2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 1-0)

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Which team becomes 2025 NBA Champions?

Poll ended at Sat Jun 7, 2025 2:43 am

Thunder in 4
28
7%
Thunder in 5
140
37%
Thunder in 6
89
23%
Thunder in 7
21
6%
Pacers in 4
11
3%
Pacers in 5
4
1%
Pacers in 6
60
16%
Pacers in 7
26
7%
 
Total votes: 379

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#661 » by scrabbarista » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:09 am

36 TO's probably won't get it done.

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#662 » by Asian Celtic » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:09 am

Gotta give credit to the Thunder defense for this lead. At some point the pacers are gonna go off but right now they've got em on a chokehold.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#663 » by Walmart » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:09 am

RB34 wrote:The difference in the whistle.

Yeah I don't care who wins this, but the difference here is comical.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#664 » by G R E Y » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:10 am

On the one hand, Pop and Larry Legend are from Indiana...
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#665 » by xxSnEaKyPxx » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:10 am

The refs are letting OKC mug the Pacers every time down the court.

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#666 » by Jailblazers7 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:10 am

Indy’s democratic half court offense might be a problem for them in this series. Against a defense this good, you need your star PG to control the game/ball a little more than normal.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#667 » by RB34 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:11 am

PhilBlackson wrote:
RB34 wrote:Is SGA going to get called for one of these pushoffs?


We didn't hear a peep when Tatum did it all the time though right?! lol


What are you talking about? Tatum gets called out for it constantly. He also gets T’d up for clapping.

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#668 » by SportsGuru08 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:11 am

With how sloppy the Pacers played in the first, it could be a lot worse
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Post#669 » by Jeremy Lin 7 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:11 am

Series is done. Congrats to OKC.

Boring finals such as shame.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#670 » by 3ddman23 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:11 am

Is OKC playing 12 guys??? Aj Mitchell?
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Post#671 » by slicedbread2 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:11 am

djsunyc wrote:bryant is awful defensive big. he will get obliterated this series


He was at best an average to slightly below average big on d, but after injuring his ACL while in Washington, he's a bigger liability out there. It really sucks.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#672 » by knicksfan974 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:11 am

3ddman23 wrote:How does Indiana manufacture points if there aren't hitting 3s?.... This OKC defense is no joke. If siakim is gonna fold to Caruso and Hali continues to be a coin toss from game to game were does the offense clem from?


They don't. When the Pacers cannot run and are forced to play 5-on-5, they rely on threes.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#673 » by djsunyc » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:12 am

at least obi hitting 3s
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#674 » by DCasey91 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:12 am

I know different sport and all but at some point gotta commit a bad foul on Sga. Can either drag through arm down or aim for the under armpit area
when he goes for the push off. Then you talk smack to the ref's

Got to say f that can't keep doing the same sh*t over and over and nothing happens
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Re: 202[emoji2393] NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#675 » by PhilBlackson » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:12 am

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RB34 wrote:Is SGA going to get called for one of these pushoffs?


We didn't hear a peep when Tatum did it all the time though right?! lol

Yes. Everyone talked about it when Tatum did it.


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Lol ya ok...and how much was it called?! Oh right it wasn't and I'm sure RB34 wasn't complaining about then either.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#676 » by KyRo23 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:12 am

Indy gonna have to work heavily through Siakam with the bench. 10 passes around the 3pt line isn't gonna cut it
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#677 » by GrandTheftRondo » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:13 am

Caruso in disbelief he can’t rip off someone’s arm for once
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#678 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:13 am

Thunder getting a rough whistle
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#679 » by azcatz11 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:13 am

OKC is becoming like the warriors they never think they foul and demand every call. Ridiculous
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers 

Post#680 » by reload141 » Fri Jun 6, 2025 1:13 am

Caruso and Dort have never fouled a player in their lives according to them. Lol

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