Series Thread: 2nd Round: 1) OKC Thunder vs 4) Denver Nuggets

[bksballer89]

Unacceptable

 

[bksballer89]

 

[msgkings322]

It's a cliche but it's real: playoff basketball is different

 

[thunderc]

Unacceptable

I agree it shouldn’t have got to overtime

 

[thunderc]

It's a cliche but it's real: playoff basketball is different

Yes and it will likely be different again Sunday. It’s going 7.

 

[msgkings322]

I said it after game 1 but if Denver can get 3 or 4 other players to play well then they are to beat

Murray gave them 27 while they got 43 combine from AG and Porter and 9 made threes from those 2

Less than 2 years ago they won the title. We've underestimated them perhaps

 

[msgkings322]

Yes and it will likely be different again Sunday. It’s going 7.

Sure, seems likely. Not what was expected by you and many of us.

 

[bksballer89]

Sure, seems likely. Not what was expected by you and many of us.

To me as a team without HCA, there's no way a series shouldn't go 7 if you take 1 of the first 2 on the road. All you have to do at that point is win 2 of your 3 home games and you are in a 7th game or you win the series in 5 if you stole another road game

No reason Denver, Indy, or NY shouldn't either win their series in 6 or make it to a game 7

None of these teams should lose 4-2

Only left out GSW because of the Steph injury

 

[bksballer89]

 

[msgkings322]

Literal championship pedigree...and even more recent than Steph

 

[thunderc]

They have been there before, of course.

 

[PPhan]

Sure, seems likely. Not what was expected by you and many of us.

Still plenty of time to go, but I did say I like their their chances against OKC should they advance against LAC.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Pretty much what I expected with Denver returning home.

OKC gotta win 3 of the next 4 now.

 

[DJ Fieri]

OKC looking fraudulent again

Or give credit to a veteran Nuggets team..

SMH.

 

[trojanfan12]

OKC is learning what the Lakers learned a couple of seasons ago...you do not want to be in a close game late vs the Nugs.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I would say Jokic has tired legs but he doesn’t jump on his jumpshot. He still bends his knees. He lost his 3 pt shot this postseason, even though he was scorching on the regular season.

But it has been a strange playoffs, Boston and Cleveland can’t buy a 3 too. The playoffs is a different game but I can’t remember the last time it’s was that tilted.

This postseason so far has been outstanding and I say that even with some Cavs injuries. Denver has been in so many close games too

 

[WiggyRuss]

my feeling is that having 2 defense-first players in Dort and Hartenstein makes for some issues during a playoff series when things slow down. CAruso is defense first......seems like OKC needs a little more pop offensively if they arent getting tons of points out of SGA - which is gonna be the case some nights in the playoffs for any big scorer unless his name is Donovan Mitchell

 

[thunderc]

Pretty much what I expected with Denver returning home.

OKC gotta win 3 of the next 4 now.

You are awesome at math

 

[bksballer89]

my feeling is that having 2 defense-first players in Dort and Hartenstein makes for some issues during a playoff series when things slow down. CAruso is defense first......seems like OKC needs a little more pop offensively if they arent getting tons of points out of SGA - which is gonna be the case some nights in the playoffs for any big scorer unless his name is Donovan Mitchell

Yea at end of games I don’t think it would hurt to use Wiggins instead of Dort

 

[bksballer89]

You are awesome at math

Everyone on this board is a know it all after the game is done lol