2026 NBA Season

[avp2306]

Their main problem is their coach not fully utilizing their roster properly.  They keep using Robinson as center and keep benching KAT. Robinson is a liability on game 2 since he can’t rebound, attack the paint and score high accuracy free throw.

You can’t blame the big guy since he is playing more minutes now since the Boston series because KAT is struggling on defensive ends. Mitchell Robinson is a good center substitute for KAT due to his defensive effort.

Pacers roster is just so annoyingly fast that’s why he can’t catch up with ball which is the reason why Siakam keeps getting an open space to attack the rim.

OG is not contributing that’s why Knicks is struggling on this game.

Pacers seems to be so good compare on Knicks and if they can't do any good adjustment then provably that this series will end up miserably on their side.

Knicks need to counter the fast phase game of Pacers since if they act slow and can defend them well then provably that in game 3 they might get same result as what they gate on game 1 and 3.

But I still believe that Knicks is not easy opponent for Pacers so provably would exert more efforts to extend this series and will not give Pacers and easy access to finals.

[Maslate]

But I still believe that Knicks is not easy opponent for Pacers so provably would exert more efforts to extend this series and will not give Pacers and easy access to finals.

Alright, let’s just wait and see what happens in Game 3. Because if they lose again, that might be the end of their journey as no team in NBA history has ever come back from a 0-3 deficit.

They had their best chance to win at home, but they wasted it. So even though the series isn’t officially over, it’s really hard to expect a comeback after dropping the first two games on their own court.

[Fredomago]

As the Knicks took a lead in the first game and then makes a massive comeback in less than two minutes. Now in game two, the Knicks looks tired and even if they focus their attention on stopping Haliburton, it was their second option in Siakam who has a monster game today with almost 40 points.

So the pressure should be on the Knicks to win the next game.

Another problem they faced tonight was Siakam! the man exploded which is really a big night for him.
The knicks had their  shot to take the game into OT just like Pacers did on game 1.
It was a good sight to shot for Brunson, but not a lucky shot luck whatt hali did before..

I hope the NYK can get the game one by one and tie the lead before going back home again..
This kind of match is what we want to have a game 7.

Yup, Siakam is a big one for the Pacers and I'm not surprised experienced wise Siakam together with Fred played a big role helping Kawhai winning Raptors first ever title, looks like NYK is in trouble losing 2 games at home and now they needed to win that 2 games on the road to tie the series and extend their chance to be at the finals, not easy but still doable as they needed to plan and execute good system that will dominate the Pacers.

[CLS63]

Alright, let’s just wait and see what happens in Game 3. Because if they lose again, that might be the end of their journey as no team in NBA history has ever come back from a 0-3 deficit.

They had their best chance to win at home, but they wasted it. So even though the series isn’t officially over, it’s really hard to expect a comeback after dropping the first two games on their own court.

Both series have come to 2-0 already. I'm not surprised with the Thunder side to be honest. They are already highly favoured.    Even if Timberwolves win 2 games in a row home I don't think they will be able to win the series too.

But I must state that Pacers are surprising me every time. This must be like the 3rd time or so that they are making such a great comeback. If you are in OT against them then you are in trouble.    I wonder whether they will manage to reach the finals as well.

[Harkorede]

But I must state that Pacers are surprising me every time. This must be like the 3rd time or so that they are making such a great comeback. If you are in OT against them then you are in trouble.    I wonder whether they will manage to reach the finals as well.

It’s been an extremely crazy run for them in this post season, they beat the spectacular no. 1 season Cleveland Cavaliers 3 times on the Cavaliers home court, not they’ve taken the first two games against New York Knicks at MSG as well, they clearly can’t be intimidated by any home crowd they just get into any arena and hoop, when a team have such mentality, it’s going to take a lot to stop them, the Knicks could be capable but I don’t think they’ll win the next 2 series Indiana, they’ll even be lucky if this series head back to MSG for a game 5

[Shinpako09]

Pacers vs. OKC in the Finals it is! Good thing the Pacers won, it feels like karma for those Knicks fans who hit the firefighter just because he’s a Pacers fan. Anyway, even though Haliburton didn’t get hot in Game 2, no problem, as Siakam kept scoring and put up 39 points. What a game for Siakam! It seems he really wants to get his second ring. As for the Knicks, I think Brunson took the shot early because they didn’t want to go to OT but wanted to finish the game instead. It’s just that it didn’t go in.

[terrific]

Pascal Siakam is on fire.
Pascal is the man who beat New York.
Indiana took the series 2-0. Indiana won the game 109-114.

He's underrated and when he's needed he's always there.
He's a champ and that's why he plays like that.

Pacers vs. OKC in the Finals it is!

We're starting to see that and it's an interesting match up if that finally comes to that point.

[stadus]

We're starting to see that and it's an interesting match up if that finally comes to that point.

The Wolves winning Game 3 changes the narrative. There was speculation that OKC had it easy in the last two games because the refs were favoring them, but now, it’s the Wolves’ turn to get that edge, especially with these two games at home.

The Wolves aren’t a bad team at all, and ANT is definitely going to show he can go toe-to-toe with Shai.
I’m expecting a more physical game here, with the calls likely favoring the home team.

[Volgastallion]

What a win for Pacers, another win in the bag for them and now they are pretty close to the finals, the job is not already done but they are much more close now.

What a beast is Paskal Siakam one of the kind of players you need to become a champion, we already see what he can do in Toronto a few years back, and now he is again cooking.

[Harkorede]

It's been all Timberwolves in the first quarter today, they've limited OKC Thunder to just 14 points after 12 minutes, the lowest OKC has scored in any quarter in the playoffs.. 20 points deficit after the 1st quarter definitely a tough one to comeback from especially on the road against Minnesota but if any team can do it, I think OKC is one of those teams, so Wolves have got to be aware of that and not get complacent.

[LogitechMouse]

Their main problem is their coach not fully utilizing their roster properly.  They keep using Robinson as center and keep benching KAT. Robinson is a liability on game 2 since he can’t rebound, attack the paint and score high accuracy free throw.

You can’t blame the big guy since he is playing more minutes now since the Boston series because KAT is struggling on defensive ends. Mitchell Robinson is a good center substitute for KAT due to his defensive effort.

Pacers roster is just so annoyingly fast that’s why he can’t catch up with ball which is the reason why Siakam keeps getting an open space to attack the rim.

OG is not contributing that’s why Knicks is struggling on this game.

Both KAT and Robinson had their disadvantages.

KAT is great at offense, but very awful when it comes to defense, and it has been the problem with him back when he's still in Minnesota that's why they're putting him at 4 back then while Gobert is 5 to cover his awful defense. Robinson on the other hand is a great defender, and a great offensive rebounder as well, but the problem is he isn't that reliable when it comes to offense, and he is also shooting badly in the free throw line. Both of them have pros and cons, but you can't put them at the same time on the court because of how good the Pacers are beyond the arc.

Speaking of beyond the arc, the problem with the Knicks currently is how deep this roster are that you don't know which can step up on offense unlike NYK where their offense relies on the starters only. In Game 1, Nesmith became the hero of the game, and in Game 2, it's Siakam. This is how good the Pacers are. Having a deep bench really is a big help especially when it comes to playoffs.

Fatigue is getting the Knicks already as what I said in my previous posts. They played in *6 games both against the Pistons and the Celtics while the Pacers played only 5 on both of their series, and that gives them more time to rest unlike the Knicks.

P.S. 6 & 7 are close enough, and I'm not looking at my keyboard as I'm typing it. Thanks @Harkorede for quoting it.

[Harkorede]

Fatigue is getting the Knicks already as what I said in my previous posts. They played in 7 games both against the Pistons and the Celtics while the Pacers played only 5 on both of their series, and that gives them more time to rest unlike the Knicks.

Knicks have not played any game 7 in this playoffs, they won both series against the Celtics and Detroit Pistons in 6 games, Yes that might have given an extra day of rest, but that’s literally not what is at play here, the Indiana Pacers have simply just been the better over the first two games, while Knicks still can’t figure how exactly they want to match up, especially with their 2 bigs, Mitchel Robinson have been superb for them defensively and in rebounding the ball on both ends to give them extra possessions over and over again, but doesn’t do much scoring, while Towns who is supposed to be their second scoring weapon haven’t been good defensively and have been struggling with foul troubles, as you might have pointed out as well, the Knicks clearly needs some adjustment to match up the Pacers, one thing the Pacers have been consistently about is that they play for 48 minutes, while Knicks struggle a lot between quarters, I think the Knicks actually did a better job defensively in game 2, it was their offense that somewhat let them down.

[ajanwalker]

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 at home to get their first win in the series and tied the score at 2-1. Minnesota tried to show that this was not going to end easily by making a big difference.
Minnesota opened up the gap especially in the first period. OKC tried to resist in the following periods but Minnesota still had the upper hand.
The series is now 2-1 and I am eagerly waiting for the next match.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 at home to get their first win in the series and tied the score at 2-1. Minnesota tried to show that this was not going to end easily by making a big difference.
Minnesota opened up the gap especially in the first period. OKC tried to resist in the following periods but Minnesota still had the upper hand.
The series is now 2-1 and I am eagerly waiting for the next match.

Yes, it was really a show for the Wolves in their homecourt and they didn't disappoint their fans. It was like one of those games that everything really fell for them. Their defense is superb, limiting SGA to just 14 points. And I think this is his lowest output not just in the playoffs, but for this season. And with that win, they somewhat breath a sign of relieved.

Their next game will be crucial as well, but I don't think that they can go and defeat the Thunder with this kind of margin. OKC might have learn their mistakes, playing the Wolves at home in game 3. But for sure, there will be a lot of adjustments on them. So I'm expecting that game 4 will be much closer and be going into the wire and be as exciting as other playoff games.

[yenerbatmaz]

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 at home to get their first win in the series and tied the score at 2-1. Minnesota tried to show that this was not going to end easily by making a big difference.
Minnesota opened up the gap especially in the first period. OKC tried to resist in the following periods but Minnesota still had the upper hand.
The series is now 2-1 and I am eagerly waiting for the next match.

Minnesota is not easy to beat, but they need to win the next game to tie the series 2-2.

Oklahoma still has the home advantage.
If Oklahoma wins the next game, Minnesota will have a tough job.
Sha's performance caught my attention. I was surprised that he only scored 14 points in a whole game.

[dwyane36]

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 at home to get their first win in the series and tied the score at 2-1. Minnesota tried to show that this was not going to end easily by making a big difference.
Minnesota opened up the gap especially in the first period. OKC tried to resist in the following periods but Minnesota still had the upper hand.
The series is now 2-1 and I am eagerly waiting for the next match.

It was an impressive win for the Wolves that I don't think many people expected. It's good for Wolves fans that their team was able to avoid 0-3 in the series, but the question is: why didn't the Wolves perform so well in the first two games?
p.s.
Anyway, now, I would like to watch the same comeback from the Knicks in game 3 against the Pacers.

[Cointxz]

It was an impressive win for the Wolves that I don't think many people expected. It's good for Wolves fans that their team was able to avoid 0-3 in the series, but the question is: why didn't the Wolves perform so well in the first two games?

Because OKC is surprisingly perform low on this game 3. SGA is not attacking anymore while their defense is not that strong compared to game 1 and 2.

There’s a drastic downgrade on how OKC play today. I don’t believe that SGA was completely shutdown that’s why they lose today. It’s noticeable that they are not even trying to win the game.

It sucks if you bet on OKC. 

[btc_angela]

It was an impressive win for the Wolves that I don't think many people expected. It's good for Wolves fans that their team was able to avoid 0-3 in the series, but the question is: why didn't the Wolves perform so well in the first two games?

Because OKC is surprisingly perform low on this game 3. SGA is not attacking anymore while their defense is not that strong compared to game 1 and 2.

There’s a drastic downgrade on how OKC play today. I don’t believe that SGA was completely shutdown that’s why they lose today. It’s noticeable that they are not even trying to win the game.

It sucks if you bet on OKC. 

Still surprising though that they didn't even try. Maybe they think that it's better to just take it easy and the lead is big although we have seen the Pacers coming back from a huge deficit against the Knicks.

With that, it means that they are looking for game 4 already and more likely going to watch the tape and see how it goes. This is the worst beating they got this playoff so for sure they don't want to duplicate that kind of performance. I didn't check the odds prior to the game, but I might be thinking that the Wolves could be the favorite as they are playing in their home court.

[danherbias07]

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 at home to get their first win in the series and tied the score at 2-1. Minnesota tried to show that this was not going to end easily by making a big difference.
Minnesota opened up the gap especially in the first period. OKC tried to resist in the following periods but Minnesota still had the upper hand.
The series is now 2-1 and I am eagerly waiting for the next match.

Minnesota is not easy to beat, but they need to win the next game to tie the series 2-2.

Oklahoma still has the home advantage.
If Oklahoma wins the next game, Minnesota will have a tough job.
Sha's performance caught my attention. I was surprised that he only scored 14 points in a whole game.

Both he and Jalen Williams played only 25 - 28 minutes. That's why. They already waved the white flag early because it's a blowout game. Also, this is good to have a good rest and steal Game 4 from the Timberwolves' home.

But this also should give an idea to the Timberwolves coaching staff. The OKC Thunder always starts slow, and they always win the 2nd half in most of their games. If the Wolves could somehow make a good lead at the start of the game and preserve it. They might win Game 4. They will have to be careful with Williams and SGA. Those two cannot find their rhythm early in the game because that can become a blowout game in the end.

[avp2306]

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 at home to get their first win in the series and tied the score at 2-1. Minnesota tried to show that this was not going to end easily by making a big difference.
Minnesota opened up the gap especially in the first period. OKC tried to resist in the following periods but Minnesota still had the upper hand.
The series is now 2-1 and I am eagerly waiting for the next match.

Minnesota is not easy to beat, but they need to win the next game to tie the series 2-2.

Oklahoma still has the home advantage.
If Oklahoma wins the next game, Minnesota will have a tough job.
Sha's performance caught my attention. I was surprised that he only scored 14 points in a whole game.

Both he and Jalen Williams played only 25 - 28 minutes. That's why. They already waved the white flag early because it's a blowout game. Also, this is good to have a good rest and steal Game 4 from the Timberwolves' home.

But this also should give an idea to the Timberwolves coaching staff. The OKC Thunder always starts slow, and they always win the 2nd half in most of their games. If the Wolves could somehow make a good lead at the start of the game and preserve it. They might win Game 4. They will have to be careful with Williams and SGA. Those two cannot find their rhythm early in the game because that can become a blowout game in the end.

What Wolves do today is good and almost all of them contribute so well. While OKC is struggle that's why they score a blow out game against the.

They need to limit the scoring contribution of SGA and their other core players and we see that they struggle. Maybe next time they should do more better of this since if they successfully make the life of SGA hard in the court then provably that Wolves will win again.

With what happen today for sure OKC has been shake off and think about don't play lame or possible give a momentum to Wolves since they would pay for it if they let them heat up.