2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 1-1)

[LeBronSpaghetti]

Jokic benefited a lot more from the whistle in the last game than Shai, so if they are calling more it’s likely not an OKC benefit.

The only FT merchant we saw was Jokic flopping his way to the line non stop last game, especially in the 4th. Game became unwatchable.

How many FTs did Denver shoot in the 4th versus the Thunder? Anyone have the stat on that?

Hey look who crept out from under his bridge!

[Castle Black]

I think OKC is pissed that they gave one away and wins in blowout fashion tonight. Then they win the series in 5 or 6 at most. Game 1 was a fluke. Denver's supporting cast sucks in comparison to OKC, who are just the far superior team.

[Wolfgang630]

I would say Denver got lucky at the end, but they didn’t. OKC executed the fouls like they to do.

[Patches Perry]

I never claimed the league is rigged or that this game is rigged. I commented that Foster the Fixer has been brought in all of a sudden. Not everything is about you darling why you getting so butthurt

Asking you to clarify is butthurt? Lol. You must not get a lot of people who talk to you on purpose.

Thank you for clarifying that you don't think tonight's game is rigged, but rather "fixed"

You still don't get it

No trust me I get it. You want to be able to talk your **** if Denver wins, but claim it's fixed if Denver loses. It's not actually as clever as you think.

[Exp0sed]

Jokic after game 1, spotted in a bar in Oklahoma:

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[Tracymcgoaty]

Jokic is the greatest player to ever grace the court.

GOATIC IN 5!

[Sharkboy242]

Jokic is the greatest player to ever grace the court.

GOATIC IN 5!

Cant wait to watch him subdue these regular season merchants

[Wolfgang630]

Watch Jokic be passive this game. He always has these weird passive games. If Murray is going wild then I can understand

[Raps in 4]

Jokic after game 1, spotted in a bar in Oklahoma:

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Someone should send this to whoever the GM of the Nuggets is. He needs to know, so he can trade him to the Lakers.

[Exp0sed]

Jokic after game 1, spotted in a bar in Oklahoma:

Read on Twitter

Someone should send this to whoever the GM of the Nuggets is. He needs to know, so he can trade him to the Lakers.

Josh Kroenke, the owner, is now the interim GM lol. I doubt he'll bite haha

[Alatan]

So what are OKCs adjustments? Denver needs to better take care of the ball and run some sets to free Murray. Defensively they will probably run the same scheme unless OKC starts hitting 3s on a high percentage. I hope to see less MPJ and more Watson or <gulp> even Strawther.

[nbafan38]

Watch Jokic be passive this game. He always has these weird passive games. If Murray is going wild then I can understand

In the clippers series the nuggets actually seemed to do best when he wasn't as aggressive scoring wise.

[nbafan38]

So what are OKCs adjustments? Denver needs to better take care of the ball and run some sets to free Murray. Defensively they will probably run the same scheme unless OKC starts hitting 3s on a high percentage. I hope to see less MPJ and more Watson or <gulp> even Strawther.

not choke, have good late game shot selection, and make free throws? I mean the thunder were in position to win game 1 despite Jokic going completely bonkers. Not let Denver hang around is key too because Denver has the experience to pull out the close games.

[cjx]

Don't be fooled, Fam, the NBA Illuminati is real, beware

[MoneyTalks41890]

So what are OKCs adjustments? Denver needs to better take care of the ball and run some sets to free Murray. Defensively they will probably run the same scheme unless OKC starts hitting 3s on a high percentage. I hope to see less MPJ and more Watson or <gulp> even Strawther.

I noticed Strawther had a couple of nice plays and then I feel like I didn’t see him again

[MrPainfulTruth]

So what are OKCs adjustments? Denver needs to better take care of the ball and run some sets to free Murray. Defensively they will probably run the same scheme unless OKC starts hitting 3s on a high percentage. I hope to see less MPJ and more Watson or <gulp> even Strawther.

I noticed Strawther had a couple of nice plays and then I feel like I didn’t see him again

Hes not an NBA level player.

[LeBronSpaghetti]

So what are OKCs adjustments? Denver needs to better take care of the ball and run some sets to free Murray. Defensively they will probably run the same scheme unless OKC starts hitting 3s on a high percentage. I hope to see less MPJ and more Watson or <gulp> even Strawther.

I noticed Strawther had a couple of nice plays and then I feel like I didn’t see him again

He’s really bad defensively and quite frankly falls into the category of a shooter who can’t shoot

[bbms]

So what are OKCs adjustments? Denver needs to better take care of the ball and run some sets to free Murray. Defensively they will probably run the same scheme unless OKC starts hitting 3s on a high percentage. I hope to see less MPJ and more Watson or <gulp> even Strawther.

attack denver's zones better.

unless denver has multiple great zone looks (they probably don't), the same zone is very unlikely to work twice (eg. thunder x cavs 1 and 2, which is a much better defensive team than nuggets), and they would need to pray for a worse shooting night than last game.

in general zone defenses are gimmicks that you use to an exploit that don't work twice

they know and everybody know it's straight suicide to put their personnel to play man vs thunder

i do expect jokic to come with another dominating game at the boards to keep them in the game, though. or at least that's the poison i'd pick.

[Lala870]

https://kdvr.com/news/local/denver-nuggets-star-launches-ai-funeral-planning-platform/

Westbrook supporting job loss off the court! I was rooting for the Nuggets but now hopefully OKC stomps them lol

[MoneyTalks41890]

Big => big