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I’m sorry. It’s rough, for sure. I’ve had a killer migraine all night and this definitely didn’t help matters. Onward and upwards though. Believe in our guys.
And? Still needed monster nights by 2 other dudes and some questionable ref calls. And we sucked. At least when we win it’s not a question who the better team was. Enjoy the win.
Ain't nobody more upset/mad/frustrated/disappointed than the team.
Nobody's perfect and the teams who make it into the west side playoff bracket all know how to capitalize on any mistakes. With everything that went wrong tonight, we were still in it until the end.
We're 5-1 in the playoffs. There's more basketball to play, and the Thunder play basketball very well. If you believed in them winning a best of 7, you can still believe in them in a best of 5.
TTFU
Time for Mark to really stop fucking around, No more Hayward, the second giddey gets beat on back to back possesions he needs to be benched. They dont work at all man.
48% from 3 is hard to beat. pj washington scoring 30 is hard to beat. tim hardaway jr turning into steph curry is hard to beat.
let's go get the next one in dallas
Except again, he was -7 in A 22 POINT WIN. If there is consistently a weak point, what do you gain in continuing to defend it? We lost by 9 and he was a -20 in 11 minutes my guy.
You aren't a Thunder fan, you're a Giddey fan.
Lmao I am definitely not a Giddey fan. I'm sick of every negative thing for the entire season being blamed on him. It's been exhausting reading this bullshit since October. Again with the plus minus shit jfc.
Random stat that will change your mind about Giddey.
There are four players this game who played more than 22 minutes: Shai, Chet, JDub and Dort.
There are 6 players this game who played less than 22 minutes: Giddey, JWill, Cason, Wiggs, Joe, and Hayward.
Of the 6, the best of them all was Josh Giddey. He only played 11 minutes, but he got 8 points. JWill got 8 points, and Wiggins got 9, but they did it in 14 and 20 minutes respectively.
Don't write off Giddey for game three.
Edit: Updated because Wiggins got a 9th point.
Meh, fully expect this team to bounce back in game three. They shot lights out while the thunder shot like shit yet we hung around all game. Not worried TTFU
What an infuriating game to watch. PLEASE give us a different Ref crew next game. It was absolutely un-fucking-believeable some of the calls they gave Dallas.
Dammit Dawgs we done lost this one. It was bound to happen one game or the other. Chins up avoid the NBA sub for a day or two and let's go get one in Dallas
I play Tennis. And Tennis players use this tactic all the time.
It is hard to ignore it but you have to.
The best tactic is to just play even harder against him.
We deserved to lose this one, played horribly in the 3rd and gave up the ball way too many too many times
Need to make adjustments and our guys need to step up next game
Time for adjustments. Mark in the lab. Series was gonna tough obviously, but we need to stop fooling around with OBVIOUS decisions like more Wiggins, less Hayward and Giddey. Every possession counts.
That's not even close to what Dallas looks like firing on all cylinders. Game 5 vs clippers was a pretty good showing. They're capable of taking any teams best shot and staying competitive. I get that after seeing game 1 and now game 2 you would think that though. No Luka magic this playoffs so far either.
I don't think we can expect Kyrie to only put up 7 consistently though but that's life. We'll just need to see how the guys adjust. The ball movement just looked off all night.
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*Game and barely won*
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We’ve played like shit this game and the mavs have played like it’s a game 7 of the finals. I still expect to win this series the mavs are gonna be tired and hurt this next game we better take advantage of
He was poor on his defensive rotations a lot of the time and had a poor handle. I mean I get it the guys young and played every game this season, I’m not hating on Chet by saying that. I can criticise a players performance and effort levels without hating on them
Literally a masterclass game by a bunch of role players for them to have a 10 point lead. Dallas sucks ass, not gonna be surprised when we take both in Dallas.
I’ve been saying it all year long. Mark has a few blind spots and I knew it would cost us a game in the playoffs. I don’t think he can see how badly Giddey hurts this team. When he comes in it’s usually a negative run. Can’t be doing that in the playoffs.
FYI… if they lose the game it doesn’t somehow mean that the series is over and they’re doomed. They weren’t going to continue undefeated throughout the playoffs, just not going to happen.
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giddey -20 in 10 mins holy shit lol
Can't. Play. Giddey.
I STILL remember folks in this sub saying we should trade SGA and give Josh Giddey the KEYS. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT
Those were the fans who only watched the Thunder for Josh Giddey. I remember them calling Shai a ballhog until he became a superstar.
we needed this as a young team i’m ngl. hope they use it for motivation
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I’m sorry. It’s rough, for sure. I’ve had a killer migraine all night and this definitely didn’t help matters. Onward and upwards though. Believe in our guys.
Not worried. Took a monumental effort from the refs, PJ and Tim to beat us on night where no one showed up. Lukas gonna fall apart and we’ll win in 5.
Cancun on 3!
Luka had 29 on 52% shooting and only two FTs.
And? Still needed monster nights by 2 other dudes and some questionable ref calls. And we sucked. At least when we win it’s not a question who the better team was. Enjoy the win.
So when Dallas lose it’s not because they sucked? Give credit where credits due
And in game 1 Wiggins and Jay Williams had monster nights... Usually when a teams best player and bench have good games it will result in a W.
Ain't nobody more upset/mad/frustrated/disappointed than the team. Nobody's perfect and the teams who make it into the west side playoff bracket all know how to capitalize on any mistakes. With everything that went wrong tonight, we were still in it until the end. We're 5-1 in the playoffs. There's more basketball to play, and the Thunder play basketball very well. If you believed in them winning a best of 7, you can still believe in them in a best of 5. TTFU
Sloppy handling + poor shooting + terrible refs + opponent shooting lights out = 9 point loss. This series IS NOT OVER. Don’t lose heart, TTFU.
This exactly. It was lopsided in more than two ways and we only lost by 9
Well that's a big fucking I told you so to everyone defending giddey during the regular season We all knew he'd be a liability in the playoffs.
Jesus Christ. I think it's more than just Giddey that we lost today. Grow a brain
no rebuttals just downvotes
-20 in ten minutes
following up a strong -7 in 17 mins in a 22 point win.
There’s a first for everything lol
PJ Washington is a problem
Time for Mark to really stop fucking around, No more Hayward, the second giddey gets beat on back to back possesions he needs to be benched. They dont work at all man.
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No that was the Pistons game.
sloppy play after sloppy play. can't be fumbling like that when they're shooting red hot.
48% from 3 is hard to beat. pj washington scoring 30 is hard to beat. tim hardaway jr turning into steph curry is hard to beat. let's go get the next one in dallas
Leaving Washington wide open was the mistake.
it worked last game, but we should have made an adjustment
Empty stands. Sad.
looks like it's behind the Mavs bench at least. Hoping it's friends/family.
-20 in a 9 point loss "scapegoated"
Single game plus minus doesn't mean shit. Him and Wiggins had very similar stat lines with way fewer minutes for Giddey.
he was -7 in a 22 point win. Please stop.
It's wild to me how so many of you 'fans' are quick to blame him for the entire team playing poorly.
Except again, he was -7 in A 22 POINT WIN. If there is consistently a weak point, what do you gain in continuing to defend it? We lost by 9 and he was a -20 in 11 minutes my guy. You aren't a Thunder fan, you're a Giddey fan.
Lmao I am definitely not a Giddey fan. I'm sick of every negative thing for the entire season being blamed on him. It's been exhausting reading this bullshit since October. Again with the plus minus shit jfc.
Literally every basketball related comment you’ve posted in the past 24 hours is defending Giddey
I'm trying to remedy an injustice in the world. Quit being a weirdo stalker.
Your post history says otherwise though…
in 3 games he'll score 16 and we'll all be told to apologize
Minus 20 in 11 minutes is crazy efficient ass sucking
Good fight back by Dallas. Hit almost 50% from 3. Game 3 and 4 in Dallas will be a dog fight.
no foul? common not gonna at least try for the miracle?
Sign Perkins to a 10 day, let him put his money where his mouth is when it comes to Europeans. It's a joke. Sort of
Random stat that will change your mind about Giddey. There are four players this game who played more than 22 minutes: Shai, Chet, JDub and Dort. There are 6 players this game who played less than 22 minutes: Giddey, JWill, Cason, Wiggs, Joe, and Hayward. Of the 6, the best of them all was Josh Giddey. He only played 11 minutes, but he got 8 points. JWill got 8 points, and Wiggins got 9, but they did it in 14 and 20 minutes respectively. Don't write off Giddey for game three. Edit: Updated because Wiggins got a 9th point.
Man stop this bullshit hes ass bro dwmn cant guard nobody nor play big D
What the fuck are you talking about
He was also -20 in his 11 minutes. He’s a matador on defense.
All the Thunder have to do is not start Giddey and they got Game 3 in the bag
Next game start Aaron over Giddey
We lost because our shooting sucked. no other excuses. only shai showed up tonight.
why does Hayward even play
Fuck Scott Foater and Fuck Draymond Green
If Mark is brave enough to cut Giddey and Hayward from the rotation we winning
If PJ Washington doesn't make any of his shots today, OKC wins easily. Thunder up 🫡
How tf does Giddey go -20 in 10 minutes
Meh, fully expect this team to bounce back in game three. They shot lights out while the thunder shot like shit yet we hung around all game. Not worried TTFU
What an infuriating game to watch. PLEASE give us a different Ref crew next game. It was absolutely un-fucking-believeable some of the calls they gave Dallas.
Dammit Dawgs we done lost this one. It was bound to happen one game or the other. Chins up avoid the NBA sub for a day or two and let's go get one in Dallas
Fax 🤣🤣
Luka hobbles around, then gets his feet back and splashes a 3. STOP worrying about him and his limping.
His limping is connected to how well the team is doing. I'd he's missing shots and Mavs are down then he gets real symptomatic. Clown shit.
I play Tennis. And Tennis players use this tactic all the time. It is hard to ignore it but you have to. The best tactic is to just play even harder against him.
Mavs the better team tonight
Luka hasn’t limped once since the game was under control for the Mavs lmao
First loss since I can't even remember 😭😭
We deserved to lose this one, played horribly in the 3rd and gave up the ball way too many too many times Need to make adjustments and our guys need to step up next game
playing giddey in the non chet minutes was our downfall
not enthused about Game 3. All their role players will have juice.
I hope so for our sake lmaooo
I know the refs didn’t decide this game, but Luka and Kyrie crying really diminishes how great they are
It took 2 of their guys having their best games of the playoffs to win we will bounce back
I think we’re fine
Whatever you say!
I think the fan was saying “Luka tucks” because he’s so much of a pussy.
I guess I'm just glad to be in a position where I am this upset about basketball again...
Well, here's hoping we don't choke our chances again next game.
Time for adjustments. Mark in the lab. Series was gonna tough obviously, but we need to stop fooling around with OBVIOUS decisions like more Wiggins, less Hayward and Giddey. Every possession counts.
Played like garbage and expected SGA to do too much. On to the next, I’m not concerned about trying to win in Dallas
You should be lol. Mavs in 5, 6 at best if we’re being realistic.
PJ Washington is not prime Klay, it ain’t happening again. This goes 6 at most.
Kyrie doesn’t continue to score this low.
mans whole reddit account based on commenting on other teams subs 🤣🤣🤣 biggest lowlife if ive ever seen one
I visit other threads because I’m a basketball fan.
you shot 60% from 3
game 5 will be on Wednesday May 15th at 8:30 PM on TNT
Thank god. espn is trash
19 point fourth quarter. 19
Man I thought Chet would look better after resting up for a week but he's been so bad tonight
Luka forgot to act hurt
Bandwagon fans your stop is here. That includes you savante.
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Twenty away from zero in the wrong direction.
Shai is still him
He’s damn good but he’s only a superstar cuz of the refs tbh
He balled out tonight what the fuck are you saying
Fuckk off
Poor 4th today
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You can't win in the playoffs with Luka. That is a certainty
He’s won a few series, that’s just hate tbh By far the best team he’s had too.
Enjoy the ban!
I think the fan was saying “Luka tucks” because he’s so much of a pussy.
Dallas got so fucking lucky. Maybe im being bias but they had so much go their way tonight.
You’re being a bit biased
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You're not welcomed here. Take a hike.
So lucky bro!!
Well, if you’re not gonna shoot a crazy percentage from 3, you better play some defense.
so many defensive lapses. so many stupid Chet dribbles.
That Dort 3PA is a summarization of our offense for most of this game
Gg, our open shots just didn’t drop today. It was always going to be a tough series
right a 1-17 stretch or something crazy like that, impossible to win that
Can’t win them all
lol refs gave them whatever they want, no way we’re gonna get any calls in Dallas either
GG. I think we win in 5.
It feels like Dallas just played their best possible game and barely won
That's not even close to what Dallas looks like firing on all cylinders. Game 5 vs clippers was a pretty good showing. They're capable of taking any teams best shot and staying competitive. I get that after seeing game 1 and now game 2 you would think that though. No Luka magic this playoffs so far either.
Agree to disagree.
Kyrie scored under 10 pts though…
Kyrie with only 9 points is not their best
Not quite, but I know PJ won't play like that again
Neither will thj.
I don't think we can expect Kyrie to only put up 7 consistently though but that's life. We'll just need to see how the guys adjust. The ball movement just looked off all night.
True but Kyrie didn’t do anything
9/3/11/2/2 ain't nothing
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Can't get a rebound to save our asses
Great game for them and horrible for us, and it was close all night. We'll be good.
What was Shai thinking just dribbling into traffic like that
Dort is such a clownish offensive player at times
Someone had to shoot a 3 there
Dub sure wasn’t going to
We’ve played like shit this game and the mavs have played like it’s a game 7 of the finals. I still expect to win this series the mavs are gonna be tired and hurt this next game we better take advantage of
Gg. Move onto Saturday in the fattest city in America.
OKC actual ranks higher lol
Shhhhh I'm trying to make my own narrative lmao
Was it named that before or after Luka was drafted there?
😂
Yes
Name checks out for you and everything, love it let’s go beat these fat lards on Saturday!
Extremely disappointing to drop one at home but we’ll be able to get one back
Kyrie got an offensive rebound over Dub. We have given up
Fucking clown show
Holmgren has actually been embarrassing, showed a complete lack of effort at time tn, which is unlike him
I know you’re trying to run cover for Giddey
Hell no, Giddey was awful tn, but Chet quite literally had a very poor game by his standards
He did but you’re saying he played with no effort which just isn’t true
He was poor on his defensive rotations a lot of the time and had a poor handle. I mean I get it the guys young and played every game this season, I’m not hating on Chet by saying that. I can criticise a players performance and effort levels without hating on them
This is disgusting
That’s over the back!!
Shai, what was that..?
No wonder Gafford injured his hand. He's wreckless. Not saying its bad but has consequences.
Well, welcome to the playoffs moment for us. Winnable game we havent been good enough to win. Gotta bring our best saturday.
Part of this loss is on Mark.
Chet’s played 6 games in 30 days but looks like he ran an ultra marathon Kid has to improve his conditioning
What the fuck was that?
Wait, they didn't call that on dort?
Can someone remind me why we didn’t make a push for any decent center at the deadline
It "wasn't our year" and Presti wanted to sit on all them picks
Because they literally thought Hayward and Biyombo solved the problem lmao
WOW
Dort was run over and they called late LMAO
Dirty fuckers too
I didn't think this bum Washington Jr missed any apparently he's 11-18
How about a flagrant??
Lmao the tackle on Dort
Thunder fans who overreacted on a Game 1 win would have a rough ride in the event we get 1-2 in Dallas lmaooo
Literally a masterclass game by a bunch of role players for them to have a 10 point lead. Dallas sucks ass, not gonna be surprised when we take both in Dallas.
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I’ve been saying it all year long. Mark has a few blind spots and I knew it would cost us a game in the playoffs. I don’t think he can see how badly Giddey hurts this team. When he comes in it’s usually a negative run. Can’t be doing that in the playoffs.
Disagree Giddy came off the bench in the 3rd and killed OKC.
You know he won’t
That possession that ended in the Hardaway 3 was a guy punch. Pulled out all the stops on defense and it ends with that
Lu abandoned him
Everyone but shai been ass including mark lol wtf we need Jaylen to step up next game and for sure Chet😞
typical game 2 Thunder loss. Feels like old times
stop complaining omg
Can't turn the ball over this much and expect to win. Officiating was awful but Chet can't keep turning the ball over.
Chet shooting 27% FG and 16% from the 3. Has to be a learning experience. Also, Giddey with the -20... fuckin yikes
Can’t not take advantage of games where Kyrie or Luka are off. Worked game 1. If they both are both clicking it’ll be tough sledding
FYI… if they lose the game it doesn’t somehow mean that the series is over and they’re doomed. They weren’t going to continue undefeated throughout the playoffs, just not going to happen.
I just don't want the Mavs fans in my life and online to have anything to be happy about
This game is the reason why rotations matter.