Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets - WEST 1st round

[Jumpman]

[LeBron]

Zao mi je sto je Hjuston poslednjeg dana skliznuo na 8. mesto i ide na Oklahomu. Mislim, u stvari ubedjen sam, da nemaju nikakve sanse protiv Oklahome. I jedni i drugi igraju brzu kosarku. Za nju ti je bitan atleticizam, a Oklahoma je fizicki jaca ekipa. Plus su i talentovaniji. Mozda Hjuston otkine jednu utakmicu kada budu igrali u Teksasu, ali jako tesko.
Durenta nema ko da zadrzi, Vestbruk ce da pocepa Lina. Jedna od rethih prednosti Hjustona je Harden. OKC nema igraca sa takvim pregledom i on bi mogao da im pravi puno problema. Ali opet, igrao je tamo jako puno. Jeste on napredovao ove sezone ali ipak ga Tanderi jako dobro poznaju. Bice Hardenu pakleno tesko igrati.
Prednost Hjustona bi mogao biti Asik. Hvatace on te ofanzivne skokove koi bi im mogli donositi i po 7,8-10 dodatnih poena.
OKC ima bolju klupu, organizovaniji su i, kratko receno, puno su jaci.
Tako da, mislim da ovde pada jedna metla. OKC 4-0.

[nemanjako]

Jako mi je drago sto su Tandersi zaobisli Lejkerse i sto se sastaju bas sa sparsima koji su namerno popustili pred kraj sezone kako bi zaobisli lejkerse na 8 mestu. Tako da mi je bas drago da ce OKC imati kudi kamo laksi zadatak. Tako da dajem 4 : 0 ili eventualno 4 : 1 za OKC

[Michael Jordan 23]

Ista stvar.Zao mi je Hjustona,jako gotivna ekipa.Protiv Spursa bi imali sanse,ali ovako.....tesko.4:0.eventualno neko manje iznenadjenje za 4:1.Ipak je Oklahoma mnogo organizovaniji tim.Mada,videcemo....

[D.Rose25]

Mislim da će OKC ići dalje, ali se nadam iznenađenju, da bude zanimljivije

[Yoker87]

[dr Hofmann]

Jedna pobjeda mozda.

[D.Rose25]

Ovo je bilo
Užasno su loše šutirali igrači Rocketsa.

[Legolas]

Hjuston sigurno izvlaci jednu pobedu

[nemanjako]

Pa to je to zaustavis im Hardena ispod proseka on potrosi dosta lopti i to je propast za Houston. Ako on proradi ( sto Durant nece da mu dozvoli ili Westbrook) oni mogu jos i da pariraju Tandersima do nekle ali ovako jok vala. Cistka

[dr Hofmann]

70 trica sutnuto na mecu

[Lawson]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, the team announced today.

Westbrook suffered the injury in the second quarter of Game 2 of the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs. The three-time NBA All-Star averaged 23.2 points (6th in NBA), 7.4 assists (7th), a career-high 5.2 rebounds and 1.77 steals (9th) in 82 games this season.

“Our players' health is our first and foremost concern. The Thunder’s medical team and several specialists we consulted with determined that Russell undergo a procedure to address the issue,” said Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. “We have thoroughly discussed this with Russell. Despite being the competitor and teammate that he is, he respects and understands the decision and is committed to come back even stronger."

There is no timetable set for his return

auuuuuuuu
tek je sad sve otvoreno na zapadu
i ovo ce mu ujedno biti i prva propustena utakmica od srednje skole

[Legolas]

urekli su ga. pre neki dan su pominjali da nije propustio ni jednu tekmu od tada

[LeBron]

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/04/27/thunder-westbrook-surgery.ap/index.html

Gotovo.

[Jaz]

Jel moguce da si imao 10 izgubljenih Hardene, jel moguce? Steta sto Houston nije dobio i proslu.

[D.Rose25]

U jednom momentu je imao više izgubljenih lopti nego poena.

[LeBron]

Kakav je choki ovaj Harden...

[D.Rose25]

Jedva čekam sledeću utakmicu, moraju Rocketsi pobediti i onda G7 u OKC da ponove ovo od danas.

[Yoker87]

Bez Westbrooka OKC djeluje izgubljeno, vidicemo dal moze Durantula da donese jos jednu pobjedu timu, ali u polufinalu mislim da ne mogu nista uraditi

[LeBron]

Joj, kako bih voleo da ih pukne Hjuston.

[SN10]

hjuston ovo okrece

[Michael Jordan 23]

Daj boze

[Legolas]

Mnogo mi je drago sto su pobedili

[Jaz]

There’s little debate that Oklahoma City’s chances of holding a victory parade in June took a hit the moment it was announced that Russell Westbrook would be on an operating table instead of in the starting lineup for Game 3.

But there is no question at all when the Thunder ceased to be championship contenders in 2013.
There was exactly 5:51 left on the clock in the fourth quarter of Game 5 when Serge Ibaka ran up and clamped a hungry bear hug on Omer Asik.

It was that split second when Thunder coach Scott Brooks went to Hack-Asik and announced to the world that his club doesn’t have the stuff to go the distance through four rounds of the playoffs.
It smelled of gimmick and positively reeked of desperation for the No. 1 seed in the West against the No. 8 seed that approaches every game with a style and an attitude that is more Shirts v. Skins than the playoff wars.

Here were the mighty Thunder, virtually without an offensive clue that wasn’t named Kevin Durant, admitting that they had run out of bullets and ideas.
Never mind that over the course of the next 3 1/2 minutes Asik stepped up to the line and knocked down 8-for-11 free throws. It wasn’t simply the result that allowed the Rockets to get out with a 107-97 win that cut OKC’s lead in the series down to a scary 3-2 that made a statement. The real message delivered is that it’s only the first round of the playoffs and the Thunder already are out of answers.

Intentionally fouling a 56.8 percent free-throw shooter is legal and has proven through the years to be occasionally effective against the likes of Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard. But in this case, it was a Brooks waving a white flag.
What we have seen now in the three games without Westbrook is one thing we knew and another that we suspected: 1) there is very little anyone can do to stop Durant from getting his looks and getting his points; 2) the rest of the OKC roster is more of a crapshoot than a back alley dice game.

Durant finished with 36 points and poured in 18 in the third quarter, but was held scoreless in the fourth. Until Reggie Jackson tossed in a handful of buckets when the Rockets were holding them at arm’s length, the Thunder didn’t really have a second offensive option. Ibaka mixed drop-off dunks with thoughtless jumpers, Kevin Martin was a why-bother 1-for-10, Thabo Sefolosha scored just nine points, Derek Fisher eight, Nick Collison six and Kendrick Perkins two.
The idea that the Thunder can survive with Durant playing point forward and distributing the ball from the top of the offense only is valid if his teammates can consistently make shots. And they can’t.

Funny isn’t it, how all of the howling about Westbrook’s wild and crazy game and penchant for mind-altering shot selection has suddenly become as quiet as the so-called Loud City itself?

Even the if Thunder can pick themselves up off the floor and get past the Rockets — and history says they will — there can be no strong belief that OKC can keep trotting the same “KD-and-a-prayer” attack with success as the competition level gets stronger.
If that wasn’t apparent before, it came clearly into focus with 5:51 left in the game when Ibaka wrapped up Asik.

It was the moment the Thunder ran out of real answers and stopped being a 2013 championship contender.

Mozda malo preterano, i na kraju ispade da OKC ne moze da pobedjuje bez Westbrooka. Ipak su ceo gameplan zasnivali na njemu i Durantu, videcemo sta ce jos biti.

[Jumpman]

koji degen
http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2013/05/royce-white-taunts-kevin-durant-on-twitter-after-thunder-lose-to-rockets/?fb_source=pubv1

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