Well at least no one is defending Dort anymore because Dort isn’t defending anyone anymore. -longtime conductor of the OKC Dort hater train

This is a new level of NBA hold-me-back culture.

Pretty likely Spurs advance now, and he’s gonna lose all his good PR if he does this stuff against the Knicks.

Foul called on Isaiah Hartenstein Mark Daigneault challenges and the call is overturned to an offensive foul on Victor Wembanyama

More dread. Tons of turnovers and they can’t miss.

I dread this game. My feeling for this game is dread.

You folks won’t believe this but there are Spurs NBA Finals shirts and hats printed and ready to sell smh

You folks won’t believe this but there are Thunder NBA Finals shirts and hats printed and ready to sell smh

Damn right.

OKC's best plus-minus in the Conference Finals isn't MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (who is -28 for the series) or Chet Holmgren—it's Alex Caruso, at +38. In the plus-minus section of Thursday's box score, you can see how Caruso was on the floor for the only stretch where Wemby shows up with red.

OKC local media I did not know you had this in you.

Wemby to Plumlee and then, probably, to Biyombo: “Hard fouls”. #NBA

Spurs are 9-17 from 3. Thunder are 2-8 from 3. This is how the last 3 games have gone. One team makes tons of 3s and the other does not.

Kornet is +8 in 2 minutes. Not too great.

Jalen Williams is BACK tonight.

Why players fall down on jump shots (hint: not all falls are flops and not all flops are falls)

surely now that tanking has been “resolved” there will be a renewed focus on addressing the aspiration and gambling scandals instead of hyper-fixating on how AI can fix the all-new, never-before-seen flopping issues

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Victor Wembanyama has been a problem for the Thunder. Spurs season is on the brink and OKC one game away from the Finals...have the Thunder solved it? At @yahoosports.bsky.social wrote about the adjustments OKC has made on both ends to get us here. sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...

Just watched all of Isaiah Hartenstein's push shots in this series. He's shooting 58.8 percent (10 of 17) against Wemby on those looks. Thunder as a team are shooting 45.9 percent with Wemby as the closest defender, per league's tracking data

Mason Plumlee’s foul against Jared McCain has officially been upgraded to a Flagrant 1 upon review. Original post

The evil, trashy, toxically unlikeable Thunder, with the fans that can’t count to or spell 50th because that’s how bad the schools in Oklahoma are, DECLINED THE WHITE HOUSE VISIT EARLIER THIS SEASON.

“Ego has been the downfall of many people’s careers,” Chet Holmgren told me. Story on how Holmgren learned to win without it: www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Film Study Takeaways: Keys to the Thunder’s Game 5 win over the Spurs yesterday: • The physicality on Shai & Wemby is taking its toll. SGA did a much better job of adjusting, and OKC “experience” is really showing • OKC did a much better job of pulling Wemby away from the rim

This happened. Don’t forget that this happened.

Alex Caruso was 🔥 last night: ✅ 22 PTS ✅ 6 AST ✅ 3 STL ✅ 5-10 FG ✅ 4-8 3P ✅ 8-8 FT He's made 18 threes this series, the most in NBA history by a bench player in a single conference finals. Read, share, subscribe ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/statitud...

Man this was so sweet.

Total Net Points Spurs vs Thunder Series It continues to be a battle for the best player in the world between Victor Wembanyama and Alex Caruso

From the time the Spurs were up 8 in Q1 to the end of Q2 when OKC was up 11, this is the list of contributors. Caruso had most of his value in that run.

Plumlee - McCain interaction

Wonder what Wemby said to Biyombo (the enforcer) before garbage time

Alex Caruso is shooting 47.7% from three this postseason, 18.4% higher than he did in the regular season (29.3%). That's on pace to be the biggest jump in 3P% from the regular season to the playoffs in NBA history (min. 50 attempts in both).

Wemby takes FOREVER to shoot a free throw.

I was telling my friend at halftime that these Spurs aren’t dead. They weren’t dead down 20. They are certainly alive down 8.

Shai comes in and the Thunder lead goes from 9 to 1. Is he playing injured?

Film Study Takeaways: Keys to the Thunder’s Game 4 loss over the Spurs yesterday: Simple. OKC couldn't play faster to avoid half-court play because they don’t have the ball handlers to push the pace OKC is *11-10* in the 21 games that both Ajay Mitchell and Jalen Williams have missed this season

A gallon of gas was $3.10 the last time the Thunder made the NBA finals

Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Arsenal have won more Premier League points (332) and spent more days top of the table (562) than any other team. (Opta)

The amount of room Isaiah Joe covers to run Dylan Harper off the three point line.

Spurs have no injuries to report after Mitch Johnson said at media availability Fox, Harper would be “ready to go.” On the OKC side, Ajay Mitchell (right soleus strain) has been ruled out for Game 4 Sunday and Jalen Williams (left hamstring soreness) is questionable.

"It takes maturity... Not getting too high or too low." Jared McCain (24 PTS) on what it takes to win on the road in the postseason 🔥 Thunder win Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead in the West Finals!

I did not see this play when it happened and now I can’t stop watching it!

Which of the 15 angry Jared McCain columns should I repost right now... 🤔

Jared McCain on Daryl Morey trading him: “It’s never to prove anybody wrong. I try to keep a positive outlook. I like proving my support system right. Daryl’s still the guy that drafted me, so I’ll always have love for him for that. He believed in me enough to take me at No. 16.”

Oh come on. If he’s that… 😳💅

Jared McCain brings ‘contagious energy’ to Oklahoma City #Thunder. After an emotional trade from the Philadelphia #76ers, the second-year guard has fit in quickly with defending #NBA champions on and off the court. @andscape tinyurl.com/mth7xpws

The Thunder bench outscored the starters 76-47. That 29-pt difference is the 2nd-most in a true* playoff road win since at least 1974. The only larger was 2019 Clippers at Warriors (+31). Lou Williams (36) and Montrezl Harrell (25) combined for 61 in that one. *excluding bubble 'road' games