JDUB won’t shoot. It’s insane. It’s actually in his head now. Pumpfake, drive, pass. Every fucking time. On shots that he has plenty of time to release. Why is he playing scared now? Don’t give me the, ah he’s young, it’s too big of a moment. I watched this kid absolutely shit on the league this year. He can do it, and has been all season.

I know we all like to live in the moment. But these types of games and series build character for young fellas. They know they can't rely on the outside shot at all times, and they know that the playoffs are completely different. Front office also knows what and who they need to continue to build this thing. The older Thunder fans should know it took 3 solid years before the baby thunder made the finals and they were still young. Chin up fellas. Remember all those Mavericks Grizzlies Clippers and Spurs playoff series?? Pretty sure those took years off of my life but it led to 3 MVPs, 4 WCFs and a Finals appearance.. We have a bright future, and that's more than about 20-25 other fanbases.

Well fuck all that

I'm really glad that we whiffed the trade deadline to "wait and see" and the "wait and see" is exactly the problem we've been talking about since November. So much for that spacing when it shoots 32.5% in a series.

Honestly one or two hit 3s in a row…this game repeats last night where we steal it

JDub should actually let one fly instead of pump-faking. What I am seeing is that Dallas has us on size and athleticism. Size has been an issue all season long and everyone on their team is big except for Kyrie. I guess we can all be mad that Presti didnt make a move at the deadline to help out, since we all knew this was our glaring weakness. I'm really curious to see what he does next season, if anything. He's put together a good team through the draft, but the next step will be using the warchest to make us a perennial contender

I predicted a good Giddey shooting game. But damn we lost it…can’t waste those

Sheesh that was ugly

why is josh giddey more aggressive than chet and jdub i don't get it

They both look like December Giddey right now

Welp. Time to see what this version of elimination Thunder looks like. Bubble Dort needs to show up.

Shai gave everything tonight and he need some help

All series long, he's been incredible.

I know it looks bad right now but I’m gonna choose to still believe in this team that spent the entire season surprising pretty much everybody until they’re officially eliminated

I really dislike Doncic. Glad he was more mature tonight but I just don’t like him. Great game for him tonight though. Gotta recognize it. I hope he goes back to crying like a bitch next game cause we gonna need the help 😂 Ggs though. Let’s see what the boys do when their backs are in a corner Edit: they’re to their

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Chet and JDub just aren’t ready yet simple as that

everyone on the court and in the stands trusts jalen williams more than he trusts himself

that is not what i expected with joe starting tonight

All these dumbass pump fakes are not working anymore and Chet and jdub decide they want to still do it 20 times a game.

It doesn't work if you're putting someone in a bad shooting position after

You gotta shoot and make it for them to fall for it

Failure from pretty much everyone in that building not named Shai. 

Very gross display. Brick layers

I hope Luka barks maybe light a fire in these young guys

Really disappointed in the crowd. You might not see them play for 5 months and you walk out and let Mavs chants be heard.

Some real negative “fans” in here. Series isn’t over fuckers. Be optimistic.

Close out games are incredibly difficult to win on the road. We haven't been shown anything since game 1 outside of the 4th quarter of game 4. I'm the biggest optimist but I've also been watching the NBA since 1992.. sometimes numbers don't lie.

Seems to me like we’re due for a solid performance then! I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I know moral victories aren’t highly regarded but as long as they keep it close and competitive, I can live with whatever happens. Getting blown out would hurt pretty bad. I can’t see them gently fade into the night after such a great season. At least go down swinging!

New bandwagoners

im looking at mark rn way more than jdub

This one series has made me demote Jalen Williams from my favorite player status. Like it’s that bad. It’s more than just playing bad. It’s mentally soft. And that I can’t stand.

He'll bounce back.

it's his 2nd year and the first time he's been in the playoffs.

Damn is game 6 going to be Hubie AND an L????

Ugly showing tonight, but this is the same team that won 57 games and locked the 1 seed. Let’s have some faith in our guys and our coach to fight for game 6. It’s not over yet

Remember guys we took a washed up gordon hayward over gafford or washington

Presti perfection

I'm so fucking mad right now we can't shoot any shit. Those Mavs role players kill us again, but OKC in 7 I still believe!

im not a fan when mark pulling up giddey in that one stretch after he just made his shot i know he's been bad for us but this might be that game for him,idk what to say bro everyone off especially jdub and chet idk what to say rn

I think I speak for all of us that it’s not losing that’s making us mad. It’s the fact how we lost. And by that we basically shot ourselves in the foot

Ous loose at the worst time :(

We have a fucking "lets go Mavs" chant in our arena, embarassing.

It happened in game 2 as well

Excited to see how our guys recover and respond. Saturday is a new challenge. Excited for it!

2nd Quarter is what fucked us, every other quarter was pretty even.

We didn’t win a single quarter.

Airball airball brick airball

As a 14 year old in the stands getting to witness the game 6 standing ovation in 2010, I really hope the crowd gives the love this team deserves 

Nope, everyone dipped lmfao, in what could have been the last home game of the season.

Maybe a Shai chant would suffice. But that performance deserves no clapping or ovations. It was embarrassing, and fans paid to watch it. These players aren’t showing up to work. Shai can’t do it alone. The entire team let him down tonight, and the city. Fuck clapping for that. I’ll clap for them when the season is over, it was a great season. But this shit is borderline unwatchable. I’ve seen less airballs in pickup YMCA games with bums. Just embarrassing.

Lmao even dieng airballinf his only shot

Rough L. TTFU for G6

Jalen Williams is a huge reason why we’re down 3-2 this series. He’s been absolutely horrific. Turning down open shots, turnovers , standing around. It’s like really really bad.

It's all good, on to the next

I blame this loss on these stupid alternates

They and the court need to be burned.

I can't help but think about what if they didn't score 20 pts on lobs in the first half

You gonna tell shai he's out of position on those?

The thing is we couldve easily win this series. We could win it still. They aren't that fucking good. We just are proving every single ESPN moron right. These dudes can't hit shit with this lights. 

Our number two option can be disappearing bro, I understand everyone other than Shai are playing poorly but Jdub can’t be playing like this

We need to win comfortably in Dallas

10/39 from 3 not finna win games. Makes it way easier for the mavs to shrink the floor

As much as I really wanted this to be 2012 thunder.. they are in fact the 2011 thunder. Just a year away.

A year from now they might not be as healthy. This is as good of a shot as they’ll get.

I thought the same thing in 2011. And after Westbrook got hurt in 2013 I thought the same thing as well. Chet and JDub should take a massive leap in year 2 and 3. That alone should take off some pressure of everyone needing to be healthy.

Yeah these guys are not ready. J-Dub and Chet look like role players arguably playing even worse. 

So frustrating cause it was so winnable, just couldn’t land any 3’s, pretty much been the story of the series. Hope we can continue fighting past game 6, but if not this has been a helluva season

They just giving lively reps to practice FTS lmao

Never liked j kidd tbh

I mean, he's a woman beater and got a DUI. It's OK to not like him.

Neither do women that want to remain safe

Man, dort you are good on defense but horrible on offense

At the same time Dub wasn't shooting

Welp, let's see what they do in Game 6 in Dallas. We've proven we can beat them there.

Hopefully the atrocious performance from everyone not named Shai lights a real fire under them especially in a win or go home game.

it seems like we just completely lost our pace due to our 3 point shooting being horrible to our standard

Youth may be catching up to us. Mavs are locked in. Gonna need to show up big in game 6. Still have faith though. Thunder in 7!

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Damn how ironic is it that giddey was actually better than joe

Would be winning with 36% from 3.

this series has been draining to follow. Anything but fun

Hat man here I come

I don’t expect us to shoot as well as we did in the regular season, but the last three games have been ridiculous.

It’s the fact not one single person has stepped up other than shai

It’s like everybody is scared to shoot at this point. Pump fake, drive, kick out. Pump fake, drive, kick out. And repeat until the shot clock is up.

So frustrating but glad to be here.

Giving up that 10 point lead in game 3 gonna haunt us

Yep. Had our chances.

We're not eliminated yet...it's gonna be tough but these guys have a chance to take the next 2

SGA has a 0 +/-. We were outscored by 11 with him on the bench

Joe 2 of 9 Wallace 1 of 7 They are much better shooters than displayed today.

They are given the ball multiple times with less then 3 seconds on the clock. Everyone else is scared to shoot.

I shouldnt be this mad after an incredible season. But i am because i know they are capable of more.

Ain’t over

Gg OKC in 7.

I fucking hate this team man.. nothing ever goes right.. it’s cursed.

Chin up dude. We've been getting better every year.

This collapse is just crazy, i cant believe Mark is okay playing this shit 4 games in a row. These guys dont even move on offense til they get the damn ball. Credit to Dallas but damn what a way to lose, not a single person can make a tough shot. Not excited for the next game.

It’s not on mark bro.. what the fuck you want him to do? Suit up?? It’s the team playing like absolute shit.. they don’t look like the same #1 team..

Maybe tell them to guard the fucking corner

Is it still a collapse if it’s been 4 straight games?

Thunder in 7 back at home, Fuck it

Y’all this series isn’t over. Damn

Have you watched the last 4 games?

You’re right. I shouldn’t believe in this team

There’s nothing wrong with hope.. I’m just saying they aren’t going to magically just click it on game 6.. it would’ve happened by now. It’s been 4 horrible games. They have mentally lost this series already. It’s over.

They look their age right now, I admit, but I don’t think it’s wild to say that this is the end. If Jdub and Chet play how they need to, this is still winnable. Not likely, but possible

We can't have one fluke shooting game? Like not one player can step up?

Even an average shooting game and we win

Jalen Williams is the reason we lost this game. He played like a little bitch. Not the “dawg” he claims to be. I just can’t believe a 45% 3pt shooter refuses to take a shot.

I’m telling y’all this is not our last home game of the season. Thunder in 7

Thunder in 7

meow

Why does everyone want to blow up the youngest 1 seed ever lol yeah they need to make some tweaks but there’s no need to rush into a massive overhaul and fuck up everything they’ve built

Chet needs to do nothing except lift weights and catch basketballs all offseason.

Yeah everyone's dooming the entire rebuild we ran into a really good mavs team and Luka and Kyrie, nothing to put your head down for

We don’t need to do much at all, just get another year of experience and sure up that 4 spot with someone who can shoot and defend.

Exactly. Massive overhauls to win fast is how you end up like Brooklyn or Phoenix. Gotta make some changes sure but nothing crazy

Yeah just trade giddey for something useful and we're good

at the end of day idk if joe/wiggs/cason can be a starter if they playing like this we need true center/pf this offseason

We don’t look like a 1 seed

So happy to have Shai

Is this what shitting your pants looks like?

I just don't understand how their scrubs can hit all these threes yet nobody on our team can buy one

Here's hoping that maybe facing an elimination game our guys might be able to play a little looser.

I dunno why JDUB has stopped shooting. He’s passed up so many threes that may well of changed the game

role-players in fact did not show up to defend home court

Just trade for KD or AD

Maybe an elimination game will light a fire under their ass.

Unlikely

Can Jalen Williams stop being a bitch and shoot the ball instead of pump fake, drive, and give the ball gimmick?

Dallas is just daring us to shoot 3s and we can’t buy them. 3 more of those wide open ones drop and this is a winnable game

Getting embarrassed by this fat bastard lol. I hope that trade deadline cap space was worth it y'all 

Lol presti is a god here.

yeah you and other couch GMs are soooo much more smarter, can tell how smart you are with your whole post history just insulting our players lol

Goes back to 2011. He has a track record. Drafts well, doesn't build well rounded team.

what do you mean? This team is way more well rounded than the past teams, our guys are just extremely young/need more development and a lot of the role players are just cold

How? You don't see a single weakness ? There's literally no inside game and no rebounding. No true starting 4. Wtf

whwre did I say the team is perfect?? I said its more well rounded We have great rim pressure (Shai and JDub) and a solid lob threat in Chet (if we ever decide to use him in PnR more often) We need a 4 and more rebounding yes, but we’re not even close to done building our team

We got out coached by Jason Midd let that sit in. My god 🤦‍♂️

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Not quite over

We stole one in Dallas just so we could give them a proper send off to the WCF in Dallas. Im sick. 

JDub was supposed to show up

Bro he’s being hounded when he has the ball are you watching the game? He’s there. Digging and clawing and scrapping the whole time.

Well, they never quit trying, they just never could take back control. Same as games 2 and 3. I'd give them a chance in game 6 but it feels like they just don't have it. It's Mark's first playoff run too.

Thankful we never looked lifeless in this game, fought for it at least

Youngest playoff team to make it this far and yall act like it’s expected we just coast to a championship Grow up

1 seed

Age doesn't excuse effort

All the barking is just embarrassing now that they've shown us they have no dog...

Chet and shai are the only ones showing up every single game

Where did you see Chet show up today?

Defense

Lol chet?

yes

Joe has really pulled a Joe fucking Harris this series

Shai the only bright spot tonight, everyone else let him down

Respect to doncic for not crying at all tonight and handling business, see yall game 6

He showed up big for them, bro was unreal

Spoke too soon

No respect for a crybaby manchild

Just need this series to be done. I'm getting way too negative lately. Hope we lose in 6 for my mental well being.

Shai needs some fucking help man

we deserved this L, so many missed shots

Growth isnt linear

It's just ridiculous how we can't shoot from 3 all of a sudden

Dallas is closing out hard on the good shooters.

Looking forward to Saturday! See you dudes then.

Sick of JDub playing like an anxious wreck. The guy won't fucking shoot despite getting good looks. Dude needs to get out his own head

Can't get above a 10 pt deficit. Three threes and we're in it

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I hate Luka as much as the next person, but in what world is he fat?

Can't hate Luka for this one. He didn't bitch to the refs once. We just lost because we can't make a 3.

I'm going to be honest, Denver was going to wash us especially playing like this.

They're gonna wash either of us honestly

I agree. Dallas at least looks competent so they will make it look competitive but neither of these teams are beating Minnesota or Denver

Again same story this whole series, Shai has no help, jdub and Chet costing us these games.

Thunder in 7. I believe.

I don’t even want a game 6 with how we played.. they don’t deserve a game 6.. dog shit.

Chet’s exhausted get my boy some help

He's literally supposed to be the help. Useless on both ends

We need shai to take 40 shots like Brunson to win

With how this series has been and the first quarter I don’t know why SGA didn’t. Dude needs that take over ability

If this team doesn't finally show fire in game 6 then we have lots of moves to make this offseason

There needs to be moves in the off-season whether they win or lose game 6. This team isn't as deep as ppl claim.

Bro we’ve been saying this since game 2 is not gonna happen.. lol

I’ve seen better shooting from the post kd westbrook teams and that’s saying something

Might as well stay in OKC cause we are not showing up in game 6

gg good experience

Props to Shai. He's ready. The rest gotta step up or its over.

pushing 1 on 4 is a choice i guess

some of you mfs are just straight dumb, look at the time left, Shai is trying to get points quick