2018 Jazz vs Thunder Game 6 ending: Westbrook and Paul George miss 6 consecutive shots trying to tie the game and end up getting eliminated from the playoffs
probably the worst game of paul george’s career. 5 points 2-16 from the field and 6 turnovers in an elimination game. brutally embarrassing.
And still got traded for 5 picks and sga
He was 3rd place for MVP and DPOY when that happened.
All NBA 1st team and all NBA defense first team
People try to rewrite history and pretend it was some horrible player to trade for. Hell, he even had a decent series against Utah with three 30 point games.
His fall from grace was only getting started
Classic PG13%
It doesn’t help that Joe Ingles was locking him down
Think he has some similar in clipper years.
But this being against a I believe rookie Mitchell probably puts it over the others
game 7 vs nuggets in 2020, 4-16 fg 10pts in a blowout elimination game after being up 3-1
Ppl will still argue that his peak is better than Michael jordans
Imaginary people in your head? What are you talking about??? š
I have never ever seen someone say that sarcastically
Yeah they donāt say it sarcastically. I was talking to my Celtics friend and he said Paul George had a higher peak than Michael Jordan. He then said PG is the greatest playoff performer in the history of organized sports
buddy your friend is either trolling you or watches ball with his eyes crossed. this is like saying your friend thinks derozan is the greatest shooter of all time
literally the first time iāve ever seen this take
This or the Nuggets game 7 performance he had
Poor Steven Adams playing his absolute heart out only for his stars to brick every shot
He was literally the best player in this series. Thatās really sad
He was ultra valuable to those OKC teams
Adams is the ultimate hustle machine
PG really said fuck it and tried to foul bait after nothing was going in lmao
Joe Ingles was living rent free in his head at this stage…..
thats not even an egregious foul bait. pump faking and having the defender jump into you has been a strategy for decades. Its only gotten worse bc now the shooter jumps unnaturally into the defender
Honestly not a bad strategy when theres a lid on the rim. & in 2018, that IS a foul.
Basketball wise this play will always bother me
PG clearly fouled on the one three attempt though.
Yeah, but after missing 5 threes in a row. You aināt getting that call lol
Rewarding bad defense for not boxing out? Just a bad call period. Refs just like to make up when that is and isnāt a foul.
Same time they called an egregious foul for Kevin love against the pacers at the end of the game. Dude literally jumped horizontally into the defender.
I guess I donāt know ball, but how is that a foul?? PG jumps INTO Gobertās contest?
Donāt put in the hands of the refs ..
That first one by pg was a bad shot
Russ having Gobert on the perimeter, dribbling out and taking a contested pull up 3 in Mitchellās face is one of the worst shots Iāve ever seen.
Rudy clamped the entire OKC roster that series
playoff p
Not fouling for like 15 seconds in the following possession was just as bad
They def getting that foul call on the last shot in todayās game
It was a foul though
In a regular season game? For sure. In a playoff series deciding game winner? That’s a coinflip. You can’t put the game in the refs hands like that. Not in the playoffs
Did nobody notice Felton almost having a cardiac event while having multiple touches in offensive rebounding? I saw a post a few days ago calling him “the single worst professional basketball player” on the planet, but here is he playing his heart out … literally.
Raymond felton jumpscare
Not OT that night
The āYou just got jingledā during that series pissed me off so much š
nut
And the Clippers said āYou know what? Kawhi is right! We need to break our franchise for this guy!ā
When the world found out Joe Ingles was PGās father
Westbrick and Playoff Pee.
Maybe the last time I was truly happy as a Jazz fan
Ah the series that ruined Russell Westbook’s legacy. Everyone was saying you were the top point guard and you just needed a little š„ŗ help to get far in the playoffs then you team him up with two all star and SHIT the bed against a rookie??!? Unacceptable!
PG had 5 more points than me in that game.
While it did do some damage to his legacy, you have to admit, both PG and Melo were shit this series aside from that PG game 1 performance. I didn’t watch all the games but I do remember the two of them being specifically horrible.
Wayoff P
Low IQ is an understatement
OUTSTANDING
This is the series where Joe Ingles dog walked Paul George, right?
Nearly the death of Carmelo Anthonyās career, he finally got to play around talent for the first time in years and he completely shit the bed offensively and was getting demolished on switches by a rookie Donovan Mitchell. He was basically unplayable.
I literally stopped watching the nba because I was an okc fan about a year before Shai got there ššš
I still remember how goddamn frustrated I was watching this game series.
Russ had an insane Game 5 before this too. Emptied the clip both games.