2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (DEN leads 2-1)

Hitachi77 · Post #901 » by **Hitachi77** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

I want OKC to win but I think they are in big trouble in this series. Losing every close game gets in your head pretty quickly, especially with a pretty inexperienced team. And it’s hard to blow out a good team like Denver 4 times.

miman15 · Post #902 » by **miman15** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Aaron Gordon for the Nuggeets is what Iggy was for the warriors. Ultimate role player.

BigGargamel · Post #903 » by **BigGargamel** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Williams should have had 50 tonight. SGA freezing him out in overtime to brick everything was comical.

scrabbarista · Post #904 » by **scrabbarista** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

yoyoboy wrote:This might be the type of series where OKC obliterates Denver in 3 wins, but then Denver manages to squeak out 4 super tight wins en route to taking the series.

The Nuggets podcast has been saying "16-12" as like their motto since I think before the Playoffs even began.

That's 4+4+4+4 and 3+3+3+3.

GSP · Post #905 » by **GSP** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Murray is one of the biggest playoff risers ever. **** is undeniable at this point. Iirc he has the most 40pt playoff games in Nuggets history after that one against the Clippers. This was an insane performance against a perimeter defense as dominant as Okc. Its not even arguable hes the best player to never make all star would be absurd if he never does

Darklight · Post #906 » by **Darklight** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Maybe the worst Jokic game I have seen in a long time. You have to wonder if his elbow is bothering him again or what? You never see him be this off, but if he is hurting why shoot 10 3's? Denver really lucky to win this. Rather see OKC win the title then someone else fluke their way to it becuase somehow denver beat them god knows how

Ice Trae · Post #907 » by **Ice Trae** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Hartenstein airballing and bricking those other floaters in OT were pretty funny tho ngl

PushDaRock · Post #908 » by **PushDaRock** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

CobraCommander wrote:
OnlyTheTruth wrote:Whoever eliminates these OKC clowns will be my 2nd favorite team after the Celtics. **** OKC

Weirdest take when discussing the youngest humble team in nba

Only thing people can whine about really is SGA's FT's, other than that it's difficult to hate on them

Scoundreldays · Post #909 » by **Scoundreldays** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Nuggets are so good at punishing mistakes, horrifying to play in the final minutes of close games

RRR3 · Post #910 » by **RRR3** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Shock Defeat wrote:
RRR3 wrote:
Shock Defeat wrote:OKC should have gone to Jay Dub at the end. He was cooking instead they let SGA brick over and over again that's why they lost.

Mark Daigneault is really looking like a terrible coach these playoffs

Or perhaps SGA was playing selfish hero ball

He was. It's on the coach to stop it.

azcatz11 · Post #911 » by **azcatz11** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

DaGawd wrote:sga is unreliable in the playoffs

He gets all the ticky tack calls in the RS. We have to start re-evaluating

Post #912 » by **Capn'O** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:07 am

Gordon has been on another level.

Syd-TK3 wrote:Feel like this was a must win game for the thunder based on the situation. Who knows if Jdub will play this good again

Series is barely started

Thunder win the next one and we're easily going 7.

KGDirkTD_Fan · Post #913 » by **KGDirkTD_Fan** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

Chuck Everett wrote:
KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:I have 0% faith this happens but what if joker, Murray and MPJ show up for just a game...lol they all have to have a good one together eventually???

They did. Game 7 against the Clippers. And we saw how that turned out.

Yeah you're right, they killed them. Big LeBraun game too.

SpurNani · Post #914 » by **SpurNani** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

If Nuggets lost, Jokic deserved to get lambasted

If Thunder lost, SGA deserved to get lambasted.

That was a brick fest by both of them. Both their teams showed up.

I don't ever want to hear Jokic doesn't have any help. This is like the 3rd or 4th poor game by his standards he's played and the team has shown up .

HotRocks34 · Post #915 » by **HotRocks34** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

Big time SGA choke job. He was 1/8 in the fourth quarter and OT and he missed his last 7 FGA.

Darklight · Post #916 » by **Darklight** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

GSP wrote:Murray is one of the biggest playoff risers ever. **** is undeniable at this point. Iirc he has the most 40pt playoff games in Nuggets history after that one against the Clippers. This was an insane performance against a perimeter defense as dominant as Okc. Its not even arguable hes the best player to never make all star would be absurd if he never does

He is a "playoff riser" becuase he is ass in the regular season not hard to be a "riser" when you average 20 points enough of this ****!

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #917 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

Capn'O wrote:
Black star wrote:Feels like OKC has dialed up their defense to shut down Jokic which is working well, but it's backfiring on them as everyone else on the Nuggets is getting into great rhythm. They might need to rethink that strategy

Nuggets have the same strategy with OKC/SGA but only JDub stepped up.

I lost my reverse jinx powers , I always root for Denver hard and they won

76ciology · Post #918 » by **76ciology** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

Next year if don’t bet for the favorites to win the championship. Vegas has rigged the league

Lakers824 · Post #919 » by **Lakers824** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

Cool story. Doesnt change the fact that he has relatively less help than any of the elite players in his generation. Shai wasn't great today, either. Should have passed the ball in crunch time instead of clanking twice and costing the Thunder a big win.

ImmortalD24 · Post #920 » by **ImmortalD24** » Sat May 10, 2025 5:08 am

Roster is loaded ngl

Who wins?