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

DJ Fieri

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Exactly. I think everyone knows that OKC is the more talented team...but so far, the Nuggets experience has them looking like the better team.

The question for OKC is...can they learn enough in "real time" to come back and win the series...or are they going to have to learn by losing now and applying the lessons next year?
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I still have OKC winning the series and title but it’s it going to be an easy cruise through the playoffs like 2017 or whatever.
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Blowouts mean nothing. It’s one game.

If you can’t win the close games, you aren’t going far in the playoffs. Plain and simple.

I remember in the GS-CLE finals one year, every game was a blowout until game 7. OKC looked scared of the moment at the end of that game. Denver wasn’t phased

For sure. You have to win the games.

But from what I have seen through 3 games, OKC has been the better team.

They just have to finish.
 

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For sure. You have to win the games.

But from what I have seen through 3 games, OKC has been the better team.

They just have to finish.
They have to get out of their own way. For whatever reason Shai hit the wall in the 4th but Jdub still deferred to him at the end of regulation. Huge mistake the way Jdub was getting anywhere he wanted.
 

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young teams very very win a championship or even get to the Finals unless they are extremely talented. Only a few teams I can remember in recent history that were very young and made a finals- OKC was one of them.

I still think OKC is the favorite in the West but its never easy facing a playoff tested team that has the best player in the series- even if they are pretty decent under-dogs.
 
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