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	<title>Comments on: Rapid reaction: Oklahoma City falls 104-99 to the upstart Warriors</title>
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		<title>By: Harry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Harry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trade Westbrook for Curry and save some $10 million bucks and try to get somebody who could rebound, block shots and score, while you are at it! 

How about a new and experienced coach who can get everybody (guard, forward and center) involved in the game without any favoritism to boot!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trade Westbrook for Curry and save some $10 million bucks and try to get somebody who could rebound, block shots and score, while you are at it! </p>
<p>How about a new and experienced coach who can get everybody (guard, forward and center) involved in the game without any favoritism to boot!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Curry banked in an off-balance shot while getting fouled by Russell Westbrook to start a three-point play, falling to his knees and shaking his shoulders to the sellout crowd.
 Not quite the shimmy Mark Jackson displayed during his playing days – still plenty good enough to please the Golden State coach.
 
”The way he’s playing,” Jackson said, ”dance all you want.”
 ”I’m sure we’re surprising people,” Curry said.
 
Curry matched Kevin Durant’s spectacular scores all game, stole a pass from the Thunder’s leading man in the final seconds and hit a pair of free throws to seal the Warriors’ third straight victory. David Lee had 22 points and 12 rebounds, helped Golden State outrebound Oklahoma City’s lengthy frontline 40-39 and made some big plays late.
 
Even Jackson, who doubles as a preacher, said he always had faith his team could win but ”I get my praise and worship on because I didn’t think it’d be this good,” especially with center Andrew Bogut still sidelined indefinitely while recovering from left ankle surgery.
 
Scott Brooks said. ”They made a lot of plays inside the paint but they got a lot of points off of our turnovers, too. We didn’t make enough plays down the stretch and they did. They deserved to win this game.”
 
Lee found Carl Landry slicing through the lane for a dunk, Klay Thompson hit a running hook as part of his 19 points and Landry put back his own miss to give Golden State a 97-94 lead with 2:25 remaining.
 
Durant caught the inbounds pass on the right side and tried to slip a quick pass to Perkins in the paint. Instead, Curry intercepted and was fouled, making both free throws to put the Warriors ahead by four with 12.4 seconds left.
 
Curry also outplayed Westbrook, who is likely headed for an All-Star selection.
 ”He had my vote,” Brooks said of Curry.
 Ye, he has his vote of confidence to coach a teachable point guard, not a hard headed fool!

Who is a better coach, Brooks or Jackson? You decide!
 
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ (AP Sports Writer) &#124; The Associated Press – 10 hours ago]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stephen Curry banked in an off-balance shot while getting fouled by Russell Westbrook to start a three-point play, falling to his knees and shaking his shoulders to the sellout crowd.<br />
 Not quite the shimmy Mark Jackson displayed during his playing days – still plenty good enough to please the Golden State coach.</p>
<p>”The way he’s playing,” Jackson said, ”dance all you want.”<br />
 ”I’m sure we’re surprising people,” Curry said.</p>
<p>Curry matched Kevin Durant’s spectacular scores all game, stole a pass from the Thunder’s leading man in the final seconds and hit a pair of free throws to seal the Warriors’ third straight victory. David Lee had 22 points and 12 rebounds, helped Golden State outrebound Oklahoma City’s lengthy frontline 40-39 and made some big plays late.</p>
<p>Even Jackson, who doubles as a preacher, said he always had faith his team could win but ”I get my praise and worship on because I didn’t think it’d be this good,” especially with center Andrew Bogut still sidelined indefinitely while recovering from left ankle surgery.</p>
<p>Scott Brooks said. ”They made a lot of plays inside the paint but they got a lot of points off of our turnovers, too. We didn’t make enough plays down the stretch and they did. They deserved to win this game.”</p>
<p>Lee found Carl Landry slicing through the lane for a dunk, Klay Thompson hit a running hook as part of his 19 points and Landry put back his own miss to give Golden State a 97-94 lead with 2:25 remaining.</p>
<p>Durant caught the inbounds pass on the right side and tried to slip a quick pass to Perkins in the paint. Instead, Curry intercepted and was fouled, making both free throws to put the Warriors ahead by four with 12.4 seconds left.</p>
<p>Curry also outplayed Westbrook, who is likely headed for an All-Star selection.<br />
 ”He had my vote,” Brooks said of Curry.<br />
 Ye, he has his vote of confidence to coach a teachable point guard, not a hard headed fool!</p>
<p>Who is a better coach, Brooks or Jackson? You decide!</p>
<p>By ANTONIO GONZALEZ (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press – 10 hours ago</p>
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		<title>By: West</title>
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		<dc:creator>West</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep, the Thunder had only one play in the homestretch, give the ball to Durant. Why can&#039;t they give it to another player to confuse the other team and let Durant break free to score without double or triple teaming? They need their big men to score near the basket once in awhile in tight games. When I say tight games, the Thunder have had it for some games now. Could it be the teams are zeroing on how to close the Thunder by making them give up the ball or getting bad shots?

All I got to say now is better get these guys to play cohesively now before its too late, coaches! Its not all offense or try to outscore the other team, because the other team has defense plus offense, as in the case of the Golden State Warriors]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, the Thunder had only one play in the homestretch, give the ball to Durant. Why can&#8217;t they give it to another player to confuse the other team and let Durant break free to score without double or triple teaming? They need their big men to score near the basket once in awhile in tight games. When I say tight games, the Thunder have had it for some games now. Could it be the teams are zeroing on how to close the Thunder by making them give up the ball or getting bad shots?</p>
<p>All I got to say now is better get these guys to play cohesively now before its too late, coaches! Its not all offense or try to outscore the other team, because the other team has defense plus offense, as in the case of the Golden State Warriors</p>
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		<title>By: Kent</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thunder was outscored by Stephen Curry because his guard wasn’t able to stop him. It also showed that Westbrook was not a factor in this game in offense [3-16] with 10 points as he was guarded by Curry.
 
It also exposed that the Thunder big players aren’t used to get the ball inside as shown when Durant and Westbrook passed them the ball inside ( ex. Durant to Perkins and the ball went out of the endline) and the bigs just wasn’t expecting the ball because they thought Westbrook and Durant were shooting it and they were going after the rebound.
 
Lastly, the Thunder should wake up now that everybody should be involved in scoring, rebounding and assists because more teams now are getting better and have more balance in their players. The Thunder could be upset in the first round by any of these teams, the coaches and players should be more reasonble in thinking that they are not yet that good!
 
The coaches were to blame for the miscues that happened between the coordination of the point guard, point forward and the center, power forward. That means more practice on it and there should be more outside-inside plays that Brooks should initiate. It should not be always Durant to carry the team by himself, even if he is an effcient shooter. The Thunder need more height in scoring down low, not jacking up jumpers and 3&#039;s. The wWarriors are the second highest 3-pointer shooter in the NBA, next to the Thunder, but more balance in scoring!
 
The Warriors was more balance in shooting, with David Lee [6&#039;9&quot;] 22 points/12 rebounds, Carl Landry [6&#039;9&quot;] 20 points and Klay Thompson [6&#039;7&quot;] 19 points and the shooting of Curry 31 points, with only getting $3.9 million salary. They were still without Andrew Bogut their center who can also light up the scoring and rebounding column.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Thunder was outscored by Stephen Curry because his guard wasn’t able to stop him. It also showed that Westbrook was not a factor in this game in offense [3-16] with 10 points as he was guarded by Curry.</p>
<p>It also exposed that the Thunder big players aren’t used to get the ball inside as shown when Durant and Westbrook passed them the ball inside ( ex. Durant to Perkins and the ball went out of the endline) and the bigs just wasn’t expecting the ball because they thought Westbrook and Durant were shooting it and they were going after the rebound.</p>
<p>Lastly, the Thunder should wake up now that everybody should be involved in scoring, rebounding and assists because more teams now are getting better and have more balance in their players. The Thunder could be upset in the first round by any of these teams, the coaches and players should be more reasonble in thinking that they are not yet that good!</p>
<p>The coaches were to blame for the miscues that happened between the coordination of the point guard, point forward and the center, power forward. That means more practice on it and there should be more outside-inside plays that Brooks should initiate. It should not be always Durant to carry the team by himself, even if he is an effcient shooter. The Thunder need more height in scoring down low, not jacking up jumpers and 3&#8242;s. The wWarriors are the second highest 3-pointer shooter in the NBA, next to the Thunder, but more balance in scoring!</p>
<p>The Warriors was more balance in shooting, with David Lee [6'9"] 22 points/12 rebounds, Carl Landry [6'9"] 20 points and Klay Thompson [6'7"] 19 points and the shooting of Curry 31 points, with only getting $3.9 million salary. They were still without Andrew Bogut their center who can also light up the scoring and rebounding column.</p>
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