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[Brass Cannon]

Refs were never going to let us win. 
 

i had hoped they chose the plucky underdog storyline for this season. But alas they chose the relentless all time season storyline 

[BtownStrength]

Terrible game all around by Indiana except for parts of 3rd quarter/early 4th. 

Can't win turning the ball over and playing awful defense. Gotta be frustrating 

[Brass Cannon]

Just now, BtownStrength said:

Terrible game all around by Indiana except for parts of 3rd quarter/early 4th. 

Can't win turning the ball over and playing awful defense. Gotta be frustrating 

Well we aren’t really allowed to play defense. If we are too close to SGA he will jump into the defender and it will be a foul on the defender 

[BtownStrength]

Just now, Brass Cannon said:

Well we aren’t really allowed to play defense. If we are too close to SGA he will jump into the defender and it will be a foul on the defender 

Not a fan of Shai's style. But I feel like its Jalen Williams that is really killing tonight 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

The amount of Jersey holding OKC does. I’ve never seen it so consistently. In addition to the phantom calls and the incredible shooting by SGA and Williams. Just too much to overcome.

Had a 10 point lead in game 5 and needed to win that one. Knew the winner of that game was going to win the series.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Nembhard and Halliburton abysmal as well


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[BtownStrength]

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

The amount of Jersey holding OKC does. I’ve never seen it so consistently. In addition to the phantom calls and the incredible shooting by SGA and Williams. Just too much to overcome.

Had a 10 point lead in game 5 and needed to win that one. Knew the winner of that game was going to win the series.


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43.8% from 3 for OKC tonight. Indiana had to take advantage in game 4 when the Thunder couldn't hit a jumper 

[TheWatShot]

You really don't deserve to win a championship if your best player goes an entire finals game without hitting a single shot. 

[Brass Cannon]

9 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

The amount of Jersey holding OKC does. I’ve never seen it so consistently. In addition to the phantom calls and the incredible shooting by SGA and Williams. Just too much to overcome.

Had a 10 point lead in game 5 and needed to win that one. Knew the winner of that game was going to win the series.


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We were never going to win that game. We could have done more to win it. But the blatant ignored fouls. The blocking foul that wasn’t. No the fix was in.  The only way we were going to win that game was if OKC missed their FTs

[HoosierHoopster]

13 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

You really don't deserve to win a championship if your best player goes an entire finals game without hitting a single shot. 

Really surprising, and unfortunate, that he only took 6 shots. That's bizarre, and genuinely surprising. They win with Hali shooting significantly, and in this game he was -13. WTH? '

I fully expect the P's to come out and win G6 with Hali and co getting back to playing and the refs not completely favoring the Thunder (the non-calls are truly pathetic), but then Thunder win G7. Yeah, P's needed to hold on and win G4.

[TheWatShot]

1 hour ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Really surprising, and unfortunate, that he only took 6 shots. That's bizarre, and genuinely surprising. They win with Hali shooting significantly, and in this game he was -13. WTH? '

 

Dort is living rent-free in his head right now. I'm afraid Haliburton is simply the latest victim of "the Dorture Chamber." 

[HoosierHoopster]

6 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Dort is living rent-free in his head right now. I'm afraid Haliburton is simply the latest victim of "the Dorture Chamber." 

Dort's doing his job for sure, but Hali not shooting? that's all on him. He's the engine, has to keep pushing, not punt like that. 6 shots? That doesn't tell anyone, including himself, anything.

[moyemayhem]

7 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Really surprising, and unfortunate, that he only took 6 shots. That's bizarre, and genuinely surprising. They win with Hali shooting significantly, and in this game he was -13. WTH? '

I fully expect the P's to come out and win G6 with Hali and co getting back to playing and the refs not completely favoring the Thunder (the non-calls are truly pathetic), but then Thunder win G7. Yeah, P's needed to hold on and win G4.

Not making an excuse, but Haliburton’s mobility was clearly affected by this latest injury.  He couldn’t create separation like the previous games.  Add in Dort and his pass first mentality and this is the result.

[LIHoosier]

The Lakers are being sold to a group that owns the new Cadillac F1 team, Andretti Autosport and other sports entities.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45539931/buss-family-agrees-sell-lakers-mark-walter-sources-say

[RaceToTheTop]

On 6/17/2025 at 12:57 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

Dort's doing his job for sure, but Hali not shooting? that's all on him. He's the engine, has to keep pushing, not punt like that. 6 shots? That doesn't tell anyone, including himself, anything.

Hali was obviously hurt in game 5.

[jermhoosierfan]

16 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

The Lakers are being sold to a group that owns the new Cadillac F1 team, Andretti Autosport and other sports entities.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45539931/buss-family-agrees-sell-lakers-mark-walter-sources-say

Bought the Lakers for $67 million 46 years ago, and now selling it at a $10 billion evaluation?  I would say they got good return on that investment.

[Stuhoo]

21 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

Bought the Lakers for $67 million 46 years ago, and now selling it at a $10 billion evaluation?  I would say they got good return on that investment.

FWIW, if you put that $46 million in an S&P fund 46 years ago you’d have  $12.86 billion! 

[jermhoosierfan]

27 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

FWIW, if you put that $46 million in an S&P fund 46 years ago you’d have  $12.86 billion! 

But would you have had the fun that the Dr. Jerry had in the 80's if it was in that fund?  He lived a lot while he was the owner of the Lakers.  Lol

[Demo]

Ok, am I the only one who would not have guessed 48 hrs ago that the Fever’s James Johnson is Sophie Cunningham? Throwing that girl down and getting ready to rip her ear off while talking $hit the entire time is objectively awesome. If your superstar is never gonna shut up ever you better have that woman right there signed to a long term deal.

[AZ Hoosier]

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