NBA 2015/16 thread
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When DeRozan and Lowry play well they usually win, so no coincidence they came up big today and won. Biyombo has been unreal. That game 3 performance was off the charts - 26 rebounds including 8 offensive. <br><br><br>
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<p>Game 4 underway. The ESPN live play by play is seriously awesome.</p>
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<p>GSW made a run to get the score within 4 pts but OKC ended the <strike>half </strike>third quarter well. 94-82.</p>
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<p>Fugged it about it ... OKC 23 up with 3 mins to go. This one's done.</p>
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<p>3-1 up in the series, GSW in a world of shit. Curry and Green's stats are bloody awful.</p>
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<p>I'm sure the kiwi media will write up Adama, but Westbrook, followed closely by Durant have absolutely owned this game.</p>
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<p>Fugged it about it ... OKC 23 up with 3 mins to go. This one's done.</p>
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<p>3-1 up in the series, GSW in a world of shit. Curry and Green's stats are bloody awful.</p>
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<p><strong>I'm sure the kiwi media will write up Adama, but Westbrook, followed closely by Durant have absolutely owned this game.</strong></p>
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<p>Edit: GSW agree. Second team on now, Curry et al, subbed off.</p>
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<p>Undeniably. I haven't watched the game but Adams looks by the numbers to have played a fairly big role in the first half even though they haven't used him as extensively as other games. In other words he helped set the game up.</p>
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<p>It was the OKC small ball 5 that did the business with Ibaka (who was huge) at C and KD at PF. The crowd was bloody loud too - they have the best supporters in the NBA.</p>
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<p>OKC needs to keep the foot on the throat for game 5. The pressure is all on GSW to win and extend the series, so OKC can play with more freedom, but they won't want to come back home for a must-win game 6.</p> -
<p>Yeah from the website I was checking out Adams made some good plays on Curry - he's not a one man band but he's doing bloody well. Westbrook and Durant is such a mean combo, they are on fire atm</p>
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<p>Can someone please explain to me what "OKCSmall ball 5" means?</p>
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<p>OKC brought in Waiters to play guard in place of Adams and moved Durant from small forward to power forward, and Ibaka from power forward to centre. That lineup gave them greater speed to guard the quick GSW players without sacrificing size and rebounding.</p>
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<p>OKC has a big lineup when Adams and Kanter play together as twin-centres and their small ball lineup.</p> -
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<p>OKC brought in Waiters to play guard in place of Adams and moved Durant from small forward to power forward, and Ibaka from power forward to centre. That lineup gave them greater speed to guard the quick little monkeys from GS without sacrificing size and rebounding.</p>
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<p>OKC has a big lineup when Adams and Kanter play together as twin-centres and their small ball lineup.</p>
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Small ball is all the rage Hooroo. <br><br>
Cavs, OKC, Warriors all play it. Raptors have a version of it but they like one of Big V (when fit) or Biyombo on for the whole game with a mix of Patterson and Scola and others to support their All star guards -
<p>The wrinkle for OKC small ball is that they dont actually get that much smaller.... just change positions and change the mix of skillsets on the court.</p>
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I'm impressed by OKC to date. I expected them to play their usual Durant Westbrook iso ball but since that watershed moment in the Spurs series Westbrook and Durant are getting their team mates involved and everyone is doing their part to share the offensive load. Their match ups have been spot on, OKC finally look like the team with more weapons so coach Donovan should take a bow. Adams, Kanter, Waiters, Roberson along with the reliable Ibaka are playing great, and the three bigs are dominating GS in the paint and on the boards. Great to see Steven Adams of the Rotorua and Wellington massive kicking ass. They look like the team to beat to win it all right now.<br><br>
Oh and Draymond gets the Quade Cooper booing experience, says he thrives on it just like Quade, but the result is the same
