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

Castle Black · Post #1821 » by **Castle Black** » Mon May 19, 2025 12:19 am

Brutal.

Castle Black · Post #1822 » by **Castle Black** » Mon May 19, 2025 12:25 am

Post #1823 » by **G R E Y** » Mon May 19, 2025 12:25 am

Castle Black wrote:
G R E Y wrote:Wait Gordon PLAYED?!

AND *more minutes* than Porter??!

WOW...

Wow.

Yea he played through it. Clearly wasn't himself though. Was mostly going half-speed. Couldn't sprint and couldn't lift like he normally does.

Took huge guts to give it a go. He led the team in rebounds! Tied for game high! Tied for game high in O boards!

I missed the game, so thanks for the Cliff Notes. Looks like efficiency was an issue for Nuggs. And health.

Can't believe Jokic only took 9 shots in an elimination game...

Mamba Mentality · Post #1824 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon May 19, 2025 12:56 am

Castle Black wrote:

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2/7 shooting game high -34 in the biggest game of the year. He shouldn’t be a rotation player on any team serious about winning a championship.

I think this is my fourth year in row saying this.

canada_dry · Post #1825 » by **canada_dry** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:00 am

Castle Black wrote:
canada_dry wrote:
Castle Black wrote:
He's going to win MVP because he's the best player on the best team and NBA MVP voting is severely flawed in that regard. SGA disappeared for long stretches multiple times in this series, and yet OKC still seemed to always have the lead or at the very least it was a close game. He did it again today, where he had a slow start to the game, and yet OKC was up double-digits at half. That's because SGA's supporting cast is far superior to anything Joker could even dream of.

SGA is a great player, but make no mistake about it, Jokic is hands-down the best basketball player in the world, AND the most valuable to his team. And it's really not close. Nobody means more to their team than Jokic.
SGA closed out game 4 on the road and then game 5 in spectacular fashion. AND outplayed jokic in game 7.

Keep crying. Its just sour grapes at this point.

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No one's crying dummy . Disagreeing with someone doesn't mean they're "crying." By that logic, you're crying by responding to my post in disagreement (see show stupid that is).

Jokic is the best and most valuable player in the world whether you like it or not. And it's really not close. It's okay to admit that.

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The disagreement isn't the crying.

The whining and ranting while putting the mvp down is crying because you feel bad about the result of this series. Noone said jokic isn't great or the best player. You repeating that again and again is unnecessary and comes off as sour grapes.

Its ok. Its gonna be just fine.

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Cubbies2120 · Post #1826 » by **Cubbies2120** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:07 am

AleksandarN wrote:
Optms wrote:
xAIRNESSx wrote:Prime LeBron would've carried this Denver team to the finals.

Prime Curry as well. Denver is low key a good team. Despite the constant bashing of everyone not named Jokic.

Prime Lebron had a super team in played with 2 hofers to loss to the Mavs. OFC is a better team and the Heat were way more talented to then this Nuggets team.

Optms is trolling my guy.

Curry’s Warriors were making the conference finals without him in 2016.

In 2022 they won it all and then Klay is injured in 2023 and they miss the ‘yoffs.

Ssj16 · Post #1827 » by **Ssj16** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:11 am

GG to OKC and their fans. That was a hard fought series. As I said, I think this was the real finals and I don't really have another team to cheer for, so I'll probably be rooting for the Thunder. Especially because SGA is another Canadian and probably the greatest Canadian ball player of all time.

Ssj16 · Post #1828 » by **Ssj16** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:14 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:
Castle Black wrote:

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2/7 shooting game high -34 in the biggest game of the year. He shouldn’t be a rotation player on any team serious about winning a championship.

I think this is my fourth year in row saying this.

This is so disingenuous. Russ is definitely not someone you depend on but he's not the reason the Nuggets loss. If you blaming your losses on a minimum player, you need to reevaluate your whole team.

For what Russ is getting paid and for who he is, he was neutral to the team. He won as many games as he loses but we will always speak about his poor performances.

Prophet_tt · Post #1829 » by **Prophet_tt** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:17 am

Good job OKC. Hope this goes a long way to prove Jokic isn't that guy. Locked up by Caruso haha, pitiful. His record vs elite teams in the playoffs is terrible and regardless of his teammates he was in a game 7 and couldn't deliver the goods. That's a fact.

ReddoverKobe · Post #1830 » by **ReddoverKobe** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:24 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:
Castle Black wrote:

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2/7 shooting game high -34 in the biggest game of the year. He shouldn’t be a rotation player on any team serious about winning a championship.

I think this is my fourth year in row saying this.

It should have been much longer then that. One of the all time overrated players.

Mamba Mentality · Post #1831 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:27 am

Ssj16 wrote:
Mamba Mentality wrote:
Castle Black wrote:

Read on Twitter

2/7 shooting game high -34 in the biggest game of the year. He shouldn’t be a rotation player on any team serious about winning a championship.

I think this is my fourth year in row saying this.

This is so disingenuous. Russ is definitely not someone you depend on but he's not the reason the Nuggets loss. If you blaming your losses on a minimum player, you need to reevaluate your whole team.

For what Russ is getting paid and for who he is, he was neutral to the team. He won as many games as he loses but we will always speak about his poor performances.

Brother the stats speak for themselves. Plenty of fingers to point but Russ certainly didn’t help his case. I’m sick of people using his contract to justify his play, he was supposed to be provide some stability off the bench for a team who was extremely top heavy. He failed miserably in that regard.

SweetTouch · Post #1832 » by **SweetTouch** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:52 am

Russ might go down as the most overrated player

For winning a mvp people now realize everything has to centered around him and if it is you only get to the first round

Mamba Mentality · Post #1833 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:53 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:
Castle Black wrote:

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2/7 shooting game high -34 in the biggest game of the year. Realistically he shouldn’t be a rotation player on any team serious about winning a championship.

I think this is my fourth year in row saying this.

Ssj16 · Post #1834 » by **Ssj16** » Mon May 19, 2025 1:59 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:
Ssj16 wrote:
Mamba Mentality wrote:
2/7 shooting game high -34 in the biggest game of the year. He shouldn’t be a rotation player on any team serious about winning a championship.

I think this is my fourth year in row saying this.

This is so disingenuous. Russ is definitely not someone you depend on but he's not the reason the Nuggets loss. If you blaming your losses on a minimum player, you need to reevaluate your whole team.

For what Russ is getting paid and for who he is, he was neutral to the team. He won as many games as he loses but we will always speak about his poor performances.

Brother the stats speak for themselves. Plenty of fingers to point but Russ certainly didn’t help his case. I’m sick of people using his contract to justify his play, he was supposed to be provide some stability off the bench for a team who was extremely top heavy. He failed miserably.

It's just wild to me that Russ who is on a minimum contract is being spotlighted for his poor performance over the other players who are paid way more. This is just going out of your way to hate on a player at this point. If Russ was getting paid big money, that's a different story. It's more sad that the Nuggets had to depend on a buyout guy as their 5th best player.

syrus3 · Post #1835 » by **syrus3** » Mon May 19, 2025 2:19 am

Prophet_tt wrote:Good job OKC. Hope this goes a long way to prove Jokic isn't that guy. Locked up by Caruso haha, pitiful. His record vs elite teams in the playoffs is terrible and regardless of his teammates he was in a game 7 and couldn't deliver the goods. That's a fact.

It took y’all 7 games AND Scott Foster to defeat a team with no bench, depth and injured. Not the flex you think it is. And that’s a fact!

Optms · Post #1836 » by **Optms** » Mon May 19, 2025 2:35 am

nbafan38 wrote:Not sure why people destroying the nuggets,they were the walking wounded walking into a buzzsaw, the thunder did exactly what a 68 win team should do in a game 7.

Knicks destroyed the best team in basketball and didn't have the luxury of having an MVP player.

Once OKC gets eliminated, people will understand how bad the Nuggets were all along. Just like last year.

cjx · Post #1837 » by **cjx** » Mon May 19, 2025 2:39 am

Superb season, Nuggets

Respect to King Gordon :king:

Congratulations to the formidable Thunder 8-)

Nuggets country, let's ride :cowboy:

A new era has begun :hoop:

soxperry · Post #1838 » by **soxperry** » Mon May 19, 2025 2:58 am

Ssj16 wrote:GG to OKC and their fans. That was a hard fought series. As I said, I think this was the real finals and I don't really have another team to cheer for, so I'll probably be rooting for the Thunder. Especially because SGA is another Canadian and probably the greatest Canadian ball player of all time.

yeah.. that's very dismissive of the rest of the teams. I dont know if Denver beats any of those teams either.. so i disagree with your assessment.

Castle Black · Post #1839 » by **Castle Black** » Mon May 19, 2025 4:05 am

Even George Karl is pleading with his beloved Nuggets to put some talent around Jokic.

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Edrees · Post #1840 » by **Edrees** » Mon May 19, 2025 4:13 am

Patches Perry wrote:
Castle Black wrote:

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I've seen this posted so many times, and its dishonest without including games played, since it's raw totals. Jokic has played 14 playoff games, which is 2-3 more than anyone else. Jokic is not even top 10 in points per game in these playoffs. He doesn't lead any of these other categories per game either.

Jokic has earned the best player in the league title and I don't think he did anything to take that away, but the stat-hunting to justify it feels like a "lady doth protest too much" ordeal.

It's the same as people who said Jokic has never played with an all star, It's a disingenous arguement not made on good faith. Do Jokic stands prefer he played with De'Angelo Russsell instead of Murray during the title run year? Most likely, they don't have a title if you replace Jamal Murray with All Stars DLO or Chris kaman. Or how about All star Carlos Boozer?

Jokic is a great player, and the best player today. But these arguments are grasping at straws to try to make him into something he's not when he's losing.

Who wins the BIG ASS GAME 7??