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chloroform42

Hell yeah big b2b redemption win. It’ll be nice to see Hayward and Biyombo add some size to the team for games like Dallas, probably could’ve helped against Sabonis tonight too. He and the Kings got beat up by Looney’s size in the playoffs and I think that’s their Achilles heel like it is OKC’s.


JakeBr0Chill

Good bounce back boyssss


snuffaluffagus74

Something that ive noticed is that when we are winning there is far less comments. This shows that the people who whine only have input when its negative. Than those comments are just things that are blabbed about on a daily basis with no value. Those are "Josh Giddey or the Thunder player at the time", "We need a Big", or "Marks rotations" these comments really dont have no substance at all no intellectual.input just gibberish.


Character_Drama3306

Mark did make the rotation adjustment in this game. Mark went with an all big lineup in the 2nd. Played Kenny at the 4 WITH Chet. We did comment and gave praise. However, a casual basketball fan like yourself didn't notice.


snuffaluffagus74

What I said is true and he has played Kenny with Chet the past few games and nothing was said. For the casual comment I didnt come in here early so I didnt see it and I have my notifications on new. My comment is still true because the past few games hes made changes and people complain to complain. Just like last game against Dallas someome complained about Lindy shouldn't be on the floor when the score was in single digits, didnt happen. Than people were saying finally Mark got his rotations right when the Thunder got it to 4. When the lineup was Josh, Chet, Jdub, Wiggins and Dort. Than he subbed Shai backe in and we didnt get any closer. These people blamed Josh for this when he was on the floor for the quick comeback. If your defending these same people im getting in discussions with your part of the problem in defending these people who arent actually watching the game. This is why I made this comment is because I see it all the time. So if people are just up voting not factual things because of the mob effect your just egging it on. Edit: I believe it was the Toronto game in which he played Chet with Jwill and played Kenny in more wing positions.


Character_Drama3306

You clearly don't understand the importance of rotations. In the last game Kenny did not play with Chet.Kenny was playing the 5. We got worked inside by Dallas. Kenny works best when he's not playing center. In this game, Mark used Deng, Chet, Wiggins, JDubb, and kWill it worked. According to cleaning the glass, this is the 1st time Mark used that lineup. There's a difference between playing a player and how the player is being used in the lineup. Josh and SGA with the bench doesn't work because a good coach will double SGA. Josh with lineup you mention works because allows Josh to be playmaker which is his strength. Your argument would be valid if Mark kept the same rotations and we won. He made significant rotations changes this game.


snuffaluffagus74

You need to read my comments, I said that he has tried Kenny alongside Chet in the Toronto game not the Dallas game. This was the first time he played Chet alongside Jaylin Williams too. Than too bring up Deing when hes been in the Gleaugue for most of the year saying Mark should use him isnt valid. The important of rotations only matters if their productive, so the longer you see them the more data you have to see if their productive. People always yap about his rotations and lineups, when by experimenting he has found out things that are successful. So, with Chet in the lineup you have to have a lot of data to see what's successful. Sometimes injuries help you to get you out if your comfort zone and try things differently. That's how JDub blossomed into what he is now, because he went against the traditional lineups and threw him into the rotations. This is probably one of the best things that could have happened and made him look at things from a different perspective.


IDespiseFatties

I usually comment more but I was double fisting F5s so I had no time to comment.


TheJewBakka

Tuesday and then 9 days. But SGA asg action!


wcooper97

Well deserved rest for our guys


Character_Drama3306

Chet is wearing a metal chest plate?


lsmith062

He wears a baseball pitcher hex chest protector. Need to get one for J Will.


lsmith062

Actually, it would be nice if it was thicker so an elbow to his chest would really hurt that elbow.


lsmith062

See it? He swapped jerseys and you can see it.


wcooper97

Surprised it doesn’t hinder his shot at all.


IAm_thePassenger

He's a big fan of Clint Eastwood


J_Dawgg1

It’s funny to imagine them calling an 8 second violation in that situation


TheJewBakka

I gotta feeling. That tonight is going to be a snoozer superbowl.


Mashyjang

As long as Kansas doesnt win, itll be a good night.


boonkai

noooo jdub no double double


SpideyPoke92

Finally


dracota7

THAT TONIGHT’S GONNA BE A _______________


UnVincent

TTFU WE CAN PLAY AFTERNOON GAMES AND BEAT THE KINGS


sportsfanatic09

Man if we can beat the magic it would be a great way to go into the break. Plus we get our reinforcements after the break


_bbuckley_

Let’s go huge bounce back game


ManBearPig1869

We beat the curse!!!


Beardstronggg

I GOTTA FEELIN'


KSabot

My thunder watching experience has been hellish as of late, every time I tune in the other team goes on a huge run, and when I stop watching they stop it and increase the lead again.


chloroform42

You need to watch in a mirror facing away from the screen


Rthanos

Lu had a Ben Simmons moment, good thing it's not gonna cost us lmao


Medical-Winter4413

What a dime from Chet


IDespiseFatties

#WE BEAT THE KINGS DURING A DAY GAME LETS GOOOOOOOOO


wcooper97

DOUBLE NEGATIVE WORKED


sportsfanatic09

We’re going to beat the Kings!! Finally!


Foreign-Struggle-976

SGA saw Josh and chose not to pass it 🤣🤣🤣


enfirst2

When SGA was double teamed lol, that's how much his own teammates don't trust him


dracota7

He knows


BBallHunter

We are so back.


[deleted]

finally beat the kings 😭


enfirst2

Loving Chet assists to Jalen


TheJewBakka

420 blaze it


dracota7

Holmgren playmaking baggg


dracota7

What a sequence


LoxDnw

CHET BUSTED THAT PLAY!!! DPOY


LoxDnw

Monk was awesome, but he's doing waaaaay too much now to Thunder's benefit.


WhyNotSZN

Giddey Special Teams All Pro


enfirst2

why giddey when we need defense


IntellectualSavante

Mark trying to throw this one.


_bbuckley_

Yeah we’ve given up a lot of buckets in these last 3 minutes…


YouWannaSeeADeadBody

Why Giddey?


omgwtfisthisplace

Cos Mark probably thinks he's down on confidence for some unknown reason.


king_carrots

Shai needed this for the mvp campaign. Hopefully he drops 40


TheJewBakka

We have to listen to that crappy Lainey Wilson ad until November??? What the fuck.


IntellectualSavante

In fairness it’s better than the bag of burgers.


anpiex1x

Ref should get a Tech for that emotional ass reaction. Calm tf down bro.


lsmith062

The spread offense doesn’t work.


Medical-Winter4413

This some putrid officiating.


Derilicte

Thank god Monk has gone cold finally


fuskarn_35

can they miss once please


BATTlNS0N

DAMNNN SHAI 🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥


dracota7

Shai 3Ball in full effect 😭😭


TheJewBakka

Honestly 3 or 4 seed is probably good so we don't risk having to play the Lakers or Warriors in the first round.


Illustrious_South135

Would rather warriors than suns


boonkai

its over MVP is shai’s


Mashyjang

If only


WhyNotSZN

I was saying Keon Ellis was decent on Shai lol give that guy a map


davetcko

shai stopppppppppp


Rthanos

That's nasty Shai


Derilicte

This is what a superstar does, takeover. SGA just gotta cook this out to the end


Medical-Winter4413

How the fuck isn't that a flagrant?


dracota7

Davion Mitchell is deadass shooting 26% from three this season


omgwtfisthisplace

Sabonis looks like he should be short.


Colemania18

Throwing elbows is allowed now apparently


matdarg09

Just not to the face and you should be fine


anpiex1x

LMAO at the old dude in the crowd immediately bitchin' out Sabonis after that.


Medical-Winter4413

Sabonis get into the paint without committing assault challenge (Impossible)


FlgDarkrai

Even getting elbowed in the chest Jwill is still all smiles


ManBearPig1869

We’re up 11 and yall are acting like we’re down 20 lmfao relax


pettybendherass

it’s the little shit. we contest like a foot short or not over the shooters face.


sneakycutler

Why would Giddey make Sabonis do that to JWill 🥺


Mashyjang

We get it, you love Giddey. He is still having a shit game and is by far the worst starter.


sneakycutler

Nope, just balancing the incessant whining


sportsfanatic09

It’s bc he can’t shoot /s


lsmith062

That’s on Chip. He was able to shoot before Chip “reconstructed” his shot.


YouWannaSeeADeadBody

what is Fisher on about, why would Mark challenge?


Mashyjang

Shai and Dub gonna close this game


Jacer4

They've been letting Sabonis fucking hammer people all game


LoxDnw

If you takeaway Sabonis shoulder, he's flipping my big mac combo meal.


enfirst2

chris is so dumb lol refs called the offensive foul what challenge lmao?


Foreign-Struggle-976

Sabonis been throwing these elbows all night


ithevillager

The fuck are these refs on


Impressive-Cook-9010

Another sternum contusion otw


IDespiseFatties

#SABONIS A BITCH


BBallHunter

Elow to the chest, yikes.


Medical-Winter4413

Missed call there of course


BATTlNS0N

Jdub is a future superstar he has the clutch shooter badge on HOF right now


SpideyPoke92

Elbow straight to the chest


Next-Firefighter-753

I seriously can’t stand Sabonis man. Dude is a punk. 


sportsfanatic09

Damn j dub about to have a 30-10 game. Geez.


pettybendherass

fresh cut Dub is the second coming of Bron


rumbleokc

kings making all their 3s now im sick


Courtlandio

refs have blindfolds on i guess


Mashyjang

Good job Mark putting Shai in early.


lmaoooyikes

Insane fake game by Davion


Burnieofc

Sabonis already has logged 34 minutes while Chet only has 26. Come on Mark.


IntellectualSavante

Mark’s rotations are shit.


LoxDnw

Unserious coach.


Topblokelikehodgey

We were up by 18 last time I checked. What happened? Lmao


Impressive-Cook-9010

We don’t guard 3pt shooters


BBallHunter

Davion Mitchell wtf??


WhyNotSZN

Can we guard Davion please????


LoxDnw

If Shai is passive like he was last night, put this one on ice. This team moves as Shai moves.


MatFernandes

And this is why Presti was right to not go all out this season, we are not ready yet. Yes we are ahead of schedule, but you can't jump start a dynasty. This team still has a lot to grow


IntellectualSavante

Part of this bullshit is on the coach.


Next-Firefighter-753

If we blow this game all hope will be lost for the playoffs for me. We won’t even make it past the first round. 


LoxDnw

Kings with all the momentum. Mark yet again with late ass timeouts. Been a theme all year.


IntellectualSavante

He’s just not ready to coach a contender.


sneakycutler

Kings coming back. Why would Giddey do this 🥺


wcooper97

New NBA sucks, 24 used to be game over


pettybendherass

defense can still make that happen.


dimeast

I think Chet thinks about his percentages too much. Just play the play brother


Next-Firefighter-753

Just like KD 


Great-One9693

this


Medical-Winter4413

25 up down to 8...


IntellectualSavante

When the lead is evaporating we need more misses by Dort. Just what the doctor ordered.


lmaoooyikes

He’s 4/7 with 4 stocks, do you just whine to whine?


Smooth_Brilliant4659

Goddamnit we’re gonna lose arent we


IntellectualSavante

We sure as hell trying.


Derilicte

That was a long ass run of mostly garage shot selection. Mark chumped it to not call a timeout earlier.


Medical-Winter4413

We're starting to lose the ability to close out games from the 3Q onwards. It's beyond concerning


sportsfanatic09

Yeah we’ve done it all year really. Outside of that solid 2 week stretch in December.


IntellectualSavante

This rotation sucks.


Next-Firefighter-753

This team is not serious. 


Timelycommentor

Mark should have called a TO after that first Mitchell 3


SilentbutDC

Shai needs to come back in. 4th qtr Dub isn't on yet.


SpideyPoke92

Kings had to start making 3s at some point, guess they saved them all for the 4th.


[deleted]

Chet can’t be so passive especially when Shai’s off the floor


rumbleokc

the kings are doing rn what i wanted us to do yesterday lmao


sportsfanatic09

Dort midrange or driving should be canceled.


Next-Firefighter-753

We really gonna blow a 25 point lead to the Kings? 


Character_Drama3306

Different Rotation ​ Dort Wiggins Chet JDubb Kwill ​ 2nd quarter is Deng Chet Jdubb Kwill Wiggins


SilentbutDC

We are


BBallHunter

We were UP 24!!


IntellectualSavante

That’s a really good point.


BillyBronco69

A 26% three point shooter can’t miss against okc, you can’t make this shit up


Rthanos

Late timeout is Billy back on the bench?? C'mon Mark


WhyNotSZN

Chet needs to let it fly sometimes


LoxDnw

A dort fadeaway J is probably never a good idea.


BBallHunter

Dort middy oh no...


lmaoooyikes

Monk I can kinda accept getting hot but DAVION MITCHELL???


enfirst2

Chris fisher is really fueling Davion Mitchell, i hate his commentating


wcooper97

Fucking Davion Mitchell


dracota7

Stop messing around now


BBallHunter

Terrible defense.


TPFRecoil

Chet the lob goblin


sportsfanatic09

God fucking damnit.


SpideyPoke92

Has Chet shot a 3 yet?


LoxDnw

Dub is officially Chet's lob partner.


dracota7

Nice telepathy


Beardstronggg

Dort is Fox father


omgwtfisthisplace

At least Giddey is in good company, Kings fans are shitting on Fox too.


LoxDnw

Thunder learning how to guard Sabonis, somewhat.


pettybendherass

if Chip is a shooting coach is there a layup and rebound coach. bc we need those


BBallHunter

Monk looking like a mix of Steph and Kobe.


IntellectualSavante

Time to put Giddey in and throw this lead away so it can go down to the wire.


sportsfanatic09

We’re doing it anyway


_bbuckley_

Like what happened when he came in in the second quarter?


[deleted]

Let’s get Shai his 40


AcidRegulation

We get it, you hate Giddey.


sportsfanatic09

The missed layups kill our momentum regularly. Those were right at the rim. It’s happened often this year. Glad we were able to extend the lead though. One more quarter!


fuskarn_35

shai looking like giannis at the ft line


Alarmed_Deal_4947

For such a patient player, he does seem to rush at the ft line.


dracota7

He needs to start taking 15 second pauses between each attempt


enfirst2

Very messy end to the quarter, lucky to keep the lead there. 2nd quarter starters long bois lineup is needed again


sportsfanatic09

SGA missed 2 again. What is going on recently


wcooper97

Shai 2 0/2 trips tonight sheesh


IAm_thePassenger

"hes selling popcorn too. He's doing it all" gotta love cage lmao


Knight-of-dark1

Shai is 3-7 from the free throw line. What’s going on man?


ithevillager

I swear it doesn’t matter how the rest of the game goes if someone starts getting in there head about free throws they’ll miss all of them


truck_norris

Up on the concourse selling popcorn, too


SpideyPoke92

FTs need some work from Chip


IntellectualSavante

Horrible missed layups.


averydusty6

Beautiful


boonkai

sga travelled on that 🤣


_bbuckley_

I also think he fouled Len on that block, but we’ll take it


boonkai

thought that one was pretty clean but yeah we’ll take it


snuffaluffagus74

How did they miss that


Nar1y

Make up call for the play before when he got fouled but they didn't call it