2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #6 Minnesota Timberwolves vs #7 Golden State Warriors (MIN leads 2-1)

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Mon May 12, 2025 4:06 pm

Wolves in 5
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45%
Wolves in 6
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31%
Wolves in 7
2
4%
Warriors in 5
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Warriors in 6
5
10%
Warriors in 7
5
10%
 
Total votes: 51

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #6 Minnesota Timberwolves vs #7 Golden State Warriors (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#81 » by Tracymcgoaty » Sun May 11, 2025 1:27 am

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Tracymcgoaty wrote:Randle was hitting contested threes against us. Of course he misses wide open ones against everyone else.

Lol.

You didn't have one contest in that series lmao


Either way it's fun seeing Randle brick wide open threes when he looked like Curry against the lakers :lol:
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Post#82 » by cpower » Sun May 11, 2025 1:28 am

Podbrick is having a 6 game cold shooting streak..so much for the future all star lol
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Post#83 » by durden_tyler » Sun May 11, 2025 1:28 am

4 3-pointers for the Wolves this 2Q for a double digit lead. i don’t think they’ll give up this big lead again this game learning from that bad finish to the first quarter.


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Post#84 » by Tracymcgoaty » Sun May 11, 2025 1:30 am

YO THEY CALLED A MOVING DRAY SCREEN!

WHAT!
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Post#85 » by ImmortalD24 » Sun May 11, 2025 1:32 am

This dude pulled the Trae Young seeking move
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Post#87 » by cupcakesnake » Sun May 11, 2025 1:33 am

Tracymcgoaty wrote:
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Tracymcgoaty wrote:West is wide open. Every team is kind of mid to be honest.

And OKC are still unproven.


I don't think any of these teams are mid. I think every team plays good enough defense to make each other look mid.


I dont think Wolves are anywhere close to being legit contenders. Warriors with Curry might actually get past the west.

OKC is the only team i can see being above the rest of the west in the coming years.


Well, I never trust my Timberpups, but statistically they profiled as a solid contender this year in terms of being top 10 on both sides of the ball (8th ranked offense, 6th ranked defense) and a +5 SRS. People said the Lakers would beat them, and talked about the Lakers coming out of the West, but now that the Wolves embarassed them, we've adjusted after the fact to say the Lakers were bad. Lakers were a hard team to project due to a limited sample of games after the trade.

Warriors are similar to the Lakers in that they changed their team dramatically. Warriors statistically resembled a contender after the Butler trade, though they did play a weak schedule. Now they're dealing with the Curry injury and it would be a minor miracle if they can find enough offense to beat the much larger Wolves over the next couple games.

Historically and statistically, the Thunder, Celtics, and Cavs profile as very strong contenders. The Wolves profile as a solid, unspectacular contender (so did the Clippers!). The Nuggets and Knicks profile as weak contenders.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #6 Minnesota Timberwolves vs #7 Golden State Warriors (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#88 » by SlimShady83 » Sun May 11, 2025 1:33 am

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Post#89 » by azcatz11 » Sun May 11, 2025 1:33 am

It’s honestly shocking how bad the GSW role players are. These dudes all suck
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Post#90 » by rockmanslim » Sun May 11, 2025 1:33 am

Jimmy doesn't have the game to take Gobert 1v1
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Post#91 » by durden_tyler » Sun May 11, 2025 1:33 am

Warriors’ defense on Wolves (switching, trapping ) is impressive. But withou Steph, their offense is really of G-League quality.


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Post#92 » by Dan33185 » Sun May 11, 2025 1:34 am

Wolves defense is atrocious right now.
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Post#94 » by nzahir » Sun May 11, 2025 1:34 am

All GS does is foul bait now, kinda boring to watch
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Post#95 » by rockmanslim » Sun May 11, 2025 1:35 am

Nobody dapped up Kuminga after he knocked that ball away, Kerr got the whole team giving him the cold shoulder
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Post#96 » by levon » Sun May 11, 2025 1:35 am

Wolves need a new coaching staff. This is the dumbest team I've seen since Darvin Ham Lakers and Bud Bucks
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Post#97 » by baldur » Sun May 11, 2025 1:35 am

divincenzo is gsw's best player so far.
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Post#98 » by Tracymcgoaty » Sun May 11, 2025 1:35 am

All Warriors need is to win one game until Curry comes back.
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Post#99 » by durden_tyler » Sun May 11, 2025 1:37 am

nzahir wrote:All GS does is foul bait now, kinda boring to watch

Eh without Steph and without three-point shooting, they don’t have a choice.


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Post#100 » by cpower » Sun May 11, 2025 1:37 am

Special_Puppy wrote:Warriors haven’t made a 3 yet

probably not in this game

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