2025 NBA Season

[Mr. Magkaisa]

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For me, my prediction for this series is 4-0 in favor of OKC.

Thanks for the links, I was able to join in 1 the prediction game you mentioned.

For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

At least that the Pacers might get one home in their home court though, but we can't compare the series against the Nuggets as Denver is a former champion and they have the experience that's why they were able to push the Thunder to that series. And then Thunder hasn't had the experience and probably there are some butterflies in their chest that's why they might be nervous too. But once everyone has gotten their rhythm and they know what to expect, they somewhat was able to recover mentally and beat the Nuggets. But here the Pacers doesn't have the experience and they are also first timers going into an NBA finals. So the OKC thunder has so much advantage here going into this series as they have a good defense and offense and they have the MVP.

But, if you will look on to line up of both teams, Pacers and OKC is much better match up, than Denver. The height and the movement of the team.
DEN OKC is more  with Jokic, this series will be a 5 man team every game. I just hope in this series, no off night for any team so we c ne the true power of them.

I know OKC is the crowd favorite, but ill go with the underdog.

[Dave1]

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For me, my prediction for this series is 4-0 in favor of OKC.

Thanks for the links, I was able to join in 1 the prediction game you mentioned.

For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

At least that the Pacers might get one home in their home court though, but we can't compare the series against the Nuggets as Denver is a former champion and they have the experience that's why they were able to push the Thunder to that series. And then Thunder hasn't had the experience and probably there are some butterflies in their chest that's why they might be nervous too. But once everyone has gotten their rhythm and they know what to expect, they somewhat was able to recover mentally and beat the Nuggets. But here the Pacers doesn't have the experience and they are also first timers going into an NBA finals. So the OKC thunder has so much advantage here going into this series as they have a good defense and offense and they have the MVP.

But, if you will look on to line up of both teams, Pacers and OKC is much better match up, than Denver. The height and the movement of the team.
DEN OKC is more  with Jokic, this series will be a 5 man team every game. I just hope in this series, no off night for any team so we c ne the true power of them.

I know OKC is the crowd favorite, but ill go with the underdog.

See, that's what we love the Finals, it's contrasting, some see the OKC thunder as the outright winner, but there are still some of us here who thinks that the Pacers can pull it off and win against the number 1 in the NBA.

But we will have to see the first game yet, it's on Thunder's homecourt, but we have seen the Pacers stealing game 1 in their playoff series. It will dictate the tone of the game although again, the Thunder has the homecourt advantage and so if ever the Pacers win game 1, then can tie the series as the next game will still be in their home.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

See, that's what we love the Finals, it's contrasting, some see the OKC thunder as the outright winner, but there are still some of us here who thinks that the Pacers can pull it off and win against the number 1 in the NBA.

But we will have to see the first game yet, it's on Thunder's homecourt, but we have seen the Pacers stealing game 1 in their playoff series. It will dictate the tone of the game although again, the Thunder has the homecourt advantage and so if ever the Pacers win game 1, then can tie the series as the next game will still be in their home.

In my opinion, if the Pacers have a chance to win a game it will be game one. There is always the chance to run and gun out the favorite that might be too relaxed and rested. Sure OKC's coach will tell his team how dangerous it is not to be focussed enough but we have seen scenarios like this in the past.
On the other hand, the pacers played a long series against the Knicks so there MIGHT be so fatique. Yet, they had some days to recover so I think physically they should still be on point. It's gonna be. a good one but if OKC's gets a solid performance (not even great) from their crew this should be a clear win for them.

[arwin100]

See, that's what we love the Finals, it's contrasting, some see the OKC thunder as the outright winner, but there are still some of us here who thinks that the Pacers can pull it off and win against the number 1 in the NBA.

But we will have to see the first game yet, it's on Thunder's homecourt, but we have seen the Pacers stealing game 1 in their playoff series. It will dictate the tone of the game although again, the Thunder has the homecourt advantage and so if ever the Pacers win game 1, then can tie the series as the next game will still be in their home.

In my opinion, if the Pacers have a chance to win a game it will be game one. There is always the chance to run and gun out the favorite that might be too relaxed and rested. Sure OKC's coach will tell his team how dangerous it is not to be focussed enough but we have seen scenarios like this in the past.
On the other hand, the pacers played a long series against the Knicks so there MIGHT be so fatique. Yet, they had some days to recover so I think physically they should still be on point. It's gonna be. a good one but if OKC's gets a solid performance (not even great) from their crew this should be a clear win for them.

Both of this team need to get the early advantage and try to win the game 1 to set the momentum since its hard for both of them if their opponent would take the lead since somehow it will boost their confidence and maybe the other one would get a hard time to recover.

Its hard to choose on who will win this finals since both Pacers and OKC is showing good potential.

But we don't know if they would feel fatigue since somehow finals atmosphere is different and we provably see them play even more harder since they have trophy to get. This is interesting match up tomorrow and let see on which team would claim the first victory in this series.

[dwyane36]

For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

The chances of the Thunder winning the title are certainly greater. However, I also think the Pacers won't be an easy opponent for them, and the series won't be 4-0. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pacers win the first game rather than the Thunder.

[Shinpako09]

See, that's what we love the Finals, it's contrasting, some see the OKC thunder as the outright winner, but there are still some of us here who thinks that the Pacers can pull it off and win against the number 1 in the NBA.

But we will have to see the first game yet, it's on Thunder's homecourt, but we have seen the Pacers stealing game 1 in their playoff series. It will dictate the tone of the game although again, the Thunder has the homecourt advantage and so if ever the Pacers win game 1, then can tie the series as the next game will still be in their home.

In my opinion, if the Pacers have a chance to win a game it will be game one. There is always the chance to run and gun out the favorite that might be too relaxed and rested. Sure OKC's coach will tell his team how dangerous it is not to be focussed enough but we have seen scenarios like this in the past.
On the other hand, the pacers played a long series against the Knicks so there MIGHT be so fatique. Yet, they had some days to recover so I think physically they should still be on point. It's gonna be. a good one but if OKC's gets a solid performance (not even great) from their crew this should be a clear win for them.

Both of this team need to get the early advantage and try to win the game 1 to set the momentum since its hard for both of them if their opponent would take the lead since somehow it will boost their confidence and maybe the other one would get a hard time to recover.

Its hard to choose on who will win this finals since both Pacers and OKC is showing good potential.

But we don't know if they would feel fatigue since somehow finals atmosphere is different and we provably see them play even more harder since they have trophy to get. This is interesting match up tomorrow and let see on which team would claim the first victory in this series.

That’s right,taking the lead especially in Game 1, will probably boost their confidence. We’ll likely see SGA foul baiting even more, especially on their home court. He doesn’t care what others say; he’ll just do what he needs to do, and that’s to win. Let’s see how the Pacers handle OKC, considering they lost both of their regular season games against them. For sure, they’ve already prepared a game plan. Even if they can’t stop SGA, they should at least try to limit him especially his foul baiting.

[Maslate]

For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

The chances of the Thunder winning the title are certainly greater. However, I also think the Pacers won't be an easy opponent for them, and the series won't be 4-0. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pacers win the first game rather than the Thunder.

That’s what I’m thinking too, it feels like the Pacers still aren’t getting the respect they deserve, even after beating top teams to reach the NBA Finals.

OKC might be the best team based on record, but coaching experience will be a big factor in this series. Both teams also have players with championship experience, Caruso for OKC and Siakam for the Pacers.

Game 1 officially starts tomorrow, and I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a close one.
A great opening to what should be an exciting series.

[dimonstration]

Here’s the stats comparison of SGA and Haliburton side by side.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
▪️ 29.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 6.9 APG
▪️ 1.6 SPG
▪️ 58.0 TS%

Tyrese Haliburton
▪️ 18.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 9.8 APG
▪️ 1.4 SPG
▪️ 58.2 TS%

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists.  I excited on this matchup especially on how they will lockdown each other.

[Distraction]

Bookmakers are really merciless.    Thunder are @1.22 and Pacers are @4.10 for Game 1. Pacers are even given the odds of 6 for winning the series...

There is no meaning in betting on Thunder here truthfully. It's just a big risk to take with not much gain.

Instead, what about giving Pacers a chance? To win the series I mean. Throwing some money on it would be nice.

[ultrloa]

For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

The chances of the Thunder winning the title are certainly greater. However, I also think the Pacers won't be an easy opponent for them, and the series won't be 4-0. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pacers win the first game rather than the Thunder.

That’s what I’m thinking too, it feels like the Pacers still aren’t getting the respect they deserve, even after beating top teams to reach the NBA Finals.

OKC might be the best team based on record, but coaching experience will be a big factor in this series. Both teams also have players with championship experience, Caruso for OKC and Siakam for the Pacers.

Game 1 officially starts tomorrow, and I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a close one.
A great opening to what should be an exciting series.

Records they get from regular season doesn't mean anything since in Finals everything is different. Many think about that OKC have high chance to win. But they should not think that Pacers is easy opponent since as we can see they are beating up those strong teams on east. No one expect about this result but somehow they manage to beat those unexpected things and here they are fighting to get their very first championship this season.

This will be a tough game for both of teams and for sure fans would love to see the actions they see on their game tomorrow.

Excited about what's going to happen on game 1.

[Russlenat]

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists. 

This is a very important factor that will help the Pacers stay competitive. It’s hard to stop a player who’s focused on passing and creating plays for his teammates, he won’t get easily exhausted since he’s not taking a lot of shots himself. As long as he does his job well, I believe the Pacers have a strong chance of upsetting the heavily favored OKC. Tomorrow is the perfect time to place a bet on the Pacers to win, the moneyline odds are very attractive right now.

[btc_angela]

Here’s the stats comparison of SGA and Haliburton side by side.

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists.  I excited on this matchup especially on how they will lockdown each other.

Just to be fair, there are no comparison as both played in different position, although there are stats, it could be very different as this the NBA finals already. Each one has it's strength and weaknesses. I think the main factor here is not this two, but how the bench are going to help them in both ends of the floor.

We have seen players like Caruso and Nembhard played defense, so that will be one key factor.

And then we will see the center position which will be very important as well in controlling the boards. But I think OKC has the advantage with two of their big man. We also have to look at the numbers on three point range as this is also very crucial.

[Volgastallion]

Here’s the stats comparison of SGA and Haliburton side by side.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
▪️ 29.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 6.9 APG
▪️ 1.6 SPG
▪️ 58.0 TS%

Tyrese Haliburton
▪️ 18.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 9.8 APG
▪️ 1.4 SPG
▪️ 58.2 TS%

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists.  I excited on this matchup especially on how they will lockdown each other.

We already know Shai Gilgeous Alexander is the MVP because of that numbers, but not all in NBA has to be this statistics i mean Haliburton and other players make a lot of other things in the game that are not so easy to track.
If you ask me i can see Haliburton being the MVP finals for example, or even Paskal Siakam a man who is key in deceissive games.

[xLays]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

It reminds me of the Celtics vs. Mavs everyone thought Jayson Tatum would win Finals MVP, but it ended up going to Jaylen Brown which surprised a lot of people including me that placed bet on Tatum to win finals MVP.

So what do you think if the Pacers win the title, who’s getting Finals MVP?

[OgNasty]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

It reminds me of the Celtics vs. Mavs everyone thought Jayson Tatum would win Finals MVP, but it ended up going to Jaylen Brown which surprised a lot of people including me that placed bet on Tatum to win finals MVP.

So what do you think if the Pacers win the title, who’s getting Finals MVP?

I really don’t want to see the Oklahoma City Thunder win this year’s NBA Championship. Something about that team I just don’t like. I would rather see the Pacers win and I think in order for them to do that, Myles Turner is going to have to play at an MVP level. I wouldn’t mind seeing Pascal Siakam get the MVP.

[batang_bitcoin]

All the blame will go mostly to the coach and other teams will do this casually now. That's why it's going to be the next trend for the coaches and they have to prepare for it and saw it coming if the team performs well but still didn't ended up with a better place at the end of the season. Or even not at the end of season, if the management is dissatisfied with the performance of the team. They'll just go mostly to the coach and won't discuss matters but have them fired quickly.

Yup, they needed to be well prepared as even how good they think their performances if the managements are not satisfied with how the season ends up, you are not secure and they are always open in replacing you, team that composed of players who play inside the court while the coaching staff are the one who are in-charge combining players who have a good chemistries they both need each other to win the game, but at the end of the day it's the managements that will assess the performances of the whole squad, they are the one that will decide whether they will keep them or they need to change it up.

Yup, we've seen it all. That it's always the management that makes decision after all of the ball games.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Pascal Siakam get the MVP.

If Pascal plays the same level, I guess that he's really the key player of the Pacers. If he plays well on a game, the team seems to be following him up as well. But we all know this is a team effort but he's just underrated at all whenever the team is recognized on how good they've played.

[blockman]

We already know Shai Gilgeous Alexander is the MVP because of that numbers, but not all in NBA has to be this statistics i mean Haliburton and other players make a lot of other things in the game that are not so easy to track.
If you ask me i can see Haliburton being the MVP finals for example, or even Paskal Siakam a man who is key in deceissive games.

If the Pacers wins the NBA finals, it's very likely that the MVP finals can be given to Haliburton if he grind that well. But because there's also Paskal that has done well enough for the team, he is also a front runner for the Pacers. I don't think that these talks about MVPs as of the moment is important even to these players. What they want to do is to make sure that they're going to get the NBA finals, this is what they are aiming for and whoever gets the NBA finals MVP is just a bonus and for sure that all of us will say that he's a deserving player awarded to that title.

[Sanitough]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

Regardless of who wins between Siakam and Hali, I think both of them are fine either way. Individual awards aren’t the priority here, what really matters is winning the championship. That’s the kind of achievement that makes history.

Being part of the team that accomplishes that will already cement their legacy, people won’t forget it.
So, Game 1 later, huh? I love the energy here, looks like we’re all hyped for the start of the NBA Finals..

[avp2306]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

Regardless of who wins between Siakam and Hali, I think both of them are fine either way. Individual awards aren’t the priority here, what really matters is winning the championship. That’s the kind of achievement that makes history.

Being part of the team that accomplishes that will already cement their legacy, people won’t forget it.
So, Game 1 later, huh? I love the energy here, looks like we’re all hyped for the start of the NBA Finals..

Exactly because if they do stat padding to possibly win the MVP title in this season for sure this will create trouble for their team especially that we know OKC is well balance team and willing to share the ball to each other.

Better for Pacers to play as a team to and won't think about getting those individual awards.

Being part of the team and contribute for championship is already a big achievement and excited to watch the game see the result on game 1.

[EFS]

Less than an hour left until the finals begin. I'm curious to see how the first game will go. It will give us an idea about the series. Will the Pacers and Thunder stand out as teams again, or will individual performances take the spotlight? What will SGA do, how will Haliburton and Siakam play. We'll find out soon. I'm not expecting a very high-scoring game.