[NBA] The 2025 Finals

[Joshyjosh31]

Nembhard defense the last two games has been amazing

 

[SacTownKid]

They're a tough matchup for any team

A healthy Celtics would be a much better matchup like in 2024. They fully commit to switch. The Thunder are out there losing their composure sending 3 guys to the ball on pick and roll now lol.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

A healthy Celtics would be a much better matchup like in 2024. They fully commit to switch. The Thunder are out there losing their composure sending 3 guys to the ball on pick and roll now lol.

Yeah. Two teams from the east

 

[SacTownKid]

If the Thunder go down and Durant is still on the Suns beyond this weekend I wouldn't at all be surprised to see him on the Thunder next season.

 

[Kingz19]

OKC suddenly looks like a team that isn’t very deep after all.

Indiana, they are a true 10 deep with a couple all stars and most importantly they don’t miss opportunities.

They aren’t one of those near championship teams that only didn’t win it all or make the finals because they missed 15 free throws, or missed 30 threes in a row at the most inopportune time.
Or like OkC is game 1 forcing 27 turnovers but only scoring 11 point off of them.

You turn it over against them, they cash it. Open three. Good chance they are going in. They don’t beat themselves and they seize the moment every time.

I’ve picked them to lose every series and I don’t think I’ll ever fully understand their run since it’s pretty outside the norm of a team that has made it this far..let alone this close to a championship.

Obviously not over but i can’t see Indiana croaking the series if the win tonight.Especially with how good they are at home which is a welcome sight in the modern NBA.

 

[SacTownKid]

Yeah. Two teams from the east

Yeah I'm saying have an all East finals. lol. I said matchup. If they met instead of the Knicks and were healthy this might be a totally different finals.

 

[coolhandluke]

Pacers had some poor possessions closing out the third quarter. Some tired legs out there.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Yeah I'm saying have an all East finals. lol. I said matchup. If they met instead of the Knicks and were healthy this might be a totally different finals.

Right. The toughest matchup is likely from the eastern conference. Much has been made about a difference in competition between west and east

 

[SacTownKid]

Now we see whether the NBA wants to just ****can this lower ratings finals or not. Ref mode activating?

 

[SacTownKid]

Now the Thunder are turning up the heat. Chet did an unbelievable job getting over that screen on pick and roll and then the help came up.

 

[coolhandluke]

Shai heating up

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Shai heating up

They let him push off

 

[coolhandluke]

They let him push off

They let MJ do it too. What are you gonna do?

 

[SacTownKid]

They let him push off

That was definitely either a foul or travel on that last play, lol. Hali has been hippity hopping all night too.

 

[SLAB]

Smh offensive foul and steps. Indi losing composure.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

My god SGA that push off makes Derrick Henry proud that’s absurd

 

[chief bromden]

Dort pushes Hali, not a foul, got it

 

[SacTownKid]

Dort playing football out there haha.

 

[coolhandluke]

Pacers running out of steam a bit on offense. Turner has to take that open three.

Mathurin coming back is good though. (EDIT: Misses both FTs haha.)

 

[OptimusRhyme]

why is siakim not getting the ball lol

 

[chief bromden]

I get the feeling the Thunder take the series now. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Tetsujin]

Dort playing football out there haha.

To be fair, it looks extra bad because the dude he’s pushing weighs like 150 pounds soaking wet.

 

[Tetsujin]

why is siakim not getting the ball lol

Anytime you can dribble the clock out trying to iso Chet for some reason, you gotta do it.

 

[coolhandluke]

Pacers stopped cutting and trying to create from the perimeter against a set defense is folly.

 

[SacTownKid]

Thunder switch, Thunder might go all the way this year. IF Chet survives the physicality that is, haha.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Amazing or someone to push off that hard travel after and the guy who was betting on games standing two feet away doesn’t call it

 

[Tetsujin]

Not among Benn’s better stretches of basketball lol

 

[SLAB]

What a meltdown.

 

[coolhandluke]

Damn. Mathurin choking hard at the line.

 

[SLAB]

Lmao Mathurin