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

[Mikistan]

We need to get rid of conferences. They end up causing these huge mismatches in the finals that are just foregone conclusions

Yeah I wish the finals were more like the WCF...where OkC Beat Minny by 30 twice and was up 20 heading into the 4th in a 3rd game

NBA should just rig the games so each game is a nail biter!

With equal foul and free throw calls, oh and no stars fouling out

[ball_takes23]

I don’t see Indy getting another win in okc. The remaining games in Indy are all must wins.

[The Big O]

Pacers are done. Haliburton is a true bagless star if I've ever seen one.

[Jadoogar]

Pacers are done. Haliburton is a true bagless star if I've ever seen one.

lol were you people expecting the Pacers to win both games in OKC?

[Iwasawitness]

Pacers are done. Haliburton is a true bagless star if I've ever seen one.

Talk about overreacting.

[Ssj16]

I still had OKC in 5, sticking to that. Now we even got Wiggins going, if he can heat up we have him and Carushow and IHart as big 3 bench thats highkey crazy. And btw, Chet and J-Dub have been bang average to bad and OKC have lead for all but 2 minutes, now imagine they play at just a regular season average or better? OKC cant lose this, it would require Haliban to explode consistently for 30 + and 10 + ast but OKC is too good of a defense for him.

I initially picked OKC in 5 but waivered from it. If they win game 3, I think it's a high possibility they gentlemen sweep, especially because even tho on a micro level, Indy can come back within a game, on a more macro level we don't know if they can come back in a series and they could be frontrunners in that sense.

OKC has already been truly battled tested in the above scenario.

[The Big O]

Pacers are done. Haliburton is a true bagless star if I've ever seen one.

Talk about overreacting.

Overreacting to what? Haliburton doesn't have the scoring skillset to make OKC pay consistently. He's not that guy, despite that epic gamewinner from game 1.

[The Big O]

Pacers are done. Haliburton is a true bagless star if I've ever seen one.

lol were you people expecting the Pacers to win both games in OKC?

Not at all. But Haliburton's performances will make this a relatively short (and uncompetitive) series.

[KP Duty]

Caruso 20pts...Wiggins 18pts, outscoring all Pacers. Refs are at it again!

[Potential]

Game 3 in Indiana is going to be crazy. I can't wait

[tsherkin]

Welp, that's the response game as expected. You knew OKC wasn't going to shoot that horribly in consecutive games.

Time to see what happens in Indiana.

[Iwasawitness]

Pacers are done. Haliburton is a true bagless star if I've ever seen one.

Talk about overreacting.

Overreacting to what? Haliburton doesn't have the scoring skillset to make OKC pay consistently. He's not that guy, despite that epic gamewinner from game 1.

You're basing this on one game.

Meanwhile, we have three previous playoff series proving this to be wrong.

Again, there's overreacting and then there's this.

[bbms]

do you guys seriously rate haliburton for his perfomance against OKC??? the thunder made jokic look like a scrub for prolonged times. ant was completely blanketed

heroics aside, haliburton (he has something going for him late games when teams are worn off) is expected to be blanketed this series. okc held him to his lowest usage rate all season.

[The Big O]

Talk about overreacting.

Overreacting to what? Haliburton doesn't have the scoring skillset to make OKC pay consistently. He's not that guy, despite that epic gamewinner from game 1.

You're basing this on one game.

Meanwhile, we have three previous playoff series proving this to be wrong.

Again, there's overreacting and then there's this.

18ppg on 58% TS is his playoff run this year. That isn't going to even bring a dent into this OKC defense.

[NiceLikeChrist]

People on this board whining about OKC getting refs help after each of their blowout wins will never not be funny.

Has nothing to do with their blowout wins. It’s every game they play.

[Iwasawitness]

Overreacting to what? Haliburton doesn't have the scoring skillset to make OKC pay consistently. He's not that guy, despite that epic gamewinner from game 1.

You're basing this on one game.

Meanwhile, we have three previous playoff series proving this to be wrong.

Again, there's overreacting and then there's this.

18ppg on 58% TS is his playoff run this year. That isn't going to even bring a dent into this OKC defense.

It did in game 1.

[The Big O]

You're basing this on one game.

Meanwhile, we have three previous playoff series proving this to be wrong.

Again, there's overreacting and then there's this.

18ppg on 58% TS is his playoff run this year. That isn't going to even bring a dent into this OKC defense.

It did in game 1.

Not at all. Gamewinner aside, Haliburton aint doing s*** that game. And he can't do anything this series. He's gonna watch Shai consistently drop 30 on his head.

[Iwasawitness]

18ppg on 58% TS is his playoff run this year. That isn't going to even bring a dent into this OKC defense.

It did in game 1.

Not at all. Gamewinner aside, Haliburton aint doing s*** that game. And he can't do anything this series. He's gonna watch Shai consistently drop 30 on his head.

And you're so confident in this because of one game.

[The Big O]

It did in game 1.

Not at all. Gamewinner aside, Haliburton aint doing s*** that game. And he can't do anything this series. He's gonna watch Shai consistently drop 30 on his head.

And you're so confident in this because of one game.

No it's based on evaluation of past performances and future projection. Tell me what Haliburton has shown thus far that threatens OKC?

[jowglenn]

Pacers win game 1: THIS SERIES IS OVER THE PACERS ARE GOING TO SWEEP
Thunder win game 2: THIS SERIES IS OVER THE THUNDER ARE GOING TO GENTLEMAN'S SWEEP

jesus people get it together