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?

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

Post#621 » by Kawaii Leonard » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:47 am

WeLikeOurGuys wrote:The amount of moving screens OKC gets away with is absurd.


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

Post#622 » by CIN-C-STAR » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:47 am

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Nuntius wrote:That was a good quarter for us. We really needed that spark that McConnell provided. First quarter we scored over 30 points in this game as well.

But, we weren't able to get enough stops to close out the quarter and allowed OKC 9 points in the final 3 minutes of the quarter. It was a good quarter and a great run but we need more.

We need to have more runs in us.


Seemed like nonstop FTA's for OKC. I don't have the count for the 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#623 » by Marvin Martian » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:47 am

Chet has been rubbish offensively
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Post#624 » by sikma42 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:48 am

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They weren’t going along with Siakam trying to dictate the inbound

Interesting. Hope ref always pulls the ball away from the players to wait an extra couple seconds. That way they can dictate consistently!


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

Post#625 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

Player can’t take the ball from the ref lol people complain about anything
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#626 » by doogie_hauser » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

Officiating issues aside, its been refreshing they every game of the finals so far has generally being close hard thought out going into clutch time in the final quarter.

Doesn't have the sexy big name cities or players involved, but it's been an absorbing and tense and fascinating series, for the first time since probably the Bucks beat The Suns back in 2021.

We are being treated to a fantastic series folks!
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#627 » by 2weekswithpay » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

Looks like game 1 all over again. OKC can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#628 » by mfletcher4177 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

Why is OKC shooting free throws for that weak ass drive? I don't know how to explain this...
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#629 » by jokeboy86 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

OKC desperately needs a Chris Paul type veteran player. They get tight and start to get the jitters
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#630 » by 3ddman23 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

Man neither of these teams should be in the finals lol....OKC will most likely sneak this title out but it will be a bit premature. They could easy not make the finals next season. Same goes with pacers. They are no were near a lock to go back next playoffsm
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#631 » by Marvin Martian » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

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Marvin Martian wrote:Might as well not bring back Haliburton; TJ is doing a much better job being aggressive and running the offense


TJ needed rest, but they should bring him back in the 4th if Haliburton still looks bad.


Yeah I doubt that happens. Coaches are not benching their star players to close games. Players egos/confidence cant handle it. Coaches will literally let their star player try to play themselves out of their bad games no matter how ugly it is.

IND is the most ego-less championship team since the Spurs. Carlisle can do it if he wants to
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#632 » by fanofthegreats » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

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

Post#633 » by Capn'O » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 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#634 » by sikma42 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:49 am

Wiggins just a blatant travel and then a bs foul


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Post#635 » by AIfan3 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:50 am

I swear the refs just bail OKC.
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Post#636 » by wade44 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:50 am

These refs been very pro OKC
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Post#637 » by fanofthegreats » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:50 am

mfletcher4177 wrote:Why is OKC shooting free throws for that weak ass drive? I don't know how to explain this...

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

Post#638 » by scrabbarista » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:50 am

What is this bailout garbage for Wiggins. Indiana ges none of that.
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Post#639 » by SA37 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:50 am

Refs continue to bail out OKC on some dubious calls.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#640 » by sikma42 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:50 am

I don’t get how they don’t replay that travel


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