2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
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If Turner is getting beat on the boards and not stopping anybody at the rim then he's basically useless
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
I don't get how much bigger guys can't claim their space back from Caruso. Part of what makes him effective is the absolute steal your lunch and watch you cry disrespect of getting into an opponent's space and that energy isn't reciprocated.



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Doranku wrote:Ben Sheppard +/- in the NBA finals:
Game 1: -12
Game 2: -8
Game 3: -2
Game 4: -10
Game 5: -6
Game 6: -1
Game 7: -12 and counting
Fun fact… I have a better +/- than him in the finals.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
PushDaRock wrote:ImmortalD24 wrote:NotaHypeJob wrote:JDub starting to puff his chest now that it's not close
Yup I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing the pattern here. He's a frontrunner extraordinaire.
Role Players talking like Starters, I hate it.
All Star and All Defense lol
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
DowJones wrote:That was a CLEAR foul on Caruso.
Caruso should have fouled out by now
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Sometimes you can iso too much, but when you have a guy like SGA taking mid range shots or Harden taking step back threes, you at least limit turnovers and you’re getting a shot up each possession. The pass heavy offenses make me nervous because there are so many more opportunities for turnovers. Like TJ’s possessions were good when he shot it. Turnovers when he tried to pass.
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TroubleS0me wrote:I wish Kevin Harlan, Ian Eagle etc were calling the game. At Breen had chemistry with Mark and Jeff.
Exactly, I wasn't really a mark fan but the trio worked.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
SFour wrote:Caruso defending siakam is a good move
If Siakam can't kill Caruso, I don't want to hear all this BS about Siakam being a star or HOF.
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Carlisle going 11 deep and playing scrubs out there in critical 3rd quarter mins is puzzling
"They say you miss 100% of the shots you take" - Mike James
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
Ice Trae wrote:Nuntius wrote:f4p wrote:Wait, Achilles, not calf? Was Durant's initial injury in 2019 also a calf before it became an Achilles?. Playing through injuries rarely seems to actually work out.
A calf strain puts pressure on the Achilles which makes the Achilles more likely to rupture since the calf is its supporting muscle.
I will also say this:
There were a couple of posters that were accusing Haliburton of faking the injury. I won't name them but they know who they are. So, all I have to ask these few people is this:
Are you happy now?
You can't be serious
Sadly, I am. It was only 2-3 of them but they did spew that BS.
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Worst pacers quarter all year in a game 7 lol
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Here comes the greatest fourth quarter comeback in NBA Finals history
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
DowJones wrote:That was a CLEAR foul on Caruso.
It would have been if he was defending SGA.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
Andrew_M08 wrote:DowJones wrote:That was a CLEAR foul on Caruso.
Caruso should have fouled out by now
I have counted 7 no calls that should be fouls. I’m putting together a YT video. This is blatant rigging
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Carlisle sold this game in middle of 3rd quarter by going with end of bench guys for long stretch there.
Was bizzare decision.
Was bizzare decision.
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That third quarter may have been Indy's death knell.
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TJ should’ve got a couple of foul calls on his shots and Siakam was fouled.
But OKC have stepped it up, expecting a blowout now
But OKC have stepped it up, expecting a blowout now
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
G R E Y wrote:I don't get how much bigger guys can't claim their space back from Caruso. Part of what makes him effective is the absolute steal your lunch and watch you cry disrespect of getting into an opponent's space and that energy isn't reciprocated.
SIakam and the Pacers are just soft.
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If there's one team you can't count out in the 4th quarter it's the 2025 Pacers.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)
Pacers need a better big desperately. Turner just isnt reliable at all








