2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[osh kosh bosh]

Like I said to the oh "the best player wins" people



ON THE MARGINS COACHING MATTERS.

when teams get to close interns of talent, the 1% edge a good coach gives you MATTERS.

 

[doitallpaul]

Overreactions and hyperbole abound in this thread right now.

You are right but how many times has this happened with the Thunder? Too busy w Rus and Kd Playing one in one bball

 

[Mamba4life]

Episodes like this should entice KD to hit the weights and develop a low post game.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Scotty Brooks

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Thunder blew a 16 point 4th quarter lead. Blake had 5 fouls. Paul was guarding Durant. Brooks needs to be banned tonight. I mean not even allowed to fly back with the team.

 

[sea manup]

Like I said to the oh "the best player wins" people



ON THE MARGINS COACHING MATTERS.

when teams get to close interns of talent, the 1% edge a good coach gives you MATTERS.

if the best player played like the best player okc would have won

 

[imlive365]

rio wouldve hit that

Easily.

 

[nomadicsole21]

Did yall not see the help defense everytime KD had the ball? I think Doc played it right. Let the game be decided by the wildcard Westbrook. CP3 did not body him on defense though yall reaching hard.

 

[shatterkneesinc]

Its not kds team, hes just the most talented player on the team, why wont yall understand that, just because you're the best on the team doesnt automatically make you the leader

like lebron?

 

[unclerukus]

 
mj or kobe would run train on chris paul

kd is just soft

Please man John Starks used to give MJ fits. Is MJ soft? I'm not even arguing that KD isn't soft because he is but he's never going to be able to put the ball on the floor from a stationary position on the perimeter against a guard getting underneath him the caliber of Chris Paul.

 

[sea manup]

 

Its not kds team, hes just the most talented player on the team, why wont yall understand that, just because you're the best on the team doesnt automatically make you the leader

like lebron?

how is lebron not the leader on his team?

 

[addict4sneakers]

I was nodding off most of the final 5 minutes but even I noticed that they doubled KD and dared Reggie Jackson and whoever else was in to shoot.

 

[doitallpaul]

mj or kobe would run train on chris paul

kd is just soft

Cause CP is a physical player rattles KD.

LeBron Melo Kobe are not taking that

 

[nelson999]

 
Thunder blew a 16 point 4th quarter lead. Blake had 5 fouls.

You know damn well they were never gonna give him #6.  He fouled Westbrook multiple times, off-arm fouled on his way to the basket. Nothin

 

[pmatic]

@HerringWSJ Doc makes a fantastic point: Says luring Durant into post-ups on CP3 is helpful, bc it makes Durant less likely to dribble thru LACs defense

Welp.

 

[blastercombo]

Ya still talking that "leader of the team" nonsense?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Did yall not see the help defense everytime KD had the ball? I think Doc played it right. Let the game be decided by the wildcard Westbrook. CP3 did not body him on defense though yall reaching hard.

KD and Brooks should have made the Clipper pay for that matchup plain and simple. Brooks had his team literally bring the ball up and stand still

 

[duba169]

IS ANYONE HERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OKC DEFENSE IN THAT 4TH QTR?

What you mean when a foul was called any time someone breathed on the clippers?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

if the best player played like the best player okc would have won

the best player playing like the best player.

involves coaching.

 

[goldmember]

mj or kobe would run train on chris paul

kd is just soft

KD shouldve made them pay on the first play CP3 went on him ...to make them realize its a bad idea..

No killer instinct at all. Its like lebron cavs all over again with kd

 

[sea manup]

 

if the best player played like the best player okc would have won

the best player playing like the best player.

involves coaching.

you're always full of excuses 

 

[Figured it out]

KD needs to learn to pass out of double teams, anybody know how many turnovers he had in the 4th?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

KD needs to learn to pass out of double teams, anybody know how many turnovers he had in the 4th?

At least three, twice passing out of a double team and once when Paul stripped him at the top of the three-point line

 

[Mamba4life]

Tony Allen 6'4. Chris Paul 6'0....something for Durant to think about when he's looking for ways to improve.

 

[nomadicsole21]

if the best player played like the best player okc would have won

This is the Playoffs fam, coaching decisions are crucial to winning games and series. You make it sound like its 1v5 out there. Best player got 40 tonight and still lost.