Comments on: And finally, a show of purple http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9291 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9291/comment-page-1#comment-24497 CGHill Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:51:11 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9291#comment-24497 It's an inexperience thing, backed up by "Kevin will save us." And they did okay in regulation while Durant was not hitting shots; overtime, apparently, is a whole 'nother kind of pressure. Still, this whole We Are Not Doormats thing will help the team along the way. Doormats would have taken that 9-0 opening run to heart and lost by something like 132-86. It’s an inexperience thing, backed up by “Kevin will save us.” And they did okay in regulation while Durant was not hitting shots; overtime, apparently, is a whole ‘nother kind of pressure.

Still, this whole We Are Not Doormats thing will help the team along the way. Doormats would have taken that 9-0 opening run to heart and lost by something like 132-86.

]]> By: MikeH http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9291/comment-page-1#comment-24495 MikeH Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:59 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9291#comment-24495 Attended my first Thunder game yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Although a Laker fan since back when Chick Hearn masterfully painted the art of Wilt Chamberlain for me on radio waves, I was a full-blooded Thunder fan last night. Even the Laker rooting section behind me had to admit a new found fondness for OKC basketball. One thing that was apparent to me in last night's game was the "sphincter factor". Perhaps it was too much enthusiastic pressure from the crowd, or just the inexperience, but when I saw the Thunder come out in overtime they were so tense it reflected in their movement. The Lakers looked fluid and relaxed, the Thunder were stiff and jerky. They may have lost the game, yet the maturity gained last night just might payoff down the road. Attended my first Thunder game yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Although a Laker fan since back when Chick Hearn masterfully painted the art of Wilt Chamberlain for me on radio waves, I was a full-blooded Thunder fan last night. Even the Laker rooting section behind me had to admit a new found fondness for OKC basketball.

One thing that was apparent to me in last night’s game was the “sphincter factor”. Perhaps it was too much enthusiastic pressure from the crowd, or just the inexperience, but when I saw the Thunder come out in overtime they were so tense it reflected in their movement. The Lakers looked fluid and relaxed, the Thunder were stiff and jerky. They may have lost the game, yet the maturity gained last night just might payoff down the road.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9291/comment-page-1#comment-24491 Shawn Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:57:22 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9291#comment-24491 Had to be one of the greatest Thunder games I'd seen as of yet. Crazy fun to watch. Wonderful glimpse of our future hopes coming to fruition. Excellent example of just what can be done in a short amount of time when your heart is in the right place (i.e. Bennett bringing it for the home town vs Schultz doing it for the investment). Long way to go still, but we are beginning to see a manageable journey ahead and not an endless struggle. Had to be one of the greatest Thunder games I’d seen as of yet. Crazy fun to watch. Wonderful glimpse of our future hopes coming to fruition. Excellent example of just what can be done in a short amount of time when your heart is in the right place (i.e. Bennett bringing it for the home town vs Schultz doing it for the investment). Long way to go still, but we are beginning to see a manageable journey ahead and not an endless struggle.

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