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

[MoneyTalks41890]

No excuse for not letting Chet run a little more of the offense. Can’t be worse than the other non SGA options

[MrPainfulTruth]

Murray is worse than MPJ?

I don't think so. At the very least, Murray can contribute to the offense. He's averaging 21 ppg in the OKC series.

MPJ is averaging 7 points on 28% shooting.

You are not a frequent follower of the Nuggets. Its funny how all the people who are more or less casual on the Nuggets keep telling us - the fans who watch every game, sometimes multiple times - who is useful on that roster and who isnt. I'd be interested to hear from a single known Nuggets fan who likes to keep Murray on the roster at this point.

Yes he can contribute and win a game for you. He does so in maybe 20% or less of the games. MPJ probably comparable. But unlike MPJ, for the other 80%+, he will still dominate the ball and dribble the air out of it and take dumb shot after dumb shot while he has the best player on the planet patiently waiting for a pass. Its kind of Westbrook and KD. Dont be fooled by scoring numbers. He does not play any defense, has a tendency to whine and not run back when his shot isnt falling. Of course he is constantly pretending to play hurt.

If you think he's good...would you want him on your teams' roster then for your #2?

No, I wouldn't ideally want Murray as my #2 because he's too inconsistent but no way in hell would I ever want MPJ to be that #2. Like you said, Murray still shows up in the playoffs and will win you a few games. When has MPJ been the best player in a playoff game, let alone being the absolutely worst player on the court like he has been already many times this playoffs. Yes I get that he's 'injured' but that doesn't change the fact that he routinely comes up short in the playoffs compared to his regular season numbers.

While I type this, Murray has 9 points in 5 mins while Porter has 0 points (surprise).

Who do you trust more to perform for your team in an elimination game?

Neither of them. I want Jokic to have a decent team around him, reliable guys, but not a superteam a la LeBron or AD or KD. Guys who show up and make open shots and play hard defense, like Gordon does. Genius and madman combinations like Murray remind me of a poor man Manu Ginobili. Brilliant off the bench but certainly not your #2. Compare that to OKC where theres seemingly an armada of exactly that quality guys. No superstars but reliable, make open shots, play gritty defense.

[JM00n69]

Suck it up for 5 more minutes and the nuggets get an extra days rest. All pressure will be on the 68 win team to close out the series at home.

SGA will have to play through that broken nail as well. How will he cope

[bluemj32]

Renaming Jaylen Williams to JFC

What's that stand for?

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Jesus **** Christ, which is what I said when he blew the dunk. I'm coming for your job, Mark Jones

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[Raps in 4]

Chet and Jdub look overextended as 3rd and 2nd option scorers.

Chet is in his second NBA season. JDub is in his third.

[Mamba Mentality]

Shai didn’t get any help today. This is disgusting.

Oh well, game was already decided in the third quarter when the refs took over.

[jym85]

good thing for the league that Presti went full Presti with all those assets

[NiceLikeChrist]

OKC roster is so far above denvers but jokic is so far above SGA

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

COME ON WE NEED ONE MORE GAME OF THESE TWO TEAMS GAME 7 GAME 7 GAME 7!!!

That's what Silver said!

Phoned in from the league office..EXTEND THIS SERIES!

[Chuck Everett]

Chet and Jdub look overextended as 3rd and 2nd option scorers.

Chet is in his second NBA season. JDub is in his third.

Feels like the gamblers have invaded the site lately.

[___Rand___]

I'm proud of Adelman for resting Jokic. Hopefully this marks a change in philosophy and wasn't just a random, gut feeling.

He went for broke in game 5 by playing his top 2 guys heavy minutes. They looked great till the wheels fell off late 4th. He admitted as much in post game presser.

[rockmanslim]

I missed most of the game, what illness does Murray have?

He has the illness where he's addicted to putting the ball in the hoop. Horrible diagnosis.

He was on the sidelines looking like Dominik Hasek, were those heating pads? Cooling pads? Impact cushions?

[Woodsanity]

Brain dead foul lol.

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

Caruso had some really dumb frustration fouls this game.

[Twizlers]

Strawther going from not getting any minutes to closing the 4th in an elimination game, wow.

[ibraheim718]

Give Strawther all of MPJ's minutes from here going forward

[gp2015]

I dont even think Russ has had really bad games. He's not hitting shots but he's contributing plenty outside of shooting. MPJ does nothing on D, does not hustle and also does not do anything on offense. Murray is even worse.

Murray is worse than MPJ?

I don't think so. At the very least, Murray can contribute to the offense. He's averaging 21 ppg in the OKC series.

MPJ is averaging 7 points on 28% shooting.

You are not a frequent follower of the Nuggets. Its funny how all the people who are more or less casual on the Nuggets keep telling us - the fans who watch every game, sometimes multiple times - who is useful on that roster and who isnt. I'd be interested to hear from a single known Nuggets fan who likes to keep Murray on the roster at this point.

Yes he can contribute and win a game for you. He does so in maybe 20% or less of the games. MPJ probably comparable. But unlike MPJ, for the other 80%+, he will still dominate the ball and dribble the air out of it and take dumb shot after dumb shot while he has the best player on the planet patiently waiting for a pass. Its kind of Westbrook and KD. Dont be fooled by scoring numbers. He does not play any defense, has a tendency to whine and not run back when his shot isnt falling. Of course he is constantly pretending to play hurt.

If you think he's good...would you want him on your teams' roster then for your #2?

Oh look who showed up big in an elimination game again, while being sick!

Hint: it's not MPJ.

Keep on hating on Murray but he shows up more often than not when it counts.

[jehosafats]

JDub heard the footsteps on that easy fastbreak layup

[djsunyc]

what a pass jeez

[bluemj32]

OKC roster is so far above denvers but jokic is so far above SGA

No not really. OKC just has depth but they are unproven and not as talented and top heavy as Denver's.

Denvers 3rd & 4th best player is more consistent than OKCs 2nd

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