2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2)

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Who wins Game 4?

Poll ended at Mon May 12, 2025 3:51 pm

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53%
 
Total votes: 53

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Post#1181 » by picc » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

TheFire wrote:Denver blew it. Don’t see them winning 2 out of 3 vs OKC.


They literally already did.
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Post#1182 » by maxpower8888 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

I don't want to hear **** about Denver's "championship pedigree" anymore, **** chokers went 0-10 from three in the 4th.
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Post#1183 » by threethehardway » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

ibraheim718 wrote:I had counted 2 SGA's isos from the 4 minute mark and now 3 in a row in the last 1:30. I just don't understand why[/quote


Statistically, when up late, isolation and running the clock is the safest thing to do.

It just doesn't look pretty in the playoffs.

The most likely worst thing that happens is missing the shot.
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Post#1184 » by Marvin Martian » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

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Kawaii Leonard wrote:SGA once said Kobe is the greatest of all time. It all makes sense now


All these guys have such a horrible fixation with the forced dagger shot. A disease even LeBron picked up from late 2010's onward.

Lebron generally makes the right read in these situations. He is usually blasted for not taking the last shot
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Post#1185 » by Optms » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

Mr. Perfect wrote:SGA is a fake superstar, he aint sh*t without a favourable whistle but I did not expect this from Jokic... quite disappointed in his performance.


If he's a fake superstar, Jokic is one too.

Okc isn't winning it all.
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Post#1186 » by Handlez » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

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Handlez wrote:Jokic is definitely dropping down all time lists.

This is absolutely terrible.

He looks so bad and he's not injured or old. He's just SHOOK.

Yea it’s gonna be hard to forget this series in the all time rankings discussions. This just would never happen to Shaq. It would have never happened to Duncan either.

At the end of the day, Duncan would just put either one of those bigs on block and jump hook/drop step them to death.


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And his patented bank shot.

Duncan is higher on my list than Jokic.

Duncan so underrated.
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Post#1187 » by uncleduck13 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

Jokic has sucked. Beating OKC would do nothing for his legacy the way he’s played.
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Post#1188 » by Mk0 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:10 pm

picc wrote:
TheFire wrote:Denver blew it. Don’t see them winning 2 out of 3 vs OKC.


They literally already did.

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Post#1189 » by 10DayContract » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Holding Denver to 83 is serious business.
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Post#1190 » by California Gold » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Important win for OKC. They won a close game and got some timely shots at the end. Also got some help from Denver who looks a bit gassed after that Game 3. All the missed FTs and shots have caught up to Denver.
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Post#1191 » by SpurNani » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Bro Nico Harrison really dismantled another Western Conference winning team

Lukas Mavericks are destroying either of these teams
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Post#1192 » by HotRocks34 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Brutal loss for Denver. Much worse than Game 2.

They blew it to start the 4Q and then didn't have the legs to turn the tide back.

Great job OKC. They made the big push with Jokic sitting and then kept momentum.
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Post#1193 » by Archx » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Mk0 wrote:
CIN-C-STAR wrote:Up 7 w two minutes left, SGA chucks two 3s
Up 5 w 30 seconds, another long jumper
Tatum Disease is real lol

The league is super talented but also super brain dead


No matter what, the 2 EU fat guys are still the smartest offensive players in the league right now.
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Post#1194 » by bluemj32 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

TwitterFingers wrote:Okc won, but I’m not impressed. Denver had a horrible game
OKC has a horrible game. Much more balanced help from Denver. OKC is not going to have Wiggins and Wallace as their 2nd best players

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Post#1195 » by levon » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

This series could've been a sweep with just basic late game execution from the Thunder.
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Post#1196 » by JM00n69 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

They should just give them 30mins rest now and start G5 straight after. Pull the refs, call your own fouls and both teams get eliminated in the end
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Post#1197 » by Mamba Mentality » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Russ with his best Draymond impression today.
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Post#1198 » by Alatan » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Does anyone think OKCs coach is super punchable? The sight of him makes me angry.
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Post#1199 » by karmew32 » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

It's either Thunder in 6 or Nuggets in 7. I don't trust OKC in a winner-take-all, especially in front of their home crowd who'd spend the whole game waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Post#1200 » by Optms » Sun May 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Blow out game 5 coming

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