2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (OKC leads 3-2)

[SpurNani]

Great game from Jokic. OKC growing up before our eyes.

[1993Playoffs]

He’s a lazy defender

[Wolfgang630]

Last year Denver lost to Minnesota because they got tired. Management did nothing and a year later they’re getting tired again.

[jokeboy86]

OKC won this game and I'm honestly confused.

Denver doesn’t blow massive leads like Boston but they stink just as much closing. Booth screwed this team with his roster construction. No backup pgs, no backup centers, no reliable shooters but Murray and MPJ and only one of them can create their own shot and it’s a struggle for Murray to do that consistently. The Bucks and Nuggets are just the latest proof that elite players can cover the incompetence of dumb GMs.

[ForeverTFC]

chet holmgren best player on court

sorry jokic i love you but play defense without hiding under a zone

Chet play defense without hiding behind a double or triple team or zone?

Chet stans are funny.

chet +13 leading game
jokic -8

+/- is never a good stat to use in a single game, but this may be the worst single game to use it in.

[JustBuzzin]

Give Joker competent teammates who can MAKE AN OPEN 3 and this series is over

Holy drops 44. Help this man

Man you guys gotta stop making excuses for this man.

How are you the best player in the world yet you blaming his teammates. Imagine prime LeBron getting these excuses for those to terrible Cavs roster he was carrying to the Finals every year.

When you are the best player in the world you're supposed to close the deal point blank. You don't get that title and not get the blame. Ask LeBron what it's really like to be the best player in the world. He got blame every year.

Are you being serious? Swap Jokic and Shai and see what happens, just think about that

Are you serious Jokic won a championship already with his core lmao

Denver is actually the better team, but they playing that clown Westbrick is costing them.

[thelead]

chet holmgren best player on court

sorry jokic i love you but play defense without hiding under a zone

Chet play defense without hiding behind a double or triple team or zone?

Chet stans are funny.

chet +13 leading game
jokic -8

A lot of OKC fans love basic stats some nights, advanced stats on other nights, and the eye-test when neither fit the narrative.

[Optms]

Shai nearly crapped this game.

He hasn't faced an elite defense yet though. The worst is yet to come. Jury is still out on this man.

[___Rand___]

I think he meant the 3 before this 1.

Time and place though...he balled out tonight.

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Yeah Jokic was spent at the end. He gutted out there.

It drives me crazy. Literally the reason why they didn't advance last season: fatigue.

Why they gave up a 20+ point fourth-quarter lead and squeaked one out on a Gordon dunk at the buzzer: fatigue.

There was a play in the fourth when Murray drove and Chet extended fully to get his fingertips on a block. Those kinds of centimeters/millimeters plays happen constantly. And they are highly affected by fatigue.

Yeah this was the biggest difference here - one team has depth other doesn't and that was the decisive factor.

[tmorgan]

Hey there OP,

When you pass the ball to the open man and he misses, you don’t get an assist.

Jokic took 25 of his team’s 95 shots. He also played 43 minutes.

Murray also took 25 shots. Had 18 less points, though.

Jokic tried. His teammates sucked.

[Dupp]

Ironically enough the game swung when westbrick went off

[canada_dry]

Is mpj betting against the nuggets?

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[stoo]

this was a must win game for okc

[Tor_Raps]

chet holmgren best player on court

sorry jokic i love you but play defense without hiding under a zone

Chet play defense without hiding behind a double or triple team or zone?

Chet stans are funny.

chet +13 leading game
jokic -8

LOL I think you're watching the wrong sport if you think 1% of what you're saying is true

[bbms]

Chet play defense without hiding behind a double or triple team or zone?

Chet stans are funny.

chet +13 leading game
jokic -8

A lot of OKC fans love basic stats some nights, advanced stats on other nights, and the eye-test when neither fit the narrative.

did you watch the game???

chet dominated it

jokic was great but every minute chet played this game was Lockdown defense

i have to remind people defense and offense has the same value?

[PierceFan4ever]

Jokic is really a top 10 level player of all time. His 1 ring argument is always gonna be held against him unfairly. If he pulled a LeBron and team hopped around, he would easily have more rings to his resume. There’s almost nothing more you could ask in a superstar tonight in a massive game 5.

[10DayContract]

Denver is a 50 win team, playing a 68 win team. Is them being down in the series shocking? Lol.

[mtron929]

I honestly think that the depth is such a big part of the difference between the team that if Caruso switched over to the Nuggets, they would be up in the series.

[HotRocks34]

You tried man.

You tried.

Can't spin that performance.

That's the best player in the league.

Best player in the league about to be sent home early for the 2nd straight year.

Pretty soon we gonna look back at the Jokic era and ask ourselves how did the best player only win 1 championship.

Imagine MJ and LeBron only win 1 championship lmao

Tough times man.

Haters wanted him to go out soft and he dropped the hammer hard.

We're still talking about him man. That's gotta be tough for the haters.

Highest level of elite player in NBA history.

Just glad I'm here to see it.

[PushDaRock]

Shai nearly crapped this game.

He hasn't faced an elite defense yet though. The worst is yet to come. Jury is still out on this man.

lol taking over and dominating the last 3 mins = nearly crapped the game?