2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 1-0)

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Who wins and advances to the NBA Finals?

Poll ended at Wed May 21, 2025 10:04 pm

Thunder in 4
5
2%
Thunder in 5
55
21%
Thunder in 6
88
34%
Thunder in 7
30
11%
Wolves in 4
5
2%
Wolves in 5
7
3%
Wolves in 6
54
21%
Wolves in 7
18
7%
 
Total votes: 262

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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#801 » by Yank3525 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:47 am

48-44

Good old 2000's mid 2010's score. That is the good stuff right there.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#802 » by PushDaRock » Wed May 21, 2025 1:47 am

Dadouv47 wrote:5/24 from your big 3...not great


and only down 4 is the positive part of that
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#803 » by Optms » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

Lakers got beat by one of the leagues best teams. Now you all know.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#804 » by ___Rand___ » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

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I don't disagree, but if Minnesota wants to win a title, one of them is going to have to make shots (they're missing a lot of wide open looks too), because Gobert and Conley aren't consistent offensive players game to game.


Yeah I don't mind them shooting open shots. their shooting motions are smooth. There's no tightness, no hitch. It'll go in sooner or later.



It won't. Both Naw and Donte have had broken 3pt shot all playoff. It's kinda annoying ngl.


Donte's shots rimmed out. It's gonna drop sometime.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#805 » by Chuck Everett » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

canada_dry wrote:J dub can't even make a layup...

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It actually helped the Thunder strangely enough because it led to Randle's 3rd foul.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#806 » by Raps in 4 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

baller16 wrote:Man Jalen Williams may suck on offense but his defense is insane


He'll be a great playoff scorer in a year or two. Dude is just in his third season.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#807 » by Marvin Martian » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

durden_tyler wrote:Outside of SGA’s iso and OKC’s fastbreak points, what other offense does the Thunder run?


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It's very weird that they aren't running an SGA/Chet PnR. It seems so obvious as a go to play but they insist with the SGA isos which hasn't worked at all in the playoffs
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#808 » by Mamba81p » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

funkatron101 wrote:Despite a worse record, this year's Wolves team is better than last year's team.

It took them a while to adjust to the changes. It's not like they turned it on in the playoffs. This started in March(17-4 to close the season).
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#809 » by JustBuzzin » Wed May 21, 2025 1:48 am

Randle still got a little hint of Westbrook in him. He's improved tho.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#810 » by ShouldaPaidBG » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

Is J Dub lowkey hurt? He doesn't have any lift
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#811 » by firedavidkahn » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

Wolfgang630 wrote:Some serious overreactions to a team that had like 5 days off vs a team that went to game 7 two days ago and they’re only up 4 at the half.

Up anything against one of the best teams ever assembled :wink:
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#812 » by duppyy » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

Okc only down 4 is a miracle with the way they are playing.


Also is Minnesota trying out beat Boston with the amount of threes they are taking?
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#813 » by PushDaRock » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

28-8 difference in 3 point attempts is wild
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#814 » by funkatron101 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

So, if the trend continues, we will see a huge 3rd quarter from the Wolves, then a ton of stupid mistakes by them in the 4th which causes near heart attacks for Wolves fans.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#815 » by GameOver25 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

Raps in 4 wrote:
baller16 wrote:Man Jalen Williams may suck on offense but his defense is insane


He'll be a great playoff scorer in a year or two. Dude is just in his third season.

You think so? I don't see any natural scoring instincts.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#816 » by Mk0 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

GameOver25 wrote:Man Minnesota is a dumb team. :lol:

So were the Warriors, but if you can hit your shots it erases a lot of mistakes.

Those Dynasty Warriors had so many dumb TOs it was frustrating af.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#817 » by DaGawd » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

randle is him
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#818 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:49 am

ShouldaPaidBG wrote:Is J Dub lowkey hurt? He doesn't have any lift


His shooting wrist but that doesn’t really account for what we’re seeing I don’t think
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#819 » by ShouldaPaidBG » Wed May 21, 2025 1:50 am

Chuck Everett wrote:I'm going to need Chet Holmgren to be the guy this board says he is. His playoffs have been a letdown so far. However, no time like the present to turn it around.


I don't really get why he doesn't shoot 10 8-12 foot fadeaways a game. Probably cus FTA is busy playing hero ball.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#820 » by zimpy27 » Wed May 21, 2025 1:50 am

Optms wrote:Lakers got beat by one of the leagues best teams. Now you all know.


I said even before the playoffs started that Lakers would come out of the West if they beat Minny in a series, but I thought Minny would beat the Lakers.

However, OKC will win this game tonight and this series. People will clown Minny because it might be 5 games but it's really just a matchup thing. These are both excellent teams.
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