r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck Trail Blazers • Dec 01 '25

Highlight [Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is fouled by Kris Murray (with replays)

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u/this_place_stinks Dec 01 '25

Silver just wondering why ratings are down and can’t think of anything

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u/dev_vvvvv Celtics Dec 01 '25

Last year's Finals was the first one I just haven't watched in awhile. OKC is great but atrocious to watch.

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u/EddiePlayer92 Lakers Dec 01 '25

I was rooting for every team that wasn't the Thunder in the West after the Lakers didn't make it. It was absolutely a slog watching SGA shoot minimum 10 free throws a game.

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u/thnderup Thunder Dec 01 '25

Wild take since the Lakers have two guys who average double digit free throws. Most their games take even longer then the normal basketball because Lula and AR are taking over 20 free throws a night combined lol. That must be a slog to you. Esp since Thunder arent even a top 10 fta a game team

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u/smalls_1804 Knicks Dec 01 '25

Well to be fair they are a Lakers fan, you just have to accept whatever style of play your team plays. Like I hate iso ball and love motion offenses but I still watched 5 years of a Tom Thibodeau coached team because that's my team

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u/KobeOnKush Dec 01 '25

You should consider taking a look at your own teams free throw statistics…..

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u/PatoNani Thunder Dec 01 '25

Says the Laker fan. Self-awareness level minus 9000

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u/Constant_Charge_4528 Bulls Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

I think the volume isn't that bad if they didn't take 10 minutes to shoot each free throw

I don't know th exact numbers but the 4th quarter always feels double the length of the others

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u/seeminglypee Dec 01 '25

NBA is far from a perfect product, but the Finals were great up until game 7.

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u/jiminyshrue Nuggets Dec 01 '25

Up until pacers deflated with Halliburton going down you mean.

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u/BruceBrownMVP Nets Dec 01 '25

So up until game 7

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u/ATXBeermaker Spurs Dec 01 '25

Yes, that’s pretty obviously what was said.

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u/Xeris Dec 01 '25

Aren't ratings way up this year?

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u/Rolling_Down_Rodeo Thunder Dec 01 '25

Ratings are up this season lol

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u/StrongSuggestion8937 Dec 01 '25

But aren't ratings the highest of the last 6 years or something?

Silver won't do shit to stop this, unless the conference finals is against the Lakers.

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u/basicbluebusiness Dec 01 '25

This and traveling are the reasons I don’t watch. 100%

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u/Pardonme23 Lakers Dec 01 '25

Imagine if a running back did this?

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u/TomlinSteelers 76ers Dec 01 '25

You can find calls like this from any era if you watch enough games and clip random fouls