On what team, league or planet would these stats not win you the ire of every single fan?

OK, I'll humor you.

You asked "What planet are we on?" and I answered "knee jerk reaction." My rationale: playing badly in one's first playoff series is not indicative of said player's level of talent/skills. A player could play badly in his first few playoff games but still went on to become a good/star player. Case in point: James Harden, who scored 0p in his first two playoff games on 0-for-5 shooting, but is now the face of the franchise and finishes 8th in this year's MVP ballot. (Steve Nash shot 2-for-9 from 3's in his first 2 playoff series too, FWIW.)

Lin's playoff performance was without a doubt disappointing (IMO he shouldn't even have played in Game 3), but to suggest there's a causal relationship between his play and our W-L record would be egregious/knee-jerk. I can think of many other factors that play a crucial role, such as:

1) Westbrook's injury
2) OKC adjusting to being Westbrook-less
3) Harden's shooting (31-for-87 or 35.6% in 4 Ls vs. 14-for-28 or 50% in 2 Ws)
4) Our 3p shooting (44-for-140 or 31.4% in 4 Ls vs. 26-for-62 or 41.2% in 2 Ws)
or even 4) Kevin Martin having an off-night in Game 5 (1-for-10)

There.

 

Horrible thread, maybe you should have watched the whole season instead of just the playoffs.

 

Sometimes when I feel the day is against me and that there are too many smart people in the world for me to compete against, I log into Clutchfans, read threads like this and arguments from people like the OP, and I immediately feel a lot better about myself

The internet - where stupid people gather and give out stupid opinions, and give positive confirmation and confidence to normal people :grin:

 

LOL!

The internet - where people with great sense of humor write posts late at night, and put a smile on the face of other insomniacs

 

Wish granted.