2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (DEN leads 2-1)

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Sun May 11, 2025 3:49 pm

Thunder in 5
2
3%
Thunder in 6
16
21%
Thunder in 7
12
16%
Nuggets in 5
5
7%
Nuggets in 6
22
29%
Nuggets in 7
18
24%
 
Total votes: 75

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Post#261 » by lethalizer » Sat May 10, 2025 3:56 am

Just bricking everything, I expected bad three point shooting but this is something else.
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Post#262 » by Dadouv47 » Sat May 10, 2025 3:56 am

This is the Dallas series all over again...OKC can't make a 3
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Post#263 » by CobraCommander » Sat May 10, 2025 3:56 am

Wait CJX is here… it’s a good day indeed
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Post#264 » by TinmanZBoy » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

every OKC player is handsy and has the chicken wing stuff under the basket...
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Post#265 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

yeah these playoffs are something else. Joker with dumpster fire of a game, MPJ decided to play like he's a max player, Murray doing ok, Denver up ..

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Post#266 » by jokeboy86 » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

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jokeboy86 wrote:It’s kind of amazing that Denver won a title at all because it’s extremely rare for neither of a championship team’s two best players to be good two way players.


1. They had KCP and Bruce Brown then. Plus Gordon of course, and Braun off the bench.
2. Jokic isn't so bad on defense. Smart. He was among the league leaders in steals this season.


He’s not bad but average. look at every NBA champion for the past like 30 something years and one of the the top two players is an above average defender. Even KD was when he went to GSW.
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Post#267 » by jbk1234 » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

Tor_Raps wrote:Refs letting OKC hack away but blow the whistle if they get touched... f off


On the road.
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Post#268 » by JustBuzzin » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

OKC is gonna trade for Giannis if they lose this series.
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Post#269 » by Indomitable » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

Dadouv47 wrote:This is the Dallas series all over again...OKC can't make a 3

But they get to push and bodycheck. If both team got this. I would be ok with it.
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Post#270 » by CIN-C-STAR » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

How did Gordon get a whistle for going for a rebound? Lol
Hartenstein been blasting people all game going for offensive rebounds but Gordon can’t go for a defensive rebound?
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Post#271 » by Twizlers » Sat May 10, 2025 3:57 am

It's funny that when Jokic plays poorly, (usually) his teammates step up. But when he has an all-time game, it's all him.

Yet Nuggets play better when his teammates show up. Hence proving that Jokic with consistent help makes the team a championship contender.
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Post#272 » by AleksandarN » Sat May 10, 2025 3:58 am

How are we winning this with Jokic being ****. He is getting carried by MPJ
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Post#273 » by AleksandarN » Sat May 10, 2025 3:58 am

How are we winning this with Jokic being ****. He is getting carried by MPJ
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Post#274 » by TinmanZBoy » Sat May 10, 2025 3:59 am

OKC is still going to win this one, nobody can overcome that difference on rebounding and turnovers
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Post#275 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Sat May 10, 2025 3:59 am

AleksandarN wrote:How are we winning this with Jokic being ****. He is getting carried by MPJ

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Post#277 » by mattg » Sat May 10, 2025 3:59 am

CIN-C-STAR wrote:How did Gordon get a whistle for going for a rebound? Lol
Hartenstein been blasting people all game going for offensive rebounds but Gordon can’t go for a defensive rebound?
Wack.

The very next shot Dort 2 hand shoved Murray in the back on the rebound attempt.
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Post#278 » by azcatz11 » Sat May 10, 2025 3:59 am

Tor_Raps wrote:Refs letting OKC hack away but blow the whistle if they get touched... f off


Yeah wtf is going on
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Post#279 » by DrModesty » Sat May 10, 2025 3:59 am

OKC shooting 44/19/59 and only 2 behind.

Denver has a real shot at winning as it stands, but it feels like at some point OKC are going to have one of their 20 point blitzes when shots finally go down.
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Post#280 » by Wolfgang630 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:00 am

Denver is so fking weird. It’s either Jokic is amazing and everyone else is regular or he’s **** and everyone else is great. Like they can’t put it all together at the same time

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