My initial reaction also, but KD so damn long he probably would have blocked it if Allen goes straight up.

The NBA needs to have a review ref at every game. These stoppages are hurting the game

The Nets next coach probably.

He could also walk away, knowing he'd have numerous options. Will be interesting. Hopefully they can just win a championship and make the point moot.

Bad pass Conley, great hustle Gasol

Surprised they gave Gasol the timeout.

Would be a good fit

COME ON!

Conley coming up BIG

Big shot. Keep it within Gasol, ZBO, and Conley on offense.

Wow, Conley. Stepping up big. This is the Conley that played against the Clippers.

Am I the only person that still has that bitch's scream still ringing in my ears from last night?

X1000

It gave Crawford a moment.

Durant. :facepalm:

Durant tried to flop.

Good D by Allen on Durant there caused the turnover. A free throw game now.

LMAO

He fell over and got mad at the refs.

Yeah, so not the time to miss FTs.

Doubling Durant finally?

Yeah, and he shit down his leg.

Teams shouldn't be allowed to huddle on a replay review. Both teams have gotten one here, but it's not right.

heads up play by Durant.

Nice kick of the legs KD..lol

Memphis took this one.

HEY, he hit a free throw!

Wow Tony Allen LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO

Vegas Over/Under? LMAO

Allen pulling the EJ dunk move at the end of the game in a hostile crowd. Nice.

They put Allen on KD this time. Amazing what happens when you put your best defender on the other team's best player.

Trick or Treat Tony....never know what you're going to get.

Dear god that last 5 minutes was tough to watch as an OKC fan

Conley almost pulled the Triple-D 26-10-9

Big win for Memphis. They definitely deserved one of these games. Now that they've got the one on the road, they just have to hold serve at home with their brand of physical basketball and the series is theirs.

Nevermind, it was 183.

Roles reversed from Game 1. That last 2 minutes of Game 1 was brutal for Memphis after leading almost the entire game.

Wow, when I searched the spread for the game, this was under the "Images" search:

http://insidesportsdata.com/newswire...ty-betting.jpg

Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken 5m
RT @BallinWithBryan: Memphis outscored OKC 11-2 when Perkins checked back into the game at the end.

The difference in the game was the minutes Durant didn't play. His +/- in his 43 minutes was 0.

It was more the double teams. I have no idea what took him so long. Aside from Fisher no one on this team wants to take a shot.

The team just isn't giving Durant enough help outside of Fisher. I can't believe I'm saying that.

I gain peace in knowing there is no way they can justify bringing Perkins back. He's ****ing awful all the way around.

I love you fantasy GMs with your revisionist history on the Green/Perkins trade. They had no idea Harden was going max player at that time. Harden wasn't even a shadow of what he became when Jeff Green was there because he didn't get the touches. Green was killing us defensively because he was the starting power forward. Our interior defense was horrible. I doubt we get near as far as we are right now without that trade and the domino effect not because Perkins has been a great player. They needed an interior defender and got one even though he's a sack of shit today. Would I take Jeff Green coming off the bench over Perkins starting? **** yes! It was the right move at the time, and it did payoff in making us better defensively and developing other players. It also cost us in the Finals, but that's Scott Brook's fault solely. Some of you act you should just pack every scorer you can on a roster, and you will score 160 points a game. There is so many shots to distribute. Moves looks bad right now because Russell Westbrook is in the sky box. Hindsight is 50/50 mother ****ers!

Good win Kev. See you in another close game Saturday I'm sure :)

That's pretty much a stat every game since his hip flexor injury last year.

How many of those minutes was Perkins on the floor genius? I think I'm going to have to take a break from message boards. This game was all KD's fault. Got it! Brilliant analysis.

he wasn't faulting Durant

he was saying if Durant played every minute maybe it would have been a different outcome

:spock:

Kevin Martin is just god awful.

What a terrible, terrible, terrible trade that turned out to be.

Durant can't play every minute of every game. Other people have to start making plays. The difference is Serge Ibaka and Kevin Martin bricking shots all over the place again. Durant is doing everything he can. If dicks were hitting a small percentage of shots people would be tripping over themselves to suck his dick right now. When the guys hit the wide open shots it changes the picture.

who the **** is bashing Durant?

LMAO

Really cant say that yet. Harden is a complete turd in the playoffs usually and the Thunder still have a shit ton of high draft picks coming.

Jeez man. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdn3e82QsZ1r89knu.jpg

and I don't care about hindsight okcchief

Presti has made atrocious moves

the Green trade, the Harden trade

shit, I would have taken Steph Curry over Harden anyways and he would have been a PERFECT #3 for a team with Durant and Westrbook

and I said that at the time...I was puzzled when they took Harden even though he ended up being a star as well

...but then they traded him for $0.50 on the $1

they ****ed up a potential dynasty; a shame

Durant won't be getting any titles until LeBron decides he wants to hang 'em up. A shame, really.

high draft picks?

uh, no

they are all going to be in the 10-20 range

those aren't high picks

I'm a Rockets fan so obviously love that trade and jab at OKC whenever I can. I have seen a lot of Martin and he is an odd player to make sense of. He can play lights out and look like a borderline allstar or look like total dogshit depending on the game which usually averages out to him looking like an efficient scorer. His defense is constantly aweful though.

The Kevin Martin part of it was for sure. He's a regular season scorer. Still like Lamb, and we'll see how the picks go, but it doesn't look promising. Unlike the Jeff Green trade I regret that one. I know they went with Ibaka because big men are harder to find and defense, but he is afraid of big moments. His hands are terrible and for someone so athletic he's a clumsy ****. He can't time an alley pop at all. He's also an overrated defender because he's just a shot blocker and has a low basketball IQ. So yeah, I'd rather have ****ing Harden and spread young guys inside and amnestied Perk.

However, we still have Westbrook and Durant and are set up as well as anyone the next few years

Amnesty Perk

Let Martin go

Bring in a low post player

Roll with Lamb.

It's not like I'm ashamed losing to this Memphis team though. Gasol and Randolph are outstanding.

Everything went our way for awhile. We'll be alright in the end.

We will have one in the 12 range, thats a pretty damn high pick in the nba draft....

Edit: expecially considering how well OKC drafts

no, no not really

especially in this upcoming draft which is god awful

Im just saying,

2 first, 1 second, kevin martin AND Jeremy lamb who is a former first rounder is a pretty good haul for a player they really couldnt afford to keep.

I'm not missing shit. Other players not rising to the moment is the reason the Thunder lost.

Unfortunately, this is the worst draft since the Kenyon Martin draft.

that's not a good haul for Harden who is a legit superstar NBA player

let me give you an idea of how worthless mid 1st round NBA draft picks are

1 year the Bulls traded their 1st round pick and Kirk Hinrich to Washington for their 2nd round pick

that was a real trade

Phoenix for a few years just gave away their picks for cash.

after pick 5 you're really hoping it's either a deep draft or you stumble into a Paul George or Jimmy Butler

Top 12? Dang that is high. You could end up with like a Cody Zeller or Mason Plumlee!

Shaq trolling Perkins. Good stuff. LMAO

Well yeah, thats what I was talking about. Then somehow you got that I was saying that it was Durants fault.

The fact of the matter is they couldnt afford to keep Harden, so they got the most they could out of him. I personally think Lamb is going to be great once he gets a real chance.

It's getting a lot of comparisons to the 2000 draft where Kenyon Martin went #1 overall and was actually a pretty good pick there.

He's made good and bad moves like most GMs do. The only person that has done a better job got 3 all-star buddies to sign on the dotted line. It amazes me how Chiefs fans have such unrealistic expectations.

His biggest mistake is the head coach he hired.

OKC (preventing injuries)has a chance to beat LeBron before its over. I've said all along they don't this year.

Memphis took Thabeet over Harden and Curry BTW Hootie.

Your boy Michael wishes he could make one ****ing good pick.

The Harden trade was horrible at the time and is horrible now. I'm glad to see you on board with that reality.

I think Lamb can be the shooter we need if Brooks ever plays him. It's always the part of the trade I liked the most.

I said at the time that I would have rather traded Ibaka. Look it up. I only said it wasn't as big of a disaster as some made it. Of course now that the Toronto pick is 12 it looks a lot worse.

Certainly not a bad draft year for Colangelo to throw away yet another first round pick. Of course, I doubt he was thinking about that when he tried to ensure the Raptors' perpetual mediocrity last summer.

They could have afforded to keep him. They chose not to. Very bad decision.

Gotta love those late season meaningless Raptors runs to ruin draft position.

Presti has still done an incredible job building that roster. I might be buying too much into the Simmons take on it but it did seem like ownership pulled in the reins for costs which will also lead to them either re-signing Martin to a reasonable deal or making little moves no longer having cap space this summer.

Barkley: "If I could get Skip Bayless in a room, they'd need DNA to find out who it was when I got through with him." ROFL

It's not that I didn't agree with keeping Harden either. It's that I was trying to get you to shut the **** up about it. You whine about it in every god damn post you make. Then you throw out Nate Robinson shit acting like it was a mistake to let him go when you had Westbrook and a healthy Maynor at the time. Mother ****er road the bench here for 2 months. All I'm saying is focus on the here and now, and move the **** on.

Or don't.....

But it would have hurt their operating profits long term.

Sure could use Byron Mullens right now/Pitt Gorilla

Not if you amnesty Perk and trade Ibaka.

I'm going to just start ignoring the Thunder should have made blah blah move now. I'll take my own advice and focus on the current roster.

Sure could use PJ Carlesemo right now.

The Thunder cried poor before the season started and sold it well as some savvy move to avoid roster inflexibility with the cap. Fortunately for their fans they still have a hell of a nice core of talent but not sure they gained any roster flexibility if this upcoming draft is as bad as projected.

The owners needed to decide whether they were in the game for championships or for profits. They chose the latter.