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

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Who wins the BIG ASS GAME 7??

Poll ended at Sun May 18, 2025 4:12 pm

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#561 » by Castle Black » Sun May 18, 2025 8:09 pm

Mrakar wrote:Thunder showing how they got to 68. Their bench defense is **** amazing, imagine having Caruso AND Wallace of the bench....


Imagine being the only team in the league who's allowed to foul thee sh*t out of the opposing team regularly and never get called for it. Equally wild.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#562 » by OldSchoolNoBull » Sun May 18, 2025 8:09 pm

Nuggets were up by 10, and the let the Thunder cut to 5. Gotta stay focused.

And if the decision has been made for AG to play, I don't know how long you want to sit him and give that hamstring a chance to tighten up.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#563 » by Optms » Sun May 18, 2025 8:09 pm

Hornet Mania wrote:Jokic is getting held around the waist every time he gets in the paint. I'd keep doing it too if I were OKC, it's not being called and they're severely restricting his ability to move towards the ball.


The man has over 100 pounds on Caruso and you are making excuses lol
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#564 » by jokeboy86 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:09 pm

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Wolfgang630 wrote:AG could give it his all to play with a grade 2 sprain and Curry couldn’t do it with a grade 1 sprain and he’s the legend. Tells you about curry

tells me the league isn't rigged, who knows how much money the league lost not putting Curry on the court even 1 legged Curry.


Also people got to remember that if Curry isn’t running around and mobile he’s practically useless on the court. Not to mention he can’t be a spot up shooter either cause he still uses some lift on his shots or the other team would just double him every time too
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#565 » by Chuck Everett » Sun May 18, 2025 8:09 pm

Castle Black wrote:Jokic is surrounded by so many bums it's depressing. OKC is also fouling like crazy and gettin away with it.


Do you also believe this is the most talented NBA of all-time?
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#566 » by LFGK » Sun May 18, 2025 8:09 pm

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jokeboy86 wrote:Caruso is doing a hell of a job fronting Jokic

Refs are letting him get away with fouling the hell out of him


Whatever the hell they are doing to Jokic, that sh*t is not defense.....in a normal game he'd be fouled out in a quarter playing like that.....if Denver is smart they win this game, use that aggressiveness against them
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#567 » by Mr. Perfect » Sun May 18, 2025 8:10 pm

OKC gets the most favorable whistle I've seen from a team in a long time. All the hacking on D and SGA's pushoffs are just too much
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#568 » by mattg » Sun May 18, 2025 8:10 pm

Marvin Martian wrote:Caruso need to play the rest of the game no questions asked

I mean if the refs are going to let him absolutely hack the heck outta every offensive player then yeah :lol: Dude should already be fouled out of the game if the refs actually called the fouls on OKC that they were committing.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#569 » by OverAndOut » Sun May 18, 2025 8:10 pm

The 2025 Thunder defense is literally the Seahawks Legion of Boom defense. Commit fouls basically every play because the refs won’t call them all.
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Post#570 » by 3ddman23 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:10 pm

JM00n69 wrote:FCKN Caruso on Jokic, how can you not exploit that DEN?????


Caruso get away with murder when he switches on to bigger players.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#571 » by bluemj32 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:10 pm

PushDaRock wrote:no Strawther yet is weird, put him in early and see if he can pick up where he left off
Probably waiting until the 2nd quarter when they need to rest a few other guys. I'd have a shirt leash on Westbrook this game and play him in spurts

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#572 » by Hornet Mania » Sun May 18, 2025 8:10 pm

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Hornet Mania wrote:Jokic is getting held around the waist every time he gets in the paint. I'd keep doing it too if I were OKC, it's not being called and they're severely restricting his ability to move towards the ball.


The man has over 100 pounds on Caruso and you are making excuses lol


Just stating facts. And I already said OKC should continue doing it, I don't have a dog in the fight.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#573 » by Manimal » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

Smart to put Caruso on Jokic instead of Hart or Chet. They let him foul the **** out of Jokic because he's small.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#574 » by 3ddman23 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

Yup momentum completely gone cause Denver keeps turning the ball over.
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Doris Burke is Commentating GAME 7 

Post#575 » by The Servant » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

Could there be anything less iconic?
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Post#576 » by Infinite Llamas » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

Caruso should have fouled out in the first quarter.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#578 » by JM00n69 » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

Loaded_Hollows wrote:
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Handlez wrote:Gordon playing well.

Why didn't Curry try?

Being honest, Aaron Gordon shouldn’t be playing, but even ignoring that, Stephen Curry absolutely couldn’t operate as an off-ball threat with a strained hamstring. It is good that he did not play

Yea I’m not sure why people keep asking this as if curry and Gordon have similar play styles. Curry runs the equivalent of 2 miles in a game.


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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#579 » by Castle Black » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

Optms wrote:Both these teams are frauds tbh


You would know, tubs.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!) 

Post#580 » by Chocolate City Jordanaire » Sun May 18, 2025 8:11 pm

I think former Maryland Terrapin Aaron Wiggins is going to have a major impact on this game. He and Caruso already played well in Q1.
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