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

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Who wins Game 4 of the NBA Finals?

Poll ended at Fri Jun 13, 2025 3:42 pm

Thunder win on the road and tie it up
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Pacers win at home and go up 3-1
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1221 » by Chuck Everett » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:41 am

thelead wrote:OKC has all of their starters out there minus Dort. Is that normal? They may run out of gas in the 4th.


People didn't seem to believe that Indiana's depth was the best in the NBA. We saw it last year in the playoffs and they returned everyone while adding Mathurin.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1222 » by BigDan245 » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:41 am

It's not over...Pacers should be up by 14 right now.
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Post#1223 » by picc » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:41 am

If Indy wins tonight, what happens on Monday will make the Foster fix in the 2nd look lightweight.
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Post#1224 » by AIfan3 » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

Lol, Doris talking about OKC having the best in season defense, as if players nowadays actually play defense in the season nowadays.
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Post#1225 » by PushDaRock » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

8 assists on 80 points is ridiculous, they're working way too hard for everything.
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Post#1226 » by Nuntius » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

Jalen Williams with another big shot to close out a 3rd quarter.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1228 » by metalinguss » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

OKC looks rattled. I did not expect this at all. Time to get a cheap vet PG this offseason.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1229 » by Indomitable » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

djsunyc wrote:
Mamba81p wrote:I am beyond shocked now. This has to be the most shocking result since 2011 if not 2004.


but it's not like okc has been this juggernaut for years. they are a super young inexperienced squad.

Teams out west will design there team to beat OKC.
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Post#1230 » by Jadoogar » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

Pacers always end the third so poorly

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Post#1231 » by heyrayray » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

Indiana missed that opportunity to put them away
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1232 » by guldakot » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

OKC needs a real pg, the entire offense seems to be SGA and Jwill Iso's and them chucking it out if they cant get a shot up, its like watching a primitive version of Dwayne Casey's offense in Detroit. How the hell does your starting center have 1 shot? IHart has hops, you telling me you cant run one friggin pick and roll to the rim for him? Terrible terrrible offense.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1233 » by Froob » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:42 am

there’s no guarantee okc is ever back here and people had em penciled in as a dynasty. this would be an absolutely brutal opportunity to blow
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1234 » by CelticSooner » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:43 am

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CelticSooner wrote:This is OKC's season and they are melting down. Iso ball is not going to work.


We're seeing on-the-job training. Real-time education is happening. OKC will be better for it.

The basketball gods are cruel. No guarantee they are back here next year.
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Post#1235 » by Indomitable » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:43 am

metalinguss wrote:OKC looks rattled. I did not expect this at all. Time to get a cheap vet PG this offseason.
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Post#1236 » by cocktailswith_2short » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:43 am

Indomitable wrote:Doris will you please just speak. Why does everything she say have unnecessary emphasize.

She's lost in the weeds.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1237 » by GrandTheftRondo » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:43 am

Raps in 4 wrote:
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Dan Z wrote:OKC is a good team, but I still shake my head that people wrote off Indiana before the series started.

To be fair the stats said OKC was all time great.

However, that Nuggets series with a broken nuggets team taking them to 7 really should have spelled more danger


The stats didn't account for the fact that JDub and Chet have no experience. Regular season stats are also overrated.

Agree on Chet.

Williams hasn’t even that bad compared to his garbage 2024 playoffs.

The biggest problem is they’ve got absolutely nowhere near enough 3 point shooting in this series.

Indiana has literally baited them into running a 2006 Kobe like offence with SGA just taking contested middies and not generating looks for others.

Their rampant regular season defence isn’t clamping Indiana and it’s taking away a lot of easy buckets for them as well.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1238 » by Indomitable » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:43 am

CelticSooner wrote:
Dubnation wrote:
CelticSooner wrote:This is OKC's season and they are melting down. Iso ball is not going to work.


We're seeing on-the-job training. Real-time education is happening. OKC will be better for it.

The basketball gods are cruel. No guarantee they are back here next year.

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

Post#1239 » by Potential » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:44 am

THIS 4TH QUARTER IS GOING TO BE INSANE
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vsi #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1, Game 4 Friday) 

Post#1240 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:44 am

It's kind of funny how hard the Pacers run. This is probably how Thibs wants to run at all times with his team. They just look better conditioned than everyone else. Even tired they play pretty well.

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