Comments on: Thunder 109, Clippers 97

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:20:52 +0000

Last I checked, they’ve never handed out a trophy to the Clippers, for anything, ever.

By: kent whitwerth

kent whitwerth — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:06:34 +0000

Last i checked – they don’t hand out trophies in January

By: Dragon

Dragon — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:31:11 +0000

I wonder what it feels like to be on the road and Thunder down a monsterous dunk like KD did and hear,what sounded like,the entire home teams crowd say WOW-OW-W-w-w-w. Also, I agree it would have meant a little more to win with Chris Paul on the court at full strength. One more thing.Blake played a great game.Hitting the fadeaway making free throws.He was basically unstoppable.

By: Big D

Big D — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:57:59 +0000

They should.What are the odds we can afford K-Mart after we win the championship this year?Thats why we have Lamb.But he’s gotta be developing this year and not just warming he bench.PJ3 could turn out to be scary good.He has the tools,he’s just not getting any opportunity to build rhythm and confidence.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:25:52 +0000

Rookies aren’t going to get much play this season for OKC. The Thunder are a championship caliber team and its all about making sure our main 8 or 9 guys are ready come playoff time. I just wish Westbrook would get the ball to KMart more in the 4th quarter of games.

By: Big D

Big D — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:28:19 +0000

I agree with red river.More Thabeet.If he gets confident,we will be more versatile for it.Still think Liggins needs way more minutes.Where from?Reggie Jackson.He is a lightning bolt out there.If we aren’t gonna play our true pg,we may as well use a defensive specialist.Why are we playing a scoring pg in a unit that needs anything but?idk.Also,I feel like we need to explore playing Lamb at the end of games(against Lesser teams,of course).I mean,K-Mart is the man but he usually gets his earlier in the game.Hes not much of a defender,so why not just trot Lamb out as a three point specialist and see what happens.Its not like K-Mart is getting the ball then anyway…why not let a rook get those minutes?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:43:36 +0000

Wish I could have seen a Nugget on the Denver game and what you had to say about the Westbrook rejection of their Mascot’s shots which would have given Queso to the fans in Denver. Is he gonna get a fine for that or anything?

By: Wednesday Bolts – 1.23.13 | New Daily Thunder.com

Wednesday Bolts – 1.23.13 | New Daily Thunder.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:41:49 +0000

[...] Darnell Mayberry: “Without Paul, it’s hard to not take everything the Thunder did defensively with a grain of salt. In fact, if I’m a Clippers fan I’m encouraged by what I saw tonight. With no Paul, and playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Clippers still managed to make it a fourth quarter game. L.A. lost only when a few bad bounces broke their back. Additionally, Eric Bledsoe, Paul’s replacement, was marginally better than bad, Jamal Crawford barely could buy a bucket and the Clippers 3-point defense was atrocious. Combine all that with the memory of the Clippers’ overtime loss inside Chesapeake Energy Arena, a game in which Paul was uncharacteristically off, and I still have overflowing optimism about matching up with the Thunder if I’m a Clippers fan.” [...]

By: redriverndn

redriverndn — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:22:12 +0000

It was great seeing the bench play so well, Deandre Liggins can flat out raise the energy level of his teammates….

I’m a Hasheem Thabeet fan & I can’t understand why the coach doesn’t have more trust in him…. All he does is produce when he’s out there…. The THUNDER needed him to step forward on the guards pulling up for short jump shots & he did…. He changes the opponents ideas about going inside with his size alone & then add in his improving game, he creates challenges for the other side…. Hasheem shuts down the lane & that’s what you want a BIG MAN to do….

Glad CP3 didn’t play, don’t need him to be the 2nd coming of RG3….

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:14:33 +0000

Good work, Darnell! I appreciate the recaps.

But the Clips have no room to complain about not having CP3. They knew what they were getting when they traded for him. A supreme talent with big injury risks. That’s who he is. Somebody who shows up 75% to 80% of the time. That’s part of the package. If he was 100% healthy through his career, the Clips never would’ve landed him.

That said, as a basketball fan, anytime you’re robbed of watching Paul basketball, it sucks. Hope he gets better.