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

[lonzo_pelota]

Nothing is guaranteed people who say that OKC is coming back are just saying that contracts chemistry and injuries are all around the corner.

that can be said about every team in contention

[OE_Thunder]

Seriously wtf was SGA thinking there. Insanely low IQ. No timeouts left just make a good contest and live with the outcome.

Game 7 would have been crazy.

I mean he did get the ball first...

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[Rainwater]

SGA lost that game

Nah that was Chet..he got punked


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I know Chet's defenders will say he's +8 and 21 points for the game, but watching the game, he was bad. He couldn't block out for boards, couldn't make a shot from the outside. All of his points were from set plays designed to give him easy dunks.

Who cares if he played bad he was +8 and 21 points

[NZB2323]

Does anyone have a video link to the crazy 3 that Kyrie hit in the 4th?

[Sofia]

That actually was a smart call by Kidd telling PJ to intentionally miss the shot

And specifying don’t foul, because it would be a disaster to miss on purpose with a 1 point lead and then give them 2 free throws.

This is some pretty basic **** though. I can’t see that really being of much evidence that Kidd is a good NBA coach.

[TroubleS0me]

The OKC's season started with Shai and he ended it...?!

[metalinguss]

Seriously wtf was SGA thinking there. Insanely low IQ. No timeouts left just make a good contest and live with the outcome.

Game 7 would have been crazy.

You know he blocked the ball right? Any contact after that is not a foul.

Shai made contact with the ball but the ball was never released. Still a foul after the contact with the arm.

[Bourne85]

Dallas made the small trades to get the extra edge they needed, OKC didn’t

Yup. Just like Celtics and even tho it didn’t work for them, the Bucs. When you have top end talent you have to push your chips in. OKC seems content just Collecting Picks instead of turning them into real players/help.

Heat did the same mistakes. Jimmy kept taking us farther and farther and instead of going all in we lose players and other teams improved and we didn’t. Sometimes the games are won and lost in the off-season/trade deadline.

[zike_42]

Is that a rule where if you hit the ball first then arm it's not a foul? I haven't heard of that before.

No, they are idiots.

There is a similar rule but it doesn’t apply to this play. If you shoot and then get hit after the release, they have not been calling it a foul (ala DLo, Brown and others).

I think people are just confusing those with this situation although he still had the ball in his hand

Good to know, I didn't know that.

[Lalouie]

mav fans should thank cuban for stepping down

[Rainwater]

Seriously wtf was SGA thinking there. Insanely low IQ. No timeouts left just make a good contest and live with the outcome.

Game 7 would have been crazy.

I mean he did get the ball first...

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Dude it was a foul get over it

[lonzo_pelota]

Just one piece away for OKC. KD would be perfect.

Brandon Ingram would be less of a albatross.

BI on that team would be crazy.

100%

[Tor_Raps]

Have anything to say now? Lmao

You're the one dismissing a team as nothing when they’ve won 6 playoff games and have shown more than enough that they belong lol. No one expected them to win a championship in their first year in the playoffs together...

They have a bright future but this Thunder team is lucky they had favorable matchup in rd 1. A team like Lakers would’ve send them home in 4 or 5 imo due to the massive rebounding advantage.

No one but people in LA give a crap about the Lakers right now. OKC has nothing to be ashamed of with the way they played.

Presti failed the team not getting rebounding help at the deadline but they obviously got a super bright future.

[SFrush]

They needed more than 3 rebounds from Chet. The rebounding won Dallas this game.

[The Corey's]

Seriously wtf was SGA thinking there. Insanely low IQ. No timeouts left just make a good contest and live with the outcome.

Game 7 would have been crazy.

You know he blocked the ball right? Any contact after that is not a foul.

Shai made contact with the ball but the ball was never released. Still a foul after the contact with the arm.

Ya so. Jump ball.

That's not how the play is called million other times.

[OldSchoolNoBull]

I don't understand the 'SGA needs help' stuff. He, Holmgren, and Williams are a great core. They just need to get more rebounding and more depth and maybe upgrade Giddey.

[itrsteve]

Credit where it’s due to Irving. I mostly loved him as a Celtic and basked in his antics being a media punching bag in the follow seasons. This entire season in Dallas he stayed away from all the bullcrap and balled out quietly.

Took some years but he turned into a true pro in a setting that likely anybody figured would be the case.

[mademan]

OKC just needs a C. If i was them, i'd trade up for Clingan

[dockingsched]

That actually was a smart call by Kidd telling PJ to intentionally miss the shot

And specifying don’t foul, because it would be a disaster to miss on purpose with a 1 point lead and then give them 2 free throws.

This is some pretty basic **** though. I can’t see that really being of much evidence that Kidd is a good NBA coach.

Posted about it earlier, surprising the announcers were caught by surprise. That may be part of what made it seem more impressive. Basic play but amazing execution.

[azcatz11]

Seriously wtf was SGA thinking there. Insanely low IQ. No timeouts left just make a good contest and live with the outcome.

Game 7 would have been crazy.

I mean he did get the ball first...

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Dude it was a foul get over it

Was not a foul. All ball and incidental contact