2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL WINS 4-2)

___Rand___ · Post #4481 » by **___Rand___** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:03 am

OKC is getting a ton of looks from 3. If they can't make them, they deserve to lose this game.

SportsGuru08 · Post #4482 » by **SportsGuru08** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:04 am

The Thunder are young and don't have a reliable No. 2. Dallas is just better

ChipotleWest · Post #4483 » by **ChipotleWest** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:04 am

Airmiess wrote:Guys like Doncic will say the NBA is "easy" yet they are always looking at the officials for ticky tack contact and never have good conditioning in-game.

Luka said the NBA was easy?

FarBeyondDriven · Post #4484 » by **FarBeyondDriven** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:04 am

I dunno, OKC just seems like a soft, finesse team and I'm not impressed by their head coach.

VicG · Post #4485 » by **VicG** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:04 am

J dub has been super disappointing

Champ1on · Post #4486 » by **Champ1on** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:04 am

Mavs team as a whole finally looking like they can play a complete game. Let's hope there isn't another 2nd half implosion.

vulture · Post #4487 » by **vulture** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

Man jdub has been a ghost

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #4488 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

ChipotleWest wrote:
Airmiess wrote:Guys like Doncic will say the NBA is "easy" yet they are always looking at the officials for ticky tack contact and never have good conditioning in-game.

Luka said the NBA was easy?

Yea in interview with Reddick i believe

ChipotleWest · Post #4489 » by **ChipotleWest** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

Mavs just can't put them away hope this is not a game 4 repeat.

durden_tyler · Post #4490 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

Thoughts everyone on Hardy getting meaningful minutes? Are we giving credit yet to Kidd?

Airmiess · Post #4491 » by **Airmiess** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

These guys are resilient for a young team, they don't let big leads continue to snowball

sikma42 · Post #4492 » by **sikma42** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

kacey ring wrote:
sikma42 wrote:OKC coach just looks like someone who has benefited from SGA’s greatness

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Same could be said for Kidd with Luka.

Kidd didn’t just win coach of the year. OKC coach has made a ton of bad coaching decisions and just gets bailed out by SGA

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Chuck Everett · Post #4493 » by **Chuck Everett** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:05 am

OKC may have no choice but to look at Kel'el Ware (7'1 C) with the 12th pick. Need another elite athlete in the frontcourt.

mfletcher4177 · Post #4494 » by **mfletcher4177** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

I don't understand these foul calls lol. OKC puts up a shot and falls down. Mavericks getting mugged and it's nothing.

They need to fix this. 5 straight games of this crap.

dygaction · Post #4495 » by **dygaction** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

Airmiess wrote:Guys like Doncic will say the NBA is "easy" yet they are always looking at the officials for ticky tack contact and never have good conditioning in-game.

Be carful what you ask, one day when Doncic is in good conditioning, he may average 25/5/5 and make an all star

Doranku · Post #4496 » by **Doranku** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

durden_tyler wrote:Thoughts everyone on Hardy getting meaningful minutes? Are we giving credit yet to Kidd?

Hardy has 2 points on 1-5 shooting and a turnover. What are we giving him credit for exactly?

Also, lol @ Eagle. "Great defense by Wallace" yeah real great defense biting on a pump fake and then not getting called for the foul when Kyrie went up lol

RAPSinCAPS · Post #4497 » by **RAPSinCAPS** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

cpower wrote:OKC dont have a 2nd option and also out hustled inside....wow

It's supposed to be Williams and then Chet

ChipotleWest · Post #4498 » by **ChipotleWest** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:
Airmiess wrote:Guys like Doncic will say the NBA is "easy" yet they are always looking at the officials for ticky tack contact and never have good conditioning in-game.

Luka said the NBA was easy?

Yea in interview with Reddick i believe

Oh, I don't listen to podcasts. Hopefully he was joking because maybe it comes natural to him since he was playing pro since his early teens, but if it were easy he'd have multiple championships right now.

Chuck Everett · Post #4499 » by **Chuck Everett** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

durden_tyler wrote:Thoughts everyone on Hardy getting meaningful minutes? Are we giving credit yet to Kidd?

He's played pretty good defense in this game. He isn't biting on any of SGA's head fakes and moving his feet well.

The High Cyde · Post #4500 » by **The High Cyde** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 am

Kind of a boring game so far

Who wins and goes to the WCFs?