OKCEAL Team Six Hunts Down The Haliban! | Official Thunder (#1) vs. Pacers (#4) 2025 NBA Finals Thread

[Primetime]

Chet driving is awful.

It ain’t aesthetically pleasing to watch but usually the “drive, spin move, gather” sequence he always does leads to a strong finish. But this game he was going up weak as hell

And also, him and Hartenstein be overreacting to the drives on the PnR. Let them go for 2s and either trail for the block or get in rotation when Caruso or Dort slip in for a charge. Giving up the occasional contested layup is fine compared to step back rhythm 3s

 

[Trojan 24]

Altho I think OKC still wins this in less than 7, you gotta acknowledge what @Regular_P been emphasizing all season… which is that OKC should have cashed out some resources on one of those 6’8/6’9 wings like ol buddy from Brooklyn

Indy is the first team all playoff series to “force” OKC to downsize completely (both bigs on the bench) and Siakam is the first unique player that they can’t matchup with when downsized

Part of it is Chet just has to play better so that they don’t downsize but it was glaring nonetheless

Yep for all they great defenders they really don't have a guy that can matchup with a bigger wing/mobile PF. Folks kept talking about how they had endless bodies to throw at ANT, but really all of them food for Pascal

 

[Trojan 24]

Imagine being the best team all year and adjusting your lineup last minute brehs, some real hoe shyt

 

[Sghost597]

I think that I lean Pacer for game 2. Rick is gonna adjust to keep OKC out of sorts till game 3.

But I can see OKC winning game 3 and 4.

 

[Marlow Stanfield]

These fools think they're being cool when they say that

They look dumb af.

"The lead was 9 halfway through the 3rd and I thought, 'OKC got this in the bag,' so I turned the game off and got on 2K."

*40 minutes later*

"Why'd I turn the game off??? *insert hot take*"

 

[Jplaya2023]

Imagine being the best team all year and adjusting your lineup last minute brehs, some real hoe shyt

Hell that reminds me when the the 67 win 07 mavs team adjusted their lineup to match the 42 win Warriors team

 

[Big Boss]

Why did OKC change their starting lineup before the game????

You won 68 games and have the MVP

OKC coaching staff scared already

 

[Trojan 24]

Hell that reminds me when the the 67 win 07 mavs team adjusted their lineup to match the 42 win Warriors team

JJ Reddikk level coaching shyt

 

[Big Boss]

Hell that reminds me when the the 67 win 07 mavs team adjusted their lineup to match the 42 win Warriors team

Baron Davis brought that up on the Draymond podcast

 

[Jplaya2023]

Baron Davis brought that up on the Draymond podcast

shyts insane we win 68 gsmes and were gonna adjust before game 1 of the fukkin finals

 

[Sghost597]

shyts insane we win 68 gsmes and were gonna adjust before game 1 of the fukkin finals

I mean that shyt was working until it didn't

OKC wasted 25 extra possession.

 

[Ohene]

Shout out to Obi. He really kept the Pacers afloat til Hali and Pascal woke up. His threes were clutch

And all these dumb asses in the thread we’re shytting on him in the first quarter

Idiots

 

[ROFL_GUY]

 

[Rekkapryde]

He didn't have to get it out the mud like some of us.

 

[jadillac]

NBA Finals in 720p is nasty work. YouTube doesn’t even classify 720p as HD anymore.

Everything on ESPN or ABC is 720p. Fox as well.

For the most part ot looks fine. It's really dependent upon the cameras