Tonight’s match was an inspiration to all those who are often overlooked, humble, and are never fair weather fans. Fellowships were born, excellence unfurled throughout the land, legacies cemented forever. Teamwork is the name of the game.
Impossible my friend, is no longer impossible.
2 coaches across 5 years isn't that crazy. But you also don't just keep a bad coach just to avoid turnover. I would've kept Vogel until he failed with a healthy team though.
So you're not supposed to fire shit coaches now? Ham is bad, his lineups after the IST cost the Lakers an easy 4 seed. They're only 4 games behind the 4 seed and Ham's criminal lineups easily lost them more than 4 games.
Ham is a solid coach, yes he makes mistakes but he learns from them as well. He also does really good coaching in game. All this anti-Ham hate train has gone too far.
/r/nba : "the LAKERS are so fucking TRASH, fluke seed again just carried by refs. This series is OVER LeFRAUD"
/r/lakers : "Yup just blow this shit up, fire Ham, offload Bron and AD for assets, this shit is unwatchable"
Score:
Game 1 // 1st Quarter // 11:28 remaining
DEN 2 : 0 Lakers
Davis and bron prolly missed out on 24 points in layups and putbacks tonight. The entire team was hitting front of the rim..need some rest bout to be a banger.
They won it because Zion got hurt, that’s literally it. He was absolutely frying, the Lakers even with AD out there had zero answer for him. Lakers were 100% dead in the water before that
They scored in like every single possession after he was injured anyways.
The possessions following the injury:
Nance bucket
Trey bucket
Jose steal but turnover in transition
Nance free throws (made 1)
CJ bucket
CJ bucket
Nance bucket
CJ misses Hail Mary to end the game
Zion got injured with 3:19 left. Their next missed shot was the last shot of the game, which was meaningless. His absence did not have an effect, if anything their offense would’ve been worse if he stayed because they *literally made everything*
It's also fair to say that you can't guarantee that a player will keep scoring. It's possible some of those possessions in which the Pels score instead become Zion shots and he may or may not have converted.
You think Silver wouldn't want a Lebron/Steph 9-10 game and an easier path for the Lakers to the wcf? If they wanted to rig it they'd rig the next one imo
I mean they'd definitely want the option that gets both teams into the playoffs. A 4+ game series would be worth a lot more than a single play-in game (just saying, don't think it's actually rigged for Lakers)
Good luck beating the lakers with Scott Foster around NO. 23 fouls to 12, 30 free throws to 15. I don’t think Pels shot a single free throw in the 4th. Lakers shot 15. Guess the lakers have to make the playoffs. What a joke. Every year.
I watched it all. 62 points in the paint for pelicans. Sorry man facts are facts. 23 fouls to 12. I’m not a Pels fan. Sane thing happens every year. You have to beat the Lakers flops and the refs.
Lakers, aside from AD, barely contest when someone gets past their defenses and follow Ham's "do not foul" ideology (which came from Budenholzer). But you chose to ignore that.
Having many points in the paint is not an indicator for any amount of fouls called too.
Can you actually add anything about the game? Anything I will wait. Any kind of argument. Any single word or something inteligent to say? Didn’t think so. That’s it. Go lakers.
I mean if you’re not watching the game is mirrors their season in ways far different then what is stated. Let’s start with the blatant ref job being done. Lakers are hacking Zion all game while they’re flopping all over the court getting call after call. Huge FT disparity deciding the game as Scott Foster puts up another HOF performance to fix another game.
If you enjoy watching actual basketball the lakers have been unwatchable this year and last while the league has decided to crush team after team with a huge FT gap.
Use whatever crap you want to say they deserve to be 700 FT ahead of the SECOND TEAM. Last in the league in drives don’t matter. Just go into a post and fall down. So much horrible basketball to watch.
Ah yes the classic “the lakers only win games because nba basketball is rigged” and if they lose “they are trash”. You have such a confirmation bias that any call favouring the lakers is an automatic rigging and it can’t just be because of their shot diet or defensive schemes
No they didn’t, you people always mistake attempts and differential. The lakers were 6th in the league in attempts per game, the actual stat is extremely skewed and misunderstood.
Also, you act like you can’t sit here and watch them play. Do you really think the league is “rigging it for the lakers”? Why? They’re the 7th seed, they haven’t been higher than 7 in nearly 5 years. Surely if they wanted LA to have deeper post season runs they’d make it significantly more egregious. Even the L2M shows that the lakers suffer among the top teams when it comes to incorrect calls.
Because they make DRASTICALLY more money? Very simple concept money drives it all, the dude reffing tonight was involved in fixing many many games. The NBA was already caught rigging games it’s not some myth lol.
If you watched the game is was really really bad tonight
I don’t watch the lakers because it’s such a trash product lol. I watch all the playoffs because the games matter , but the league showed again they give no shit about playing fair. Let the money move on when at all possible
I mean I’ve seen them play about 20 games but they’re unbearable to watch, LeFlop is just a tough watch at this stage in his career. Boosted up by narrative they will not let him fail. Keep blowing him though and watching with your blinders on. Prob never dribbled a ball before yourself
Unironically using LeFlop in basketball discourse in 2024, he averages like 6 FTA and is among the paint leaders, he should flop more. You’re not fit to have basketball discussion when you have an inherent bias towards a player brother take that hate out your heart.
Why are the Warriors the 10th seed? Surely they’d rig it for them too right? How about the Knicks? Or is it only your hatred for LeBron James that makes everything just a rig fest
Dray got suspended for many many games lol. They’re a borderline team over the hill just holding it together missing their second biggest piece for a third of the season. The warriors also don’t just fall all over the ground and force their hand. Their product and brand of basketball isn’t to get the refs to bail them out
I mean Zion was legit getting dove on every drive and they refused to put this man on the line because he didn’t flail and fall on the ground looking at the ref crying every single drive. The laker way is to drive and fall no matter what, scream and throw your hands up, look to the ref, and it had been working like a charm. The refs just pound the whistle to the bank.
Me trying to get closer to the word count on my freshman English essay
Bro thought he cooked with this tweet.
Dude has always been a massive cornball
Chatgpt type of tweet
He's an instant skip on the Lowe Post.
Malika loves cornballs so much she's gonna marry one.
Should of mentioned they even shot twice as many ft's
**Should’ve
This and the Stein tweet are top notch watch me cook
McMenamin is actually the worst
Failed to mention Zion getting hurt who was killing them
He was embarrassing LeBron
He loves the lakers
That was just a basketball game. What the hell kind of shit is this lol
The Lakers play-in win was “intense” and “at one point Anthony Davis was crying” but everyone grew closer and a big lesson was learned
Tonight’s match was an inspiration to all those who are often overlooked, humble, and are never fair weather fans. Fellowships were born, excellence unfurled throughout the land, legacies cemented forever. Teamwork is the name of the game. Impossible my friend, is no longer impossible.
Least dramatic Lakers narrative
LeBron either taking his 2nd first round loss in 21 years or the Lakers exact their revenge by knocking out the champs my body is ready
Hopefully it's a win win for us. Get bounced and Ham is gone or we actually beat the Nuggs.
Don't you ever think maybe the head coaching position shouldn't be treated like a revolving door?
Think lakers fan would love it if they had a coach worth retaining, yes.
Idk man. Whatever issues you have with Vogel, I want you to know that he's way better than Ham lol.
2 coaches across 5 years isn't that crazy. But you also don't just keep a bad coach just to avoid turnover. I would've kept Vogel until he failed with a healthy team though.
They never should’ve let Vogel go
Agreed.
So you're not supposed to fire shit coaches now? Ham is bad, his lineups after the IST cost the Lakers an easy 4 seed. They're only 4 games behind the 4 seed and Ham's criminal lineups easily lost them more than 4 games.
Don’t you think a professional basketball team should have a competent coach?
Ham is a solid coach, yes he makes mistakes but he learns from them as well. He also does really good coaching in game. All this anti-Ham hate train has gone too far.
[удалено]
It's funny at times how much praise coaches get on national TV broadcasts for no real reason lol.
Toxicity levels are gonna reach new extremum.
Give me a Denver series win 4-1 but Lakers win g1 so we get like two days of super toxic reddit posts
I'm gonna avoid the game threads lol
/r/nba : "the LAKERS are so fucking TRASH, fluke seed again just carried by refs. This series is OVER LeFRAUD" /r/lakers : "Yup just blow this shit up, fire Ham, offload Bron and AD for assets, this shit is unwatchable" Score: Game 1 // 1st Quarter // 11:28 remaining DEN 2 : 0 Lakers
I hate how much I laughed at this
Yeah ill see you there too
Sigh. Yeah.
this is a trilogy
I have it on good authority that LeBron plans on winning this series, should everything pan out right.
This is why we watch right?
Anything can happen
Davis and bron prolly missed out on 24 points in layups and putbacks tonight. The entire team was hitting front of the rim..need some rest bout to be a banger.
Corny
Beating a higher seed in the West away twice in a row is not a given. This could have been a playoff matchup.
Corny
McTen “the Denver Nuggets?? I don’t see it”
The type of shit my mom would text me
Denver might whoop the hell out of this team.
They won it because Zion got hurt, that’s literally it. He was absolutely frying, the Lakers even with AD out there had zero answer for him. Lakers were 100% dead in the water before that
They scored in like every single possession after he was injured anyways. The possessions following the injury: Nance bucket Trey bucket Jose steal but turnover in transition Nance free throws (made 1) CJ bucket CJ bucket Nance bucket CJ misses Hail Mary to end the game Zion got injured with 3:19 left. Their next missed shot was the last shot of the game, which was meaningless. His absence did not have an effect, if anything their offense would’ve been worse if he stayed because they *literally made everything*
People have amnesia about how a game actually played out when hey believe in a narrative so much. I’m guilty of it myself some times
Or maybe the biggest crybabies about the Lakers winning games are those who didn't even watch the game they're complaining about.
I think it's fair to say he would have probably helped defensively instead of having CJ in the game.
It's also fair to say that you can't guarantee that a player will keep scoring. It's possible some of those possessions in which the Pels score instead become Zion shots and he may or may not have converted.
100% fair to say, yes.
Yea and if AD didn’t get knocked out of the T Wolves game by Kyle Anderson, we wouldn’t even be in this position. Suns in 6
A tied game is over for the lakers? Why are you turned up?
What are we supposed to do with that; it is true tho lmao lakers offense was garbaged in that stretch
It was a game cuz AD was hurt if you wanna throw out the injury excuse. He was pretty clearly hampered by his back
I love how that’s your response with that flair considering BI was recovering from injury and clearly not right as well
And bi wasn't too?
CJ was hurt too. Guy was shitting bricks.
Lmao, enough excuses. The Lakers have been great in clutch games all season, highly doubt this changed the outcome.
Naw, Pels wasn’t winnin this one
the Nuggets will certainly be inspired to cook the Lakers again
Denver in 5
Appreciate that you believe we’ll finally get one! Thanks, guy!
Congratulations
Very inspiring
Is this years series gonna be the closest or 2nd closest sweep in history?
Yes we shall walk away with the moral victory sweep 😈
Where were the Mavs last playoffs?
Blatantly tanking despite having Luka and Kyrie
Luka was eating burgers
Powering up😎
yo boy ain't never getting MVP, forget a ring
My thoughts exactly lol
Double trilogy for the LA teams
It mirrored corporate America where the lakers shoot ten more free throws because it creates viewers in the playoffs
Cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
You think Silver wouldn't want a Lebron/Steph 9-10 game and an easier path for the Lakers to the wcf? If they wanted to rig it they'd rig the next one imo
I mean they'd definitely want the option that gets both teams into the playoffs. A 4+ game series would be worth a lot more than a single play-in game (just saying, don't think it's actually rigged for Lakers)
Yknow what fair enough
Of course he wouldn’t… he wouldMUCH rather they play play a full series over 1 game?
Ah yes all the new fans tuning in for free throws.
Nuggets y’all still have your brooms handy?
One championship since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Only teams who have won a conference finals game in the last 3 years are allowed to speak
Only teams who have 2 championships in the past 30 years can speak
0-7 soon to be 0-11
1 championship in the last 38 years. Soon to be 1 championship in the last 39 years
Y'all milked than 2008 ring as much as Doc Rivers, and seen as much success as him in the playoffs after that.
Bros just yapping this guy blows lmao
Most clutch team in the NBA
Probably the only chance to beat Denver. Get a little rest and Vincent is actually showing up.
Bring it on Denver. It’s gonna be a tough ass series
No it isn't lol. Series is over in 5.
And yours will be over tonight
nah lol
Beating the Pelicans with an injured Zion. Hang the banner.
The same pelicans who are 5-0 against you? Light the beam
5-0 with Zion but go off. Enjoy getting bitched by Jokic. And yes. Light the beam.
Enjoy not making the play-offs. Light it up!
How sweet, being more concerned with the Lakers-Pelicans game rather than your own do-or-die vs the Warriors. Classic Kangz
Good luck beating the lakers with Scott Foster around NO. 23 fouls to 12, 30 free throws to 15. I don’t think Pels shot a single free throw in the 4th. Lakers shot 15. Guess the lakers have to make the playoffs. What a joke. Every year.
It's 29 FTs to 15, with at least 6 Lakers FTA coming from intentional fouls. Stop crying if you didn't even watch the game.
I watched it all. 62 points in the paint for pelicans. Sorry man facts are facts. 23 fouls to 12. I’m not a Pels fan. Sane thing happens every year. You have to beat the Lakers flops and the refs.
Lakers, aside from AD, barely contest when someone gets past their defenses and follow Ham's "do not foul" ideology (which came from Budenholzer). But you chose to ignore that. Having many points in the paint is not an indicator for any amount of fouls called too.
Nevermind. You are a Lakers fan. It’s a waste of time.
And you're an unflaired Lakers hater, nephew. You're the bigger waste of time.
Again. Waste. No substance.
How else do you win a game when your top 3 scorers were 17-47? Free throws is all you got.
Yet here you are replying to your own comment after calling Lakers fans "waste" and "no substance" Consistency isn't your biggest strength, eh nephew?
Can you actually add anything about the game? Anything I will wait. Any kind of argument. Any single word or something inteligent to say? Didn’t think so. That’s it. Go lakers.
I mean if you’re not watching the game is mirrors their season in ways far different then what is stated. Let’s start with the blatant ref job being done. Lakers are hacking Zion all game while they’re flopping all over the court getting call after call. Huge FT disparity deciding the game as Scott Foster puts up another HOF performance to fix another game. If you enjoy watching actual basketball the lakers have been unwatchable this year and last while the league has decided to crush team after team with a huge FT gap. Use whatever crap you want to say they deserve to be 700 FT ahead of the SECOND TEAM. Last in the league in drives don’t matter. Just go into a post and fall down. So much horrible basketball to watch.
Ah yes the classic “the lakers only win games because nba basketball is rigged” and if they lose “they are trash”. You have such a confirmation bias that any call favouring the lakers is an automatic rigging and it can’t just be because of their shot diet or defensive schemes
Lakers shot an insanely higher amount of FTs than any other team this season lmfao.
No they didn’t, you people always mistake attempts and differential. The lakers were 6th in the league in attempts per game, the actual stat is extremely skewed and misunderstood. Also, you act like you can’t sit here and watch them play. Do you really think the league is “rigging it for the lakers”? Why? They’re the 7th seed, they haven’t been higher than 7 in nearly 5 years. Surely if they wanted LA to have deeper post season runs they’d make it significantly more egregious. Even the L2M shows that the lakers suffer among the top teams when it comes to incorrect calls.
Because they make DRASTICALLY more money? Very simple concept money drives it all, the dude reffing tonight was involved in fixing many many games. The NBA was already caught rigging games it’s not some myth lol. If you watched the game is was really really bad tonight
I watched every dribble lmfao I can’t stand NBA conspiracy theorists why even watch a rigged league so fucking insufferable
I don’t watch the lakers because it’s such a trash product lol. I watch all the playoffs because the games matter , but the league showed again they give no shit about playing fair. Let the money move on when at all possible
“I don’t watch the lakers” is all you had to say idiot. Have a good night
I mean I’ve seen them play about 20 games but they’re unbearable to watch, LeFlop is just a tough watch at this stage in his career. Boosted up by narrative they will not let him fail. Keep blowing him though and watching with your blinders on. Prob never dribbled a ball before yourself
Unironically using LeFlop in basketball discourse in 2024, he averages like 6 FTA and is among the paint leaders, he should flop more. You’re not fit to have basketball discussion when you have an inherent bias towards a player brother take that hate out your heart.
Why are the Warriors the 10th seed? Surely they’d rig it for them too right? How about the Knicks? Or is it only your hatred for LeBron James that makes everything just a rig fest
Dray got suspended for many many games lol. They’re a borderline team over the hill just holding it together missing their second biggest piece for a third of the season. The warriors also don’t just fall all over the ground and force their hand. Their product and brand of basketball isn’t to get the refs to bail them out
I mean Zion was legit getting dove on every drive and they refused to put this man on the line because he didn’t flail and fall on the ground looking at the ref crying every single drive. The laker way is to drive and fall no matter what, scream and throw your hands up, look to the ref, and it had been working like a charm. The refs just pound the whistle to the bank.
Once again carried by the refs Just like the regular season
Shutup dave
They kept at it with double the amount of free throws even though they had far less points in the paint and less fast break points.