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

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #381 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:08 am

Stone wrote:Pacers need to up the physicality. Need more from Topin

They literally can’t. They’ve been called for touch fouls.

SportsGuru08 · Post #382 » by **SportsGuru08** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:08 am

Wow, four steals already for Siakam.

Indomitable · Post #383 » by **Indomitable** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:08 am

Mk0 wrote:I love Alex but that was a foul

Been a bunch of BS. Reason why I am Pro Pacers

GSP · Post #384 » by **GSP** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

Caruso has deadass been Okcs 2nd most important player these playoffs. They dont make that trade even if they get Ihart still theyre out in 2nd round. They wouldnt have swept Memphis even w/o Ja either mightve gone 6 games then who knows if someone gets banged up

___Rand___ · Post #385 » by **___Rand___** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

TJ needs to go crazy again.

cocktailswith_2short · Post #386 » by **cocktailswith_2short** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

BigDan245 wrote:Jdub should be the leading scorer for OKC in this series....He can get whatever he wants. SGA should be 2nd banana.

Truth . Every time he drives he makes it happen. .

picc · Post #387 » by **picc** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

Great. Now I can sit down.

Mk0 · Post #388 » by **Mk0** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

JJ McConnell

Indomitable · Post #389 » by **Indomitable** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
Stone wrote:Pacers need to up the physicality. Need more from Topin

They literally can’t. They’ve been called for touch fouls.

Calling 2 different games.

KGDirkTD_Fan · Post #390 » by **KGDirkTD_Fan** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:09 am

they grow basketballs in Indiana let's go!

HangTime · Post #391 » by **HangTime** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:10 am

Pascal has mastered the "how to be a leading scorer while not being the #1 option."

EastonEddy · Post #392 » by **EastonEddy** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:10 am

GSP wrote:Siakam is really a perfect 2nd option if you have an elite offensive 1st option like Kawhi in 19 or Hali now. Swiss army knife. Defense, rebounding, handles, scoring, transition. He does it all. Pippen lite impact and skillset. Hes not the defender Scottie was but hes a better more skilled scorer.

Don't even know where to start with this. So much wrong lmao

picc · Post #393 » by **picc** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:10 am

TJ would post up Dikembe Mutombo.

Chuck Everett · Post #394 » by **Chuck Everett** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:10 am

McConnell's eyes get huge when he sees Isaiah Joe.

2weekswithpay · Post #395 » by **2weekswithpay** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:11 am

Joe gets attacked the moment he steps on the floor. OKC needs to give him a bit of help out there.

___Rand___ · Post #396 » by **___Rand___** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:11 am

OKC went back to SGA handling the ball after turnovers by the other guys lol.

Doranku · Post #397 » by **Doranku** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:11 am

TJ McConnell got that Andre Miller game

Mk0 · Post #398 » by **Mk0** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:11 am

EastonEddy wrote:
GSP wrote:Siakam is really a perfect 2nd option if you have an elite offensive 1st option like Kawhi in 19 or Hali now. Swiss army knife. Defense, rebounding, handles, scoring, transition. He does it all. Pippen lite impact and skillset. Hes not the defender Scottie was but hes a better more skilled scorer.

Don't even know where to start with this. So much wrong lmao

I thought I had a stroke. Like what? :lol:

rockmanslim · Post #399 » by **rockmanslim** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:11 am

Toppin was off the bench on the court before that heave landed. If it had gone in would they have waved it off because of that

SportsGuru08 · Post #400 » by **SportsGuru08** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:11 am

Jta444 wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:
Jta444 wrote:
Revisionist history. Dallas had JJ Barea and Terry single-coveraging Lebron that series. Wade was much better than Lebron at that point. Much more fearless slasher. Lebron just **** the bed that year. It’s not bad to admit that. He learned from his mistakes and came much better the next year. No need to revise history and come up with more excuses for Lebron. He became the 2nd greatest player of all time after that anyway, so he didn’t really lose. Dirk just taught him a lesson or two, all greats needed a beating. Jordan had the Pistons, Kobe had the Suns, and Lebron had Duncan and Dirk.

Your argument makes zero sense.

First off, Barea and Terry single covering LeBron... Do you not know what a zone defense is?

And in what way am I revising history? I said Dallas planned their entire defense around LeBron. This was confirmed by Mark Cuban himself. I said Miami lacked spacing, which is 100% true. It was a key reason as to why LeBron struggled.

And with all of that said, how is this me making excuses for him? That's a direct indictment on LeBron as a player. I'm outright stating that Dallas shut him down, which is true. Making excuses for him would be saying something like he choked, because that's at least giving him the benefit of the doubt in that he was capable of being that kind of player. At the time, he wasn't, not against a team with this kind of defense.

Some of you really don't think before making these posts.

Barea was defending Lebron that series. Zone defense or not if Lebron was a real basketball player at that point he should have shot over him time and again. But he wasn’t good back then. That’s why he needed a beating to make him work harder and develop a shot which he did come 2012.

Spacing? Michael Jordan had Pippen, Rodman/Grant, Longley, other scrubs who can’t shoot, yet he still won 6. So you’re admitting if Jordan had better spacing he would even win more, just like how Lebron won chamoionships when he got his spacing and shooters.

It's always cringe when people try to downplay the 2011 epic fail. Fortunately it doesn't happen that often.

Who wins Game 4 of the NBA Finals?