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#21 » by ThunderWins » Tue May 13, 2025 8:07 pm

falcolombardi wrote:Vibes are bad

Feels like denver is due a hot murray/jokic/3pt game and will steal this game then okc forces a game 7

Have not had such a "bad feeling" about a series where my team is favored in a while


The same can be said that Thunder have led most of the series and left the door open in losses.
Both teams know each other quite well at this point so the only surprise for me is if both MVPs continue to struggle.
I expect at least one of the MVPs to bust loose and 3s to start falling. Be nice if it was my team but that's why they play the games.
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Post#22 » by jkvonny » Tue May 13, 2025 8:08 pm

OKC might turn it up tonite.
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Post#23 » by Clav » Tue May 13, 2025 8:10 pm

I think this will be another close game. Picking OKC, but not by the -9,5 spread.... Huge Game 5! Let's go!
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Post#24 » by darkse1d » Tue May 13, 2025 8:11 pm

Nuggets are gonna win this game. Vintage Murray and jokic is coming. Quote me at the end of the night.
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Post#25 » by Wolfgang630 » Tue May 13, 2025 8:20 pm

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Wolfgang630 wrote:They’ll announce SGA is the mvp today


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They should give it to him in Denver lol
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Post#26 » by Wolfgang630 » Tue May 13, 2025 8:21 pm

jkvonny wrote:OKC might turn it up tonite.


I swear you people say this for every game. There’s never a game most expect Denver to be the better team.
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Post#27 » by Chuck Everett » Tue May 13, 2025 8:27 pm

I honestly don't know what to expect. I just know that Game 1 debacle continues to loom large. Wouldn't shock me if tonight was another low pace slugfest. Thunder has to get more out of Lu Dort than just launching 10 threes without a care in the world. That game 4 by him was really bad.
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Post#28 » by LeBronSpaghetti » Tue May 13, 2025 8:58 pm

Wolfgang630 wrote:
jkvonny wrote:OKC might turn it up tonite.


I swear you people say this for every game. There’s never a game most expect Denver to be the better team.

Yeah pretty sure Denver has only been the favorite maybe three times this entire playoffs
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Post#29 » by lethalizer » Tue May 13, 2025 9:12 pm

LeBronSpaghetti wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote:
jkvonny wrote:OKC might turn it up tonite.


I swear you people say this for every game. There’s never a game most expect Denver to be the better team.

Yeah pretty sure Denver has only been the favorite maybe three times this entire playoffs


I mean, OKC is the better team so this is normal.

Being the better team doesn't guarantee you any wins obviously, there's a lot going on in any playoff game that tilts the scales, but it's normal for people to think that the better team on paper will prevail.
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Post#30 » by CIN-C-STAR » Tue May 13, 2025 9:16 pm

Wolfgang630 wrote:
Castle Black wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote:They’ll announce SGA is the mvp today


Read on Twitter

They should give it to him in Denver lol


I wonder what they’re waiting for?
Would be weird to give it to Shai in Denver, there’s no guarantee of a game 7 and no guarantee the winner (Shai) even makes it out of this round.
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Post#31 » by Castle Black » Tue May 13, 2025 9:18 pm

CIN-C-STAR wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote:
Castle Black wrote:
Read on Twitter

They should give it to him in Denver lol


I wonder what they’re waiting for?
Would be weird to give it to Shai in Denver, there’s no guarantee of a game 7 and no guarantee the winner (Shai) even makes it out of this round.
Strange.


They prob don't want to piss Joker off tbh :lol:. They remember what Hakeem did to David Robinson in '95 and decided they want no part of that. They'll just wait until after the series lol.
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Post#32 » by SpurNani » Tue May 13, 2025 9:20 pm

I would like to see a vintage Jokic game like game 1
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Post#33 » by Patches Perry » Tue May 13, 2025 9:28 pm

With the Cleveland and Boston losses (and Boston losing Tatum), OKC is now nearly a pick 'em against the field (+110) to win the championship. Crazy.
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Post#34 » by Special_Puppy » Tue May 13, 2025 9:31 pm

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Post#35 » by darkse1d » Tue May 13, 2025 9:37 pm

SpurNani wrote:I would like to see a vintage Jokic game like game 1


It's coming. Expect a 35+/15/10 game from Jokic tonight.
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Post#36 » by Sharkboy242 » Tue May 13, 2025 9:51 pm

Its good to know that the league is completely rigged prior to having to watch my Nuggets lose this series.
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Post#37 » by jkvonny » Tue May 13, 2025 10:16 pm

Wolfgang630 wrote:
jkvonny wrote:OKC might turn it up tonite.


I swear you people say this for every game. There’s never a game most expect Denver to be the better team.

They are at home. Just a hunch
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#38 » by JM00n69 » Tue May 13, 2025 10:26 pm

This will either be a blowout home win for OKC or a Denver, small but steady lead whole game. Or it'll be a close one decided last few minutes. Either way the team that wins this one will go to Denver up 3-2.

Let hope the refs call it same and stay out of it and that no one gets fck injured.
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Post#39 » by Wolfgang630 » Tue May 13, 2025 10:30 pm

Denver already got blown out in game 2. They get blown out once per series and that already happened.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#40 » by JM00n69 » Tue May 13, 2025 10:31 pm

darkse1d wrote:
SpurNani wrote:I would like to see a vintage Jokic game like game 1


It's coming. Expect a 35+/15/10 game from Jokic tonight.


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