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

___Rand___ · Post #1001 » by **___Rand___** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:17 am

Mk0 wrote:
___Rand___ wrote:
KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:They're too battle tested. Playing close grueling series with the Lakers/clippers/wolves/etc over the years. They've seen it all. I'm not confident that they will come out ahead either but Thunder isn't winning the series unless they play each game like it's a game 7? Like against the Mavs last season its a dogfight.

Thunder got too predictable with their ISOs late game and their plays never changed. Denver had the perfect defense set up for it and that was the end of the story for this game. It's like Daignault had no other game plan other than the same ISO plays.

I mean Shai could have passed it..

Nuggets were in the passing lanes too. They had excellent defense set up for OKC isos. A couple of times SGA passed to Jalen Williams, but it was again an ISO play and he isn't as polished in that aspect as SGA is.

I think Daignault needs to tweak his ISO plays a bit, either change positioning of other guys or some actions built in. right now other 4 guys are just too static sitting at 3 point lines.

SpreeS · Post #1002 » by **SpreeS** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:17 am

Gordon saved Denver 3 times in last 10 PO games with clutch shots….I don’t remember even one from Draymond per whole his career….

Mamba Mentality · Post #1003 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:17 am

Shai needs to take a nice hard look in the mirror. I thought he did a good job of facilitating in the first half despite his shot not falling. He started pressing too much in the 4th q and OT. Played right into the Nuggets hands. I swear the last 17 minutes of the game was all ISOs for the Thunder.

HotRocks34 · Post #1004 » by **HotRocks34** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:18 am

Denver came through big but OKC blew that game. Like they blew Game 1.

Not a promising sign.

KingFox · Post #1005 » by **KingFox** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:18 am

SGA is not a “fraud” for losing to a Jokic led team in one poor game down the stretch. Let’s be serious

Jta444 · Post #1006 » by **Jta444** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
B-easy wrote:You are supposed to look at it over the a large sample size. He has less help than other superstars. This is just true.

That's just false!

He won a championship with this same core lmao

Stop making excuses for the best player in the world.

Not the same team. Lebron got jealous and scared of Jokic’s legacy so he took Bruce Brown first then KCP the next season. Brown CBA rules Lebron ironically lobbied for to prevent future superteams like his Heatles, then KCP by request since he was a Klutch client and asked him to go to Magic instead.

jokeboy86 · Post #1007 » by **jokeboy86** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

Twizlers wrote:From now on, all Nuggets players must live in bball courts like Gordon because damn he shows you what practice makes perfect really means.

PRACTICE???

KillMonger · Post #1008 » by **KillMonger** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

Hartenstein had no business missing those bunnies

Sgt Major · Post #1009 » by **Sgt Major** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

It's always the usual suspects with these threads

Mamba Mentality · Post #1010 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

I got money on SGA and the Thunder bouncing back in game 4.

Wolfgang630 · Post #1011 » by **Wolfgang630** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

Jokic better do whatever the fk he can to figure out his shooting for game 4. If it’s his elbow or what idk. But my god he needs to figure it out.

SlimShady83 · Post #1012 » by **SlimShady83** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:19 am

Mr Double Dribble LOL

Mamba81p · Post #1013 » by **Mamba81p** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

Mk0 wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
levon wrote:Kobe could get in the post at 17 years old. Kids these days have just the faceup.
Perhaps I'm biased due to my age, but I don't recall Michael Jordan ever playing as miserably as SGA played today.

Jordan pooped the bed in his first playoff game since returning from playing baseball.

8-22 19 points, 8 TOs

That was the whole "#45 isn't the same as #23" trash talk

But he kinda bounced back and won another 3 titles in a row

They had a playoff series before magic, and he scored 48 in that first game

Mrakar · Post #1014 » by **Mrakar** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

Read on Twitter

Definitely getting Draymond Green vibes. How is he the one always getting away with such a clear fouls. He has like 2-3 a game minimum that are not even a question.

Lalouie · Post #1015 » by **Lalouie** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

JustBuzzin wrote:Tonight his championship supporting cast carried him to a victory playing one of his worst games of his career. Enough about how Jokic doesn't have a supporting cast. He literally won a championship with this same core. Tonight the supporting cast bailed him out.

Aaron Gordon is the new Robert Horry!

Shout-out to the Nuggets championship supporting cast.

mpj has that infrequent game when his shooting can light up the opposition,,,,, and barely enough to give Denver pause thinking about trading his streaky butt

I wouldn't count on him. Denver has had enough guns that mpj's function is to put icing on the cake

JustBuzzin · Post #1016 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

Jta444 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:
B-easy wrote:You are supposed to look at it over the a large sample size. He has less help than other superstars. This is just true.

That's just false!

He won a championship with this same core lmao

Stop making excuses for the best player in the world.

Not the same team. Lebron got jealous and scared of Jokic’s legacy so he took Bruce Brown first then KCP the next season. Brown CBA rules Lebron ironically lobbied for to prevent future superteams like his Heatles, then KCP by request since he was a Klutch client and asked him to go to Magic instead.

You people are obsessed with LeBron smh

iggymcfrack · Post #1017 » by **iggymcfrack** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

AleksandarN wrote:HOT take: This is a better win than the Thunder’s 40pt win. This will get into their heads knowing if the game is close they can’t stop us in clutch

Yes!!!!! If the Nuggets lost this game the series was over. Thunder are clearly way more talented. But now they’re in their heads. OKC’s scared of Denver in crunch time, you know they are!

Castle Black · Post #1018 » by **Castle Black** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

KingFox wrote:SGA is not a “fraud” for losing to a Jokic led team in one poor game down the stretch. Let’s be serious

SGA is fine. I fully expect for him to have a big game on Sunday and for OKC to win.

Mk0 · Post #1019 » by **Mk0** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:20 am

Mamba81p wrote:
Mk0 wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Perhaps I'm biased due to my age, but I don't recall Michael Jordan ever playing as miserably as SGA played today.

Jordan pooped the bed in his first playoff game since returning from playing baseball.

8-22 19 points, 8 TOs

That was the whole "#45 isn't the same as #23" trash talk

But he kinda bounced back and won another 3 titles in a row

They had a playoff series before magic, and he scored 48 in that first game

Doh! you are right. Good call!

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #1020 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:21 am

LFGK wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
LFGK wrote:
You should worry more bout my squad puting you in a 3-0 hole tomorrow. Hell of a game tonight but SGA was Brutal and Denver tightened up defensively in the 4th and OT.

Celtics would never go down in 0-3 hole

My boy the good luck charm! never 0-1 never 0-2 now never 0-3, bet the house on the Knicks tomorrow

I think tomorrow all of this will change

Celtics will win game 3 , and doubts will arrive

Celtics win game 4, some Knicks fans start calling for Thibs head

Celtics wins game 5 , disappointment blaming refs , me , state of Massachusetts

Game 6 , crying teeth grinding , burning Mikal jersey on Times Square etc

Who wins?