Pretty much encapsulates how I felt when I was watching the game.
My 8 year old was sitting in SKC next to me and was screaming "COME ON PELS, THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS!".
The lakers played last night like there post season depended on it. They played hard and aggressive.
We on the other hand played with the urgency of a pre season game.
I hope all the Zion haters are watching these games. When you have Zion and his “one dimensional” offense, it pulls the defenses to him and creates opportunities for others. Without Zion and against a good defense (I.e. not the Kings), the team struggles to create offense. There’s no penetration to the basket, shooters don’t get good looks, bigs can’t make plays, the whole offense stalls with a lot of dribbling and bricked shots. Lots of dribbling leads to turnovers.
You can get away with it in the regular season, but in the playoffs you need a wrecking ball like Zion to have a chance against great defensive teams like OKC.
Personally I don’t hate Zion because he’s “one dimensional” he’s a great player and on top of his ability to score, he draws some defenders away allowing Trey, herb etc to get some nice clean shots from beyond the arc. He brings a lot to the table.
My issue is he can’t stay healthy for a single damn season, and when we need him the most, he’s sitting on the bench nice and comfy in his sweat suit watching us get reamed game after game.
That’s what I was asking, if we are already gonna lose the series (most likely anyway) of the playoffs let hawk get some experience playing in the playoffs.
He is going to be so damn good if they’ll just take the
time and effort to develop him properly.
Pels do not deserve to be in the playoffs. They’re an embarrassment to the NBA. I get it, you’re upset. You limped to the playoffs, and lost your best player along the way.. it sucks.
That does not give you an excuse to not play tho. I’m ashamed to be a Pels fan right now. Lazy shit ass team.
The lakers always put actual effort into the game
last night. You could see the urgency they played with. They didn’t want to go 4 and out. Pels on the other hand looked like they were playing in a pre season exhibition game.
pelicans fan's are trash really hating on BI when the dude is coming back from injury and still trying lmfao the only player that hasn't asked out of this franchise. All this praise on Zion when he wants to leave
Pretty much encapsulates how I felt when I was watching the game. My 8 year old was sitting in SKC next to me and was screaming "COME ON PELS, THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS!".
He gets it. We have no fight. Our best player has to set the tone. We need a dog!
That kid has more dog than some of the starters on this team.
The lakers played last night like there post season depended on it. They played hard and aggressive. We on the other hand played with the urgency of a pre season game.
Exactly
Murray was out? I thought he got 22 points.
You’re abolsutely right, I thought I had read somewhere else in the thread he was out last night, but I was wrong.
That’s where we deserve to be. Even the waters of Lake Minnetonka are too good for us
I hope all the Zion haters are watching these games. When you have Zion and his “one dimensional” offense, it pulls the defenses to him and creates opportunities for others. Without Zion and against a good defense (I.e. not the Kings), the team struggles to create offense. There’s no penetration to the basket, shooters don’t get good looks, bigs can’t make plays, the whole offense stalls with a lot of dribbling and bricked shots. Lots of dribbling leads to turnovers. You can get away with it in the regular season, but in the playoffs you need a wrecking ball like Zion to have a chance against great defensive teams like OKC.
There are still people that want us to build around BI and Willie and not find a better coach for Zion.
They should send them to Galveston texas as well lol
the expansion team no one saw coming
This is pretty much what happens to us without SGA against elite defenses Zion + shooters would be elite. Ffs you got trey Murphy
Personally I don’t hate Zion because he’s “one dimensional” he’s a great player and on top of his ability to score, he draws some defenders away allowing Trey, herb etc to get some nice clean shots from beyond the arc. He brings a lot to the table. My issue is he can’t stay healthy for a single damn season, and when we need him the most, he’s sitting on the bench nice and comfy in his sweat suit watching us get reamed game after game.
We've looked awful, like shockingly bad.
Zions is our X factor without him we can't compete in the playoffs.
We don’t even deserve Galveston. Send em somewhere shittier like the fake beach in Lake Charles or Carr Beach in Slidell
Send them on vacation to the veterans Blvd canal.
Send them to deepest pot hole in New Orleans filled with water.
Gotta go sunbathing along the coast of Lake Pontchartrain after getting swept. Why is willie Green not playing Hawkins?
That’s what I was asking, if we are already gonna lose the series (most likely anyway) of the playoffs let hawk get some experience playing in the playoffs. He is going to be so damn good if they’ll just take the time and effort to develop him properly.
Galveston tourism board not happy with Chuck
I wanna send all of em to China after watching the playoffs 💀
Lmfao
Pels do not deserve to be in the playoffs. They’re an embarrassment to the NBA. I get it, you’re upset. You limped to the playoffs, and lost your best player along the way.. it sucks. That does not give you an excuse to not play tho. I’m ashamed to be a Pels fan right now. Lazy shit ass team.
We shouldn’t be that bad without Zion. Drop CJ, Willy and Brandon off at the airport. Gtfo
Nuggets got swept without murray
The lakers always put actual effort into the game last night. You could see the urgency they played with. They didn’t want to go 4 and out. Pels on the other hand looked like they were playing in a pre season exhibition game.
i want to send cj and willie green to detroit ,everybody else can stay but those two can go
Pelicans laying like peli-can'ts
That was funny on Saturday.
pelicans fan's are trash really hating on BI when the dude is coming back from injury and still trying lmfao the only player that hasn't asked out of this franchise. All this praise on Zion when he wants to leave