Was Thunder vs. Celtics a FINALS PREVIEW?! 🤔 + Celebrating Derrick Rose with the Bulls 👏 | NBA Today

[@nilllx]

"we dont think about him as a defensive guy" about a dude who led the league in steals last season and is currently 2rd in total steals is insane lmao

[@JayElDiplee]

“2rd” hurt my brain

[@noconsent]

@@JayElDiplee it is funny because he is in the lead this season with 66.

[@PatoNani18]

currently second in total blocks by a guard

[@ottersosa895]

@@noconsent if dyson died maybe

[@JP-jd8wr]

Steals doesn't mean you're a good defender... but he is a good defensive player.

[@phersonp4885]

“We don’t think about him as a defensive guy” yeah just say that you don’t watch OKC games.

[@BrentGuice]

They're casuals. Not real ball knowers.

[@ryanamburgy2791]

Shai has a very good argument for all defensive second team this year

[@meishaleonard8621]

​@@ryanamburgy2791I think him and Daniels should get 1st team for guards imo

[@justhere6507]

@@ryanamburgy2791no he don’t

[@J-Hue]

​@@justhere6507 He leads the league in most major defensive metrics. Where he isn't number 1, he's often in the top 3.

[@noconsent]

Great segment. Anyone not watching Thunder games is missing out on how NBA basketball is meant to be played.

[@Bryan-vn3xc]

Exactly, all that small market team bs, they are one of the very few teams I make time for to watch. It's a joy to see these guys play every night. And the best thing is that they themselves seem to have the most fun.

[@lentongunn5851]

Cavs vs OkC 2x in next 2 weeks. Great tests also.

[@bryanludewig7913]

📌

[@MaxC-rf5ss]

​@@bryanludewig7913just like I pinned it, biotcccchhhhhh

[@HoodDefCon]

Okc did Boston nasty

[@BabylonGateLA]

FK BOSTON

[@KDFeemster3565]

​​@@BabylonGateLAFK OKC, y'all aren't making it to the finals, especially not winning the in season cup cake tournament.

[@gdsghost5056]

The media has something against the Cavs

[@bryanludewig7913]

lol deadass they been HOOPING hopefully they beat OKC wednesday

[@SatanicKale]

They would if LeBron was there. No way its a coincidence that they dont get talked about with their record

[@trutru9018]

Exactly!!

[@nickgilday8946]

lol Cavs fans need so much validation it’s unbelievable

[@chriswright8074]

Easy schedule for the most part

[@Austin-316]

Lets see a 7 game series between these two teams.

[@hanzpanzerkampfwagen4817]

Love OKC ,ASG but they can’t tie Celtics shoes as of now.. we all saw NBA cup tournament finals, They are not ready for bright lights and big stage .. after couple of more heartbreak they will be ready..

[@ryanamburgy2791]

@hanzpanzerkampfwagen4817 we lost the cup final because our 3 point shooting was as bad as bostons was against us

[@Darren-u8x]

@@hanzpanzerkampfwagen4817yeah I agree with you, they are a dominant regular season team even without key players like Chet, Caruso and their rookie ajay Mitchell. However in the playoffs, they are unable to perform to their standards probably due to pressure

[@BlessedDelight1]

Coming from a Celtics avid fan.. and I watch a lot of basketball, the Thunder are very very good. We’ll see if they’ll be ready, they’re a very young team and remind me of the Celtics 4-5 years ago. They’ve got to go through some heart losses first. In a 7 game series I don’t think they beat Celtics. Besides, Thunder need to make it out of the west and teams like Mavs (when healthy) are their kryptonite and teams will only get better. Thunder have great defense but sometimes you’re going to need some offensive power.

[@JasonCastroMartinez]

@Darren-u8xI absolutely hate this take it was literally their first year last year together? When gsw got together did they win in the first season? No obviously not took the Celtics with both js a couple of years not everything is day and night

[@1of2two]

“Ja before Ja” no ma’am D.Rose is 1 of 1

[@sw1sh24]

Sneak dissing Cavs w/ the caption lol 😂

[@Daniel-kentucky]

The Oklahoma City Thunder might make a deep playoff run this year!

[@shanerobinson925]

Yeah I think at the minimum they have to make the WCF otherwise season is a failure fr

[@gardenia4882]

They have to learn to make it past the 2nd round first.

[@Darren-u8x]

@@Daniel-kentucky I’m not confident that they will make it out of the west, there are several teams in the west such as grizzlies, nuggets, clippers, mavericks that have veterans and are able to cope with he playoff intensity. Just like what we saw last year, okc was the first seed in the west but fall short to an injured Luka and kyrie led team in semis. Sure, okc have a deep roster but they are too young and lack the experience to compete with veterans like Luka and kyrie who had been to more playoffs than them. It will prob take a 2 or 3 more years for them to win a championship

[@justhere6507]

@@shanerobinson925they will do good in the second round but lose 😂

[@J-Hue]

​@Darren-u8x I don't buy the injured Luka talk. He looked to be 100% when the games were being played. I do think OKC should've gone after a Jerami Grant/Mikal Bridges type of veteran who gives them better defensive flexibility against the bigger teams and scorers and more reliable postseaskn scoring like you said.

[@terenceskywalker]

Come on Ramona. OKC have the best perimeter defence in the league. Not Boston!

[@brothaghost6554]

No Caruso & Chet in this game. OKC could make a deep playoff run with this squad fo show

[@MeBihhhh]

Bucks beat them by 20😂

[@Aneeshtheofan]

@@MeBihhhhthat was in a game that didn’t count. It was meaningless.

[@Aneeshtheofan]

@@MeBihhhhthat was one game dumba$$

[@MeBihhhh]

@@Aneeshtheofan it definitely counted as there is a trophy and banner to show for it. Funny how yall were saying OKC would win easy to now it doesn’t count 😂

[@Aneeshtheofan]

@@MeBihhhh not towards standings dumba$$.

[@MJ-kt2pm]

Perhaps, but the Cavs have some say-so in the east

[@MalikMitchelle]

Cavs no beating Boston

[@NLGabriel75]

@@MalikMitchellethey already did this year.

[@MalikMitchelle]

@@NLGabriel75 not in a 7 game series. Yall can have a season win, the hawks beat the cavs and boston.

[@justhere6507]

@@NLGabriel75Boston beat Cavs first

[@snozbaries7652]

@@justhere6507 are you a child? Boston can't hang with OKC or the Cavs. They peaked last year it's over.

[@specgoody]

6:57 the commentary with the visual is wild

[@sebastianlessard7546]

Diehard Boston fan here, always have been.. okc is amazing and I’d love to meet them in the finals and watch a series against a talented gritty squad like them. Keep up the hard work!

[@lipanmesh]

Lu Dort burnt down the house!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@JohnPetrucci1983]

It's not. It's the Cavs vs Thunder

[@Johnny-Leigh1990]

Thunder v Cavs. It’s a genuine blockbuster coming up in the next couple of weeks

[@Barry-Strange]

LOL

[@Djohnson89]

😂😂😂😂

[@Goatlikeitornot]

Cavs ain't making it

[@Wakaweakweak7474]

SGA was the dude we thought MCW will be

[@jlv3x]

Young D-Rose hops was insane back in the day!!!

[@Niam_Human]

DO YOU THINK its good marketing strategy to retire numbers??? Like every NBA team should have a player with 23 and every NHL team should have a 99. I've always had a problem with that. I feel a number should be honored by having a player, maybe ur best player wear that number so that the lineage and the back stories always come up. Like, 88 for the cowboys. Numbers should go up to honor the player but not retired. Also, I feel players might play a little harder feeling more like they have something to live up to or carve their own path from.

[@heyarnold8023]

For Boston sake they better hope this wasn’t a preview

[@Barry-Strange]

Why? They had 2 quarters of missed shots, if they made 30% of them they win easily

[@justhere6507]

😂 casual okc would get smoked by Boston in the playoffs

[@Djohnson89]

OKC gonna choke from a team out West so they need to be worried about them first before anything

[@CarsonCarpenter-c6x]

@@Djohnson89this is only there second year together buddy last year in the playoffs was there first year so saying they choke is being unfair to them

[@petermadash4488]

I've seen enough. The Oklahoma City Thunder will be NBA champions. Book it👏

[@jlv3x]

Any Chiney Ogwumike full screen segment is a must see 😍😍😍

[@lipanmesh]

When Chet & Caruso make it back......look out!

[@Erawk]

Celtics didn't have the best player on the floor last Finals against Dallas. Didn't make a difference (granted, Boston dominated Dallas in their regular season matchups too). It'd be a helluva Finals matchup

[@abitbohr]

Those analysts are garbage. They didnt watch a game for years. They are not entertaining. They bring nothing. Espn is trash.

[@MeBihhhh]

99% of the time they say finals preview. It never is the finals preview 😂

[@DeutchVettel]

10:29 Dragic 💀

[@robertatler6419]

Dear ESPN: More videos like this focusing on the NBA's best teams, less videos of the mediocre Lakers.

[@G-Blockster]

Thunder Up! ⛈️

[@Barry-Strange]

Celtics just forgot how to make baskets for 2 quarters, this game doesn't concern me at all

[@justhere6507]

Literally lol 😂these haters kill me

[@jesseswarbrick7895]

​@@justhere6507cope harder

[@CortezOutdoors]

I NEED STEPHEN A TO HAVE A FULL SEGMENT TALKING ABOUT OKC BECAUSE ALL THEY DO IS TALK ABOUT THE LAKERS AND LEBRON VS MJ. LETS TALK ABOUT MY THUNDER THE BEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE

[@Boozydaily]

Shai dropped 30 on the bucks? How did he not show out? The other players didn’t step up

[@houseontherock8345]

“We don’t think of him as a defensive player…” that’s cause y’all hate supporting small markets and Disney sucks. Hey ESPN, maybe play the national anthem and stuff next time.

[@MenWhoPaint]

A second round playoff exit team vs a multiple time conference finals exit and 1x NBAchampions? Cmon man really

[@lionelpatton7821]

No Cavs

[@FlawlessBegetz]

2:25 Kelz 🕶️

[@onnaquest]

Weds is the preview

[@Identity242]

OKC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DHKer23]

Chinney, no one saw the floater. It was not nationally televised on a Sunday afternoon with NFL games going on. Sorry. 🙄

[@Poaf-1]

You cavs fans member okc swept the cavs last season without Chet or I heart or corraso

[@trutru9018]

..and then OKC did what in the playoffs? Bwhahahahaha!! The Cavs aren't expected to do anything, they are in the bonus. OKC keep falling short every year.

[@smtbg]

​@@trutru9018What's every year? They weren't even expected to be the 1 seed last year and then everyone picked against them in the Mavs series. What revisionist history are you writing???

[@Goatlikeitornot]

​@@trutru9018 lmao. No one expected anything from OKC last year, but they were 1st seed and barely got bounced in the 2nd round. That's a failure? Double standard. Cavs got more pressure on them than OKC had last year, maybe even this year considering how pathetic east is.

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Boston cant even beat the Sorry sixers

[@Darren-u8x]

@@TYLOTYLOTYLO sorry sixers they had Embidd, PG and maxey on the floor. Caleb Martin who shot 30% from 3s shot the lights out which rarely happen. And Celtics had no jrue and KP, two key players pivotal for the teams defence

[@Djohnson89]

And them Sorry Sixers are first round exits come playoffs 😏 as the C's ☘️ advance as usual correct

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Except every time they meet in the playoffs..

[@LijeeWin]

If Bos would’ve smoked Okc it would’ve been on every channel smh.. Thunder Up if you don’t know ShaiMVP

[@spazzgokrazy3124]

Cavs and thunder in the finals. Must see.

[@Ariel-rr1yu]

Should've been in 2016

[@Djohnson89]

😂

[@Goatlikeitornot]

NBA will never allow Cavs to reach the finals as long as LeFraud is in the league.

[@Troubl3dYouth]

Bos & Okc? Its not like the cavs #1 in the NBA

[@giffondhall9214]

ESpn trying hard to gas up okc only to keep dissing the Mavs!

[@meethvncho]

Thank you d rose 🌹

[@prophecy0731]

Im effin' wit Chiney's Chalk talk

[@mauricebowling4855]

The Celtics could not get any calls 2nd half

[@TravisReyna-f6w]

They had the free throw advantage 😂

[@justhere6507]

@TravisReyna-f6wearly on and also okc defense is overrated they faced a real team and got exposed for hacking but refs saved them from being completely exposed by not makin the calls later

[@raheemwilson894]

​@@justhere6507that defense is far from overrated, even in a loss vs the bucks the held them to under 100, they just ain't allat offensively outside of Shai but when chet comes back that'll change

[@Goatlikeitornot]

​@@justhere6507 how is okc's defense overrated, they have statisclly the best defense in the league and they have more steals than turnovers lol. It's even funnier when you think about the fact that their arguably 2 best defenders Holmgren and Caruso barely played this year.

[@nickgilday8946]

Assuming health it’s the finals series I’m putting my money on. Beating the Celtics by letting them take threes can win you a game, it won’t win you a series. Ultimately id still take the Celtics.

[@dipsetkory7964]

Knicks OKC

[@laffo1980]

The thunders offence is too one dimensional. As soon as the playoffs start the opposition teams will waste 12 fouls on laying SGA out shaq style every time he tries to go down the lane and they will have no plan b or c

[@gardenia4882]

Boston is gonna make the eastern conference finals. Already proven they can. Made it 5 times in the last 7 years. It's just who from the east will face off with them. OKC on the otherhand, hasn't proven they can even make it past the 2nd round with this core yet. Playoffs is a different beast. Being good in regular season doesn't guarantee you make the finals.

[@snozbaries7652]

Boston can't hang with OKC or the Cavs. They peaked last year it's over

[@Djohnson89]

Ya drunk 😂

[@johnwalker1761]

I love SGA he represents all the African American young boys in America that grew up somewhere else. I love the braids

[@AuburnFanSince2010]

SGA is from Canada. He's not FBA. We got Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum for that.

[@quentinjones6877]

He's Canadian lol

[@JohnRigby5011]

Go Cavs

[@christiandgreat8127]

Hows Goat lebron doing?

[@nm93932]

D.Rose Love him ❤. Definitely deserves tobhave his # retired.

[@timothy2c]

The play by play commentary by Chiney was pure cringe espn

[@wonoffcustoms]

no. OKC vs Knicks was a finals preview. F the Celtics. and don't at me

[@KoryChase-f6g]

That's CRAZY! 27pts in the 2ND HALF by BOS on 8FGs(Total!!)... INSANELY EMBARRASSING! THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED IMMED,& C's MUST MAKE MULTIPLE STATEMENTS for the NEXT 15-20 GAMES! TIME TO THROW KO'Punches when U GET TEAMS on the ROPES (UP by DBL'Digits)...WE the CHAMPS!! SHOW'Em WHO'S BOSS...TIME to get. MEAN, *GREEN!!!*💪💚☝️☘️🏀🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 *🏆??!*🥊🥊

[@barrybondsbighead]

Nothing says "most boring finals ever" like Celtics vs Thunder... Most talented teams with no swag.. like watching 2 teams of analytical AAU robots playing against each other.. Even Jaylen Brown just recently did the worst windmill dunk I've ever seen.. we need cooler superstars/teams man..

[@Goatlikeitornot]

You deserve biggest casual ever medal. What are cooler teams to you? OKC is pretty unique team, their players are chill and talk no sh*t, they play elite defense which is a breath of fresh air these days. I bet you think whiner Luka or LeChoke is cool or something.

[@hanzpanzerkampfwagen4817]

They ain’t ready for bright lights and big stage, ASG for MVP Thunder look complete team., but It will be 4-2 Celtics easy.. I am not even Celtics fan.. We saw what happened to NBA CUP finals against Bucks they only competed for two quarters or last year Against MAVERICKS, Couple of more heartbreak they will be ready..

[@BlessedDelight1]

Mavs are the Thunder kryptonite

[@Goatlikeitornot]

​@@BlessedDelight1 nah

[@stoneyoutdoors8819]

yall willdo annnytthiinnggggg except talk about the cavs as contennders, already stomped the whole league, and onnly lost to the celtics one time..... and iit was by 3 poinnts...... whiile we were miissinggggg 5 playersssssss. and the refs were glaziinng, 26 freethrows to 4

[@LauDynasty69]

OKC won’t make the finals 😂

[@PocketMads]

Celtics shot 20% from 3 and lost by like 7 points. 🤐

[@BlessedDelight1]

They lost by 13, but the last 6-7 points were garbage time. So yes you’re right. We could’ve easily put these guys to bed. We were up 13 and missed 6 straight shots . This game could’ve easily been up 20 by Boston.

[@justhere6507]

@@BlessedDelight1that’s why he said 7 points cuz them last points wasn’t nobody playing defense 😂 only clowns say they got blown out

[@skylerjohnson1192]

Yeah but Boston was completely healthy and OKC was missing Chet, Caruso, and Ajay Mitchell.

[@PocketMads]

@@skylerjohnson1192 Completely healthy is plain inaccurate. But no one who knows ball thinks this game meant anything

[@BlessedDelight1]

@@PocketMads this game means nothing in may/june.

[@n-ciddy1678]

Nobody will disrespect my Celtics, Not on my Watch, ha. We will be Ready when we play them on March 13th I believe it is, Clearly. Boston'll shoot better Too, obviously Duh, pathetic. Pathetic shooting performance from my Team, poopie.

[@Hometownsqaures]

Denver vs Boston

[@rogergaillard1666]

this analysis of okc is such a joke. just say u don’t watch the games lmao.

[@kythemervenfrancisco3636]

Anti Spiral

[@justhere6507]

Lmfao 😂😂😂 okc not making it to the finals b 😂

[@wonderboy3260]

OKChoker Toddlers the regular season champs. Only good in the regular season but stinks in the playoffs.

[@Goatlikeitornot]

Based on what? 1 season where they still overachieved?

[@racimegacar]

IT'S NOOOOOT, Denver will beat both teams

[@Goatlikeitornot]

No they wont

[@NoahBiniam-li4br]

Nope Knicks vs thunder possibly if Knicks get lucky hopefully 🤞

[@THE_BEST_THAT_EVER_DID_IT]

Finals preview?! ridiculous --- neither of these 2 jokes won't even make it past the 2nd round of the playoffs

[@rl33gang36]

Bruh your delusional if you think that

[@JansMarinara]

Decent bait honestly it almost had me

[@trutru9018]

Thank you. Celtics can not beat the Cavs.

[@justhere6507]

The corniest comment here I was with you until the end the Celtics quite literally have been past the second round 4-5 years in a row

[@THE_BEST_THAT_EVER_DID_IT]

@ no one takes those playoff runs seriously - and the Pathet1cs’ fake chip last season is the fakest in the last 50-60 years

[@justhere6507]

If okc somehow magically makes the finals and has to face the Celtics this series is going no more than 6 and most likely ends in a gentlmen sweep

[@CarsonCarpenter-c6x]

You don’t know basketball

[@Goatlikeitornot]

Not happening

[@Doefella718]

NBA is trash rn

[@illonajeremie6966]

I guarantee you, OKC in 1-2 years will be a championship caliber team. But right now lets be honest in a 7 game series they are not beating the celtics.

[@Goatlikeitornot]

OKC is clearly a championship calibar team tf.

[@imaketherules9316]

"Nope, it wasn't. Denver and Boston is what should of happened 2 years ago. We won, they screwed up. They win, we screwed up. And what better time and team of players; for Westbrook to finally get his first ring...while doing it with Jokic getting a 4th MVP to add. Tuesday is a Finals preview."🤷🏽‍♂

[@Goatlikeitornot]

Nah, Denver has no one besides Jokic. They'll reach the 2nd round at best. Also terrible bench.

[@PSimon-xr3pw]

Did y’all just show rose first highlight him getting blocked 😂😂😂

[@MakeUpArgentinaPaolaRodriguez]

NOT a single word about the shitshow the refs got going on on the last quarters??? That actally says A LOT, SMH. Kudos to OKC, great team👏🏻 The Celtics forgot how to play like themselves on the 3rd and 4th quarters.