Alex Caruso delivers again in the win: 22/2/6/3 on 81.4% TS
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401873201
22 points
2 rebounds
6 assists
3 steals, 5⁄10 FG, 4⁄8 3PT, 8⁄8 FT
He’s averaging 17 points on almost 80% TS in this series lol
Including a 0 point game
If OKC wins the series, does Caruso get WCF MVP even with a 0-point game? 🤔
Honestly he should win it. It’ll still probably go to Shai tho considering a lot of what Caruso is doing isn’t possible without Shai garnering so much attention
Probably not because it’s just a thing that almost never happens, but it’s not crazy at all
That’s not ridiculous to say that
SGA had 32 and 9 tonight on 60% TS. Sometimes I feel like we get carried away
I’m genuinely asking lol because I see comments here saying Caruso could get it but someone winning MVP in a playoff series with a 0 point game has never happened
No clue, but it would be equally bizarre if the player who led their team in points, assists, and minutes lost the conference finals MVP
He shot 38%. He took 17 FT’s. Caruso has been more impressive and more impactful in every game they’ve won.
Do the 16 points off FTs not count to his total now? Conference finals MVPs often shoot a lot of FTs. You can look that up, but it should be obvious.
The reality is that SGA is going to win the MVP if we end up winning this series
He can win MVP. Doesn’t mean he was the MVP. We all watch the games and see which players are being impactful. If OKC wins this series it’s thanks to Caruso.
And for the record SGA is the only conference finals mvp taking 10+ FTA per game. Brunson avg 7, siakim avg 7, Jaylen brown 7. In the west? Jokic 7, Luka 8.
SGA? Last year 10, this year so far, 10.
I don’t think we all watch the game and can tell who is most impactful. I think we see the guy who scores the ball or gets steals or blocks and that’s it. On this side of Wilt Chamberlain, getting more free throws is a good thing.Â
So theoretically if you had to pick one of SGA and Caruso to be injured for the rest of the series, who would you pick?
If I’m a spurs fan I’m picking Caruso without hesitation. Why is that even a question? Caruso has been far more impactful. He changes the game when he checks in.
Ridiculous. Like picking iguodala over curry when he got FMVP.
You understand why he changes the game right? It’s because every eye is on SGA. If you take out SGA, carusos impact no longer matters lol
Right. That must be why when SGA is on and Caruso is off OKC has a -6.6 NET. When SGA and Caruso are on the court together they have a +24.7 NET. And when Caruso is on and SGA is off they have a +31.7 NET.
All eyes must still be on SGA on the bench when Caruso is out there without him. That’s what gives them the most success on offense and defense.
I watched that game don’t hide behind ts today
This is a conversation about who is more likely to win the WCF MVP should OKC win the series, not about you disliking SGA
I don’t dislike sga but he’s not been the most impactful or blubber player for okc
Half his points were from free throws thoughÂ
So they don’t count?
Never said that, just that he isn’t even shooting even close to at the same efficiency as Caruso with 17 FT attempts.
He is leading the team in points, assists, and minutes played. The entire thing is initiated by him.
Caruso’s efficiency has been nuts, but nobody is efficient without SGA leading the offense the way he does
Also leading in FT attempts lmao
Another stat that typically coincides with winning the conference finals MVP!
Couldn’t gotcha you and had to keep blabbing about FTAs lol
Uh huh lol
Best bald player ever?
Definitely the best bald Bulls player ever right?
Best high-flying black Bulls player ever
He was bound to be a huge riser anyways but Mitch Johnson daring him to shoot one pass away after the first half of G1 probably threw away the series. Failed to recognize that 29% RS is fake as fuck and he’s actually a career 37% shooter and even higher than that in the playoffs
And he averaged 6 ppg in the regular season. Is this the greatest playoff riser ever?
The shooting in these playoffs is crazy.
He unironically should be MVP of the series even if I hate his ugly bald head
West MVP if OKC wins the series
It’s a really easy call
I guess it depends on how g6-7 goes, Shai gets 35, he gets it
How dare you criticize his glorious bald head.
I agree with the first statement though, if we manage to win the series. I think game 4 might fuck his chances though. Not that he was bad, he just didn’t shoot
more like X Factor. Engine’s not working without SGA as much as he sucked this series
Iggy winning FMVP in 2015 was probably undeserved but Caruso is playing better than Iggy and Shai has been waaaay worse than Steph.
I think Shai is worse than prime Steph offensively. He’s also a better defensive player which does matter.
Whichever team wins, their best player should win the MVP as things stand now. It seems very similar in terms of what’s happening to Steph/Iggy.Â
Mitch Johnson be like analytically, Caruso is not shooting that well so we can leave him open
That fucking headband needs to go back to 2008
It’s functional. It keeps the sweat that flows unhindered down his head due to his lack of hair out of his eyes.
Why would he have hair out of his eyes though?
You should see him without it its much worse. Megamind looking mf
He’s taken LeBron’s mantle
Headband with a bald head should be an auto ejection in 2026
That’s who needs them most
Still, auto ejection
Isn’t it precisely because he has a bald head?
People forgot they serve a purpose and aren’t just an aesthetic accessory lol
As a fellow bald, headbands are basically purpose built for balds. Sweat just runs off your head like a faucet because you have no hair to catch most of it. He actually has a use for it, unlike the dudes wearing it as a fashion accessory.
That one dude with Caruso finals mvp bet sweating right now
I mean we don’t beat Denver last year without him either. He’s insane
Agreed he’s definitely showed up as a player this series and in my humble opinion played better than Shai this entire time
He absolutely should be the MVP. They’ll give it to Shai, but Carsuo is the real MVP. Him and Hardenstein have really come through for OKC. Shai has not played like an MVP.
He can only do this because sga is on the court lol
Shameless lie, he made the huge run that flipped the lead to OKC with Shai on the bench
You are taking my words too literally, I’m implying that sga being on the team is what allows his team to elevate.
Going on runs when he’s off the bench doesn’t change that…you. Sga brings more to the team so he should get the confrence mvp
I’m implying that sga being on the team is what allows his team to elevate.
??? Is he extra loud clapping from the bench or what?
His teammates elevate themselves by virtue of being really fucking good LMFAO
Nah dude him making shots is only because all five spurs players are guarding sga on the bench in case he decides to come back in.
So much aura they can’t focus on the five guys actually on the court 😤
They said he wouldn’t keep it up. The bald eagle is a playoff RISER
/r/nba upvoting a potential Caruso injury saying he deserved it. The best part of an OKC run is all these cry babies coming out in full force.
Surely they’re not stooping that low
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1toqukh/injury_alex_caruso_rolls_his_ankle_and_heads_back/oo34kwd/
Spoiler alert: they are.
Upvoting a post doesn’t mean at all that they want Caruso injured what? I agree the comments are a bit icky tho
“Do you want me now, or in June” Legendary quote
Caruso and Hartenstein OKC’s most important players besides SGA
And McCain
Cason Wallace with the casual +29
best on ball defender in the league
Mr Steal Yo Ball
That yoink he had on Harper was so good, such a huge momentum play.
And still couldnt get one bucket the enire half fuck his ass
Sports bettors getting pounded more than Wemby this series.
Amen
You are betting real dollars on Cason Wallace’s points prop? We need to reset society
Whenever the Thunder go on a big run it’s cuz of him heating up
Can’t explain how much I love that man
McCain has like 80 points on 80 shot attempts for the series.
And Morey
Holmgren somehow manage to come out this with a +/- of -1. Lol. Yikes
Was pretty happy with him tbh, just don’t know why he keeps trying to put the ball on the floor for one of his 8 second post ups. Just gets stripped every time or kills clock
He was the only one who looked interested to start, his start was what stopped us from being down again in the first lol
Yeah his first quarter and aggression overall was great. Found his home in the dunker slot and Hart in the high post dragging Wemby out to free up lobs
Crazy how he went from a beloved player on the Bulls and Lakers to now one of the most hated players in the league LMFAO
Winning would do that to you
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It’s so funny watching Lakers fans doing backflips trying to say he’s changed. Dude is exactly the same and they loved him. Now he’s too smug. Ahaha
I mean he was just one of lebrons token white boys at one time, now he’s the only one to emerge as a demon
Austin Reaves would cook on any team too tbh
idk probably but he’s not the demon Caruso is
I just don’t see much of a difference in his play style. He’s exactly who he was in 2020, just with more experience.
Nuggets last year and Spurs this year have been the darlings. Beat them and you have hell to pay on Internet boards
It’s really just the wemby stans and people hating OKC cause they’re clearly the best team in the league.
okc effect
Because no one cares about the Bulls and he was on the come up with the Lakers. I think the only OKC player who isn’t hated atp is McCain.
I was pissed at McCain this game because he couldn’t stop missing, but I’ll never fully hate my glorious tiktoker
I do recall hating him on the Lakers before we signed him
https://imgur.com/a/p4exEK9
Speak for yourself lol
Nobody actually dislikes Caruso lol
This motherfucker went from 29% in the regular season to 47% in the playoffs shooting from three. How the fuck does that happen.
Clutch gene kicked inÂ
He was 42% in Playoffs last year and I believe 51% in the Finals, its like he just did not give a fuck in the Regular Season.
He is a genuinely good shooter, but he clearly in a good rhythm / confident throughout the Playoffs (47.7% total Playoffs).
it’s well documented that he indeed, does NOT give a fuck about the regular season
And 37% for his career
Greatest Bald white guy of all time?
Rick Barry still higher being a complete asshole notwithstanding
rick barry ain’t bald tho? he’s not even bald today as an 80 year old man lol
Pic from 1975. He had less hair on the top of his head than Alex Caruso before Caruso shaved it all off. Barry wore a rug later in his career.
I think he meant his balls
Jason Kidd
I have yet to see a better commercial for a bald guy than this
Any hate this guy receives is because he isn’t on your team. There has never been a glue-ier glue guy in the game of basketball
the only one that ain’t afraid of wemby
Right or wrong, I don’t think McCain is afraid either. Lil bulldog going straight at him.
If they win this series he needs to be given the WCF MVP. He’s been absolutely unreal outside of game 4 and he needs that recognition
Caruso da real mvp
Outside of Game 4, he’s been phenomenal all series. He’s legitimately having one of the best performances by a bench player in recent memory.
wheres the guy who bet on caruso NOT being the mvp?
generally keeping their stars in check (for their lofty standards) and getting killed by dumb fouls, outlier role player shooting, and bench big mins
reminds me a lot of the Thunders series vs the Mavs 2 years ago
I would trade AR for Caruso.
Even if Caruso gets the 40m/year.
Caruso game my ass, it’s really the Caruso series
He’s really on the role player mount rushmore
Captain Chaos strikes again!
Most clutch shooter on OKC in this seriesÂ
The Bald Eagle
Everyones waiting for the true matchup of the finals: caruso vs shamat
Shamet can’t hold a candlestick to Caruso
shamat is on a burner from 3 and has been playing excellent on ball defense against whoevers hes against during his minutes
Why did I like Caruso pre-OKC but don’t like him now?
the magnet Gods touches him every may
CONference MVP
Need AC in a long rest lol. Bad we have to rely on him like this
I miss him in Lakers.
Bro’s cooked against Wingstop
Greatest “role player” of the 2020s
Actual MVP of the series
goat
Of coursezzzzzzz
Can’t believe the Bulls didn’t get a first round pick in the trade for him. We just got Giddey lol
Earned himself some more sloppy toppy from Reggie Miller. Maybe he can clear some phlegm outta that throat while he’s in there.
A poor man’s white Josh Hart
2 more points than Wemby and the narrative is completely different, not that it’s wrong but it shows how so many people get mislead by scoring
This dude… Can´t stop.
I’m tired of seeing this red ribbon army looking mf score double digits off the fucking bench, He ruined every fucking chance of me repaying my fucking light bill tonight, I CAN’T FUCKIN BREATHE?!!!!