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Re: Around the NBA - Conference Finals and Finals 

Post#1761 » by WaltFrazier » Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:13 am

They don't even explain the James Johnson ejection. I assumed it was just a double T
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Post#1762 » by Bob Ross » Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:14 am

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Post#1763 » by TKKnicks1 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:24 am

Tickets are going for $1500 a piece in the nosebleeds for game 7. This is in OKC! Who the hell can afford that in OKC? Sometimes the game just feels so rigged. At the end of the day we all just puppets and the top 1% be pulling the strings.
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Post#1764 » by B8RcDeMktfxC » Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:25 am

WaltFrazier wrote:They don't even explain the James Johnson ejection. I assumed it was just a double T


Ok. So it seems that it was just a T and ejection on Johnson.

There's video at https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401766127

I didn't figure out how to embed it here. :nonono:
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Post#1765 » by sol537 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:58 am

If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn
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Post#1766 » by Context » Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:03 am

sol537 wrote:If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn

honestly it wont be painful for me. The front office would have blown it by lettng Thibs continue his show...I said this all season. We cant win it all with 7 guys in this era of basketball. Indy is the better team by far today and its because of Carlisle. Period. If we played them 7 vs 7 they wouldn't have a chance. Lets see if the Knick front office finally got the meesage and brings in the right coach and we have 10-11 guys that said coach can trust during a playoff run.
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Post#1767 » by sol537 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:36 am

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sol537 wrote:If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn

honestly it wont be painful for me. The front office would have blown it by lettng Thibs continue his show...I said this all season. We cant win it all with 7 guys in this era of basketball. Indy is the better team by far today and its because of Carlisle. Period. If we played them 7 vs 7 they wouldn't have a chance. Lets see if the Knick front office finally got the meesage and brings in the right coach and we have 10-11 guys that said coach can trust during a playoff run.


What if we won game one as we were 1000-1 odd to win at the end? Wasn’t it plausible we win that series? (Or at least 50% chance?) I still think we’d lose to OKC in 5 or 6 but you never know once you’re in it. We blew it, man. Thibs, the players, and the front office.
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Post#1768 » by Context » Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:41 am

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sol537 wrote:If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn

honestly it wont be painful for me. The front office would have blown it by lettng Thibs continue his show...I said this all season. We cant win it all with 7 guys in this era of basketball. Indy is the better team by far today and its because of Carlisle. Period. If we played them 7 vs 7 they wouldn't have a chance. Lets see if the Knick front office finally got the meesage and brings in the right coach and we have 10-11 guys that said coach can trust during a playoff run.


What if we won game one as we were 1000-1 odd to win at the end? Wasn’t it plausible we win that series? (Or at least 50% chance?) I still think we’d lose to OKC in 5 or 6 but you never know once you’re in it. We blew it, man. Thibs, the players, and the front office.

I think the one thing that Thibs developed was getting our guys to give all they had. I think Thibs built their will up but ultimately too many miles caught up on those legs. I think even if we won game one. Their "team" would have out lasted us. Carlisle had a strategy and he connected with his team and got them to believe that we did have enough bodies and energy to outlast them. I think thats why you saw a confidence in hali vs us that you dont see in hali vs okc.
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Post#1769 » by vincccent » Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:46 am

If Indy wins, Thibs is an NBA champion.
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Post#1770 » by Guano » Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:43 am

Missed the game. Sure silver is pissed his illegal streams numbers are dropping in the finals. Mayeb this will teach him to give kat a better whistle.

Anyways, good thing im dead inside or i might be angry that Hali and the pacers are 1 win away from a chip.

Im fully prepared to live in a world where Hali is a champion cause sports are pain like life. Especially cause this should be us.

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Post#1771 » by RHODEY » Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:48 am

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sol537 wrote:If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn

honestly it wont be painful for me. The front office would have blown it by lettng Thibs continue his show...I said this all season. We cant win it all with 7 guys in this era of basketball. Indy is the better team by far today and its because of Carlisle. Period. If we played them 7 vs 7 they wouldn't have a chance. Lets see if the Knick front office finally got the meesage and brings in the right coach and we have 10-11 guys that said coach can trust during a playoff run.
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Post#1772 » by NiceLikeChrist » Fri Jun 20, 2025 6:16 am

sol537 wrote:If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn

anyone who really bought that nonsense about OKC being one of the geatest teams of all time needs to be studied. they already got taken to 7 by a mediocre denver team. It's far from shocking that indy took them to 7 and I wasn't that worried about them if we played them

they have zero offense outside of shai. they kind of just pray the other team stupidly commits 30 turnovers and never learns their lesson
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Post#1773 » by gavran » Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:05 am

If Indiana wins again, Thibs should be fired again.
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Post#1774 » by Iron Mantis » Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:02 am

How about that Obi Toppin.

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Post#1775 » by Reign23 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:04 am

holy smokes, I did not see this coming. OKC looked absolutely shook.
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Post#1776 » by 3toheadmelo » Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:42 am

Guano wrote:Missed the game. Sure silver is pissed his illegal streams numbers are dropping in the finals. Mayeb this will teach him to give kat a better whistle.

Anyways, good thing im dead inside or i might be angry that Hali and the pacers are 1 win away from a chip.

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Post#1777 » by Gravy » Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:01 pm

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sol537 wrote:If Indiana wins on Sunday, it will be incredibly impressive and also painful as a Knicks fan. OKC will have one of the worst choke series of all time.

I’m not sure if I could take an IND win… damn

honestly it wont be painful for me. The front office would have blown it by lettng Thibs continue his show...I said this all season. We cant win it all with 7 guys in this era of basketball. Indy is the better team by far today and its because of Carlisle. Period. If we played them 7 vs 7 they wouldn't have a chance. Lets see if the Knick front office finally got the meesage and brings in the right coach and we have 10-11 guys that said coach can trust during a playoff run.
When you go all in on fat contracts for your top 5, never swing on upside, and dont play the rooks you have ...then our 6-10 likely won't match other team's 6-10 in the short run.

I don't believe the secret to winning the championship is playing 11 guys if those 11 guys are not that good. That means the wizards should put all 15 players in the rotation and instantly become contenders.
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Post#1778 » by Context » Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:11 pm

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RHODEY wrote:
Context wrote:honestly it wont be painful for me. The front office would have blown it by lettng Thibs continue his show...I said this all season. We cant win it all with 7 guys in this era of basketball. Indy is the better team by far today and its because of Carlisle. Period. If we played them 7 vs 7 they wouldn't have a chance. Lets see if the Knick front office finally got the meesage and brings in the right coach and we have 10-11 guys that said coach can trust during a playoff run.
When you go all in on fat contracts for your top 5, never swing on upside, and dont play the rooks you have ...then our 6-10 likely won't match other team's 6-10 in the short run.

I don't believe the secret to winning the championship is playing 11 guys if those 11 guys are not that good. That means the wizards should put all 15 players in the rotation and instantly become contenders.

If you dont give your players consistent minutes you will never know if theyre good. Thats the point. Thibs didnt give those guys any real time on the bench. We've covered this all season. In these modern times of NBA ball you have no choice but to play guys and if you dont trust them -well you need to find new guys. and you need to do it by december.
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Post#1779 » by Dubious Handles » Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:16 pm

Iron Mantis wrote:How about that Obi Toppin.

Fine player, he is. Finals MVP?

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Post#1780 » by NoDopeOnSundays » Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:21 pm

Iron Mantis wrote:How about that Obi Toppin.

Fine player, he is. Finals MVP?

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Shame we couldn't have an impact player like that coming off our bench. Mike Breen was singing his praise.

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