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

[Big Boss]

Lowkey OKC might have lot this series when they changed the starting lineup before game 1.

 

[The God Poster]

I feel like if OKC ends up losing this matchup, it’s gonna be like when the warriors lost then got KD. Cause I think the first thing they do is call the Bucks and offer them a Godfather deal for Giannis

So what exactly are they giving up?

 

[Oldschooler]

I disagree OKC is not a bad half court team because they have the best 1 on 1 player in the league that controls pace. On the half court game SGA can play the mid range or 1 on 1 try to get to the free throw line. If you try to double him, then you just sped up the game and fell into the trap of letting them shoot open 3s which they are very good at.

 

[duckbutta]

Never understood why people try and act like OKC is some great team or some dynasty in the making other than cacs and c00ns hyping up their defensive metrics ( they one of the greatest defensive teams ever).

Played a rockhead grizzlies team in the 1st round where Ja missed a game and a half of the series.

Played a beat up Nuggets team off a 7 game series with an assistant coach playing head coach with their 3rd best player being unable to sprint and they 4th best player being unable to lift one of his arms. And this was a 7 game series.

Played a wolves team who has 1.5 guards who can actually dribble and create shots on the perimeter.

I can think of a lot of past defensive teams who could look "historic" against offenses like that.

The Nuggets series should have told you OKC isn't THAT much better than everyone else. If Gordon and MPJ are healthy they probably beat OKC in 6. If OKC was really that dominant it's no way that Jokic, Braun, Westbrook, and Bizarro Curry push them to 7. Murray played more like Midray in that series to.

Now the Thunder are playing a team where the point guard isn't going to miss 1.5 games due to injury. Now they playing a team who's 3rd and 4th best players can actually sprint and lift they arms. Now they playing a team that doesn't need the corpse of Mike Conley to come off a screen and make something happen down hill. It's going about as you would expect it to go.

OKC is still a young team with a young coaching staff. Rick done seen it all and did it all. He is out coaching Skinned Bird coach and he should be outcoaching Skinned bird coach.

And at this "game 4 is a must win for OKC they lose this they lose the series". Game 4 is ALWAYS a must win for the team that lost game 3. Of course if you go down 3 - 1 you dunzo out here, unless you got Lebron on your team and steph running for his life away from Lebron on the other team

 

[Guess Who]

Tried to tell folks about the Pacers man.

 

[Big Boss]

OKC is more talented but the pacers are like a pressure fighter who don't let up for a single minute. That shyt is mentally exhausting. It's basically will over skill right now. OKC just getting worn down. But either way I expect this shyt to go 7.

OKC = Tyson

Indy = Holyfield

 

[Big Boss]

he fine, so i hope for all the good things for him

Giiirrrrrlll you ain't lying

 

[Silkk]

When Hali realizes how unstoppable the pacers are when he’s aggressive them mfs are unstoppable this must be what it was like for old nikkas like @Silkk watching the showtime lakers

It’s probably what it was like when black players were allowed to play vs white players big white

 

[Hawala Man]

so you're tellin me i should see Scott Foster refereeing game 4?

You already know Scott Foster is coming soon might be game 5 or 6. They might send Ed Malloy or someone else and keep Foster for game 6.

Once I saw Capers and Brothers combo knew Indiana would win.

 

[Rigby.]

Those Indy women look rough as shyt 0 baddies in the building

Caitlin Clark?

 

[Goat poster]

FYI THE PACERS STILL LOSE THIS SERIES.

 

[Hawala Man]

Thunder in five is dead now they saying Thunder in 6. The casuals said this series would go 5 games max. As this series progresses more it favors Pacers with the coaching advantage and being battle tested.

 

[Killer Instinct]

Best Finals series in recent memory so far and we're only three games in.

 

[Big Boss]

What's crazy is both teams need to win game 4

 

[bl2k8]

I feel like if OKC ends up losing this matchup, it’s gonna be like when the warriors lost then got KD. Cause I think the first thing they do is call the Bucks and offer them a Godfather deal for Giannis

If they lose this series it’s more than likely going to be in 7 games, it would be an upset for sure but cutting your window in half for a 31 year old Giannistheyve done enough to show it’s not necessary IMO