华盛顿——呃，事情本来不应该这么发展的。
好消息是：你雷胖揍了奇才，威少28分钟砍下21+11+11的三双，维特斯10中7得到25分，18卡15中9砍下23分
不好的消息是：铁杜又伤了。等等，冷静一下，只是左腿腿筋拉伤，不是那么严重。
“有点疼”，赛后铁杜说道，“我明天会再检查一次然后看看之后怎么办。”
铁杜在他上场的17分钟内得到14分10板4助。当然，这是铁杜一个赛季里唯一一次来华盛顿，除了关于华盛顿可能是他明年的下家的流言以外，这里的气氛真的相当不咋地，有些球迷甚至在铁杜控球时嘘他。
“我没听到，”铁杜被问到是否听到那些嘘声时说道，“他们那么做了？我可不在意。”
并没有什么迹象表明铁杜要走，而且我看到的他只穿着雷霆的球衣。也许铁杜的话让雷密们都安心下来或者那些流言只是媒体YY的而不是我们想的。无论如何，Verizon中心完全没有能量，除了第四节鸭蛋丢掉两个罚球使得每个人获得了一个免费的福乐鸡的三明治。
算了，别提三明治了。我们来说一下你雷球员的火热表现吧。就算比尔没上，你雷也展现了他们的深度，正好对上了奇才的人手短缺，威少建立了领先优势然后替补球员扩大优势。威少打爆了沃尔，奇才的板凳阵容古登、坦普尔，布莱尔，杜德利和塞申斯真是令人笑掉大牙的烂。
但是不要在意那些。那些不是真正有关的东西，最重要的是你雷去华盛顿并且击败了一个强队，建立在周日对阵太阳的改善的基础上。球的转移再一次亮瞎了我的眼，防守也更好，虽然你不可能经常射出23中15的三分，但是进攻的确在持续变好。
你雷有机会继续保持前进，即使铁杜有可能休战。周五你雷将主场迎战渣渣76人。现在看来这场比赛已经拿下了。
【碎碎念】
*有趣的事实：下半场本来是应该维特斯首发，而不是信鸽，但是维特斯还在更衣室，所以多诺万只好让信鸽上了。多诺万后来说维特斯当时胃里有点小问题所以待在更衣室更长时间。
*多诺万谈到威少：“作为一个教练，你永远不用担心你的控卫没有准备好比赛，这真的很奢侈。我不知道其他人是否忽视了这歌。他可能不会一直打得都很好，但是你永远不用担心他的能量，他的火力和他的热情。他总是准备好上场比赛。”
*威少谈到球队在铁杜无法上场时的应对：“这是职业的比赛。这就是我们要做的。我们还没有获得过总冠军。我们试图打出总冠军级别的篮球，今晚做的不错。”
*坎特在23分钟的上场时间里正负值+21。现在的技术统计真牛逼。
*佩恩得到了他在NBA的第一分。
*信鸽今晚表现的稍微好点。他2投2中（都是三分）得到8分，并且在防守端做的还可以让人接受。也许这是一场让他建立了什么东西的比赛。这孩子也不像之前打得那么差了，还好。
*18卡打得真的，真的非常好。他15中9砍下23分，其中包括两记底角三分。他在30分钟就得到23分真的很有趣，然后就变得有点乏味了。
*今晚萝卜偶尔打了一会四号位。因为奇才的超小阵容和你雷没有铁杜，但也还是很有趣。
*说到萝卜，对他来说又是一场进攻吃饺子的比赛。他命中了一记三分，并且总共得到7分，加里尼尔和奇才的其他后场几乎不防他。他也防守沃尔一段时间并且曾漂亮地抢断过。
*关于这些没什么好说的：华盛顿的球迷不好。去年我在这时，直到第四节比赛快结束时气氛都是那个样子。好像没有一点能量。
*又一场低失误的比赛（13个）。我不敢相信自己说的。
*当维特斯认真打时，看他打球还是挺有趣的。他的投篮选择在过去几个月里已经有了明显的改善。更多的三分，更少的长2分，更多的攻击内线。
下一场：主场打76人
翻译：郁葵葵 校对：郁葵葵
翻译时间：11.11 19:30 校对时间：11.11 20:45

😳都是你翻译的嘛！

Ice-cold Thunder’s rally falls short in loss to Knicks
by Michael Kimball onNovember 20, 2015 at 11:26 pm
It’s onlyNovember and KD comes back soon. It’s only November and KD comes back soon.It’s only November and KD comes back soon…
Reminders like that and maybe a littleStuart Smalley-style self-affirmation may be about all Thunder fans can turn toafter another disappointing loss, this time a 93-90 setback at home to the NewYork Knicks. With a crucial season now off to a 7-6 start and the Warriorslooking invincible, it’s easy to be queasy right now in OKC.
But here’s the thing. The Thunder hadthe ball with a chance to tie the game as the clock wound down despite shooting3-29 — THREE OF TWENTY-NINE — on 3-pointers. OKC could have made it to overtimeif they had just shot a miserable 14 percent from behind the arc, or won thegame in regulation by shooting a still-awful 17 percent from deep. Or turn itaround and take one or two buckets away from the Knicks and their white-hot 60percent shooting on 3-pointers. Sometimes it’s just as simple as one team hadterrible luck, and the other didn’t.
That’s a tempting narrative to buy,especially after this game. The Thunder had their customary up-and-downdefensive performance, but they weren’t just flat outplayed by the Knicks. TheThunder had some good looks that didn’t fall, and the Knicks had some toughshots that did. And then you have randomness like Lance Freaking Thomas scoring12 points and going 2-3 on 3-pointers, plus another awful offensive night fromSerge Ibaka. Things happen.
And yet … there is theslightly-more-than-nagging feeling that something remains fundamentally offwith this squad. Despite all the changes, things feel stale. The defense is notat all coming together. After some flashes of variety early in the season, theoffense looks like it always did before Billy Donovan’s arrival. Effort isinconsistent. Kyle Singler continues to look shorn of confidence. Dion Waitersis back to being Dion Waiters more often than not. The second unit, thought ofas a strength before the season started, often struggles.
The fact is, with KD out and with only 13games gone, it’s too early to tell which of the dueling narratives will proveto be the lasting one in OKC’s 2015-16 season. Will the Thunder be more likethe Cavs last season and eventually adjust to the changes, gel as a unit andget things right in time for the playoffs? Or is this what we’re going to begetting?
It’s impossible to say. Trying to makethe case for one or the other is just venturing into #hottakes territory, andwe’re not going to go there.
But it’s certainly true that a feeling Iwould liken to constipation is as entrenched as it has ever been in the Thunderuniverse. Ever since Russell Westbrook went down with the Patrick Beverleyinjury in the 2013 playoffs, there’s just no sense that OKC has gotten a fairshake — a real shot. Serge Ibaka’s injury came the next season, and then lastseason’s injury nightmare. The fan base and the team has been pointed to thisseason as soon as it became apparent last season was a lost cause — which hasnow happened three seasons in a row, all due to an injury to a key player. Youcould feel a palpable sense of “NOW we’re back” on opening night against SanAntonio. It sure as heck felt that way during the 3-0 start to the season andthe first half of the Wizards game when KD was doing KD things and the Thunderwere choking the life out of the Washington crowd there to serenade theirhometown hero. But something always happens to stop the progress. KD’shamstring and some missed shots tonight. What tomorrow?
Maybe nothing. Maybe Kevin Durant comesback Sunday evening, the Thunder get on a roll, and November’s struggles willseem quaint while OKC and Golden State are battling it out during an epicseven-game Western Conference Finals.
But it’s hard to tell. Never as hard astonight.
NOTES
As Mrs. Daily Thunder pointed out on Twitter, Royce goes out of town and Dion Waiters immediately is inserted into the starting lineup. This is an entertaining thing. But it wasn’t even close to one of the most important narratives of the game. Go figure.
So, the Knicks went with Jose Calderon guarding Westbrook, which made me laugh when I realized it. This was with Andre Roberson on the floor. And then Westbrook proceeded to act like it was someone other than Jose Calderon guarding him. I was certain Russ would go after Calderon early and often and force the Knicks to switch Aron Afflalo or someone onto him, but Russ let Calderon off the hook. He also floated in and out of the game defensively, often letting Calderon slide by him and try to poke the ball out from behind instead of using his considerable physical advantage to stay in front of him. I don’t get it.
Kristaps. He was barely a factor other than starting out the game with a 3-pointer. I wonder how many times in NBA history a game has been started by a made 3-pointer coming from a 7-3 player? Anyway, Kristaps Porzingis played 26 mostly uneventful minutes, but I was struck by how fluidly he moves for a guy that size. More like a small forward.
Even though I knew Sasha Vujacic was back in the league, I was still surprised to see him when he got his four-minute stint in the first half. The fact he was once engaged to Maria Sharapova is almost as inexplicable to me as the Westbrook-Calderon dynamic this game.
Lance Thomas. Cut by the Thunder last year, 12 fairly large points against them this year. Good for him. But … go away, Lance. That’s enough.
No Mitch McGary again. I’m not sure I understand it. I realize that I have spent a bunch of time talking about the missed 3-pointers, and McGary wasn’t going to be changing much about that. But with OKC clearly searching for answers and consistency, it’s hard to understand why McGary doesn’t get more of a look. He’d at least be in there moving and making things happen and bringing energy. At some point Donovan needs to see what he’s got in McGary.
Russ being Russ: Matched up against Porzingis in the corner, Russ opted to shoot a 3-pointer over the man who is a foot taller than him instead of take him to the hoop. And, of course, Russ made it.
I have no problem with Waiters taking the final shot. It was a tough look, but only tough looks were available at that point. With the way the Thunder were dropping and mishandling passes all night, it would have been plenty risky to try to force a pass. He worked to get off his shot, he got off a decent look, and it missed.
The Simon Says guy is an underrated halftime show in the world where a Zumba class is occasionally a halftime show.
Up next: Sunday vs. Mavericks.

Thunder win 117-114. Yay.
by Keri Young on November 22, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Okay guys,here’s the sitch. I’m watching this game while dealing with our adorable15 month old and wanting to watch the American Music Awards (Did you see CarrieUnderwood’s dress? Was that cape?). So if reading the unfiltered, completelyunorganized thoughts of a stay-at-home mom watching the Thunder game and theAMAs isn’t your thing, come back another day. But if it is are you inluck or what??? Ps sorry for the typos. They will be plentiful.
Notes:
KD didn’t play. Sad face.
Just fished dog food out of Harrison’s mouth.
Andre Roberson for three. Is this still a big deal or no?
Gigi Hadid. She is so pretty.
Very rarely do I use our computer. Royce is always on it and when he’s not, we want nothing to do with it. With that being said, I have tapped the computer screen more times than I can count to switch tabs since I started writing this roughly 20 minutes ago. iPad liffffffe.
Dion started and Nick was the first off the bench. DVRing this for Royce.
Ooooooooh Anthony Morrow in the game before Kyle Singler tonight. I definitely approve of this as I have just recently started following Morrow on Instagram. He videos himself while driving a lot (which is so bad people please don’t do that) but other than that it’s been a good decision.
Harrison update: I have somehow made sweeping our floor a fun game for him. Parent win.
Russell Westbrook, good at basketball.
Y’all I’m just gonna say it…. I like the orange uniforms.
Chandler Parsons mad about missing a layup at the end of the first half. Dion’s all like, “It’s okay just keep trying.”
Who is 5 Seconds of Summer?
Harrison update: Asleeeeeeep.
Awesome. 10-0 run by the Mavs to start the second half.
Wait, the Mavs have someone named Zaza on their team? Nice.
I saw on Twitter that Cam Payne played tonight. I must have been doing something else because I missed it. But I’m a female with typical female emotions so I need to say I’m so happy for him. Like, how exciting for him, right?
You guys, Nick Collison has 10 points. What a night!
Speaking of Mr. Collison, someone tweeted at me saying he had some great play. Does anyone know what time that was in the game? I know it was in the first half. The guy I’m married to will for sure want to see it. Thanks best friends.
PITCH PERFECT 2 WINS BEST SOUNDTRACK HOLLER
The Thunder sure know how to turn the ball over.
Love you, Russ.
You guys know that insane energy and strength toddlers have? And how they are just relentless? Russell Westbrook never outgrew that.
Make your free throws, Mavs. They missed 12 tonight.
The best thing about this season continues to be Steven Adams’ hair.
Thunder win117-114. Yay.
Next up: At Utahon Monday.

我们可以做大量的分析，大量的分类，大量数据、阵容和决定的解析。
但是最后，事情其实很简单：有着铁杜的你雷要比没有铁杜的你雷好很多，很多，很多。
这有个例子：今晚三节过后你雷83-76领先篮网。第四节开始是第二阵容在场，不到四分钟就被篮网85-85扳平。铁杜和威少走向技术台准备上场，然后不到两分钟，比分变成了96-85，你雷就此掌握了这场比赛的控制权。那是一波爆炸的11-0的进攻高潮，甚至比你说“mustache”这个单词的速度还要快。
铁杜命中一记三分，然后他又助攻维特斯进一个底角三分，再然后他自己又命中一记三分，接着威少助攻吊卡完成一个上篮。你雷在最后的8分钟里得到25分，打消了雷密们由于前40分钟比赛所积累的焦虑。场上阵容：威少，维特斯，莫罗，铁杜和吊卡。
“我给我们的队员们很多新人，也努力练了不少，因为我们还没有机会像今天这么做。”多诺万说道，“我们今天做了一些投篮训练，他们在学习我们想要打出的比赛上做的不错。我认为我们最后8分钟的进攻很有效率，我想我们有着高质量的投篮。”
铁杜回归后的第二场比赛：18中11得到30分，还有6板5助，用无情的投篮蹂躏了篮网的新秀霍利斯杰弗森，很明显他也享受这个过程。
“我看到了小鲜肉并且很想吃掉他，我很饥渴，”铁杜说，“他是个很积极的防守者，我很喜欢他，又高又有对抗性，但是我在他眼里看到了一些我可以利用的东西。“
威少呢？他16中10砍下27分，并且有13个助攻和5个篮板，这就是他目前一直在做的。他和铁杜得到了超过你雷一半的总分，但是这场不是那种只有他俩抡的感觉，而是大家都在做着正确的事情，都很有效率。
还有一些事：看看第四节你雷的投篮，有一些是对阵篮网所必须做到的。但是我们也能看到一些进步，球员们不再干站着而是更多的跑动。他们创造了一些你想在第四节看到的投篮：空位三分和攻击篮筐，而不是威少一味地试着以自己的方式冲进内线来让一些事情发生。
三连胜了，把雷密们从恐慌中拉了回来，并且看起来让人心情荡漾。他们开始看着更好，并且不巧的是：铁杜又能打球了。
【碎碎念】
*比赛最后的阵容怎么样？威少，维特斯，莫罗，铁杜和吊卡。致命的进攻，防守端也做的很好。
*嗷，我看到信鸽掉出了轮换阵容。感觉是不是棒棒哒？
*老实的说，我错过了过去几场比赛，但是今晚是我第一次看到多诺万向裁判抱怨一个犯规吹罚，他这么做是有原因的，威少第一节一个上篮时差点弄伤胳膊。
*萝卜对囧囧森的防守做得不错。不仅只让他11中2，而且仅仅让他出手11次。这是萝卜非常擅长的一件事。他好像覆盖了每一个角落，他不想让你得到足够的投篮空间。
*第三节你雷的ATO战术怎么样？很多进攻都是以铁杜绕过掩护终结，然后他回传给威少完成一记扣篮。相当不错。
*不知道为什么，我就是很喜欢维特斯把T恤的袖子减掉。
*你们看到诺瓦克穿的休闲西服了吗？现在这是个事了？
*维特斯发生了一些巴洛特利式的事情：为什么老是我？为什么第三节末带球滑到这件事又是他？
*麦加里，坎特和鸭蛋都蓄起了小胡子。鸭蛋的是想象之中的有趣，麦加里只是有一点，但是埃内斯-波西米亚狂想曲-坎特看起来最有意思。
*好（坏？）消息：坎特看起来会在你雷待很长时间。
*你雷更衣室里的共识就是坎特看起来像波拉特，至少鸭蛋和铁杜是这么说的。并且坎特说他们也试着让吊卡留个小胡子。但是没提到科队为什么没有。
*赛后麦加里淋浴时唱的如此大声以至于坎特停下了采访来提醒他。
*那些失误，一共19个。不是很好。
*之前篮网也三连胜了，你知道吗？
*非常感谢当我这几天不在时帮我工作的人。特别是亲爱的DT夫人，她是一个比我更有趣更好的作者。
下一场：周五主场对阵活塞。
翻译时间：11.27 22:00 校对时间：11.27 23:25

Cavs thump the Thunder, 115-92
by Royce Young onFebruary 21, 2016 at 7:22 pm
OK, OK. I’ve gotthoughts.
And here there’sthe main one: The Thunder stunk on Sunday. In a way we’ve never really seenfrom them at home. The Cavs beat them down, embarrassing them on national TVfor the fourth-worst home loss in the OKC-era, and the worst EVER in gamesKevin Durant, Serge Ibaka and Russell Westbrook play.
The simple storyis that the Thunder gave up 63 points in the first half, came out of the lockerroom and looked like they were straightening out, cutting it to 66-62 after amonster Westbrook dunk. The Cavs, though, were the ones that rolled after that,outscoring OKC 29-11 the final eight minutes of the third quarter. Any fourthquarter comeback push was thwarted easily, as the Thunder never got closer than17. Westbrook and Durant sat the final five minutes.
So, the questionyou’re asking: How concerning is this? First, Westbrook:
“Nah, we’re notconcerned. There’s a reason why it’s rare. It doesn’t really happen. Not aconcern. We’ll be back and ready to go to Dallas.”
And now Durant:
“We’re not goingto go home and think it’s the end of the world. We lost a game against a goodteam. We’ve got to regroup and figure out what we need to do better and moveon. It’s the regular season.”
That’s fine, andwe’ve grown to learn that the two stars of the team don’t like going oncall-out mode after losses. They prefer the perspective approach, which I cancertainly sympathize with, and stay on message.
But. BUT.
Come on. TheThunder just don’t lose like this. And coming off Friday’s meltdown, and allthe little things that have added up over the first 56 games, it feels likethis is a culmination of something bigger. Like a brewing storm that finallyhit shore. The Thunder haven’t played well against the best teams, with aneight-point loss to the Warriors somehow being their top achievement.
Sure, it was anavalanche in the second half where the Cavs made a bunch of shots and theThunder made none, but the same story was told anyway. 63 first half points forCleveland with the Thunder basically playing a “maybe we’ll just outscore them”kind of game. The commitment on the defensive end wasn’t there, which, yeah, issomething I’m getting tired of saying too.
Durant did saythis: “We’ve got to dig down deep, man. Xs and Os, and shootarounds andschemes and practices, that shit is out the window. You’ve got to dig down deepand decide what you want to do. And that’s everybody.”
The schedule isno fun from here on out. The Thunder are 40-16, yep, and they’ve won 30 oftheir last 39, yep. Good things, things we can keep saying. But that’s alsowith a schedule that has been forgiving, with one that’s not, ahead.
“I think thesecond half of our schedule is set up with the teams we are going to play,”Billy Donovan said. “I think the more adversity our team faces I think thebetter, because I think that is the only true way to really come together, riseabove it.”
Donovan made agood point: The Thunder have a habit of watching things go wrong in a game andletting that blow them apart. They’ve done a much better job of guardingagainst that this season, to just keep playing, but today that wasn’t the case.They got taken out of the game as much by themselves as they did by the Cavs.
Like Durantsaid, they move on, because you have to. There’s bounce back opportunitiesahead, with two winnable, but potentially challenging games on the road leadinginto another showdown against the Warriors on Feb. 27. They have a chance aheadto right themselves, to put this low point behind them quickly.
Or, the holecould just get deeper.
NOTES:
Not that this loss would’ve been any better, but this is precisely why that loss Friday to the Pacers was so bad. This was always going to be a challenging one to win.
Foye checked in late in the first. Color me a bit surprised that they’re trying to work him in. Maybe it’s just a tryout of sorts, a let’s-see-what-you-can-do kind of thing. And he didn’t do particularly much, touching the ball little. He essentially got Kyle Singler’s minutes, and did a pretty good impression.
Dion Waiters is 1-15 shooting since the All-Star break.
That moment where Waiters was about to break his drought and then he traveled before attempting what should’ve been a wide open layup.
“I’m not trying to pity Dion, but…” — Billy Donovan
Look, I don’t know what to really say about Waiters. It’s easy to forget that he was playing solid basketball as a starter leading into the All-Star break. He’s just a trainwreck right now, looking like a guy that is worried about his place, or lacking confidence, or something. I will say: He’s not dogging it on the defensive end because of it, which is why he’s still playing, but his inconsistency is a problem. And will probably continue to be.
Andre Roberson was cleared to play today, but Donovan said he held him out because… something? It was mainly about how he didn’t feel like Roberson was quite ready to see time. Which I’m not sure I get because the Thunder like to preach the message of, “If our doctors clear you, you can play.” So I guess Donovan either didn’t want him to have to test the knee against LeBron and the Cavs, or played a little doctor himself.
Hey, Steven Adams started out well, right?
Yes, you can note that the Warriors just got blitzed by the Blazers 137-105. But, they’re also 48-5. And quite clearly a team with very few questions. The Thunder have a lot they need to answer, and in the opportunities they’ve had, they haven’t done a good job of that.
The bench was just a mess again. Basically if Kanter isn’t scoring, the bench isn’t either.
I will say this: The next two weeks will be interesting to watch. For one, because there are statement games ahead to win back some confidence, but also in how the team responds. There seems to be a bit more tension lately, which is something losing can do. How they hold together and move ahead will be important.
OK, I don’t have anything else to say.
Next up: At the Mavs onWednesday