They Were WRONG About the Thunder's Big Three...
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- The NBA Playoffs continued on Wednesday night with the Oklahoma City Thunder and New Orleans Pelicans facing off as well as the Boston Celtic and the Miami Heat. The Thunder have been looked as a team that many think will be "exposed" in these playoffs due to their lack of experience and a lack of belief by many in their big three of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. However, through the first two games of the series, each of them have delivered and are showing exactly why the NBA should be terrified of both what they are now, but even more so of what they can become. Meanwhile, the Celtics did the unthinkable and again lost a game to the Heat, this time, with no Jimmy Butler out there. Let's talk about it.
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0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Oklahoma City Thunder vs New Orleans Pelicans
12:20 - Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat
15:22- Outro - Sport
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I'm about sick and tired of the disrespect towards OKC. Not one segment so far on the national sports shows. The other 1 seed got beat up at home, but nothing on the powerhouse that is OKC.
ur a bandwagon don't pretend to be upset
It's giving the Denver disrespect the last few years. Both still kinda small market even though they're elite now
They beat up on a play in team that is missing their best player.. at home. I would be worried if they didn't.
There playing the Pelicans without Zion bro chill , Lakers whoop them in 6 , Nuggets probably sweep, Wolves take them in 6 or 7
"This just in: Thing everyone expected to happen goes exactly as expected."
Nobody is talking about them because there's not a lot to talk about. No surprises, no history unlike heat/celtics or lakers/nuggets, low chance of upset unlike like pacers/bucks, no veteran super stars like suns/wolves or mavs/clippers or knicks/76ers. Cavs/magic is getting no buzz either for the same reason.
Seeing Chet having almost the same amount of points by himself than the Pelicans had in total in the 1st quarter was super funny. He was locked in for real 😂
Okc just got lucky the stupid playin tournament exist they would have to face a healthy lakers instead of nop
@@blocblackboyblack9226 even as a Lebron fan, there’s no way the Lakers beat OKC. The Lakers don’t have the perimeter defense, and Chet can punish AD’s not wanting to play D at the 3 line
Chet has been playing really well. Though he was more impressive with his defense in game 1, this game was basically over by the time he was getting most of his points.
@@blocblackboyblack9226Are you kidding me? What makes you think that OKC would do anything differently against the Lakers? Stop it.
@@KelvinSuddithAD is not supposed to defend the 3pt line. He's supposed to defend the paint.
The fact the Thunder are this good with J-Dub and Chet being in year two is SCARY for the league. Shai is just entering his prime, and imagine J Dub and Chet in 3-4 years when they enter their prime? Good luck! OKC is a future dynasty, expect multiple titles from them in the near future! ⚡️⚡️
Facts
Don’t sleep on Cason Wallace either, he has been clamping all series and is a underrated scorer too
@@devotedrain1017 very true. Absolute steal of a pick for OKC. Mark my words: he will start over Giddey and be a more impactful player in year two than Giddey will ever be.
While they are 'this good' for sure. I wouldn't really say the playoff games so far showed how good they are. The first game was one of the worst games I've seen them play all season, in part due to the incredible defense (on both sides) it was an extremely bad offensive game. Herb totally clamped up Shai for most of the game and he basically missed his threes. The rest of the team (except Aaron Wiggins) was equally as bad offensively.
This last game was certainly better, but the Pelicans spirit was basically broken somewhere in the 3rd quarter. All credit goes to OKC for keeping their composure while the refs were completely destroying the game with their whistle. Apparently play-off basketball is no longer a thing, nor is consistancy while blowing a whistle.
If you want to speak high of the Thunder, it was during the regular season, where they played many, many games, outclassing their opponents with effective two-way basketball.
I would probably start Wiggins for Giddy before I look towards cason
Wigs is so underrated in the Thunder team@@masonduffy820
The Big Three for OKC are a 25-year-old, and two second year players. A guard, a wing and a big. Good-to-great on offense and defense. Unbelievable.
*one second year player and one *rookie 😂
@@mavsfanforever7919 You can call him that but he’s in the second year of his rookie contract.
@@ErroneousMonk1 Enjoy it while you can... Y'all still not winning a championship. 🤣
@@MarquisVegan Pretty sure you’re one of the ones who said we were gonna be first round exits. But yep, we’re definitely enjoying this. Thanks. Warriors fans suck.
@@ErroneousMonk1 Idk why you bringing up Warriors to me when I'm not a fan of theirs. Yea I did say y'all would be a first-round exit before the playoffs started but then the Pelicans lost their best player. So luck of the draw... Y'all eliminate a depleted 8th seed team. Let's see how y'all do against a real contender with their best players on the court. But i dont care how far Thunder goes. My main point will always be the Thunder can't win a championship.
The fact that the Celtics dropped even one game to the heat is crazy
Especially a home game 😅
This video isn't about the Celtics
@@ericsmusic5927it doesn’t change that it’s crazy. Celtics shouldn’t even be close to losing on paper, but it’s the same playoff curse
@@KelvinSuddith You're yapping for the sake of yapping
@@ericsmusic5927ur hatin for the sake of hatin.
Okc mf so dangerous as a wolves fan I’ll root for yall to we were play in teams last year starting to actually be a power house this year both bright futures 💯
As a wolves fan i know yall gotta be pumped. Yall have something special with Ant for sure. I would rather yall beat denver in the next round so if we make it it would be a SGA and Ant going at it. And that would be the best thing ever
I appreciate a real fan. I will be pulling for you to knock off Denver. They are good but overrated. They can be beat, oh btw kick kd in the shin for us.
wolves thunder conf finals would go soo hard, ant and sga the types to actually go back and fourth guarding eachother that would be great to see
Man oh man, this team plays together, let’s get game 3👏
zip up when you’re done 😭😭
@@davidhelms8863😂I’d say 2nd round is the real test
Wipe around ur mouth
Y’all hyped about beating a Zion less pelican team wait till reality hits next round
Love how a rookie, sophomore and young superstar are a better big three than kd book and Beal
I am a believer in OKC, hope to see them in the WCF 🎉
As good as the Thunder looked last night, I’m not sure anyone expected them to have real problems with the Pelicans. The next round is what everyone is eyeing.
Moving the goalposts. Yall said first round exits 😂
@@TexanByNature88 who is y’all? Who seriously thought they were losing to the Zion-less Pelicans? Lmao
@@aarondeatherage7678 Yall? The haters and who thought this? Again, the haters but let’s ignore the Celtics losing at home to the Jimmyless heat 😂😂
@@TexanByNature88Exactly. Anyone who wasn’t a Thunder fan said first round exit even before they knew who our opponents would be.
What’s funny is those same people have given up on us losing in the first round after only two games. They know who we are.
@@ErroneousMonk1 idk who “y’all” is to you guys. There’s not one serious person who I’ve seen say they were losing first round to the Pelicans. The entire talk about them is their weakness inside and youth against teams like the Nuggets, Timberwolves, and Mavs. And that hasn’t been disproven based on a Zion-less Pelicans series.
I barked for ya yesterday lol
Cheddar Chet! Thunder Up!!!
Thanks for choosing me!!!
my buddies can call me a bandwagon and i don't care... ur content helped make me into an OKC Thunder fan. This channel just keeps anyone so up to date with their roster, their style of play, their coaching, and just why they deserve that #1 spot... i've been a die hard Jokic fan for years and can say from watching it that SGAs MVPs are coming. Just gotta compete w that Doncic guy for years to come, and i can't freaking wait to watch. U rock buddy, keep up the hard work.
Only one way for OKC to get respect -- keep winning!
thx always for the content bruv you’re one of my favorite nba comtent creators
I was at this game, and man the intensity was insane! Pels never stood a chance last night.
was a pretty lit crowd
Yeah um pels dont have zion
@@Googoogagabanana wow noone knew that
@@Googoogagabananadoesn’t help that the thunder are also getting the benefit of the doubt on everything. If Herb Jones was being officiated the same way Dort is, thunder fans would be calling Herb a dirty player
@@ksquareshow4480 This is so true. I was amazed at how inconsistant the officiating was. Last game was bad, but this 2nd game was nearly criminal. To be honest, they were highly inconsistant on calling the OKC players as well, they just didn't get fazed by it too much and kept their composure. It also helped (what the broadcasting team mentioned on several occasions) that the OKC players 'sold' them being fouled way more, while the Pelican players just try to play through the fouls.
If anything, the Pelican's greatest weakness is not missing Zion (even though that would have helped immensely), but it's their inability to deal with completely lobsided referees.
They were all over the place calling stuff differently and somewhere during the 3rd quarter, this broke the Pels spirit and they stopped trying to win and went through the motions.
great shit as always cone
You are awesome Cone. You are consistent. Thank you for that
The disrespect for the thunder it was wildd.. I called thunder winning and yall are trippin
If zion was healthy they are cooked with that week ahh paint protection. Zion would eat chet
@@GoogoogagabananaZion fata** probably would eat Chet 💀
@@GoogoogagabananaZion wouldn’t be able to gaurd Chet you got it twisted. The amount of points Zion would give up would just make him Jonas 2.0
@@sneakrzzz8669 zion wouldn’t guard chet idiot
@@sneakrzzz8669 That doesn't make sense. Zion would not guard Chet, maybe as a help defender, but not on a normal possession. In any normal situation, it would be Jonas (who Chet will cook from outside if Jonas gets no help) or Larry Nance. In a smaller lineup, it would be Trey, Dyson or even Herb on occasion, who would try and front him, to get him out of the play.
Zion will guard people on the perimeter and will be a help defender at the basket. He is a pretty good shotblocker if he has time to react, but his feet are most definitely quick enough to guard most smaller players.
Oh and on offense, Zion would definitely destroy Chet. The only possible players that are 'slightly' able to stop him at the rim, are more physical players that are a little faster, not skilled tall guys like Chet.
Didnt see you at the game but glad you made it out! It was a great game
Hope our players notice the disrespect on national level. We’re the #1 seed but put in late game slot so east coast can’t watch Plus we get 3 minute spot on sports show. They spent over 20 talking about Lakers 🤷♂️
Well that wouldn't be much more of a problem in 2 more games. The Lakers will be out in 4 against the Nuggets, so they will finally shut up about the least interesting and most overrated team in the league.
Glad you got to the first two games of the series! I’m sure it was timeless
I'm glad I believed in this team. I know that they don't have a lot of playoff experience, but this squad is different. It really brings me back to the KD, Westbrook, and Harden era.
Playing an 8th seed without their best player btw.
@@Ronthegoat2What does that mean about the Celtics? They are playing a 8th seed and lost at home to the Heat without their best player by the way. You see how you can be called a hater?? 😂
@@TexanByNature88 if you watch ball, you’d know the Celtics losing to the heat should not surprise you. Death, taxes, and Celtics being in a dogfight with heat teams that shouldn’t be able to fw them 😂😂😂 totally diff situation but you know that. They are supposed to be also handling business so idk what point you are trying to make either
@@Ronthegoat2 They are losing to the Heat at home without Jimmy. Thats crazy work. But yall would rather focus on OKC and the Zionless Pelicans, correct?
@@Ronthegoat2 The difference between the 1 and 8 seed in the West is far less than the 1 and 8 seed in the East. You had teams in the play in with losing records. In the West the battle was between the Kings, Pels, LAKERS, AND WARRIORS. The West is STACKED. and if Zion can't stay healthy, that is HIS PROBLEM. you act like it's a knock on us... bro i'm sick of these 'super stars' who can't even stay healthy. Embiid will be the first round exit.
Normanite here. Hope you enjoyed your stay in OKC!
Great content mah boy! Go okc
Be really great if you can do an extended OKC video
Great content bro. #thunderup!
when they win this series, they will go against the mavs or the clippers. that will be the real test. the pelicans aint on sh1t
Pels won 3 less games then the mavs and clips…
Pelicans are the strongest team out of those 3 when healthy. Though they haven't faced the 'new Mavs' team just yet, that might be an interesting WCF.
It’s the ultimate big 3. You have a combo guard a combo forward and a stretch big. They are all two way players, can all shoot, can all pass and their games really complement each other. No one is getting in anyone’s way on the floor. Last season I was kind of worried that we had too many young guys and we’d never be able to pay them and we’d have to start flipping them soon but now I’m not worried because as long as we have Chet, Shai and J Dub we can compete. The rest can come and go but now we have a legit big three that down the road will be the best in the NBA.
Every time I watch Shai play, I will always have the song "Smooth Operator" by Sade playing my mind. It's almost like Shai is salsa dancing on opponents.
As a heat fan I cant believe we this good
Real playoff basketball is back
They beat a fringe playoff team that is missing their best player.. at home. They should sweep them. I wouldn't take a victory lap yet.
Same to be said about the Celtics but you choose to hate on the young Thunder. Why?? 🤔
... and hate on the Pels for saying they are a fringe playoff team. So uncalled for and so untrue. They deserve to be in these playoffs just as much as any other team. Both the Thunder and the Pelicans were basically good all year and took games from all the good teams, even the Nuggets, who seem pretty unbeatable by normal standards.
I love your constant disrespect of the Heat and I’m not talking about just this series just in general. Keep up the good work lol.
No offense three cone or okc fans your playing against the 8th seed pelicans without Zion... Its more shocking on the other side in the east with Miami taking a game in Boston
Glazing
Unrelated to basketball but what did you do in OKC when the games weren’t happening?
Gotta love my efficiencymen
SGA has been absolutely electric.
Are you at the Colcord?
OKC has an amazing future. I’d just like to see them add a big, someone to set hard screens and defend other bigs like Joker, AD, etc.
I am expecting a good playoff run from them this year, even better in the future
OKC vs Celtics in finals this year, youth will dominate playoffs this year. The NBA is shifting this season.
Celtics is also a very young team, Tatum is only 19.
Man I can't wait to see the thunder in a few years I've been a fan since the Westbrook era
I don't think anyone really thought the Thunder we're going to lose the first round after Zion went down.
As far as the media trying to build up hype for a playoff series despite one side losing its main piece, it was just that.
The thunders real test may be in the second round. Who knows, maybe the thunder will get lucky again, and the clippers will beat the mavs and have a couple of big injuries along the way.
As a Pels fan I get how you feel about the media's coverage of OKC atm as I was also shocked when noone seemed to cover the 1st game and it took a while for reactikns to come out compared to the rest of the series in the West. But I just don't think a lot of people are interested in watching OKC whoop on a Zionless Pelicans team with a struggling Brandon Ingram who just came back from his injury. They'll prob get more coverage in round 2 when yall face the Mavs/Clippers as whichever team comes out of that crazy series is going to have serious media attention
Yet, ppl are more interested in watching the Celtics whoop on the Jimmyless heat? The heat took one in the Celtics house by the way
@@TexanByNature88exactly😂😅
Great points for the OP. It is sad that the Pelicans are in this state at the worst time. I really hope it will be a good series from now on. At least game one was very close. So far neither of the 2 games was great basketball, it was a referee slugfest most of all.
Best rebuild of all time 🔥
All I heard was " 1st seed to be 1st Round Exits" EVERYWHERE. It's crazy how everybody switched up 😂
Bruh they playing the pelicans with Zion, this isn’t impressive wait till the later rounds to judge
THEM BOIS MAKING MOVIES
OKC BABY!!!! Best fan base in the world! 🙌
Dude ur fanbase is a bunch of bandwagons lol
@@Bucketgetter2155 BS! We’ve been supporting them since day 1 even through the whole rebuild.
I'll admit that I was doubtful of Chet and thought the injury last year was proof of that. I'm glad to see his success, and he's a lot of fun to watch.
84 games so far. He’s definitely proving his haters and doubters wrong 😂
It's rare in the NBA that young teams are this competitive with a chance to win a championship. The Thunder are ahead of schedule with plenty of first round picks in the near future. If instead of Hayward, picked up a 23 year Beef Stewart from the Pistons. Too small to beat the Wolves or Nuggets.
Good stuff.
"Aint no big it big three....its just big me!"
Shaidrick Alexmar
OKC in 4 vs Pelicans, OKC in 6 vs Mavs, OKC in 6 vs Nuggets and OKC in 7 vs Celtics🔥⚡️
💪🏿🌩⛈️
Wouldn't it be sweet
I think the Nuggets will be a harder test than the Celtics. In fact, you first have to beat the Pelicans. The series was almost 1-1, let's not act like they are able to sweep them.
@thetruthofChristwillneverbesto Cool story bro 🥱
@@pinobluevogel6458 It’s 2-0 bruh, everyone knows OKC is winning that series. Let’s not be stupid 😂
Bro- You're right, the hate is ridiculous. It's like nobody wants to admit this team is actually good
Yeah but I'm gonna move the goal post and pretend it doesn't count because I don't want it to. Besides, these guys are super young and inexperience so when they get in the playoffs they're gonna get exposed especially that foul merchant Shai.
/S
Naturally
Who's they ?
Thunderous performance!
Being a Celtics fan is so fun
I’m seeing more thunder hate with them being up 2 than I am seeing with Bron being down 2
Doesn’t help that the pels have to play 5 on 8 without Zion. Not saying it’s the thunders fault but it ain’t helping their case out
Bron being down 2 is expected, while Thunder being up by 2 is not. I expected the series to be even now.
if miami pulls off this upset on boston i won’t even care if they lose in the second round…..boston in 5 but also (miami in 7)
This video probably could’ve waited till after they beat the 8 seed without their best player
It's not disrespect, it's polemic. Controversy makes money in the main media
Heat just too good 😭 heat in 7 🔥
Doubtful
Brain dead take. Fuck the Heat
@@kierenmoore3236 let me be delusional 😡
@@isaakvanwegen2784 Why not delude a Backdoor Sweep, then?! 😀
Lol THEY AINT BELIEVE IN US
Mid three
While I can imagine you are excited for the win of the OKC Thunder over the Pelicans, seeing this from the Pelicans perspective made what you say not just a little overboard, it was borderline disrespectful. Saying stuff like: 'They do not have the talent level to compete with the Thunder' is a bit delusional.
The Pelicans nearly beat OKC in the first game on their home court. They did this, without their most reliable scorer that completely warps defenses, with a very bad referee job and (a basically playing at 50%) Ingram just coming back from injury, being hounded by a fully healthy Lu Dort that was allowed to do basically everything on defense, while Ingram could do nothing in return.
No pelican player played well offensively and I don't know what game you watched, but Shai basically had much more trouble scoring than you make it seem like in the video. He got the benefit of the whistle many times, also the lack of a whistle while pushing off players, creating space, which Brandon Ingram got called for at the opposite end. Stuff that is a normal basketball play and refs have no business calling and certainly not in an NBA playoff game.
I really want to be excited for the OKC Thunder and how cool it is that they made it to the top of the standings, trying to go really far in the playoffs. So far though, instead of being exciting games, it has been a frustrating affair. Instead of two teams battling it out with beautiful basketball going back and forth, it is a bloodbath of whistles. At least the defense in game 1 was good and it was very close. Hopefully we get a few really good games now and we can get a really exciting series moving forward.
You doing all kinda tricks on it. It’s the pels. Let them win a bit more…
Yet, the Celtics lost to the Heat but you choose to hate on the Thunder, why?
@@TexanByNature88 hate? Get out of yo feelings…
@@proxyg4884 Be a grown man, I asked you a question. I hope you are mature enough to answer it. Otherwise, you are just a hater bruh
@@TexanByNature88 ohhh. I see the comment history. You slobbering all on okc. Texans and thunder fan. Pick a fucking struggle…
@@proxyg4884 Whatever that means, you are a grown man, stick to the topic hater. Why are you behind a keyboard hating on another mans channel regarding OKC but can’t bring up the Celtics losing to the heat at home without Jimmy? Your blood pressure must be very high with all that salt 🧂
They haven't done anything yet. They're beating a play in team without they're best player.
Not their problem. They were at the top of the West this year, so they were gonna get a relatively easy matchup.
But are they? They'll make it out the first round just to exit the second
It's not the disrespect just for the squad. The national media doesnt want to come to OKC! It's the there is nothing to do here argument. It doesn't matter they gonna find out how awesome brick town can be! Because our squad will force them to come here.
"probably going to finish top 3" bro they already released the finalists.. and he is in the top 3. He ALREADY finished top 3.
I understand why you feel frustrated as a Thunder media/fan. I am frustrated too with the national media, but let them talk and keep the underDAWG vibe to the team. Love your videos Cone, and will always listen but I feel like you're being defensive when their play speaks for itself. Maybe I'm wrong but a 3 day twitter fast may be good for all of us lol
keep in mind they are doing this to Pels team that doesnt have zion. Lets see what they do against a real contender. I think they'll be fine its all about match ups.
We did an incredible job of forcing turnovers. The pelicans tried to be way too chippy and it costed them.
Way too chippy? The Pelicans are trying to match the physicality of the Thunder and they are getting destroyed by the refs for it. This discrepency completely broke their spirit and they lost game 2 way before it was it was even over. I'm not saying the Pelicans would have won game 2 otherwise (though they might have had a chance), but it was a fact that the referees ruined the game with their calls. They were very inconsistant vs OKC players as well, it was a shitshow.
Let them at least play, so it feels like a playoff game, or call it tight so it plays out like a regular season game. Either option would have been fine, but this was just inconsistancy over 9000.
Weird background for a video.
I mean its vs a Zion-less pelicans team that barely scraped into the playoffs that’s only there because sac didn’t have 2 key playets
Yeah I mean I get his point that okc is good in the playoffs but like this team isn’t a challenge. Real test 2nd round
What’s your thoughts on the Celtics losing to the Heat at home without Jimmy??
@@DizcreteAnd once they beat whoever in the next round, the goalpost will continue to move. Thats just what you haters do 😂
@@TexanByNature88 nah because they proved themselves maybe for the haters they move it but for people who dont will see okc as a contender just like Denver
@@TexanByNature88 oh I loved it I’m a heat fan so heat in 7🤣✌️also don’t let the haters fool you and think everyone hates okc and that everyone just wants okc to lose
Look thunder look awesome. But remember this is an undermanned pellicans. I don't think I'm quite ready to give them their flowers fully until Zion plays
OKC is a really talented team IMO, but id slow my roll a bit because they're playing pelicans without Zion and the west is stacked. Also Kendrick perkins is a clown whose predictions are always wrong.
This is premature. They’re doing it against the Zion-less Pelicans.
I’m not moved at all
They were wrong
Should be FOUR! LU❤
Ive been telling people thunder are gonna win it all this year. We shall see
They haven’t even played any comp yet lmao this a crazy victory lap
@@Ronthegoat2Yet, y’all got the Celtics penciled in for the Finals 😂
I like being low key. Keep ignoring us, please.
"Easiest"? 😂😂😂
We have to beat Dallas or clippers for people to take us serious.
kd needs to go back to okc
Downside of the thunder is they will break up can’t pay all those guys
They don't have to pay Josh Giddey. I mean, I like his passing game and he might turn into something really good, but having Aaron Wiggins, Cayson Wallace and Isaiah Joe available as potential starts should be more than enough. All of them have performed better and more reliably, providing really great defense, solid 3 point shooting, or solid defense and really great 3 point shooting in case of Isaiah Joe.
They might not be the passer and playmaker Josh is, but having any reasonable veteran pointguard as a cheap replacement could be enough to have that extra punch from the bench. The thunder have more than enough draft capital to trade for someone that fits with their team if needed.
Besides, it is not like SGA, J-Dub and Chet are bad passers or playmakers. The team has a lot of 'playmaking by commitee' being just a bunch of good players making smart choices. Even the 3 guys I mentioned from the bench are good enough in this role.
We smoke cones down 'ere
We (OKC) are the 2024 NBA champions
i hope we are but i think the lack of playoff experience will be the decider in the WCF cause i defo think its gonna be okc vs denver. but in the next 3 year we defo winning at least one
@@Z2Turntupyeah don’t think they’ll win this series. idk anything can happen remember everyone thought kd,Russ and harden then it all blew up
LOOOOL sure 2nd round ceiling if u guys get lucky n have a cakewalk matchup 2nd round u can go get swept by denver in the conference finals lol
@@cheap272 all of your comments are hating on other people lol go touch grass
you have the most delusional fanbase. that's why a lot of people hate your team. you haven't even prove anything in the playoffs
I mean, you’re facing an 8th seed without their best player. Lets calm down lol
How about not? The Celtics just lost at home to a 8th seed without their best player. Yea, calm down the hate
Celtics lost to heat without butler, mavs lost to clippers without kawhi, pacers lost to bucks without Giannis, do I need to go on?
Jealous?
bro overreacting
How?
@@TexanByNature88 cuz yall still gonna lose in 2nd round
This is exactly why shai isn’t mvp this year.. jdub and chet made that team way better
Chet is a rookie and J-Dub in his second year. As good as they are, Shai is the engine that makes that team go. Stop.
@@urbaindelva7869 yes the engine… 6 assist elite right… sga was putting up better numbers last yr stop it with that nonsense
@@urbaindelva7869 This team wouldn't function well without Chet and probably not without J-Dub either. They are integral parts of the OKC defense and offense. Their bench is really efficient, but those players, however good they are at their roles, do not offer the dynamic versatility of the main three guys.
trust me that didn't happen you are making things up, everyone gives okc credit and know shai is him
Thunder is getting better IN 2 years watch them get copper flag
It’d be over 😊
OKC just got the best possible matchup. I'm sick of these delusional fans who think OKC are legitimate contenders. Can't wait for them to be humbled in the 2nd round.
You haters had OKC outs in the first round. Now you wanna move the goalposts to the second round. Once they prove you wrong again, the goalpost will be moved to the WCF and so on. The Celtics just lost to a weak Heat team at home without Jimmy but you choose to hate on OKC, why?
To be entirely fair, if you are the team that ends up at the top of the standings, you are the top dog. There is nothing to it. I know playoff basketball is a different animal, but so far OKC doesn't look like they are affected by a lot. Their first game was rough, but they managed to win it. This last game though, they are showing exactly why they are so hard to beat. The fact that they are taking the Pelicans out of their offensive game, which has been robust all season, that speaks to their crispness of play and excellent coaching to go with it.
Ofcourse it doesn't help that the Pelicans shoot horribly. The only players they basically need to completely try and stop are Brandon Ingram and Trey Murphy III, which is exactly what they have done over the last 3 games.
@@pinobluevogel6458 I havent had a problem that they got the top seed in the regular season. I’m just saying that they got the best possible scenario for them. Matching up with an irrelevant team who’s best player is missing. If they got lakers or phoenix or even the Warriors then they will sure have a tough time. Heck even the Kings are a better matchup. They still havent proved anything yet besides beating a team led by 2 solid role players (but inconsistent) in the 1st round.
@@borisabilana6836 OKC would trounce Phoenix, they don't have any defense. At the very least the Pelican's defense is working quite well in slowing them down. I'm not too impressed with the Lakers either, but I know they are a really bad matchup, having lost all their games to them during the season.
There are no easy wins in the west. This could be just as easily 2-1 for the Thunder, seeing how close they were to losing game 1. With at least normal shooting on the Pelicans side, they would have won every game, but they can't seem to hit anything.
@@pinobluevogel6458 even with Zion i think pelicans is still the underdog. That’s How bad the pels are and how lucky okc is. Anyways, the real test is on the 2nd round. If they got past that then there’s a chance that they are legit. Cause i don’t think they are beating a fully healthy Clippers or Mavs.
Relax, you guys are playing a pelicans team without its best player. Thunder are pretenders and will be curb stomped in the second round.
It's not their problem that the Pelicans aren't healthy. That's just how it's been with Zion. Secondly, what makes you think that OKC can't beat the Mavs or the Clippers? They're not just gonna crumble at the sight of Luka and Kyrie or Kawhi, PG, Harden, and Russ.
@@urbaindelva7869 They are not going to crumble at the sight of them, but they are going to crumble to their play. Dallas is playing really well atm, this is nothing like the team they faced earlier in the season.
Wrong? Lol, what did they prove this playoffs? a lofty win vs an underhanded Pelicans? They deserve all the doubt they are having today because history says it. its not disrespect, unless they prove otherwise, how? by winning the second round vs dal/Lac.
Right now they have proven nothing to he respected, reg season standings mean no shit.
I disagree. They deserve to be respected for being as good as they are despite their youth in only the 4th season of their rebuild. I understand the point about the Pelicans, but OKC has no control over their problems.
Chet is literally KD lite that can block lol
lol Homer take.