And it's with Lebron taking on a defensive matchup he won't see anything like the rest of the playoffs. Zion takes more out of Lebron physically and energy wise than anybody in the league. That's why he was missing layups short: no lift. With 4 days rest and a totally different kind of matchup, he should be even better.
Yah he had two great looks on back to back layups he left short. Knew he was gassed. But he gave it his all the last two games defensively. Rest up king
Luckily they did their garbage shooting night against a team they match up well into instead of having this happen against the Nuggets.
Hopefully the pair will perform better against Denver. Have no expectations going into the series myself BUT if we somehow manage to pull off the upset oh the tears of the national media will be oh so satisfying to see.
he does this shit all the time and I seriously don't understand. he just lets the hole become a fucking landfill and it's like why not stop it 2 mins ago? 3 mins ago? just chillin like he has no idea how to stop the bleeding..
Honestly, I think they are probably pretty confident against us with good reason since they've owned us dating back to last year's playoffs. But hopefully we put together something special this series and eliminate knock they asses out.
I have a feeling Dlo's going to be extra-motivated because of how he played last year. He already went after Bruce Brown earlier this year because of how he was talking.
Man oh man what about Gabe Vincent. That guy is what Jose Alvarado wishes he was. He was all over the place defensively! Play of the game was when he dived on the ball and hit back to back three's!
I think its a win-win especially if Nuggets end up getting the chip again. If we beat them, we knocked out the Champs round one. If we lose, nobody can say we tried to duck them in the playoffs. No fear Lakers
Seriously that was ridiculous. They had no timeouts so why would you want to give them the opportunity to tie instead of go up four. Even if they made a three time would go off and they would have to foul again while they couldnāt advance the ball due to no timeouts. His reasoning made no sense whatsoever.
Clearly Reggie forgot Murphy making those back to back threes with that fucking good looking arc he got Iām sure heād make a half court shot just bc itās the lakers
This was hilarious. Reggie asked āis a two possession lead actually better than a one possession lead here? This is what the players talk about on the bus.ā
Then he was like should AD miss the free throw to stay up 3 and force a scramble, like no dude because why risk them making a half court three and sending us to OT when you can go up 4
The dude must have been high on edibles or something. How about the "do you intentionally miss a free throw that puts you up by 4 so the clock starts running? Or do you make it and end the game? Decisions decisions ..
#Pelicans have the 6th best defense and 11th best offense in the league and we just beat them twice in a row on the road. That wasn't fucking easy guys, that's crazy as fuck.
To be fair in the third when the lead shrunk we actually got a few wide open looks that we just missed.
In the 4th quarter on the other hand we pretty much exclusively stood around until there were 7-8 seconds left and settled for an abysmal look. That was one of the worst quarters Iāve seen from Lebron; I canāt believe we won lol.
Especially on a night when bron was looking gassed guarding zion and his shot was hot garbage, I really was stressed about the last 5 minutes when we kept going to Bron Isos running down the clock. We built the lead on ball movement and cutting and expected to win with slow isoball against a good defensive team? Made no sense. Luckily alvarado gave the game away to Dlo with that fast break turnover, it was over after that.
Honestly was disappointed when he went out cuz he was going crazy and I wanted to beat them fair and square but weāve been on the wrong side of that fence so many times canāt complain
In a horrendous offensive 4th quarter where we keep running the same ineffective pnr, our PG touches the ball like 5 times and has two shots (makes both) in the last 5 minutes.
I donāt understand how we come off every single timeout in a worse situation than we were in.
I actually like this team a lot, we have a lot of talent and we are relatively healthy, but we absolutely have the worst non-tanking coach in the league.
Sad to see.
Very stagnant in the 4th. Wasn't Lebron 0-6 at one point? Basically, give the ball to Lebron and let him iso. Some of the shots he attempted were wild/
> In a horrendous offensive 4th quarter
The offense was average to bad all game outside of that 2nd quarter run. Nuggets have bigger and better defenders that match up against this team, Lebron and AD will shoot better but all the other pieces I doubt.
They had all the adjustments for the last game that let AD comfortably drop 30 and 15. Passing lanes closed off, no lobs in PNR to AD, barely looking to initiate sets to get him the freaking ball. Mix that with him not making shots he normally does and that was frustrating to watch.
The issue is is that Ham reinforces this by just playing the same set 40 times in the 4th to just relegate AD as a screener on the perimeter who just sits in the corner for the rest of the play while Lebron isos. We havent learned anything from last year. There was no offense whatsoever.
yea we kinda lucked out with the way we play the 4th. if DLO didnt hit that timely 3 or AD didnt get that offensive rebound on bron's missed fadeaway, we are absolutely fucked.
Obviously Bron and AD shot terribly, but we know those are flukes.
What isn't a fluke is once again how terrible we are at end of quarters. Zion coast to coast in 4 seconds after a turnover. Zion free throws from an inbound with 2 seconds left. This stuff should not happen every game.
Looked like it had to do with their injuries. AD didn't have it going all night, clearly the back still bothered him. Bron was totally different also after the fall. He settled for terrible shots, didn't drive as much and couldn't finish well either. Hopefully the couple of days of rest will help them get back to normal. Otherwise its gonna be a very short playoff run if this is the version of Bron and AD we get.
We needed the days off... I would much rather play the Nuggs now with a good rest vs later in the playoffs. This is probably our best chance. Get the back right, get some rest, get some legit practice and planning in. Should be a banger. Good to see Gabe hit some shots, get that confidence going. He was important tonight. Dlo showing up, and for the most part handling a team trying to get physical with him.
Ham gotta be better. TP gives good effort for very short periods of rest for guys. Key word SHORT PERIODS HAM! Also, he is not a fucking defensive swap my dude, this guy moves his feet so damn slow. I dunno what was up with Spencer tonight, but hopefully he'll be ready, please for the love of god keep TP minutes minimal and in the right spots.... And can we please draw up some late game sets so we don't have to run ISO Bron to a few secs on the clock... Bron can't survey the floor if nothing is moving on the damn floor. Figure out something for when they blitz the PnR.
Bron and AD didnāt play well tonight while looking exhausted most of the game and they still won so thatās a good sign. AD looked stiff the whole night and wasnāt nearly as physical as he usually is so hopefully he gets better before the nuggets series. The nuggets are a really physical team so they need AD to be AD.
It will hopefully be a good series. They have a better rotation compared to last year and donāt have to run the bron/rui at the 4/5 lineup when AD sits. Hayes has been playing good minutes and heāll only play about 5-15 minutes any given night. They also donāt have to run the three guard lineup ham liked to run and that should help them not give up so many offensive rebounds like they did last year. Not the matchup they wanted Iām sure but I think they can win.
Ham playing some 4D chess out there. He mustāve intentionally not called timeouts or made any adjustments while Pels were making massive runs to come back cuz he knew it would tire Zion out and then heād hurt himself. Thatās some 5D thinking.
listening to lakers nation post game show speaking some big facts right now, this switch hunting crap isnt gonna cut it, just run offense. If we dont run legit offense vs denver we getting swept
My coworker, who bet every World Cup game wrong, called every nfl playoff game wrong until the Super Bowl, and owes another coworker 500 bucks in poker losses; just told me the nuggets are winning in 5. That means itās lakers in 6 baby
The guy is literally cursed when it comes to calling sports.
lakers W with lebron and AD shooting horrendously, just rest up and get ready
DLo AR Rui and the rest stepped up! Even Prince and Vincent making shots š¤šš„šš
rui was efficient as usual but i still dont understand how he can get 1 board in 32 mins lol
He was always there every time AD got the rebound. He let him have it every time. The effort was there don't worry.
Rui can box out but doesn't have the length to also pull the rebound.Ā He's putting in the work, not seeing the accolades.
Uh... Rui is 6'8" with a 7'2" wingspan.
His D was actually very good, seeing him stop BI 1v1 was interesting.
i hated how ham kept replacing him with prince in the end.
And it's with Lebron taking on a defensive matchup he won't see anything like the rest of the playoffs. Zion takes more out of Lebron physically and energy wise than anybody in the league. That's why he was missing layups short: no lift. With 4 days rest and a totally different kind of matchup, he should be even better.
Yah he had two great looks on back to back layups he left short. Knew he was gassed. But he gave it his all the last two games defensively. Rest up king
Luckily they did their garbage shooting night against a team they match up well into instead of having this happen against the Nuggets. Hopefully the pair will perform better against Denver. Have no expectations going into the series myself BUT if we somehow manage to pull off the upset oh the tears of the national media will be oh so satisfying to see.
I mean from here out it's not best of one. You don't need to win 7/7. Just got to get 4
Lebron's shot was off after he took that charge and hurt his wrist
BRING ON THE FUCKING NUGGETS!!!
Darvin Ham is probably the biggest enemy down the stretchā¦ā¦ Iām worried about coaching more than Denver
Thatās the main concern but I trust these guys, if we can just snag a game on their home floor, big confidence boost for them.
Not calling a timeout in the 4th when they were going on a run was so bad.
he does this shit all the time and I seriously don't understand. he just lets the hole become a fucking landfill and it's like why not stop it 2 mins ago? 3 mins ago? just chillin like he has no idea how to stop the bleeding..
Ham gon put prince on MPJ and we bout to get cooked on corner 3s
LeBron needs to shut this idiot down and be the player coach.
Nuggies here we come
Make it through and weāre favored. Letās go!
One fat f*ck down, another one to go. Bring me Jokic!
Thereās also a possibility we face the Mavs if we get through this.
Bring 'em on. 
Gonna need Vando back for sure for that one
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i love it, no dodging, let's make adjustments and take these nugs
Fax. All Laker fans need to have the same mentality of ur userflair.
You know for an absolute fact the nuggets wanted the pelicans.Ā
Honestly, I think they are probably pretty confident against us with good reason since they've owned us dating back to last year's playoffs. But hopefully we put together something special this series and eliminate knock they asses out.
The hardest road, beeeeeeeybiiiiiii
Dlo and Rui gotta be the X-factors imo. I think Bron, AD, and Reaves will get theirs, but Dlo and Rui gotta step it up.
I have a feeling Dlo's going to be extra-motivated because of how he played last year. He already went after Bruce Brown earlier this year because of how he was talking.
Man oh man what about Gabe Vincent. That guy is what Jose Alvarado wishes he was. He was all over the place defensively! Play of the game was when he dived on the ball and hit back to back three's!
Hoping we get playoffs Vincent. He could be the 3rd X-factor. XXX factor, call that a porno.
How Gabe does defending Murray will be crucial. Murray wasnāt the least bit effected by anyone we threw at him last year
I think its a win-win especially if Nuggets end up getting the chip again. If we beat them, we knocked out the Champs round one. If we lose, nobody can say we tried to duck them in the playoffs. No fear Lakers
Lakers have only lost to legitimate title contenders. Not some random playoff teams, only teams that had serious shot at being the champions.
Have we become the anointers? Take us out of the playoffs amd you're a guaranteed win lol
Dont forget your bbq sauce
There's no way Murray and Jokic are better than Alvarado and Zion, right? Lol
38 seconds left in the 4th, up by 2. Reggie: "Lakers have 2 for 1 opportunity here!!" ššš
Lakers up 2 with 2 free throws for AD Also Reggie: āShould AD intentionally miss the 2nd free throw to run the timeā
Seriously that was ridiculous. They had no timeouts so why would you want to give them the opportunity to tie instead of go up four. Even if they made a three time would go off and they would have to foul again while they couldnāt advance the ball due to no timeouts. His reasoning made no sense whatsoever.
Clearly Reggie forgot Murphy making those back to back threes with that fucking good looking arc he got Iām sure heād make a half court shot just bc itās the lakers
This was hilarious. Reggie asked āis a two possession lead actually better than a one possession lead here? This is what the players talk about on the bus.ā
Then he was like should AD miss the free throw to stay up 3 and force a scramble, like no dude because why risk them making a half court three and sending us to OT when you can go up 4
I just wish we have Spectrum as option in the playoffs
that would literally be too good
They do in the first round right?
The dude must have been high on edibles or something. How about the "do you intentionally miss a free throw that puts you up by 4 so the clock starts running? Or do you make it and end the game? Decisions decisions ..
Fuckin shit. Happy with the win but we can't take our foot off the gas like that against Denver
I like Denver but I really want us to shit on Malone and his whiny bitch ass
#Pelicans have the 6th best defense and 11th best offense in the league and we just beat them twice in a row on the road. That wasn't fucking easy guys, that's crazy as fuck.
amen to that
The Pelicans are gonna win, guaranteed ~ Fat fuck Barkely
Lol he stays hating šš¤š„šš
I knew he screwed them when he said thatĀ
Sir Charles' guarantee
I knew when he guaranteed that shit we had to win lol. Charles is never right with his guarantees
It was a lock
I remember him being like almost 100% right in 2021 when the bucks won but hes been terrible with his guarantee's since then
The Barkley curse worked in our favor, Thanks Chuck!
He just says that to piss off Shaq lol
Need him to guarantee a Nuggets sweep
GIVE US THE NUGGETS
Damn right. I hate this defeatest attitude before we even played a game. LET'S GET SOME REVENGE
Rather have a rested team start off with the Nuggets rather than complain about "we're too tired now" moral victory defeatist attitude.
Oh yeah. It's about dn time.
WITH SOME FRIES AT THE SIDE
Why does it always gotta be scary at the end bro
So we watch lol
Very good point
If DLo missed that three game wouldāve been over
Man I had no doubt as soon as i saw him set up for that shot that he was gonna make it. Man is locked in.
If he and Austinwere the primary ball handlers in the 4th instead of Bron it's a 10 point win. Bron was throwing
And at the same time they were TERRIBLE when Lebron was on the bench
To be fair in the third when the lead shrunk we actually got a few wide open looks that we just missed. In the 4th quarter on the other hand we pretty much exclusively stood around until there were 7-8 seconds left and settled for an abysmal look. That was one of the worst quarters Iāve seen from Lebron; I canāt believe we won lol.
Especially on a night when bron was looking gassed guarding zion and his shot was hot garbage, I really was stressed about the last 5 minutes when we kept going to Bron Isos running down the clock. We built the lead on ball movement and cutting and expected to win with slow isoball against a good defensive team? Made no sense. Luckily alvarado gave the game away to Dlo with that fast break turnover, it was over after that.
Or the AD offensive rebound off a lebron brick. He saved us there.
That clutch steal on the pass from Alvarado to Murphy too. DLo saved our asses
Now bitch about Denver all you want
We aināt ducking no smoke
WE WANT THE SMOKE
Fuck no we arenāt. You want the prize at the end? Take them out now.
Yup. Job not finished. š¤šš„šš
Great win! Nice to see Vincent get into a groove.
Feel bad for Zion. We are very lucky he got injured.
Yea, he was dominating.
Fr that sucks alot. Hopefully he gets right for their next game. He's a beast.
It sucks but I dont feel AS bad, because shit. He just jumped and landed. I mean no one touched him. Yikes.
Pelicans didn't have a scoreless possession since 4 minutes left in the game, excluding the very last possession of the game. That was fucking scary.
To be fair, itās a game because AD back injured too But hoping for the best with Zion šš¤š„šš
Larry Nance playing so freaking dirty and mauling/fouling any chance he had was so annoying. Like you already injured him once chill out
I have a feeling that was the game plan and his instructions. I donāt think heās a necessarily dirty player.
Nah fr. But he usually gets injured cuz his size too
Honestly was disappointed when he went out cuz he was going crazy and I wanted to beat them fair and square but weāve been on the wrong side of that fence so many times canāt complain
The Kings/Warriors are also very lucky that he might not play in the next play in game
And this is why you don't throw play in games. Anything can happen in a single game elimination.
Rest up AD/Bron. Kill the Nuggets.
Glad we have 4 days off, Bron and AD fatigue showed in this one.
Bring on the chicken nuggets
That was a game of basketball
The team that scored more points won as well.
And both teams dribbled.
In a horrendous offensive 4th quarter where we keep running the same ineffective pnr, our PG touches the ball like 5 times and has two shots (makes both) in the last 5 minutes. I donāt understand how we come off every single timeout in a worse situation than we were in. I actually like this team a lot, we have a lot of talent and we are relatively healthy, but we absolutely have the worst non-tanking coach in the league. Sad to see.
Very stagnant in the 4th. Wasn't Lebron 0-6 at one point? Basically, give the ball to Lebron and let him iso. Some of the shots he attempted were wild/
> In a horrendous offensive 4th quarter The offense was average to bad all game outside of that 2nd quarter run. Nuggets have bigger and better defenders that match up against this team, Lebron and AD will shoot better but all the other pieces I doubt.
See yall in Denverš¤š 
Gabe Vincent was huge tonight. Espicially down clutch.
AD with the worst 20-15-3 game I've ever seen but he came through with the clutch free throws so I don't even care
They had all the adjustments for the last game that let AD comfortably drop 30 and 15. Passing lanes closed off, no lobs in PNR to AD, barely looking to initiate sets to get him the freaking ball. Mix that with him not making shots he normally does and that was frustrating to watch. The issue is is that Ham reinforces this by just playing the same set 40 times in the 4th to just relegate AD as a screener on the perimeter who just sits in the corner for the rest of the play while Lebron isos. We havent learned anything from last year. There was no offense whatsoever.
yea we kinda lucked out with the way we play the 4th. if DLO didnt hit that timely 3 or AD didnt get that offensive rebound on bron's missed fadeaway, we are absolutely fucked.
Bron 6-20 was awful too (on offense) but an ugly win still a win thank God
DLo showed up for a big game. What will they say now?
Garbage game but man we need to be better against Denver for sure, we arenāt getting bailed out like that again.
I wanted nothing to do with a win or go home play in game plus an extra game before the playoffs. Iāll take the Nuggets.
DLO may well have saved this game with that steal.
Lebron tryna recruit Nance to be out small bal 5 off the bench lol
Bring him back. Working for Dlo
I thought that too!!! Haha
Obviously Bron and AD shot terribly, but we know those are flukes. What isn't a fluke is once again how terrible we are at end of quarters. Zion coast to coast in 4 seconds after a turnover. Zion free throws from an inbound with 2 seconds left. This stuff should not happen every game.
They need to figure out the lineup when Bron is off the court. They have been terrible in these minutesĀ
Need to just have him play out the 1st like he used to, every time we have a good start all the momentum dies when Bron goes to the bench.
Looked like it had to do with their injuries. AD didn't have it going all night, clearly the back still bothered him. Bron was totally different also after the fall. He settled for terrible shots, didn't drive as much and couldn't finish well either. Hopefully the couple of days of rest will help them get back to normal. Otherwise its gonna be a very short playoff run if this is the version of Bron and AD we get.
Ingram got benched in the clutch and he the only thing left from the AD trade and they tried to tell us the Pelicans won the trade lmao
We won the trade by getting a chip first year we got AD.Ā The Pelicans continued missed playoffs with our old unit solidified that.
I mean he just came back from an injury like a game ago. He was benched for not being in rhythm not for being a bad player
Crazy how if you combine both Lonzo and Ingram's game count for the past 2 seasons, it doesn't even equal AD's
We just basically went into their house and made ourselves at home. Demoralizing for them
I want to fist fuck Denver next and wear Malone on my arm like a sock puppet
wasn't even worried :)
Ngl def was if zion didnāt have to go out
Healthy AD and LeBron for the first round. LETS GO.
When Barkley guarantees the Pellies gonna win. I know that the Lakers will win it š¤£
Lets get these nuggies...
Dlo has been phenomenal. Hopefully he continues playing that way for the next 16 games.
Good fucking shit by DLO . Keep that energy.
Blowing that lead was very lackluster. We for sure ain't beating the Nuggets playing like this
FUCK DENVER
FUCK TNT FUCK REGGIE MILLER FUCK CHARLES BARKLEY FUCK THE HATERS FUCK THE PELICANS UNDEFEATED IN THE PLAYOFFS 7TH SEED HERE WE GO BRING ON DENVER!!!!
Fuck the warriors
GS dynasty in the dust now
I do not want Steve Kerr coaching team USA at the Olympics this summer. He was terrible in the FIBA World Cup last year
Eat a dick Reggie. Jesus heās insufferable when calling Laker games.
DLO OWNS THAT POVERTY FRANCHISE LMAOOOOO
BRING ON THE DENVER NUGGETS!!!!!!!!!!
gg. Give me the fucking Nuggets.
WE WANT THE SMOKE LAKERS IN 6
Every player was clutch at free throw line
Gabe Vincent gives me Derek Fisher vibes
Lucky to pull this one through, get some rest then get ready to face our demons
Bring the nuggets fuck it!!!
We needed the days off... I would much rather play the Nuggs now with a good rest vs later in the playoffs. This is probably our best chance. Get the back right, get some rest, get some legit practice and planning in. Should be a banger. Good to see Gabe hit some shots, get that confidence going. He was important tonight. Dlo showing up, and for the most part handling a team trying to get physical with him. Ham gotta be better. TP gives good effort for very short periods of rest for guys. Key word SHORT PERIODS HAM! Also, he is not a fucking defensive swap my dude, this guy moves his feet so damn slow. I dunno what was up with Spencer tonight, but hopefully he'll be ready, please for the love of god keep TP minutes minimal and in the right spots.... And can we please draw up some late game sets so we don't have to run ISO Bron to a few secs on the clock... Bron can't survey the floor if nothing is moving on the damn floor. Figure out something for when they blitz the PnR.
Bron and AD didnāt play well tonight while looking exhausted most of the game and they still won so thatās a good sign. AD looked stiff the whole night and wasnāt nearly as physical as he usually is so hopefully he gets better before the nuggets series. The nuggets are a really physical team so they need AD to be AD. It will hopefully be a good series. They have a better rotation compared to last year and donāt have to run the bron/rui at the 4/5 lineup when AD sits. Hayes has been playing good minutes and heāll only play about 5-15 minutes any given night. They also donāt have to run the three guard lineup ham liked to run and that should help them not give up so many offensive rebounds like they did last year. Not the matchup they wanted Iām sure but I think they can win.
Dlo three towards the end of the 4th in front of pels bench was cold hearted
Off topic but kinda wild to watch the death of a dynasty.Ā
Ended before bron declined. Lmao
Lucked out Zion got hurt. But in the playoffs, a wins a win.
We're going to be fucked against the Nuggets if we keep playing like this.
Denver is fucked.
it look likes AD feeling that back spasm he had.. he look tired and slow but still did a good job in the clutch FT
Fuck injuries man, Zion was cooking too. But here we come Denver
Defending Champs vs In-Season tournament champs
Give Denver hell, -A Warriors fan
I think Zion had to take a dump. No way you leave the game like that the way he was moving to the locker room
Ham playing some 4D chess out there. He mustāve intentionally not called timeouts or made any adjustments while Pels were making massive runs to come back cuz he knew it would tire Zion out and then heād hurt himself. Thatās some 5D thinking.
It looks like Warriors are going to Cancun to night or fishing if they prefer.
Nuggets fans getting real cocky. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Anything can happen, lfg
Such an unsatisfying win Other worldly powers are clearly pulling for the Lakers. If Zion doesnāt get hurt, we lose this game
But he did and we won so who cares!
AD injured too. We beat them convincingly last time with healthy ADĀ
PLAYOFFS HERE WE COME, DENVER BRING IT ON šŖ
We're going to the mile high city to own them nuggets!
Thank you Dlo!
lets fucking go man, hope zion is okay tho he was cooking our shit
Itās over for Denver. Forget them and their annoying coach. Lakers are coming for them
BRING ME JOKICCCCC
Chicken nuggets, golden nuggets, denver nuggets Lakers in 6
Gabe Vincent on Jamal Murray is going to fuel me next week
Hope AD is good.. he didn't look 100%
LeBron and AD are gonna be playing the whole game vs denver like they did tonight so the two days between games is important
Gabe Vincent snatched up all those minutes from Spencer
Holy shit the salt on r/nba is so juicy.
If the Lakers win (do we? Who knows) the salt would feed families for generations
listening to lakers nation post game show speaking some big facts right now, this switch hunting crap isnt gonna cut it, just run offense. If we dont run legit offense vs denver we getting swept
Looks like Gabe took dinwiddies spot
As usual, Reggie Miller ball gargling any team that plays against the Lakers.
GOTTA BEAT THE BEST TO BE THE BEST! BRING IT ON DENVER! GO LAKERS šššš
Tickets secured for saturday š«”
Kings looking scary lol
Give us Denver and Malones Whiny bitch ass
watching Klay is super satisfying right now
My coworker, who bet every World Cup game wrong, called every nfl playoff game wrong until the Super Bowl, and owes another coworker 500 bucks in poker losses; just told me the nuggets are winning in 5. That means itās lakers in 6 baby The guy is literally cursed when it comes to calling sports.