Game of the Week contender: Boston @ OKC \ stacker news ~Stacker

I'm putting some notes down, so I don't forget what happened in this game come podcast time.

This is most people's anticipated NBA Finals match up. The Thunder are still without Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso, while the Celtics are fully intact.

The game was neck and neck for a while. It felt more like a Celtic (game: slower, low intensity) and the Celtics did build a little lead that they held for a while.

I was wondering why OKC wasn't playing with their normal defensive intensity and thinking they need to go back and watch how Miami was able to repeatedly dominate Boston in the playoffs. But then, OKC flipped the switch and were all over Boston: forcing turnovers, chase-down blocks, deflecting balls, etc.

Final score: 105-92 OKC

Takeaway: OKC is not the team Boston wants to play in the Finals

35 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 6 Jan

Couldn’t the NBA have flexed this to Monday. Why did they schedule one of their potential finals preview games to go up against NFL?

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jan

You'd think, but it's not entirely on the league. My understanding is that the networks bid on what games they want, which would mean they didn't want this one.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 6 Jan

Big win for OKC. They have to move up to 1 in my rankings. I might need to move the Celtics out of my top 3.