2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (DEN leads 1-0)

JM00n69 · Post #1581 » by **JM00n69** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:58 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
Revived wrote:America won tonight. Two great games and both big powerhouses choked it away at home to two teams that came back from 6 or 7 game series with very little rest.

Don't forget about Canada... we enjoyed it too even with the 25% tariff for watching lol

Everyone won except OKC and their fans. Don't hit them when their down

TheFire · Post #1582 » by **TheFire** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:58 am

But I was told that the OKC SRS rating is too much to overcome?

fanofthegreats · Post #1583 » by **fanofthegreats** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:58 am

Pistol_Pete wrote:
EmpireFalls wrote:OKC are massive massive frauds.

No, they’re not. This is an amazing team. It required a hail mary by Gordon and a monster game by Joker for them to overcome OKC. Come on man.

Not amazing at all. A free throw merchant superstar and mediocre supporting cast. Regular season merchants.

AlexanderRight · Post #1584 » by **AlexanderRight** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:59 am

Will never understand the logic of purposely fouling while you're up in any point of any game. It's literally giving points to the other team and sends a horrible message to yours. If you can't trust your team to get a stop to seal the win then you've already lost.

Wolfgang630 · Post #1585 » by **Wolfgang630** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:59 am

We haven’t seen a player coach since Bill Russell and that’s what Jokic is right now.

doogie_hauser · Post #1586 » by **doogie_hauser** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:59 am

Aaron Gordon is an all star calibre player. It's just he has had too many players in a similar position ahead of him in the pecking order in the West.

Post #1587 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:59 am

atlantabbq99 wrote:Is Chet officially a bust? Horrible rebounder, bad defender. Offense is average at best

Now we’re just saying stuff.

fanofthegreats · Post #1588 » by **fanofthegreats** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:59 am

TheFire wrote:But I was told that the OKC SRS rating is too much to overcome?

Lmao need talk can’t understand context. Playing a former nba champion team less than two years removed from a chip. Also led by arguably the best hooper ever.

JM00n69 · Post #1589 » by **JM00n69** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:00 am

Can't even call this a mental win for OKC it was that bad.

Tor_Raps · Post #1590 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:00 am

zshawn10 wrote:

Read on Twitter
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And the crazy part was that he didn't even play great for his standards... there's another level for him lol

Ugly0598 · Post #1591 » by **Ugly0598** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:00 am

JM00n69 wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:
Revived wrote:America won tonight. Two great games and both big powerhouses choked it away at home to two teams that came back from 6 or 7 game series with very little rest.

Don't forget about Canada... we enjoyed it too even with the 25% tariff for watching lol

Everyone won except OKC and their fans. Don't hit them when their down

Nobody wins when it’s all about them.

Marvin Martian · Post #1592 » by **Marvin Martian** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

BigGargamel wrote:It's absolutely crazy how much more important Jokic is to his team than SGA. I love SGA's ability to score, but it's really not even in the same ballpark. Jokic is everything to this team.

SGA getting that quick bucket to rack up some patented late points and cheap cheers from the crowd, only to end up perhaps costing them the game. The old bitter man in me enjoyed that a bit.

Weird time to say this considering that Jokic got bailed out by his apparently trash teammates multiple times in these playoffs

BigGargamel · Post #1593 » by **BigGargamel** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:
atlantabbq99 wrote:Is Chet officially a bust? Horrible rebounder, bad defender. Offense is average at best

Now we’re just saying stuff.

Chet is a bust and OKC head coach has lost his locker room, all because Denver pulled off a miraculous comeback. OH, RealGM.

Jokic really is the destroyer of all worlds.

CelticSooner · Post #1594 » by **CelticSooner** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

I think all these series will go at least 6 games. From a fan perspective that's pretty good.

zshawn10 · Post #1595 » by **zshawn10** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

Read on Twitter

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Wolfgang630 · Post #1596 » by **Wolfgang630** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

Arguably the best playoff night in basketball since I can ever remember.

tmorgan · Post #1597 » by **tmorgan** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

atlantabbq99 wrote:Is Chet officially a bust? Horrible rebounder, bad defender. Offense is average at best

Calling Chet a bust because he can’t contain Jokic is like, uh, calling all of Utah a bust because they couldn’t take down Jordan.

Some things just can’t be done.

doogie_hauser · Post #1598 » by **doogie_hauser** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:01 am

EmpireFalls wrote:OKC are massive massive frauds.

It's only 1 game. Let's wait to see what happens for the rest of the series

HotRocks34 · Post #1599 » by **HotRocks34** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:02 am

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iggymcfrack · Post #1600 » by **iggymcfrack** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:02 am

Potential wrote:WHAT THE **** WAS THE THUNDER DOING FOULING SO QUICK? 10 SECONDS LEFT AND FOULING RIGHT AWAY WHEN DENVER STILL HAD TO BRING IT UP FULL COURT

ONE OF THE DUMBEST TEAMS IN NBA HISTORY AND DAGNAULT SHOULD BE FIRED FOR SAYING "WE EXECUTED THE FOULS WELL"

They would have been in the Finals last year if Daigneault didn’t get outcoached by JASON KIDD! :lol:

Who wins and goes to the WCF's?