# 2024/2025 NBA Regular Season Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [October 23, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099 "2024-10-23T15:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/221 "2025-05-22T03:21:11Z")
The Pacers were down by 14 with about 2:30 left in regulation, and went on an unreal 20-6 run spurred by multiple triples by Aaron Nesmith. Tyrese hit the buzzer-beater which bounced up and rolled in to tie the game and send it to overtime. He jumped the gun, though, and did the “choke” sign thinking it was a game-winning three. But we won in overtime! ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/222 "2025-05-22T04:17:37Z")
That was an amazing game! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/223 "2025-05-22T04:17:52Z")
Incidentally, Aaron Nesmith set a Pacers playoff franchise record with eight threes in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/224 "2025-05-22T04:59:59Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The Pacers were down by 14 with about 2:30 left in regulation, and went on an unreal 20-6 run spurred by multiple triples by Aaron Nesmith. > > Tyrese hit the buzzer-beater which bounced up and rolled in to tie the game and send it to overtime. He jumped the gun, though, and did the “choke” sign thinking it was a game-winning three. > > But we won in overtime! He was channeling Reggie Miller. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/225 "2025-05-22T06:12:50Z")
I read a stat that said that in the past 27 years, teams were 0-970 in the playoffs when trailing by 14 or more points with 2:50 or less remaining in regulation. Until last night. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/226 "2025-05-22T11:54:24Z")
Insane!!! I disagree with Tyrese, though. I thought it was the perfect moment for him to replicate the Reggie Choke, even if it didn’t end the game right then and there. (Memories of the 2008 NCAA final when Chalmers launched Kansas into overtime, and ultimately the win, with a last-second shot). > **[Choke! Haliburton brings back memory of Pacers' postseason past in front of...](https://apnews.com/article/pacers-haliburton-choke-reggie-miller-df7ed39f091ccb57d2f659873a7cafc2)** > > Tyrese Haliburton was waiting for the right time to bring back Reggie Miller’s choke signal from the Pacers’ postseason past. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/227 "2025-05-22T14:44:24Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I disagree with Tyrese, though. I thought it was the perfect moment for him to replicate the Reggie Choke, even if it didn’t end the game right then and there. Probably not the best idea to do it game 1. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/228 "2025-05-22T16:07:14Z")
He said himself after that he was wrong. He and others thought he’d won the game but it was only a two point shot. Still going to piss off the Knicks for the rest of the series. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/229 "2025-05-22T16:09:49Z")
Yeah I guarantee Thibs is running that on a loop on every monitor in the Knicks’ facility until the next tip-off. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/230 "2025-05-22T22:16:32Z")
The comeback: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u8MhPYS3DDs/maxresdefault.jpg "MUST-SEE GAME 1 ENDING Knicks vs Pacers 🍿 | May 21, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8MhPYS3DDs) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/231 "2025-05-23T15:25:11Z")
Another fail for the Wolves. Third quarter meltdown and an inability to deal with the Thunder D has them looking at an early demise. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/232 "2025-05-23T15:58:35Z")
If we get an OKC/Pacers final it would be two teams built entirely out of trading Paul George. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/233 "2025-05-23T21:07:46Z")
And Paul George has still not made the Finals. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/234 "2025-05-24T02:46:27Z")
Behind a career playoff-high 39 points from Pascal Siakam, the Pacers beat the Knicks in Game 2 at the Garden to go up 2-0. Game 3 on Sunday in Indianapolis. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/235 "2025-05-24T13:18:17Z")
The Pacers live up to their name like no other. They are running the Knicks completely ragged out there. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/236 "2025-05-25T01:48:58Z")
Minnesota isn’t giving up. They have a 31-point halftime lead against OKC at home. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/237 "2025-05-25T11:53:54Z")
A 42 point shellacking with multiple players in double figures. They played the best defense I’ve seen all year. They desperately need another win tomorrow to make the series interesting and to have any chance of advancing. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/238 "2025-05-26T03:07:05Z")
Knicks come back from a 20-point deficit again in these playoffs to take Game 3. They reached much deeper into their bench than usual and managed to overcome foul trouble by Towns and Brunson. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/239 "2025-05-27T12:04:31Z")
The Wolves are now down 3-1 (losing game 4 by two points), and there is no coming back from that. They had a really crappy first half with a lot of turnovers that converted for OKC. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/240 "2025-05-27T14:22:06Z")
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