2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread

Post #1461 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 3:48 am

can't believe pacers fans are blaming the refs so much. Indiana spent the first 8 minutes of the 4th quarter at the line.

Devilanche · Post #1462 » by **Devilanche** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 3:55 am

Dadouv47 wrote:10 assist...omg this is bad

Flashback of the old Thunder. Even down to the 3s

Post #1463 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 3:55 am

Caruso load management during the regular season is the best thing our coaching staff has done in the entire season.

Post #1464 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:10 am

Read on Twitter

massive end of game from Chet. Hope he can play healthy moving forward.

Xatticus · Post #1465 » by **Xatticus** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:29 am

We have some guys that will struggle getting out of bed tomorrow. Jalen took some hard falls.

Zagor · Post #1466 » by **Zagor** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:16 am

What a great win! I didn't believe they could come back from -10 but somehow they did it.

I must say I'm slightly disappointed with IHart in whole playoffs. He is not delivering like he's 30m guy. Look how Caruso is dominating, IHart is not any near that level.

Joe is a massive failure. Completely broken guy.

Mr Thunder Nick · Post #1467 » by **Mr Thunder Nick** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 10:32 am

Joe played in the last 2 games 4 and 5 minutes. In game 3 he was 2-2 from 3 pointers and in game 4 hes has a steel in 4,5 minutes...how can you say he is a broken guy. shame on you.

Mr Thunder Nick · Post #1468 » by **Mr Thunder Nick** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 10:34 am

IHart gets much less minutes in the PO. So logically his numbers are down. I still want him more minutes on the flor for his rebounding and screen settings.

bbms · Post #1469 » by **bbms** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:38 pm

chet+kenrich lineups look huge to me

remember the other day we were discussing topic and whether he would have a role in okc or not? well, we have alex caruso and aaron wiggins initiating offense in nba finals :lol:

Post #1470 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:16 pm

Need Cason to wake up at least at home. High intensity games so we need all our guys to perform. He's really really bad in these finals so far.

spearsy23 · Post #1471 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:34 pm

We're going to have to hit 3's at least one of these next two games, hopefully it's game 5 and we can bury them early

Woerzboerg · Post #1472 » by **Woerzboerg** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:38 pm

Kizz won‘t like it, but I‘d start KWill next to Chet instead of Hartenstein. He provided some good minutes and two bigs doesn‘t work against Indy, as seen yesterday.

spearsy23 · Post #1473 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:46 pm

Woerzboerg wrote:Kizz won‘t like it, but I‘d start KWill next to Chet instead of Hartenstein. He provided some good minutes and two bigs doesn‘t work against Indy, as seen yesterday.

Personally I'd go Wiggins. But I agree there's no reason to start the 2 bigs, and starting Cason means we don't get cason/Caruso defensive pressure that's needed with the bench.

Post #1474 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:08 pm

at this point I will just keep the same starting 5 again just not to mess with our confidence levels and bring Caruso/Cason after 4 minutes like we did against Minny.

First quarter of game 5 gonna be key. Pacers probably looking for some blood so we have to put them under water pretty fast.

I'm still concerned about the lack of ball movement and this is key for us to get 2 more wins. We aren't shooting well from 3 without moving the ball. I like our chances to improve our offense at home but those are bad habits of playing 3 Finals games without ball movement. Keep repeating myself, the timing was bad but I understand why Mark wanted to give Ajay a shot. Championship or not we badly need to add a decent playmaker.

Post #1475 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:10 pm

Daigneault made some good and bad decisions last night but he got balls to sit Shai during a bit more than a minute with 6 minutes left in the game.

Post #1476 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:25 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote: I’m just ready for it to be over. This isn’t fun.

This is the best being a Thunder fan has ever felt. It's as awesome as 2016 when I watched the Cubs win game 7 with insane highs and lows. This isn't supposed to be easy! It supposed to torture your soul and make your body ache with highs and lows. This is what being a fanatic is all about!!! You want easy? I hear the 76ers are looking for fans.

It can be the best time to be a Thunder fan and also the most emotionally exhausting.

Post #1477 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:27 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:can't believe pacers fans are blaming the refs so much. Indiana spent the first 8 minutes of the 4th quarter at the line.

We’ve not won a game all year without the refs help. 8-)

Post #1478 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:31 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:
Kizz Fastfists wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote: I’m just ready for it to be over. This isn’t fun.

This is the best being a Thunder fan has ever felt. It's as awesome as 2016 when I watched the Cubs win game 7 with insane highs and lows. This isn't supposed to be easy! It supposed to torture your soul and make your body ache with highs and lows. This is what being a fanatic is all about!!! You want easy? I hear the 76ers are looking for fans.

It can be the best time to be a Thunder fan and also the most emotionally exhausting.

I don't sleep well, I don't work well, I'm counting the hours before each game and I'll finish the series as bald as Caruso but yeah this is amazing time to root for the Thunder

spearsy23 · Post #1479 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:37 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:at this point I will just keep the same starting 5 again just not to mess with our confidence levels and bring Caruso/Cason after 4 minutes like we did against Minny.

First quarter of game 5 gonna be key. Pacers probably looking for some blood so we have to put them under water pretty fast.

I'm still concerned about the lack of ball movement and this is key for us to get 2 more wins. We aren't shooting well from 3 without moving the ball. I like our chances to improve our offense at home but those are bad habits of playing 3 Finals games without ball movement. Keep repeating myself, the timing was bad but I understand why Mark wanted to give Ajay a shot. Championship or not we badly need to add a decent playmaker.

The ball movement thing is weird. We've reverted to the Billy Donovan/Scott Brooks offense throughout the entire playoffs really. During the regular season Shai iso was generally initiated by some offensive action and the ball moving side to side prior to him catching at the top of the key. Mark's been preaching trust in every guy in the roster all season, but we refuse to take the ball out of Shai's hands now that it counts. I honestly think we'd have been more dominant all playoffs if we hadn't forced shai into the security blanket role, and now it's probably too late to try to correct. We're going to have to win on the backs of a 'big three' where only one is ready to be a primary offensive option at this stage in their careers. It's great that shai is capable of being this guy, but it's disappointing that he's having to be despite the depth of this team.

Post #1480 » by **Dadouv47** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:38 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:can't believe pacers fans are blaming the refs so much. Indiana spent the first 8 minutes of the 4th quarter at the line.

We’ve not one a game all year without the refs help.

worst part is that in game 1 we should have the clock reset at 24 seconds up one point and so the Haliburton game winner was never gonna happen.