Game 6, Round 2 : Oklahoma City Thunder #1 @ Denver Nuggets #4 (3-2)

Post #1 » by **THE J0KER** » Thu May 15, 2025 12:20 am

SIMPLE PLAN: Protect your home, and then try a heroic win in game 7!

Post #2 » by **THE J0KER** » Fri May 16, 2025 1:56 am

-3 at halftime, everything is open. Great +10 start turned into -12, but SGA was benched because of a 4th foul, so we fight back.

15-4-3-3 Braun in 1st half was our X-factor and savior, while OKC's bench once again overplayed our bench (20-8 so far). Somehow, both teams are good in 1st half in threes but very bad from the line.

Post #3 » by **THE J0KER** » Fri May 16, 2025 2:37 am

+8 before the start of the final quarter. Will fatigue kill us 3rd time in a row after 4th quarter lead, or this time homecourt support (+elimination game adrenaline) prevail? Great offensive episode from Strawther, who makes counterbalance for our bench scoring 8 points in under 5 minutes played in the 3rd quarter.

skywalker33 · Post #4 » by **skywalker33** » Fri May 16, 2025 3:17 am

Bring On Game 7 !! Glad to see Murray step up, thought he was on the injury list.

We won Game 1 in OKC, should've won Game 5 so it's Do or Die for both teams, may the most experienced team win !!!

Post #5 » by **THE J0KER** » Fri May 16, 2025 3:25 am

Key stats that made the 2nd half difference:

Strawther 15p (0p in 1st)
OKC 3p 4-23 (7-17 in 1s)

OKC coach makes "Malone-Jokic" mistake, cowardly reducing SGA playing minutes to under 35 because of early 4 fouls (he finished game with 4PF!).
Jokic was an all-around monster as usual, so special credit together with Strawther goes to today also all-around great 23-11-5-3 Braun and 25-8-7 Murray.

skywalker33 · Post #6 » by **skywalker33** » Fri May 16, 2025 3:35 am

Glad Strawther came alive, we'll need him for Game 7 as well as the next series with MINN

Post #7 » by **NuggetsWY** » Fri May 16, 2025 6:29 pm

THE J0KER wrote:Key stats that made the 2nd half difference:

Strawther 15p (0p in 1st)
OKC 3p 4-23 (7-17 in 1s)

OKC coach makes "Malone-Jokic" mistake, cowardly reducing SGA playing minutes to under 35 because of early 4 fouls (he finished game with 4PF!).
Jokic was an all-around monster as usual, so special credit together with Strawther goes to today also all-around great 23-11-5-3 Braun and 25-8-7 Murray.

Some players know how to play when they are in foul trouble. But even the best of those will end up fouling out every 10 or 20 games. Worth the gamble to play Jokic or SGA and some others -- even when they are in foul trouble.