Even the Thunder's Kevin Durant was getting on him in the first quarter, barking "You're too small!"
Among them are the inspired mock movie trailers and the fake ad that precede "Thunder's" opening credits.
Durant scored 14 of the Thunder's first 24 points as he connected on five of his first six shots.
The Thunder's James Harden, meantime, looked confused at times, downright lost at others.
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All but the first basket in the Thunder's run came after Asik joined Parsons on the bench with three fouls apiece.
Ginobili could have taken the shot, but with the Thunder's James Harden closing fast, he took one dribble to his left and drew Harden away.
It was a game for fans who appreciate high-octane offense, and a pull-up jumper by Westbrook extended the Thunder's lead to 10 points late in the fourth.
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The referees were busy for much of the day, with the Clippers called for 26 fouls to the Thunder's 22 in a physical game that featured double technicals on Caron Butler and Kendrick Perkins for their verbal exchange and Ibaka's flagrant-1 foul on Griffin.
In the election campaign, too, he stole the opposition's thunder by promising humbler, cleaner and more responsive government.
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While cheap "Netpliances" will steal some of the PC's thunder, a full multimedia experience remains restricted to the domain of high-end desktops.
In 2005 BP's Thunder Horse production platform in the Gulf experienced equipment problems that required high repair costs and set back production for three years.
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ShopperTrak said deals offered earlier in November, as well as online-only promotions, may have stolen some of Black Friday's thunder as shoppers spread their spending around.
The plot is starting to thicken ahead of HTC's press conference on the fifth of June -- and as we suggested before, it appears that the company does indeed have its sights set on stealing some of Apple's thunder.
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Browne was no doubt referring to last year's temporary closure of some operations at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, delays to the opening of BP's Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and problems stemming from the 2005 explosion at a Texas refinery that killed 15 BP employees.
Too much bleeding could be seen as outweighing efficacy, and newer pills could steal some of Avastin's thunder. (The drug must be given intravenously.) Data for PTK-787, a pill from Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) and Germany's Schering (nyse: SHR - news - people ), which also hits VEGF, will be presented at ASCO.
Durant, who's known more for his three NBA scoring titles than for stepping in the way of oncoming opponents, got in Harden's way on a transition drive in the third quarter in a standout defensive effort for the Thunder against the league's second highest-scoring offense.
Technical mistakes are delaying the company's huge Thunder Horse deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.
But while all it did was put the Spurs up 2-0 over the Thunder, it's hard to imagine that this one could have been more impressive.
Anthony Hamilton may be regarded as the "Robin Hood of the Green Baize" but thus far he has failed in his bid to steal the thunder from snooker's elite.
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Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, posted on his Twitter account that he was praying for everyone involved.
Our fans, the people who support us, who embrace our team, our organization, and then to watch coverage and to see so many people wearing their Thunder shirts, it's very close.
The Thunder is the league's most athletic team, and yet it was helpless: After almost 10 minutes of this domination, it resorted to a variant of the old hack-a-Shaq tactic, repeatedly fouling the Spurs' Tiago Splitter (a shaky free-throw shooter) to slow the game down.
It's apparent that phone manufacturers are determined to steal some of the thunder of standalone PDAs and, frankly, it's a strategy that makes perfect sense.
After allegations surfaced about the organization's finances in recent weeks, NBPA president Derek Fisher, a player for the Oklahoma City Thunder, called for a financial review of the union's books.
Names like Hong Jin-Ho -- or "Thunder Zerg, " as he's known in cyberspace -- are sponsored gamers who are paid to play.
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