Official NBA General Discussion 2025-26 V1.0

duppyy · Post #1081 » by **duppyy** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:02 pm

gp2015 wrote:
Tripod wrote:Matherin should be a Raptor with that FT display

We only like players who split their free throws, not go 0-2.

Siakam started that trend

sidsid · Post #1082 » by **sidsid** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 7:11 pm

Mathurin will have a valued role on a playoff team once his next big-ish contract is over and he starts his late career Rodney Hood/Austin Rivers phase.

Jumping from team to team on 1-2 year below MLE contracts and sees the floor only when the team is stuck in the mud and they need a guy who can't follow the structured offense in the regular season and ends up short-circuiting the opposing team's playoff defense.

That's great cap value for a sometimes needed skillset during the playoffs. Look forward to seeing it when he's 31yo or whatever.

WaltFrazier · Post #1083 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:24 pm

gp2015 wrote:I thought the pressure might start getting to the Pacers once it looked like they could take the series and seems like that's what happened tonight.

Huge opportunity lost.

Harder to hold the lead than coming from behind, nothing to lose

WaltFrazier · Post #1084 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:28 pm

TOStateofMind wrote:Very bad 4th by Indy. Big blown chance to go up 3-1. Should be a good finish to this one.

They were rolling in the third but only ended it up 7 I think. Played too loose, didn't put it away then. And OKC showed grit and better scrambling D in the last few minutes.

I'm not so sure the return to 2 bigs made the difference, I think they need to play Caruso over Cason's minutes

Post #1085 » by **tsherkin** » Sun Jun 15, 2025 12:02 pm

WaltFrazier wrote:
TOStateofMind wrote:Very bad 4th by Indy. Big blown chance to go up 3-1. Should be a good finish to this one.

They were rolling in the third but only ended it up 7 I think. Played too loose, didn't put it away then. And OKC showed grit and better scrambling D in the last few minutes.

I'm not so sure the return to 2 bigs made the difference, I think they need to play Caruso over Carson's minutes

Yeah, OKC kept pace pretty well for 3, then Indy crapped themselves in the fourth quarter in that one while OKC went bonkers. 5/18 shooting, smoked o the offensive glass, ouch.

Brinbe · Post #1086 » by **Brinbe** » Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:46 pm

first good thing silver has done in a long while

Read on Twitter

still a long way to go to being all the way back though

WuTang_OG · Post #1087 » by **WuTang_OG** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:52 am

these refs r shyt

mdenny · Post #1088 » by **mdenny** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:55 am

Gotta acknowledge how beautiful this basketball has been. Such a great matchup. Indiana has fully won me over. It's beautiful basketball and not at the expense of great defense.

Let us all be thankful we don't have to watch the Celtics right now.

Post #1089 » by **HiJiNX** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:01 am

Well Indiana, it was a good run.

sidsid · Post #1090 » by **sidsid** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:13 am

HiJiNX wrote:Well Indiana, it was a good run.

Some of this is unforced sloppiness right now. Siakam just losing a couple balls dribbling.

But the trends are trending clearer. OKC getting their dunks and layups and just needing to hit their open 3s.

Pacers gotta hit those 3s and find some transition offense. Tougher sledding.

Clutch0z24 · Post #1091 » by **Clutch0z24** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:24 am

Williams is cooking ....Lots of time left but i think Pacers need to win this one.

Basketball_Jones · Post #1092 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:25 am

Pacers don’t have the same defensive intensity. They can do it for only so long I guess while OKC is just consistent with theirs.

Syd-TK3 · Post #1093 » by **Syd-TK3** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:26 am

Haliburton is extremely clutch and talented but he is absolutely not a superstar. He dissappears far too much

WaltFrazier · Post #1094 » by **WaltFrazier** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:29 am

OKC role players hitting threes for the first time, Wiggins, Joe, Wallace, Williams. That'll be hard to beat if they continue

Loso04 · Post #1095 » by **Loso04** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:33 am

His dribble gets cut off at the permiter almost everytime. Also, I'm noticing having Nembhard and Nesmith is very limiting in terms of offense creation and of course the OKC defense is really good.

Syd-TK3 wrote:Haliburton is extremely clutch and talented but he is absolutely not a superstar. He dissappears far too much

SharoneWright · Post #1096 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:50 am

Hali no longer top 10

sidsid · Post #1097 » by **sidsid** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:51 am

Very shades of game 1 of the series, but both teams have exhausted the adjustments and playbooks now.

The paint is more open than ever for OKC.

But again, could have been a lot worse for Indy here. That's the good news. And SGA played extra minutes compared to the pacing he had last game. Could matter if this isn't a blowout during winning time.

Basketball_Jones · Post #1098 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:56 am

I don’t think Pacers have the juice this game but we’ll see. OKC is allowed to play more physical defense now so it will be hard for the Pacers to get going unless they get hot from 3.

PushDaRock · Post #1099 » by **PushDaRock** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:10 am

Pacers still within striking distance and SGA has 3 fouls which could become a concern.

Siakam will probably need to go for 30 with Haliburton struggling though

sidsid · Post #1100 » by **sidsid** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:24 am

I just can't take the Pacers as a good defense seriously. They are a "Pat trick y'all" pressure D.

Jdub going for like 10 layups/dunks in a game is not acceptable playoff D. And it's always there for him if he just slowed down each game.