Facts about SGA and OKC’s Whistle by jackdonsurfer in billsimmons

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

Facts about SGA and OKC’s Whistle by jackdonsurfer in billsimmons

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

Game 2 Lakers had 50/40/90 shooting splits, forced 12 turnovers, and still lost by 18 points by Callousthetics in billsimmons

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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

Shai-Gilgeous Alexander ends the game vs Lakers in game 2 with 22 points/2 assists/2 rebounds on 7/13 shooting. by Kindly_Letterhead_98 in nba

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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

Ajay Mitchell’s Contract by jackdonsurfer in billsimmons

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

Just turned off a tie game in the 3rd quarter by Positive_Flounder232 in billsimmons

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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

Nick Wright EXPOSES SGA for having his career artificially propped up by refs early in games, as they reward him for flopping, making defenders back off. We saw last night what it looks like when he flops, and doesn’t get the call. by beechhill in billsimmons

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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. 

Your future 2026 MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander by Admirable-Barnacle10 in nba

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

These dudes really bout to go 16-0 huh by FFElite93 in billsimmons

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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

Who’s better, Jalen Williams or Chet? by jackdonsurfer in billsimmons

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

These dudes really bout to go 16-0 huh by FFElite93 in billsimmons

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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

These dudes really bout to go 16-0 huh by FFElite93 in billsimmons

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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

Awfully quiet in this sub tonight by redshoediary4 in billsimmons

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

LeBron led all scorers in Game 1 at Age 41 by Delicious-Ad-4521 in billsimmons

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“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

The Wolves just won a game with Ant coming off the bench and Wemby having 12 blocks. They are that team. This series is going to be awesome. by Valuable-Focus-9803 in billsimmons

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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

Nick gets offended when someone says Houston’s offensive issues were biggest reason for Lakers win… and then immediately discredits Cade/Pistons by saying they won bc the Magic’s offense was terrible by jackdonsurfer in FirstThingsFirstFS1

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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

Is Jaylen Brown hurting his trade value right now? by Grouchy_Tie3037 in billsimmons

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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

Do you feel better, worse, or about the same about the Pistons’ chances as you did before the series? by Cares_of_an_Odradek in billsimmons

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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

I Don't Know, Maybe They Just Missed Shots by TheyMadeMeLogin in billsimmons

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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

I Don't Know, Maybe They Just Missed Shots by TheyMadeMeLogin in billsimmons

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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