Tuesday 10/21 Opening Night NBA Game Thread!

UnbelievablyRAW · Post #441 » by **UnbelievablyRAW** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:10 am

That was 100% a foul on KD they didn't call

Wallace_Wallace · Post #442 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:10 am

I’m surprised Thompson gets so many isos in clutch time. I thought that would KD time……and he’s been in rhythm

ball_takes23 · Post #443 » by **ball_takes23** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:10 am

clear foul on chet

Post #444 » by **Calinks** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:11 am

Thunder are too good, SGA is that dude.

Wolfgang630 · Post #445 » by **Wolfgang630** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:11 am

That was a clear foul by Chet

GeorgeSears · Post #446 » by **GeorgeSears** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:11 am

The challenges are ruining the game, you should only ever get one. This BS where you get an extra challenge if successful is ridiculous.

Marvin Martian · Post #447 » by **Marvin Martian** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:11 am

Imagine giving up assets to get KD and you ignore him in crunch time in the first game of the season

CelticSooner · Post #448 » by **CelticSooner** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:11 am

Didn’t Houston go out and get somebody to help close games like this?

3ddman23 · Post #449 » by **3ddman23** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:11 am

This dude Thompson literally can not do anything offensively if he is not right at the rim or in transition....the hype for this guys is insane

UnbelievablyRAW · Post #450 » by **UnbelievablyRAW** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:12 am

UnbelievablyRAW wrote:SGA too nice man. My goodness

Got 20 comments on a foul call but nothing on that nasty iso to give OKC the lead :lol:

djsunyc · Post #451 » by **djsunyc** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:12 am

GeorgeSears wrote:The challenges are ruining the game, you should only ever get one. This BS where you get an extra challenge if successful is ridiculous.

it's not the challenge itself - it's the time it takes to do the review from the nba offices. they should be able to make the call in less than a minute.

holdenwait · Post #452 » by **holdenwait** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:12 am

Game got booooring the moment we started watching refs watching replays rather than actual basketball being played zzzz

Post #453 » by **Harry Palmer** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:13 am

I again don’t understand what is taking so long, Holgren clearly came down and hit both of Smith’s arms.

Post #454 » by **og15** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:14 am

UnbelievablyRAW wrote:
og15 wrote:There's something for me about a guy coming in to stand in the way and take a charge after a guy has already planted his first foot to take off, it just does not seem to me like the logic of why the charge rule exists.

I was literally going to make a comment about this, but didn't wanna make a long-winded post in the game thread lol. I feel they need to be illegal because there's way too many ways people can get injured

That's a factor, and it's also that, the guy is not out of control, he's planted his first foot to go up, about to plant his second foot, and I come running in front of him and stand there ---> charge. I don't know man, I think the charge rule is broken in terms of that, to me, it should be if the defender is already there before the guy takes off and he just barrels into him, not if the defender runs in front of me and stands there.

I don't see how this then differs from for example, the CP3 (and others) special which the NBA changed the rules for, where he would run in front of a guy and stop so the guy bumps him and he gets a defensive foul, even though that one doesn't have higher injury potential, but it feels like the same thing, but one has just become a tactic that is allowed in basketball.

Post #455 » by **G R E Y** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:14 am

Wait wait...Refs made TWO right calls against the home team?

Jailblazers7 · Post #456 » by **Jailblazers7** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:14 am

Yeah replays are broken in the NBA. Gotta make them faster and less frequent.

UnbelievablyRAW · Post #457 » by **UnbelievablyRAW** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:15 am

Dort wtf kinda defense was that :lol:

Repeat 3-peat · Post #458 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:15 am

SGA is so clutch

Soonercrazy84 · Post #459 » by **Soonercrazy84** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:15 am

Can't wait to see these MFs in May.

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Wallace_Wallace · Post #460 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:15 am

Damn KD misses a FT? That real life?

Who wins the big opening night games?