Thunder: So how exaclty can western confrence elite teams beat OKC?

[Cry Havoc]

Heat would sweep the Thunderefs this year. Not even a contest.

[Rummpd]

B.S. Thunder are not a lock at all to come out of the West, even though Durant is gifted so many points.

All it takes is 3 legit officials calling enough games in the series. to let them play a little more physical against him. Fairly called (not 8 on 5) the Spurs beat the Thunder last year and now this year with a revived Duncan and starting Splitter can beat a Harden less Thunder team, and might even do it with some BS officiating thrown in (as is always expected with the Thunder) if Spurs can shoot well from the outside.

The Clippers can also take the Thunder out with or without BS officiating - deepest team in the league and only going to get better.

[Captivus]

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Losing Harden will hurt them in the playoffs. I still say they come out of the West as the Clippers are constructed to dominate the regular season and underachieve in the playoffs (PG/PnR oriented offense, deep bench becomes less important in the playoffs, etc.), but their perimeter oriented offense would get murdered in the finals by the best perimeter defense the NBA has seen in years.

[stretch]

@ the 5-6 game series predictions going for Miami in a Miami-OKC finals rematch.

bunch of casual/bandwagoning heat fans ignoring that Miami has regressed in critical areas making them very vulnerable to not just a series loss to OKC, but a potential upset in the East playoffs

How have they regressed?

They have the same personnel, only they added Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, who basically takes minutes from Mike Miller and James Jones. And they regressed?

Unless you are stupid enough to actually think they are giving a about the regular season, and doing anything other than coasting, which wouldn't be surprising from a delusional thunderfan.

[Latarian Milton]

OKC ain't that scary like last year's imho. losing beard was a big hit and even though martin also scores a lot, they're missing bad the assists n play-making game beared used to deliver. they're still the favorite to win the west but games will be close, and we're gonna see what really the clippers can do in the playoffs with a healthy squad tbh

[DMC]

When your PG can goaltend a half court shot, more power to him.