2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #4 Denver Nuggets vs #5 LA Clippers (DEN WINS 4-3)

[OldSchoolNoBull]

OKC fans should be confident in the Thunder's ability to beat anyone but, having said that, I do think Denver is the one team they would've preferred to avoid in the West. Who knows, maybe OKC will turn it on and dominate, but having to play a team went 2-2 against in the RS record(as opposed to the Clippers who the Thunder were 4-0 against) and that has the guy many think is the best player in the game(who happened to be the other main MVP contender this season) can't have been their first preference.

On the other hand, OKC has HCA and the Nuggets will have a quick turnaround after taking seven games to get out of the first round.

Hopefully it's a good series.

[cjx]

Do the Nugget Dance, Fam

Dance, Dance, Dance !

[G R E Y]

Is anyone really worried that the Clips are coming back?

Lolwut nope

- again no offense to LAC fans-

You don't speak for me...

All offence to LAC fans. Hope you are enjoying Kawhi's twilight years. He peaked in Toronto. **** Ballmer. **** Lawrence Frank.

I mean... Fans had nothing to do with Balmer Frank Uncle Dennis #2 his friends' schemes.

Fans can't control what their teams do.

They have to suffer through cheering for a home town team that does whatever.

Rare is the hometown fan who moves to another team (shameless plug GSG FOREVER!!!!!!!)

[ArksNetsSince99]

I was hoping for a better game but I imagine Nuggets fans enjoyed it haha. Congrats!

This game was beautiful Bisme , me as a temporary Celtics fan I hope for the same kind of games in next Celtics series

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

Man the SGA vs Jokic story is going to be incredibly toxic...can't wait!

[tmorgan]

Simmons needs to be out of the league next year. Dude has negative heart and vibes, he’s like basketball plague.

How is he going to pay his bills if he is out of the league?

I feel like he could have some success as an OnlyFans man-thot. As long as you don’t expect him to finish under pressure.

[G R E Y]

Not with a bang but a whimper.

[MrPainfulTruth]

Simmons needs to be out of the league next year. Dude has negative heart and vibes, he’s like basketball plague.

Why hate on Simmons while overlook Harden? One of them is expected to be a game changer and that guy also didnt show up

[mtcan]

Lolwut nope

- again no offense to LAC fans-

You don't speak for me...

All offence to LAC fans. Hope you are enjoying Kawhi's twilight years. He peaked in Toronto. **** Ballmer. **** Lawrence Frank.

I mean... Fans had nothing to do with Balmer Frank Uncle Dennis #2 his friends' schemes.

Fans can't control what their teams do.

They have to suffer through cheering for a home town team that does whatever.

Rare is the hometown fan who moves to another team (shameless plug GSG FOREVER!!!!!!!)

I'm sorry...but I can't separate the fans and city from the team. It's all connected to me. That said...I've never been heckled by a Clippers fan. Always assumed it's because there aren't any.

[SpurNani]

OKC fans should be confident in the Thunder's ability to beat anyone but, having said that, I do think Denver is the one team they would've preferred to avoid in the West. Who knows, maybe OKC will turn it on and dominate, but having to play a team went 2-2 against in the RS record(as opposed to the Clippers who the Thunder were 4-0 against) and that has the guy many think is the best player in the game(who happened to be the other main MVP contender this season) can't have been their first preference.

On the other hand, OKC has HCA and the Nuggets will have a quick turnaround after taking seven games to get out of the first round.

Hopefully it's a good series.

Jokic should have a much easier time scoring in this series. Neither Chet or Hartenstein have anything for him. Its the others who will have a harder time and they don’t have a prayer for stopping Shai - gotta hope he continues to be mid in the playoffs.

I see OKC in a respectable 6

[G R E Y]

Teams take on the character of their best player/strongest personality.

[RB34]

Man the SGA vs Jokic story is going to be incredibly toxic...can't wait!

The season series is 2-2. Joke has had fairly large stat lines in the 3 games he’s played. Should be a good one.

[Mamba81p]

Clippers should have lost that game against warriors. They would have played rockets in first round and Gsw-all in second. A much easier path to wcf

[Castle Black]

OKC fans should be confident in the Thunder's ability to beat anyone but, having said that, I do think Denver is the one team they would've preferred to avoid in the West. Who knows, maybe OKC will turn it on and dominate, but having to play a team went 2-2 against in the RS record(as opposed to the Clippers who the Thunder were 4-0 against) and that has the guy many think is the best player in the game(who happened to be the other main MVP contender this season) can't have been their first preference.

On the other hand, OKC has HCA and the Nuggets will have a quick turnaround after taking seven games to get out of the first round.

Hopefully it's a good series.

Don't think OKC is worried about Denver honestly. They're the best defensive team in the league with plenty of size and length to throw at Jokic. And if tonight is any indication, Murray isn't going to give him much help. They also have shooters everywhere and are going up against a Denver team that is just average defensively. I got OKC in 5, maybe 6 at most.

[Jta444]

Congratulations to Westbrook.

We all were fooled after Lebron made him the scapegoat a few years back. Now this proves he wasn’t the problem after all. I think the problem is the overrated Lebron-ball system which lowers production of co-stars and role players at the expense of Lebron’s stats.

This Clipper team Westbrook and Jokic beat is also better than any team Lebron faced in his 2020 playoffs, better than the Miami Heat. And it’s just the 1st round too.

[G R E Y]

You don't speak for me...

All offence to LAC fans. Hope you are enjoying Kawhi's twilight years. He peaked in Toronto. **** Ballmer. **** Lawrence Frank.

I mean... Fans had nothing to do with Balmer Frank Uncle Dennis #2 his friends' schemes.

Fans can't control what their teams do.

They have to suffer through cheering for a home town team that does whatever.

Rare is the hometown fan who moves to another team (shameless plug GSG FOREVER!!!!!!!)

I'm sorry...but I can't separate the fans and city from the team. It's all connected to me. That said...I've never been heckled by a Clippers fan. Always assumed it's because there aren't any.

I have nothing against LAC fans but I have a different experience from you. Also going through some things presently as you may have been in a different way way back when which still resonates which I can relate to.

[Jadoogar]

Clippers are truly cursed
Happy for russ. He's a roller coaster but his effort is always there

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[tsherkin]

I would put Kyrie ahead of him.

Both of them are fun. Different sorts of fun. Kawhi is smooth, in control, very measured. Kyrie is like, you never know exactly which direction he is about to go in and the ball is a yo-yo on a string.

Yeah smooth is a good way to describe it. To me he plays with a lot of grace. I understand Kyrie’s appeal but he’s very different from Kawhi. He reminds me of watching old And1 mixtapes

Yeah, Kyrie has a lot of And-1 in him.

Kawhi is more... he keeps it as simple as possible, and just crushes you with fundamentals.

[ArksNetsSince99]

I’m not gonna lie , never been a fan of Westbrook, but I’m happy for this dude at the moment

[tmorgan]

Simmons needs to be out of the league next year. Dude has negative heart and vibes, he’s like basketball plague.

Why hate on Simmons while overlook Harden? One of them is expected to be a game changer and that guy also didnt show up

Dude, I just posted about Harden not showing up.