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

BigGargamel · Post #381 » by **BigGargamel** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:01 am

sashaturiaf wrote: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

Who was the "best guard since Michael Jordan" dude?

tmorgan · Post #382 » by **tmorgan** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:02 am

SGA seems to suffering from a reduced playoff whistle as well. He’s a great player either way, but maybe work on stuff this summer that can carry over better in the playoffs.

EmpireFalls · Post #383 » by **EmpireFalls** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:02 am

SGA is a fraud. One step above Harden

AmIWrongDude · Post #384 » by **AmIWrongDude** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:02 am

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

I for one think her jeans commercials are pure cinema. I rewind em back sometimes.

___Rand___ · Post #385 » by **___Rand___** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:02 am

Chuck Everett wrote:
DaPessimist wrote: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.

Adelman is making SGA look bad. Chet look bad. J Wils like he isn't adequate as your second option. All the while using a lesser roster. It is the job of the coach to set up and adjust his schemes so his talent can shine. I am waiting for it.

HotRocks34 · Post #386 » by **HotRocks34** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:04 am

tsherkin wrote:
HotRocks34 wrote:
Chuck Everett wrote:
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.

He just needs to keep firing. He's had moments in the series where's he's drilled shots with no hesitation
Hopefully for him he can get back to that.

I'm definitely a fan. He's good and improving.

Handlez · Post #387 » by **Handlez** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:04 am

Porter...my gosh

iggymcfrack · Post #388 » by **iggymcfrack** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:04 am

cgf wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:
cgf wrote:
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%

Nuggets win tonight would be a perfect time to cash that out. Especially since I’m gonna win 11K on my Pacers +2200 to win the East bet from before the season. 8-)

lobosloboslobos · Post #389 » by **lobosloboslobos** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:
lobosloboslobos wrote: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

22/13/5 in last 3 games. and yeah incredibly that is actually bad for him.

AmIWrongDude · Post #390 » by **AmIWrongDude** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 am

Crazy travel by Jokic while complaining lol

Chuck Everett · Post #391 » by **Chuck Everett** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 am

Great block by Hartenstein.

iggymcfrack · Post #392 » by **iggymcfrack** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 am

And 1!!! LOL @ Jokic taking 5 steps staring down the ref.

___Rand___ · Post #393 » by **___Rand___** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 am

oh gosh OKC's defense has been leaky.

Handlez · Post #394 » by **Handlez** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:05 am

Hartenstein is quite unlikeable.

AmIWrongDude · Post #395 » by **AmIWrongDude** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:06 am

lobosloboslobos wrote:
AmIWrongDude wrote:
lobosloboslobos wrote: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

22/13/5 in last 3 games. and yeah incredibly that is actually bad for him.

Yeah it’s all relative to what we expect from him. He’s shot poorly and turned the ball over a lot.

Wallace_Wallace · Post #396 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:06 am

Jokic is playing on rookie mode right now

What a finish by Murray!!!

scrabbarista · Post #397 » by **scrabbarista** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:06 am

Jokic definitely traveled, but it was worth not calling it to see that Murray layup.

RapALot · Post #398 » by **RapALot** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:06 am

Shades of Bubble Murray with that insane layup.

Handlez · Post #399 » by **Handlez** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:06 am

Keep going Murray!

levon · Post #400 » by **levon** » Wed May 14, 2025 3:06 am

Okay here we go

Who wins Game 5?