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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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#461 » by DCasey91 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:22 am

Jailblazers7 wrote:If OKC wins and all we hear about is the refs I’m gonna lose it lol


What is that call then? Dort and Caruso can do whatever they want, that ain't basketball
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#462 » by BrianInPhilly » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:22 am

og15 wrote:Mathurin was just hoping on that drive, there was no space there for that lol


I don't know why Bradley is playing. He clogs the paint. It's wild to me Carlisle is changing the rotation in Game 5 of a playoff series when the rotations have worked the past 2 games.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#463 » by scrabbarista » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:22 am

BrianInPhilly wrote:WHY IS TONY BRADLEY PLAYING. He can't defend at all. I don't get it ... Put Bryant in there to space the floor at least


Lesser of two evils. Bryant isn't built for this level of game.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#464 » by Dadouv47 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:23 am

JDub is the difference maker in this series. We got this if he keeps playing like this the rest of the game and another game after that. I don't think he's really reliable so we never know with him.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#465 » by fanofthegreats » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:23 am

Okc is trash without the refs
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#466 » by durden_tyler » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:23 am

Locking in OKC -13.5 live bet (since Vegas does not want my bets to win and i want an Indiana Pacers comeback) LOL
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#467 » by Wooderson » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:24 am

scrabbarista wrote:
BrianInPhilly wrote:WHY IS TONY BRADLEY PLAYING. He can't defend at all. I don't get it ... Put Bryant in there to space the floor at least


Lesser of two evils. Bryant isn't built for this level of game.

Bradley has been horrendous tho.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#468 » by Dan Z » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:24 am

DCasey91 wrote:
Jailblazers7 wrote:If OKC wins and all we hear about is the refs I’m gonna lose it lol


What is that call then? Dort and Caruso can do whatever they want, that ain't basketball


I'd like to see a reply of the play where Dort knocked into McConnell. It happened so fast that I wasn't sure what to make of it.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#469 » by scrabbarista » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:24 am

RookieStar wrote:I dunno... hought that was a flop by Dort


He just looks for offensive players who are moving and not looking at him. He charges into them and falls backward. It's very effective.
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#471 » by DCasey91 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:25 am

Yeah Dort can just go under and aim low with the shoulder on someone's knees.... OKC's ball. Gotta get that line any means possible
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#472 » by rockmanslim » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:25 am

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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#473 » by jehosafats » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:25 am

Halliburton is just a decoy at this point
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#476 » by Dan Z » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:26 am

McConnell....wow!
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#477 » by Kawaii Leonard » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:26 am

TJ is the most specialized specialist in the league
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#478 » by levon » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:26 am

TJ turning into Kyrie
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Re: 2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 2-2, Game 5 Monday) 

Post#479 » by Jailblazers7 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 2:26 am

And so the momentum shifts - a brutal series of misses for OKC and TJ seized the opportunity

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