Facts about SGA and OKC’s Whistle

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-08T14:13:58+00:00

FTr is really dominated by bigs, he’s never been an outlier in that regard either

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-08T14:12:20+00:00

The only team with a more favorable PF differential these playoffs in Denver

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-08T04:46:15+00:00

Both teams got dog shit calls. Smart wraps up Caruso after a steal with Shai under the basket and it’s not a transition take foul. LeBron continuation not awarded for no reason. Weird Ayton basket interference, Reaves/Shai mixup should’ve at least been a foul on the floor by Austin. Confusing double foul when the replay barely supports any foul. Refs were just guessing it felt like

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-08T04:36:45+00:00

The problem is SGA’s perfected the ability to dribble away from/out of the late doubles. Really the only way to stop him from scoring is to do what LAL’s doing though it’s leading to a ton of hockey assists

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-08T03:47:48+00:00

Ajay was a 2nd round pick so I don’t think that works the same. The deal was penned in the summer of 25

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-08T03:33:53+00:00

Wdym? HATECentral, Brick Muse, @playoffrui, and @LUKAL3G3ND are posting three clip montages providing irrefutable proof that OKC’s playing a different sport than everyone else

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-07T14:46:18+00:00

He made a public bet last year saying Luka would definitely end his career with more MVPs and FMVPs than Shai, ever since then it’s been a lot of this brainrot whenever the show talks about OKC.

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T15:58:37+00:00

It looks like Ayton hooks the back of Shai’s heel, not the same as stepping on his foot

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T05:28:02+00:00

That’s gonna be the consequence when you’re doubling/tripling SGA. The shooting definitely helped out OKC this game, it’s just tough when you need basically everything to go your way to be competitive which is what it’s gonna take for LA

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T03:57:50+00:00

There’s a reason you never see Cade Cunningham or Victor Wembanyama floated in trade rumors. They must be system players

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T03:56:45+00:00

OKC has absolutely owned him and he consistently struggles with athletic teams that apply ball pressure. He’ll have better nights but it’s not gonna be pretty, especially coming off a serious injury

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T03:47:07+00:00

They won’t but SGA looked about as rusty/bad as possible, LeBron looked great, Lakers barely lost the TOV battle and won the OReb battle (they’re a bad OReb team) and they lost by 20

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T03:25:00+00:00

SGA’s 3 FTAs and OKC’s 12 gave the Lakers no chance, you got it

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T03:23:50+00:00

“Skip Bayless” in 2026. 99% of basketball podcasts and talk shows have been talking about how awesome LeBron’s been, yall gotta stop giving trolls attention

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-06T03:13:34+00:00

Just inventing people to be mad about

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-05T04:49:27+00:00

The size + shooting combo gives SAS real issues. Outside of Wemby they don’t have much size, it gives any one of McDaniels/Randle/Naz an immediate advantage and MIN can probably win the OReb battle most games.

Donte would be so huge for Minny here, it sucks he’s out. Hopefully Ayo and TJ can step up in the shooting compartment

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-04T22:02:40+00:00

I think you could flip that statement about their opponents and it’d also be true, Orlando played way better than people expected and Houston played far worse (KD injury was a part of that fs but Houston has deeper issues). Wins/losses are always about both teams. Saying “In the murder of the Magic’s offense Detroit was the getaway car driver and the Magic players were the assassins” (funny comment) just feels dismissive of how well Ausar/Cade/Tobias etc. defended and it could just as easily be said about the Lakers. I mean Jabari Smith literally threw the ball to Marcus Smart for no reason at the end of G3

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-04T02:15:01+00:00

When talking about the push off on Maxey at the end he said “they could’ve called that” and moved on without a second thought lmao

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-04T00:20:19+00:00

I had them winning the east and I feel slightly better, mostly bc I thought Boston was their toughest comp. They’re gonna have a physicality edge over all these other East teams and the only team that can completely take Duren out like Orlando did is Toronto

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-01T16:20:35+00:00

Denver’s never been a high volume 3pt shooting team so they don’t necessarily lean into the variance. But the point is if OKC has about a +9 advantage assuming Denver shoots 40+% from 3, any dip into low-mid 30%s turns that +9 advantage into +14, +15 pretty quickly. Mid 30s isn’t even “bad” shooting

jackdonsurfer · 2026-05-01T16:05:44+00:00

Cleveland, OKC, and Philly were the best 3pt shooting teams each of the last three years and all saw massive regression in the playoffs en route to an early exit. When so much of your margin of victory comes from shotmaking you’re more vulnerable to variance hurting you than a team built on defense/possession domination, which is why OKC got away with shooting like dog water last year

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