2025 WEST FINALS: (1) Oklahoma City Thunder Vs. (6) Minnesota Timberwolves

OKC isn't scared of the T-Wolves and play loose and free.

On the other side, the T-Wolves don't seem to have any joy at all. Just like game 1, their offense stalls in the 3rd quarter and their defensive intensity drops because of discouragement.

 

Light the beam.

 

We’d beat the T wolves 4-2 easy.

 

Minnesota is poorly positioned for the future.

Randle is poorly positioned for the future.

Randle is 30 and Gobert is 32, so not expecting much improvement from them.

They still owe Utah for the Gobert trade, so improving via the Draft is going to be quite difficult.


I think that Rosas - Gupta brought in

• Naz Reid
• McDaniels
• Edwards

While Connelly brought in

• Randle
• Gobert
• Conley
• Donte D
• NAW

Randle is flawed and has a PO for next season, but I don't see Minnesota with good options if Randle leaves. Yet, they are stuck in good but nor great if he stays.

 

This OKC defense is suffocating.. it’s unreal the commitment to it as a team. They are winning it all just based on their defense alone . Add the fact that they have real shooters everywhere and when all fails you can just have SGA hunt for fouls… no one is beating them in a 7 game series. Denver might have been their most intriguing challenge through this run.

 

Indy is much much more disciplined

 

What is this? @KingCheetah

Spoiler

B O R I N G

 

Man I hope OKC makes the mistake of giving Holmgren the max when the time comes.

 

Ant showing a lot of heart, but Minnie role players have been beyond dissapointing, especially Randle and Reid. Trash.

 

The story of game 2 for the T-Wolves is everybody but Randle showed up to some extent. They won the 4th quarter without him.
They couldn't put together a 48 min effort and faded badly in the 3rd quarter both games.

OKC's biggest problem for game 3 might be complacency and happy feet.

 

Thunder up is on.

 

OKC’s shooting goes to absolute sh*t on the road, so the Wolves still have a chance to make this a series

OKC from deep so far on the road these playoffs vs Memphis and Denver: 13-38, 7-35, 9-35, 10-41, and 11-40

 

Making the wolves go against foster AND brothers is pretty brutal, that's just a no hope situation.

 

This is ridiculous haterade lol

We missed out on Chet and have Jabari - it is what it is.

 

Obviously game 3 is a must win.

I just think Minny had a good draw. Old lakers with no center, Curryless Warriors, and here they are. I feel like if any other team had that path to the WCF they'd be right there too, even the Memphis Grizzlies.

Minny is just going to need every player showing up to beat this team. They need Ant on, Randle on, and the rest of the team shooting well to have a chance with this one.

 

Chet is currently better than Jabari for sure 1000% but forget about Jabari for a moment...

I don't think he's some future superstar like some were saying, how he might be better than Wemby and all this noise. I think he's a great piece to have like Porzingis, but I don't know if teams are going be desperate to build around him.

 

100%

wolves beat a flawed lakers team and a curryless warriors team. They even lost game - against warriors with just 1 quarter of Curry.

OKC is a 68 win juggernaut with a top 2 player in the league and this will be a sweep.

Jokic stood up to the thunder - but that was the end. Thunder cruise to a chip from here.

 

He’s 100% worth a max contract and OKC would be ridiculous to not offer it to him on this team.

Chet is a max player.

 

Yeah this reminds me of that year the Blazers reached the WCF a few years ago. It was just a fortunate run and we never heard from them again.

Ant is the real deal but Randle is 30 and is a fringe all-star at best. I feel like the Warriors beat them in 6 at most with Curry, maybe even less. Curry was feasting for that like one quarter he played.