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

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Who wins Game 5?

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1141 » by JustBuzzin » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Jeremy Lin 7 wrote:Give Joker competent teammates who can MAKE AN OPEN 3 and this series is over

Holy drops 44. Help this man

Man you guys gotta stop making excuses for this man.

How are you the best player in the world yet you blaming his teammates. Imagine prime LeBron getting these excuses for those to terrible Cavs roster he was carrying to the Finals every year.

When you are the best player in the world you're supposed to close the deal point blank. You don't get that title and not get the blame. Ask LeBron what it's really like to be the best player in the world. He got blame every year.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1142 » by Doranku » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

SGA had 10 points and an assist in the final 3:33 of the game.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1143 » by Handlez » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Optms wrote:
Jeremy Lin 7 wrote:Give Joker competent teammates who can MAKE AN OPEN 3 and this series is over

Holy drops 44. Help this man


His first good game of the entire series and people are jumping out of the roofs :lol:

Shout out to Shai, MVP


Didn't he have like 42 and 20 game 1? Lol
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Post#1144 » by Castle Black » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Optms wrote:
Jeremy Lin 7 wrote:Give Joker competent teammates who can MAKE AN OPEN 3 and this series is over

Holy drops 44. Help this man


His first good game of the entire series and people are jumping out of the roofs :lol:

Shout out to Shai, MVP


Dude you are legitimately the worst poster on this site and that's saying A LOT.

Joker had 42/22/6 in Game 1 you casual. You are the epitome of a pathetic hater.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1145 » by PushDaRock » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Optms wrote:OKC is in trouble if they face the Knicks.


I don't think so, the time to beat them is now before they have gained all this experience and resilience from these kinds of games. They will likely get better as the playoffs go on.
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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1146 » by TheGOATRises007 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Awful troll attempt.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1147 » by CntOutSmrtCrazy » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Wolfgang630 wrote:Get rid of Murray and MPJ already. Useless af. Incompetent franchise screwed Jokic over


Lazy, selfish players through and through. Porter is just such a net negative at this point, you might as well not even play him.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1148 » by ___Rand___ » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

azcatz11 wrote:
___Rand___ wrote:Adelman is the better coach. OKC just has too much depth and talent and helped them overcome bad coaching.


I like him also. Im sick of these retread coaches. Adelman is good


Adelmann had OKC's top players looking terrible most of the game. With a very very flawed roster. In the 4th the wheels came off because he just has no depth and his stars tired out.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1149 » by sikma42 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

bbms wrote:chet holmgren best player on court

sorry jokic i love you but play defense without hiding under a zone


Chet play defense without hiding behind a double or triple team or zone?

Chet stans are funny.
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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1150 » by BigGargamel » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

OP really on fire with the high quality thread topics tonight.
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Re: Jokic played hero ball, failed to make his teammates better tonight 

Post#1151 » by Optms » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

Got outscored 34 to 19 in the 4th.

Play some defense. Its that simple. Nuggets aren't that team though. OKC is lucky they aren't playing the Knicks.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1152 » by ky_23 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:13 am

okboomer wrote:I think Denver is just one bench player short with how well Jokic is. Just someone who can play 20 minutes a game and not be a complete liability on either end.

they could really use a derrick white
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1153 » by NyKnicks1714 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

10DayContract wrote:Here you guys go sucking Jokic’s d*ck and sh*tting on his teammates, when Jokic had been God awful the last 3 games.



This has turned into the dumbest cliches. "Give him the credit when he wins, blame his teammates when he loses"....Uh yeah, when a superstar plays great and his teammates play poorly, what the hell else are we supposed to do?
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1154 » by Myth » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

Every team compliment Shai made post-game sounded like a dig at Jokic’s support, intentional or not. “You’re only as good as your weakest link.” When asked about how they survived Jokic’s performance “Um, it’s a team sport. No one guy can do it. I need Chet, Chet needs me, we both need Dub…”
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1155 » by tmorgan » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

Eeek, man. Murray and MPJ and Braun and Brodie, 14 for 51. That’s like 28% from the field.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1156 » by Ugly0598 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

Porter Jr & Westbrook not shooting the ball well at all.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1157 » by Jadoogar » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

sikma42 wrote:
Jadoogar wrote:
10DayContract wrote:Here you guys go sucking Jokic’s d*ck and sh*tting on his teammates, when Jokic had been God awful the last 3 games.
Literally what more could have done?

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Great game from Joker. But after the last 3 games, I wouldn’t blame his teammates for the current situation. He didn’t hold up his end of the bargain in the earlier games. Can expect this cast to step up every game.
Jamal murray and mpj are on max contracts, it's fair to expect them to be better than they were tonight

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1158 » by RRR3 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

Credit to Jokic for getting out of that awful slump but OKC is just a better team.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1159 » by HotRocks34 » Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am

Jokic's NBA Efficiency number tonight was 56. That is insane against one of the best defenses in history.
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