2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (OKC leads 3-2)

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Who seizes a commanding 3-2 lead?

OKC
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60%
Indiana
36
40%
 
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Post#201 » by SOA » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:55 am

Haliburton has to be aggressive.
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Post#202 » by Chuck Everett » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:56 am

Hartenstein is having a great game early. Should have been starting from Game 1.
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Post#203 » by CS707 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:56 am

If this were a Saturday I’d turn Doris’s “historic” into a drinking game.
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Post#204 » by yoadknux » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:56 am

No way, they called something on OKC
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Post#205 » by kwajo » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:56 am

rockmanslim wrote:Toppin got his order of operations wrong


:lol: yeah he definitely forgot momentarily that the deflection allowed him to go into the backcourt but only if he didn't regain possession first
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Post#206 » by jbsays » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:56 am

In regards to fouls, the only thing I really see is SGA gets away with pushing off whenever he wants. Other than that I don't see the disparity some people are talking about. Dort just got called for an offensive foul.
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Post#207 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:57 am

Idk I just saw them call a number of things on OKC
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Post#208 » by Chuck Everett » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:57 am

Haliburton is going to have to get in the weight room at some point. These cross-matches you can't get away with when you're this physically weak.
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Post#209 » by SOA » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:58 am

They call that on Dort but not the play in which Indy would have gotten points from free throws. That's the crap that annoys me. It evens out the fouls but not in a way that is purposeful.
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Post#210 » by Doranku » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:58 am

jbsays wrote:In regards to fouls, the only thing I really see is SGA gets away with pushing off whenever he wants. Other than that I don't see the disparity some people are talking about. Dort just got called for an offensive foul.


I agree with this but the pushing off is nothing to gloss over. It's not something that happens only a couple times a game. It's eight, nine, ten different instances of him getting away with the same thing almost every game. It's excessive and ridiculous.
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Post#211 » by rockmanslim » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:58 am

Magic the Gatherin' Mathurin making an impact
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Post#212 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:58 am

Five fouls on OKC, three on Indy.

The difference in rebounds and 5 steals to none are the bigger differences to me.
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Post#213 » by BigDan245 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:59 am

Indy has weathered the storm...Although in Oklahoma City they get a few storms in a short period of time.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#214 » by Handlez » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:59 am

Halifraud exposed.

He had y'all fooled.
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Post#215 » by Chuck Everett » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:59 am

Siakam needs to get his **** together. He's all over the place.
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Post#216 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:00 am

xBulletproof wrote:I'm getting really tired of OBVIOUS calls not being made.

Like really tired of it.


Same feelings here , it took Rick getting technical to get this officiating little less one sided
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Post#217 » by Dadouv47 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:01 am

so far so good but bad game 1 vibes with some offensive mistakes
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Post#218 » by kwajo » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:01 am

Chuck Everett wrote:Siakam needs to get his **** together. He's all over the place.


He's pressuring too much and getting the ball poked out of his hands - although to be fair he is also leading Indiana in scoring so far and hasn't missed a FG.
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Post#219 » by therealbig3 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:01 am

Handlez wrote:Halifraud exposed.

He had y'all fooled.


Meh he’s in the Finals and has had one of the clutchest playoffs of all time. Even if he plays bad from here on out, he’s proven himself better than a lot of other players.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#220 » by jbsays » Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:01 am

Doranku wrote:
jbsays wrote:In regards to fouls, the only thing I really see is SGA gets away with pushing off whenever he wants. Other than that I don't see the disparity some people are talking about. Dort just got called for an offensive foul.


I agree with this but the pushing off is nothing to gloss over. It's not something that happens only a couple times a game. It's eight, nine, ten different instances of him getting away with the same thing almost every game. It's excessive and ridiculous.


It's almost a natural part of his pull up at this point. Think about how many times he had to practice it to do it this effortlessly. Last game he got away with a push off and travel at the end of the game.

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