Official NBA General Discussion 2025-26 V1.0

[Brinbe]

brings tj in with 3 mins left down 15 lol

carlisle screwed up that 4th badly sticking with that backcourt instead of riding the hot hand

[sidsid]

should've kept playing tj

He needed a blow, but the TJ button should have been pressed on that first Nembhard turnover. He wasn't providing any meaningful D anyway.

[Randle McMurphy]

Haliburton, Nembhard and Mathurin were an absolute disaster in that game

This series never should have gotten to 6 but it will be ending there

[Basketball_Jones]

Like I said, 6 game series! Pacers had me a little worried though!

[sidsid]

OKC slowly solving all the matchups in this series. Flipping winning time odds in their favour.

Except for TJ, for some reason. They like to keep it interesting.

[mdenny]

Another absolute banger of a game.

Pascal is playing the best ball of his life.

It's time to start saying "this is the best finals series since.......when?"

Can't even think of one like this off the top of my head in recent history.

For the good of basketball.....please let indy win game 6. Perhaps the league should step in and change this series to a best of 9.

These games have EVERYTHING.

Great defense. Inside scoring, midrange scoring, 3 point scoring, transition scoring, fast break scoring. Awesome crowds. Pacing that ebbs and flows. I mean...you can't ask for more than this.

It's the best advertisement for the sport imaginable.

[sidsid]

22 turnovers for Indy. Almost a carbon copy of game 1 in a lot of ways, with a sprinkling of game 3 TJ mixed in. This time a lot of the defense dialing up and speeding up of the game, flummuxing Indy, happened in Winning Time.

[Brinbe]

[Basketball_Jones]

Another absolute banger of a game.

Pascal is playing the best ball of his life.

It's time to start saying "this is the best finals series since.......when?"

Can't even think of one like this off the top of my head in recent history.

For the good of basketball.....please let indy win game 6. Perhaps the league should step in and change this series to a best of 9.

These games have EVERYTHING.

Great defense. Inside scoring, midrange scoring, 3 point scoring, transition scoring, fast break scoring. Awesome crowds. Pacing that ebbs and flows. I mean...you can't ask for more than this.

It's the best advertisement for the sport imaginable.

Anybody know how the ratings have been? I predicted it’d be pretty bad but this series seems to have fans tuning in.

[Randle McMurphy]

Another absolute banger of a game.

Pascal is playing the best ball of his life.

It's time to start saying "this is the best finals series since.......when?"

Can't even think of one like this off the top of my head in recent history.

For the good of basketball.....please let indy win game 6. Perhaps the league should step in and change this series to a best of 9.

These games have EVERYTHING.

Great defense. Inside scoring, midrange scoring, 3 point scoring, transition scoring, fast break scoring. Awesome crowds. Pacing that ebbs and flows. I mean...you can't ask for more than this.

It's the best advertisement for the sport imaginable.

2013, 2016 and 2019 clear it.

[Randle McMurphy]

Another absolute banger of a game.

Pascal is playing the best ball of his life.

It's time to start saying "this is the best finals series since.......when?"

Can't even think of one like this off the top of my head in recent history.

For the good of basketball.....please let indy win game 6. Perhaps the league should step in and change this series to a best of 9.

These games have EVERYTHING.

Great defense. Inside scoring, midrange scoring, 3 point scoring, transition scoring, fast break scoring. Awesome crowds. Pacing that ebbs and flows. I mean...you can't ask for more than this.

It's the best advertisement for the sport imaginable.

Anybody know how the ratings have been? I predicted it’d be pretty bad but this series seems to have fans tuning in.

Not good, which isn’t surprising considering the teams involved. It’s the least watched Finals since the bubble Finals.

[mdenny]

Another absolute banger of a game.

Pascal is playing the best ball of his life.

It's time to start saying "this is the best finals series since.......when?"

Can't even think of one like this off the top of my head in recent history.

For the good of basketball.....please let indy win game 6. Perhaps the league should step in and change this series to a best of 9.

These games have EVERYTHING.

Great defense. Inside scoring, midrange scoring, 3 point scoring, transition scoring, fast break scoring. Awesome crowds. Pacing that ebbs and flows. I mean...you can't ask for more than this.

It's the best advertisement for the sport imaginable.

2013, 2016 and 2019 clear it.

I hear you on 2019 but objectively, no. Only raptor fans are gonna say that. If the Philly series was the finals than yes. But ppl didn't love watching Durant and Thompson both suffer injuries that took them out of the series and an entire season each.

2016 for sure though. So it's the best finals of the past 10 years yep yep.

It's actually hilarious that some ppl still haven't figured out "why do I always blame the guy who has to handle the ball when a team loses?" question lol.

The answer is "you spend a disproportionate amount of time watching something you are incapable of accumulating knowledge about".

If you joylessly trash talked players participating in this game you don't love basketball. Both teams have played exceptionally well the entire series. I didn't think it was gonna be so close like this.

Due respect for both teams. Nembhart's a true warrior. Plays with every ounce of heart. Hopefully Scott Barnes is watching and learning. Maybe he's practicing some new moves. Perhaps inventing the "no-look 3 pointer". So cool.

Or the "look-back dribble hand-off" where he stares wide-eyed into an opponent's face while he hands the ball to a teammate.

[ItsDanger]

Hopefully Scottie is learning how to push off and get away with it.

[ATLTimekeeper]

I think three of Nemhard's TOs were completely unforced. Hali was also just uninvolved. Guard play won this game. If Haliburton doesn't get hurt this is maybe an Indy win.

[ItsDanger]

Read on Twitter

"You gonna tell folks why nobody wants to be in Memphis? Or you want me to do it?" "Cats like Jimmy Butler and others don’t feel like it’s the safest environment. I’m talking to the local authorities in Memphis." - Stephen A. Smith

Only been there once years ago, it's a dump.

[Dr Positivity]

Nesmith must be only good on D against smaller guards, he can't handle either JWill or SGA on switches. As a result they're not getting quite enough from that spot. Okc got the role player 3s at home but Chet was terrible and could put them over the top if he shows up next game.

[duppyy]

Is TJ able to repeat his performance in game 5? He didn't play great in game 4.

[djsunyc]

we need okc to win tonight so we can move on to the kd stuff lol

[OakleyDokely]

we need okc to win tonight so we can move on to the kd stuff lol

actual basketball gets in the way of fantasy basketball

[Basketball_Jones]

Start TJ!