2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1)

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Omg you guys who wins Game 3??

Poll ended at Wed Jun 11, 2025 4:08 pm

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Total votes: 60

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 1-1, Game 3 Wednesday) 

Post#141 » by Patches Perry » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:29 am

Good luck Pacers fan friends. See you on the other side.
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Post#142 » by djsunyc » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:30 am

BigDan245 wrote:Malika asking Silver about logos on the court and Silver babbles on about 10 different things...Is it really that difficult to put logos on the court? It's 2025...You're telling me you can't find a safe way to put finals logos on a floor? Come on.

they did last game. they digitally added them and fans still complained.
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Post#143 » by azcatz11 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:30 am

SA37 wrote:I'll be curious to see if Indiana can play crisper basketball. They've kind of been happy to sludge their way into their offense, and that sloppiness has led to sill turnovers and a lot of chucking from 3. They really need Haliburton to be aggressive and they need to get Siakam the ball in places where he can get to the bucket off one dribble.

For OKC, I think it is really a matter of continuing to do what they've done on D and whether they can get good shooting from Wallace, Wiggins, Joe, Caruso...etc to keep Indiana's defense honest.


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Post#144 » by azcatz11 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:31 am

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BigDan245 wrote:Malika asking Silver about logos on the court and Silver babbles on about 10 different things...Is it really that difficult to put logos on the court? It's 2025...You're telling me you can't find a safe way to put finals logos on a floor? Come on.

they did last game. they digitally added them and fans still complained.


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Post#145 » by holdenwait » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:32 am

Let's gooo, 3 days was way too much of a break!
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Post#146 » by djsunyc » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:32 am

game 1, pacers were within 11-13 the whole 2nd half before taking over.

game 2 it was 18-20 which is a much tougher hurdle.

let's see if they can keep it close so they can takeover late.
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Post#147 » by yoadknux » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:36 am

Why aren't they showing the players introduction on league pass... I wanna get hyped. I got to hear the OKC announcer screaming into the mic with cow sounds in the background in G1/G2, now that it's in Indiana they're just showing some trailers instead of the starting 5
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Post#148 » by djsunyc » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:37 am

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djsunyc wrote:
BigDan245 wrote:Malika asking Silver about logos on the court and Silver babbles on about 10 different things...Is it really that difficult to put logos on the court? It's 2025...You're telling me you can't find a safe way to put finals logos on a floor? Come on.

they did last game. they digitally added them and fans still complained.


Damn right. I don’t want AI anywhere near the basketball court


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Post#149 » by Doranku » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:37 am

Still starting Cason Wallace, huh? Interesting
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Post#150 » by Doranku » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:38 am

yoadknux wrote:Why aren't they showing the players introduction on league pass... I wanna get hyped. I got to hear the OKC announcer screaming into the mic with cow sounds in the background in G1/G2, now that it's in Indiana they're just showing some trailers instead of the starting 5


ESPN didn't even show the player introductions lol that's crazy
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Post#151 » by scrabbarista » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:39 am

Go Pacers!!!!
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Post#152 » by bisme37 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:39 am

The big game is on you guys this is crazy
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Post#154 » by thelead » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:40 am

Expecting another blowout win for OKC
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Post#155 » by Myth » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:42 am

Thunder immediately testing the refs to see how rough they can be.
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Post#157 » by ___Rand___ » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:42 am

Both teams going to their 4s early.
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Post#158 » by ball_takes23 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:43 am

thelead wrote:Expecting another blowout win for OKC


they have 0 road blowouts so far this postseason.
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Post#159 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:43 am

azcatz11 wrote:
SA37 wrote:I'll be curious to see if Indiana can play crisper basketball. They've kind of been happy to sludge their way into their offense, and that sloppiness has led to sill turnovers and a lot of chucking from 3. They really need Haliburton to be aggressive and they need to get Siakam the ball in places where he can get to the bucket off one dribble.

For OKC, I think it is really a matter of continuing to do what they've done on D and whether they can get good shooting from Wallace, Wiggins, Joe, Caruso...etc to keep Indiana's defense honest.


It’s going to be a hot start for the pacers


Damn I knew it as soon as I read this :banghead:
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Post#160 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:44 am

Chet being aggressive on both ends doing a nice job with Turner

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