NBA Playoffs: Conference Finals Thread

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Thunder vs. Spurs.

Pacers vs. Heat.

Have at it.
 
OKC deserves TONS of credit for the game they played tonight. They were tough. I was really enthused by their maturity.
 
KD with a huge game. Adams playing like a vet and Collison playing out of his mind.

Crazy how the ball started moving when collison came in. And stopped when he left. Not sure what to think about it. Surely it is just a coincidence.
 
Serge Ibaka's left calf injury could be an issue. He arrived in OKC with a "boot" on his left leg.

San Antonio's home court advantage may be decisive in this series. I expect it to go 7 games.
 
SoonerTraveler said:
San Antonio's home court advantage may be decisive in this series. I expect it to go 7 games.
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yep. It's weird going into a series knowing you will only have 3 home games and they will have four. Good thing the Thunder have played better on the road than at home! We HAVE to play well at home to have a shot.
 
I believed once the playoffs got here that if the Thunder made it to this point, they would go to the Finals. I honestly did not believe they could get through the Grizz and the Clips prior to now, so the Thunder beat SA in 6.


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The Thunder showed how resilient they are last night. They took the Clippers' best shot in the first half and just continued to punch back. Westbrook showed a lot of maturity, his shot wasn't falling so he started taking it to the cup and also becoming more of a distributor. He was fantastic in that series. I expect the Thunder to beat the Spurs in 6 (homer pick).
 
Why is the schedule so jacked up? Do they really play game 2 on Wednesday, and game 3 not until Sunday?
 
SoonerTraveler said:
Serge Ibaka's left calf injury could be an issue. He arrived in OKC with a "boot" on his left leg.

San Antonio's home court advantage may be decisive in this series. I expect it to go 7 games.
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Big issue if it slows him considerably?? He is their best inside defender, although Adams is showing promise.
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
KD with a huge game. Adams playing like a vet and Collison playing out of his mind.

Crazy how the ball started moving when collison came in. And stopped when he left. Not sure what to think about it. Surely it is just a coincidence.
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Did Nick really play out of his mind? Outside of the 3 at the end of the 3rd which was out of nowhere really. He played like Nick Collison does. Makes key passes, plays solid defense, blocks out, basically do Nick Collison things. He wasn't out of his mind really. He held Blake Griffin to 3-8 shooting which was pretty solid.

The Thunder have been better on the road in this playoffs. 4-3 in OKC and 4-2 on the road.
 
SoonerTraveler said:
Serge Ibaka's left calf injury could be an issue. He arrived in OKC with a "boot" on his left leg.

San Antonio's home court advantage may be decisive in this series. I expect it to go 7 games.
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Tony Parker is also potentially injured. If both guys are out that is a big advantage to the Thunder.
 
NickZepp said:
Did Nick really play out of his mind? Outside of the 3 at the end of the 3rd which was out of nowhere really. He played like Nick Collison does. Makes key passes, plays solid defense, blocks out, basically do Nick Collison things. He wasn't out of his mind really. He held Blake Griffin to 3-8 shooting which was pretty solid.

The Thunder have been better on the road in this playoffs. 4-3 in OKC and 4-2 on the road.
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He made great plays on defense and offense.

Maybe a better statement was that the thunder played out of their mind when Nick was in the game
 
Wow! That's a shocking prediction. You are the only one I've heard picking the heat. ;)
 
Just hope Spurs vs Heat in the finals!! Great series last year!
 
KBaden145 said:
I believed once the playoffs got here that if the Thunder made it to this point, they would go to the Finals. I honestly did not believe they could get through the Grizz and the Clips prior to now, so the Thunder beat SA in 6.


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Scratch that. No Ibaka for the rest of the playoffs!


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coolm said:
losing serge is gonna hurt
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It's going to hurt a lot on defense. Offense it may actually help because Collison can do a few things better than Serge can to open up the offense.
 
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