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2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 7:44 pm
by bisme37
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 8:18 pm
by Beethoven
Would love to see Minn put a Post-Mortem OKC thread up in here..
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 8:27 pm
by tamaraw08
*I expect Chris Finch to have some changes on how to guard SGA, different looks like Blitzing him or a special zone where they also prevent a baseline lob dunk from Chet.
*I expect DDV, NAW, Conley to have a much better % from the open 3's they will be getting.
*Could be the biggest game adjustment from Ant Edwards regarding his ability to read and react. Although I will not be shocked if he doesn't, because the kid is a freaking 23 year old.
SGA is 26, MJ and Lebron didn't win it all until they were past 27. Kobe won with Shaq on his side.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 9:19 pm
by LSWF
McDaniels after the first two rounds was the wolves best player by net rating. If he continues to be limited to 23 minutes per game, this will be a 4 game sweep.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 9:40 pm
by zshawn10
Rudy Gobert on the Thunder: “They’re grabbing, fouling. We know that we’re not going to get all those calls.”
https://streamable.com/ittt8v
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 9:44 pm
by Castle Black
It’s going to get worse imo.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 9:53 pm
by Wolfgang630
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No surprise. Shai isn’t liked with his flopping and has little appeal. Ant keeps getting pushed so hard by ESPN, but he’s an inconsistent player as they come.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 10:21 pm
by whatisacenter
The haters are funny.
Thunder are just the better team with a better coach.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 10:31 pm
by Exp0sed
I had the Wolves going far this season and I think they would have fared well vs. the other Western top teams but this series is over
OKC is too good and it's defense is too consistent, there's no way the Wolves can generate enough offense to win a 7 games vs the Thunder and they're already down 0-1,that means they to take 4 games out of the next 6 and that's just not happening. Wolves have nothing they can conjure up offensively that can put the Thunder defense under some real pressure and no way to generate consistent, easy offense. their defense is great too, so there will def be stretches in games (or even a whole game) they do a great job in shutting down or limiting the Thunder offense, like we saw in the first half of game 1 but there will also be stretches where they can't (like later in that game) and in those offensive bursts, the Thunder will be up by 12 or 16 and the game would essentially be over
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 12:06 am
by bledredwine
Castle Black wrote:It’s going to get worse imo.
Not surprised. It’s some ugly ass basketball,
at least from the wolves. Who wants to
watch a three point brick fest?
20 points in the paint when your shot is off is awful. Use your damned brain to play the game.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 12:30 am
by jkvonny
Castle Black wrote:It’s going to get worse imo.
These are 2 small market teams.
Last season, the Dallas Mavericks (big market), were in the WCF vs Minn. Draws in the casual fans.
Also, Kyrie and Luka (international fans) were on the Mavs.
Might have something to do with it.
But, I'm still tuning in.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 12:32 am
by MoneyTalks41890
Purely ESPN/ESPN2 numbers I don’t care about ratings but not sure individual households watching ESPN is all the eyeballs
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 12:49 am
by Special_Puppy
Beethoven wrote:Would love to see Minn put a Post-Mortem OKC thread up in here..
Can’t tell what your agenda is
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 1:14 am
by Patches Perry
I expect a strong competitive response from Minnesota. They shot poorly from three and shot too many. I expect them to be more aggressive in getting to the rim and to be more disciplined defensively.
Unfortunately, I also expect OKC to let up a bit coming off a win and the MVP festivities today. OKC is tough to beat at home but Minnesota is one team that knows they can do it.
I expect a close one.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 1:55 am
by tamaraw08
jkvonny wrote:Castle Black wrote:It’s going to get worse imo.
These are 2 small market teams.
Last season, the Dallas Mavericks (big market), were in the WCF vs Minn. Draws in the casual fans.
Also, Kyrie and Luka (international fans) were on the Mavs.
Might have something to do with it.
But, I'm still tuning in.
how many residents from California, Texas, Boston, Florida are actually watching this series?
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 2:11 am
by jkvonny
tamaraw08 wrote:jkvonny wrote:Castle Black wrote:It’s going to get worse imo.
These are 2 small market teams.
Last season, the Dallas Mavericks (big market), were in the WCF vs Minn. Draws in the casual fans.
Also, Kyrie and Luka (international fans) were on the Mavs.
Might have something to do with it.
But, I'm still tuning in.
how many residents from California, Texas, Boston, Florida are actually watching this series?
IDK. But, I'm in TX and watching it.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 2:16 am
by tamaraw08
jkvonny wrote:tamaraw08 wrote:jkvonny wrote:These are 2 small market teams.
Last season, the Dallas Mavericks (big market), were in the WCF vs Minn. Draws in the casual fans.
Also, Kyrie and Luka (international fans) were on the Mavs.
Might have something to do with it.
But, I'm still tuning in.
how many residents from California, Texas, Boston, Florida are actually watching this series?
IDK. But, I'm in TX and watching it.
So do I who is living in california, but we are actual basketball fans.
I think more are actual Football fans and at the same time, some are homers and casual fans.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 3:42 am
by jkvonny
tamaraw08 wrote:jkvonny wrote:tamaraw08 wrote:how many residents from California, Texas, Boston, Florida are actually watching this series?
IDK. But, I'm in TX and watching it.
So do I who is living in california, but we are actual basketball fans.
I think more are actual Football fans and at the same time, some are homers and casual fans.
I hear ya.
Truth
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 4:27 am
by GopherIt!
jkvonny wrote:tamaraw08 wrote:jkvonny wrote:These are 2 small market teams.
Last season, the Dallas Mavericks (big market), were in the WCF vs Minn. Draws in the casual fans.
Also, Kyrie and Luka (international fans) were on the Mavs.
Might have something to do with it.
But, I'm still tuning in.
how many residents from California, Texas, Boston, Florida are actually watching this series?
IDK. But, I'm in TX and watching it.
I’m in CA and watching it.
Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 8:27 am
by The-Stallion70
Just another game in the NBA 3pt chuckball league