Oklahoma news on last night's game

by ocho-ocho on Nov 2, 2009 2:31 AM PST

Everybody's got their own way of putting things. Here's how they're saying in OKC:

"Tossing the ball through the hoop from every corner of Oklahoma County seems to come natural for Durant, but Sunday night he couldn’t have hit a Del Rancho chicken fry if you’d have spotted him the gravy."

"Sunday night’s lesson for Durant? Don’t quit, even when the rim becomes an upside down peach basket."

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"Don’t laugh. You might see an 82-0 season before you see a superstar go 3-for-21 again. The last NBA player to take at least 20 shots and shoot worse than 14.3 percent was Detroit’s Rip Hamilton, who was 3-of-22 (against Portland) in December 2004."

"Meanwhile, Oden, the star-crossed 7-footer picked ahead of Durant in 2007, showed why one day he will be an all-star. Oden had 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting, 10 rebounds and a blocked shot."

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Oden had two blocks by the way. I watched the replay. He blocked Jeff Green in the first and second

quarter. He changed countless shots, made player dribble out of the paint, and tipped a few rebounds to players around him.

by BRoyInThe4th on Nov 2, 2009 3:43 AM PST reply actions

I think Oden has missed being credited on a block or two each game so far

mainly because he doesn’t always swat them ala LeBron or Dwight but rather just casually directs them down in an altogether less spectacular manner. Personally I much prefer this as it gives us a chance to recover the ball, whereas if he was spiking it into the 4th row, its no better than a tipped pass or an uncontrolled offensive board.

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by MadBlaze on Nov 2, 2009 4:25 AM PST up reply actions

I counted 3 in the game

but he had 2 more that were after a foul, anyone know why these down count? If the ball went in they would have counted and created an “and 1”, so why should the player who blocked the shot not get credit for the block?

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by usmcr3049 on Nov 2, 2009 7:25 AM PST up reply actions

That's a really good point.

I’ve wondered that myself before. Like you said, the shot would’ve counted if it had fallen. Maybe they feel the shot-blocker had an unfair advantage seeing as the shooter was fouled when he released it, making the ball easier to block. Not sure. I guess you could compare it to a player getting called for traveling after he was fouled and shoved to the court. Kind of.

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by bforsythe on Nov 2, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions

Shot is nol.

It counts as if the shot and any subsequent action is void. ie… on opening play, player A goes up for layup is fouled(presumably by Oden), misses shot, makes two free throw it would read as player A 0-0 Fg, 2-2 FT, Oden 1 PF, 0 Blocks

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by Dep H on Nov 2, 2009 9:52 AM PST up reply actions

Plus....

If Oden goaltends on a continuation shot, they give the shooter the basket plus the foul shot…

by socalblazer on Nov 2, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions

I don't think I have seen that, but there is no clarification regarding this in the goaltending rules on NBA.com

Players often swat balls away that went up after a whistle, e.g. KG and Dirk do it all the time as a demonstration. They wouldn’t do that if they would always risk a goaltending violation.

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by Norsktroll on Nov 2, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions

Sometimes they are credited with the block, sometimes they aren't. It is probably up to the judgement of the stat guy in the arena,

ergo he probably really didn’t want to give Greg too many blocks, given the Oden vs Durant nonsense.

by dario argento on Nov 2, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions

How exactly is Oden Star-crossed?

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by Arby on Nov 2, 2009 7:34 AM PST reply actions

I didn't get that either.

I think it’s just a way of saying he has been in the media spotlight a lot. Though I’ve always taken “star-crossed” to mean that you are obsessed with celebrities.

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by bforsythe on Nov 2, 2009 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

Star crossed = unlucky

by raoulduke on Nov 2, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

or maybe = doomed to be unlucky

by raoulduke on Nov 2, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

Unlucky with Fate

Back in the days when the stars determined future events — horoscope — being star crossed meant that the fates were set up to be unkind to you, and there is nothing you can do about it.

Doomed/Fated to be unlucky is good way to put it.

by Anim8rguy on Nov 2, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions

unlucky because of his microfracture surgery

which seems perfectly fair

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by ignacio on Nov 2, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions

Actually

Star-crossed simply denotes that he is fated, and he can do nothing about it.

There is only a negative connotation because both lovers die in Romeo and Juliet (Sorry for the spoiler, for anyone who hasn’t read the play). Its original meaning has nothing to do with being ill-fated, it only means that his destiny is out of his control. It was probably a sorry attempt at a half-baked pun, seeing as to how Oden is supposed to be a “star” in the NBA.

Go Blazers!

by Rip City Mike on Nov 2, 2009 10:00 PM PST up reply actions