2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 3-1)
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1)
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1)
Is SGA a bad defender? Why was he not out there?
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"Harden's a guy that averages 26 in the NBA, but if he was on the playground with you he'd only average about 5 because they wouldn't let him get those free throws." --Scott Hastings, April 6, 2013

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Seems like not looking for the 3 there was a bad strategy.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1)
heyrayray wrote:I don’t see any one of those teams in the East beating OKC
talent wise the knicks might be able to give okc a good run
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1)
NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
He needs a better midrange game. 3P/rim analytics are cute in the regular season. But playoffs, you need to make every type of shot.
Reason Shai is continuing to dominate is cause he keeps getting automatic 15 ft shots like MJ.
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Hoopstar23 wrote:Not healthyNoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
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He looked healthy to me when he did a two foot jump from the free throw line and almost hammered it
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TravisScott55 wrote:Why did the Wolves take so long to foul
We are all asking ourselves this question. It wasn't as if they were going for a steal but couldn't get one. NAW was playing defense like he didn't know what was going on
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azcatz11 wrote:Nice setup here for minny to steal this. I have a feeling
They wasted so much time for a layup.
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NoBias wrote:Hoopstar23 wrote:Not healthyNoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
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He looked healthy to me when he did a two foot jump from the free throw line and almost hammered it
maybe tired or also maybe low BBIQ?
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At least we can all agree that WNBA players deserve a pay rise

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NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
It's so hard to find any space, even for him.
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Upperclass wrote:MoneyTalks41890 wrote:I’m just saying I think the Ant/Jalen Williams conversation is more warranted than folks would like to admit
Ant doesnt have an SGA to play off of.. but the gulf between Ant and SGA is apparent
Ant is a totally different level to Dub when it comes to shooting the 3 and scoring in general. But Dub has advantages in defense and in playmaking that narrow the gap significantly. Ant still clearly better at this stage.
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Ssj16 wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:Ant was the reason the Wolves loss tonight.
He's still not ready. 2nd straight year he couldn't get the job done.
Like I said in another thread, Ant is a good player but he's overrated. There's another level he could reach to be a legitimate top 5 MVP player but he's not there yet but he's treated by many like he's already reached that level.
That's bc Ant is actually fun to watch, unlike the free throw merchants (fLuka, SGA).
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1)
I'm so used to watch the Thunder lose these games...
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MrSparkle wrote:NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
He needs a better midrange game.
Bingo, all the superstar wings with rings had an in between game. He has time, LeBron learned it later on in his career.
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Ant with 6 assists and 5 turns, not sure that was a masterful floor general performance. Much more passive than game 3. There were a few possessions where he didn’t try to take the OKC defender one on one, opting to pass it back out instead.
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JimmyPlopper wrote:TravisScott55 wrote:Why did the Wolves take so long to foul
We are all asking ourselves this question. It wasn't as if they were going for a steal but couldn't get one. NAW was playing defense like he didn't know what was going on
It’s Goberts fault
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MrSparkle wrote:NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
He needs a better midrange game.
i agree he needs something in the middle, would make him so much harder to defend

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Wooo! 14 points; so much fun.
powerball1373 wrote:Ssj16 wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:Ant was the reason the Wolves loss tonight.
He's still not ready. 2nd straight year he couldn't get the job done.
Like I said in another thread, Ant is a good player but he's overrated. There's another level he could reach to be a legitimate top 5 MVP player but he's not there yet but he's treated by many like he's already reached that level.
That's bc Ant is actually fun to watch, unlike the free throw merchants (fLuka, SGA).
Wooo! 14 points; so much fun.
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NoBias wrote:Anthony Edwards needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. I don’t understand why he shoots so many threes
He doesn’t get calls and all of OKC defenders are allowed to straddle him anywhere inside half court
Nobody can honestly say Dort would be allowed to defend SGA the way he defends Ant
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God zoomed in on SGA's face