2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers (Series tied 2-2)

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Sun Apr 27, 2025 3:33 pm

Nuggets in 5
3
4%
Nuggets in 6
9
12%
Nuggets in 7
16
22%
Clippers in 5
7
9%
Clippers in 6
33
45%
Clippers in 7
6
8%
 
Total votes: 74

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Post#2 » by Patches Perry » Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:47 pm

Putting this series on NBATV is tragic.
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Post#3 » by The High Cyde » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:13 pm

Patches Perry wrote:Putting this series on NBATV is tragic.

TNT crew couldn’t believe it when they saw it lmao
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Post#4 » by tsherkin » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:22 pm

This has been an interesting one over the first two games. Super excited for game 3.
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Post#5 » by ejftw » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:23 pm

Patches Perry wrote:Putting this series on NBATV is tragic.


What you expect from Adam Silver
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Post#6 » by Wolfgang630 » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:42 pm

The NBATV game that has 3 MVPs in it. Clown silver
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Post#7 » by ejftw » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:56 pm

Honestly, I probably was going to watch it on local broadcast anyway since Brian Sieman is a top notch commentator while the national guys tend to suck, esp SVG.

Still, to show Memphis losing by 40 over this is yolks
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Post#8 » by Mamba Mentality » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:59 pm

Doesn't surprise me. OKC is going to be making several deep playoff runs the next few years so the NBA is doing their job to promote them on the national stage as much as possible. It's stupid in the short term but the right move for the future.
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Post#9 » by OkcSinceSGA » Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:00 pm

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Cool story for Harden. It’s a 1% chance thing with OKC next round even if they win BUT… if Harden/Kawhi brought a ring to the Clippers it would be up there with the 2011 Mavs Dirk ring and 2016 Cavs ring.
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Post#10 » by The High Cyde » Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:06 pm

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Cool story for Harden. It’s a 1% chance thing with OKC next round even if they win BUT… if Harden/Kawhi brought a ring to the Clippers it would be up there with the 2011 Mavs Dirk ring and 2016 Cavs ring.

Their ass is getting a statue if they bring the Clips their first title
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Post#11 » by PeteyPablo » Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:25 pm

As long as Clippers play their game and 3-4 players score their averages - Clippers should win this one.

Would be great for Norman Powell and Brogdan have a scoring outburst.
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Post#12 » by tsherkin » Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:25 pm

OkcSinceSGA wrote:Cool story for Harden. It’s a 1% chance thing with OKC next round even if they win BUT… if Harden/Kawhi brought a ring to the Clippers it would be up there with the 2011 Mavs Dirk ring and 2016 Cavs ring.


It would be one hell of a title run, no doubt.
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Post#13 » by Beethoven » Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:39 pm

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Cool story for Harden. It’s a 1% chance thing with OKC next round even if they win BUT… if Harden/Kawhi brought a ring to the Clippers it would be up there with the 2011 Mavs Dirk ring and 2016 Cavs ring.

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Post#15 » by OldSchoolNoBull » Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:58 pm

Fun fact: tonight's game, in addition to being the first playoff game ever played at Intuit Dome, will also be the first Clippers' home playoff game NOT played in a building shared with the Lakers since Game 3 of their 1997 first round series vs the Jazz, at the old Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. That was a 36-win, #8 seed Clippers team featuring Loy Vaught, Malik Sealy, and Rodney Rogers, going up against the #1 seed 64-win Jazz. They lost the game and were eliminated(this is back when the first round was best-of-five).
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Post#16 » by OkcSinceSGA » Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:09 pm

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Post#17 » by KL2 » Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:20 pm

You can only laugh. Insanity.

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Post#18 » by OkcSinceSGA » Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:46 pm

KL2 wrote:You can only laugh. Insanity.

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The biggest irony is the claimed Kawhi and Harden stoppers were AG and Braun and both have been decimated like BBQ chicken. A lot can change the next few games but it still made me chuckle.
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Post#19 » by Mamba Mentality » Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:50 pm

Payton Watson thinks he could make things difficult for Kawhi. :lol:
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Post#20 » by PeteyPablo » Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:03 pm

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