Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Okay, #1 -- DeMarcus just pantsed Kendrick Perkins. Just took him to the cleaners.
#2 -- the refs were beyond miserable, and 100% incontrovertibly costs us at least 2 baskets by flat out being blind and not spotting obvious goaltends.
#3 -- we were again young and dumb, and have to cling to the hope that like most of the young, we grow out of it and quit screwing up as we enter our NBA adulthood
I know what I am doing after Wednesday's game, win, lose, or blowout, so tonight I am going to go wiht something I was going to do on Friday until I got swamped -- The Tsunami
Official Boxscore
Garcia ( C+ ) -- leaked out for a fastbreak layup early, but quickly in foul trouble against Durant and having no effect whatsoever on defense against the much bigger, and slightly better, player. Returned to the game late in the half and canned a three off a Beno drive and kick. Added another pair of long bombs in the early 4th as the Thunder were trying to put us away, and his ole as designated 3pt shooter was that much more important this time out because nobody else could hit anything from out there. Sans Tyreke, and the rest of the team except Cisco shoots 1-15 from 3pt land. Nifty. Gets remembered in infamy in this one for an amazingly boneheaded play down the stretch -- and that is the amazing thing wiht our late issues, its not just the kids -- as he just completely blew a 2 on 1 break at the 1:30 mark with us down 5. Just refused to pas the ball to Thornton, missed the layup, and then we fouled them to stop the break the other way. That one play was the differecne between us having it down to a 3pt lead with 1:30 to go, and it going back to a 7pt lead. Duh.
2011 Japan -- This of course was the initial inspiration for this thread amonth ago, but I wasn't going to dance on graves, and my initial idea of "no matter how big a disaster the Kings leaving may seem, this will put it in perspective" seemed trite. Of the many amazing videos of this disaster, I think this one might be the most stunning. Always thought tsunamis and tornados were the two scariest natural disasters as a kid, but of course when I was 8 my idea of a tsunami was formed from bad movies where it was like a giant 100 foot tall wave. Once I got older and realized that it was closer to the sea just rising up and eating you, I'm not sure that is not worse. Watch, btw, for a guy on a building top at the :40 second mark. He's trapped as the waters rapidly rise. When the camera pans back in that direction at the 2:30 mark that building is gone. There's a very good chance this video caprtured the last seconds of his life.
Cousins ( A- ) -- Most impressive, young jedi. Just dominated Kendrick Perkins all night long. This is the same Kendrick Perkins who is considered such a defensive lynchpin that not only do people point o his absence as a reason why Boston did not win it all last year, they point to it as the reason Boston has fallen on hard times, and the Thunder have surged down the stretch of this year. He's strong, and tough, and mean, and he has bad breath, and DeMarcus just abused him. Came right out and smoothly stroked a long jumper. Got his hands on a number of balls on defense. Able to go power on power against Perkins and get to the line again and again with some inspired banging inside (and he hit his FTs at a tremendous 18-21 rate too). And when not getting to the line, scored over Perkins inside and out. Some inspired baning inside, but not always able to finish in the 3rd. At the 2:15 mark just came down against Perkins and went over him for the +1 to get us back within 5. If there was a downside to all the offensive activity it would just be that it turned DeMarcus into a shooter rather than a passer, but when you are being as productive as DeMarcus was, nothing wrong with that. And even though we lost, at the end of game came up and hugged Donte from behind after the tough battle -- nice change given that a couple of months ago Donte would have been flinching and trying to cover up if DeMarcus came up behind him after a game.
Atlantis -- Did you know they think they've found Atlantis? And not in the I want to sell my book about space aliens building the pyramids fashion either -- they think they have actually located the city that inspired the legend buried beneath the marshlands of Dona Ana Park north of Cadiz, Spain. Which would put it pretty close to where Plato always claimed it was near Gibraltar (about 50 miles up the coast). Adn if it is, the legend begins to make sense. Because what killed this city, sitting on a little coastal island they think, was not an act of the gods or mad science experiment, but a giant tsunami that swept inland, drowned the city, and buried it under the silt. And Plato's claim that the city sank beneath the waves in a single day suddenly begins to make sense.
Dalembert ( B- ) -- far from a briliant game, but held his own and then some against his peers in the rebound/defend big man club which comprise OKCs starting frontline (in case anybody had missed it, OKC is stronger than ever, and has reduced thigs to a simple system -- Durant, Westbrook, and three defensive specilists (Ibaka, Perkins, Sefalosha). We used him a little as a passer early, which was good to see as we seem to have forgotten about that a little since Reke got back. Tough grinding work inside late in the thrid, and as a result got to the line and knocked them down.
1755 Lisbon -- Of course what makes Atlantis possibly getting smashed by a tsunami more likely is that we've seen it happen in that region of the world in the centuries afterward. In 1755 one of the world's most famous earthquake/tsunami events took place on All Saints Day (Nov 1) off the coast of Portugal. The quake itself was estimated at an 8.5 to 9.0, and the devastation to Lisbon, which was one of Europe's richest and most beautiful cities at the time, was immense. Then the tsunami came, reaching as high as 90 ft in places, fortresses were literally ripped fom the cliffs, and 60,000 people died. It also raced across the sea to smash into Morocco as a 60ft tall wave, and 10foot tall tsunamis hit southern England and Ireland. That event btw is often credited with beginning the modern sciene of seismology as study of the widespread damage across all of Europe for the first time led to some understanding of what had jsut taken place.
Thornton ( B- ) -- fesity and you could see he wanted to compete. Unfortunately what he could not do was shoot, and he caught the late game let's make an epic foulup disease form one of his teammates. Got a steal on one end and raced out fullcourt outrunning two Thunder and drawing the foul, but only had a single hit in the early going again. Stepped out and knocked down several long jumpers near the end of the half, but otherwise it was almsot all down in the paint stuff again, where he showed himself tough and willig as ever to gon in amongst the trees. Nice job getting the ball to Donte on the break as a reward for stopping Durant. Hit some big shots after the refs really started jobbing us in the mid-3rd. Don't make Marcus mad. But int he 4th the emotion worked against him -- really wanted to win, but too much one on one hero stuff, and of course what goes along with that is "that didn't fall". he does the same thing and they are falling then we are all wow. As it was however... Mixed bag down the stretch this time. Came up with a steal to trigger the break...but Cisco blew it. Fumbled a great Cousins pass inside and lost the opportunity. Banked in a three unintentionally. And then made just a terrible pass snatching defeat from victory, as even after Cisco's flub we wer still hangin around, got another steal, 3 Kings ran down court wiht only 1 Thunder defender, and Marcus softly lobs the lead pass to...the one Thunder defender. Duh.
2004 Indonesia -- and of course the 2011 Japanese disaster was not the first mega tsunami we have seen and talked about right on this board. As technology expands this disaster which used to be more legend than real to most people (one of the eerie thins about many of the 2004 vids were the sounds of people laughing and gigling at what they first took to just be a fun rogue wave), is now right on your computer screen.
#2 -- the refs were beyond miserable, and 100% incontrovertibly costs us at least 2 baskets by flat out being blind and not spotting obvious goaltends.
#3 -- we were again young and dumb, and have to cling to the hope that like most of the young, we grow out of it and quit screwing up as we enter our NBA adulthood
I know what I am doing after Wednesday's game, win, lose, or blowout, so tonight I am going to go wiht something I was going to do on Friday until I got swamped -- The Tsunami
Official Boxscore
Garcia ( C+ ) -- leaked out for a fastbreak layup early, but quickly in foul trouble against Durant and having no effect whatsoever on defense against the much bigger, and slightly better, player. Returned to the game late in the half and canned a three off a Beno drive and kick. Added another pair of long bombs in the early 4th as the Thunder were trying to put us away, and his ole as designated 3pt shooter was that much more important this time out because nobody else could hit anything from out there. Sans Tyreke, and the rest of the team except Cisco shoots 1-15 from 3pt land. Nifty. Gets remembered in infamy in this one for an amazingly boneheaded play down the stretch -- and that is the amazing thing wiht our late issues, its not just the kids -- as he just completely blew a 2 on 1 break at the 1:30 mark with us down 5. Just refused to pas the ball to Thornton, missed the layup, and then we fouled them to stop the break the other way. That one play was the differecne between us having it down to a 3pt lead with 1:30 to go, and it going back to a 7pt lead. Duh.
Cousins ( A- ) -- Most impressive, young jedi. Just dominated Kendrick Perkins all night long. This is the same Kendrick Perkins who is considered such a defensive lynchpin that not only do people point o his absence as a reason why Boston did not win it all last year, they point to it as the reason Boston has fallen on hard times, and the Thunder have surged down the stretch of this year. He's strong, and tough, and mean, and he has bad breath, and DeMarcus just abused him. Came right out and smoothly stroked a long jumper. Got his hands on a number of balls on defense. Able to go power on power against Perkins and get to the line again and again with some inspired banging inside (and he hit his FTs at a tremendous 18-21 rate too). And when not getting to the line, scored over Perkins inside and out. Some inspired baning inside, but not always able to finish in the 3rd. At the 2:15 mark just came down against Perkins and went over him for the +1 to get us back within 5. If there was a downside to all the offensive activity it would just be that it turned DeMarcus into a shooter rather than a passer, but when you are being as productive as DeMarcus was, nothing wrong with that. And even though we lost, at the end of game came up and hugged Donte from behind after the tough battle -- nice change given that a couple of months ago Donte would have been flinching and trying to cover up if DeMarcus came up behind him after a game.
Atlantis -- Did you know they think they've found Atlantis? And not in the I want to sell my book about space aliens building the pyramids fashion either -- they think they have actually located the city that inspired the legend buried beneath the marshlands of Dona Ana Park north of Cadiz, Spain. Which would put it pretty close to where Plato always claimed it was near Gibraltar (about 50 miles up the coast). Adn if it is, the legend begins to make sense. Because what killed this city, sitting on a little coastal island they think, was not an act of the gods or mad science experiment, but a giant tsunami that swept inland, drowned the city, and buried it under the silt. And Plato's claim that the city sank beneath the waves in a single day suddenly begins to make sense.
Dalembert ( B- ) -- far from a briliant game, but held his own and then some against his peers in the rebound/defend big man club which comprise OKCs starting frontline (in case anybody had missed it, OKC is stronger than ever, and has reduced thigs to a simple system -- Durant, Westbrook, and three defensive specilists (Ibaka, Perkins, Sefalosha). We used him a little as a passer early, which was good to see as we seem to have forgotten about that a little since Reke got back. Tough grinding work inside late in the thrid, and as a result got to the line and knocked them down.
1755 Lisbon -- Of course what makes Atlantis possibly getting smashed by a tsunami more likely is that we've seen it happen in that region of the world in the centuries afterward. In 1755 one of the world's most famous earthquake/tsunami events took place on All Saints Day (Nov 1) off the coast of Portugal. The quake itself was estimated at an 8.5 to 9.0, and the devastation to Lisbon, which was one of Europe's richest and most beautiful cities at the time, was immense. Then the tsunami came, reaching as high as 90 ft in places, fortresses were literally ripped fom the cliffs, and 60,000 people died. It also raced across the sea to smash into Morocco as a 60ft tall wave, and 10foot tall tsunamis hit southern England and Ireland. That event btw is often credited with beginning the modern sciene of seismology as study of the widespread damage across all of Europe for the first time led to some understanding of what had jsut taken place.
Thornton ( B- ) -- fesity and you could see he wanted to compete. Unfortunately what he could not do was shoot, and he caught the late game let's make an epic foulup disease form one of his teammates. Got a steal on one end and raced out fullcourt outrunning two Thunder and drawing the foul, but only had a single hit in the early going again. Stepped out and knocked down several long jumpers near the end of the half, but otherwise it was almsot all down in the paint stuff again, where he showed himself tough and willig as ever to gon in amongst the trees. Nice job getting the ball to Donte on the break as a reward for stopping Durant. Hit some big shots after the refs really started jobbing us in the mid-3rd. Don't make Marcus mad. But int he 4th the emotion worked against him -- really wanted to win, but too much one on one hero stuff, and of course what goes along with that is "that didn't fall". he does the same thing and they are falling then we are all wow. As it was however... Mixed bag down the stretch this time. Came up with a steal to trigger the break...but Cisco blew it. Fumbled a great Cousins pass inside and lost the opportunity. Banked in a three unintentionally. And then made just a terrible pass snatching defeat from victory, as even after Cisco's flub we wer still hangin around, got another steal, 3 Kings ran down court wiht only 1 Thunder defender, and Marcus softly lobs the lead pass to...the one Thunder defender. Duh.
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