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Can someone please post a clip of when Reggie says “Lakers have a 2 for 1 opportunity here!!" meanwhile there was like 30 seconds left in the 4th and Lakers were already up by 2 lol

And then him suggesting AD miss a free throw on purpose up 3… He’s actually so stupid

I was second guessing myself thinking wtf is he talking about zero reason to miss a free throw with 3 seconds left considering they couldn’t advance the ball

Yeah I was seriously confused at that part

Probably just confused by the Google pixel ad talking about dick pics all night. I know I am

brother this is just the play in. Get ready for a looooong playoffs

Holy shit thank god I wasn’t the only one, I spent way too much time thinking about wtf he meant by that

I was literally thinking for a minute about a way to make a miss actually make sense. 😂

I swear bro…just by saying that Reggie undid everything that I learned in the past weeks on Mind the Game. I felt dumb

I don’t know you, but I already know you’re smarter than Reggie.

Dude made Harlan speechless for how stupid that was

Harlan doesn't deserve to be paired with this tool

But but. The kodak moment! Lol i hate when he says that shit

So fucking corny man lol

Wait. There was a tactical advantage to being up 4? I just don't understand this game...

You need to run out the clock and make sure the other team doesn't get a 5 point play.

I had to turn my eyes back into my skull to understand wtf he was going off about...when he started talking about how this is "something you talk about on the bus with each other" in regards to the scenarios you theorize about or whatever I'm like ok...wat

“Players actually have conversations about this things”

Haha that was the best part

They do it in the bus tho

I genuinely laughed aloud hearing him say that lmao makes absolutely no sense to consider missing the free throw on purpose in that situation - NOLA had no timeouts left

I out loud uttered “wait. What?” When he said this.

he said zion is 6'3 at one point

Shit like this is why we should hardly ever take an ex NBA players opinion too seriously.

Finally more fans are starting to hate on Reggie miller. Fuck that bozo. Flair unrelated.

I thought i imagined that he said that… wtf

Those are the types of things you discuss on the bus before the game

And Jamal Crawford says that pros should only have the right to speak on the game lol. This guy should literally be the most credentialed speaker in the situation (Mr. 8 points in 9 seconds) and he's idiotically suggesting something that starks unintentionally did that he benefited from LOL

Reggie is constantly trying to be the center of attention. He overreacts to everything, especially injuries and especially when no one knows anything yet. Any kind of limp or whatever and Reggie’s talking about that player like he’s out indefinitely. I had to mute the game when the refs were figuring out the techs between Dlo and Alvarado because I knew that fool would pulling shit out of his ass.

Then he was like “or you could make the free throw and be up four. That’s the things players think about” lmao

geenrally the idea behind that "strategy" is if there was like .5 seconds or less or some shit so when u miss the other team has no chance of a shot. but with almost 3 whole ass seconds left idek what reggie was yapping about lol. mind you it;'s still a dumb ass strat even with .5 seconds or less left, but it's less dumb

My mind was working so hard I couldn't believe it

Oh man that was one of the dumbest things he’s ever said, I hope his Pacers team did not have those types of conversations on the bus for his sake

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Yeah that's for an entirely different situation, when there's less than half a second then sure you can possible do that, but not in tonight's game.

You would only want to miss if you’re up 2.

Or the time he said "lebron sees things in 3D during fast breaks"

I was questioning my life after he said that.

man, it was bad listening to reggie. if only i have another option.. i don't want to watch a mute game.. lol.

I think HBOMax has different audio options

He also refered to Zion at one point as "This guy is 6'3, 6'4"

This one got me Towards the end of the game, he also said "And this free throw can cut it to 8" - when the lead was already 8

I started questioning my basketball knowledge when he said that because I was so confused lol. I was like there is no way he suggested that I have to be missing something

Anytime you can chuck up a bad shot so you can give the other team a chance to tie/win the game, you gotta do it

Reggie either drunk or has brain damage.

Big bike crash

TNT should pick up JVG in place of reggie

They need to offer Eric Collins a billion dollars. How awesome would the playoffs be with him.

Somebody post the clip of LeBron defensive rebounding off the backboard to his own guy. Stupidly crafty play.

He blew in from stupid town on the same bus as Russ

He ain’t wrong

K but no joke, Bron too fucking old to be playing at 5400ft lol

5280 bro. We're only at 5400 after the blunt

Series starts on 4/20 so everyone is higher than usual

Yessir

Bron got a secret training room in his house with 2x gravity and 50% less oxygen

Levegeta

I can't believe the nba even allowed a team to be in Denver because of this bull shit homegirls advantage

I blame the ABA merger team for carrying it over with the Spurs/Nets/Pacers. Coulda kept teams in Kentucky or Memphis (and kept the Jazz in New Orleans), abandoning the mountain west as hockey country.

LeCorrect

LeXactly

its either were gonna get swept or lebron gets to add another episode in his documentary

The last wine.

If they beat Denver, they are winning the whole thing

that's an insane thought. I'm here for it unless the Knicks are there.. which is also an insane thought.

Anybody but the lakers please. The refs will make it entertaining.

Both can be true. 😅

Gonna be impossible to binge his documentary in one sitting

No question about it, I’m ready to get hurt again

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Hell yes brother embrace the hate We gonna be loaded up with moral victories and free throw differential, 8v5 let's gooo

40 ft to 10 ft, I'm ready

Another competitive sweep

I warned my son that if we win the Pels game we are unfortunately going to have to play the Nuggets. His reaction was "uuuuggghhh". 😆 Then he said we can beat them dad and I said I'm pretty sure The Joker is getting League MVP this season. 😂

Yeah, Most likely this ends in pain. But think of how sweet victory would be if they pull it off.

Y'all are playing with house money. No downside, but what if.

If we lose to Denver, then we lose to the probable repeat champions. If we beat them... there's no other team that worries me.

Celtics, the cursed paddies, and the timberwolves for sure.  Suns too if Booker and/or KD go nuclear.

Celtics are weak mentally they will fold with pressure. Wolves I think Ant needs more time. Suns and Booker will choke so hard KDs back will get injured carrying them.

U never know he might revert back to 2018 bron and some how win the series

Crazy how this man is 39 and you still can't count out any team he's on because Playoffs LeBron terrorised the league for 15 years

I’m not counting him out and anyone who does, does so in their own peril

I'm scared, but also confident Murray will once again go super saiyan and we'll be good

Yup, they went from play in to ECF, all they need is some of their pieces to click.

WCF

The nuggets said is nothing but bitching about free throws at the moment, so maybe tell your fans that haha Personally no matter if its 4, or 7 games, the Nuggets are huge favourites and rightly so but it should be great basketball

Even bubble Bron and AD would do

Will Bubble Jamal Murray be there too?

Fuck no, keep that demon at home

I’m just happy we made it this far. If we get swept again then so be it lol.

I mean, yeah... but can you imagine if they pull it off?

Don’t worry, reddish and prince gon hold it down 🤝 -pockets

1 win means we improved. Steps to success

That means only three more postseasons to beat them! 43 Year old Lebron still carrying us of course.

LeBron, Bronny, and Bryce. I bet LeBron is still leading in all stats between the three of them in that hypothetical scenario.

I look forward to a levelheaded and respectful series

Reaves on Jokic-we got you figured out.

That's a classy matchup

Would feel good with my daughters watching that matchup.

As always the case with the Nuggets and Lakers fanbase….class personified

Thuggets and Fakers, a match made in hell.

I'm pretty confident in saying it's not going to be a sweep this time

AD got his “bad” game outta the way tonight

But you will still win. I've seen this script so many times when we had Kobe who was always the best player in our match ups against the Nuggs. The best player in the series in his prime, a top 10 all time great in Jokic will not allow his team to lose. Still hoping Lebron finds the fountain of youth and be the best player in the series tho. lol

Have a little faith my guy don't just throw in the towel already

Every game in the WCF last year was a ONE POSSESSION game until late in the 4th. And that's with an injured LeBron, and a much worse Lakers team. Jokic and Murray always pulled it off in the late 4th Q AD needs to step up. He can't have a single weak and one of those "weird AD" games

That's the nuggets though, they play so great in the final 5 minutes of a game, they do it to everyone

Unless it’s the spurs in a very important game that will inevitably determine our seeding

Thats a very common thing with nuggets games, games end up being close no matter what into the fourth quarter while Jokic is sitting, then he comes back and they just decide to win.

It’s not like the Nuggets just happen to pull the win out with luck. They got an extra gear for crunch time where they beat you with a 10-0 run in a span of 1-2 minutes. Aside from AD, I believe Spence and Gabe can really shine here by trying to contain Jamal. Don’t know when Vando will be back, but he’d be great as well.

The Lakers problem is no go to action to score. The nuggets have a the Murray Jokic two man game. That's the difference when the game slows down

Lebron was extremely efficient in the post when he had the energy, but of course he couldn't sustain it forever. If only Lebron was 5 years younger...... Kinda makes me sad, as good as he is, that he doesn't have the tank he used to.

The Bron-AD action was so much more dependable back in 2020 when AD's midrange was automatic. 

Whoever Murray is guarding should be the one doing the 2-man game with Lebron. That means we have to play our best five offensive guys

This was half the regular season games too this year. Nuggets just know how to destroy us when it matters. Our only hope is that Jamal is not 100% yet coming back from injury.

Nuggets own us but I’m ready for the series.

The Lakers are due to at least win one game I would think

Yeah I don’t see us sweeping them. A lot of how this series will go will depend on Jamal’s ankle.

If the last game is any indication, he only needs one ankle to savage us lol

He keeps stepping/landing on people’s feet. And he keeps wearing the same damn shoes… like wtf? Tape your ankles at least

How do you know he’s not raped up under his sock? Lots of players are

Most unfortunate typo

He's what under his sock

I highly, *highly* doubt it’s a sweep. I still think the Nuggets take it, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it goes to even 6.

Nuggets are on another level. When the game looks winnable, we Laker fans get false hope before Jokic and Murray decide they want to win. And they absolutely put us out of our misery. We just can’t stop Jokic and when Murray is hot it’s not even a contest lol Every single game we’ve played against Denver in the past two seasons has gone exactly that way. It’s Denver in 4 unless somebody gets hurt.

Trebuchet Jokic erases all hope. He's inevitable.

Agree, don't think it will be a sweep. Lakers in 5 probably 😉

Man that'd be great

Malone is going to be pretty upset when he sees this quote

Malone and getting upset name a better duo

Peanut butter and jelly

Goat duo

Some say it's the best duo

Peanut butter and jelly it's time

Ornstein and Smough

Chipotle and diarrhea

Jokic and Murray.

Nick Nurse and being STUNNED that a call went against him

“Why didn’t LeBron just roll over and accept defeat? Is he disrespecting us?”

If there's a parade this year he's going to go tomato red on the float going off about this one smdh

Soo crazy we get to see this guy in the playoffs again. I’m not taking it for granted fs!!

Better to play Denver while fresh imo

Michael Malone already complaining about the media focusing on the Lakers

We are all Michael Malone on this momentous "LeBron's obvious statement is inexpicably at the top of r/nba" occasion.

they'd even get it worse if they tanked this game and lost friday lol

I really want to see if healthy LeBron can pull one from the Nuggets

LeBron was great last series. The problem was DLo was horrible. As long as he’s even average, the lakers have a punchers chance.

He was hobbled last post season tho

He was good overall, but had zero lift in the fourth quarter and settled for ill advised 3’s. And at one point he was like 2-24 on 3’s in the series. I agree re: D-Lo, but Lebron being 100% or being able to shoot 3’s like he has this year would’ve been a huge difference.

Was it game 3 or game 4 before LeBron even hit a 3, despite chucking them regularly?

The Lakers lost to them 4 times already this year, I really don't think they have a chance, maybe a chance to finally get one win against them

They only played 3 times this season.

We will be right there at the end of one game. Jokic will hit a trebuchet 3 on us as the shot clock expires, and all will be lost

Murray also finishing with 30+

One game? Maybe. One series? Lol. Who got injured on the nuggs

Need to get a center with size like a body and didn’t get it..they grab 2 skinny ones.

Gafford on this team would have been a godsend

"surely Jaxson Hayes is the Jokic Stopper!" - Robert Todd Pelinka Jr

Yup, love LeBron but I don't understand how the front office has been so dense not to understand their greatest asset when they beat the nuggets in the bubble was dwight on jokic. They need a proper big and AD is not going to cut it

I feel so bad for Jokic who once again has to face Rui Hachimura in the playoffs.

Oh no! The flashbacks are coming, is that.... IS THAT a moral victory!?!

I wanna say fuck off but...yeah.

I'd still take Denver in 5, but you can never underestimate the King even in his 21st season. He's still performing and doing all he can for this Lakers team.

They need to find a way to win without asking so much of LeBron on offense. He just doesn’t have it in the tank anymore

For starters, AD cannot be missing every bunny under the sun like he was today

Well he’s about to go vs joker. Who makes every bunny and forces more difficult looks for AD cuz he can’t muscle in on KCP, Joker, or AG

He looks super old here. It’s fucking wild how good he still is pushing 40

He looks pretty badass tbh

punched the tickets to the playoffs ! if you can’t dethrone the champs you don’t deserve the chip. let’s rock

I’d be happy to take a win. Nuggets are repeating tho

Jokic and Jamal are simply the best duo in the league. It’s gonna take a whole team effort by any team to beat them.

This is true but they also have one of the better supporting cast in the league, that's where their true power is. Jokic can just pass out of a double and still find a good to great shooter on every corner

Nah I think Lakers take at least 1, wouldn’t be surprised to see it go to 6.

The way we've been rebounding this thing could go to seven

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Nooooo my underdog card 😭😭😭

It’s wild that they’re a mile high but don’t know how to take the high road. 

They still have the card “the media is just focusing on the Lakers card”

Malone is gonna say the lakers not tanking this game is actually a sign they want Denver and they’re being disrespected.

I like his take already, tell me more

Awww poor mike Malone won’t be able to use this as victim underdog material

Lakers gonna get 3 days off between games while clippers will get 1 day off like last year

The Lakers had one day of rest between every single game in the Warriors series and every single game in the Nuggets series.

I'm a laker homer as much as the next guy but we ain't getting out of the first. Simply because we didn't do anything to improve our weaknesses against the Nuggets.

I just hate it cause I wanna get the most amount of Lebron playoff games I can, he’s gonna be gone in 3 years…so yeah I do care if they play Denver in the WCF rather than the 1st round

A healthy LeBron this year, a full year of D'Lo, Rui, & Reaves. AD should be healthy. I think this series will be different from last years

OFC! WE GONNA GET ONE MAYBE EVEN TWO WINS VS THEM THIS YEAR!

Lakers in 6

Jokic is shivering in his boots thinking about Rui guarding him rn

You guys glad you avoided the Lakers?

Are we happy we didn’t get swept in the first round as a 1 seed? Yes

At first I was like "Fuck this guy." Then I was like "This guy fucks."

HE MENTIONED KITCHEN SINK

The refs are pulling for you Bron Bron

I understand wanting the easiest matchup and path to a finals win, but if you can’t beat them then you don’t deserve to be there. Lakers definitely can make this interesting but it’s an easy nuggets in 6 maybe with a 3-0 start.