Referees Cost OKC .1 seconds on review - and it decides game

[UofMemphis]

I want okc to win. How is this happening?! 4 straight ot's against Memphis? Are they that good?

Yes...

 

[aceboon]

I agree to a certain extent, but both of you should realize he will get heat. He is 25, lebron's last year in cleveland he was 25. Also, this is WAY more on brooks and westbrook. Westbrook's triple double was the most reprehensible triple double i've ever seen. he has zero discipline, especially on defense. This team without westbrook was much better and easier for brooks to coach. Bottom line is there should be change coming to OKC.

They would be a great regular season team w/o Westbrook(they already were showing they were), but they wouldn't have a chance to do anything in the postseason w/o him. The Grizzlies basically aren't giving Durant any uncontested looks, no Westbrook and it would be even worse just like we saw last season when they matched up in the postseason. Biggest issue to me is there is a very little movement both with the ball and with the players, too much standing around and iso ball. Westbrook is partially at fault because when he came back from his last surgery he was sharing the ball but against a very good defensive team like Memphis that can stifle you Brooks's warts as a coach are showing because the Thunder don't run enough offense.

 

[James]

They would be a great regular season team w/o Westbrook(they already were showing they were), but they wouldn't have a chance to do anything in the postseason w/o him. The Grizzlies basically aren't giving Durant any uncontested looks, no Westbrook and it would be even worse just like we saw last season when they matched up in the postseason. Biggest issue to me is there is a very little movement both with the ball and with the players, too much standing around and iso ball. Westbrook is partially at fault because when he came back from his last surgery he was sharing the ball but against a very good defensive team like Memphis that can stifle you Brooks's warts as a coach are showing because the Thunder don't run enough offense.

Brooks needs to go thats for sure. I think JVG would be a great hire, and get them to the finals next year. Now i'm not even sure who will come out the west. no clue.

 

[UofMemphis]

Lionel Hollins needs a job...56 wins and a Western Final last season.

 

[champs99and04]

I agree to a certain extent, but both of you should realize he will get heat. He is 25, lebron's last year in cleveland he was 25. Also, this is WAY more on brooks and westbrook. Westbrook's triple double was the most reprehensible triple double i've ever seen. he has zero discipline, especially on defense. This team without westbrook was much better and easier for brooks to coach. Bottom line is there should be change coming to OKC.

They would be a great regular season team w/o Westbrook(they already were showing they were), but they wouldn't have a chance to do anything in the postseason w/o him. The Grizzlies basically aren't giving Durant any uncontested looks, no Westbrook and it would be even worse just like we saw last season when they matched up in the postseason. Biggest issue to me is there is a very little movement both with the ball and with the players, too much standing around and iso ball. Westbrook is partially at fault because when he came back from his last surgery he was sharing the ball but against a very good defensive team like Memphis that can stifle you Brooks's warts as a coach are showing because the Thunder don't run enough offense.

I agree with both of you, though it should be noted that LeBron took way more grief in his final couple Cleveland seasons than Durant is taking right now. Do you remember how absurd the talking heads were during some of those Orlando/Boston series'? LeBron put up something absolutely absurd like 40-9-9 during that Orlando series, and all anybody could talk about afterwards was, "Why didn't he shake hands?". And I don't even want to regurgitate the details of the "LeQuit" narrative following the Boston series. He didn't play well, but the flack he took was still waaay overboard for losing to a Boston team that was far superior at three of the five positions.

And yeah, Westbrook is just infuriating, even if it's true that the shortcomings of Brooks has a lot to do with that. When you watch the composure that guys like Conley and Lillard play with, and then you watch Westbrook barrel into traffic and hoist reckless shots, his deficiencies become even more glaring. He's a very, very gifted player that just doesn't have the feel for the game - and probably never will - that Paul, Magic, Nash, Stockton, and all the other greats had.

That being said, yeah, Russ is constantly left out to dry late in the shot clock, and that definitely contributes to his poor shooting percentages. For as out-of-control as Westbrook looked last night, Durant has played that way the entire series, jacking long three's early in the shot clock, trying to barrel through traffic hoping for a bail-out foul call, missing shots he normally hits, etc. Tony Allen is a great, great defender, but Durant just looks completely shook whenever he's in the game. At this stage in his career, he can't be allowing somebody six inches shorter than him to be locking him up like this. He's going to have to go back to the drawing board this offseason and add to his game (particularly in the post).

 

[Edward Sargent]

With 3 seconds left, you can go from one rim to the other. The fact that a 25-foot fadeaway three is the best they could come up with is the reason they lost

Plus Dolan is a putz for an owner

 

[aceboon]

yea Durant should definitely take heat, both him and Westbrook are playing dumb as hell with their approaches, they're taking way too many long range jumpers and alot of them seem rushed. Also, if Bron said DeShawn Stevenson and Jason Terry were in his head during the Heat/Mavs Finals like Durant said yesterday about Tony Allen, he would get killed for it. This is why Durant needs to work on a postgame so he would have more tools to work with. He can't get anything going against Allen from 25ft, he needs to be operating closer to the bakset.

I agree with both of you, though it should be noted that LeBron took way more grief in his final couple Cleveland seasons than Durant is taking right now. Do you remember how absurd the talking heads were during some of those Orlando/Boston series'? LeBron put up something absolutely absurd like 40-9-9 during that Orlando series, and all anybody could talk about afterwards was, "Why didn't he shake hands?". And I don't even want to regurgitate the details of the "LeQuit" narrative following the Boston series. He didn't play well, but the flack he took was still waaay overboard for losing to a Boston team that was far superior at three of the five positions.

And yeah, Westbrook is just infuriating, even if it's true that the shortcomings of Brooks has a lot to do with that. When you watch the composure that guys like Conley and Lillard play with, and then you watch Westbrook barrel into traffic and hoist reckless shots, his deficiencies become even more glaring. He's a very, very gifted player that just doesn't have the feel for the game - and probably never will - that Paul, Magic, Nash, Stockton, and all the other greats had.

That being said, yeah, Russ is constantly left out to dry late in the shot clock, and that definitely contributes to his poor shooting percentages. For as out-of-control as Westbrook looked last night, Durant has played that way the entire series, jacking long three's early in the shot clock, trying to barrel through traffic hoping for a bail-out foul call, missing shots he normally hits, etc. Tony Allen is a great, great defender, but Durant just looks completely shook whenever he's in the game. At this stage in his career, he can't be allowing somebody six inches shorter than him to be locking him up like this. He's going to have to go back to the drawing board this offseason and add to his game (particularly in the post).