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#421 » by Upperclass » Sat May 10, 2025 4:30 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:Chet really gotta hit the weight room man. He loses the ball and smokes shots at the rim with the slightest touch. Not a good half.


And has a really slow pullup and floater.. its odd
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Post#422 » by G R E Y » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

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I don't mean this to be a 'thing' but Brown's face is too masculine a comparison to my eyes. But hey, resemblance is in the eye of the beholder when comparing strangers.
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Post#423 » by jokeboy86 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

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BigGargamel wrote:Gosh, I hate how cool Marc Jones thinks he is. :lol: Real "hello fellow kids" vibe with this guy.

He is an idiot. He has talking points and doesn't call the game.

You aren't wrong. The man is 63 years old.


For some reason he’s felt that he had take up the mantle of what Stuart Scott used to do. And it got played out eventually when Scott did it too much
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Post#424 » by ___Rand___ » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

I am telling you guys, Murray has some sort of lifestyle or weird health crap going on. He looks pretty good tonight, has good energy. Other nights he looks like a 50 year old man with multiple arthritis in all of his joints. Is he on some weird vegan diet? Or something else. There's just no way he can look fresh one day and other days look like a freakin grandpa. Something's off. And it isn't whatever lingering "injuries". You don't get this kind of variance in performance with "lingerie" injuries.
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Post#425 » by Wallace_Wallace » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

I don’t understand the challenge. Aren’t they used to getting SGA’ed in practice; how can they think this wasn’t a foul?
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Post#426 » by mtron929 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

So we are going to see intentional fouls near end of the game from OKC again, right?
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Post#427 » by CIN-C-STAR » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

This is worse than Adelina challenge.
You guys think OKC will start fouling soon if they’re still up 3?
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Post#428 » by lethalizer » Sat May 10, 2025 4:31 am

it was hard to one up the hilarious challenge from Adelman from the first half, but somehow Mark accomplished this feat.

Come on man.
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Post#429 » by RB34 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:32 am

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Let's get serious.
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Post#430 » by bbms » Sat May 10, 2025 4:32 am

sikma42 wrote:I’m starting to question the Thunders coach the more I’ve seen of him the last two playoffs. He needs to do well this playoff run or he could get fired in the next year.


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ngl he's terrible in game

thunder is always going to be outcoached in close games it seems

they do look like a good lab coaching staff though
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Post#431 » by Mk0 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:32 am

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Mk0 wrote:
Indomitable wrote:He is an idiot. He has talking points and doesn't call the game.

You aren't wrong. The man is 63 years old.


For some reason he’s felt that he had take up the mantle of what Stuart Scott used to do. And it got played out eventually when Scott did it too much

Stu Scott also didn't do his catchphrase 5x a game. I have heard Mark Jones do his hotter than fish grease line multiple times in a single game. (He is the Kings local broadcaster)
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Post#432 » by JustBuzzin » Sat May 10, 2025 4:32 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:This feels like the type of game Gordon hits a gamewinner. Give the slight edge to the Nuggets in a tight game like this.
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Post#433 » by jokeboy86 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:33 am

sikma42 wrote:I’m starting to question the Thunders coach the more I’ve seen of him the last two playoffs. He needs to do well this playoff run or he could get fired in the next year.


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Fired? Give him one more year and then maybe fire him. This is only the first year that they had expectations going into the season
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Post#434 » by G R E Y » Sat May 10, 2025 4:33 am

Jokic drunk lol

Just aim for the rim in the middle.
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Post#435 » by Mk0 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:33 am

RB34 wrote:
Soonercrazy84 wrote:
G R E Y wrote:Ok Joker it's getting to be that time. Stop **** around.

Let's get serious.
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Jokic sucks. Denver should trade him to Chicago for a real center like Vucevic.
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Post#436 » by Chocolate City Jordanaire » Sat May 10, 2025 4:33 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:Chet really gotta hit the weight room man. He loses the ball and smokes shots at the rim with the slightest touch. Not a good half.
Chet choked in game one, pretty much lost the game singlehandedly. He got stopped on a point blank layup. He missed two free throws. He also didn't cover Aaron Gordon on the winner.

Chet's stock is plummeting.
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Post#437 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Sat May 10, 2025 4:33 am

___Rand___ wrote:I am telling you guys, Murray has some sort of lifestyle or weird health crap going on. He looks pretty good tonight, has good energy. Other nights he looks like a 50 year old man with multiple arthritis in all of his joints. Is he on some weird vegan diet? Or something else. There's just no way he can look fresh one day and other days look like a freakin grandpa. Something's off.

Maybe he had some wheaties for breakfast today
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Post#438 » by Wolfgang630 » Sat May 10, 2025 4:34 am

Jokic Jesus Christ dude fking trash shooting
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Post#440 » by BigGargamel » Sat May 10, 2025 4:34 am

Denver in this game despite Jokic is such a bizarro world thing to see.

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