NBA
Regular Season Round 11: Oklah.City T. - Detroit P. 105-94
Date: November 9, 2012
Clearly, it was the jerseys. Undefeated in the new duds. The basics here: The Thunder beat the now 0-6 Pistons, 105-94. Serge Ibaka set a new career-high with 25 points, KD finally scored 25 and added 13 rebounds with it and Kendrick Perkins tied for the team lead with six assists. Really though, outside of the Pistons winning, nothing from this game was likely to be all that notable. The Thunder were going to win, probably fairly comfortably. This is one of those games that I’d file in the 40-degree win category. No big lesson, not really memorable at all. It just happened, that’s it. And while the Thunder moved to 4-2, winning their third straight, I’d say this: They haven’t really played one good game yet this season. At least in terms of everything clicking and their best players performing to the capability. “It could be a lot better. I’m never satisfied. It’s a long season, it’s an up and down season I know, but we could be a lot better,” said Kevin Durant. “We won, I want to say the last three games, I think. I lost track. But we’ve just to got to find a way to do it for 48 minutes as far as the energy is concerned. Of course you won’t be perfect, you’re going to miss coverages on defense, you’re going to miss shots. But our energy has to be there every second on the floor and that starts with me. I’ve got to be better and that goes down the line.” Sans the game against Atlanta though, the defense has been pretty good. Offensively, things have been decent. But there hasn’t been a game where everything’s clearly started to click with Russell Westbrook and Durant both playing good together. Overall Friday, OKC shot 53.5 percent, had 21 assists as a team, didn’t turn it over ridiculously, shot free throws well and held Detroit to 41.4 percent shooting. In the box score, it all looks pretty good. But like KD said, there’s a certain edge missing it seems. It might be as simple as both Westbrook and Durant haven’t scored consistently so far this season. Durant had 25 on 9-16 shooting but Westbrook struggled again shooting, hitting just 3-of-10 for 10 points. Maybe there’s a bright side to all of that though, because it’s meant more of a featured offensive role for Ibaka, who hit 9-of-13 from the floor for his career-high 25. “Serge is as good a mid-range shooter as we have. And the reason why is because he spends a lot of time with coach [Mark Bryant] working on that,” Scott Brooks said. Consider this little fun fact: Besides setting a new career-high, this is the first time Ibaka has had back-to-back games scoring at least 20 points. Obviously his role and touches are increasing with Harden’s departure, but it’s diversified OKC’s offense and given Westbrook a very good option to look to. One possession early in the first half, Westbrook ran a very deliberate two-man game with Ibaka, trying to set him up for an 18-footer. Eventually Westbrook drew Ibaka’s man over enough in help, dished it and Ibaka drained the shot. It’s a weapon the Thunder have had the last couple seasons, but now it’s becoming a featured part of OKC’s offense. Bits and pieces of the team are coming together and while again, I don’t think the Thunder have played all that great, that’s really just the top guys. Because Eric Maynor turned in another very strong performance which by default, makes OKC’s bench so dynamic. There’s a very distinct edge for the Thunder when their second unit goes against the other team’s, and that starts mostly with Maynor. It took a little time to work back into the flow, but Maynor looks terrific and almost completely like his old self again. Again, the only newsmaker here was going to be a Thunder loss. The Pistons are mostly terrible and while they played the Thunder hard, this was OKC’s game all the way from the tip, unless something went horribly wrong. It was about handling business, putting another win in the column and moving on to the next one. Courtesy of: dailythunder.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 11: Oklah.City T. - Detroit P. 105-94
Date: November 9, 2012
Clearly, it was the jerseys. Undefeated in the new duds. The basics here: The Thunder beat the now 0-6 Pistons, 105-94. Serge Ibaka set a new career-high with 25 points, KD finally scored 25 and added 13 rebounds with it and Kendrick Perkins tied for the team lead with six assists. Really though, outside of the Pistons winning, nothing from this game was likely to be all that notable. The Thunder were going to win, probably fairly comfortably. This is one of those games that I’d file in the 40-degree win category. No big lesson, not really memorable at all. It just happened, that’s it. And while the Thunder moved to 4-2, winning their third straight, I’d say this: They haven’t really played one good game yet this season. At least in terms of everything clicking and their best players performing to the capability. “It could be a lot better. I’m never satisfied. It’s a long season, it’s an up and down season I know, but we could be a lot better,” said Kevin Durant. “We won, I want to say the last three games, I think. I lost track. But we’ve just to got to find a way to do it for 48 minutes as far as the energy is concerned. Of course you won’t be perfect, you’re going to miss coverages on defense, you’re going to miss shots. But our energy has to be there every second on the floor and that starts with me. I’ve got to be better and that goes down the line.” Sans the game against Atlanta though, the defense has been pretty good. Offensively, things have been decent. But there hasn’t been a game where everything’s clearly started to click with Russell Westbrook and Durant both playing good together. Overall Friday, OKC shot 53.5 percent, had 21 assists as a team, didn’t turn it over ridiculously, shot free throws well and held Detroit to 41.4 percent shooting. In the box score, it all looks pretty good. But like KD said, there’s a certain edge missing it seems. It might be as simple as both Westbrook and Durant haven’t scored consistently so far this season. Durant had 25 on 9-16 shooting but Westbrook struggled again shooting, hitting just 3-of-10 for 10 points. Maybe there’s a bright side to all of that though, because it’s meant more of a featured offensive role for Ibaka, who hit 9-of-13 from the floor for his career-high 25. “Serge is as good a mid-range shooter as we have. And the reason why is because he spends a lot of time with coach [Mark Bryant] working on that,” Scott Brooks said. Consider this little fun fact: Besides setting a new career-high, this is the first time Ibaka has had back-to-back games scoring at least 20 points. Obviously his role and touches are increasing with Harden’s departure, but it’s diversified OKC’s offense and given Westbrook a very good option to look to. One possession early in the first half, Westbrook ran a very deliberate two-man game with Ibaka, trying to set him up for an 18-footer. Eventually Westbrook drew Ibaka’s man over enough in help, dished it and Ibaka drained the shot. It’s a weapon the Thunder have had the last couple seasons, but now it’s becoming a featured part of OKC’s offense. Bits and pieces of the team are coming together and while again, I don’t think the Thunder have played all that great, that’s really just the top guys. Because Eric Maynor turned in another very strong performance which by default, makes OKC’s bench so dynamic. There’s a very distinct edge for the Thunder when their second unit goes against the other team’s, and that starts mostly with Maynor. It took a little time to work back into the flow, but Maynor looks terrific and almost completely like his old self again. Again, the only newsmaker here was going to be a Thunder loss. The Pistons are mostly terrible and while they played the Thunder hard, this was OKC’s game all the way from the tip, unless something went horribly wrong. It was about handling business, putting another win in the column and moving on to the next one. Courtesy of: dailythunder.com
 DETROIT P. (coach: John-Blair Bickerstaff)94 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 88 | OQajZR, wiFshiuj | 41 | 3-68 (44.4%) | 8-3 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 63 | 5 |
| 4 | AUuZVRF, eIdjRF | 41 | 4-65 (45%) | 8-3 (05%) | 4-4 (655%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 64 | 5 |
| 9 | KjaDhU, mQijdIj | 41 | 4-0 (15%) | 6-0 (85%) | 8-8 (655%) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 65 | 5 |
| 65 | bIjQIR, GQRD | 40 | 1-60 (35%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 8 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 61 | 5 |
| 6 | gQuBBIjd, SjdQR | 86 | 2-65 (25%) | 5-5 (5%) | 1-7 (11.9%) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 88 | 83 | 5 |
| 44 | zRQRMVI, zIjis | 85 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 03 | bixaRll, zisIj | 85 | 5-4 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 80 | AajDlRQ, KFlR | 60 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 68 | mFjuB, Wall | 68 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| 83 | qjDlash, KaB | 7 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 0 | giFR, SusUaj | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 48 | baddlRUIj, KhQas | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 46 | kallijuRLi, ChiQlaR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 45-12 (33.6%) | 1-67 (46.1%) | 61-88 (98.9%) | 61 | 80 | 36 | 83 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 73 | 25 | |||
 OKLAH.CITY T. (coach: Mark Daigneault)105 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 40 | guQijU, KRLaj | 42 | 9-63 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 0-0 (655%) | 6 | 68 | 64 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 45 | 5 |
| 7 | oMiVi, ARQDR | 40 | 7-66 (26.2%) | 5-8 (5%) | 9-2 (29.0%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 80 | 84 | 5 |
| biQUaj, KRLaj | 44 | 4-0 (15%) | 8-7 (88.8%) | 3-0 (25%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | WRsUMQIIV, eussRll | 46 | 8-2 (80%) | 6-8 (05%) | 4-3 (90%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | ORQVajs, KRjdQaZV | 87 | 3-9 (09.6%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 5 |
| 8 | ARfIlIshi, whiMI | 80 | 8-8 (655%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | CIllasIj, XaZV | 67 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 1 | biFjIQ, qQaZ | 62 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 4-4 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 61 | 5 |
| 60 | ziZVsIj, eRDDaR | 1 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | zIjRs ooo, ORQQF | 0 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| viBM, zRQRBF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| 80 | vaDDajs, gRijdQR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| PQUIj, gijaRl | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 45-06 (02.2%) | 2-85 (35.5%) | 86-81 (25.2%) | 2 | 45 | 42 | 86 | 80 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 650 | 79 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
