2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (OKC leads 3-2)

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Who seizes a commanding 3-2 lead?

OKC
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60%
Indiana
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40%
 
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#301 » by LAvision » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:29 am

Holy crap Hali has been awful
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#302 » by Chuck Everett » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:29 am

What kind of lineup is this by Carlisle? You can't have Sheppard and Nesmith on the floor together. Neither puts the ball on the floor.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#303 » by lambchop » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:30 am

Thunder making Hali look like a backup point guard.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#304 » by rockmanslim » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:30 am

Turner breakdancing like Embiid
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#305 » by jehosafats » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:31 am

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#306 » by ibraheim718 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:31 am

How this dude getting away with pushing off all the time now?
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#307 » by G R E Y » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:32 am

And they say 2s are a bad shot...
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#308 » by Kawaii Leonard » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:33 am

Doris had 5 grams of magic mushrooms before this quarter
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#309 » by rockmanslim » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:33 am

Nembhard with an ethical layup, couldv'e easily drawn a foul there
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#310 » by Jadoogar » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:33 am

Extremely difficult shot.

Shout ot to the pacers for giving us a few entertaining games but this baby is over.

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#311 » by ibraheim718 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:33 am

Indiana needs to keep it under 15 and hope the magic happens again.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#312 » by Chuck Everett » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:34 am

Williams is just cooking on this ball screens. Not sure what the fix is, if Nesmith can't guard in this series.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#313 » by rockmanslim » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:34 am

No repeat of Game 1 I'm afraid. Lightning can't strike Thunder twice
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#314 » by Marvin Martian » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:34 am

JDub has really turned it around these past few games after struggling so much the first 2 games
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#315 » by Jadoogar » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:34 am

Turner getting cooked

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#316 » by Jailblazers7 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:34 am

J-Dub is gonna be so good when he hits his prime
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#317 » by thelead » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:35 am

Chuck Everett wrote:Williams is just cooking on this ball screens. Not sure what the fix is, if Nesmith can't guard in this series.

Nesmith has been abysmal
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#319 » by thelead » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:36 am

Jailblazers7 wrote:J-Dub is gonna be so good when he hits his prime

so, in a year or two? He's 24.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#320 » by Doranku » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:36 am

Marvin Martian wrote:JDub has really turned it around these past few games after struggling so much the first 2 games


He realized that the Pacers have no answer for when he puts the ball on the floor and attacks the rim. Almost all of his buckets the last three games have been right at the rim. Credit to him for making the adjustment

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