The Thunder have no excuse to lose the championship

[rlsmooth775]

If the Thunder don't win the title it will be a epic choke job. The team is young explosive they have the best scorer the best the best point guard on the same team. Are they going to let some old spurs and heat team beat them. Or the Pacers who are led by a first year superstar

[navy]

Westbrook is still injured with no guarantee of returning 100%

[DaSeba5]

If Westbrook is not 100%, Durant won't be able to sustain this for the rest of the season and then for a long grind in the playoffs. They must get a healthy Westbrook back to have a chance.

[Rose'sACL]

I think they will go into playoffs as the favorites unless Westbrook is not 100% by then.
There is a small chance that pacers might get the best odds from Vegas though. They matchup well with pacers though.

[JohnFreeman]

Championship or bust.
inb4 stans start making excuses

[215Philly]

The pressure is on inb4 second round exit

[navy]

Are people going to call Durant a choker if he loses in the second round again?

[TMT]

There's a big reason they have an excuse to lose the championship... The Miami Heat. They match up horribly. Now if the Pacers are in the Finals that's a different story.

[flipogb]

its pressure time now, they have gone through enough to deserve to win and now they gotta make it happen. only a matter of time before disappointment takes over the players minds (like Bron in Cleveland) and they start planning exits.

[215Philly]

There's a big reason they have an excuse to lose the championship... The Miami Heat. They match up horribly. Now if the Pacers are in the Finals that's a different story.

They won't make it that far You have a Spurs avy, come on now

[rlsmooth775]

Are people going to call Durant a choker if he loses in the second round again?

I think Durant is a great regular season player but in the playoffs when he was expected to win it for his team against Miami and Memphis he choked . I thought the Thunder should have won the 2012 finals in 6.

[ripthekik]

Still miami's to choke and lose away,

[HoopsFanNumero1]

If Westbrook is healthy by then, they have a good a chance as any. Their last series with the Heat had some pretty close games, and at that time Lebron, Wade, and Bosh were all playing relatively well. OKC's defense has gotten better since then too. Would definitely love to see the matchup again though.

[navy]

Still miami's to choke and lose away,

How? Durant is better than Lebron and Wade is old.

[Leftimage]

Looking forward to this year's NBA finals



Thunder better not mess up this rematch-for-the-ages opportunity !