OKC - Five-peat! Final summary

Great duel between Durant and Jamison and another huge game for Green, shame he couldn't get that last rebound for a 20-20 game. Congrats on getting the win.

Green is fast becoming my most important player. He's rebounding, scoring and setting other guys up.

5 games into my 12 game road trip and so far I'm 3-2. As much as it annoys me, I'm liking the challenge of Superstar difficulty.

24/11/09

Oklahoma City Thunder [9-3] vs Washington Wizards [6-7]

Wizards steal late win in thriller



OKC - 28 24 26 28 106
WAS - 22 23 33 30 108

Player of the Game: Gilbert Arenas



Video Highlights
Durant dunks over Arenas.
Flash

Dampier comes up with a big steal at a crucial part of the game.
Flash

Westbrook recovers to block Arenas.
Flash

26/11/09

Oklahoma City Thunder [9-4] vs Toronto Raptors [6-7]

Thunder escape Canada with a win despite poor shooting



OKC - 20 31 16 34 101
TOR - 31 14 23 28 96

Player of the Game: Jose Calderon



Video Highlights
Durant beats the half time buzzer with a long three.
Flash

Arenas and Bargnani were real chuckers against you!

Looks like Shannon Brown is your favourite weapon off the bench. Pretty good game for him in the loss to the Wizards, turnovers aside.

Yeah, he's definitely the guy I look to when Durant and co are having a rest.

Green finally picked up his triple-double against the Raptors too.

So he did, good stuff.

27/11/09

Oklahoma City Thunder [10-4] vs Los Angeles Lakers [9-7]

Thunder offense lets them down in fourth



OKC - 27 27 32 24 110
LAL - 29 30 30 33 122

Player of the Game: Kobe Bryant



Video Highlights
Poor defending from Artest allows Durant a wide open three.
Flash

Dampier stops Kobe in his tracks.
Flash

Looks like it was a tough one, Kobe was on fire. New Dynasty, but the rivalry remains.

Looks like it was a tough one, Kobe was on fire.

On fire is an understatement. He made a turnaround three from about half court at one point.

New Dynasty, but the rivalry remains.

Season series tied at 1-1 so far.

29/11/09

Oklahoma City Thunder [10-5] vs Golden State Warriors [7-8]

Massive second half leads Thunder to easy win over Warriors



OKC - 22 26 42 40 130
GSW - 23 21 32 31 107

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook



Video Highlights
Green sets up Durant for a big dunk.
Flash

Great second half. Curry was certainly putting up the shots, nice job forcing another starting point guard into double digit turnovers though.

Ellis and Curry combining for 66 points! 9-11 FGs by Westbrook!

Jeevus! Look at Wright's D

scorching night be Westbrook; i like that kid

1/12/09

Conference Standings

Eastern Conference
1. MIA* | 16-3 | N/A | .842
2. NJN* | 9-5 | 4.5 | .643
3. CHA | 11-7 | 4.5 | .611
4. BOS | 10-7 | 5.0 | .588
5. ORL | 8-8 | 6.5 | .500
6. DET* | 7-7 | 6.5 | .500
7. ATL | 9-8 | 6.0 | .529
8. WAS | 9-8 | 6.0 | .529
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9. CHI | 7-8 | 7.0 | .467
10. TOR | 7-9 | 7.5 | .438
11. NYK | 7-8 | 7.0 | .467
12. PHI | 6-12 | 9.5 | .333
13. CLE | 5-11 | 9.5 | .313
14. MIL | 5-11 | 9.5 | .313
15. IND | 3-14 | 12.0 | .176


Western Conference
1. OKC* | 11-5 | N/A | .688
2. UTA | 11-5 | N/A | .688
3. DAL* | 10-6 | 1.0 | .625
4. POR | 10-6 | 1.0 | .625
5. LAL* | 11-7 | 1.0 | .611
6. PHX | 8-7 | 2.5 | .533
7. HOU | 9-7 | 2.0 | .563
8. DEN | 8-9 | 3.5 | .471
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9. MIN | 8-9 | 3.5 | .471
10. SAS | 7-8 | 3.5 | .467
11. GSW | 7-9 | 4.0 | .438
12. SAC | 7-9 | 4.0 | .438
13. MEM | 7-11 | 5.0 | .389
14. LAC | 6-11 | 5.5 | .353
15. NOH | 6-10 | 5.0 | .375

* = Division Leader

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League Leaders

Points Per Game
1. Carmelo Anthony - DEN - 42.0
2. Kobe Bryant - LAL - 37.5
3. Kevin Durant - OKC - 33.6
4. Deron Williams - UTA - 31.8
5. Antawn Jamison - CLE - 31.4

Rebounds Per Game
1. Chris Bosh - MIA - 14.8
2. Dwight Howard - ORL - 14.0
3. Amare Stoudemire - NYK - 13.9
4. Joakim Noah - CHI - 13.4
5. Samuel Dalembert - SAC - 13.3

Assists Per Game
1. Tyreke Evans - SAC - 11.8
2. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 11.1
3. Steve Nash - PHX - 10.5
4. Jason Kidd - DAL - 10.4
5. Michael Conley - MEM - 10.3

Steals Per Game
1. Rajon Rondo - BOS - 2.8
2. Monta Ellis - GSW - 2.7
3. Kevin Durant - OKC - 2.4
4. Chris Paul - NOH - 2.3
4. Beno Udrih - SAC - 2.3
4. Richard Hamilton - DET - 2.3

Blocks Per Game
1. Roy Hibbert - IND - 3.5
2. Brooke Lopez - NJN - 3.4
2. Andrew Bogut - MIL - 3.4
4. Johan Petro - NJN - 3.0
5. Al Jefferson - UTA - 2.9
5. Anderson Varejao - CLE - 2.9
5. Marcus Camby - POR - 2.9


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Awards

Players of the Month
East
Dwyane Wade - MIA
27.9 PPG - 4.0 RPG - 4.8 APG - 2.3 BPG - 2.1 SPG

West
Kobe Bryant - LAL
37.5 PPG - 5.1 RPG - 5.1 APG - 1.4 BPG - 2.1 SPG

Rookies of the Month
East
John Wall - WAS
16.6 PPG - 3.6 RPG - 5.8 APG - 1.0 BPG - 1.8 SPG

West
Blake Griffin - LAC
14.0 PPG - 12.1 RPG - 1.1 APG - 2.3 BPG - 0.7 SPG


MVP Candidates
Kobe Bryant - 37.5 PPG - 5.1 RPG - 5.1 APG - 1.4 BPG - 2.1 SPG
Dwyane Wade - 27.9 PPG - 4.0 RPG - 4.8 APG - 2.3 BPG - 2.1 SPG
Chris Bosh - 23.3 PPG - 14.8 RPG - 0.9 APG - 2.3 BPG - 1.6 SPG
LeBron James - 23.4 PPG - 5.2 RPG - 6.8 APG - 1.9 BPG - 1.6 SPG
Deron Williams - 31.8 PPG - 2.3 RPG - 9.8 APG - 0.5 BPG - 1.5 SPG


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Injury News

Boston
16/11/09 - Jermaine O'Neal - Bone Spur in his Ankle - 1 week
29/11/09 - Shaquille O'Neal - Sore Thigh Muscle - Day-to-day

Charlotte
27/11/09 - Boris Diaw - Sore Thigh Muscle - Day-to-day

Cleveland
23/11/09 - Thabo Sefolosha - Broken Nose - 1 week
24/11/09 - Mo Williams - Broken Nose - 1 week

Denver
28/10/09 - Carmelo Anthony - Torn Achilles Tendon - 1 month
24/11/09 - JR Smith - Hyper-Extended Knee - 2 weeks
29/11/09 - Anthony Carter - Sprained Ankle - 1 week

Los Angeles
24/11/09 - Ryan Gomes - Sprained Ankle - 1 week

Minnesota
10/11/09 - Kevin Love - Torn Achilles Tendon - 2 weeks

New Orleans
01/11/09 - Quincy Pondexter - Broken Bone in his Foot - 1 month
27/11/09 - Trevor Ariza - Strained Calf Muscle - Day-to-day

New York
28/11/09 - Amare Stoudemire - Hyper-Extended Knee - Day-to-day

Philadelphia
28/11/09 - Spencer Hawes - Sore Calf Muscle - Day-to-day

Portland
29/11/09 - Andre Miller - Strained Achilles Tendon - 2 weeks

San Antonio
21/11/09 - George Hill - Sprained Ankle - Day-to-day

Utah
18/11/09 - Francisco Elson - Broken Bone in his Foot - 2 weeks

Washington
30/11/09 - Andray Blatche - Sprained Shoulder - Day-to-day


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Transactions

01/11/09 - Denver sign F.Jones.
09/11/09 - Oklahoma City releases R.Ivey.
09/11/09 - Oklahoma City sign E.Dampier
09/11/09 - Oklahoma City trades T.Sefolosha to Cleveland for J.Moon.
09/11/09 - Oklahoma City releases M.Peterson.
14/11/09 - New Orleans sign D.Mbenga
15/11/09 - Los Angeles sign P.O'Bryant.
15/11/09 - Oklahoma City trade E.Maynor, N.Collison and D.White to Los Angeles for S.Brown, S.Vujacic and P.O'Bryant.

Bosh seems to be doing a little better in this dynasty than he is in real life. You're doing pretty well, but its refreshing now that you don't have Portland's three best players.

Funny that both O'Neals are hobbled at the moment, certainly not an unrealistic scenario there for the Celtics.

1/12/09

Oklahoma City Thunder [11-5] vs Sacramento Kings [7-9]

Durant stars again as Thunder beat Kings



OKC - 23 23 29 24 99
SAC - 22 17 30 23 92

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant



Video Highlights
Harden drive along the baseline and dunks.
Flash

Dampier with a double block on Dalembert.
Flash

Another big game for an opposing point guard but once again, a lot of turnovers. You must be doing a nice job of playing the passing lanes.

Tyreke with 10 turnovers was great for you. And great game by KD.

Those PG turnovers remind me of Live 06 on Rookie/starter level, where the PG would finish with 10+ turnovers because it was so easy to steal the ball.

Not to mention the deflections counting as turnovers issue in 06, a disappointing issue in an otherwise enjoyable game.

3/12/09

Oklahoma City Thunder [12-5] vs Denver Nuggets [9-9]

Thunder survive late scare against injury-hit Nuggets



OKC - 26 31 35 26 118
DEN - 24 32 23 34 113

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant



Video Highlights
Krstic with a nice block.
Flash

Durant's off to a hot start. I'm picking him to top the 50 point mark at least once during the month with performances like that.