[Post Game Thread] Oklahoma City Thunder vs Philadelphia 76ers | November 25th, 2023

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1. Winnable game if not for the persistent questionable lineups. Need J-Dub back immediately, Mark is astray without him. Could do without the Ousmane 10 mins and Bertans 10 mins.

2. Damn, that was a fun game

3. Joel getting more FT’s than shot attempts is insane

4. We were right there, hard fought for sure

5. still proud 🙌 gave em hell either way. fuck embiid. fuck patbev. fuck the refs. thunder up.

6. What a fucking terrible game

7. Refs weren’t good but Mark lost us this game, we were literally within 7 at one point in the 4th but Mark decided to keep Bertans even though he was an absolute cone on defense and the lead grew to ~12 by the time Shai and Chet came back

   Can’t completely wreck our defense just on the chance that Bertans can get hot

8. Honestly put this loss down to mark. Giddey was feeling it today. 10,7 and 8 in 25 mins. The decision to play fkn Bertans over Joe lost us the game. Ous needs a stint in the g league. Just not nba ready at all.

9. Good fight. We’re gonna win plenty of games this season if we play the same way we did tonight.

10. Officiating was something else, but onto the next one anyway! Great Chet game at least

11. Conservative minute for minute lineups is what lost us this game.

    They let Maxey play 41 minutes and Mark was a miser.

12. refs really made this game hard to watch ngl

13. 77-5

14. it’s been a bad 48-72 hours to be a thunder fan

15. The good news is that really seemed like we were one JDub away from winning. Props to the team for not giving up until the final buzzer. Chet definitely showed some more clutch talent even with the loss.

16. Our execution wasn’t perfect but that was a perfectly winnable game if the refs didn’t gift the Sixers free throws at will. Just atrocious one-sided officiating.

17. All in all, can’t be too mad. Lots of people expected this to be a repeat of the Nugs bc of Embiid vs Chet but Chet has shown to learn quickly (first bulls game compared to the second for example) and we made good adjustments. We didn’t completely crumble and showed fight!

    Idk about Bertans tho lol

18. Chet had more points than Embiid on 19(?) less free throws. Do we think that puts to bed the whole “Embiid will eat Chet alive” thing?

19. SGA-Chet-JDub + shooters is the obvious blueprint.

    Why the “roster exploration” for fringe rotation guys that probably won’t matter in the long run continues baffles me. It will actively neuter the ceiling of this team until that is changed.

20. chet roy confirmed

21. I think it’s evident we need a solid big bodied PF who can rebound, space the floor and give us at least 15 ppg.

22. 3rd quarter after Chet sat is when we lost all the momentum. Sadly SGA had a worse moment then, as he only scored 2pts during the whole 3rd quarter. The Bertan’s awful defence helped 76ers gain momentum too.

    Also, the refs were pretty bad this game.

23. Answer: 20+ PPG missing from the lineup

    Question: WHO IS JALEN WILLIAMS???

24. I didn’t expect this game to be that close. It looked like a winnable game halfway through but officiating and rebounding killed us.

    Also I don’t understand why Mark insists on keeping absolute trash players like Lindy and Bertans on the court when they immediately have a negative impact on the game

25. Chet is amazing

26. The Giddey/Dort headed bench lineup killed us. Their net rating must’ve been at least -30

27. Can someone please clip Joel’s FTs in the 1st- 3rd quarter 💀

28. Feels like giddey’s average game is 4-12 from the field at this point lol

29. First game this season where Shai wasn’t our best player

30. I’d sure love it if Mark would experiment with keeping two bigs on the floor at all times.

    Feels like we’ve seen every combination of small ball under the sun but it’s a rare sight to ever see two bigs on the floor.

31. I’m not going to waste the energy complaining, but some things need fixed in order to compete

    1) We have to rebound. At this point it’s not a bunch of lazy players, it’s a coaching decision. My God it kills us against decent teams.

    2) Chet is proving to be reliable enough for the ball in his hands more down the stretch. Great problem to have

    3) These rotations with all of our decent players out is killing us. We’re the cool quirky team but then get eaten alive if Chet and SGA are sitting. And on that note, Bertans is straight cheeks

    4) Lakers made a video of the non calls on LBJ, we need to do the same for SGA. Otherwise you just embrace that, like AI and CP3 who were out of favor with the refs, you’ll never win because it wasn’t in the cards.

    That’s it. I think our players are doing great, all of those are really coaching calls.

    The rest is just not great shooting but that happens sometimes especially with a young team. Too bad it had to happen against a team with Joel and Pat B.

32. Looks like we are shopping Bertans.

    Interesting we closed the game with basically three PF’s (Bertans, Jwill, “Chet”) until we needed Giddey for SLOB plays. And that somehow got us in the game.

33. Pulling Chet out in the middle of 3rd and not putting him in the first 5 minutes of the 4th is crazy, especially in a game without J-dub. Kenrich playing less then 20 minutus today didn’t help either.

34. 21 FTs vs Chet 2. Embiid is the worst star in the league to watch.

35. Last piece we need is a true big. Can’t expect Chet to put a body on Jokic and Embiid. Even vuc gives him trouble. Need Celtics like frontcourt with Al putting a body on the center and rob Williams on helpside

36. Clips win it makes it better. And go OSU.

37. Refs suck. Joel is awful to watch. But I’ve been the biggest giddy defender for years, and I’m starting to lose it. This dude hits like two of the layups he blew, we probably win this game.

38. Ngl I was at the iron bowl (Auburn fan and last game as a student I’m still very fragile don’t say anything about it) but it I got back and watch the last like 30 seconds but with all the giddey distraction I’ll take a 4 point loss against a really good eastern conference team. TTFU

39. Embiid pussy FT Merchant

40. Bad rebounding- Giddy played well.

41. DONT like what I saw from Giddey

    Scandal and all … Was curious to see if he was going to come out Mad at the World & play with Passion or … not

    I had guessed he WOULD but I was wrong

    Was a shrinking violet (imo)

    He is getting close to Ben Simmons level fear of 3s ( in a game where I. JOE takes 12 threes and the team shoots 43 …. Giddey shouldn’t be 0-1 )

    Was hoping for a diff result but looks like Giddey is going to try to blend in with scenery for a bit

    Remember

    It’s BETTER to be BOLD and WRONG

    Than

    TIMID and RIGHT

    IMO of course …

42. They had 16 more points than us in FTs and only won by 4. I’m not happy, but I’ll take it as a positive sign of development. If the 76ers hadn’t shot 45 FTs, we would have won.

43. Joel is elite at getting to the line. It’s the most impressive part of his game tbh. Too bad Chet is on the rookie minute restrictions…

44. Chet is him. We need Dubs shot creating ability aside from Shais. Cason deserved more play time Mark gotta be better.

45. Not a Thunder fan but 45 free throws is ridiculous, this why no one likes Philly man