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

[thunderc]

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

Honestly I’m not all that surprised. The Thunder are clearly the better team and have controlled all 3 games. They better get their shit together or they are going to have to live with knowing that. You have to finish.

 

[thunderc]

Kind of blown away that you can still get almost 2 to 1 on Denver to win the series. Thunder -235.

 

[trojanfan12]

Honestly I’m not all that surprised. The Thunder are clearly the better team and have controlled all 3 games. They better get their shit together or they are going to have to live with knowing that. You have to finish.

Same shit they did to the Lakers.

Looks like your team is in control throughout the whole game...but they hang around and then during the last few minutes of the game, they take their execution to the next level and you end up wondering how the fuck you lost that game. lol

 

[UK Cowboy]

Honestly I’m not all that surprised. The Thunder are clearly the better team and have controlled all 3 games. They better get their shit together or they are going to have to live with knowing that. You have to finish.

LMAO. You're only the better team in a 7 game series if you advance

 

[DJ Fieri]

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.

Nope.

 

[thunderc]

LMAO. You're only the better team in a 7 game series if you advance

Tell that to Vegas

 

[thunderc]

Nope.

Just a question of when being the better team takes over. It may not be this year unfortunately, but then again it still may. Go get 2 to 1 on the nuggets and get rich.

 

[bksballer89]

Tell that to Vegas

Means nothing. The game is played on the court

 

[UK Cowboy]

Tell that to Vegas

I don't give a shit about Vegas. If OKC is the better team, they'll be in the WCF. If not, they got their ass kicked by the better team. This isn't NC State beating Houston or Villanova beating Georgetown in a one game upset. You beat a team 4 times and you're the better team

 

[thunderc]

Means nothing. The game is played on the court

Of course it is, and Vegas is not making any adjustments at all.

 

[thunderc]

I don't give a shit about Vegas. If OKC is the better team, they'll be in the WCF. If not, they got their ass kicked by the better team. This isn't NC State beating Houston or Villanova beating Georgetown in a one game upset. You beat a team 4 times and you're the better team

2 down

 

[DJ Fieri]

Really impressed how Adelman has been doing coaching in the playoffs as a rookie HC.

 

[PPhan]

Just a question of when being the better team takes over. It may not be this year unfortunately, but then again it still may.

This only works if your team's best player is injured. If you lose a series with all your core guys healthy, you can't still call them the better team.

Maybe the more talented team, but not better.

 

[bksballer89]

This only works if your team's best player is injured. If you lose a series with all your core guys healthy, you can't still call them the better team.

Maybe the more talented team, but not better.

PREACH

 

[trojanfan12]

This only works if your team's best player is injured. If you lose a series with all your core guys healthy, you can't still call them the better team.

Maybe the more talented team, but not better.

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?

 

[tlance]

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?

Eh…

They have won 2 games.

But OKC has outscored them by 30 points.

This was always the blue print for Denver. They have to win the close ones because OKC is going to blitz them a couple times.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Eh…

They have won 2 games.

But OKC has outscored them by 30 points.

This was always the blue print for Denver. They have to win the close ones because OKC is going to blitz them a couple times.

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

 

[thunderc]

Eh…

They have won 2 games.

But OKC has outscored them by 30 points.

This was always the blue print for Denver. They have to win the close ones because OKC is going to blitz them a couple times.

Sure hope so. I’m guessing Denver has led for like 7 minutes in this whole series and 5 of them were the overtime last night. Tomorrow is the game, time to finish one.

 

[thunderc]

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

Zero question if both teams play their best who is winning. Hopefully OKC can come closer to that tomorrow. Honestly I’ll take 80 percent. If Denver wins this series all the credit to them though.

 

[msgkings322]

Sure hope so. I’m guessing Denver has led for like 7 minutes in this whole series and 5 of them were the overtime last night. Tomorrow is the game, time to finish one.

I still have OKC winning the series and title but it’s not going to be an easy cruise through the playoffs like 2017 or whatever.