The Regime

This game has been so exciting, especially this quarter both teams are exchanging baskets. Miami needs to go back to Beasley, dude was feeling it but for whatever reason he's not touching the ball.

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66156/20100423/jackson_finds_sterns_warnings_heavy_handed/

Durant had that one block which was the eventual momentum shifter. Outside of that, I just thought Kobe missed shots that he would normally hit. Let's not jump to conclusions.

It seems to be working, really?

And the Bengals continue to draft troubled players.

Agreed. But they still need a WR to compliment Steve Smith.

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66152/20100423/thunder_could_be_option_for_bosh/

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66150/20100423/suns_worried_amare_could_face_punishment/ I didn't see the incident and I didnt hear about it so I'm assuming it's nothing serious. For those who did see it, is it anything that warrants a suspension?

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66145/20100423/shaq_not_talking_to_the_media/

It actually looked like a blocking foul to me too. Deng was sliding his feet and never established position, but then again LeBron did lower his shoulder and run through him. I guess it could have gone either way.

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66142/20100423/lebron_doesnt_agree_with_charge_call/

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66140/20100423/josh_smith_takes_shot_at_milwaukee/

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A 5 point loss isn't bad considering how [expletive]ty we played. There were way too many things that went wrong for us in this game. The Thunder were going to win one game at home, the question was just which one. There was a huge free throw discrepancy in this game. 31 total three pointers attempted, there are no excuses to chuck up that many threes when you have two towering seven footers. The Thunder are intimidating us with their shoot blocking (especially after Game 2) and that's why we are settling for long jumpers, 12 ft attempts vs. 34 ft attempts is ridiculous. Durant had 19 rebounds, which almost edged out Pau and Bynum combined. That just can't happen period. Kobe probably had one of his worst quarters in some time. I hate to say it but he went into "ball hog" mode in a brief period at the start of the 4th quarter. I think he took like 3-4 tough jumpers in a row. He shot up flat shot after flat shot, which was a result of his sore knee knee and index finder. Kobe did the right thing near the end of the fourth which was passing the ball up and trusting his teammates. I know it's a tough thing to do, when you have Artest and Odom spotting up for threes, but it's better to have them shot a open shot than have Kobe attempting something ridiculous. A 1-10 quarter out of Kobe, but he did have 4-5 assists, I definitely don't expect such a [expletive]ty fourth quarter performance from him again. Also Harden finally decided to play, he had o points in the first two games but decided to go for 18 last night lol. All in all, I'm disappointed but confident that we'll win Game 4.

I actually think it's the other way around.

I won't be here for the first quarter, smh. OKC will take one game at home, it could be this one.

http://www.newsok.com/brooks-expected-to-be-named-nba-coach-of-the-year-today/article/3455747?custom_click=pod_lead_nba-thunder

CNN reported that the suspension could be reduced to 4 games if Big Ben stays out of trouble.

That's so sick, I'm pumped.

And we lose Babbit, man we're are going to suck next year. http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66097/20100420/babbitt_hires_agent_done_at_nevada/

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66099/20100420/allen_claims_nba_is_a_lot_softer_now/

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66101/20100421/cuban_i_hate_the_spurs/

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66105/20100421/durant_tired_of_talking_about_jackson/

Lol Mbenga was reppin the blonde look last night too if some of you didn't notice.

"sigh of relief* Props to the Thunder last night, they were really active on the defensive end. I can't remember the last time I watched a game where a team was so determined to keep the other team from scoring in the paint. It was blocked after blocked shot, maybe our bigs can learn a thing or two. Kobe played much better than game 1, but it's still not the same Kobe that we need to win the 'chip. I remember as half time Charles Barkley said something along the lines of "Kobe needs to make the game easier for him". I totally agreed with Barkley and it looked like Kobe might have taken his advice. In the first half Kobe was playing a little too much 1 on 1 basketball imo and was forcing the issue, but we saw a different Kobe in the second half who was patient. Alot of Kobe's second half success though has to do with Thabo's benching, I understand the Thunder are looking to spread the floor with shooters but outside Thabo there is no one that can guard Kobe. Artest is so broke, he needs to get in the f'ing gym and shoot around for a couple hours lol. The Thunder are giving him so much room to shoot but Artest isn't making the most of his opportunities. Decent game overall, I expect better results in Game 3 even though we're on the road.