Thunder (11-2) at Celtics (4-7) 11/16

[vinnie]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

[CelticSooner]

Hey guys, wouldn't it be great to have a point guard who can shoot?

I'd take a point guard who could make free throws.

[GrandTheftRondo]

So I guess we are at the point of being happy with a well-played loss at home.  Hoe the mighty have fallen.

Seriously. I guess this is some sort of moral victory because OKC is just THAT good and we should be happy we only lost by 9. Give me a break.

[33_Larry Legend_33]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

Moral victories... The only thing missing are the proverbial "Gerald Green had a cool dunk tonight" comments...

[Big_Dave31]

Not sure why Jermaine didn't get any burn in the 4th.

Not saying he would have carried us to a win, but, when someone is playing well like that, you have to ride the hot hand a little more.

Besides that, Thunder just hit some extremely tough shots down the stretch, those two Westbrook threes hurt a lot.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

!!!!

[CelticSooner]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

First in five seasons.

[Neurotic Guy]

I think this is subtly one of the best games of the year for the Celts. I don't have a disaster feeling today

This is the best I've seen them play all season.  They really wanted this win.  Unfortunately what I think this game tells us is that the team just isn't good enough, if there were any question of that anymore. 

Same observation, different conclusion.  They played their best game and lost to a very good team. This happened too when they were at their best.  I am more encouraged by tonight because they played decent ball for 48 minutes, and yet there were a lot of easy misses and unnecessary turnovers.

[European NBA fan]

I think this is subtly one of the best games of the year for the Celts. I don't have a disaster feeling today

I agree. We were a good game from Ray from winning this one. Pierce seems to have woken from hibernation, but is clearly not in his best shape yet.

I would have liked to have seen more JO down the stretch, so that we could put more pressure inside. He and KG with double-doubles...

[mqtcelticsfan]

Not impressed by the Thunder.  Fluky win over a struggling C's team that gave away a lot of free points.

They need better play from their bigs to be a legit contender.

They're 11-2, I think they're gonna be fine.

[slamtheking]

Pity they didn't come away with the win but it was nice to see a much improved performance after the recent horror shows we have been subjected to.

funny, that sounds a lot like something we'd hear on a game thread from the 2007 season.

[PosImpos]

Hey guys, wouldn't it be great to have a point guard who can shoot?

I'd take a point guard who could make free throws.

touche!

[PosImpos]

Pity they didn't come away with the win but it was nice to see a much improved performance after the recent horror shows we have been subjected to.

funny, that sounds a lot like something we'd hear on a game thread from the 2007 season.

aww dude, that's cold.

[letsgoblue86]

Dang...I just don't know what to say at this point.  We are just not that good.  The offense that Pierce and KG have always provided is just non-existent.

[CelticSooner]

Not sure why Jermaine didn't get any burn in the 4th.

Not saying he would have carried us to a win, but, when someone is playing well like that, you have to ride the hot hand a little more.

Besides that, Thunder just hit some extremely tough shots down the stretch, those two Westbrook threes hurt a lot.

Thunder kill a lot of teams in the 4th like that. Westbrook is reaching Celtic killer status.