NBA Season 2024-25

[perks-a-beast]

god forbid we get a good game 7.

[Who]

OKC ended that 1st half with

G: Caruso
G: Cason Wallace
F: SGA
F: J-Dub
C: Chet

So their 2 defensive guards off the bench and 3 starters. A small quick lineup again. Forced 3 turnovers leading to 6pts, Chet used his quickness off ball cutting Jokic for an easy 2, and a J-Dub 3. They pushed a 3pt lead to 14pts.

[Goldstar88]

Thunder/Wolves is going to be a hell of a series.

[Who]

Interesting they have not used Jaylin Williams as their backup big tonight. He has played brilliantly for them in this series.

I understand why they wouldn't. Their small lineups have killed DEN tonight. You don't wanna go big when your small ball is working so well. Unlucky for Jaylin.

[Who]

J-Dub had 17pts and 3ast in 1st half. All points in Q2.

[Who]

I can't be mad at MPJ or A Gordon. They are playing through some tough injuries. J Murray I am disappointed in. He needed to co-lead tonight alongside Jokic and he has been a zero.

Even if J Murray played big, they still would likely have lost given how poor their bench is and how little their starting forwards gave.

I can't help escape the idea that if DEN's GM had of given this team a real bench, they would have won this series.

[perks-a-beast]

Thunder/Wolves is going to be a hell of a series.

I think not.

[Who]

Has Jokic even scored in Q3?

He had 17pts when DEN was on 46pts.
They are now on 69pts and Jokic still has 17pts.
23pts in Q3 for DEN without Jokic scoring.

[Who]

Jokic is giving Hartenstein and Chet so much space along that baseline. He has given up at least 5 layups / dunks tonight in those situations. He needs to pay more attention to them. He is not quick enough to close that gap and contest the shot.

[kraidstar]

Jokic is embarrassing himself with the constant griping to the refs. He should steer that anger over at his own organization instead for putting such a mediocre team around him.

[Who]

Thunder/Wolves is going to be a hell of a series.

I think not.

I wonder how Minny will do against OKC's pressure defense. Minny have had below average ball-handling all season long. Overreliance on Ant to create for them. OKC should be effective in distrupting that limited Minny offense.

[Who]

DEN were up 11pts with 4min to play in Q1.

They were down 14pts by halftime. A 25pt turnaround in final 16min of 1st half.

Most of that damage coming in the final few minutes of Q1 / start of Q3 with a 13-0 run and the final few minutes of Q2 where OKC busted out from a 1pt lead to a 14pt lead in the final 3 minutes. Then they go with a 9-0 run in first 2 minutes of Q3 to make it a 23pt lead.

3 quick runs. Probably only 7-8min of game time out of a 36min game. OKC outscored DEN by about 35pts in those 7-8min.

DEN outscored OKC by 11pts in first 8min of game. Played them even most of the rest of time outside of those 3 quick runs.

[Phantom255x]

I thought the winner of this game would go on to win the whole thing. I do feel it now even more. Denver may still be the toughest team OKC faces. Not to say MIN and IND/NY would be "easy" but I just don't think those teams have the firepower OKC does. OKC is also very good defensively to go along with their fast-scoring offense.

A Pacers-Thunder Finals would be fun in terms of high-scoring, fast-paced basketball.

[Who]

I thought the winner of this game would go on to win the whole thing. I do feel it now even more. Denver may still be the toughest team OKC faces. Not to say MIN and IND/NY would be "easy" but I just don't think those teams have the firepower OKC does. OKC is also very good defensively to go along with their fast-scoring offense.

A Pacers-Thunder Finals would be fun in terms of high-scoring, fast-paced basketball.

Indiana are the best equipped team to deal with OKC's defense. They got a lot of ball-handlers. A lot of guys who drive against collapsing defenses. Who can hit outside shots and midrange shots off of drives.

[Who]

DEN got what they deserved. A 2nd round exit.

They deserved nothing more after that shambles of a bench they put together.