2024-25 NBA Thread: Oklahoma City claims its 1st title, 4-3 over Indiana

Last night, the Cavs became the first 60-win team to go down 2-0 in the second round of the NBA playoffs, since the league expanded to 16 teams in 1984.

Today, the Celtics became the second team to do it.

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Mavs get Cooper Flagg after trading Luka…

Obligatory - Duke Sucks

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A Denver win tonight would mean

  • All the teams with 60 or more wins this season (all 3 of them) went out before the conference finals
  • The average record of the remaining teams is 50-32

Get to game 7, fall flat on your face…

I think they were inspired by the Leafs

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the 7th foreign-born MVP in a row.

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What happens when Canada is annexed?

Asking for a friend.

Knicks & Oilers competing for the biggest meltdown

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That will improve the odds of the next NBA MVP being an American given the number of good basketball players coming out of the Greater Toronto Area.

Entering Wednesday night, teams leading by at least 14 points in the final 2:45 of the fourth quarter had been 994-0 since play-by-play tracking began in 1997-98.

994-1

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The NoBody-on-defense Association.

The ghost of Reggie Miller last night.

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Score bug is proper, showing OKC in white (even though on the road, and maybe the NBA has no rule anymore) and MIN in dark blue.
Casual fan like me knows which team is which without having to know the players.

Imagine winning game 1 by 26, game 2 by 15, and yet be down in aggregate scoring after game 3.

Imagine if NBA games were actually competitive

The Eastern Conference games have been

Now up 3 games to 1 and still being outscored.

Shai lived up to his MVP status tonight. Love this guy.

NBA needs to switch playoffs to cumulative scoring over 7 games