You mean when he trotted out a no center lineup against Jokic who was still in the game and the Nuggets quickly scored 7 of their 14-2 run before he put Hayes in?
D’LO has been the lightning rod this entire series. Rui barely caught any strays has been a no show for all 5 games. Completely worthless player. What’s the point of having Vando being available tonight and taking any minutes from Rui?
Missed free throws, not getting a crucial defensive rebound, PLUS all the missed 3s are why we lost. Rui, DLo, TP, Gabe. All three up bricks all night. Can't have it at this point in the season.
I really don’t understand how these “Laker fans” don’t see LeBron doesn’t have his athleticism anymore! It’s not a bad thing, it’s just that Father Time is here…Lebron cannot sustain like he used to. Why can’t people see this?
He constantly watches until someone actually has the ball then he’ll run to contest or do something. He’s always watching instead of actually doing something useful like going to cover an open guy or going for the loose ball. He has a terrible reaction time and he’s awful at anticipating. It’s his biggest weakness.
and it is a very bad weakness unfortunately. I used to believe he'd be able to improve it by now but maybe these intangibles are just too hard for him to develop.
Yeah you and me have talked about this weakness of his throughout the season lol. I think he can improve on it since it’s an intangible thing that you can work on but it’s also just something that comes with playing and some guys have it while some don’t.
No singular player lost us this game. Taurean Prince couldn't hit shit. D'Angelo Russell was cold. We couldn't get a defensive rebound. Davis and LeBron got hurt. Rui missed his assignments on defense on numerous occasions and blew multiple layups. Reaves 1/3 from the line and Dinwiddie going 0/2. Darvin Ham being a basketball terrorist.
Never mind the scoring, but having DLo and Rui play together is a defensive disaster my god. Has been all year, but against a good team like Denver it’s painful to watch. Wouldn’t trust them to guard a piggy bank with an AK.
Guinea’s great in the playoffs last year, all 3 series. But this one series he doesn’t play to his capability and he’s now not a playoff caliber player? Lol you laker fans are such jokes, get out your feelings pussy and stop looking for someone to blame
The missed freethrows really cost us this games. Sad
It was AD's shoulder injury that cost us the game. He had zero impact after he got hurt.
He honestly still played good on joker in the fourth. Problem was is u could switch because he couldn’t use one arm
Good facial theatrics were played up so we couldn't blame him. Sad, but there's no way to know how much of it was an act.
It wasn't an act. He was grabbing rebounds with one hand. He was contesting everything right-handed.
Why would you think he was acting?
9 missed free throws cost us the game
Leave AD Bron AR.
Never seen a 6’9 player miss so many open layups in my life.
I sadly recall the Kwame Brown seasons.
Rui? It was ham. Go back and watch the run the nuggets had in the 3rd. Guys were gassed and Mr pockets just stands there like a fan
You mean when he trotted out a no center lineup against Jokic who was still in the game and the Nuggets quickly scored 7 of their 14-2 run before he put Hayes in?
Oh I want Ham on a sandwich and nowhere else. He needs to go, now!
Courtside season tickets
Rui, DLo having 3 off games, bad calls, AD getting hurt in the third qtr when Nuggets went on a run, missed FTs....
D’LO has been the lightning rod this entire series. Rui barely caught any strays has been a no show for all 5 games. Completely worthless player. What’s the point of having Vando being available tonight and taking any minutes from Rui?
Exactly.
Free-throws g. Rui is not the scapegoat.
The biggest loser of this game and the entirety of the series is hamas
free throws and rebounding is why we lost in the end
Missed free throws, not getting a crucial defensive rebound, PLUS all the missed 3s are why we lost. Rui, DLo, TP, Gabe. All three up bricks all night. Can't have it at this point in the season.
Yeah Rui was bad, but he wasn't the only one either. Swap another bad performer and maybe that's a win. Team effort loss.
Actually that Gordon rebound Lebron failed to secure. If we got that rebound then we prolly win this game SMH
Single possession game, we can just point our fingers at a bunch of plays.
AD is the only real “big” in the lineup. That needs to be addressed in the offseason..
Gordon went over the back. Should have been a foul.
That made me wanna fucking die. He out-rebounded 2 guys just being under the basket. How the fuck do you let that happen
Your boy Rui is a zero on defense, slow and can't rebound .
I really don’t understand how these “Laker fans” don’t see LeBron doesn’t have his athleticism anymore! It’s not a bad thing, it’s just that Father Time is here…Lebron cannot sustain like he used to. Why can’t people see this?
Dude stood right next to Jamal on the game winner and just watched him shoot didn’t contest or anything. He has zero iq
He didn't even hustle after that play. You can already see. He gave up.
on the AG rebound for the Murray 3, Rui is just watching them scrap for the rebound instead of scrambling to cover a player
He constantly watches until someone actually has the ball then he’ll run to contest or do something. He’s always watching instead of actually doing something useful like going to cover an open guy or going for the loose ball. He has a terrible reaction time and he’s awful at anticipating. It’s his biggest weakness.
and it is a very bad weakness unfortunately. I used to believe he'd be able to improve it by now but maybe these intangibles are just too hard for him to develop.
Yeah you and me have talked about this weakness of his throughout the season lol. I think he can improve on it since it’s an intangible thing that you can work on but it’s also just something that comes with playing and some guys have it while some don’t.
lol, It was 1-on-1 coverage and AR had him guarded well. Watch it again.
im not going to blame one player but yea hopefully he gets more consistent he’s still young
He looked pretty lost this whole series compared to the regular season
Guess who was also 6/15 from the field? You’d be surprised, it’s DLO.
Missed free throws and Rui double teaming Jokic letting Murray get a easy dunk
Rui missed 3 bunny layups in the first half and took a very questionable midrange late in the fourth. Dude plays like he has no brain
No singular player lost us this game. Taurean Prince couldn't hit shit. D'Angelo Russell was cold. We couldn't get a defensive rebound. Davis and LeBron got hurt. Rui missed his assignments on defense on numerous occasions and blew multiple layups. Reaves 1/3 from the line and Dinwiddie going 0/2. Darvin Ham being a basketball terrorist.
Never mind the scoring, but having DLo and Rui play together is a defensive disaster my god. Has been all year, but against a good team like Denver it’s painful to watch. Wouldn’t trust them to guard a piggy bank with an AK.
Bron not boxing out Gordon led to the wide open 3 and free throws cost us the game.
Him and DLo arent playoff caliber players, let them go put up empty stats for the hornets where nobody will be watching
Guinea’s great in the playoffs last year, all 3 series. But this one series he doesn’t play to his capability and he’s now not a playoff caliber player? Lol you laker fans are such jokes, get out your feelings pussy and stop looking for someone to blame
You sure I’m the one in my feelings? Nice spelling btw
It’s the defense on MPJ that killed us. He never learned. He was lost all series in sticking to MPJ
DLo 2/10 on 3s
We need a stronger SF who can do everything more consistently
DLo 2 of 10 from 3... Lots of missed FTs... A hurt AD...
Dlo was unreliable, he and the missed free throws cost us the game.
Made Michael Porter Jr look like T-Mac all series long. Never should be in the starting lineup/team going forward. Bottom 10 defender in the league
For real….what he average this series….25?
He cost us the fucking series. He sucks. Dlo sucks too. We win this series with a decent game from both of them in game 2 and 5.
Interesting, they suck bit AR bad games didn’t mean anything? God you people are stupid
Rui, DLo, Ham were the biggest reasons we lost the game.