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

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Who wins Game 5?

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

Post#1281 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:40 am

Can’t even fall asleep now still stressed from that game
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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1282 » by Infinite Llamas » Wed May 14, 2025 4:41 am

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HotRocks34 wrote:You tried man.

You tried.

Can't spin that performance.

That's the best player in the league.

Best player in the league


I fixed your post for typos
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1283 » by SpurNani » Wed May 14, 2025 4:41 am

durden_tyler wrote:
dockingsched wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:You’re confusing him with that player named LeBron James.


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LeBron literally has never demanded out or even been traded :lol:

He literally bolted out of his hometown team and started the weak super team era.

Anyway, this is a thread where we should discuss the greatness of the Jokics and SGAs not players out of the playoffs and past their primes.


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Again, he said Lebron has never demanded out which is true, so that was a fail of a post by you.

Anyways back to the game.

Jokic has been good 2 out of 5 games this series.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1284 » by durden_tyler » Wed May 14, 2025 4:41 am

Wolfgang630 wrote:Murray took 27 shots for 28 points. He wasn’t good. False nonsense spreading like he was great when he was horrible

He was great in that stretch where they were building that double digit lead and were trying to pull away. Obviously he could have done more late but he was the reason why they were in this game anyway.

Let’s not act like the Nuggets are trash teams like the Lakers, who would have been swept by this Thunder squad.


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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1285 » by Infinite Llamas » Wed May 14, 2025 4:42 am

Mr Puddles wrote:Jokic has game where he defers to team
mates:

- RealGM poster creates thread: " see, Jokic has an elite supporting cast! Can't carry team and need to defer to teammates"

Jokic carries team on his back scoring wise:

- RealGM poster creates thread: " see, Jokic plays hero ball. Needs to defer to teammates instead of carrying the team on his back"


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

Post#1286 » by Wolfgang630 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:42 am

MPJ who gets paid 35 million is now 0-13 in threes
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Post#1287 » by ___Rand___ » Wed May 14, 2025 4:43 am

Two great games tonight. Gonna sleep happy. night!
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1288 » by durden_tyler » Wed May 14, 2025 4:44 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:
Raps in 4 wrote:
Nobody was blaming LeBron back then. People only became critical of his performances when he joined a super team.


He got accused of “quitting on the team” for only putting up 27/19/10 in an elimination game against the Celtics. They were turning on him until he won a ring no matter what.

Ya people ridiculing guys like LeBron are the reason the ring culture stuff got pushed so far

No it’s LeBron’s fault for not winning enough rings. LOL.

Back to this series, if Jokic plays like this again even with little support at home we’re in for a Game 7.


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Post#1289 » by cjx » Wed May 14, 2025 4:44 am

It's okay, Fam, Nuggets in 7, guaranteed :lol:!
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Post#1290 » by Cubbies2120 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:44 am

SpurNani wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:
dockingsched wrote:LeBron literally has never demanded out or even been traded :lol:

He literally bolted out of his hometown team and started the weak super team era.

Anyway, this is a thread where we should discuss the greatness of the Jokics and SGAs not players out of the playoffs and past their primes.


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Again, he said Lebron has never demanded out which is true, so that was a fail of a post by you.

Anyways back to the game.

Jokic has been good 2 out of 5 games this series.


I love your adjectives around Jokic.

His game 2/3/4 performances were “awful”

His game 1/5 performances (prob best of the playoffs tbh) were just “good”, not great. :lol:
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Post#1291 » by iggymcfrack » Wed May 14, 2025 4:44 am

Wolfgang630 wrote:MPJ who gets paid 35 million is now 0-13 in threes


He would be too injured to play if Adelman had anyone at all he trusted off the bench
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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1292 » by JustBuzzin » Wed May 14, 2025 4:45 am

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True. You did fully buy into Flagg as the season wore on

I hate when people lie on you to make themselves look good.

I literally been screaming Flagg would change our franchise for months. But he's holding me to a single comment as if I didn't change my opinion. :lol:


You have been a great Flagg hype man for months. No doubt!

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

Post#1293 » by Sharkboy242 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:45 am

OKC's clutch defense has just been better than Denver's clutch offense. Been the story of the last two games.
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Post#1294 » by Wolfgang630 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:45 am

iggymcfrack wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote:MPJ who gets paid 35 million is now 0-13 in threes


He would be too injured to play if Adelman had anyone at all he trusted off the bench

If MPJ starts off like dog crap again he’ll have to play Strawther. It is what it is. The season is on the line and MPJ has been useless.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1295 » by durden_tyler » Wed May 14, 2025 4:46 am

SpurNani wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:
dockingsched wrote:LeBron literally has never demanded out or even been traded :lol:

He literally bolted out of his hometown team and started the weak super team era.

Anyway, this is a thread where we should discuss the greatness of the Jokics and SGAs not players out of the playoffs and past their primes.


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Again, he said Lebron has never demanded out which is true, so that was a fail of a post by you.

Anyways back to the game.

Jokic has been good 2 out of 5 games this series.

Yes, sorry bolting out and quitting on his team is not the same as demanded out. LOL

To a fault, Euro players are too loyal, so not expecting Jokic to do a LeBron.


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

Post#1296 » by Mrakar » Wed May 14, 2025 4:46 am

If Nuggets had players who could hit 30% of wide open shots this would be an easy win an 44 TD for Jokic.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1297 » by Primedeion » Wed May 14, 2025 4:47 am

iggymcfrack wrote:
Raps in 4 wrote:
AmIWrongDude wrote:Jokic been getting the Cleveland LeBron experience except people aren’t blaming him like they do LeBron lol


Nobody was blaming LeBron back then. People only became critical of his performances when he joined a super team.


He got accused of “quitting on the team” for only putting up 27/19/10 in an elimination game against the Celtics. They were turning on him until he won a ring no matter what.


That was game 6. He was accused of quitting in Game 5... because he did. Nice try tho.
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Post#1298 » by HotRocks34 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:48 am

What an amazing series. I hope we get a Game 7.
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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1299 » by BigGargamel » Wed May 14, 2025 4:49 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
HotRocks34 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:I been saying Flagg is the best player in the draft for months lol

You took my comment from early in the season when Harper legit looked like the best freshman in the country and held my to that comment as if I didn't change my opinion a long time ago.

At least tell the entire truth. No need to lie to make yourself feel good.


True. You did fully buy into Flagg as the season wore on

I hate when people lie on you to make themselves look good.

I literally been screaming Flagg would change our franchise for months. But he's holding me to a single comment as if I didn't change my opinion. :lol:


It wasn't a single comment. You were going in every thread you could screaming that Harper was the #1 pick. At no point was he ever the top option. :lol: You're just a serious prisoner of the moment. Nothing to be ashamed of. ESPN and sports media has instilled that mindset in a lot of sports fans.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1300 » by SpurNani » Wed May 14, 2025 4:49 am

Cubbies2120 wrote:
SpurNani wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:He literally bolted out of his hometown team and started the weak super team era.

Anyway, this is a thread where we should discuss the greatness of the Jokics and SGAs not players out of the playoffs and past their primes.


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Again, he said Lebron has never demanded out which is true, so that was a fail of a post by you.

Anyways back to the game.

Jokic has been good 2 out of 5 games this series.


I love your adjectives around Jokic.

His game 2/3/4 performances were “awful”

His game 1/5 performances (prob best of the playoffs tbh) were just “good”, not great. :lol:


Youre right, games 1/5 were great games from him.

Its just too bad he’s either been great or awful, no in-between, because if he had simply been average to good games 2 through 4, Denver would be having game 6 at home to close it out.

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