02/06/2009 Trail Blazers @ Thunder

[KDisNotNice]

Portland Trail Blazers (30-18) at Oklahoma City Thunder (11-38), 7pm on Friday at the Ford Center.

This is game 2 of the Thunder's 3 game homestand. Portland is 12-13 on the road this season. The Thunder are 6-4 in their last 10 home games.

Yahoo Sports preview of the game is here:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2009020625

[Wrap10]

I get to make the first prediction? Man, I hope the site doesn't go down again as a result.

Thunder: 108
Blazers: 106

Tiebreaker: KD hits a literal tiebreaker at the buzzer to win the game.

[StormFan93]

YES! This one is on local TV here! Thank You Comcast Sportsnet!

But, after watching the Blazers all season long, I just don't see this one as a W.

Blazers 106
Thunder 95

[Thunderstorm]

Thunder 107
Blazers 105

[Choda Boy]

Thunder 112
Blazers 111

[Thunderhead]

Blazers 105
Thunder 108

[AD]

Blazers 111
Thunder 121

very little defense in this one and alot of running...
Oden plays less than 18 minutes...make that 24 minutes... no I'm going with 18.

[CNC]

JailBlazers - 104
Thunder - 115

[RicanThunder]

Thunder - 107
Blazers - 111

Durant goes for 40, but BRoy and Aldridge are too much.

[KDisNotNice]

Thunder 100
T-Blazers 103

tiebreaker: Green attempts the last shot for the Thunder

[Wompus Cat]

Inspired by that 70 point half.....
Thunder 128
Tblunders 113

[Chocolate Thunder]

Blazers 103
Thunder 98

[Fast | Break]

I think we're in another slump folks. I hate to say it but . . .

blazers 101
Thunder 98

[Thunderstruck83]

Blazers - 116
Thunder - 111

Tiebreak: Earl Watson has 8+ assists.

[Capt Jack Sparrow]

Portland 118
OKC 111

Someone for Portland scores a career high.

[ThunderCover]

I'm sensing some good juju in the Ford Center tonight. It's time for the Blazers to assume their rightful place as our BITCHES.

Thunder 117
BITCHES 105

[Thunderstruck83]

Earl, Chucky, and Westbrook in at the same time? I bet this won't last long...if Earl keeps playing like he has the last couple of games, it's gonna take at least three peach nehi's to get him. But seriously, I like what I've seen lately, alot less jumping without knowing where to pass and alot more getting the ball to open shooters. Another nearly 20-point lead nearing halftime, hope he has a good locker room speech tonight...

[Thor]

We had essentially a four pg lineup at one point... Interesting!

[Doug Loudenback]

I'm sensing some good juju in the Ford Center tonight. It's time for the Blazers to assume their rightful place as our BITCHES.

Thunder 117
BITCHES 105
Ya did good, ThunderCover.

[ThunderCover]

Ya did good, ThunderCover.

Thanks Doug....That was game one of the four game sweep of the BITCHES :D

[Plainsman]

That .................. was a good win !!

Nick Collison had a great game.

Anyone know why Krstic was not at the game ?

[HotRocNRol]

was it me or were there a LOT and I mean a LOT of late whistles...fouls, turnovers and the like, seemed like one to one & a half seconds before the whistle...both ways-for & against. two or three times the ball would be bounding off the rim and a whistle on the shot.
Was a terrible charge call and ball completely out of bounds to the first row then the ref blows the tweeter.

don't know, maybe I had too many beers and dulled my senses LOL

[StormFan93]

was it me or were there a LOT and I mean a LOT of late whistles...fouls, turnovers and the like, seemed like one to one & a half seconds before the whistle...both ways-for & against. two or three times the ball would be bounding off the rim and a whistle on the shot.
Was a terrible charge call and ball completely out of bounds to the first row then the ref blows the tweeter.

don't know, maybe I had too many beers and dulled my senses LOL

You weren't dulled, I noticed that myself.

[rtucker47]

That .................. was a good win !!

Nick Collison had a great game.

Anyone know why Krstic was not at the game ?

Flu like symptoms.

[StormFan93]

Flu like symptoms.

Why don't the injury reports just say that he has the Flu, not, "Flu Like Symptoms"?

[Betts]

Maybe they tested him for flu and it was negative, so they can't say he has it. Or, they don't want people thinking he'll be out for a week.

[KDisNotNice]

Krstic was out but Swift and Wilcox still can't get in the game.

Oh well, our biggest win in franchise history! Perhaps we can top it on the 17th with a win over the Hornets.

[KDisNotNice]

Also, the featured item of the night was the Thunder Girls calendar, only $10 (normally $20). Plus if you bought it at the Thundershop before the game, they (16 of 20) were sitting outside the shop ready to autograph it for you. What a deal! :)

[KDisNotNice]

That .................. was a good win !!

Nick Collison had a great game.




Among other things he has greatly improved his FT shooting, 7 of 7 plus he got off to a hot start tonight which got the Thunder in the lead which they never gave up.

[Doug Loudenback]

Krstic was out but Swift and Wilcox still can't get in the game.

Oh well, our biggest win in franchise history! Perhaps we can top it on the 17th with a win over the Hornets.
Well, as Chris Paul once said, "Hell YEAH!"

I think he said it in teal, however. ;)

[Wrap10]

I might get booed off the board for this, but mighty fine game by Earl Watson. He gets bashed almost constantly, but he's been playing darn good basketball of late. I never did think he was as bad as some others kept saying, although I never thought he was exactly great either. But he was an important piece of the puzzle last night, especially with Westbrook having an off night. And he seems to be playing better since that thumb or wrist injury healed up, whichever it was.

[Choda Boy]

But, but, he gets a lot of assists but that is not everything. He also drags the tempo down and at critical points in games, you don't want him distributing the ball. He looks for his own shot constantly, so when he's off, it really hurts the team. But, last night he was on and that made the Thunder good.

[AD]

No you're right Wrap... we're pretty hard on him most of the time... ok pretty much all of the time... and we should give him his props when he plays well... last night he added to (instead of subtracting from) the team's effort to get the win...

GOOD JOB, Earl!!!

There... I said it... (felt good for a change)

[Wompus Cat]

But, but, he gets a lot of assists but that is not everything. He also drags the tempo down and at critical points in games, you don't want him distributing the ball. He looks for his own shot constantly, so when he's off, it really hurts the team. But, last night he was on and that made the Thunder good.

He played good for the most part... And he does slow us down sometimes and turn the over too much. He just drives me crazy for some reason....Its like I'm just waiting for him to make a mistake.