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#461 » by JM00n69 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:16 am

Feels like DEN is the home team
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Post#462 » by ball_takes23 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:16 am

LeBronSpaghetti wrote:OKC resorting to flopping


that's just Dort's normal form. literally all hes good at
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Post#463 » by Raps in 4 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:16 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:Jokic has evolved into an elite flopper


Embiid must be proud.
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Post#464 » by scrabbarista » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Ooo, yes! Yes! Yes!
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Post#465 » by Quattro » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

JustBuzzin wrote:Jamal Murray carrying Jokic again.

But people will claim he's not good enough lol


Jokic has 27 points in this game with 5 mins left in the third but hes being carried? Whatever.
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Post#466 » by reload141 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Tor_Raps wrote:Omg Dort pulled MPJ!!!


100% agree with this, it’s hilarious how “strong” Dort is and yet he flops on screens so much
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Post#467 » by CKB » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

OKC signed Hartenstein and drafted Holmgren to stop Jokic but it is not working.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#468 » by JustBuzzin » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

OKC can't be taken seriously moving forward. They are just a talented team who can't really win in the playoffs.
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Post#470 » by Scoundreldays » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Seems like Gordan is an automatic bucket each time he shoots
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Post#471 » by AmIWrongDude » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
AmIWrongDude wrote:Jokic has evolved into an elite flopper


He's watching the BS OKC is pulling and just matching them

Jokic been doing it all playoffs. Dort been doing it since he was born though.
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Post#472 » by jokeboy86 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Denver is actually having their first good solid game of the series. Think this is the biggest lead they’ve had all series
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Post#473 » by Twizlers » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Murray is Russ with a twist. His goes through longer stretches of good and bad while Russ goes through the extremes in as little as 1 possession.
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Post#474 » by LeBronSpaghetti » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:Jokic has evolved into an elite flopper

He did what he always does. When OKC gets a bs call from flopping, he does the exact same thing on the very next play to force the refs to be consistent.
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Post#475 » by holdenwait » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

Instead of dressing up like dorks this home crowd should make the atmosphere more intimidating or something, Denver just having a good ol fun time
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Post#476 » by SOA » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

If OKC doesn't have a 4-3 or some such fast break advantage.... are they capable of scoring in the half court?
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#477 » by Cubbies2120 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:17 am

JustBuzzin wrote:Jamal Murray carrying Jokic again.

But people will claim he's not good enough lol


Yeah Jokic hitting 3s and opening up the paint has nothing to do with it…

27/10/5 on 69% shooting and 0 turnovers…getting carried is a wild statement to make my guy…

Murray had to go on a hot streak to break 50% shooting :lol:
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#478 » by ___Rand___ » Wed May 14, 2025 3:18 am

JustBuzzin wrote:Jamal Murray carrying Jokic again.

But people will claim he's not good enough lol


This Murray isn't the same Murray we've watched the last 2 years. That's what you gotta realize. If we get this Murray every year, or even every playoff, nobody will trash him.
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Post#479 » by scrabbarista » Wed May 14, 2025 3:18 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:Jokic has evolved into an elite flopper


Add it to the list.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#480 » by levon » Wed May 14, 2025 3:18 am

___Rand___ wrote:I said OKC needed a time out a few possessions ago. Coaching malpractice. His guys are losing confidence. He's just watching it.

They're about to come out of the TO and dribble against ball pressure into another random tough shot. They got no cards to play

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