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Dissapointment.
Yahoo! Box Score
What an ugly, ugly win.
If you put a blur over Scott Brooks face and tie, I would have no idea that this team was still not being coached by P.J. Carlesimo. Lots of bad missed shots, less than normal 3 pointers, and doing horribly against a horrible team.
Look, I don't know a lot about the Wizards. Hell, I don't even know who Dominic McGuire or Nick Young are. I don't even want to know whats going on over there. All I know is that when they had a full staff (Re: Butler, Jamison, and Arenas), they would be so good as to be....a 7 or 8 seed in the East. Without them, they remind me of horse manure. They're like a scoring team that's not really set up to score....
The game was pretty back and forth, in a slow way. The Thunder were ahead by 10 once, but it was hard to follow who was leading at any given time. There would just be missed shot after missed shot, and offensive runs would be few and far inbetween. The thing is, I only saw great defense when we were defending against the Wizards. When we were on offense....I just saw bad offense. We played this game like we were basketballs version of the Chicago Bears.
The greatest aspect about this game was easily Nick Collison (Thunder Wonder). He got the rebounds when he needed to, and he hit every shot he took. Namely, his 5 offensive rebounds really kept some poor offensive sequences going. Nenad Krstic (Thunder Down Under) also had a great offensive game, going for 18 points. Without Durant or Green, he's become the go-to offensive guy. Watson was really good at distributing the ball, dishing 7 assists in 23 minutes while managing to not hurt us offensively. Thabo Sefolosha had a monster defensive game, getting 3 steals and 3 blocks while also managing to get a Westbrook-esque 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists.
After those guys, I didn't see much. Kyle Weaver played some great D, but his offense was killing us. 4 of 11? Ugh. Russell Westbrook had some okay assist numbers, but his sheer amount of missed field goals, missed free throws, and turnovers really negate that fact. Malik Rose (Thunder Blunder) had a -11 +/- ratio in a winning cause, and right now it's looking like Robert Swift is better at D than he is. I miss Joe Smith.
In the middle of the spectrum lie Robert Swift and Damien Wilkins. Swift had an average game, while Damien Wilkins looked like, well, Damien Wilkins offensively, but he grabbed what was a season high 7 boards in only 15 minutes.
In the Wizard camp, it was pretty much the "How many bricks can Antawn Jamison hoist?" show, with dashes of "Darius Songaila and Andray Blatche can easily overpower your puny big men". Everyone else played like a scrub. Here's a stat for you: Nick Young shot 3-13. 3-13. Ouch, it's like if we let Damien Wilkins play 35 minutes!
I really don't see it fit to give a Thunder Plunderer to any of the Wizards, simply because all of them had really bad offensive efficency. Even the big men missed a lot of shots. So, the Thunder Plunderer goes to the Wizards alternate logo, which I didn't know spelled DC until 2006 or so. One could rightfully say it "plundered" my mind. Doesn't it look like a headless Wizard to you? Like the Cingular Wireless logo without the head?
Next Game: March 7th at the New Orleans Hornets
Can the Thunder finally pull it off this time?
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