2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (OKC leads 3-2)

[HotRocks34]

Just too many missed open shots for Denver, that fuel the OKC break.

Braun has zero confidence in his shot and it's blowing the offense.

[Infinite Llamas]

Murray is so stupidly careless with the basketball.

[cgf]

Minnesota is beating both of these teams

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[MoneyTalks41890]

Honestly if Denver was converting a few more of these opportunities this really wouldn’t be a close game right now

[ShotCreator]

Murray should’ve told his bench to review, not argue with the ref.

[Wolfgang630]

Murray...my gosh.

Just like Westbrook at times.

Same Westbrook IQ, but not even half the player Westbrook ever was.

[darkse1d]

disaster ending by Murray. terrible vision, IQ, turnovers, and dumb fouls on defense. Undid the great half by Jokic. Adelman also not doing a good job of coaching cause they did exactly what they were doing at the start of the game. Shooting 3s late at the shot clock, instead of getting to the paint.

[Optms]

Murray is going to be the reason Nuggets lose tonight.

His decision making has been awful.

Jokic has played amazing and they’re up 2…

Shai has played like dog crap so it evens out.

[scrabbarista]

This series saved the playoffs lol. All the other ones on paper were supposed to be amazing but ended up duds.

This has indeed been some series. Hopefully the best is yet to come.

[mrvioletowl]

Murray completely killed the momentum with overdribbling and lazy passes. Someone like Brogdon or Pritchard would be a godsend to this Nuggets team.

[Castle Black]

Jokic carrying these scrubs. Dude has almost no help outside of AG. His supporting cast is a joke.

[Cubbies2120]

Murray is just awful

I can't believe all the Jokic haters don't see how good this team would be with an actual all-star, high i.q second option

I hate Jokic is stuck with a player who’s like a top 50 player as his second best player.

Murray was literally carrying Jokic a few games ago lmao

High ceiling low floor player…he pops off one game and disappears in another.

[___Rand___]

Nuggets have a weird roster. Murray isn't a good defender. Neither is Porter. Joker has his weakness on that end. Yet they're making it work, and defending SGA like nobody has.

Or maybe Shai just is crapping the bed. You just mentioned it. They aren't great defenders. But Shai is making them look great.

Dude is playing like a scrub.

Another free throw merchant like bumbiid and chokeden.

If you look at Denver's defense, they collapse on SGA and choke off his passing lanes. They know all of his tendencies. That's how OKC lost that one game - SGA isos getting stopped and Daignault never adjusted that play nor did they call anything different. 4 guys standing at corners isn't going to help SGA. Move a little get into passing windows for SGA. SGA is a great talent. Daignault isn't using him properly or making good adjustments.

[Infinite Llamas]

Minnesota is beating both of these teams

Bucks in 6

Your opinion is forever debunked

[Wolfgang630]

This series saved the playoffs lol. All the other ones on paper were supposed to be amazing but ended up duds.

This has indeed been some series. Hopefully the best is yet to come.

Every series the nuggets is in is the best series. Notice a common denominator?

[CIN-C-STAR]

These sloppy turnovers are something else and keeping OKC in this game.
Jokic hunting Chet on the switch has been effective. Even if he doesn’t get the ball in the mismatch he’s abusing him on the glass.
Been a tight whistle so far, which probably favors Denver overall, but that last foul on Murray was a terrible call.
Like how Denver is mixing the zone in this game. Can’t believe they got away with it for almost the entirety of game 3, but I think OKC made some adjustments in game 4 that made that untenable.
Main takeaway though is Jokic looks a lot more comfortable this game so far, and even making 3s.

[scrabbarista]

Minnesota is beating both of these teams

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MIN to reach the Finals?

Not at 50/50 odds, of course, which is what I meant.

[Chuck Everett]

Just too many missed open shots for Denver, that fuel the OKC break.

Braun has zero confidence in his shot and it's blowing the offense.

I was going to say, his 4 misses were basically wide open. He had a chance to break open the game but clanked every one.

[tsherkin]

Murray, Braun and MPJ have been garbage. Chet, Hart and Jalen Williams have been excellent. It's been 28-27 in both quarters (with Denver winning a first quarter for the first time).

Denver needs some cushion, or this is going to be a nail-biter from wire to wire.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Minnesota is beating both of these teams

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To bad bro you don’t live in Atlantic City , I could lend you a tent on the beach , rent free