Oklahoma Thunder

[Bruce Blingstein]

Also Miami benefited from shooting way over their heads from the perimeter and the Thunder undershooting from the perimeter and the free throw line. The length, athleticism, and defensive energy of the Thunder is a huge problem for the heat.

Exactly

Durante has that young Kobe killer instinct. This might get ugly

Lebron will be to Durant as Barkley and Malone were to Jordan. LeRingless

[bulls phanatic]

Alright OKC!

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

Wow. You get all that after one home game for the Thunder? Great analysis.

[Bruce Blingstein]

Who was analyzing. You are so Internet cool.

Want to know my analysis ? Lebron looks scared and wade looks old.

Westbrook and Durant look like assassins like they have all year. Perk, Obaka, fish, collins and harden play their parts.

Sefolosha will be this years Shawn Marion. Lebron doesn't like when people can d and body him up, he gets passive. That quality doesn't exist in Durant, Westbrook or a young wade. Or any great player for that matter....Scoring machines w mad confidence.

One game all i need. heat looks like a one trick pony all year, get on a fast break if that doesn't work make wade or Lebron make a spectacular one on one play...good luck..

They don't even run plays, HAVE U EVER SEEN LEBRON COME OFF A SCREen OR DOUBLE SCRREN ? This will work vs weak eastern conference team, not vs about 4 teams in the west.

If Westbrook can get his shots down from 24 like last game to about 18 and give Durant those extras I don't see heat having a chance. They might not have one if he shoots 24 times either.

[Bull Dozer]

Wow. You get all that after one home game for the Thunder? Great analysis.

Actually from the season and playoff averages Miami exceeded theirs in many categories and the Thunder shot well under theirs from the line and behind the arc. From the perimeter it wasn't like they were challenged on many of the misses either, they were just missing open 3's, the kind they have made all playoffs and season long. As for the Thunder's length and athleticism, it was obvious to the eye as well as the thunder again being one of the leaders in shots blocked and steals all season long. The funny thing is you always talk about stastical correction and teams playing over their heads vs the heat but when the heat play over their heads that talk is no where to be found. The heat wont shoot 41% from the arc every game (hell they were like 31% for playoffs coming into the game), Battier isn't going 4/6 or whatever he was from behind the arc every game, Chris Bosh will not be drilling 3's like Mark Price all series long, the thunder will not miss that many open 3's every single game, Harden will not be that abysmal offensively all series long, the thunder will not shoot that bad from the line either. Face it the heat played a pretty decent game for what they have been doing in the playoffs the thunder played a bad game in many respects by their recent standard of play and the thunder still were able to come back from 13 down and post a convincing win. The heat are in trouble unless Lebron transforms into that emotionless assassin from game 6 of the conference finals for the rest of the series, and I don't see that happening.....

[smazza]

pressure is on ok with next 3 games in miami

if miami doesnt win this year le brick will not win one in his prime as durrant and okc will be the team too beat next 4 years

[Apis Bull]

Tonight's game is in Oklahoma. The three after that are in Miami.

[smazza]

seemd okc need a real point guard to win a championship

their youth and inexperience shows

collison is terrible

okc bigmen have disappeared; cant grab a big rebound or hold on to the ball in traffic

miami has the final's experience and that is paying off

Edited June 18, 2012 by smazza

[flsportsfan83]

The east is no where near the west in the nba.

2 best p layers in this series are both on OKC

Child please!