2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 3-1)

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Omg you guys who wins Game 4??

Thunder win and go up 3-1
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Wolves win and tie it up
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#281 » by MoMan24 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:43 am

Handlez wrote:Why is OKC allowed to maul teams?

It disgusts me that Caruso can literally wrestle Randle and SGA gets the calls he gets. The NBA at some point has to address the foul baiting and ref manipulating that has gone too far. The discourse will get louder and louder. ESPN's main announcing crew talks about it every game.
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Post#282 » by PushDaRock » Tue May 27, 2025 1:43 am

Domejandro wrote:My problem isn't the foul call, but I think that unnatural shooting motions (hooking on reaching) should be called similar to rip-through fouls. Rewarding unnatural motions with shooting fouls seems kind of broken.


wouldn't matter anyways when it's in the bonus
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Post#283 » by Dan33185 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:43 am

Wolves trying to make up the rebound disadvantage in one possesion
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Post#284 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:44 am

Dort stood Randle up again.

Caruso with good defense on McDaniels.

Obvious Dort foul, need to board
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Post#285 » by thelead » Tue May 27, 2025 1:44 am

Domejandro wrote:My problem isn't the foul call, but I think that unnatural shooting motions (hooking on reaching) should be called similar to rip-through fouls. Rewarding unnatural motions with shooting fouls seems kind of broken.

I'm not even mad at SGA. He's flippin' great... it's the refs and the league that I have a problem with. Every one hand checks these days but SGA gets more rip through calls than anyone else. As I type this, Randle got hacked the same way by Dort but didn't get the same whistle. It makes me hate the league.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#288 » by LBJKB24MJ23 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:45 am

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Post#289 » by ___Rand___ » Tue May 27, 2025 1:45 am

Ant Dort is gone be aggressive!
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Post#290 » by Potential » Tue May 27, 2025 1:45 am

ESPN got the halftime crew looking like robots
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Post#291 » by duppyy » Tue May 27, 2025 1:45 am

Himothy Duncan wrote:McDaniels needs to gain about 20 lbs


He needs a 15lbs gained in off season thread.
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Post#292 » by JustBuzzin » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

Potential wrote:ESPN got the halftime crew looking like robots

Cringy ASF! :lol:
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#293 » by John Murdoch » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

Ant needs more floor spacers around him ffs , even a dusty Klay would be a massive upgrade over DDV/Conley at this point
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Post#294 » by knicksfan974 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

The Wolves all the time just a step behind. They are still in this but need to bring their top game in the second half.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#295 » by WestbrookGOATed » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

Why is Mike Conley getting minutes? Lol
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Post#296 » by NiceLikeChrist » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

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NiceLikeChrist wrote:We are going to deeply regret this. We traded away the best player in the trade and still had to give up a great role player AND a pick?

so many people are going to eat their words about randle
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#297 » by Domejandro » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

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How do you steal the bal then ? By someone throwing it at your hand?

Move your feet and defend instead of grabbing Shai's arm


Shai didn't grab Rudy's arm with his off arm ?

Rudy did foul him, though. You can't reach across with your off-hand when someone is driving into you.
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Post#298 » by JustBuzzin » Tue May 27, 2025 1:46 am

Mike Conley needs to retire seriously.
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Post#299 » by ibraheim718 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:47 am

game is moving too fast for Ant.. Minny needs to find a way to slow it down
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2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#300 » by sikma42 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:47 am

Ant has to just jab step and go at a sharp angle almost through Dort. To the point he puts Dort on his ass and forces foul calls. You gotta control your space and that’s the only way to do it. Not sure if he doesn’t understand or is scared of the contact.


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