Kevin Durant can score at will on the floor for the Oklahoma City Thunder but how about on the playground?
Monday night Durant made his first appearance at Rucker Park to play a little street ball.
Let's just say he earned some street cred.
Durant totalled 66 points on the black top.
I'm sure OKC Thunder fans are thrilled.
Showing posts with label Oklahoma City Thunder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oklahoma City Thunder. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Doris Burke's Bad Take Rolled Anyway
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The HQ will readily admit that we've all flubbed our lines every now and again before we got our stand-up right. Most of the time we're editing our own material so it would have been our fault if something aired wrong...
Last night, during the end of our "night out on the town," TBH was witness to an abnormality on network television- the tape cued to the wrong portion of the Doris Burke stand-up describing what she wanted to describe in the Dallas-Oklahoma City series.
Here's how it ran on the four-letter... no edits...
Someone ((or someones)) in the TV truck were, probably, in serious trouble last night in the post meeting... and we can guarantee that folks in Bristol weren't happy about the on-air technical gaffe, either...
The HQ will readily admit that we've all flubbed our lines every now and again before we got our stand-up right. Most of the time we're editing our own material so it would have been our fault if something aired wrong...
Last night, during the end of our "night out on the town," TBH was witness to an abnormality on network television- the tape cued to the wrong portion of the Doris Burke stand-up describing what she wanted to describe in the Dallas-Oklahoma City series.
Here's how it ran on the four-letter... no edits...
Someone ((or someones)) in the TV truck were, probably, in serious trouble last night in the post meeting... and we can guarantee that folks in Bristol weren't happy about the on-air technical gaffe, either...
It wasn't pretty, but Mavs stop the Thunder
It certainly wasn't as fun to watch as games 1 and 2. There were a lot of missed shots, a lot of "No-calls" and just general clunkiness.
But, the Dallas Mavericks, despite almost choking away a lead that at one point was 23, managed to hold off the Oklahoma City Thunder 93-87 and take a 2-1 lead in their best of 7, NBA Western Conference Finals series.
Dirk Nowitzki could only manage 18 points on 7-21 shooting, but Tyson Chandler grabbed 15 rebounds and Shawn Marion also scored 18 to lead the Mavericks. Russell Westbrook found his floundering game...a little and led the 36.5 % shooting Thunder with 30 points.
Game 4 is Monday night in Oklahoma City.
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
But, the Dallas Mavericks, despite almost choking away a lead that at one point was 23, managed to hold off the Oklahoma City Thunder 93-87 and take a 2-1 lead in their best of 7, NBA Western Conference Finals series.
Dirk Nowitzki could only manage 18 points on 7-21 shooting, but Tyson Chandler grabbed 15 rebounds and Shawn Marion also scored 18 to lead the Mavericks. Russell Westbrook found his floundering game...a little and led the 36.5 % shooting Thunder with 30 points.
Game 4 is Monday night in Oklahoma City.
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thunder rolls, Mavs lose at home
It was a close game and in keeping with game 1, very exciting to watch. The Oklahoma City Thunder took game 2 of the NBA Western Conference finals Thursday night with a 106-100 win over the Dallas Mavericks, in Dallas.
As usual, Kevin Durant led the way with 24 points, but it was the Thunder's bench that truly won the game. Backup guard James Harden had 23 and the other backup guard, Eric Maynor chipped in 13, as the bench guys did the dirty work, hounding Mavs snipers Jason Terry and J.J Barea.
The series, which we fully expect to go seven games, moves up the highway 3-hours or so to Oklahoma City on Saturday night (hmmm...wonder why they don't get 5-days off like the Bulls and Heat).
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
Here's a full report from Damon Fontenot of newsok.com.
As usual, Kevin Durant led the way with 24 points, but it was the Thunder's bench that truly won the game. Backup guard James Harden had 23 and the other backup guard, Eric Maynor chipped in 13, as the bench guys did the dirty work, hounding Mavs snipers Jason Terry and J.J Barea.
The series, which we fully expect to go seven games, moves up the highway 3-hours or so to Oklahoma City on Saturday night (hmmm...wonder why they don't get 5-days off like the Bulls and Heat).
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
Here's a full report from Damon Fontenot of newsok.com.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Dirk goes crazy, Mavs run away from Thunder
This was old-school hoops. The Dallas Mavericks used a 48 point performance from their star, Dirk Nowitzki to run away from the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-112 Tuesday night.
Nowitzki put on quite the show, going 12 for 15 from the field and hitting 24 straight free throws beating an NBA record.
Kevin Durant wasn't bad for OKC, dropping 40 himself, but he didn't get much help.
The game was a run-and-gun back and forth game, much different from the typical slow-paced, slog it out pace most NBA playoff games take. Already, experts are saying "The Mavs are too much for the Thunder" and "This series may be over".
Hardly.
All that happened was the home team held serve. They won where they were supposed to. It wasn't a blowout, they just took care of business.
Game 2 in the series is Thursday night at 9 p.m Eastern.
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
Nowitzki put on quite the show, going 12 for 15 from the field and hitting 24 straight free throws beating an NBA record.
Kevin Durant wasn't bad for OKC, dropping 40 himself, but he didn't get much help.
The game was a run-and-gun back and forth game, much different from the typical slow-paced, slog it out pace most NBA playoff games take. Already, experts are saying "The Mavs are too much for the Thunder" and "This series may be over".
Hardly.
All that happened was the home team held serve. They won where they were supposed to. It wasn't a blowout, they just took care of business.
Game 2 in the series is Thursday night at 9 p.m Eastern.
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Thunder rolls the Grizz, but only after 3-OT's
Wow. An epic game if there ever was one. For only the 6th time in NBA Playoff history, we had a game go to 3 overtimes.
The Oklahoma City Thunder evened up their series with the Memphis Grizzlies by beating the 133-123 in Triple Overtime.
The game, which started around 10 p.m Monday, ended around 1:30 a.m on Tuesday. Kevin Durant dropped in 6 of his 35 points in the last O.T, Russell Westbrook also dropped a 40 spot against the Grizzlies. This after being down by 18 at one point in the second quarter.
The win gets home court back for the Thunder, the winner of this series which has all the makings of a 7-game thriller gets to play the soon-to-be rested Dallas Mavericks, sometime next week.
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
The Oklahoma City Thunder evened up their series with the Memphis Grizzlies by beating the 133-123 in Triple Overtime.
The game, which started around 10 p.m Monday, ended around 1:30 a.m on Tuesday. Kevin Durant dropped in 6 of his 35 points in the last O.T, Russell Westbrook also dropped a 40 spot against the Grizzlies. This after being down by 18 at one point in the second quarter.
The win gets home court back for the Thunder, the winner of this series which has all the makings of a 7-game thriller gets to play the soon-to-be rested Dallas Mavericks, sometime next week.
Your highlights from SI.com/NBA.com:
Monday, May 2, 2011
What's Up With The Memphis Grizzles...???
And the HQ means this in a good way for once...
They knocked off the top-seed in the western conference and now they've gotten home court advantage after their Game 1 114-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Zach Randolph is a beast at present...
Here's your coverage from our friends at MyFoxMemphis...
And if you're looking for a spare ticket for games 3 and 4 in the series...
There are no spares... good for Memphis...
Oh, in other playoffs news... the Three Kings knocked off Boston in game 1, too...
They knocked off the top-seed in the western conference and now they've gotten home court advantage after their Game 1 114-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Zach Randolph is a beast at present...
Here's your coverage from our friends at MyFoxMemphis...
Grizzlies Power Past Thunder 114-101: MyFoxMEMPHIS.com
And if you're looking for a spare ticket for games 3 and 4 in the series...
There are no spares... good for Memphis...
Oh, in other playoffs news... the Three Kings knocked off Boston in game 1, too...
Monday, April 18, 2011
What Is This Western Conference You Speak Of...???
To quote Lawrence Welk... a one anna two...
Both go down...
What in the wide world of sports happened there...???
Chris Paul showed why the Atlanta Hawks made a mistake in not taking him in the draft as he and his New Orleans Hornets in Los Angeles...
((HT: NBA/ESPN/nba.com))
And, to go even one better, who are these Memphis Grizzlies...??? Being all pesky and knocking off San Antonio like that in Game 1 of their series...???
((HT: NBA/TNT/nba.com))
If you just wanna see the Battier three, here it is...
((HT: Yahoo!Sports))
He also became a father Sunday...
Here's local coverage from our friends at MyFoxMemphis...
Oh, there was SOME normalcy as the Thunder held off Denver...
Durant and Westbrook combined for 72 in the win...
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Both go down...
What in the wide world of sports happened there...???
Chris Paul showed why the Atlanta Hawks made a mistake in not taking him in the draft as he and his New Orleans Hornets in Los Angeles...
((HT: NBA/ESPN/nba.com))
And, to go even one better, who are these Memphis Grizzlies...??? Being all pesky and knocking off San Antonio like that in Game 1 of their series...???
((HT: NBA/TNT/nba.com))
If you just wanna see the Battier three, here it is...
((HT: Yahoo!Sports))
He also became a father Sunday...
Here's local coverage from our friends at MyFoxMemphis...
Grizzlies Stun Spurs in 1st Playoff Win: MyFoxMEMPHIS.com
Oh, there was SOME normalcy as the Thunder held off Denver...
Durant and Westbrook combined for 72 in the win...
((HT: NBA/ESPN/nba.com))
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Kings' Cousins Reportedly Suspended
((HT: News10 Sacramento))
Sacramento Kings rookie center DeMarcus Cousins has been suspended by the team for Sunday's game against the Phoenix Suns, according to a report by Sam Amick of AOL Fanhouse.
Cousins did not accompany the team to Phoenix, but no one could confirm that any kind of disciplinary action had yet to be taken with Cousins.
Amick also reported that the call to remove Cousins from the team's plane and suspend him came directly from Kings GM Geoff Petrie, after a run-in between Cousins and teammate Donte Greene after Saturday night's 99-97 loss to Oklahoma City.
According to Amick, the tete-a-tete had to do with the way the team ran the final play where Tyreke Evans missed a three pointer that would have won the game with 5.5 seconds remaining.
This would be the game in question...
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Cousins, apparently, was yelling at Evans- starting in the tunnel and continuing into the locker room. Both Greene and Cousins exchanged "swings", according to Amick.
Here's Cousins after the Thunder game...
((HT: News10))
Petrie has yet to confirm or deny the action, or any action, against Cousins...
Sacramento Kings rookie center DeMarcus Cousins has been suspended by the team for Sunday's game against the Phoenix Suns, according to a report by Sam Amick of AOL Fanhouse.
Cousins did not accompany the team to Phoenix, but no one could confirm that any kind of disciplinary action had yet to be taken with Cousins.
Amick also reported that the call to remove Cousins from the team's plane and suspend him came directly from Kings GM Geoff Petrie, after a run-in between Cousins and teammate Donte Greene after Saturday night's 99-97 loss to Oklahoma City.
According to Amick, the tete-a-tete had to do with the way the team ran the final play where Tyreke Evans missed a three pointer that would have won the game with 5.5 seconds remaining.
This would be the game in question...
((HT: NBA.com/youtube))
Cousins, apparently, was yelling at Evans- starting in the tunnel and continuing into the locker room. Both Greene and Cousins exchanged "swings", according to Amick.
Here's Cousins after the Thunder game...
((HT: News10))
Petrie has yet to confirm or deny the action, or any action, against Cousins...
Monday, January 31, 2011
Eddie House Fined For Big Balls Celebration
Yesterday, as the Miami Heat's Eddie House hit a game-winning three in Oklahoma City, House celebrated as he thought appropriate when the Thunder called time out...
Witness below...
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The HQ figured after his display that something would happen...
It did... from the NBA their own selves...
Miami Heat guard Eddie House has been fined $25,000 for making an obscene gesture, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident occurred with 22.2 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 108-103 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Jan. 30.
Well played, House...
Witness below...
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The HQ figured after his display that something would happen...
It did... from the NBA their own selves...
Miami Heat guard Eddie House has been fined $25,000 for making an obscene gesture, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident occurred with 22.2 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 108-103 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Jan. 30.
Well played, House...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Kevin Durant's Buzzer Beater Beats Knicks
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Kevin Durant gave the OKC Thunder a win over the New York Knicks on a last second buzzer-beater...
The lesson here is for Danilo Gallinari...
DO NOT LEAVE DURANT SPACE!!!
Ever, son...
Ever...
Kevin Durant gave the OKC Thunder a win over the New York Knicks on a last second buzzer-beater...
The lesson here is for Danilo Gallinari...
DO NOT LEAVE DURANT SPACE!!!
Ever, son...
Ever...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
NBA Admits Missed Call In OKC-Utah Game
From the NBA its own self...
Joel Litvin, NBA President, League and Basketball Operations, issued the following statement regarding the final seconds of the Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz game last night at EnergySolutions Arena:
"On the final play of last night’s Oklahoma City-Utah game, the officials missed a foul committed by the Jazz’s C.J. Miles on the Thunder’s Kevin Durant during a three-point shot attempt.”
The background: Mike Baldwin of Newsok.com lays it all out for you...
Referee Tony Brothers’ non-call at the end of the Thunder’s 140-139 overtime loss to the Utah Jazz cost Oklahoma City more than one game. It cost the Thunder a shot at winning the Northwest Division title and a shot at winning the tiebreaker over Denver.
“The referee didn’t call a foul,” Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks said. “You have to go with him. He had a better look than I had. Sometimes you get those. Sometimes you don’t. We had a good opportunity to win the game. We didn’t get a stop. That’s the bottom line.”
((HT: NBA Video))
Joel Litvin, NBA President, League and Basketball Operations, issued the following statement regarding the final seconds of the Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz game last night at EnergySolutions Arena:
"On the final play of last night’s Oklahoma City-Utah game, the officials missed a foul committed by the Jazz’s C.J. Miles on the Thunder’s Kevin Durant during a three-point shot attempt.”
The background: Mike Baldwin of Newsok.com lays it all out for you...
Referee Tony Brothers’ non-call at the end of the Thunder’s 140-139 overtime loss to the Utah Jazz cost Oklahoma City more than one game. It cost the Thunder a shot at winning the Northwest Division title and a shot at winning the tiebreaker over Denver.
“The referee didn’t call a foul,” Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks said. “You have to go with him. He had a better look than I had. Sometimes you get those. Sometimes you don’t. We had a good opportunity to win the game. We didn’t get a stop. That’s the bottom line.”
((HT: NBA Video))
Friday, April 2, 2010
Big Ticket, Small Fine...
For calling Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant "Michael F'n Jordan" the Boston Celtics Kevin Garnett was fined $25,000 for criticizing officials...
"Michael Foxtrot Jordan..."
Good work on live television... and the HQ is sure that Garnett had the money laying around in his locker...
Enjoy, but since it's not bleeped, Garnett is NSFW...
((HT: CSNNE/NBA))
"Michael Foxtrot Jordan..."
Good work on live television... and the HQ is sure that Garnett had the money laying around in his locker...
Enjoy, but since it's not bleeped, Garnett is NSFW...
((HT: CSNNE/NBA))
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