Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Oklahoma City Thunder	31	26	33	41	131
Los Angeles Lakers	25	34	20	29	108

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Oklahoma City Thunder	131	53-94	56.4%	17-38	44.7%	8-10	80.0%	12	49	31	22	12	9	3
Los Angeles Lakers	108	38-81	46.9%	14-30	46.7%	18-25	72.0%	14	44	30	16	6	16	1


Oklahoma City Thunder	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Luguentz Dort^SF	20:05	10	4-5	2-2	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	4	21
Chet Holmgren^PF	31:16	18	9-14	0-4	0-0	2	7	9	1	0	1	1	1	18
Isaiah Hartenstein^C	30:48	12	6-7	0-0	0-0	2	7	9	2	1	0	4	1	26
Ajay Mitchell^SG	29:49	24	10-17	2-4	2-3	2	2	4	10	3	0	0	3	14
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG	33:25	23	7-20	3-7	6-7	2	2	4	9	1	2	2	1	24
Jaylin Williams	12:33	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	2	0
Cason Wallace	24:44	16	6-10	4-6	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	13
Isaiah Joe	17:50	12	4-7	4-6	0-0	2	3	5	3	1	0	0	3	-2
Alex Caruso	20:10	6	3-6	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	3	11
Jared McCain	09:17	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-6
Aaron Wiggins	03:02	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Kenrich Williams	03:02	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Nikola Topić	02:18	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	-2
Thomas Sorber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
LeBron James^SF	36:51	19	7-19	2-6	3-4	0	6	6	8	1	0	3	1	-24
Rui Hachimura^PF	38:42	21	7-14	5-8	2-2	1	4	5	4	1	0	1	1	-24
Deandre Ayton^C	23:32	10	5-9	0-0	0-0	5	1	6	0	1	1	0	3	-8
Austin Reaves^SG	39:01	17	5-13	1-5	6-8	1	2	3	9	0	0	5	2	-23
Marcus Smart^PG	32:29	10	3-7	1-2	3-4	2	1	3	3	1	0	2	4	-22
Luke Kennard	29:17	18	7-10	4-6	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	-8
Jaxson Hayes	08:30	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	-5
Adou Thiero	12:52	4	1-3	0-1	2-3	3	5	8	1	0	0	2	1	0
Maxi Kleber	07:11	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	-1
Dalton Knecht	03:18	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bronny James	03:18	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Smith Jr.	03:18	6	2-2	1-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jake LaRavia	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarred Vanderbilt	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luka Dončić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

aiden3buckets | Hornets

2474 | 3 hours ago

OKC puts their garbage time lineup in and here comes Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe, Topic, and Jared McCain

Sam Presti got it bro

Parallel-Quality

650 | 3 hours ago

I can’t believe we had to listen to TikTok, Twitter, and this sub whine about “OKC’s whistle” for 48 hours straight just for them to get blown out AGAIN, this time by 23 points at home, with a 25-10 free throw advantage.

Bobskidat | Thunder

265 | 3 hours ago

Thunder win this game 123-90 without free throws lol

Parallel-Quality

185 | 3 hours ago

You’re forgetting about the fouls they were supposed to call but didn’t call because they wanted to call them but couldn’t because Silver told them not to… or something like that.

IsrarRaziqeen | Spurs

169 | 3 hours ago

You forgot that OKC mind controlled Austin Reaves to commit 14 turnovers in 3 games bro, but props to Smart though, he was a dawg today

Less-Tax5637 | Knicks

49 | 3 hours ago

Being from Arkansas makes you more susceptible to hypnosis, like a chicken

dscott00 | Thunder

35 | 3 hours ago

Smart is such an impressive player he plays with heart and hustle it’s great to see if you love good basketball… Even though he’s been locking up sga lol, I respect it

-WingsForLife- | Lakers

52 | 3 hours ago

It’s so embarrassing to have Lakers fans like that.

12footjumpshot

44 | 3 hours ago

Unfortunately it’s the majority of this sub and nba twitter who have this opinion of the Thunder

CookieSad8043

27 | 2 hours ago

People pretending reffing has anything to do with how this series is going are either blind Lebron stans or just stupid. Maybe both. This was going to be a sweep or at most a 5 game series for anyone with a brain.

4719837

471 | 3 hours ago

Wiggins, Joe, and McCain have career highs of 41, 33, and 34. Insane

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

153 | 2 hours ago

Joe shooting 42% from 3 this season, Mccain 39% during his time on OKC this season, Wiggins had a drop to 35% this year after 38% last year and 49% on lower volume the year before.

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

63 | an hour ago

And none of them have ever (publicly) complained about playing time.

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

292 | 3 hours ago

Motherfucker has a 35 win team as his garbage lineup

heybobson | Suns

269 | 3 hours ago

Only way this Thunder team is getting beat is if the entire league gangs up on them. Talking about no trades with Presti, overpay for all their Free Agents, just choke em’ out.

MegaAltarianite

252 | 3 hours ago

They have a 1% chance to get the first overall pick tomorrow. I think everyone knows what’s about to happen.

KDs--burner | Thunder

205 | 3 hours ago

Hopefully silver throws us a bone, we have never had the #1 pick

kirphioc2004 | GSW

141 | 3 hours ago

Drafting 3 MVPs without a single first overall pick yeah you got it bro

dscott00 | Thunder

54 | 3 hours ago

Would be a huge help to our humble small market team if we could get the first pick. I think it would help us round out the roster and stay competitive

FeeAlternative1783 | Raptors

33 | 3 hours ago

Do they need to? We all saw what they did with the 38th

JKMiles665 | Thunder

33 | 3 hours ago

Someone is always going to trade. He’s going to win the championship and trade the 76ers pick in the same week this year.

samhit_n | Lakers

57 | 3 hours ago

The second apron is the only thing that can save the NBA.

Dependent_Age4904

102 | 3 hours ago

I think OKC/Spurs is gonna be a battle

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

41 | 3 hours ago

That’s when more picks come in handy we have a top 12 at minimum player coming in this draft and our top 15 pick from last year back from his ACL we will be fine and the new cba is soon anyways

fattymcdabs | Thunder

18 | 3 hours ago

We could be as low as 14th I believe if both the teams behind us move up to top 4. That’s very unlikely though.

Mg29reaper | Celtics

35 | 3 hours ago

Good thing they dont even need one of their allstars. They can jusy put in a guy on a 2mill a year deal and he’ll give you 23 10 and 0 turnovers.

TheHelpWouldBeNice | Thunder

33 | 3 hours ago

Presti is a wizard though. The league hates him but that Dort contract has been one of the most valuable in the league. Now Ajay Mitchell on a 3Y/$9M deal? If Sorber, their first round pick this year who hasn’t played and Topic develop, they just keep reloading.

I do think that this is the off-season we see significant change. They also are geared up for a lottery pick and have the assets to move up. We will see

JKMiles665 | Thunder

25 | 3 hours ago

I don’t think people understand how much the two CBAs in the 2010s pissed off Presti. With this next one he waited to sign any extensions but Dort until he could read that in it. He also stacked draft picks for the flexibility of what it could be. I think they will have an expansion draft in 2028, and then the NBPA will opt out of the current CBA in 2029 and the second apron won’t exist past that.

I think Presti understood that with this team.

I am most excited to see how he handles the expansion. My guess is that he makes it where some of these guys are free agents going into that summer and thus he doesn’t have to fully protect them. Would guess he trades the 76ers pick this year to give flexibility for when the expansion happens.

Turk1518 | Thunder

22 | 3 hours ago

Ajay and McCain’s contracts are going to be our savior during those cap hell years. They’re so team friendly.

livefreeordont | 76ers

37 | 3 hours ago

Daryl Morey merchant

JKMiles665 | Thunder

25 | 3 hours ago

Daryl Morey’s been talking shit on that harden trade for over a decade and Presti just lets him so he can take advantage

ColtCallahan

31 | 3 hours ago

If they get lucky in the draft lottery Adam Silver is going to have a big fucking problem on his hands.

bigtice | Rockets

1700 | 3 hours ago

It’s close.

It’s close..

It’s close…

It’s a 15+ lead for the Thunder.

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

634 | 3 hours ago

And it’s only close because the Lakers have had an excellent game plan and are executing it well for as long as their depth and focus allow.

dscott00 | Thunder

417 | 3 hours ago

I think JJ has coached a great series really they have done a great job the first half of each game until getting worn down by depth

supert0426

126 | an hour ago

Frankly JJ has been exceptional all year. All of Luka/Bron/Reaves missed at least 18 and he somehow still got this team to the 4-seed in a crazy tough conference with virtually no depth (and even less before the trade deadline).

Then the team’s best AND second best players go down for the playoffs and he is still able to somehow make the 2nd round where they’re going to lose semi-admirably to the odds-on title favorites.

Like sure they got a bit of luck with the statistically improbable record in clutch games and drawing the Rockets who imploded in the first round - but it’s still an exceptional season that’s really impressive.

Sauce0423

81 | 2 hours ago

Rui turning into Steph Curry didn’t hurt either

Aggravating_Bad5004 | Thunder

26 | 2 hours ago

Yeah JJ Reddick is a good coach ngl

jeric13xd | CHI

258 | 3 hours ago

Prime Golden State type shit. Just walking people down then winning by 15+

JeramiGrantsTomb | Thunder

162 | 3 hours ago

It reminded me of watching that first GSW title, where it was like yeah Lebron is the best player on the floor… and the next 8 or 9 best players were GSW. Absolutely crushed by the depth.

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

90 | 3 hours ago

They were at a huge depth disadvantage even before the Luka and Vando injuries. And like Chuck said at half-time, the Thunder standard does not drop no matter who is on the floor.

TomatoCapt

62 | 3 hours ago

Man OKC is so deep and just comes in waves

realfakedoors000 | Celtics

958 | 3 hours ago

truly historic low effort sequence by Ayton in the middle of the 4th

GokuVerde

304 | 3 hours ago

Was that like 4 rebounds given up in one possesion and a foul?

Peacemaker57 | Thunder

142 | 3 hours ago

Gave up an and-1, that converted to a 5 point play. Horrible meltdown.

butterbeancd | Thunder

48 | 3 hours ago

And they were all lazy. Just throwing up one hand on rebounds and shoving a guy in the back after he’s already passed you. Truly horrendous sequence.

ahrzal | Bucks

23 | 3 hours ago

I was disgusted watching him. He doesn’t even look for the ball. He has zero intent to ever get a rebound. Like what the fuck are you doing out there then? What a god damn loser

totemair | Thunder

112 | 3 hours ago

He is absolutely awful, bro was just standing there during critical minutes

MyBadYourFault- | Magic

33 | 3 hours ago

He was just letting yall run by him, under him and over him in the first half. Dude is 7” foot tall and scared to play basketball what is the actual problem with this fool lmao I personally have never seen a big his size be scared of contact in my life.

asetniop | Celtics

63 | 3 hours ago

The announcers basically described him as “rebound-adjacent”.

osj777 | Thunder

53 | 3 hours ago

The announcers called him out by name. Goddamn

mccainjames11 | POR

20 | 2 hours ago

I’ve never heard a primetime crew tear someone apart like that. Showing replays of him giving no effort, talking about him mid-play rather than commentating

Turk1518 | Thunder

29 | 3 hours ago

It seemed infectious. As soon as his effort slipped, you started seeing their execution and effort fall apart from everyone.

burrito_bonito | Wizards

20 | 3 hours ago

DA’s Crunk Juice has runneth empty

DwyaneSteph | Warriors

769 | 3 hours ago

My goodness, everyone scored on Reaves tonight. That was embarrassing

Parallel-Quality

351 | 3 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell full on outplayed him on both ends of the floor this series.

Proof-Umpire-7718 | Lakers

222 | 3 hours ago

Reaves will probably make 40M next season, while Ajay is on 9 lol. Presti is a wizard.

lethalizered | Thunder

156 | 3 hours ago

2.85 next season*

CrippledBanana | Canada

67 | 3 hours ago

Ngl I kinda feel bad for him. I hope he gets a fatass contract for his next one.

lethalizered | Thunder

55 | 3 hours ago

Eh, I can never feel bad for a person earning multiple million dollars per year, but yeah I get what you’re saying lol

There’s a team option, we’ll see what we can do for him next summer.

CrippledBanana | Canada

18 | 3 hours ago

Hahah good point, more like a feel bad in terms of how much I can be for an nba players salary 😂

Guys a stud tho

butterbeancd | Thunder

40 | 3 hours ago

That’s $9M total for three years for Ajay. So $3M a year.

Baright | Thunder

39 | 3 hours ago

Ajay is on $9 mil over 3 years. Absolute madness

homefree122 | Thunder

176 | 3 hours ago

He’s really taken on the team drama role with Luka out

DeadDay | OKC

97 | 3 hours ago

Human traffic cone. Wonder if he wants to bitch about refs some more.

pmurt007 | Lakers

97 | 3 hours ago

BBQ chicken. He’s getting exposed hard this postseason

Proof-Umpire-7718 | Lakers

38 | 3 hours ago

Was excellent last game, but another bad game today in a must win makes his contract situation this offseasn very interesting.

Wolfpac187 | OKC

15 | 3 hours ago

Is Austin Reaves always gets credit for being good half the game. He ain’t built for the playoffs.

ImaLetItGo | Clippers

47 | 3 hours ago

He can’t play defense without fouling

spagheddieballs | Warriors

27 | 3 hours ago

He can’t play defense ~~without fouling~~

Ghost6x

31 | 3 hours ago

I got downvoted last game for saying AR had a terrible game and just racked up points at the end so it seemed like his box score was good

Hope it was a bit more obvious to people tonight that he has some serious pits in his game

jon__koa | Knicks

29 | 3 hours ago

Between that, his shots not falling, and all the bitching, that was one of the worst playoff performances I’ve ever seen

homefree122 | Thunder

621 | 3 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell is a fucking star. 24/4/10 with 3 steals and 0 turnovers and shot 60% from the field

And we have him on a 3 year less than $9 million contract.

pmurt007 | Lakers

181 | 3 hours ago

best non-rookie contract in the league.

CyborgAlgoInvestor | Thunder

67 | 3 hours ago

Honestly, they should raise his APY just to extend him another 3 years.

Would be the right move

divulgingwords | Thunder

25 | 3 hours ago

Our only hope to keep him is for Presti to kill his contract and give him a 5yr/125. The incentive for him is he forgoes 2 years of 2.5m and his injury history.

CyborgAlgoInvestor | Thunder

30 | 3 hours ago

I disagree, they could easily pay him 75 mil total to extend the contract 2 years.

The leverage the Thunder have is huge

No-Salary5449

103 | 3 hours ago

How could the refrigerators allow this?

DeadDay | OKC

30 | 3 hours ago

At least the Lakers bitched enough to get their normal amount of freethrows

ImaLetItGo | Clippers

53 | 3 hours ago

It deadass has to be an illegal contract

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

41 | 3 hours ago

For context, I think Presti gave him that contract to put him in line with other first rounders from his draft class.

Which is a great bit of spin to get him to sign cheaply. 2nd rounders with 1st round talent typically just get to the money early (e.g. Gilbert Arenas)

Smart_Water | Thunder

33 | 3 hours ago

Ajay Mitchel and Cason Wallace saved basketball.

darnclem | OKC

26 | 3 hours ago

It’s truly incredible what Presti does.

We_The_Raptors | Raptors

16 | 3 hours ago

My question is how does OKC handle Jdubb coming back? Surely Ajay can’t go back go the bench playing like this?

butterbeancd | Thunder

60 | 3 hours ago

He can, it doesn’t matter if he comes off the bench. It matters the minutes he plays, and he’ll play a ton.

jasped | Thunder

33 | 3 hours ago

Ajay won’t have a problem stepping back and running the second team. He’ll get some minutes with sga and mark will split the time between dub and ajay. Dort will also lose some minutes.

This can essentially mean you always have 2 of sga, dub, ajay on the floor which makes it very difficult for the other team.

TisKey2323 | Lakers

616 | 3 hours ago

Is Game 4 mandatory?

Baright | Thunder

223 | 3 hours ago

Put out Bronny and friends

TisKey2323 | Lakers

19 | an hour ago

I swear Bronny would do a better job out there, at least defensively

LouieM13 | NYK

489 | 3 hours ago

Hayes must’ve called Redick a cracker because he was playing Rui and Thiero at center lol

LaggOuTX | Hawks

142 | 3 hours ago

The center play has gotten worse and worse through each game. Hayes and Ayton were solid in game 1, bad in game 2, and even worse here in game 3😂

Different-Jump-1792 | Bucks

451 | 3 hours ago

Alright, r/nba, tell me how this was the ref’s faults

totemair | Thunder

296 | 3 hours ago

the subreddit is weirdly quiet tonight after the absolute nuclear meltdown we had on Thursday

CrunchyChewie | Thunder

161 | 3 hours ago

The mods already deleted a post showing how AR had as many FTs as the Thunder.

Subject_One_1673 | 76ers

103 | 3 hours ago

the silence is bliss

thunder are just way better than anyone else, is Sam Presti the best GM of all time?

Raetekusu | Thunder

33 | 3 hours ago

The 76ers’ process walked so Presti could fuckin’ leap.

Planet_Oblivion | Spurs

66 | 3 hours ago

Because it’s obvious now that the Lakers aren’t even close to being good enough to beat a contender. The excuses are over.

Goombercules | Thunder

30 | 3 hours ago

I thought it was obvious before game one. But apparently us OKC fans dont know ball. Lmao

oklolzzzzs

19 | 3 hours ago

literally everybody knew lakers were gonna lose including lakers fans

QuileGon-Jin | Thunder

43 | 3 hours ago

The arena was also weirdly quiet. Like from the jump, it was kind of weird. I expected a bit more vitriol and energy, tbh.

Parasars | Raptors

45 | 3 hours ago

LA always has awful crowds tbf. Costs too much for real fans to get in

CyborgAlgoInvestor | Thunder

112 | 3 hours ago

Lakers had over TWICE THE FT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HerBootyHole_Brown

50 | 3 hours ago

normal Lakers game

Mission_Pay_3373 | Celtics

79 | 3 hours ago

The Lakers are going to have to form another mid-court circle to intimidate the refs until morale improves

DeadDay | OKC

57 | 3 hours ago

“Its not the amount of free throws, its how how they get them! Now someone find my Balenciaga bag and shades please!”

BeraldGevins | Thunder

17 | 3 hours ago

It’s insane to see that coming from the Lakers of all people. Am i the only one old enough to remember people having this exact same discourse about Lebron for years?

Thick_Duck | Thunder

15 | 3 hours ago

Perhaps three times as many free throws would have done the trick tonight

simon2105

379 | 3 hours ago

Thunder are about to have another week off while the spurs/wolves bash each other to 6 or 7 games

Balls_of_Adamanthium | Warriors

186 | 3 hours ago

Nah Spurs in 5 I’m afraid. Wolves fans do NOT save this comment.

thro14away

130 | 3 hours ago

Spurs series ends in 5 unfortunately

--Alec-- | Thunder

86 | 3 hours ago

I think so too. Would be happy to be wrong though

TheWisestJuan | Thunder

32 | 3 hours ago

wolves in 7

--Alec-- | Thunder

23 | 3 hours ago

7 either way would be great. Really gonna need Dub back

A_Livins | Thunder

338 | 3 hours ago

Be the Lakers
Lose games one and two by 18.
Complain about the refs and fouls
Get a 2.5-to-1 FT ratio over the Thunder in game three
Lose by 23

Full_Durian_8171

132 | 3 hours ago

chet and hartenstein were getting mauled in the paint and didn’t get a single call

when they didn’t get a call, they just kept it pushing

reaves and bron stop playing defense to cry to the refs about the slightest of contacts that is never going to get called in a playoff environment

it’s a mentality difference

OneNeptune

23 | 3 hours ago

I was told they do nothing but flop, roll around, and cry?

Thick_Duck | Thunder

47 | 3 hours ago

Doris Burke every two minutes: “no team has ever come back from down 0-3 in nba playoffs history”

sfdemler11

20 | 3 hours ago

Did you know NAW is Shai’s cousin?

WanderLeft | Thunder

21 | 3 hours ago

Shocked Pikachu

Fuzzy-Personality384

17 | 3 hours ago

Fucking cinematic

goofygoober2 | Celtics

336 | 3 hours ago

We actually had Celtics flairs rooting for the Lakers on this sub. Those people need to find shame and get their fan card revoked

CrippledBanana | Canada

116 | 3 hours ago

Ngl that was an insane seeing those Celtic flairs. No way any of you give up that rivalry. That shit is cultural for you all. They gotta be bots

libertydabbing | OKC

60 | 3 hours ago

Brown has convinced so many C’s fans that OKC is the number one rival

__Shadowman__ | Thunder

16 | 2 hours ago

I deadass got told all OKC fans and I are Nazis by a Celtics fan earlier like wtf

OtherwiseTonight9390

19 | an hour ago

This is what irrational groupthink hate looks like.

People who act like that hate themselves and have issues they take out on weird things, like a basketball team.

Brief_Cry_6387

58 | 3 hours ago

😭😭 the last 5 days have been mental

FreeBristle

35 | 2 hours ago

It’s pathetic. Can’t even talk about the Thunder without fans crying flops and pretending their players don’t do the same. Coming from Luka fans is absolutely insane to me htough

bleedblue89 | Thunder

23 | 3 hours ago

We’re not even rivals with you guys… has to be bots

dimeast | Thunder

16 | 3 hours ago

New international fans surely

WembyOKCJokicReaves

300 | 3 hours ago

People forget that Ajay Mitchell didn’t even really play last postseason because he was injured and when he did come back toward the end he was rusty

Sam Presti really did his thing again

jataba115 | OKC

65 | 3 hours ago

He was also a rookie

Willsoup | Thunder

28 | 2 hours ago

But man when he played he was so good. First half of the season is when we knew Presti pulled a rabbit out of his hat yet again.

LaggOuTX | Hawks

234 | 3 hours ago

Are you happy Laker fans? You won the ft battle by 15, and still got blown out

Outside_City_1194

97 | 3 hours ago

Won’t matter. Something else will be the reason.

No-Salary5449

27 | 3 hours ago

how could Luka’s hamstring allow this

DimmiDongus | Nuggets

233 | 3 hours ago

Lakers shot 25 free throws to the Thunders’ 10.

OKC wins by 23.

It’s going to be a blissfully quiet 2 days on r/nba

BeraldGevins | Thunder

114 | 3 hours ago

If only. Top post on the front page is about LeBron not drawing a foul on a shot tonight. All the comments are variations of “it’s rigged for OKC” and “OKC is the most unwatchable team in the league”. The discourse won’t go away until we suck again and someone else is top dog. I remember the exact same discourse about the Lakers, Heat, etc., and more specifically about LeBron for what seemed like a decade. Basketball fans are nothing if not predictable.

MrAmazinn | OKC

23 | 2 hours ago

Eh I learned to just enjoy what we got while we got it. If SGA flops on every single possession for the rest of the playoffs on the way to a ring I’d enjoy it just as much as an “ethical” ring lol

pumpyourbrakeskid

17 | 2 hours ago

He actually did draw a foul, just not a shooting foul. And it was the correct call

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

227 | 3 hours ago

I can’t believe the refs have done this

Bobskidat | Thunder

105 | 3 hours ago

Can’t believe we had a whole 10 free throws to their 25, just disgusting bias from Adam Silver to make OKC win

jataba115 | OKC

20 | 3 hours ago

I can’t believe that’s true, fuck man. What are they going to say now?

Currymvp2 | Warriors

23 | 3 hours ago

Lakers only chance is for both Bron and Reeves to be on their top of their games. Neither was even slightly close to it tonight

Raetekusu | Thunder

19 | 3 hours ago

Lakers ~~+13~~ +15 FT differential and still got smoked.

AIaska | OKC

228 | 3 hours ago

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
The lakers shoot 2x as many free throws and lose by 23/ acceptance

likwitsnake | Supersonics

26 | 3 hours ago

What part of the Marcus Smart spectrum is this?

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

217 | 3 hours ago

We are not talking about Chet enough. He was incredible in this game. Again.

TideToGo69 | Thunder

84 | 2 hours ago

He is forever doomed to be the other tall alien guy that came in at the same time as Wemby. I think he’ll get more attention if the spurs pull through and they play in the WCF, just given the nature of the 1on1 matchup.

Willsoup | Thunder

28 | 2 hours ago

It’s truly unfortunate that he and Wemby are playing at the same time. The high side for Chet is not has high for him but man he deserves to be appreciated more. Controls the paint, has been very dangerous from 3 offensively during the playoffs, and his truly deserves his flowers.

A head to head win against Wemby would do wonders to help make that happen. Hope it happens (obviously) but it will a crazy series to get there.

Outside_Tear6538 | Raptors

155 | 3 hours ago

Now all OKC has to do is win the draft lottery tomorrow.

OwnVisual5772 | Thunder

43 | 2 hours ago

Presti has a lottery pick in a stacked draft, they already won

skeenerbug | Cavaliers

28 | an hour ago

shoutout Ballmer, he created a dynasty just not where he wanted

lalze123 | Lakers

130 | 3 hours ago

Refs were not the reason. We were just buns 💀

Goombercules | Thunder

18 | 3 hours ago

👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

Never has been.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

129 | 3 hours ago

Sga has a terrible game but Okc still destroys Lakers. They’re too damn good

25 ft and still lose by 23 damn

thetrain23 | Thunder

52 | 2 hours ago

Lakers are selling out to stop SGA and leaving everyone else wide open. Not the most reliable strategy against the deepest team in recent memory.

Mg29reaper | Celtics

122 | 3 hours ago

How high does Ajay Mitchell go in a redraft? Castle goes first. Maybe Matas if you believe in the upside. Other than that idk. I think hes better with more upside than Sarr, George, and Sheppard.

--Alec-- | Thunder

62 | 3 hours ago

Sarr probably goes 2 in my opinion

4719837

46 | 3 hours ago

I think Sarr has more upside too, but yeah Ajay is top 4 for sure

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

20 | 3 hours ago

I’ve been wondering the same. I haven’t watched the other guys besides Ajay and Castle much from that draft.

Mg29reaper | Celtics

17 | 3 hours ago

The draft is hot ass so thats not surprising. The other top 5 ish guys are clingan who is just really big really slow defender. Matas a high flyer with star upside. Sarr who is like new gen AD.

Longjumping_One_9164 | Thunder

19 | 3 hours ago

I would say Castle-Sarr/Buzelis-Mitchell.

By the end of the Playoffs it could be Castle-Mitchell-Sarr/Buzelis.

It is just so incredibly difficult to find a Playoff level PG, who scores at three levels and is a positive defender.

wTI8SQEHbo | Celtics

121 | 3 hours ago

Winning by 23 in LA against Lebron is just downright disrespectful

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

64 | 3 hours ago

Disrespectful? They stopped there out of respect for the King.

neal1701

111 | 3 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell was the 38th pick, selected by the New York Knicks in the 2024 NBA Draft

He was immediately on draft night, he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 40th overall pick in the 2024 draft and cash.

He is currently on a three-year, $9 million contract.

This might be Sam Presti’s top 5 moves!

DougDagnabbit

107 | 3 hours ago

Reaves is a traffic cone on defense and spent the majority of the game crying to the refs instead of being locked in

Subject_One_1673 | 76ers

82 | 3 hours ago

okay guys let’s hear it, how did the thunder cheat their way to victory this time?

traw056 | Thunder

60 | 3 hours ago

We made too many shots. Completely unfair

Low_Beyond8134 | Lakers

76 | 3 hours ago

They could beat us in a series without JDub Chet and Shai I’m convinced

catreyka

75 | 3 hours ago

What else is there to say? OKC is the best team in the NBA, and the Lakers never had a chance without Luka.

Thunnddr |

62 | 3 hours ago

refs even gave Lakers 15 more free throws than OKC

RiloAlDente | Spurs

56 | 3 hours ago

Most upvoted post is a foul call being called correctly.

Lebron’s back was to the basket when he got fouled.

Is there a nba community that doesn’t spend all it’s time discussing the refs?

gerardguey | Bulls

54 | 3 hours ago

Now OKC just needs to win the #1 pick tomorrow for this sub to completely implode

NobodyRules | OKC

52 | 3 hours ago

Everyone is happy today. Lakers won the FT battle, got their clutch player back and got blown out by 20 plus.

Malemansam | Spurs

48 | 3 hours ago

I posted this in the game thread so I’ll just repeat it here.

OKC is the younger more athletic team creating 2nd chance opportunities just by being first to the ball on non-forced loose balls, Offensive rebounding against this slow and old Laker team.

No paint deterrence in both series so far since the Suns literally had no rim protectors and Ayton just does not put the effort into multiple contests per defensive possession.

It’s just been such a cakewalk for this OKC team into the paint. And that’s not even mentioning how incredible their ability to force turnovers is generating so much offence for them.

Lakers have very little counter attacks to go to unfortunately.

Calm-Hearing-2296 | Thunder

26 | 3 hours ago

The juxtaposition between the Lakers/Suns paint defense to what awaits next round is honestly so absurd it’s funny

LengthyNoodle | Knicks

47 | 3 hours ago

LeBron is reconsidering retirement after the way this series is panning out.

InevitableUpstairs71

45 | 3 hours ago

WHY WOULD THE REFS DO THIS

Noah__Webster | Thunder

46 | 3 hours ago

So maybe the refs weren’t the issue for LA?

Peacemaker57 | Thunder

44 | 3 hours ago

You know, If Reaves complained a little less–the Lakers might’ve lost by 15 instead of 20+

Sad_Skill_3113

43 | 3 hours ago

The LA crowd was embarrassing too. I know it is mostly celebs, but that was one of the quietest playoff games I can ever remember.

Balls_of_Adamanthium | Warriors

37 | 3 hours ago

This was certainly a game of basketball.

Available_Story6774 | West

25 | 3 hours ago

All of these games follow the same script, Lakers are barely up at half, then get blown off the floor in the 2nd half, at least it’s slightly better than how they played the Thunder in the regular season I guess.

weedwhacker7 | Kings

36 | 3 hours ago

league rigs Luka for LA and Lakers fans still think they are getting cheated

sheesh

LockAndDen | Rockets

31 | 3 hours ago

This series really is much more of an indictment on the Rockets than it is the Lakers.

ResolveLost2101

29 | 3 hours ago

LA fans are so insufferable and such a crybaby lmao, I wonder what they complain about now

HayleeRee | Cavaliers

25 | 3 hours ago

Lebron getting BTA after all these years…balance must be made

Beetle919 | Hornets

28 | 3 hours ago

Lakers need another Powwow with the Refs.

Miser2100

24 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, the Thunder are generational.

dylanh334 | Lakers

22 | 3 hours ago

I said it before the first half was over, each game will look like this. Lakers will keep it relatively close until the end of the 3rd/start of the 4th and then their depth will just take over. Thunder are just stacked.

^Just thought I’d paste my comment from last game lol.

MargielaMan568 | Heat

24 | 3 hours ago

I know everyone is clowning lakers but I’m not even glazing, OKC simply just have too much and I gotta give credit where credit is due, their FO is elite

They had Aaron wiggins, Isaiah Joe and Jared McCain in for garbage minutes lmfao

DragonNikana | Trail Blazers

25 | 3 hours ago

Thunder just having fun

ARandomChicken69 | Rockets

22 | 3 hours ago

Looking for some prime Lakers comments but it seems awfully quiet tonight.

Lmk if y’all find any gems about how Lakers would’ve won with a better whistle.

TonyGSalsa

22 | 3 hours ago

Shot 15 more FTs

Got called for 6 less fouls

Lost by 23 points

What excuses do we have now?

Greedygiddy8

18 | 3 hours ago

I understand the foul complaining but Reaves today let that dictate the way he played, from the jump he did not let the game come to him. Doris Burke even called him out on his complaining. The Thunder are just too much.

Full_Durian_8171

17 | 3 hours ago

lakers shot 14 more free throws before the bench units went in

what the excuse gonna be tonight ?

weedwhacker7 | Kings

16 | 3 hours ago

I loved it

Zungad | Supersonics

17 | 3 hours ago

So the Lakers got a significantly more beneficial whistle this time (debatably also the last two games as well with how they were able to guard Shai lol) and the game turned out the exact same way.

The refs weren’t even that bad, nor did a few no-calls and flops (the Lakers did PLENTY themselves that game, be for real) define an entire game or the whistle of a team. Y’all need to get a grip lol

IsrarRaziqeen | Spurs

19 | 3 hours ago

What’s the excuses now lmao, just admit OKC is a good team lol, Lakers never had a chance this series lol

FeeAlternative1783 | Raptors

15 | 3 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell’s contract has gotta be in violation of some labor law because Jesus

The Oklahoma City Thunder (3-0) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (0-3), 131-108 behind a 24 point double-double from Ajay Mitchell.