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

[cgf]

Would you bet on that?

Already have

MIN to reach the Finals?

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

MIN and NYK to make the finals...and hell no, got +24600 on a parlay

Might cash that one in once the Wolves & Knicks clinch though. It's already paying out a little over 10%

[scrabbarista]

Denver is battling. That's all you can ask for.

Reffing has been mostly ok IMO. Nothing egregious although it looked like Jokic got pulled right before halftime.

Zarba always allows lots of contact. As long as it's both ways...

[Wolfgang630]

Can you imagine Jokic on a team where he didn't need to put up 19/9/3 in the first half against the best defense in the league for his team to be in the game?

I mean he’s been bad the last 3 games and the series is tied

The nuggets wouldn’t even be in this position without him.

[DaPessimist]

I don't get why OKC is struggling with this zone. Just flash Chet or Jwill to the FT line and it's a wide open 3 or a 1v1 vs Jokic at the rim. Chet needs to be a lot more aggressive on offense. Way too many possessions where he doesn't touch the ball.

[Castle Black]

Must be nice for SGA to have such a stacked team that he can regularly coast like this for an entire half and the game still be tied . The difference in depth and talent between these two teams is night and day.

[Darklight]

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

Trade KD for MPJ and other pieces, murray if the suns want then the other and some young pieces for depth and veteran help. Could you imagine if Jokic had KD instead of MPJ? They would sleepwalk to the title this year I don't care if they need to include braun aswell in that deal with some other assets.

[___Rand___]

I don't think OKC's coach is maximizing the talent at his disposal.

[AmIWrongDude]

Can you imagine Jokic on a team where he didn't need to put up 19/9/3 in the first half against the best defense in the league for his team to be in the game?

I mean he’s been bad the last 3 games and the series is tied

The nuggets wouldn’t even be in this position without him.

Obviously

[Wolfgang630]

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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

Trade KD for MPJ and other pieces, murray if the suns want then the other and some young pieces for depth and veteran help. Could you imagine if Jokic had KD instead of MPJ? They would sleepwalk to the title this year I don't care if they need to include braun aswell in that deal with some other assets.

And get a real backup center for jokic too

[Chuck Everett]

I don't get why OKC is struggling with this zone. Just flash Chet or Jwill to the FT line and it's a wide open 3 or a 1v1 vs Jokic at the rim. Chet needs to be a lot more aggressive on offense. Way too many possessions where he doesn't touch the ball.

It's the lineups Dags has out there. Why not swap out Dort for Caruso or Joe to start the 3rd quarter when he sees the Nuggets going to zone? Adelman's been dictating everything he's doing, similar to what Kidd did to him last year.

[HotRocks34]

Denver is battling. That's all you can ask for.

Reffing has been mostly ok IMO. Nothing egregious although it looked like Jokic got pulled right before halftime.

Zarba always allows lots of contact. As long as it's both ways...

I've been pretty much good with the reffing but for G2. Hopefully that crew won't show up again in the series.

[Castle Black]

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

Trade KD for MPJ and other pieces, murray if the suns want then the other and some young pieces for depth and veteran help. Could you imagine if Jokic had KD instead of MPJ? They would sleepwalk to the title this year I don't care if they need to include braun aswell in that deal with some other assets.

PHX can get a way better return for KD. They're not just going to give him away. Denver doesn't have enough draft capital to pull off such a trade as they don't own 2 of their next FRP's.

[tsherkin]

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.

He loses confidence easily and then starts double clutching shots. He's a good shooter when he doesn't think.

He also blew a layup unobstructed.

Excellent player but he needs more seasoning, as does Watson.

He's gone from like 16 to 20 to 34 mpg and is taking nearly double the FGA/g he was last year, so the increase in responsibility is surely an adjustment. He's generally been pretty good inside the arc in the postseason, but the 3 isn't dropping. As you say, he needs to find his confidence and just let it fly instead of overthinking, most likely.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Already have

MIN to reach the Finals?

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

MIN and NYK to make the finals...and hell no, got +24600 on a parlay

Might cash that one in once the Wolves & Knicks clinch though. It's already paying out a little over 10%

If you bid on NYK and Minny making finals you should as well use 100$ to wipe your ass

You would’ve saved some money on toilet paper

[sashaturiaf]

SGA really getting exposed.

Those numerologists comparing him to all time great guards based off some inflated regular season numbers about to look real stupid

[AleksandarN]

Jokic needs to get rid of the arm sleeve he's not been the same player.

Because is playing with an injury. He is not wearing it because he is making a fashion statement

[levon]

I don't get the Beyonce commercial. She takes her jeans jacket out of the freezer?

[Exp0sed]

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

SGA was "carried" in 2 of the 4 games of this series and has been carried in the first half of this one as well. Murray had like 2 good games in 12 games this postseason and most were just awful. ofc he can have a great game, so can Cam Thomas for that matter but his intangibles are just awful.

[tmorgan]

Back to reality after a couple bizarro games. Jokic trying the full carry, teammates actively sabotaging it. Thank goodness for Aaron Gordon, everyone else is just insanely erratic.

[scrabbarista]

Man, even the arc on Haliburton's shot looks like he's showing off. What a cool player.