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#341 » by GeorgeSears » Tue May 27, 2025 1:54 am

Horrific defense by the TWolves. They can't decide whether to take away the 3 or not. To make matters worse, their rebounding has also collapsed. The Thunder had 11 offensive rebounds in the first half. Ant Edwards can't let Dort dictate where he's going to go.
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Post#342 » by Kawaii Leonard » Tue May 27, 2025 1:54 am

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Post#343 » by Wolfgang630 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:55 am

baller16 wrote:Where was this energy when Jokic flops? Dude is just as bad if not worse than SGA when it comes to baiting. I swear people are just hating at this point

Y’all whine too much. It’s in FTA’s DNA to flop and be a free throw merchant. Jokic only does it when the NBA allows the Thunder to hack and foul him and doesn’t give him the calls he deserves.
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Re: 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC leads 2-1) 

Post#344 » by Domejandro » Tue May 27, 2025 1:55 am

Rubio9Guy wrote:Rudy is rough to watch, but this is why he plays:

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Yep, people don't realize how much Minnesota's defense blows when he is off of the court.
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Post#345 » by sikma42 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:55 am

Naz Reid has been pretty bad. Thought he was better than this.


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Post#346 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:55 am

Yeah nothing about this feels good for OKC
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Post#347 » by Mk0 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:56 am

baller16 wrote:Where was this energy when Jokic flops? Dude is just as bad if not worse than SGA when it comes to baiting. I swear people are just hating at this point

There was plenty of chatter about Jokic flopping.
But there was also a discussion of justifying it since he was getting hit/hacked constantly.
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Post#348 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 27, 2025 1:56 am

baller16 wrote:Where was this energy when Jokic flops? Dude is just as bad if not worse than SGA when it comes to baiting. I swear people are just hating at this point

lol Jokic gets mauled. Scratched allover every game and doesn’t get nearly the amount of calls SGA does
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Post#349 » by Mk0 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:57 am

sikma42 wrote:Naz Reid has been pretty bad. Thought he was better than this.


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Post#350 » by TimberKat » Tue May 27, 2025 1:57 am

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Post#351 » by Kawaii Leonard » Tue May 27, 2025 1:58 am

baller16 wrote:Where was this energy when Jokic flops? Dude is just as bad if not worse than SGA when it comes to baiting. I swear people are just hating at this point


Jokic does strategic and purposeful flops unlike the others so it’s okay when he does it!
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Post#352 » by Mk0 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:58 am

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genius- wrote:MVP doing MVP things

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Post#353 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue May 27, 2025 1:59 am

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Post#354 » by JustBuzzin » Tue May 27, 2025 1:59 am

I don't see how the Wolves win this.

They are playing the wrong players. Shannon has been a spark plug yet he's riding the bench for long periods for guys like Conley and Divi.
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Post#355 » by MoMan24 » Tue May 27, 2025 2:00 am

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baller16 wrote:Where was this energy when Jokic flops? Dude is just as bad if not worse than SGA when it comes to baiting. I swear people are just hating at this point

lol Jokic gets mauled. Scratched allover every game and doesn’t get nearly the amount of calls SGA does

The way they let Caruso do whatever he wanted to do on defense vs Jokic was crazy to watch for an entire game. I just don't understand how Dort and Caruso are allowed to play football and McDaniels better keep his hands to himself.
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Post#356 » by Jeremy Lin 7 » Tue May 27, 2025 2:01 am

Wolfgang630 wrote:
baller16 wrote:Where was this energy when Jokic flops? Dude is just as bad if not worse than SGA when it comes to baiting. I swear people are just hating at this point

Y’all whine too much. It’s in FTA’s DNA to flop and be a free throw merchant. Jokic only does it when the NBA allows the Thunder to hack and foul him and doesn’t give him the calls he deserves.

Credit to FTA for locking the defender's arms instead of looking at the basket. It's much easier to flop and act than to actually put the ball in the basket.

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Post#357 » by powerball1373 » Tue May 27, 2025 2:01 am

You know it's bad when Doris Burke is calling you a free throw merchant for a second game lmao.
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Post#358 » by Beethoven » Tue May 27, 2025 2:03 am

They got them right where they want them.
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Post#359 » by ___Rand___ » Tue May 27, 2025 2:03 am

SGA's foul baiting hasn't even been all that this game. Peeps are just bitter.
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Post#360 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 27, 2025 2:03 am

Ant been watching too much Jimmy Butler.

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