# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/261 "2025-06-20T16:44:02Z")
I don’t think it did, to be honest. Maybe if OKC had been up 3-0 in the series and lost Game 4 in Indiana. At this point, though, you don’t want to lollygag and set up a winner-take-all Game 7 where anything can happen. What if Shai rolls an ankle badly in the first quarter on Sunday? Or, even worse, blows out his ACL like Tatum did earlier in the playoffs? Having said that, I am sure OKC were playing hard, but Indiana was simply not going to allow the championship to be won on their home floor. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/262 "2025-06-20T21:21:50Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > You never say a team takes a game off, especially in the playoffs, but you wonder how much the OKC wanting to win the championship in KC, in front of OKC fans, plays into their heads. I don’t think for one moment the Thunder intentionally mailed it in before Game 6 even started, thinking, “We’ll just lollygag and laze about, then wrap it up in Game 7.” But what probably **did** happen was this: The Thunder started Game 6 with their best effort as usual, but once it became clear that they were in too deep a hole to climb out of (by halftime or so,) they then decided to conserve their energy as much as possible for Game 7, given that Game 7 now looked inevitable. There was no point in mustering full energy for a futile comeback attempt and have nothing in the tank for Game 7. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/263 "2025-06-22T17:09:44Z")
The Suns have traded Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green and several draft picks. > **[Kevin Durant trade: Rockets land Suns star in NBA blockbuster as Jalen Green...](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kevin-durant-trade-rockets-land-suns-star-in-nba-blockbuster-as-jalen-green-headlines-return-per-report/)** > > Durant is joining his fifth NBA team in hopes of winning a third championship I don’t think this is going to put them over the top. Green will be playing for 10 years after KD retires. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/264 "2025-06-22T21:26:53Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I don’t think this is going to put them over the top. Green will be playing for 10 years after KD retires I’m glad the Pistons didn’t pursue Durant. I wonder how many seasons he has left. 3-4 tops? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/265 "2025-06-23T00:26:50Z")
Oh GODDAMMIT Haliburton is down and not getting up. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/266 "2025-06-23T00:40:46Z")
Well, it was a nice season, Pacers… ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/267 "2025-06-23T00:52:17Z")
I’m not counting us out yet. OKC is only up 2 with seven left in the first half. We’re gonna need Siakam, Nesmith, Nembhard, Toppin, and McConnell more than ever. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/268 "2025-06-23T01:13:41Z")
We’re up by 1 at the half. Achilles injury for Haliburton. Does that mean he’s out for next season? ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/269 "2025-06-23T01:30:28Z")
Every case is different of course, but Kevin Durant ruptured his Achilles in the finals against the Raptors in June 2019, and his first regular-season game back was in December 2020. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/270 "2025-06-23T02:14:48Z")
Down 21 now with about nine minutes left. I’m not sure even we can come back from this. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/271 "2025-06-23T02:51:10Z")
Disappointing even though I did not have a horse in this race. Shame about the star player, too. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/272 "2025-06-23T02:59:48Z")
We managed to cut it to 10 but OKC slammed the door shut. We were beaten by the better team. I hope Haliburton, when he comes back, will be himself again. But next year may be very difficult for us if he’s out for the season. I am so, so proud of my boys. I will never forget this magical run. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/273 "2025-06-23T03:04:15Z")
Congrats to the SuperSonics, I guess? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/274 "2025-06-23T13:36:26Z")
East is going to be wild next year with two of the top teams hampered by Achilles injuries. Tough loss for the Pacers, doubly so due to the injury. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/275 "2025-06-23T15:11:32Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > East is going to be wild next year with two of the top teams hampered by Achilles injuries. Tough loss for the Pacers, doubly so due to the injury Have they confirmed his injury and if so, is it the type of thing that knocks him out of games next season? Like, a lot? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/276 "2025-06-23T22:20:35Z")
Yeah he tore his Achilles, with it happening in literally the last possible game this season it is very unlikely he can play next season at all. Same as Tatum and Lillard. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/277 "2025-06-23T22:22:10Z")
Great postseason! But a shame about Halliburton. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099/278 "2025-06-24T00:48:45Z")
While I didn’t care who won, I was slightly going for the Pacers as the underdog. They did well until four minutes left in the third quarter, then went ten minutes with little. Too bad. But the Thunder played better and Shai particularly well with assists all over the place. Some great games! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099.md?page=13)