That double team was no joke lmao 🤣 they basically said anybody else is scoring on us but him

SGA wasn’t even trying hard to get out of it lmao

SGA attempted 9 field goals instead of his usual 30.

No need to try when winning is coming with ease, keeping his consecutive 20 pt streak is the only important thing for the team right now.

They even covered the spread! Are the Pelicans better than the Lakers and Warriors?

Mind you this is my first time betting on sga to get 30 points all season

unironically what some people in the SGA thread are hanging their hats on lol

Yeah, and it doesn’t even matter anyway with such a well rounded team like the Thunder

they putting them through the gulag😭 their schedule doesn’t open up much because of their(mostly) hard ass division

Pelicans have a chance to do something funny

Tbf, when you’re the worst team in the league these matches seem harder than they are.

Obviously not saying they are easy

tbf, that schedule could be Charlotte(L), Jazz(L), Wizards(L) for the sad state of affairs in Nola

As opposed to who, I’m having trouble naming teams they can beat(?) besides maybe the hornets, pacers and wizards, can’t have 82 games against them.

And for some reason we don’t play the Nuggets until February

The amount of times they said “and why not” on a turnover or thunder 3 really made me feel bad for them, gotta be so tough

Tbf everyone sounds depressed when they have to play OKC

That white dude sounded like he was on suicide watch during the first quarter lol.

“Joe’s open…cans it…what else is new”

I know, get them off the front lines! Let’s bring Antonio back to OKC for a season

I listened to them for the warriors game yesterday, they were really good. They are definitely in basketball hell though: “that’s the exact way not to run a break”

They stink and gave up their lotto ticket for a promosing draft class. I’d be down in the dumps too. It will take a long time to fix this.

They both look like different players

Remember last year when fans, myself included, wanted to stagger their minutes because they were better separate? The whole team honestly looks better than last year at this point with chemistry alone. Cant wait to get Jdub back.

He’s missed all 23 that he’s taken in a Thunder uniform XP

Idk I think I’d rather watch the dog

I lost my mind from both of Joe’s assists to IHart.

There’s something especially devastating about a 3 ball that goes 80 feet into the air.

if TMIII leaves the pelicans the team is genuinely done

I was honestly starting to get worried he might bring the Pelicans back into the game all by himself

SGA 100% pissed about lmao. Im ready for a 40+ game on wed

If it’s any other stat padding superstar, they would have played the 4th to reach 30 before subbing out

We’ve also had a fairly easy run of games. It stays pretty relaxed until late Jan where we start running a gauntlet of contenders for about 6 weeks straight

I think he just needed someone to blame to hide the pain of having to watch that team all year.

But are they the same beast?

Terrifying thing is they’ve actually had pretty bad 3pt% shooting luck so far, Basketball Reference hasn’t updated with this games stats yet but OKC in the first 14 games is 21st in percentage and have the 8th highest opponent percentage.

For comparison last season they were 6th in 3pt% and had the lowest opponent 3pt% in the entire league.

A WCF with them against the nuggets is going to be so interesting. Denver’s way better this season, but I honestly think the Thunder are too. All the young guys are a year closer to their prime, they’re gelling better together as a team, and Jdub is still out.

I think OKC was kinda pissed about it after they let the shot clock run out right before that

Let them have the cheap bucket. They need it.

won the spread

Honestly, I’m not mad. If the team winning is doing the scoring, you’re just rubbing salt on the wound. But if it’s the losing team, I don’t mind it’s whatever.

But I’m sure that last shot ruined a lot of bets, which imo is a plague on the league.

What was lame was the lack of defense. He’s a rookie, he should continue playing.

I kinda wanted us to draft him, but little stuff like that makes me realize why we didn’t.

Lmao 🤣 at least people left with something

I bet the vets in the locker room told the youngin that’s not what you do in the league. If a team gets a shot clock violation on purpose, you return the favor… not go shoot an uncontested layup. I think it’s all silly, but you almost never see that happen.

And people don’t think Vegas controls the league smh /s

Do y’all usually not playing music on the pa? Thought that was cool.

Big if true!

Because the rest of his team played 4v3

didn’t need to. get the bench all the reps so they’re ready to rock and roll if somebody goes down with injury.

New Orleans locked him up, but that’s the thing, our bench is pretty spicy when defenders are focused on doubling Shai

50+ % odds are excedingly rare, that requires like 2017 warriors level favorites

Nuggets are too good for that I think.

Yeh

Not shocked Fears did that tbh

Cause they were pesky all night. They played frustrating defense, and hats off to them for it. They could have folded after the 1st, but they kept fighting all game… Kinda.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they passed 70, but I won’t be disappointed if they don’t - keep some gas in the tank for the playoffs after locking up the 1-seed

We actually have had a pretty easy run of games. We face murderers row from late January onwards

I think it’s dependent on Denver’s season. They seem on track to win 63-65, so they’ll be on OKC’s heels for a bit.

Got a little nervous when they cut it down to 16