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

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Who wins the BIG ASS GAME 7??

Poll ended at Sun May 18, 2025 4:12 pm

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Total votes: 92

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#821 » by basketballRob » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:Jokic started flopping from the tip, this is just how he plays
SGA, Harden, and Jokic top 3?

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Post#822 » by MrPainfulTruth » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Unbelievable. Caruso is allowed to hack away and SGA throws himself into the defender and gets instant whistle. And when they call Caruso after his 50th foul he argues. This will cost OKC a lot of reputation. This is dirty.
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Post#823 » by durden_tyler » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Optms wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:
Optms wrote:These teams play some ugly basketball. What the hell


Are you watching the Lakers on replay?

This is beautiful basketball. The physicality is there and playing through it.


All I see are chucked wide open 3s

What game are you watching?


It's all within the offense so it's fine. Thunder's defense is back, forcing a lot of those rushed shots from the Nuggets. On offense, it should improve as SGA gets his groove. For the Nuggets, they were saved by Braun (who had a couple of 3-pointers) and the usual contribution from Jokic (who needs to be more aggressive but the Thunder defense is not allowing it).
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Post#824 » by Bergmaniac » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

OKC has missed so many wide open looks from 3 by supposedly good shooters, Denver are basically daring anyone except Shai to shoot from outside and they keep bricking.
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Post#825 » by levon » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Infinite Llamas wrote:So funny that a little rat of a man is allowed to foul someone on every play and do whatever the hell he wants. These refs are pathetic.

This board is insufferable. Little rat of a man?
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Post#826 » by ibraheim718 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Adelman is a howdy doody looking coward fire him at half time lol
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Post#827 » by Dan Z » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Porter Jr has a FG percentage of .314 in this series. Ouch!
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Post#828 » by BigGargamel » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Mrakar wrote:Nuggets are going to run Murray and Jokic into a ground again. No way they can sustain this and be able to close out in the 4th, they will ran out of gas.


They literally have no choice. Have you seen the rest of the team?
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Post#829 » by Mr. Perfect » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

OKC entire offense is transition, and their entire D is hacking the sh*t out of the other teams. If this team was called fairly all year they'd be a 50 win team.
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Post#830 » by Chuck Everett » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Denver: 4-17 from 3
OKC: 3-18 from 3
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Post#831 » by Infinite Llamas » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Optms wrote:Imagine putting a 6'3 player on Tim Duncan in a game 7

Jokic is so overrated


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Post#832 » by Optms » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

basketballRob wrote:
MoneyTalks41890 wrote:Jokic started flopping from the tip, this is just how he plays
SGA, Harden, and Jokic top 3?

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Shai may be soft but he isn't a flopper like those guys
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Post#833 » by MrPainfulTruth » Sun May 18, 2025 8:33 pm

Optms wrote:
JM00n69 wrote:Jokic just DRIPPING sweat there


Apparently by being guarded by a guy half his size :lol:

Luka looks like that when he hustles down the hotel to get his breakfast :lol:
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Post#834 » by Chocolate City Jordanaire » Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm

Domejandro wrote:I still can’t believe that the Lakers let Caruso walk… especially because of favouring THT.
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JustBuzzin wrote:Man stop this crap!

Every time the Nuggets lose it's his teammates fault.

You weren't saying this when they had a double digit lead just a few minutes ago.


That 8-0 run is brought to you by Jokic haters like you. LOL.

(Jokic is great, but if you only look at scoring you won't see his real value on the court)

Jokic is the best player in the world.

His fanboys are the people I have a problem with.
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Post#835 » by ibraheim718 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm

Everyone was saying Denver was going to get smoked.. this half has been a win thus far for the Nuggets.
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Post#837 » by rolling_91 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm

OKC continues to struggle against the Denver zone. They are doing a better job of creating paint pts but because the zone is working against SGA this game is going to come down to whether OKC can hit enough open 3s. Either that or they strangle Denver defensively.
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Post#838 » by KyRo23 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm

zshawn10 wrote:Dort falls on the floor and gets a foul


I mean Jokic just did the same thing

The biases in this thread are wild. The Caruso defense on Jokic is called a foul but Jokic did elbow him twice in the headband on that play :lol:

Whatever the refs are doing, it’s definitely on both sides
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Post#839 » by ___Rand___ » Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm

Denver is in a position to steal this game. But they're also playing Jokic Murray and Braun heavy minutes. Right now 41-42 minute pace for the game. But they will likely play much more in 2nd half.
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Post#840 » by OldSchoolNoBull » Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm

reload141 wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Gordon on 1 leg is outperforming both Murray and MPJ combined


Absolutely this. And MPJ’s 3’s are always short it’s ridiculous.


Murray hasn't been too bad, but MPJ has been pretty much a zero.

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