04/04/2010 Timberwolves @ Thunder (regular season 76 of 82)

[KDisNotNice]

Minnesota Timberwolves (15-61) at Oklahoma City Thunder (47-28), 6pm Central time tipoff on Sunday night at the Ford Center.

This is the last of four meetings this season between these same divisional teams. OKC goes for the sweep winning each of the first 3 games.

The game will be shown on Fox Sports Oklahoma.

The Thunder have won 23 of their last 30 games overall and are 24-13 at home this season. They clinched a playoff berth in Dallas the night before but the game recap said they did not celebrate it.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010040306


The Thunder’s young players didn’t do any postgame celebrating. Their explanation? They have a home game Sunday against Minnesota, which has the worst record in the Western Conference.

“It’s cool to celebrate after the game but we’ve got a quick turnaround … so we’ve got to come out there and produce,” Durant said. “Maybe on our day off we’ll celebrate.”

The Timberwolves are only 5-33 on the road this season and lost by 17 in their previous meeting at the Ford Center.

Yahoo Sports preview of the game is here:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2010040425

[HotRocNRol]

Thunder are 12 point favorites; over/under is 208.

MIN....92
OKC..106

We may be riding a high but tough game in Dallas, high-fiving all the Fanatics at the airport and our guys may need to rotate the bench more frequently. I think that 208 may be a bit long.

[Tydude]

This is going to be a blow out game tonight
OKC 110
T-Wolves 80

[ThunderThunder]

Thun 102
Minn 84

[Thunderhead]

Wolves 91
:okc:124

I think the Thunder are fired up.

[Tydude]

this is from OKC Twitter

6p. FOX Spts OK (37, 722HD), DctTV (679), DISH (445, 9515) UVerse (754) COX Tulsa (27) NBA LP

[OKCDrummer77]

Snow Dogs 87
:okc: 108

[Colonel Thunder]

109-91; Thunder

[Tordön]

:okc: 110
TWolves 88

[Rod4soonrs]

107-95 okc

[Thunderstruck83]

The Lumber Dogs are on the tracks and the freight train is coming through...tonight will be a beginning to end celebration, sorry MIN that you have to be on the other side of it.

Wolves - 89
Thuinder - 108

RW0 gets a triple double

[Tydude]

http://www.nba.com/thunder/media/wolves_notes100404.pdf


REUSABLE GROCERY TOTE GIVEAWAY
The first 5,000 fans in attendance to Wednesday’s game against the Denver Nuggets on April 7 will receive a Thunder reusable grocery
tote, courtesy of Hertz.
http://www.nba.com/thunder/media/lowerPromoBox-hertzBag0910.jpg

[KDisNotNice]

Thunder are 12 point favorites; over/under is 208.


http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/odds

Odds have increased to Thunder by 13 1/2 and over/under (total scores of both teams) is 211. It looks like heavy betting on the Thunder in a blowout.

My prediction:

Thunder 110
T-Wolves 94

tiebreaker: 4 (points/rebounds by Etan Thomas)

[Plainsman]

Is this game sold out yet ?

It may be in doubt, since the OU women are playing in the Final Four at 6 pm. There's probably some crossover in the fan bases.

[Tx Thunder]

:okc: 116
Minnesota 94

[Plainsman]

I can't wait to see the team play tonight. Its been a week since I've seen them in person. Wanna be at the Ford Center, take in the atmosphere, the whole nine yards.

Love me a Thunder game.

:)

[KDisNotNice]

They are not calling it a sellout though I bet by the end of the 2nd quarter, all the tickets will be sold/distributed. I'm sure they will keep us up to date on the Sooners score throughout but likely more empty seats than usual.

[StormFan93]

:okc: 109
Lumber Puppies 84

[Thunderdomesooner]

:okc: 112
Minny 97

[RabThunderFan09]

119 Thunder
95 Timberwolves

Do Not expect a loud crowd near the end. This will not be a close game!

[McThunderLovin]

Thunder - 111

T-Wolves - 93

[McThunderLovin]

Air Congo!

[ThunderThunder]

Congo Congo......K Swoosh K Swoosh!!

[jaybreezy]

Who broke the feed?

[S00NR1]

What the hell Fox Sports??? Where'd the game go?

[Wooldoor Sockbat]

Wait... WHAT????

[Wooldoor Sockbat]

Mike Steely is the ugliest man I have ever seen. And I've met Doug....

[McThunderLovin]

It's messed up for me too...

[ThunderThunder]

Is anybody at the game?? I can't see it....

[With a Dash of Nasty]

Game isn't showing for some reason... wtf?

[Doug Loudenback]

Mike Steely is the ugliest man I have ever seen. And I've met Doug....
:) You must mean another Doug. I've never met you. Not lately.

[ThunderThunder]

ahhhh.....much better.

[jaybreezy]

Hip Hip Hooray!!

[Doug Loudenback]

Turn on your radio. We are leading 52-31 at7:34

[Wooldoor Sockbat]

Hey.. we're up by 22

[McThunderLovin]

Ibaka needs to work on that shot.

[Wooldoor Sockbat]

:) You must mean another Doug. I've never met you. Not lately.
Of course. You're lovely. That other Doug is....

[McThunderLovin]

Man Nick is awesome we are ahead and still takes the charge.

[McThunderLovin]

I love Nenad's smile.

[ThunderThunder]

that was borderline homotastic....can u refrain from such things ?:)

[McThunderLovin]

We are sliding...

[McThunderLovin]

Grant Long and Brian Davis is a little homo.

[Tydude]

Final Thunder 116 T-Wolves 108

[Betts]

They played so well in the first quarter. I think they relaxed in the second half and probably their late night and emotional victory in Dallas finally started to take its toll. At least they were able to buckle down and pull out the win.

[KDisNotNice]

http://www.nba.com/thunder/media/wolves_notes100404.pdf

http://www.nba.com/thunder/media/lowerPromoBox-hertzBag0910.jpg

I got there at 5:20pm and they were already out. That was the first time that happened to me but its no big deal. Now if it was a bobblehead, then I'd be steaming. :)

[KDisNotNice]

Mike Steely is the ugliest man I have ever seen. And I've met Doug....

You've never seen Al Eschbach? He has a face made for radio and a voice made for TV (during the silent era).

[KDisNotNice]

Of course. You're lovely. That other Doug is....

Doug is a Dawg, is what you are trying to say.

I think Jeff Green didn't eat his wheaties this morning because he left shot after shot short.

[KDisNotNice]

They played so well in the first quarter. I think they relaxed in the second half and probably their late night and emotional victory in Dallas finally started to take its toll. At least they were able to buckle down and pull out the win.

That's not a valid excuse as both teams had to play the night before. The Thunder defense has been inconsistent lately and we didn't come out of the locker room in a good frame of mind. A win is a win though, so we'll take it. Wow, 48 wins already with 6 games to go!

[Tydude]

I got there at 5:20pm and they were already out. That was the first time that happened to me but its no big deal. Now if it was a bobblehead, then I'd be steaming. :)
The Promotion is for Wednesday not tonight

[KDisNotNice]

The Promotion is for Wednesday not tonight

Oh, thanks for posting it 3 days early. :)

[KDisNotNice]

Is this game sold out yet ?

It may be in doubt, since the OU women are playing in the Final Four at 6 pm. There's probably some crossover in the fan bases.

Yes, it was sellout number 25! I was surprised they didn't give any score updates during the Thunder game during timeouts or the end scoreboards. Luckily I had a good internet connection (a rare occurence) in the Ford Center tonight to check on that.

[Thunderstruck83]

Give credit to the Wolves fo rnot giving up when it could've easily turned into a laugher. If you would've said at halftime that our starters would be in the last minute or two I would've laughed. It's hard to stay on the gas when you're destroying a team that has 15wins on April 4th. They didn't need to play their best game to win tonight, there are much bigger fish to fry coming up this week. After beating BOS and DAL on the road, if we can go 2-1 this week or possibly sweep then we'll really be rolling at the right time. TPB is right though the defense has to tighten up a few notches from here on to be successful. Keep it up boys!!