Official NBA General Discussion 2025-26 V1.0

[Agimat]

OKC looks exhausted lol

[mdenny]

I feel like okc would be winning right now if they gave chet's minutes to IH.

[M3tro]

Either going to 7 or pacers winning it.. damn who would have thought.

Pacers in 6

[Spates]

What?! Wrap Siakam up! Make him shoot free throws!

[Spates]

Chet looking like DeMar in the playoffs. I feel bad for him

That's not fair. It's his third season.

It's accurate.

He'll get better though.

[WuTang_OG]

Indy doesnt stop. OKC tired

[WaltFrazier]

Analysts have been talking about it: when are OKC going to play more IHart/Chet together. I think this was the first of the series where they did with Hali on the floor, and it didn't hurt them much. It's a game changer if they can spam that and you have to play more Bryant minutes on the Pacers side.

It set a bad tone, going away from their starting lineup to start the series. You're the best team in the league and you're playing from weakness instead of from strength.

[rapz101]

What?! Wrap Siakam up! Make him shoot free throws!

Right!?

I logged in just to write this, wtf is that. SGA deserves to lose just for that. Very disappointing effort.

[sidsid]

It was definitely a flagrant, but you don't deserve a comeback win if you're just handing the ball lazily to the other team all game. TJ and a pretty perfect game from Mathurin prevented this from becoming another OKC blowout.

Weird one is I don't know what you'd change outside of more Chet/IHart minutes for OKC. You got what you wanted all game until winning time.

Still OKC in 6 for me. OKC slowly solving the various matchups they have. Just play cleaner and the wins should be comfortable.

[mdenny]

I was told that chet was an elite defender. Yet the thunder are playing offense/defence with him lol.

Shot blocking is the most overated stat in basketball.

I mean it's one thing to mistake someone as a good defensive player. But I was told he was one of the best defensive players in the league. Yet his team is taking him out for defensive possessions.

[Spates]

What?! Wrap Siakam up! Make him shoot free throws!

Right!?

I logged in just to write this, wtf is that. SGA deserves to lose just for that. Very disappointing effort.

Lazy and defeatist behavior when the game is still in reach. Incredibly disappointing.

[WaltFrazier]

Missed free throws have negated any chance of OKC comeback

[Spates]

OKC looks green.

[AbC?]

Overrated
Overpaid
Selfish
Cabal
Holding Barnes back
Pecking order
On track to be the worst 3 point shooter in NBA history

TOOK HER ON A TRIP AND SPUN HER LIKE SIAKAM, 2 WINS AWAY FROM A 2ND CHAMPIONSHIP. Win or lose, what an amazing season for the Pacers. All facilitated by robbing the Raptors.

[mdenny]

Chet looking like DeMar in the playoffs. I feel bad for him

That's not fair. It's his third season.

It's accurate.
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He'll get better though.

Demar didn't play in the playoffs til he was grown up and matured.

It's not a fair comparison.

[Spates]

Pacers winning is a great story.

Egalitarian NBA!

[NinjaBro]

No gentleman sweep like the casuals thought.

[PushDaRock]

Pacers basically did to OKC what OKC does to everyone else. They swarmed SGA and he turned it over 6 times which is very unusual for him.

A bit of irony that the team so many people on here dubbed a "treadmill" is now 2 wins away from beating the team everyone on here salivates over and winning a Championship. Another reminder that you still have to play the games for a reason.

[sidsid]

OKC looks green.

Kind of mirroring the Denver series early, but the Nuggets are better (well Jokic is better) and OKC is just having an easier time solving the Pacers on both ends. Both Jdub and Chet are looking more comfortable overall, even though Chet's having process issues late.

Both Indy wins are based on general weaknesses (their bench today, and horrible interior play by OKC in the first game).

[TOStateofMind]

Impressive stuff by Indy. Series already a very interesting one. That game 1 might haunt OKC.