Thanks for the kind words CleBrownsfan
March 17th, 2010
Oklahoma City (25-40) at Charlotte(24-42)
CHA:OKC
70:76 OVR
63:73 OFF
75:73 DEF
Oklahoma City Scouting
PG Russell Westbrook - 78 OVR - 17.5 ppg/6.9 apg - Good handles, pretty good defense, he's not rated as much of a scorer, but there isn't a lot of scoring outside of Durant so it looks like he gets more than he would elsewhere.
SG James Harden - 74 OVR - 12.4 ppg - A truly exciting young team here. Harden rates out a B handling, B- perimeter D, B outside scoring. Assuming they don't blow up the team, Harden/Westbrook/Durant will be a hell of a combo in a few years.
SF Kevin Durant - 81 OVR - 27.2 ppg/6.9 rpg - One of the best scorers in the league. A- inside/A outside, he needs to improve on defense to become a more all around highly rated player.
PF Serge Ibaka - 69 OVR - 6.4 ppg/7.6 rpg - An undrafted rookie, ok inside, ok in the post, ok on the glass, they just have no better.
C Etan Thomas - 61 OVR - 3.7 ppg/6.1 rpg - B+ rebounding, can't really do much else.
SF Jeff Green is their 6th man, rated 73 OVR, he's averaging 12.6 ppg and 5 boards.
No one else on the team is rated over 63.
HAH,awesome. the overview at the start of the game has green all over it and they mention St Patrick's Day.
First Quarter
Oklahoma City 28
Charlotte 15
Wow, domination. James Harden 16, Charlotte 15. Harden is 7-9 and just all over the place. Felton has 4 and is the only guy on our team with more than 1 field goal.
Second Quarter
The level to which we need better inside play is just stunning. We cut the lead under 10 and OKC isn't hitting jumpers, but with 8 minutes left in the 2nd quarter Oklahoma City has 7 offensive boards. We have 0. They're outrebounding us 22-9 and are up by 17 as a result. We could win if we could rebound.
Oklahoma City 61
Charlotte 34
Yeah, screw this. Harden has 22 on 10-14 shooting. Durant scores 6 in the 2nd and is up to 8 total. Chandler, Henderson, Augustin with 6 for Charlotte. OKC leads the rebounding battle 29-13.
I quick sim this one to the end, just embarrassing.
Oklahoma City 103
Charlotte 69
Durant and Harden both end up with 27. Diaw 15, Augustin 12, Wallace 9 for Charlotte.