OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PLAYOFF GAME NOTES WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS GAME #3 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER vs. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (1-1) (1-1) FEDEX FORUM, TN ٠ (4:00 PM (CST ٠ MAY 11, 2013 ٠ SATURDAY …2012-13 SCHEDULE/RESULTS . … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PROBABLE STARTERS …… … NO DATE OPP W/L TV/RECORD No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs. Pro . 1 11/1 @ SA L, 84-86 0-1 2 11/2 vs. POR W, 106-92 1-1 35 Kevin Durant F 6-9 235 09/29/88 Texas/USA 6 3 11/4 vs. ATL L, 95-104 1-2 9 Serge Ibaka F 6-10 235 09/18/89 Ricoh Manresa/Republic of Congo 4 4 11/6 vs. TOR W, 108-88 2-2 5 Kendrick Perkins C 6-10 270 11/10/84 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX)/USA 10 5 11/8 @ CHI W, 97-91 3-2 6 11/9 vs. DET W, 105-94 4-2 2 Thabo Sefolosha G 6-7 215 05/02/84 Angelico Biella /Switzerland 7 7 11/11 vs. CLE W, 106-91 5-2 8 11/12 @ DET W, 92-90 6-2 15 Reggie Jackson G 6-3 208 04/16/90 Boston College/USA 2 9 11/14 vs. MEM L, 97-107 6-3 10 11/16 @ NO W, 110-95 7-3 …… OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES … 11 11/18 vs. GS W,119-109 8-3 12 11/21 vs. LAC W, 117-111 (OT) 9-3 8 Ronnie Brewer F 6-7 235 03/20/85 Arkansas/USA 7 13 11/23 @ BOS L, 100-108 9-4 4 Nick Collison F 6-10 255 10/26/80 Kansas/USA 9 14 11/24 @ PHI W, 116-109 (OT) 10-4 15 11/26 vs. CHA W, 114-69 11-4 6 Derek Fisher G 6-1 210 08/09/74 Arkansas-Little Rock/USA 17 16 11/28 vs. HOU W, 120-98 12-4 3 Perry Jones F 6-11 235 09/24/91 Baylor/USA 1 17 11/30 vs. UTA W, 106-94 13-4 18 12/1 @ NO W, 100-79 14-4 11 Jeremy Lamb G 6-5 180 05/30/92 Connecticut/USA 1 19 12/4 @ BKN W, 117-111 15-4 25 DeAndre Liggins G 6-6 209 03/31/88 Kentucky/USA 2 20 12/7 vs. LAL W, 114-108 16-4 23 Kevin Martin G 6-7 185 02/01/83 Western Carolina/USA 9 21 12/9 vs. IND W, 104-93 17-4 22 12/12 vs. NO W, 92-88 18-4 33 Daniel Orton C 6-10 255 08/06/90 Kentucky/USA 2 23 12/14 vs. SAC W, 113-103 19-4 34 Hasheem Thabeet C 7-3 263 02/16/87 Connecticut/Tanzania 4 24 12/17 vs. SA W, 107-93 20-4 25 12/19 @ ATL W, 100-92 21-4 0 Russell Westbrook G 6-3 187 11/12/88 UCLA/USA 5 26 12/20 @ MIN L, 93-99 21-5 27 12/25 @ MIA L, 97-103 21-6 28 12/27 vs. DAL W, 111-105 (OT) 22-6 … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF … 29 12/29 @ HOU W, 124-94 23-6 30 12/31 vs. PHX W, 114-96 24-6 HEAD COACH Scott Brooks (UC Irvine) 31 1/2 vs. BKN L, 93-110 24-7 32 1/4 vs. PHI W, 109-85 25-7 ASSISTANT COACHES Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State) 33 1/6 @ TOR W, 104-92 26-7 Rex Kalamian (Cal Poly Pomona) 34 1/7 @ WAS L, 99-101 26-8 35 1/9 vs. MIN W, 106-84 27-8 Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) 36 1/11 @ LAL W, 116-101 28-8 Brian Keefe (UNLV) 37 1/13 @ POR W, 87-83 29-8 Maz Trakh (Southern Utah) 38 1/14 @ PHX W, 102-90 30-8 39 1/16 vs. DEN W, 117-97 31-8 DIRECTOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Dwight Daub (Evansville) 40 1/18 @ DAL W, 117-114 (OT) 32-8 ATHLETIC TRAINER Joe Sharpe (Old Dominion) 41 1/20 @ DEN L, 118-121 (OT) 32-9 42 1/22 @ LAC W, 109-97 33-9 42 1/23 @ GS L, 99-104 33-10 44 1/25 @ SAC W, 105-95 34-10 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE (DATE/LOCATION/TIME(CST)/TV) … 45 1/27 @ LAL L, 96-105 34-11 46 1/31 vs. MEM W, 106-89 35-11 Game 1 – May 5 (Sun) Memphis at Oklahoma City 12:00PM Thunder; 93 -91 47 2/2 @ CLE L, 110-115 35-12 Game 2 – May 7 (Tue) Memphis at Oklahoma City 8:30PM Grizzlies; 99-93 48 2/4 vs. DAL W, 112-91 36-12 49 2/6 vs. GS W, 119-98 37-12 Game 3 – May 11 (Sat) Oklahoma City at Memphis 4:00PM ESPN 50 2/8 vs. PHX W, 127-96 38-12 Game 4 – May 13 (Mon) Oklahoma City at Memphis 8:30PM TNT 51 2/10 @ PHX W, 97-69 39-12 52 2/12 @ UTA L, 109-94 39-13 Game 5 – May 15 (Wed) Memphis at Oklahoma City TBD TNT 53 2/14 vs. MIA L, 100-110 39-14 Game 6 * May 17 (Fri) Oklahoma City at Memphis TBD ESPN 54 2/20 @ HOU L, 119-122 39-15 Game 7 * May 19 (Sun) Memphis at Oklahoma City TBD TBD 55 2/22 vs. MIN W, 127-111 40-15 56 2/24 vs. CHI W, 102-72 41-15 57 2/27 vs. NO W, 119-74 42-15 *If necessary 58 3/1 @ DEN L, 103-105 42-16 59 3/3 @ LAC W, 108-104 43-16 60 3/5 vs. LAL W, 122-105 44-16 … INFORMATION … 61 3/7 @ NY W, 95-94 45-16 62 3/8 @ CHA W, 116-94 46-16 INJURY REPORT: Russell Westbrook is OUT ( lateral meniscus tear ) 63 3/10 vs. BOS W, 91-79 47-16 64 3/11 @ SA L, 93-105 47-17 65 3/13 vs. UTA W, 110-87 48-17 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Serge Ibaka: Surge Ee-BAK-a 66 3/15 vs. ORL W, 117-104 49-17 DeAndre Liggins: DEE-andre 67 3/17 @ DAL W, 107-101 50-17 68 3/19 vs. DEN L, 104-114 50-18 Thabo Sefolosha: TA-bow sef-a-LOW-sha 69 3/20 @ MEM L, 89-90 (OT) 50-19 Hasheem Thabeet: Ha-SHEEM THA-beet 70 3/22 @ ORL W, 97-89 51-19 71 3/24 vs. POR W, 103-83 52-19 72 3/27 vs. WAS W, 103-80 53-19 RECENT TRANSACTIONS: 4/20/13: Recalled Perry Jones, Jeremy Lamb and DeAndre 73 3/29 @ MIN L, 93-101 53-20 74 3/30 @ MIL W, 109-99 54-20 Liggins from the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League 75 4/4 vs. SA W, 100-88 55-20 4/19/13: Assigned Perry Jones, Jeremy Lamb and 76 4/5 @ IND W, 97-75 56-20 77 4/7 vs. NY L, 120-125 56-21 DeAndre Liggins to the Tulsa 66ers 78 4/9 @ UTA W, 90-80 57-21 4/15/13: Recalled Perry Jones, Jeremy Lamb and DeAndre 79 4/11 @ GS W, 116-97 58-21 80 4/12 @ POR W, 106-90 59-21 Liggins from the Tulsa 66ers 81 4/15 vs. SAC W, 104-95 60-21 82 4/17 vs. MIL L, 89-95 60-22 SECOND ROUND OPPONENT – MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 2012-13 Regular Season Series (2-1 Grizzlies) Playoff Series (1-1 Thunder) Thunder/Grizzlies Playoff Notes: The Thunder and Grizzlies are meeting in postseason play for just the second time in the history of the two franchises. During the first and only previous playoff meeting between the two clubs, Oklahoma City defeated Memphis (4-3) in the 2011 Western Conference Semifinals. The seven game series between the Thunder and Grizzlies represents the only seven game postseason series for the Thunder during the Oklahoma City era. During the Thunder’s Game 7 victory in Oklahoma City two years ago, Russell Westbrook became the fifth player in NBA history to record a triple-double in a Game 7, joining Scottie Pippen (1992), James Worthy (1988), Larry Bird (1984) and Jerry West (1969) as the only players to accomplish such a feat. The Thunder will head to Memphis for Game 3 at the FedEx Forum on Saturday afternoon. During the Thunder’s opening round series versus Houston, Oklahoma City went 2-1 away from Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oklahoma City entered the 2013 postseason having wrapped-up the best record in the Western Conference (60-22) and the highest year-end winning percentage for the franchise since the 1997-98 season (.744). Oklahoma City has advanced past the first round in each of the last three seasons after defeating the Houston Rockets (4-2), Dallas Mavericks (4-0) and the Denver Nuggets (4-1) in each of the last three years. The Thunder is the ONLY Western Conference team to advance past the first round in each of the last three seasons (Miami also accomplished the feat in the Eastern Conference). In each of the last two seasons, the Thunder advanced to the Western Conference Finals after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies (4-3) and the Los Angeles Lakers (4-1) in the 2011 and 2012 Conference Semifinals, respectively.