J.R. Sandhas

Victor Wembanyama as an NBA prospect is me as a Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic hater

[Cooper Jones @CooperJNBA]

If they never call it in the NBA and they never call it in FIBA then maybe y’all should put 2 and 2 together and realize it’s not illegal lmfaoo

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

Wemby wasn’t even touched on that last shot and still flopped to the floor. If that were SGA it’d dominate the conversation today 🤔

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Draymond Green:

“Shai, you've reached a new level of greatness my man... you got sports media coming out and talking about what they don't like about your greatness, as if SGA is running up and down the court with the whistle in his mouth calling a foul for himself... you all think the NBA is that easy to where this guy just flops and goes to the free throw line and he becomes the back to back MVP? We really gonna dumb the NBA down to that?”

(via @DraymondShow)

[Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007]

How is this any different than Ajay Mitchell’s flagrant foul on Castle in Game 3? Not even a basketball play. Just a straight-up dangerous shove on Williams. Yet you don’t see the same outrage or consequences

[All Things Thunder @all_things_OKC]

There have been some standouts through this post-season run so far. I would say Caruso and JMac being the two biggest, but we simply cannot overlook Cason Wallace.

He’s shooting. 46.5% from 3 this postseason while playing some of the best on ball defense I’ve seen in a Thunder uni.

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

Mitch Johnson talks about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:

"You talking about Shai's free throws ???? I think probably half of them were from us being undisciplined first off the floor. He got us out of position and took advantage of it. Those 12 free throws helped out a lot and I can remember at least a few in my head right now that were undisciplined on our end"

[BBALLBREAKDOWN @bballbreakdown]

🤔

[Michael Martin @MichaelOnSports]

Dare I say it's not very ethical to flop like you got hit in the face when you got “weight roomed” by 6’3 190-pound Jared McCain?

[Sam Humphreys @SamHumphreys34]

Spurs fans yelling “FLOPPER” at Shai in a game where he’s getting mugged by Castle every possession and still hasn’t shot a free throw halfway through the 3rd Quarter.

It’s comical how brainwashed people are by an agenda driven Twitter narrative.

[Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007]

Mark Daigneault on Julian Champagnie’s comments today that they’re going to get more physical with OKC: “I'm not concerned about that. All the games are different. The playoffs are physical. That's the terms of the game.”

[Gur Singh @HoopFocusX]

Talking about “Fall %” during an All Time great playoff series

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

Spurs have shot more free throws than OKC so far in this series.

Wemby and SGA have taken the same number of free throws in this series.

Spurs are #6 in free throws in the playoffs. OKC is #14 in free throws in the playoffs.

So the discourse has moved to SGA falling.

[Brandon Sowle @brandonsowle]

Why am I not seeing the timeline talking nonstop about the game Cason Wallace played tonight?

Dude was amazing.

[NBA Courtside @NBA__Courtside]

LeBron James on SGA winning back to back MVPs:

“I think he’s very deserving and nobody can sit here and be like, “How the hell did Shai win again?” Like, nobody can sit here and say that. And to go up against him for four games and obviously in the regular season as well. He does things to a defense, does things to opposing teams that you have to simply account for. He’s number one and two and three on that scouting report, you know, and he’s the head of the snake.”

(Via @mindthegamepod)

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Alex Caruso in WCF Games 1 and 2:

24.0 PPG
3.0 APG
1.5 SPG
1.0 BPG
61.5% FG
61.1% 3PT

"It's that time of year. If you're not fearless, then you're probably gonna lose and go home."

[S. Dolan @SteveThunderfan]

Feel like anyone complaining about OKC’s physicality in this series without saying the same for the Spurs is really betraying some bias lol. Both teams are playing physical as hell. This is Mortal Combat, man, enjoy it.

[Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007]

Isaiah Hartenstein on signing with OKC: “When Sam Presti came to Eugene, Oregon, that was the first thing he said, ‘I can't promise you minutes, I can't promise you your role, but I can promise you a culture.’”

[Carson Breber @Carsobi]

People choosing to focus on officiating instead of that incredible basketball game have OKC-induced madness.

Wemby is getting held like crazy. Shai is getting held like crazy. This is playoff basketball. It's physical, especially off-ball, and you play through it. That's it.

[Drew (Toxic I Guess) @ThunderHusky17]

I didn’t hear this at all game 1… I was told that was an instant classic… so the only difference between “instant classic” and “unwatchable” is if OKC wins or loses. Got it.

[Underdog @Underdog]

Do SGA and the Thunder actually have a free throw advantage? 🤔

NBA Recap breaks it down for us: