2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3)

[scrabbarista]

What a first half.

10/10 first half

Maybe for a neutral.

[___Rand___]

I think you saw the limitations of a j dub here to end the half. Sga out. Its your time to close the half...whole team looking inexperienced and shook with you leading.

Tough.



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Yet some dude was calling him the best 2nd option in the league last week on the GB. JDub as 2nd option is OKC’s biggest vulnerability.

J Dub is a shooting guard with no feel for play making. Their offense don't look right without SGA in it, despite SGA being a ball hawk. So yeah he's going to look kinda lost out there without SGA. OKC just don't got any backup point guards or point forwards or point centers.

[darkse1d]

Jokic/Murray carrying these bums. MPJ/Strawther/Watson and worstbrook are negative out there. Just doing cadio and nothing more.

[scrabbarista]

Don’t let the free throw numbers distract you. 15-9 foul disparity and they killed all of OKCs momentum by getting the MVP in foul trouble. Refs understood the assignment.

Nuggets haven't capitalized properly.

Second half will be interesting!

[Prince187]

This new wing stop commercial is worse than the Jalen green one

[___Rand___]

Jokic/Murray carrying these bums. MPJ/Strawther/Watson and worstbrook are negative out there. Just doing cadio and nothing more.

I kinda blame Murray. He played hero ball way too early in 1st quarter. He's got to get the role players warmed up in this elim game at home.

[Dadouv47]

no clue what OKC can do with that foul trouble issue. I would gamble and keep Shai but play Caruso over Hartenstein to start the second half.

[Chuck Everett]

I think you saw the limitations of a j dub here to end the half. Sga out. Its your time to close the half...whole team looking inexperienced and shook with you leading.

Tough.



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Yet some dude was calling him the best 2nd option in the league last week on the GB. JDub as 2nd option is OKC’s biggest vulnerability.

J Dub is a shooting guard with no feel for play making. Their offense don't look right without SGA in it, despite SGA being a ball hawk. So yeah he's going to look kinda lost out there without SGA. OKC just don't got any backup point guards or point forwards or point centers.

They have two backup point guards, it's just they are both rookies in Ajay Mitchell and Nikola Topic (who is out for the season rehabbing his ACL injury). The Thunder don't really do a lot of movement on offense, which makes sense since SGA likes to dance with the ball. You're not going to have him do that for 35+ minutes a night and then play like Haliburton for the remaining 13.

[KP Duty]

Grade A ballin' going on here.

[levon]

Never seen a best player on a team get 4 fouls before the end of a playoff half, and that team win.

[Mamba Mentality]

Don’t let the free throw numbers distract you. 15-9 foul disparity and they killed all of OKCs momentum by getting the MVP in foul trouble. Refs understood the assignment.

Nuggets haven't capitalized properly.

Second half will be interesting!

SGA is gonna pick up another another ticky tack foul calling it now.

[knicksfan974]

These teams won't be able to match Minnesota.

Minnesota is becoming overrated as hell. They beat up fat Luka and 60 year old LeBron with no center and the Curry-less Warriros. I think they will lose to both OKC or Denver.

Wolves' problem is their lack of maturity. I don't think they will play at their best all series.

Minnesota is a deep team with a lot of talent, and should not be taken lightly. For me it would be difficult to bet against them, especially if they would play Denver and their thin bench.

[bluemj32]

Jokic/Murray carrying these bums. MPJ/Strawther/Watson and worstbrook are negative out there. Just doing cadio and nothing more.

Braun and Gordon have balled all series too. Those 4 Nuggets players have been pretty consistent in the series.

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[FuShengTHEGreat]

Jokic/Murray carrying these bums. MPJ/Strawther/Watson and worstbrook are negative out there. Just doing cadio and nothing more.

Braun is pulling his weight tonight. Can't fault him at all

[MaliBrah]

Don’t let the free throw numbers distract you. 15-9 foul disparity and they killed all of OKCs momentum by getting the MVP in foul trouble. Refs understood the assignment.

Nuggets haven't capitalized properly.

Second half will be interesting!

They capitalized spectacularly. They damn near quit the game before the zebras brought em back

[levon]

New Superman movie looks AI-generated

[___Rand___]

Yet some dude was calling him the best 2nd option in the league last week on the GB. JDub as 2nd option is OKC’s biggest vulnerability.

J Dub is a shooting guard with no feel for play making. Their offense don't look right without SGA in it, despite SGA being a ball hawk. So yeah he's going to look kinda lost out there without SGA. OKC just don't got any backup point guards or point forwards or point centers.

They have two backup point guards, it's just they are both rookies in Ajay Mitchell and Nikola Topic (who is out for the season rehabbing his ACL injury). The Thunder don't really do a lot of movement on offense, which makes sense since SGA likes to dance with the ball. You're not going to have him do that for 35+ minutes a night and then play like Haliburton for the remaining 13.

Oh they did draft backup point guards finally! SGA still runs offense pretty well. He knows the right passes or the right play to get his team into when he's out in there.

Topic's name is familiar I have to look both of them up and see if they will get minutes next year.

[ballzboyee]

Minnesota is becoming overrated as hell. They beat up fat Luka and 60 year old LeBron with no center and the Curry-less Warriros. I think they will lose to both OKC or Denver.

Wolves' problem is their lack of maturity. I don't think they will play at their best all series.

Minnesota is a deep team with a lot of talent, and should not be taken lightly. For me it would be difficult to bet against them, especially if they would play Denver and their thin bench.

I had Minny projected to be the best team in basketball before the season. They are just now peaking. They would definitely beat Denver again like last year. Okc is a different animal, but probably 45-55 series in favor of Okc.

[MoneyTalks41890]

Shai definitely getting a foul shortly

[levon]

Thunder have a lot of trouble generating non-three looks in the halfcourt.