you did a nice job limiting Lee in that one.

[Phil89]

Clippers up next. Hopefully Griffin doesn't replicate his RL form.

[Axel The Great]

Good to see you got payback from the Warriors, despite Curry's big night.

I really don't like that avatar you have.

[Andrew]

I really don't like that avatar you have.

No Santa Hat, right?

[Axel The Great]

Yes, put a Santa Hat on Westbrook, that way it looks like Russell Westclaus is dunking on Battier.

[Phil89]

7/2/10

Oklahoma City Thunder [33-13] vs Los Angeles Clippers [14-35]

Clippers no match for fired up Thunder



OKC - 30 31 36 24 121
LAC - 23 23 22 33 101

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant



Video Highlights
Westbrook slips between 2 defenders and dunks.