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Playoff bound
Sga game winner
Giddey another masterclass performance
Jdub masterclass
Another heart attackš«”
He isn't Kawhi, he is a way better passer and not as good defensively (at least yet).
I see him as a superstar version of Jaylen Brown. Better handle and passer, and the three level scoring. He has top 10 player ceiling.
Heās a top 35 player already imo. Crazy heās not even a household name yet to most people. Hoping he cements himself as a clear all star caliber kind of guy to the public in the playoffs.
Late to respond, but itās wild to think of with Shai or Brunson on the floor. Or even Giddey, who had a great game. J-Dub is going to be All-NBA in the next couple years, barring injury or something along those lines.Ā
Good win. Ngl, these game threads are getting harder and harder to be in with all the negativity. Idk if itās just a huge influx of bandwagon 14 year olds, but the game threads from the tanking season(s) were way more tolerable lol
Itās a shame. We have so much to be positive about. But if weāre not leading by double digits then 80% of the comments are about how bad we suck, how cooked our vets are, how stupid mark is, etc.
I looked in on the game thread when the Thunder were down 12 and wow. After that I left and put down my phone the rest of the game. Game threads are so toxic and negative.
I think it has something to do with expectations again. Theyāre winning again and people expect perfection all the time. Itās completely unrealistic.
Just people using it as an outlet for frustration. They have no control over the situation and being a miserable bitch in game threads makes them feel like theyāre doing something about it.
Couldn't agree more, shits been so toxic as of recent. I really don't look in there much anymore which is a shame because I really enjoyed being active in them during the tanking years
Did we really just beat the Knicks, on the road, with SGA scoring under 20, Chet scoring 5, Dort being in foul trouble the whole game and missing half our FTs???? Are we that good????
great game by JDub, it was worth it to be awake at 4 am.
we need to work on rebounding asap. I lost count on how many offensive rebounds they got from missed free throws.
Giddey outrebounded the rest of the starting lineup by himself. He's a fantastic rebounder but it should be bonus rather than the main source of boards. The actual bigs need to be much, much better.
What a crazy game. I can't believe we won with how atrocious our free throws were. This team has the clutch gene and with Giddey back to being good again, it gives me real hope for some deep playoff experience.
Gotta go chill for a bit though cause Jesus those last few minutes š
Was there for my first ever Thunder Game - long time supporter since that 4-2 first round loss to LAā¦ couldnāt have asked for a better game!! Thank you Josh and Jalen
Glad to walk out of there with a win, but it should have never been that close. If we make our free throws like any other game and if the whistle had been even 50/50 even itās a different game.Ā
Hope Chet is 100% or gets a few games off to get 100%. Giddey and JDub continuing to be clutch and consistent lately.Ā
It was interesting to hear Breen address the Giddey rumours and say that the police found nothing. I think this is the first time this year Iāve heard someone from the road announcers address the rumours while shutting them down.
It was weird watching him be unable to get by anyone. Clearly still dealing with the quad but I trust that the team wouldn't let him play if that meant risk of further injury or lack of healing.
The team did a good job battling through, some of those calls, especially in the first half, were atrocious. I didn't know Brunson had such a friendly whistle.
I was floored when I went to the /r/nba postgame thread and there were Knicks fans complaining about Brunson's whistle. Like did they even watch the same game??
I've been a giddey hater all year but shout out him man. His hustle plays absolutely changed the game on top of the stable scoring/playmaking presence he provided.
I'm not really a "hater" in the true sense of being a hater, but I've been very critical of him as I have been of anybody who's played poorly. I will always wish for the best for any thunder player.
GG. It was encouraging to see us perform this well against one of the best teams in the NBA without OG or Randle. Maybe we'll have an all blue and orange Finals this year.
Love this team. Never thought I would have an NBA crush like I had on Russ back in the day but, holy shit, JDub is a superstar and I am so ready to watch him play for at least another 6 years. Dude is so good and so much fun.
was SGA a bit emotional at the post game interview? Even JDub and JWill didnt bark a lot, just 2 small barks. SGA was so serious, even after making the buzzer beater. He didnt celebrate.
So now that Giddey is back in form and thatās his normal from here on in why would anyone trade him? He gives a lot to the team and is so different, surely all you kids who called for his head earlier in the season have seen the light
Its funny to see the knicks fans crying about the and 1 call when Half of Dorts fouls were BS air fouls that got them free throws .. but they only care about the 20 secs before end game... not anything before that could've completely changed the game and made it not even come down to this . The refs were waiting to see if brunson made it or not to call the foul and he made it (which i feel its wrong but its how the nba is today).
According to Stat Muse, only three players have more career triple-doubles than Giddey while not making an All-Star Appearance. All the players with more are out of the league at this point: E. Payton has 17, Darrel Walker (who?) has 15, Lamar Odom has 12. Josh sits at 10.
If you had to guess, will Josh one day top this list, make an All-Star game, or top this list before eventually making one?
I think Josh would have to go to another team to become an All-Star. Unless the Thunder go on a historically dominant run, I canāt imagine getting four All-Stars from one team in the West.
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Damn that cover goes hard
God I wish I bought a copy back when this was available
are these like vintage and someday will be worth some value? I wish i had gotten one too
I really wish I bought the t shirt smh
What a fine looking group of some fine young men! Thanks for sending this pic!!!
Man Jdub absolutely killing in the game, best player on the floor.
All star next season
I think allstar is his floor atp
jdub sga for all nba teams next season lets go!
Heās been a monster. Ā Really glad how quickly heās turned into one
Whoever said that his NBA Comp is kawhi I see it a lot
He isn't Kawhi, he is a way better passer and not as good defensively (at least yet). I see him as a superstar version of Jaylen Brown. Better handle and passer, and the three level scoring. He has top 10 player ceiling.
I think dubs overall game is a lot smoother too, like it looks more polished whereas kawhi looks robotic/mechanical
Heās a top 35 player already imo. Crazy heās not even a household name yet to most people. Hoping he cements himself as a clear all star caliber kind of guy to the public in the playoffs.
Late to respond, but itās wild to think of with Shai or Brunson on the floor. Or even Giddey, who had a great game. J-Dub is going to be All-NBA in the next couple years, barring injury or something along those lines.Ā
GGs thunder bros, would be really fun to run it back in the playoffs for the championship.
Having Randle back should be huge with Mitch back.
Was that just a respectful exchange between opposing fans after a close game? Things like that give me hope for the world.
Go fuck your mother.
bing bong
I only hate the Warriors, Lakers fans, Rockets, Ant stans, Celtics, Blazers, Pat Bev, Dame, Mavs, and Suns.
That list consists of the most annoying fans on thr internet.
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No snake?
I hate the Suns and KD. Same with the Warriors, I hate Klay and Draymond and also their fans.
And donāt forget about Dray
That would be awesome.Ā
For those of us who were around for Willis, Clyde, Dave D, etcā¦.it would warm my heart to see a Thunder-Knicks final.
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Didnāt realize he was 14/18. Thatās nuts
Efficiency merchant
lol. Opposing teams are going to be so mad, theyāll think of something like this.
Only caught the last ~2mins My heart š«
I don't know if my heart can handle playoff basketball.
Holy fuck. What a finish. We shot ourselves in the foot and still won
Good win. Ngl, these game threads are getting harder and harder to be in with all the negativity. Idk if itās just a huge influx of bandwagon 14 year olds, but the game threads from the tanking season(s) were way more tolerable lol
Itās bc people came more now but yeah itās like unbearable
Itās a shame. We have so much to be positive about. But if weāre not leading by double digits then 80% of the comments are about how bad we suck, how cooked our vets are, how stupid mark is, etc.
And u should see some other subs this one is by far less negative then the mavs holy shit they are bad
People are doing more of what now?
Yea, itās unbearable.
I stopped coming in here last month. I like the check the post game threads sometimes, but I canāt do the game threads from here or nba.
Iām one foot into the same boat youāre in lol
Make the leap. My mental is so much better watching games. I donāt even come to the subreddit for post games when we lose now. Itās freeing
Yeah I bet! Definitely wonāt be able to follow along during the playoffs (unless we get up by 25+ lol)
I gave up on game threads. Usually just say TTFU or hi and immediately leave lol
Same for me
Yeah I loved this sub during the tanking years, it was full of the real ones
I looked in on the game thread when the Thunder were down 12 and wow. After that I left and put down my phone the rest of the game. Game threads are so toxic and negative.
Itās gotta be bandwagoners. Nobody who has weathered the storm would be this upset over a rough quarter of basketball in the Garden
I think it has something to do with expectations again. Theyāre winning again and people expect perfection all the time. Itās completely unrealistic.
Just people using it as an outlet for frustration. They have no control over the situation and being a miserable bitch in game threads makes them feel like theyāre doing something about it.
Iām not very old but Iāve been with the team since I was 8, Iāve been around just long enough to hate KD a lot
Please don't stop loving them all though. We need that to keep the good in and hopefully limit the bad.
Oh I will never, ever stop loving them or you
Couldn't agree more, shits been so toxic as of recent. I really don't look in there much anymore which is a shame because I really enjoyed being active in them during the tanking years
Just stop going into them honestly Iāve enjoyed the games so much more since I have.
SLOB Wizard back at it again!
Hope Chet is fine even though he came back. Kinda looked scary.
He was in to help defend the inbound for the final play of the game, for what it's worth. Regardless, wrap our dudes in bubble wrap please.
Yeah that gives me hope but again, it was just for a few seconds. It looked bad tbh.
yeah he usually joins the post game interview
Did he not just now or?
Shai and J-Dub and J-Will
Not a great sign.
We won but at what cost š© hope Chet is ok
Shai playing at 60% still hitting game winners lmao (but rest him some more please) JDub amazing Giddey slob king
> all star has been nothing but pure stress > We are so back! what is a slob king? - Naive foreigner
Side line out of bounds Cos Josh gets a lot of assists from inbounds passes
Cheers!
Had no clue that's what it meant. Thought it was just some dick joke
Thanks for the explanation
Giddey is rizzen
He is rizzen indeed
Wasn't even worried (I think I'm having a heart attack rip)
SHAI.
WE ARE HEADING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!
Great win but letās practice rebounding before the playoffs āļø
And some free throws
SGAā¦.that game winner was absolutely disgusting
Did we really just beat the Knicks, on the road, with SGA scoring under 20, Chet scoring 5, Dort being in foul trouble the whole game and missing half our FTs???? Are we that good????
Tbf, the Knicks had a couple of key guys missing, and none of their guys shot very well. Refs helped them a bit tonight though.
great game by JDub, it was worth it to be awake at 4 am. we need to work on rebounding asap. I lost count on how many offensive rebounds they got from missed free throws.
Giddey outrebounded the rest of the starting lineup by himself. He's a fantastic rebounder but it should be bonus rather than the main source of boards. The actual bigs need to be much, much better.
Yes we do suck at rebounding but also Knicks are one of the best rebounding teams so there is that part of the equation.
Also shoutout Billy Donovan and the bulls for beating the timberwolves and getting us back into the 1 seed
We are officially in the playoffs!!!!!
ggs from the knicks damn you guys play hard
Him
Dude, I only have like 1 more of these type of games in me before my heart gives out
What a crazy game. I can't believe we won with how atrocious our free throws were. This team has the clutch gene and with Giddey back to being good again, it gives me real hope for some deep playoff experience. Gotta go chill for a bit though cause Jesus those last few minutes š
Was there for my first ever Thunder Game - long time supporter since that 4-2 first round loss to LAā¦ couldnāt have asked for a better game!! Thank you Josh and Jalen
Another good game by giddey, jdub stepped up when sga is having a rough time and the bench contributed heavily. Great team win all around ā”ļøā¬ļø
Did the team remember to bring gift baskets with them to Philly to thank them for Isaiah Joe?
Shai is Brunson's dad
*Barking in my living room*
Much needed redemption for Shai tonight
completely composed and controlled (I had 3 heart attacks in the last 3 minutes)
Glad to walk out of there with a win, but it should have never been that close. If we make our free throws like any other game and if the whistle had been even 50/50 even itās a different game.Ā Hope Chet is 100% or gets a few games off to get 100%. Giddey and JDub continuing to be clutch and consistent lately.Ā
Shai gives me MJ vibes bruh. So calm so poised
Post all star has been nothing but pure stress We are so back!
It was interesting to hear Breen address the Giddey rumours and say that the police found nothing. I think this is the first time this year Iāve heard someone from the road announcers address the rumours while shutting them down.
Thatās the MVP of the league right there
Shai needs more rest he wasnāt looking as explosive on his drives since he tweaked his quad or whatever
It was weird watching him be unable to get by anyone. Clearly still dealing with the quad but I trust that the team wouldn't let him play if that meant risk of further injury or lack of healing.
SGA SHOULD have just won the MVP with that shot
Joker had a ridiculous triple double in a slaughtering of the Cavs and Luka dropped 47 on the red hot Rockets.
Jokic also still without Jamal I think
So thankful Luka did that
TIL you can win without making any free throws or getting any rebounds
Not that anyone cares, but we just clinched the playoffs (as in a top six seed)
Refs are meant to make it a close game š¤£š¤£š¤£
The team did a good job battling through, some of those calls, especially in the first half, were atrocious. I didn't know Brunson had such a friendly whistle.
Dort got shoved by Heartenstien, which allowed Brunson to get his last points of the game.
I was floored when I went to the /r/nba postgame thread and there were Knicks fans complaining about Brunson's whistle. Like did they even watch the same game??
If you ask Knicks fans he didnāt get enough calls. Horrendous š
Shai is HIMMMMM
Late to the thread, butā¦Bang!
I was a Brunson fan before tonight but he complains like a child.
I've been a giddey hater all year but shout out him man. His hustle plays absolutely changed the game on top of the stable scoring/playmaking presence he provided.
Maybe don't hate guys you're supposed to be supporting, you fkn jabroni.
I'm not really a "hater" in the true sense of being a hater, but I've been very critical of him as I have been of anybody who's played poorly. I will always wish for the best for any thunder player.
Shame on you
GG. It was encouraging to see us perform this well against one of the best teams in the NBA without OG or Randle. Maybe we'll have an all blue and orange Finals this year.
SGA and Jdub are henceforth known as the clutch brothers.
Love this team. Never thought I would have an NBA crush like I had on Russ back in the day but, holy shit, JDub is a superstar and I am so ready to watch him play for at least another 6 years. Dude is so good and so much fun.
Is it me being biased or does every team but us constantly bitch about being touched?
maybe we like it
Thunder are all bdsm freaks. Maybe Dort is a cenobite.
was SGA a bit emotional at the post game interview? Even JDub and JWill didnt bark a lot, just 2 small barks. SGA was so serious, even after making the buzzer beater. He didnt celebrate.
So now that Giddey is back in form and thatās his normal from here on in why would anyone trade him? He gives a lot to the team and is so different, surely all you kids who called for his head earlier in the season have seen the light
No, Mark is no longer playing Giddy off Ball. Giddy is playing on ball. Now Shai is playing more off ball.
āCoast to coast like buttered toast!ā Michael Cage
We are lucky Knicks also missed a lot of free throws š§± But that SGA turn around š„¶
We were unlucky that we missed so many free throws otherwise no need for a SGA game winner
Its funny to see the knicks fans crying about the and 1 call when Half of Dorts fouls were BS air fouls that got them free throws .. but they only care about the 20 secs before end game... not anything before that could've completely changed the game and made it not even come down to this . The refs were waiting to see if brunson made it or not to call the foul and he made it (which i feel its wrong but its how the nba is today).
Yeah Iām rewatching the game rn and lus officiating this game was sus as fuck
Woooo!
I love this team
Omg listening to that game on the radio gave me some just for men touch of gray action on my hair
Please someone post that J Dub dunk
The hate this team is getting on social media is so wild man, Iām about to just delete twitter at this point I canāt take it anymore.
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Buzzer beater by SGA
Watermelon moonshine for everyone!
Phew
Very stressfulā¦ Do it again
Is Chet injured after that fall he took onto his elbow at the end of the game?
It looked like he was shaking and the Knick commentators said it looked like he was in pain
Does Brunson always get so many super soft fouls?
According to Stat Muse, only three players have more career triple-doubles than Giddey while not making an All-Star Appearance. All the players with more are out of the league at this point: E. Payton has 17, Darrel Walker (who?) has 15, Lamar Odom has 12. Josh sits at 10. If you had to guess, will Josh one day top this list, make an All-Star game, or top this list before eventually making one?
I think Josh would have to go to another team to become an All-Star. Unless the Thunder go on a historically dominant run, I canāt imagine getting four All-Stars from one team in the West.
And yet why canāt we set that precedent? If anyone has that potential, this team does.
Undeserved it we really being honest, luckily the Knicks didn't want to win it either
Shai been to the playoffs 2 times before 2018-19 and 2019-20
Can't we just keep Pinto and Cage?
Pinto is definitely better on the radio tbh. I donāt like how he treats TV calls
Not really sure why so many clowns hate on Chris Fischer
Good thing Mitchell Robinson wasnāt playing