Series Thread: Western Conference Finals: (1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs (6) Minnesota Timberwolves

[trojanfan12]

Tough call here.

On paper, Thunder should probably take Minny out in 5.

But Minny has been pretty dominant in the paint and if the Thunder are vulnerable anywhere...it's in the paint.

Also, Minny is an excellent defensive team (as are the Thunder).

It's the playoffs, refs tend to swallow their whistles more. I think it's likely to get a bit physical and that, imo, favors Minny.

Wolves in 6.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Thunder in 5. Timberwolves are gonna get rolled

Hmmmmm, Ant Man is a baller, plus Minny has some experience now making it to the West finals last year, I think it’s gonna be a dog fight…

 

[Ojb81]

Hmmmmm, Ant Man is a baller, plus Minny has some experience now making it to the West finals last year, I think it’s gonna be a dog fight…

Minnesota will struggle to keep up. OKC will likely have one average to below-average offensive output performance, and Minny will get a win because of that. Other than that, I see OKC just totally overwhelming Minnesota

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Gonna be fun watching the ex Knicks on both teams doing battle.


Also....I got OKC in 5.

 

[Mebert]

Wolves in 6, because I am going to back my team.

First time in the playoffs Wolves have not had a significant size advantage, interested to see impact of that.

 

[tlance]

Wolves in 6, because I am going to back my team.

First time in the playoffs Wolves have not had a significant size advantage, interested to see impact of that.

It will be interesting to see how often OKC goes small.

I wasn’t expecting the small lineup against Denver, one of the biggest teams in the league.

Minnesota is similar in terms of size.

 

[DJ Fieri]

This will be a difficult series, I’d like to see some focus.

The Thunder starting as -7.5 faves.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Tough call here.

On paper, Thunder should probably take Minny out in 5.

But Minny has been pretty dominant in the paint and if the Thunder are vulnerable anywhere...it's in the paint.

Also, Minny is an excellent defensive team (as are the Thunder).

It's the playoffs, refs tend to swallow their whistles more. I think it's likely to get a bit physical and that, imo, favors Minny.

Wolves in 6.

Pretty good analysis.

 

[bksballer89]

It will be interesting to see how often OKC goes small.

I wasn’t expecting the small lineup against Denver, one of the biggest teams in the league.

Minnesota is similar in terms of size.

Minny got a great small ball lineup they can counter with

Donte
Ant
McDaniels
Randle
Reid

 

[bksballer89]

Quickly checked out the box score of all 4 okc/minny regular season games and saw that Gobert and Randle missed 3 of 4 games

 

[thunderc]

Tough call here.

On paper, Thunder should probably take Minny out in 5.

But Minny has been pretty dominant in the paint and if the Thunder are vulnerable anywhere...it's in the paint.

Also, Minny is an excellent defensive team (as are the Thunder).

It's the playoffs, refs tend to swallow their whistles more. I think it's likely to get a bit physical and that, imo, favors Minny.

Wolves in 6.

Thunder lead the league in fewest points in the paint given up. Feel free to repick.

NBA Stats - NBA Team Opponent Points in Paint per Game | TeamRankings.com

NBA opponent points in paint per game, by team.

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[thunderc]

Pretty good analysis.

Not so much

 

[fightinfunbags]

Quickly checked out the box score of all 4 okc/minny regular season games and saw that Gobert and Randle missed 3 of 4 games

Gobert is likely a liability in this series.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Thunder lead the league in fewest points in the paint given up. Feel free to repick.

NBA Stats - NBA Team Opponent Points in Paint per Game | TeamRankings.com

NBA opponent points in paint per game, by team.

www.teamrankings.com

We keep trying to tell you.....the playoffs are different than the reg season....

 

[thunderc]

We keep trying to tell you.....the playoffs are different than the reg season....

Lmao, did you read what was said. I quote, “if the Thunder struggle with anything it’s points in the paint”. The facts simply dispute that. All I’m saying. You don’t go from the best in the league at something to the worst just because it’s the playoffs. Lmao.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Edwards vs SGA should be fun to go watch.

 

[thunderc]

Edwards vs SGA should be fun to go watch.

It’s must see

 

[DJ Fieri]

Minny got a great small ball lineup they can counter with

Donte
Ant
McDaniels
Randle
Reid

True.

 

[DJ Fieri]

It’s must see

Yep.

 

[bksballer89]

Gobert is likely a liability in this series.

I don’t see it unless okc goes small ball