2025 Playoffs Chat & Chill Thread

[The Midnight]

“Never underestimate the heart of a Champion”

So true.

 

[KqWIN]

Choke job after choke job. OKC was out of their minds for fouling up 3 with that much time left and Jokic stuck on the sidelines. Critical coaching error.

 

[The Midnight]

May the Thunder never win a ring. Sonics for ****ing ever.

This!!!!

Well, not until Seattle gets a team anyway.

 

[idiot]

Thunder spent the season blowing good teams out in the 4th quarter, even when they played with their food much of the game. But playoffs are a different animal. (Kind of weird mixing of metaphors here)

 

[NUMBERICA]

May the Thunder never win a ring. Sonics for ****ing ever.

Being reasonable: The Thunder are allowed to win a ring after the Sonics return and win (another) one.

 

[MT Steve]

I felt like OKC's head coach made a lot of really stupid decisions to lose them the Mavs series last year by trying to be way too cute, and he opened up Round 2 this year doing the same thing.

Like damn man, stop trying to make the 9000 IQ move and just let your team win.

 

[The Midnight]

Jokic effectively a player-coch this entire playoffs.. lol..

 

[Douchebag K]

Being reasonable: The Thunder are allowed to win a ring after the Sonics return and win (another) one.

you operate with a filthy level of spite and i'm all for it

 

[NUMBERICA]

Thunder spent the season blowing good teams out in the 4th quarter, even when they played with their food much of the game. But playoffs are a different animal. (Kind of weird mixing of metaphors here)

This is why I have a tough time taking teams seriously that blow out others in the regular season (and haven't proven anything in the playoffs). I distinctly remember in 2010-2011 that the Mavericks played in a ton of close games and were dominant in them and that dominance obviously bore out.

 

[The Midnight]

Being reasonable: The Thunder are allowed to win a ring after the Sonics return and win (another) one.

Didnt know Sonics have ever won a ring?

 

[idiot]

This is why I have a tough time taking teams seriously that blow out others in the regular season (and haven't proven anything in the playoffs). I distinctly remember in 2010-2011 that the Mavericks played in a ton of close games and were dominant in them and that dominance obviously bore out.

Don't disagree, but we still have a long way to go before we know if this game is an anomaly or a harbinger.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Anyone else find it funny that Oklahoma State is shaped like a cleaver?

Think of it as a tomahawk steak.

 

[Douchebag K]

Didnt know Sonics have ever won a ring?

late 70s i think dude maybe 78-79 ?

 

[The Thriller]

Joker is the MVP

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Whacky finish for OKC with the premature foul and the missed FTs to set up the Aaron Gordon game-winner. They really blew the game in just the last 15 seconds.


View: https://x.com/stevejones20/status/1919610029960794354

 

[NUMBERICA]

Choke Holmgren.

If OKC loses this series, that sequence (game-losing FTs, followed by getting splashed in the face by a game winner) will follow him for his entire career.

 

[fishonjazz]

OG, Bridges, hart and brunson are pretty good defenders. Those 3 have a combined 10/41 3pt shots.

Sure but I watched the game. Watched them miss many open looks

 

[bigmike]

Jokic will be an interesting add to the GOAT convo.

5-time MVP in my book.

 

[fishonjazz]

This is why I have a tough time taking teams seriously that blow out others in the regular season (and haven't proven anything in the playoffs). I distinctly remember in 2010-2011 that the Mavericks played in a ton of close games and were dominant in them and that dominance obviously bore out.

Jazz a few years back too

 

[fishonjazz]

I wish I would have posted my first round predictions cause I killed it.
Anyway here are my second round predictions:
OKC wins in 6
Minnesota wins in 6 (had a hard time deciding between 6 or 7 games here. Jimmy might give Ant trouble.)
Cleveland in 7 (I had cleveland in 7 before the pacers game 1 win and I still think cavs in 7)
Boston in 6

Then I got boston in 7 over the cavs and OKC in 6 over the T-wolves.
Celtics vs OKC finals. OKC in 7 (or 6. Im really high on OKC)

Masterclass jinxing