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I genuinely thought that would go in
Honestly it says a lot about SGA that I’m surprised when it doesn’t
Tbf, I’m kind of more used to LAC losing so much that that’s why I thought it was certainly gonna fall.
He’s washed that would have been a foul a year ago
Hard to shoot when you instinctively fall to the floor every time
its easier to fall down than chance an injury landing weird on a single foot, disperses the force across the entire body instead of on your ankle. his career is gonna last forever by doing that. Lebron does it too, learning how to fall is an important thing in any sport, cause its going to happen.
Tell that to embiid
wow good one, so original from a trash franchise
Wasn’t making a joke, That’s most likely a large reason why he missed this shot
Seriously… that’s a tough as hell shot for just about anyone in the league but I feel like it’s butter whenever SGA shoots
It felt like one of those games not going to lie, GGs
looked like the kawhi shot but it didn’t go in this time
I was just going to say, its like bizarro kawhi lol
Wasn’t that more of a laser that hit the rim and then bounced up.
Wasn’t a laser. It had an arc to it, and was more like a little short and that lead to it bouncing up.
Brook “Ancient One” Lopez played like the Champ Lopez.
Man, he does that sometimes and its fucking brutal when it happens to you.
It just doesnt hurt that much if you love and enjoy seeing old guys playing well. I wasnt even mad when Dame was shooting lights out on our 1st game.
I feel it. I just meant that at this point you dont go into games expecting to get lit up by Brook Lopez.
Last year he had a game against us where he hit like 7 threes
Edit: just looked it up apparently it was 9 threes. Lmao
He’s such a solid player. I’m surprised at how effective he is on both sides of the floor.
Is Giannis a product of Lopez? Many are asking
He was great from what I have seen, Clippers got some guys they can sell in the deadline. Everyone’s looking for a backup big, Brook Lopez will get some offers, DJJ is good, a lot of teams can use him. Rui, Strus if he starts playing better
Happy for Clippers fans that made it to the game in an offseason of hell to see this win
This is probably the peak moment of the season. I’ll take it
You’re down 1, you’ve got an angle with your man beat and a lane to the basket but you step back for a 3 with 3 secs left. Could have easily gotten to the rim or at least taken a floater or at the very worst a midrange pullup. Not a fan of the decisionmaking here, Tatum used to do this all the time and I always hate it
Fuck, on first watch I hadn’t realized he had a clear path to the rack. I’m with you, that was… not great
He wasn’t getting a clear path to the hoop. Everyone was watching him and would’ve slid over to contest
Not sure why this is being downvoted. The first play he gets to the hoop and the defense sells out and collapses on him (mainly leaving Caruso to do so).
He gets by DJJ and BroLo collapses, Grady moves to IHart and there’s 0 chance you can make the baseline pass.
It’s wild how NBA fans think they have better decision making than the MVP who literally almost made the shot.
the first play the paint is crowded cuz the thunder weren’t spaced enough. the second play the thunder gave him the floor. only Lopez would’ve contested him and would’ve left is man to do. so either go up for a foul and/or a bucket. or lob it to I-hart.
But its also easier said than done. Am I mad at that shot from HIM. No. Anybody else, i wouldnt want them to take it. Was there an easier play. Yes.
This is modern basketball. Your take makes you sound like an old man, and I agree, we’re all old men!
Why take a harder, contested, low percentage shot? Coach always told me to take it to the rim to try to draw a foul and finish strong at times like these.
I feel like in the NBA refs tend to swallow whistle in game winning situation so we see players take a lot more jumpers rather than take it to the bucket. They only call the foul if its egregious and would rather not call a ticky tack but technically accurate foul to decide the game.
Shai probed initially and it’s clear LAC is looking to sell out defensively to double him. They completely abandon Caruso on the drive which is why he initially doesn’t have a clean lane despite initially beating DJJ.
You can tell he commits to the step back, which is probably a good idea to get a clean look. Time is running out, if and when the defense collapses on him (Brook is gonna step up, Grady rotates to IHart) that pass becomes tough and a real chance you don’t get a clean shot anymore. JVG is literally telling the team to all close out on SGA, which if he drove, they would have.
yeah his momentum and foot were planted to commit to the step back when he gets “around” him.
Yep exactly. A lot of the game is reading the defender, but with like 4 seconds clock winding down, an offensive player is going to commit to a go to move to get a shot.
I love tatum’s game and that was my biggest gripe too. I’m always saying bro needs to remember he’s 6’10
Of course he falls to the ground too
dont complain about ref antics with luka on ur team, it makes u look ridiculous
He doesn’t fall down like a bitch
Because he’s too fat, would take him too long to get back up and pretend to play defense
No, but he’s certainly a whiner
11 secs left when the play started, after some dribbling and ball movement they would only have a general idea of how much game time is left - he had time and the lane to push forward but in his mind at that moment he probably thought he was down to his last moment and had to put up a shot.
there are 2 other people within 5 feet of the basket STARING AT HIM as he beats his man, he knows he’s not getting a foul in the clutch like that cause he hasnt all year. so he takes the shot he has the best chance of making.
That was the shot he has the best chance of making? Come on bro. I promise you sga himself would tell you he should have drove there and at least taken a midrange. I think it’s as simple as he rushed and thought he had less time than he actually had. Happens, even Jordan or Kobe or whoever you can think of didn’t always execute perfectly, it’s not a knock on Shai
I’m not sure he’s getting a better shot off by driving to the basket unless he’s hoping for a foul.
It is by definition a better shot because there is no added value to a 3 point shot versus a 2 point shot in this situation since you’re down 1. Either will win you the game therefore you can treat it as if all shots are worth 2 in this situation, so a 3 is really just an absurdly long midrange. So getting closer to the basket will absolutely be a better shot, a short midrange is easier than a long one. Plus they cleared out the corner for him, single coverage and he already beat his man off the dribble and got an angle before he did the stepback, if he attacks the basket he either gets a free layup, or Brook Lopez contests and you get an easy lob/bounce pass to Hartenstein for the win, or DJJfouls you from behind and you get to the freethrow line. Alternatively if Dick or Hachimura come to help you get an easy pass to a wide open catch and shoot corner 3 from Caruso or a wide open catch and shoot 3 from McCain, like I said you preferably want a 2 but a wide open catch and shoot 3 from those guys is definitely higher percentage than a contested off balance stepback 3 off the dribble from the corner
I don’t think he’s necessarily thinking he needs 3 points. I think he’s just trying to get a quality look
I’m not sure there really is enough time for him to attack and pass to hartenstein or kick out for a 3. I guess you can hope for a foul but idk.
This is a shot he’s made before it’s not that bad imo. Sometimes you just miss
Either will win you the game therefore you can treat it as if all shots are worth 2 in this situation
looks to me like thats what he did; he was just trying to get the best look, not go for 3. in fact it wasnt even a 3 his foot was on the line
djj is a long athletic defender so maybe sga felt he needed to step back to create that extra space. of course we are used to him using his off arm to create that space while driving before taking a midrange jumper. but it seems like hes been doing that less this year due to the rule changes (could be wrong tbf i dont watch that many thunder games, but just from the ones i have seen)
Maybe, that could be what he was thinking in the moment. I bet you though when he looks back at the film he’s gonna be like bruh I should have just drove. Don’t matter that DJJ is long athletic he already had him beat. I honestly think he just rushed a little bit and thought he had less time than what he had, cause what he did would have made perfect sense if he got the ball with 2 seconds left instead of with 4
no hate but I always think this sub is hilarious when they basically go “You know if I was the professional basketball player in this situation I would’ve done this instead and it would’ve gone better”
That game was awesome
Obviously it’s more expected this year with their injuries but it’s kind of crazy that OKC haven’t won the NBA Cup yet with how dominant they’ve been in the regular season overall
They lost literally two games to the Eastern Conference during the regular season in 2025 and one of them was the Cup Finals.
And it wasn’t like it was a nail biter like when the Spurs got them last year. They got smoked by the Bucks, they were down 20 at the end.
We played so badly vs the Bucks we shot like 16% from 3 that game
One game. What you talking about? I don’t remember a second loss.
Its not like we havent tried…we have gotten close.
Okay, Who is sending unprotected first round pick for DJJ?
Probably the Kings
Real talk though what is the package yall are looking for in return for him? I could see a contender trading for him at the deadline.
Whats his contract…think we should You can have sorber and a 2ndd
10 mil for this season, he is free agent in the summer. Probably help contender to keep him for his bird rights
We should be looking at him
Here comes the fleece
Well it’s official, Clippers won the trade
kenrich shoulda shot the corner 3
Still time for a possible offensive rebound or to foul the Clippers if he misses. I can’t blame him for forcing it to a superstar back to back MVP for the last shot though
I think he just panicked tbh. Even if the aggressive closeout bothered him, he could have pumped and tried to drive to kick it back to Shai with a bit more of an advantage created. With this they kinda just reset entirely and left Shai in the corner with hardly any time to do anything against a set defense
I don’t even like SGA but I have to give it up to him. I agree Kenrich screwed him and SGA still almost made that.
But then he flopped at the end, so even if he makes it, the bucket should be waived and free throws awarded.
Shai had to opportunities to drive or get into the mid/floater area, with the last one giving a chance at a way better look.
Instead he opted for a contested step-back 3 when they were only down 1.
Great case to be made for Williams shooting the 3, but SGA had plenty of opportunity for a better look and instead he went with a flailing to the ground 3.
he committed to the step back initially, expecting DJJ to commit to the drive and give an open look.
DJJ just put on a defense clinic
It wasn’t a 3 btw
I mean in games like this, getting the team star an open look at all cost will work 88% of the time.
As Paul George once said when CJ Miles’ shot didn’t make it, “I gotta get the last shot.” (Even though he fucked up when he was given the chance in game 4)
Or passed to McCain or Caruso who were open. Dude did not want that ball.
take me back to game 2 of the regular season man i fucking can’t
Im still stuck there until chet and cason return. Someone get me out of this nightmare
Is Cason expected back this season?
He will be re-evaluated near the end of the season but that doesn’t mean he will be back.
Also with Chet, he elected not to have surgery which means it’s possible that when he returns, the issue isn’t actually resolved via the non-surgical treament, which would be a nightmare for the Thunder.
He is going to be reevaluated before the end of the regular season. So not super optimistic.
Im guessing he can play if we make the playoffs
Thunder are definitely making the playoffs. Shai is good enough to carry them there.
Feel bad for you guys man. That’s too many injuries. I hope your players come back soon.
Yeah no you guys don’t get to complain about injuries ever again after game 7
You’re right, no one is allowed to complain about injuries ever until Halliburton wins a ring
Just saying, you guys got the biggest bailout in nba history lol
I get he was going off but at the time of the injury OKC was still live Vegas favorites to win the game. Yall act like it was a gurantee win. Nobody on OKC wanted to win that game that way. It was a freak injury and sucks. But we got reres acting like we did that shit on purpose and deserve to be hurt because Haliburton got injured on a non contact play.
didn’t you guys play nothing but injured teams that year? besides relax brother karma got us back next year when we lost dub and ajay vs san antonio
Besides the fully healthy Knicks and you guys, outside of jdub’s wrist that he still dropped 40 on
And no, karma did not get you back. Not even close, not even a fraction, Nothing comes close to winning off the back of that injury especially considering that series shouldn’t have even gone to 7 to begin with
Refs bailed you out HARD in game 4
You’ve spent the last 5 hours raging in game threads, touch some grass mate
Great game, too much for him and McCain to do unfortunately
Maybe the Clippers did win that Paul George trade /s
Who has a chip out of the two?
Are Thunder fans really this overly sensitive
Oh yeah.
Relax lol peep the /s
you shouldn’t have even needed it
the sarcasm was beyond obvious
Bro, that was clearly a joke.
You dont see the “/s”?
GG clips
If you’re down one to the clippers then you’ve already kind of lost.
Hey. How dare you… say something kinda on point for this year.
Not just a Shai thing but teams that are down one possession with like 10+ seconds holding onto the last shot just makes ZERO sense. Shai is so good that even if he misses Thunder just foul and the reigning MVP gets another attempt, especially on a night when he is ON. Literally happened a handful of times in the past week.
Well they are basically running through their offense and looking for a quality shot and not so much a quick shot. I get the benefits of both options buts it’s not like what they did was a terrible plan.
SGA got the guy in the corner a shot with 6 seconds left, which would have left time for an offensive rebound and one last shot. The guy just shrunk from the moment and didn’t take it, which isn’t a coaching philosophy problem.
Yeah this is something I’d expect and have seen countless times from the wolves but not other teams. Why not go for the two and flop
He did go for a two and flopped
Don’t worry SGA still found a way to flop on that shot lol
They got the timeouts to advance the ball aswell after the free throws, tuff scenes
Kenrich kinda sold SGA on that ngl
I have the same argument with American football. Trying to grind the clock when behind and you haven’t even scored to tie or take the lead is just wasting opportunities. Get your damn points the best way you can when you can, worry about the rest later.
I think it takes the team out of their own game when they’re trying not to score.
It’s because they don’t want the clippers to have time after the make
But when you are down you’d want to get yourself another opportunity. Coaching philosophy difference, like the foul up 3 vs not.
When you have a player like SGA, you expect him to get to his spot and hit the shot. You don’t play for the chance he misses because if you give him that shot 10 times, he’s making it more than he misses. Analytically you might say more possessions but that analytics doesn’t account for having a top 5 player in the NBA taking that last shot.
Whether it’s SGA or Kobe or Jordan or whoever, I think 45% is about as good as you can do for a last second shot. But the math still works because going anytime doesn’t move the odds that much, and a make is only 2-1 going to win it for you versus like 95% here.
This would mean it’s better to be down one with the ball with 10s left than it is to be up one with 5s and the other team has the ball. I don’t know that that tracks.
Nah he’s right. Ideally you want to shoot with about 6 or 7 seconds left. This gives you the option to grab the offensive rebound if it’s a miss, and you can foul and attempt a three if they make both free throws.
This doesn’t work out. The win probability with 10 seconds left down 1 is 34.4%
However, if you get that chance and then are down 3 with let’s say 3 seconds to go, you get a 3.8% chance to win. It’s low, but it’s better than 0%. This turns 34.4% into a 35.59%
If they miss both free throws and you’re still down by 1, 2 shots at a potential game winner becomes a 41.89% chance, which are much better odds than 34.4%
It’s better odds to take 2 shots when losing. If it’s a tied game, you want the last shot because the worst outcome is overtime.
I guess if you want to take things out of a spreadsheet and actually apply them, if you’re assuming in the future you won’t get the rebound and they make both free throws, the difference is marginal and so you want the absolute most quality look, but what Shai shot here was a stepback fadeaway from the baseline that was contested well, a pretty tough shot. It didn’t end up being the right decision not only because it didn’t go in, but it just wasn’t that good of a look.
In these situations you have to go right away, and even in the worst case (miss, don’t secure rebound, they make 2 free throws) you get another shot at it. That’s a lot that has to happen to just opt out of it.
If you make a shot and then the Clippers are in the same situation, their odds are the same but in reverse. So now you’re putting the ball in their hands with those about 1⁄3 odds. Going too early and giving yourself a 2⁄3 chance to win if you get 1 stop are good odds. Even if you score too early and they hit a game winner, you lose by 1. Which is what happened here. But since there’s always a chance they don’t score, even if it’s 1 in 100 simulations, it’s never more beneficial to “leave a team no time” in this situation.
Sorry to be such a nerd about this, but I think the only reason OKC went for this is because Shai was waiting for the defense to open up (Caruso had to cut to open up the driving lane) and didn’t have any good looks, it was not by design to shoot as time expired. This is why I hate teams that don’t call timeout to run a better play. Daigneault is leaving it up to Alex Caruso to execute better, and I just hate that. I don’t have the analytics on calling a timeout and letting a defense get set or swapping personnel so I’m sure the numbers say it’s the wrong decision, but not trying to get 2 looks when you have 2 timeouts just seems like bad time management.
It’s stupid if you are down. Just shot and maybe have an offensive rebound. If you miss it’s over.
Nice offensive scheme mark letting Caruso Iso in Crunch Time
Give the coach a break bro, he’s still winning you guys games with 80% team injured.
thats not the scheme… caruso drove on his own volition
How that ball didn’t go down the hole, ill never know.
Good grief what a game.
Before watching this I was ready to bet my whole savings that Shai would end up on the floor.
-10000 odds though
Before clicking on your profile I was gonna bet my whole life that it was private. Because people who have bad opinions and karma farm can’t ever stand on anything. Grown man scared to show his history smh
Lighten up.
Take me back to the Nuggets game man…I want to see JWill play again
Damn I didn’t realise both Jaylens were injured y’all going through it
Our commentator is out with paternity leave this curse isn’t even staying on the court
At least paternity leave is a good thing
Not in this case. HE is actually the baby in this case and his mother is taking time off and not letting him go to work. Something about, “my baby has always been afraid of thunder, and I’m taking my leave to protect my brave boy”.
It’s sweet in a way, but this sort of emotional injury could recur every year. The thunder can’t catch a break.
JDub, Caso, Chet, JWil, Ajay, and Sorber. The first 5 guys are proven high level contributors and then we all can’t wait to see Sorber. It’s not great right now.
Do we know how long he’s expected to be out? I think having just him back is enough to really change the games.
For lower back spasms? Surely not.
Ref missed the call. SGA fell to the ground so that’s an automatic foul. This loss is on the refs.
just a brutal loss damn
I mean it’s November…
Knicks missed the game winner too, tonight.
Wemby didn’t make a basket the entire 4th quarter against the Warriors. What is happening
SGAs signature move is falling on the ground lol
Of course he had to flop on the shot too
I wish they would actually fine guys for stuff like that
Aren’t they supposed to be fixing this?
Honestly they’ve done a much better job not giving these calls this year.
its a sidestep three with his right towards the line, you gotta be stupid or sumn, perfectly normal fade, of course your 300 pound ass wouldn’t know shit about jumping
He literally doesn’t have to fall though. He chooses to and that’s why we think he’s soft as baby shit.
Saying stuff like that when castle literally flops his dreads every time he’s going for a lay lmao, go outside and actually try to cross fade like shai did, almost impossible to not fade and fall
It’s pretty easy if you aren’t a 300 lb fat American, which I’m not. Maybe it’s just all Americans that have two left feet… That I would totally believe. Comparing him to castle who actually attacks the paint is wild.
😂😂😂 you’re the only idiot in the thread. Now get out your feelings and watch the clip. Shai squared up clean to shoot then kicked his leg out and flailed his arms like he ALWAYS does.
That looked like such a calm 40
SGA not as good when he’s not getting bogus calls
SGA was only looking for the foul there on his first effort. Great double by Garland. As soon as he stepped up, SGA does his BS pick up straight arm extension, but Garland sees it and completely pulls his hand out. Kind of a funny visual, like a bull fighter. SGA is left with nothing and has to throw a flaming bag and doesn’t get it back until there’s too little time to get another good look. It’s one thing to try and get the defender in the air, but in that situation it’s lame to me to be playing like that. Just shoot the ball. Got himself a way worse look by trying to foul bait. Committed to it too early and left himself worse off by going for the foul bait.
When the Thunder lose, America wins. Especially when it’s SGA missing the final shot for the loss. Beautiful!
Falling down is part of his natural shooting motion.
Successful hate watch😊
Mavs ??? Y’all beefing ??
They hate us cause they anus.
Better to hatewatch them at full strength this is just sad even with SGA playing really well
Brother he is an MVP apparently, we had Luka carry a depleted mavs team to playoffs and they claim SGA was better.
SGA is better. Lmao.
Playin team lmao, luka would never
Than Luka? Lmao
Luka and Wemby are clearly the 2 best players in the world right now, the thing is basketball is a team game so you might be the best player but not with the best team.
Luka carried every team he played on, SGA is just now starting to carry because of the injuries and we see where that goes lmao
2024 kyrie is better than anyone on this thunder team (outside of SGA) by a mile
Now check how many games Kyrie missed in 23-24 especially in the first half of the season
Really? How were his numbers against the thunder versus all of the other rounds he played?
Luka is younger than SGA, he took his team to the playoffs his second year in the nba. With tim hardaway, Dorian finney smith, injured porzingis, and maxi kleber. They put in Trey burk when porzingis got injured (moved maxi to the 5). He ran with that squad ALL YEAR. And took prime kawhi and PG to 6 games.
This is only gonna be like max a month and chet comes back so it wont last too long for yall, but SGA just cant do it without Allstars with him.
OKC is currently a playoff team lmao they’re 8-5 not 5-8.
You’re flexing that SGA is doing as well as Luka did?
PJ won them the WCF vs the Thunder that year. PJ, DJJ, Kyrie, Lively, Gafford were all great. Powell, THJ, and Exum were solid players as well.
We aren’t rivals?
Thunder faced off the mavs in the 2024 playoffs lol
Are we rivals with everyone we’ve played a series against in the playoffs now? Sounds exhausting
Mavs record vs okc6-6 in the regular season4-2 in playoffs
Thunder getting that laker treatment.
That was centuries ago. We didnt have Caruso or Hart. We had Giddey lmao.
no point in hate watching the thunder anymore, their time is up
It’s fucking weird that his natural reaction after shooting is just to fall over. I mean wtf?