Western Conference Finals: Dallas Mavericks vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Other than when set plays are called, it always looks like westbrook is trying to get his.

 

This series is going 7 IMO.

 

Haters gonna hate even with the refs help they couldnt win

LOL

 

The refs tried hard to come back but it was too little too late.

Impressive win for Dallas. 5 on 8 and they still hold on. Very impressive.

 

Yep. The Thunder could have been in this if they hit 3-4 threes..

 

They should piggyback on Westbrook's shoulders until the playoffs, where Harden should relieve him and take over all playmaking duties.

 

I wonder how they will blame Westbrook.

 

Westbrook represents a 5-star quality asset. With him, the thunder could concievably demand a package that would better suit their team (this is in a win now scenario). For example, if the thunder decided to deal with the rockets, they could probally net (salaries aside) Lowry+Martin+Patterson.

Lowry/maynor
Martin/Harden
Durant/cook
ibaka/pat
Perk/collison


And there are probally teams out there willing to dish out more for the young PG than us.

 

7 turnovers is a start. 30 pts on 20 shots isn't too bad though..

 

Westbrook was the best player on that team today.

 

The Thunder's last gasp was when WB and Cook choked on two consecutive 3-pointers and then WB lost the ball out-of-bounds.

OKC coming out so lax was very disappointing. If they had come out with intensity, they would have won. Props to Dallas for shredding them and jumping out to the big lead.

WB won't be traded anytime soon. What he has to do better is understand what his capabilities are. That is something Steve Francis never learned. If WB doesn't get it by next season, he might end up only a superior version of SF. While the late mistakes tonight hurt, at least he woke up earlier in the 4th quarter.

KD has to raise it up next game big time or OKC has no chance.

If Dallas keeps playing defense like this, they will close the series out in 6 games max.

 

Seriously, he's a good player w/ a great physical skillset but doesn't take care of the basketball. Especially as a pg, dude just needs to work on his decision making and shot selection - I think people get frustrated w/ him because they see his potential if he could stop w/ the braindead plays.

 

The bright spot for the Thunder is how they have contained Dirk the past 2 games. The series can go either way.

 

The whole team except Collison was bad up until the 4th quarter. Westbrook brought them back into the game, but he chocked. So did the other players, a bunch of bad 3's taken, including Durants.

 

OKC need to find themselves an offensive-minded PF/C over the offseason. It's amazing how competitive OKC can be without a real halfcourt offense, but they still need that inside game to go with their wings.

 

I could have sworn ESPN was talking about how Dallas has been unable to stop Durant. Their professional opinions change based on the hour.

 

Scola for Ibaka, Nate Rob (expiring), and another expiring?

I'm all for shedding salary and setting ourselves nicely for free agency and the 2012 draft.

 

I would trade Scola for that deal or one involving Harden as well...but how about.

Scola
Lowry
for
Westbrook
fillers

 

Please trade Westbrook to give this team some stability. (like what happened when Green was traded) It's too much of a roller coaster ride with WB. The Thunder will never be consistent at winning when your PG is out of control every other game.

 

Durant is like like dirk was earlier in his career. He's oversized who isn'tefe strong eno tke o taughadvantage of smaller defenders. Until he does, he's just a bigger reggie miller who can't get away from smaller guys. He's a hard worker, so I'm sure he'll get better at it. I called dallas in 6, I'm sticking with it.