2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (DEN leads 1-0)

Mamba Mentality · Post #1481 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

OKC favored by 11 in game 2. That’s crazy given the legendary choke job.

Post #1482 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

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Sharkboy242 · Post #1483 » by **Sharkboy242** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

Nuggets nation,

They said we'd be lucky to get 2 games against the Clippers
They said we'd be lucky to get 1 game against the Thunder

Zero pressure with these false expectations that bums project onto us.

sp6r=underrated · Post #1484 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

BigGargamel wrote:Props to Adelman for benching Porter and going with Westbrook late. Russell makes the bonehead play every once in a while but I'll take his effort late in the game over MPJ's every day.

Porter's time in Denver is probably running out.

Russ's haters should acknowledge he ran that 4th Quarter well and the final 13 seconds.

primecougar · Post #1485 » by **primecougar** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

Doranku wrote:
primecougar wrote:i mean the foul strategy isnt the problem but the execution was so horrendous.

Why are you fouling in the backcourt when they dont have any timeouts left with <12seconds to go? at least let them bring the ball up under pressure and run the clock down.

Why is SGA quickly dunking the ball and not running around and burning more time?

and why in the effin hell are you fouling when jokic is on the bench and they dont have any timeouts left? they should have abandoned fouling right away and forced denver to get a 3 point shot off without jokic on the floor.

Disagree about the SGA dunk. I think you take the guaranteed 2 points over burning a couple extra seconds off the clock. Everything else is spot on though. Crazy mismanagement to foul in the backcourt like that.

I kinda agree because it kept jokic on the bench but if you are intending to foul immediately in the backcourt then i would argue burning more time would make sense

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #1486 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

Revived wrote:Fact that Denver was able to win this in regulation itself is insane.

The fact that Gordon attempted 3 when they only needed 2 with 5 seconds to go it’s crazy , balls of steel

Imagine if he missed that 90% of this board would’ve call him choke artist

Raps in 4 · Post #1487 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:41 am

Exp0sed wrote:Jokic played a game for the ages

the stuff he did with 5 fouls..that was nuts. him guarding the Caruso inbound, facing both ways and denying SGA led to the Chet misses, was a thing of beauty

Haters who say he doesn't play D don't watch his games.

Exp0sed · Post #1488 » by **Exp0sed** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

Jokic had 3 blocks in this game but was only credited for one...happens to him alot actually

jokeboy86 · Post #1489 » by **jokeboy86** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

BigGargamel wrote:Props to Adelman for benching Porter and going with Westbrook late. Russell makes the bonehead play every once in a while but I'll take his effort late in the game over MPJ's every day.

Porter's time in Denver is probably running out.

Makes you wonder if its Malone does he stick with Porter even if he's struggling?

Doranku · Post #1490 » by **Doranku** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

All this talk about whether Jamal Murray is a legitimate #2.. JDub is the fraudulent #2.

levon · Post #1491 » by **levon** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

DrModesty wrote:SGA's supporting cast didn't show up outside of Caruso.

Their stars didn't show up either.

marson · Post #1492 » by **marson** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

Edrees wrote:
marson wrote:
Wingy wrote:
Pure dumbassery for them to foul so fast. Awful, awful, awful, awful execution of the strategy.

Coaching loss indeed. What a throw.

Not just a coaching loss when someone misses 2 FT's

what if Lebron or Curry or Harden missed 2 FT's

would they blame the coach only?

I would've trusted our half-court defense to guard the three rather than putting our players in a position where they had to knock down both free throws in a clutch situation. But hey, that's just me.

iggymcfrack · Post #1493 » by **iggymcfrack** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

Nuggets steal Game 1 by exploiting the Thunder’s one weakness. Daigneualt just got completely outcoached by Adelman!

web123888 · Post #1494 » by **web123888** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

It’s a fluke win but evidence why you don’t leave losers like Chet Holmgren on the floor. OKC coach is slow and dumb.

azcatz11 · Post #1495 » by **azcatz11** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

OKC Coach looked like a deer in the headlights last year during the PO's also.

Potential · Post #1496 » by **Potential** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

WHAT THE **** WAS THE THUNDER DOING FOULING SO QUICK? 10 SECONDS LEFT AND FOULING RIGHT AWAY WHEN DENVER STILL HAD TO BRING IT UP FULL COURT

ONE OF THE DUMBEST TEAMS IN NBA HISTORY AND DAGNAULT SHOULD BE FIRED FOR SAYING "WE EXECUTED THE FOULS WELL"

CelticSooner · Post #1497 » by **CelticSooner** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:42 am

You thought Westbrook was going to take a jumpshot at the end there, don't lie lol

doogie_hauser · Post #1498 » by **doogie_hauser** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:43 am

Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world and has been for well over five years now and in his prime.

As long as Denver has him, the Nuggets are a legit chip chance.

I am very close to putting him in the all time top ten players of all time, certainly is in on all the greats in my lifetime following NBA (1992)

Wallace_Wallace · Post #1499 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:43 am

Coach said, “We played the foul situation pretty well.” What?!?! At least trap and make Denver dribble a couple times. At least that way it could make them take a couple seconds off the clock

KGDirkTD_Fan · Post #1500 » by **KGDirkTD_Fan** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:43 am

sp6r=underrated wrote:
BigGargamel wrote:Props to Adelman for benching Porter and going with Westbrook late. Russell makes the bonehead play every once in a while but I'll take his effort late in the game over MPJ's every day.

Porter's time in Denver is probably running out.

Russ's haters should acknowledge he ran that 4th Quarter well and the final 13 seconds.

The reality is that you have to arbitrage Russ for his good plays with maybe one critically terrible play every now and then is a net benefit over MPJ which has been terrible all game. I get it the spacing sucks with him but they don't have much to work with and were able to scrape a win out of it.

Who wins and goes to the WCF's?