2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 1-1)

[Special_Puppy]

Haliburton has been bad through 1.5 games in this series

[rolling_91]

Hali can’t create any separation on offense. Really pathetic showing from him after the let’s get greedy stuff.

He scores individually when he has a size advantage— 6’5” going against smaller PGs. When you put an equally sized and good defender on him he needs a pick to break down a defense. Which is to say he’s a very good player but not a star

[Dadouv47]

elite defense from Indiana on Shai...it puts a ton of pressure on Chet/JDub shoulders and we are not winning this series without them peforming on offense.

[Special_Puppy]

Very well rounded first half from SGA

[sikma42]

Caruso could be charged for assault for what he did to Siakam that second to last play and the refs called nothing. Tough to beat a team that gets away with so much.

There’s only a few options to start getting the refs to call fouls. Either you get a tech, or you start fouling really hard. If the ref isn’t gonna call a foul, you have to swing through and control your space (which will mean an elbow to the face). At some point, the ref will have to start calling the game or someone will get hurt.


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This is still weird behavior.

Based on your vast experience as a basketball player.


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[G R E Y]

We're at the Perk needs to shout to make an obvious point portion of proceedings (Hali needs to do more, brilliant insight).

[Mk0]

The Pacers are missing shots, but credit to OKC—their defense has been great. That said, I think they're getting away with a lot of fouls, and the refs aren’t calling much tonight. The high pick-and-roll has been killing Indy all night, and to make matters worse, many of those screens look like moving screens. Still, the officials don’t seem interested in blowing the whistle.

I love Hartenstein but he hasn't set a screen that wasn't moving. It'd make Andrew Bogut and Celtics era KG blush.

[DusterBuster]

This game is over I think

Let’s see how the third goes. If OKC doesn’t grow the lead, there will still be a chance.

[PushDaRock]

felt like SGA had 10 deflections that half

[sp6r=underrated]

What you neutral guys think? Refs calling it fairly? Like both teams can grab and hack?

My take is no one should care about reffing in eighteen points games.

[Mk0]

Oh hell yeah my favorite ATT commercial!

[Chuck Everett]

When Chet and J-Dub have good games like tonight, Thunder truly flash their greatness. However, those Aaron Wiggins minutes were found money. His minutes these playoffs have been very sporadic. Some games, he's been huge and then others Daigs yo-yos him, so he can't get into a rhythm. He might be the one guy on that bench (that's not Caruso) who for sure should be a starter somewhere else. He's got skills.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I expect the second half will be officiated differently.

0 FTAs for Haliburton, Turner, Nesmith, Mathurin, and Toppin combined.

Indiana needs to drive into Chet and Hartenstein to get to the penalty early.

[DCasey91]

What you neutral guys think? Refs calling it fairly? Like both teams can grab and hack?

OKC has had the rub of the green in both games. The worst call by far was Caruso's 2 fts game 1 it's when he jockey elbowed a guy and complained lmao I was like wtf NBA ref's are softer than any local pick up game imo

[sp6r=underrated]

I have read post on here where post write "[emoji6]][emoji[emoji"? Is this some type of code?

[cjx]

Is anyone reading the Absolute Flash and Absolute Green Lantern comics, Fam ?

[MoneyTalks41890]

I expect the second half will be officiated differently.

0 FTAs for Haliburton, Turner, Nesmith, Mathurin, and Toppin combined.

Indiana needs to drive into Chet and Hartenstein to get to the penalty early.

Siakam was the only Pacer driving into the paint more than a time or two

[thelead]

For real though, the Pacers will need to figure out the Thunder defense. They've been able to generate efficient offense all playoffs; I worry this OKC team is a different animal

Not sure there's anything to figure out. The second the Thunder score, they are literally hugging anyone close to the ball. Have to hope refs start calling things or hope that your defense can create transition scoring opportunities.

[Domz]

Okay that was a dope view of the city with the lightning in the background.

[MoneyTalks41890]

I have read post on here where post write "[emoji6]][emoji[emoji"? Is this some type of code?

It’s an AI leaking fluid