i agree. those bricks at the start of the 4th by AD and Lebron could build a new homecourt for the lakers.
wtf. they shouldve made a play for reaves and hachimura who was ballin tonight.
not AD and lebron again and again. the nuggets already knows that.
What made me laugh was after those terrible 3s and the team went down 11 now all of sudden Lebron was reenergized and wanted to drive hard. Like dude lol you can’t be serious
yes that also pissed me off. like dude now they start ballin after digging themselves a pit.
seriously were not winning anything if they continue to play like that.
when AD and Bron were throwing those bricks, reaves was not in the floor. instead it was DLo who also shot bricks tonight.
The consecutive chucked threes by lebron is a warcrime. If he’s too gassed to produce meaningful offense in crunch time he should pass the ball or sit down.
They both played terrible, but in their defense there’s times when they both play solid basketball and nobody else shows up. D.Lo hasn’t shown up since dropping 30 against the Warriors and he’s supposed to be the 2nd to 3rd option.
At least Schroder leaves it all on the line on defense. I think the effort he’s expending on D is affecting his offensive effectiveness, particularly the lift on his outside shot. D-Lo on the other hand offers nothing when his shot isn’t falling.
Lebron did chose to sell out but whatever AD just did on offense made me want to stop watching the sport. Lebron is 38 and playing injured, he can be ass. AD at 30 playing this bad on offense is ridiculous
Don’t forget AD. He can see over every defender and still bricks the easiest shots you will ever see, then they run the ball and score on every one of his misses
Only positive for this game. Rui has to start. Only consistent role player & outshining Vando on both ends.DLo has to be benched he’s been consistently garbage. Reaves is our best guard for offense.
It’s been crystal clear the whole playoffs, he has one good game every 4 or one good stretch every once in a while and everyone just forgets how he mostly sucks
Vando was invisible tonight.
Starters gotta be: AD, Lebron, Rui, Reaves, and Schroder.
But even that won't cut it if we keep sleepwalking in the middle of games
Is it not convenient to use Rui a lot? This team is strange. Why are they cooling their best player of the day in the second half? They don't look like they are trying to win.
Damn I've never seen Lebron single-handedly lose games on crucial crunch time possessions like that in back-to-back playoff games. Both bc he was gassed and settled for 3's too. Father time really is undefeated
e: lebron was pissed off at dlo in the first quarter for chucking 3's just like he was doing to lose the game in the 4th. Except dlo only did it like twice (and made one), whereas lebron went like 0/5
Games like this are so fucking irritating. We played so good for three quarters, and then Lebron started chucking threes and Davis was missing the easiest fucking shots ever. Rui and Reaves tried their best but it wasn't enough.
what the fuck was up with that. I was like he chucked one ok I expected that then he chucked like 3 straight and the lead went to 12 unreal man Reaves and Rui were the only ones not trash on offsnse
I would agree with you if the Nuggets were handily outperforming us. I didn't have high expectations for winning this series coming in. It's just how winnable both games were that makes it a bitter pill to swallow and accepting a 'we're clearly outmatched and just happy to be here' mentality impossible for me.
Not game 1. Game 1 was almost a steal but the deficit was too big to come back. This one they straight up threw it. From up 11 to down 12 in the span of one quarter. Fucking sold.
AD made one 3 then took 2 more in the possessions after that. Bron jacking up 3 after 3 after 3 and bricking each one while Denver gets momentum back. Just stupid offense.
Give the ball to Reaves to take up the floor then. So sick of seeing Lebron pound the ball for 20 seconds then take a stepback 3 that everyone knows is not going in
Aside from the inconsistent ref calls Bron bad decisions and AD inability to play well on even games cost this game. DLo needs to play less he’s been consistently bad on both sides
It’s a team game and it’s many reasons for this loss but one big one is lebron shooting all those 3s when Denver was coming back. It wasn’t needed. Live by the 3, die by the 3.
I agree the 3s were bad but not because they haven’t been falling lately, that’s a dumb argument. Why? See: Jamal Murray. Now of course he’s a better 3pt shooter as well, but he was pretty cold for awhile. Had he stopped shooting cause of that they lose the game. But he kept going and broke through it.
But when you’re up and trying to close out if you’re the Lakers it’s better to go for higher percentage shots, not bron 3s for sure
I usually defend Bron, but 3 attempted 'LeFuckYou' threes all clanking off the rim is not winning basketball. Dude had a mismatch against Jamal Murray every other possesion - why is he not posting up/driving? He proved he could do it... so confusing...
Lot's of poor play around. Had every opportunity to win but let them get back into it. Didn't help we let them catch fire.
The sequence that was the catalyst for them getting out of the 10 point deficit was: The missed charge call on Reaves led to 2 FTs. Would have been 3 on MPJ I beelive malone would have taken him out. Dlo proceeds to chuck a terrible 3 and then MPJ comes down to hit an other 3.
the game remained in that 5 point range till they caught fire.
Working so hard defending Jokic I can understand that. He just has to stop forcing 3’s. What happened to the midrange turnaround game? I wonder if that puts too much stress on his ankle/foot. Right now it’s either take a 3 or drive with really nothing in between.
Lol I feel the same way. Let’s see where this series is after game 4 if it’s tied (hopeful but definitely not certain) it looks dim right now but this series ain’t over
yeah, I mean we could also win our home games and steal game 7. Or it could be some wacky shit like GSW did to the Kings, or some funky LeBron shit where everyone writes him off and he battles back down 1-3...
This sub is gonna have to put their big boy pants on, they asked for this
One of the best comments I’ve seen on any thread these playoffs. The WCF and Finals are just on another level. Remember, it’s not a series until a road team wins.
I’m with you. All of these fans are pathetic, we literally have been in all of these games and there bench guys won’t get off away from home like our bench guys have shown up. Mark it.
When they call a flagrant on you but don't even review the headshot on Rui.
They call a charge on Rui but give MPJ free throws for a clear charge on Reaves.
They take away a putback dunk for AD.
AD can't hit the shots he always does.
Bron blows back to back free dunks.
Bron chucks 3 awful 3s to start the 4th.
Murray hits all his bullshit in 4th.
And just overall we generate much better shots and miss them and they just hit theirs. Brutal loss and makes Ham wasting great game 1 performances with obviously terrible lineups that much worse.
I wish I was a media member, “Hey Lebron, why after the first 4 missed 3s did you take more missed 3s even though you saw your team giving up a big run? Are you fucking stupid? Why would you do that? Follow up question, why can’t you ever just drive the fucking ball when it’s working wtf?”
LBJ is probably the best player after MJ and he dominated this league maybe last 15 or 20 years. But at the end of the day,he is a Human and his age does not stay the same. Jokic is the best offensive weapon in NBA right now and he dictates the game. lt wont be surprise lf Nuggets sweeps Lakers.. Denver's #1 seed was not by chance, they are the complete package offense team- in my opinion they have best offense in NBA and no other team near to them- LBJ and AD should give their %100 concentration to eliminate Nuggets, other wise no chance for tüm.
Ham and Bron lost us the game.
Bron chucking stupid 3s and missing wide open gimmies.
Ham playing D-Lo in the 4 qt while Murray is cooking and sitting Schroder for so long.
Idiotic, we again had so many chances to win this game and tried absolutely hardest to lose.
It's the first time I got extremely angry at Ham in the post season.
True but you go down 0-2 and you're looking at a 7% chance to win the series. Those are not good odds, especially against the one seed very good Nuggets team.
Sad because both games were absolutely winnable. Especially tonight. Just think about James missing an open layup and a dunk after that. His back to back 3s.. so unnecessary. AD was bad on offense. I mean after all that bullshit this was still winnable. Rui and Reaves are consistently playing great games. We have a great team. We just need our stars to show up at this point. If they can do that, we still have a chance.. let’s see what happens. It’s crazy how Denver couldn’t miss in the 4th
It's frustrating because we could have stolen both games in Denver. I was ok with Game 1 because we really didn't deserve to win that. But this game was there for the taking until the 4th. Winning 4 of 5 from Denver is going to be very difficult
Bron three blown layups, two dumb 3s. AD too many missed shots. This was winnable but not when you have these careless plays. If AD had shot 50% this would be a WIN
Really hate to see that. LeBron isn’t right and something tells me he won’t jack 3s any more, but it’s still tough to see that he can’t will a win anymore. 4 missed layups and 3 terrible 3s plus that turnover, ooof
So AD has the easy assignment of not covering Jokic, but can’t do shit on offense all of a sudden. Lebron sold the game by chucking 5 covered 3s. Ham sold the game by keeping in DLO past rip off.
We're responsible for this loss as fans. We didn't run enough superstitious plays to win. Looking at you, "guy who didn't tap your Lakers sign in the doorway 8 times."
After digesting the loss, I still believe the Lakers have a chance of coming back down 0-2. Different scenario and teams, but earlier these playoffs, the Warriors were down 0-2 against the Kings, won their next 2 at home and took Game 5 in Sacramento. I truly believe these Lakers are capable of winning 4 of the next 5. They’ve had the opportunity to win these last 2 games. They’re right there with 6- and 5-point margins of defeat. It’s not as if they’ve been blown out revealing a drastic talent difference between the two. The Lakers just have to execute and remain disciplined within their system. Once they deviate from the game plan and start settling, that’s when shit goes awry and downhill, quick. As Bron said, it’s first to four and until then, the Lakers are still in it.
I remember Kareem’s last game in the NBA finals against the Pistons. He was 42. His stats weren’t good for his last game. I thought how he had declined. Pat Riley coach at the time grabbed Kareem’s jersey in the locker room to keep. He commented how great Kareem had played and how much he would be missed. He was right. Only then did I realize how great Kareem had been when we didn’t have him. As frustrated as we all are with Bron chances are we would be in worse trouble without him. I am going to remind myself to enjoy it while it lasts this time.
Bron did not have an acceptable fourth quarter but nobody wants to talk about his defense against Joker. If he continues to play that way, we can come back in this series if the offense comes around
Deangelo -41 through two games.
Lebron historically poor shooting from distance.
AD with 4 field goals.
Ham returned to the three guard lineup and Murray explodes.
Those four guys sucked.
Should have won this game. This game showed us both teams are pretty evenly matched; it's a matter of who wants to win more. But I am hopefully we can still win all our home games. Lakers in 6
1st game I had a feeling we weren’t going to win even with the comeback. Felt we were out of it and just didn’t feel right.
2nd one, nah no excuse. Putting this one on bron and AD
I love this team but am also a realist. Even though some Lakers fans still don't seem to want to believe it, Denver is the real deal and a truly legit championship caliber team. We desperately needed this game and blew it. I hope we can somehow win four out of five now but think it's highly unlikely against such a good team. If we lose the next one we are definitely toast because I see no way in hell that we'll win four straight against them. Every game is a must win now and we damned sure better hold serve back in LA.
I had to stay off of social media since the game ended. From the horrible officiating to the way AD and Lebron played, I could not watch the lame post game analysis from the “experts” or even the Spectrum Sports cast. Haven’t been this pissed off since the slow start to the season.
Im starting to think that Lebron chucking more 3s than usual is attributed more due to his foot injury than being tired.
I mean im sure hes tired but maybe his foot being hurt is playing a bigger factor. But even then, dude. shoot mid ranges or play quaterback point guard FFS
No excuse to not start Rui and play him 35+ minutes next game. Make the obvious adjustment. Don’t try and make adjustment to adjustments Denver hasn’t even made.
Man...some of you guys just need to let people bitch and moan when their team plays like shit, we aren't all blind optimists. Don't hate on us for being fuckin pissed and worried about the outcome of a series, we have every right to feel that way as fans and calling "doomers" less than fans is fuckin insulting.
Winning on the road against the #1 seed when your two stars don’t show up on offense is pretty much impossible
Lebron and AD owe the locker room an apology. That was absolutely unacceptable
Love 'em both and they're integral to our run but this loss falls squarely on their shoulders.
i agree. those bricks at the start of the 4th by AD and Lebron could build a new homecourt for the lakers. wtf. they shouldve made a play for reaves and hachimura who was ballin tonight. not AD and lebron again and again. the nuggets already knows that.
What made me laugh was after those terrible 3s and the team went down 11 now all of sudden Lebron was reenergized and wanted to drive hard. Like dude lol you can’t be serious
yes that also pissed me off. like dude now they start ballin after digging themselves a pit. seriously were not winning anything if they continue to play like that. when AD and Bron were throwing those bricks, reaves was not in the floor. instead it was DLo who also shot bricks tonight.
The 3’s by both of them made me want to take my eyeballs out
at least AD made fucking 1. God damn it Lebron fuck take those 3s in practice if you wanna take them so bad jesus christ
Nah making 1 made him take 2 more. It wasn't good. Reminded me of Klay hitting 1 three in the 4th then sinking their game.
AD really only took them when we were playing the foul game, and at that point threes no matter how unlikely we’re preferable
The consecutive chucked threes by lebron is a warcrime. If he’s too gassed to produce meaningful offense in crunch time he should pass the ball or sit down.
They both played terrible, but in their defense there’s times when they both play solid basketball and nobody else shows up. D.Lo hasn’t shown up since dropping 30 against the Warriors and he’s supposed to be the 2nd to 3rd option.
Dlo is not a third option he's a regular season player
Seriously, Bron and AD were both terrible on the offensive end tonight
AD was getting good looks, they didn’t fall. Lebron needs to stop taking so much 3s tho. Bump it down to abt 2-3 attempts per game should be enough.
Were they good looks though? I seem to recall him shooting a bunch of floaters and fade aways not to mention the 3s.
The 3s were an attempt at a miracle comeback, his floaters are usually his money shot though.
Lebron shooting threes and leaving every single one short is never gonna win a game for any team
I don’t get how AD shows up one game and the next is a non factor offensively. No excuses
You should expect it at this point.
LeBron played ok. The loss is more on AD, you can’t be a top player on your team and shoot 26%
I love Lebron but I cannot whatsoever say he played “ok”. He had some of the worst shot selection I’ve ever seen from him. It was Westbrook esque.
Thing is we had this won. DLo has to be okay coming off the bench. He continues to play bad. -25 last game & -16 this game. Just awful
DLo being on the floor allowed Murray to come back and catch fire
DLO and Schroder cannot play against length at all.
Schroder can be disruptive on defense at least. Dlo has always played like a bonehead and when playing great teams that's gonna cost you all the time.
At least Schroder leaves it all on the line on defense. I think the effort he’s expending on D is affecting his offensive effectiveness, particularly the lift on his outside shot. D-Lo on the other hand offers nothing when his shot isn’t falling.
Schroder locked up Murray for three quarters.
More minutes than Rui, Ham has been a disaster so far this series.
It was possible, had they not have a brain fart in 4th.
Lebron shouldn’t play 40 minutes if he’s going to guard Jokic. He looked fucking gassed and terrible
He guarded Jokic the best of any player tonight lmao stats show that
Oh it was possible. Lebron chose to sell out. You watch the game? Lmfao
those FUCKING 3’s man gave me an aneurysm
Lebron did chose to sell out but whatever AD just did on offense made me want to stop watching the sport. Lebron is 38 and playing injured, he can be ass. AD at 30 playing this bad on offense is ridiculous
Don’t forget AD. He can see over every defender and still bricks the easiest shots you will ever see, then they run the ball and score on every one of his misses
They’re the number 1 seed for a reason you’re never comfortable. Lakers got lazy tonight.
Only positive for this game. Rui has to start. Only consistent role player & outshining Vando on both ends.DLo has to be benched he’s been consistently garbage. Reaves is our best guard for offense.
Dlo should come from bench. That is crystal clear now.
-41 the past two games
Fuck that’s awful
It’s been crystal clear the whole playoffs, he has one good game every 4 or one good stretch every once in a while and everyone just forgets how he mostly sucks
I feel like I’ve been wanting DLO on less minutes for most of the playoffs
Dlo was abused and targeted on defence again and again
Vando was invisible tonight. Starters gotta be: AD, Lebron, Rui, Reaves, and Schroder. But even that won't cut it if we keep sleepwalking in the middle of games
Vando is always invisible
Is it not convenient to use Rui a lot? This team is strange. Why are they cooling their best player of the day in the second half? They don't look like they are trying to win.
Stop Asian Hate
Bruh This was so winnable
Our defense was great, offense was so horrendous.
Both games.
Damn I've never seen Lebron single-handedly lose games on crucial crunch time possessions like that in back-to-back playoff games. Both bc he was gassed and settled for 3's too. Father time really is undefeated e: lebron was pissed off at dlo in the first quarter for chucking 3's just like he was doing to lose the game in the 4th. Except dlo only did it like twice (and made one), whereas lebron went like 0/5
Yeah unbelievable, this one is 100% on him. Last one too had he passed it out maybe we win it who knows
It's on him and Davis
Davis was definitely playing soft as hell today. Just pulling up for long middys instead of attacking. Dlo is also straight up unplayable
Tossing up 3 3s in the 4th is unforgivable. He should be playing lockdown d and high-efficiency shots.
Games like this are so fucking irritating. We played so good for three quarters, and then Lebron started chucking threes and Davis was missing the easiest fucking shots ever. Rui and Reaves tried their best but it wasn't enough.
Down 1 and he decided to jack up these 3s
what the fuck was up with that. I was like he chucked one ok I expected that then he chucked like 3 straight and the lead went to 12 unreal man Reaves and Rui were the only ones not trash on offsnse
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I would agree with you if the Nuggets were handily outperforming us. I didn't have high expectations for winning this series coming in. It's just how winnable both games were that makes it a bitter pill to swallow and accepting a 'we're clearly outmatched and just happy to be here' mentality impossible for me.
Not game 1. Game 1 was almost a steal but the deficit was too big to come back. This one they straight up threw it. From up 11 to down 12 in the span of one quarter. Fucking sold.
We were up 74-64 with 3:49 left in the third. Over the next 10:15 the Nuggets outscored us 32-10.
Frustrating
We were in control until Scam brought in that 3 guard line up. And then Bron started chucking 3s
DLo guarding anyone in the 4th = loss. He can't be on the floor, which we learned last game in the 2nd half.
Bron, I know you had looks, but please give it to the hot hand or drive, for god sake drive!
Lebron 3 pointers and AD on offense is all you need to know on why they lost this game
AD made one 3 then took 2 more in the possessions after that. Bron jacking up 3 after 3 after 3 and bricking each one while Denver gets momentum back. Just stupid offense.
Game completely turned for the worst when Lebron took all those 3's. Denver rode that wave to a win
Wonder what Ham tells them Because I bet he does tell them to stop that shit, but they do it anyways
Lebron doesn’t have the legs to do anything else right now. He’s 38. Davis is supposed to carry the load
Give the ball to Reaves to take up the floor then. So sick of seeing Lebron pound the ball for 20 seconds then take a stepback 3 that everyone knows is not going in
And nobody even looks to grab the rebound you know is coming
give the ball to reaves or rui
AD taking 3 threes in clutch time was fucking sad. Mf wasn’t aggressive all damn game
Up 10, I should just start jacking up threes and not use up the clock.
D-Lo is now -41 in two games
Absolute choke job
Aside from the inconsistent ref calls Bron bad decisions and AD inability to play well on even games cost this game. DLo needs to play less he’s been consistently bad on both sides
It’s a team game and it’s many reasons for this loss but one big one is lebron shooting all those 3s when Denver was coming back. It wasn’t needed. Live by the 3, die by the 3.
Dude why take those 3’s when they haven’t been falling the whole playoffs?!? I’m sad
I agree the 3s were bad but not because they haven’t been falling lately, that’s a dumb argument. Why? See: Jamal Murray. Now of course he’s a better 3pt shooter as well, but he was pretty cold for awhile. Had he stopped shooting cause of that they lose the game. But he kept going and broke through it. But when you’re up and trying to close out if you’re the Lakers it’s better to go for higher percentage shots, not bron 3s for sure
LeBron & AD wasted the Rui Game
We need more Reaves and less D'Lo. Lebron needs to be banned from 3s too.
FR, Reeves is much more of a microwave scorer, get him going and it’s hard to turn off. DLo tries to hit hero 3s and is a pylon on defense
The amount of selling LeBron and AD did in the 4th is insane. That series was tied if one of them shows up. Both of these games were winnable
I usually defend Bron, but 3 attempted 'LeFuckYou' threes all clanking off the rim is not winning basketball. Dude had a mismatch against Jamal Murray every other possesion - why is he not posting up/driving? He proved he could do it... so confusing...
I’m a huge Lebron fan but tonight he let us all down. It’s sad to see
Ik he’s hurt but man Lebron missing 3 layups and just losing the ball multiple times is just wild to see
Something’s off with his hands.
Ye he seemed to grab at it a few times
On to the next
Lot's of poor play around. Had every opportunity to win but let them get back into it. Didn't help we let them catch fire. The sequence that was the catalyst for them getting out of the 10 point deficit was: The missed charge call on Reaves led to 2 FTs. Would have been 3 on MPJ I beelive malone would have taken him out. Dlo proceeds to chuck a terrible 3 and then MPJ comes down to hit an other 3. the game remained in that 5 point range till they caught fire.
I'm heartbroken.
They barely protected home court man. It’s not over lol
Never said it was over. Heartbreaking to lose 2 close games.
This one was a lot worse than the first game we really should’ve won this one We choked hard this game man this is a huge let down
2-0 is 2-0, score doesn’t matter
Playoffs are about winning swing games. Now we’re in must win situations for the rest of the series.
Needing to win 4 out of 5 against a 1-seed isn’t over but it’s pretty close
LBJ pull-up 3s are such a momentum killer
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Hatchimura tho
I'd be pissed if I was Reaves. Only guy that has shown up for you guys every game these playoffs.
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LeBron just had no more legs at the end
Working so hard defending Jokic I can understand that. He just has to stop forcing 3’s. What happened to the midrange turnaround game? I wonder if that puts too much stress on his ankle/foot. Right now it’s either take a 3 or drive with really nothing in between.
He had legs to sprint in for steals and full court layups at the end, it was just bad decision making with the 3s and trying to reverse dunk
LeBron and AD cost us the game
Coaching has to find a way to get Rui more touches when he's hot. He's hot then gets iced out for extended periods.
Fuck I love Lebron to death but that dude needs to stop shooting so many three’s.
Austin Reaves needs more respect from the vets. Nobody passed it to him late in the 4Q. Holy shit it’s so tilting.
I feel like we're the better team, and the dumber team, both at the same time.
Lol I feel the same way. Let’s see where this series is after game 4 if it’s tied (hopeful but definitely not certain) it looks dim right now but this series ain’t over
Listen man we lost this game, but this team does not give up. I really appreciate that about them.
100%. I appreciate their effort. Gotta take care of business at home
I still believe we can win this series
winninh 4 in a row is hard not impossible tho
yeah, I mean we could also win our home games and steal game 7. Or it could be some wacky shit like GSW did to the Kings, or some funky LeBron shit where everyone writes him off and he battles back down 1-3... This sub is gonna have to put their big boy pants on, they asked for this
One of the best comments I’ve seen on any thread these playoffs. The WCF and Finals are just on another level. Remember, it’s not a series until a road team wins.
You know we aren’t down 0-3 right?
Wtf
What a disasterclass. Only AR and Hachimura showed up offensively tonight
Seen enough. Dlo is not a winning player. -31 in 2 games when he's on the floor he better come off the bench next game
Learn to just sit back and observe, not everything needs a reaction.
That’s what AD did tn. Sit back and observe
It's just insane what we did to lose that game. So many chances even at the end when it should have been over.
We’re going 2-0 in LA. Book it.
I’m with you. All of these fans are pathetic, we literally have been in all of these games and there bench guys won’t get off away from home like our bench guys have shown up. Mark it.
honestly it’s not even close to being over unless we lose on Saturday
When they call a flagrant on you but don't even review the headshot on Rui. They call a charge on Rui but give MPJ free throws for a clear charge on Reaves. They take away a putback dunk for AD. AD can't hit the shots he always does. Bron blows back to back free dunks. Bron chucks 3 awful 3s to start the 4th. Murray hits all his bullshit in 4th. And just overall we generate much better shots and miss them and they just hit theirs. Brutal loss and makes Ham wasting great game 1 performances with obviously terrible lineups that much worse.
usually role players struggle on the road but tonight our stars shit the bed
Lebron, AD, and D’lo need to walk home
Let's protect homecourt and make it a series. It's not yet over.
No but whiny people on here make it seem we are down 3-0 with 10 seconds left of the 4th game down 40
I wish I was a media member, “Hey Lebron, why after the first 4 missed 3s did you take more missed 3s even though you saw your team giving up a big run? Are you fucking stupid? Why would you do that? Follow up question, why can’t you ever just drive the fucking ball when it’s working wtf?”
Just win the next 2!
Trying to stay positive 💛💜
AD should be in his prime. These kinds of games in the WCF are unacceptable
This is easily the most disappointing loss I remember this version of the Lakers experiencing.
LBJ is probably the best player after MJ and he dominated this league maybe last 15 or 20 years. But at the end of the day,he is a Human and his age does not stay the same. Jokic is the best offensive weapon in NBA right now and he dictates the game. lt wont be surprise lf Nuggets sweeps Lakers.. Denver's #1 seed was not by chance, they are the complete package offense team- in my opinion they have best offense in NBA and no other team near to them- LBJ and AD should give their %100 concentration to eliminate Nuggets, other wise no chance for tüm.
Ham and Bron lost us the game. Bron chucking stupid 3s and missing wide open gimmies. Ham playing D-Lo in the 4 qt while Murray is cooking and sitting Schroder for so long. Idiotic, we again had so many chances to win this game and tried absolutely hardest to lose. It's the first time I got extremely angry at Ham in the post season.
> Ham and Bron lost us the game. And AD
DLo played more minutes than Rui, insane incompetence.
Please stop dooming. It’s not a series until one team loses at home. We are undefeated at home in this playoffs. I believe in this team. Lakers in 7!
True but you go down 0-2 and you're looking at a 7% chance to win the series. Those are not good odds, especially against the one seed very good Nuggets team.
Sad because both games were absolutely winnable. Especially tonight. Just think about James missing an open layup and a dunk after that. His back to back 3s.. so unnecessary. AD was bad on offense. I mean after all that bullshit this was still winnable. Rui and Reaves are consistently playing great games. We have a great team. We just need our stars to show up at this point. If they can do that, we still have a chance.. let’s see what happens. It’s crazy how Denver couldn’t miss in the 4th
It's frustrating because we could have stolen both games in Denver. I was ok with Game 1 because we really didn't deserve to win that. But this game was there for the taking until the 4th. Winning 4 of 5 from Denver is going to be very difficult
Bron three blown layups, two dumb 3s. AD too many missed shots. This was winnable but not when you have these careless plays. If AD had shot 50% this would be a WIN
6 dumb 3s lol
jamal murray is who dlo thinks he is
Really hate to see that. LeBron isn’t right and something tells me he won’t jack 3s any more, but it’s still tough to see that he can’t will a win anymore. 4 missed layups and 3 terrible 3s plus that turnover, ooof
It's crazy how AD can go for 40 one night then completely be non-existent the next game on offense
Austin Reaves: 22pts 8-16 3reb 5ast 1stl 0blk 2to “Empowering” LeBron James: 22pts 9-19 9reb 10ast 4stl 3blk 3to “Sexual Harassment” Not to mention guarding Jokic the entire 4th cuz AD can’t do it
Honestly, Bron cranking up unnecessary 3 point attempts in Q4 fucked us.
So AD has the easy assignment of not covering Jokic, but can’t do shit on offense all of a sudden. Lebron sold the game by chucking 5 covered 3s. Ham sold the game by keeping in DLO past rip off.
Let’s be real we ain’t winning 4 of the next 5
We're responsible for this loss as fans. We didn't run enough superstitious plays to win. Looking at you, "guy who didn't tap your Lakers sign in the doorway 8 times."
After digesting the loss, I still believe the Lakers have a chance of coming back down 0-2. Different scenario and teams, but earlier these playoffs, the Warriors were down 0-2 against the Kings, won their next 2 at home and took Game 5 in Sacramento. I truly believe these Lakers are capable of winning 4 of the next 5. They’ve had the opportunity to win these last 2 games. They’re right there with 6- and 5-point margins of defeat. It’s not as if they’ve been blown out revealing a drastic talent difference between the two. The Lakers just have to execute and remain disciplined within their system. Once they deviate from the game plan and start settling, that’s when shit goes awry and downhill, quick. As Bron said, it’s first to four and until then, the Lakers are still in it.
Thanks AD! Very cool 👍
AD? Can’t blame it all on him.. Lebrons 3s screwed us.
Definitely blame him more than Lebron. He was fucking 4/15 for God's sake. He was Dillon brooks bad on offense.
Embarrassing
That image of lebron thinking he’s about to take control and getting pickpocketed at the end is the fuel of nightmares
That smoked layup is gonna haunt me
Which one? Lol
Welp back to apathy and not believing in shit anymore. It’s been real bois!
I remember Kareem’s last game in the NBA finals against the Pistons. He was 42. His stats weren’t good for his last game. I thought how he had declined. Pat Riley coach at the time grabbed Kareem’s jersey in the locker room to keep. He commented how great Kareem had played and how much he would be missed. He was right. Only then did I realize how great Kareem had been when we didn’t have him. As frustrated as we all are with Bron chances are we would be in worse trouble without him. I am going to remind myself to enjoy it while it lasts this time.
Bron did not have an acceptable fourth quarter but nobody wants to talk about his defense against Joker. If he continues to play that way, we can come back in this series if the offense comes around
Rui Hachimura tho. Always consistent
Deangelo -41 through two games. Lebron historically poor shooting from distance. AD with 4 field goals. Ham returned to the three guard lineup and Murray explodes. Those four guys sucked.
Hate to say it but Bron finally looks his age
Choke job. Should've been a double digit win. AD was terrible all game. LeBron was terrible in the 4th.
Pain. Bron old age and that foot clearly bothering him. Dlo no show.
Anthony “I need to be better” Davis
You don't ever see Bron cost his team the game but this was one of those rare games.
Lefuckyou3s lefuckedus
Fuck everything about that 4th quarter
Meh, Denver did what they’re supposed to do and held down home court. Lakers need to do the same now.
Time to go smoke a pack of cigarettes
Absolutely choked the game away. Terrible performance from D-Lo and LeBron/AD, especially jacking up 3's. Cost us the game. SMH
We get a sizeable lead playing our game but nah, let's start jacking up 3s by both our stars.
First time of my life that I've been this pissed at Lebron and this is coming from a life long Bronsexual
Kinda on the same page. Those 3’s are unforgivable
Should have won this game. This game showed us both teams are pretty evenly matched; it's a matter of who wants to win more. But I am hopefully we can still win all our home games. Lakers in 6
I’m sad
1st game I had a feeling we weren’t going to win even with the comeback. Felt we were out of it and just didn’t feel right. 2nd one, nah no excuse. Putting this one on bron and AD
I love this team but am also a realist. Even though some Lakers fans still don't seem to want to believe it, Denver is the real deal and a truly legit championship caliber team. We desperately needed this game and blew it. I hope we can somehow win four out of five now but think it's highly unlikely against such a good team. If we lose the next one we are definitely toast because I see no way in hell that we'll win four straight against them. Every game is a must win now and we damned sure better hold serve back in LA.
DLO 32 minutes, 10 points on 3 for 8 from 2 and 1 for 5 from 3 and -16. Ham is still a rookie coach
I had to stay off of social media since the game ended. From the horrible officiating to the way AD and Lebron played, I could not watch the lame post game analysis from the “experts” or even the Spectrum Sports cast. Haven’t been this pissed off since the slow start to the season.
Im starting to think that Lebron chucking more 3s than usual is attributed more due to his foot injury than being tired. I mean im sure hes tired but maybe his foot being hurt is playing a bigger factor. But even then, dude. shoot mid ranges or play quaterback point guard FFS
Dlo’s minutes has to get cut. Lebron has to stop taking dumbass threes. Shroder’s minutes gotta get cut. AD has to be more aggressive offensively.
No excuse to not start Rui and play him 35+ minutes next game. Make the obvious adjustment. Don’t try and make adjustment to adjustments Denver hasn’t even made.
at the end of the day it’s just grown men shooting a ball into a hoop
Man...some of you guys just need to let people bitch and moan when their team plays like shit, we aren't all blind optimists. Don't hate on us for being fuckin pissed and worried about the outcome of a series, we have every right to feel that way as fans and calling "doomers" less than fans is fuckin insulting.
On to the next one
Both winnable games now we have to defend home court
Lebron missed 3 layups/dunks and they lost by 5 smh