12/01/2010 Thunder @ Nets (regular season 19 of 82)

[KDisNotNice]

This game between the Oklahoma City Thunder (12-6) and the New Jersey Nets (6-12) will be played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. New Jersey is averaging 13,407 in attendance this season which is 30th out of 30 teams.

Gametime is 6pm Central time on Wednesday and the TV broadcast is on Fox Sports Oklahoma. You can also listen to it on the radio station WWLS, The Sports Animal.

This is the first of two meetings between these teams. They meet again in OKC on December 29th.

The Nets lost to the Knicks by 11 on Tuesday (losing Devin Harris to a knee injury) and the Thunder last played on Monday in a win by 6 over the Hornets.

The bookies' odds have the Thunder favored by 5 1/2 and the over/under is 193 1/2.

[Tordön]

:okc: 111
NJN 97

[OKCDrummer77]

:okc: 101
Nets 96

[HotRocNRol]

:okc: 102
Nets .. 96

[RicanThunder]

Thunder - 103
Nyets - 94

KD shoots over 50% this game and gets back on track.

[Thunderdomesooner]

:okc: 99
Nets: 90

[REDL1NE]

:okc: 106
NJN: 97

[Jimmy Early]

Russell Westbrook dominates Harris in this game: something like 32 points, 12 assists and 7 boards and at least one highlight dunk.

OKC 104
Boardwalk Empire Annex 97

[RicanThunder]

Russell Westbrook dominates Harris in this game: something like 32 points, 12 assists and 7 boards and at least one highlight dunk.

OKC 104
Boardwalk Empire Annex 97

I don't even think Harris will play in the game. He left the game against the Knicks yesterday with a leg injury.

[KDisNotNice]

http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-city-thunders-kevin-durant-nursing-sore-knee-may-not-play-tonight-against-new-jersey/article/3519725?custom_click=headlines_widget

Durant has a sore knee and is a game time decision tonight. Devin Harris for the Nets is defintely out.

[Colonel Thunder]

Crap....

[KDisNotNice]

Luckily our next 3 games are (relatively) easy. If KD needs to rest his knee, then now is the time.

[KDisNotNice]

http://www.newsok.com/thunders-durant-out-against-new-jersey-with-sore-knee/article/3519725?custom_click=lead_story_title

It's official, KD is OUT tonight with a sprained left knee. He is day to day so we don't know yet if he will play in the following game on Friday.

[Tydude]

:okc 100
Nets 95

[KDisNotNice]

Here's tonights game notes (with no injury information):

http://www.nba.com/thunder/media/nets_notes_101201.pdf

My prediction:

Thunder 92
Nets 88

tiebreaker:
12 (pts+boards by DJ White)

[mrball]

Okc 108
nj 95

[RicanThunder]

3 keys to the game:

1) Clean up on the glass. This is a young team that struggles in the rebounding department. Limit their offensive opportunities and increase our scoring opportunities.

2) Stay with their shooters. New Jersey is in the top half of the league in 3 pointers per game and can go off if given the opportunity.

3) Get to the foul stripe. Put the pressure on their interior players, as they are good offensively, but not quite as gifted on the defensive end.

[Thunderhead]

:okc:100
Nets 97

[RicanThunder]

You know what's crazy? There are people at the Jersey game going, "Damn, I wanted to see KD play. But at least we get to see Russell play."

We officially have two superstars on our team, guys.

[KDisNotNice]

Thunder have a great 3rd Qtr (27-13) to take the lead by 9 with 12 minutes to play. The Double Deuce is the MVP so far in the game for OKC. How does KRIS-tich have only 1 board in 20 minutes?

[KDisNotNice]

Can you say, 'Double Overtime'!?!

[KDisNotNice]

Can you say 'TRIPLE OT'!?! 3 Clutch FT's by Jeff Green!

[Fast | Break]

OMG what a STUD!!! We got em' now. . . . flippin' pressure cooker right there baby.

[Thunderdomesooner]

WOW! RWO is a stud!

[KDisNotNice]

This team is MUCH better down the stretch than last season! Even without KD, maybe it shouldn't have ever been that close, but this is great experience for our players.

[KDisNotNice]

WOW! RWO is a stud!

The Double Deuce was mighty studly sinking those 3 FT's in the 2nd OT! Too bad only about 13,000 saw it there in NJ. They have a much improving team and are missing out.

[Fast | Break]

RWO was absolutely possessed.

[wescowood]

This was a hell of a game. Props to the Nets. They played a great game. This one will be remembered for years to come.

[KDisNotNice]

This was a hell of a game. Props to the Nets. They played a great game. This one will be remembered for years to come.

An 'instant classic' as the media likes to say.

[REDL1NE]

You know what's crazy? There are people at the Jersey game going, "Damn, I wanted to see KD play. But at least we get to see Russell play."

We officially have two superstars on our team, guys.

+1

and GREAT game to watch

[thunderfan315]

Great game last night. Scared my husband half to death at the end of the 2nd OT. He thought I had either hurt myself or gone into labor!!!

[Brett@XP-Racing]

What a great game. I'm still pumped about it. I can't wait till tomorrow's game.

[TheresThatManAgain#0]

Shoot guys...why didn't my recap post?

My fault, I guess it didn't work

Sorry

Oh well, good Thunder win

[Thunderstruck83]

How does KRIS-tich have only 1 board in 20 minutes?

And more importantly, who's telling him how to pronounce his last name? Every telecast in the pre-game starting lineup on TV, he says it "Ney-Nad Kerr-Stich"...What the heck?

[KDisNotNice]

And more importantly, who's telling him how to pronounce his last name? Every telecast in the pre-game starting lineup on TV, he says it "Ney-Nad Kerr-Stich"...What the heck?

A lot of people in the Thunder organization pronounce it that way but the game notes pronunciation guide says: NEY-nad KRIS-tich and when he himself says it on the TV broadcasts during lineups, he also says NEY-nad KRIS-tich. It's kind of a running joke here about his name.

Also, I noticed in the regular medias recap of the game, they noted that he played for the Nets for 4 years but got very little applause when introduced there. I'll let others draw their own conclusions about that. :)