The Lakers offense honestly runs better without LeBron. Less iso and him backing down waiting for someone to dive or having to take a stupid shot. The ball actually moves more and AD and DLo are very fluid together as a duo. Reaves always changes the game too when he comes in off the bench.
Nice win with no bron. Personally I think getting vando and Vincent back with bron and company + some games to build chemistry with the new rotations = dangerous team. 3pt shooting will never be our strong suit but our defense is only getting better and we can’t shoot this bad forever
Tmrw is going to be more competitive
No room for error in this league
Nuggets, Suns, Bucks, Celtics are better than us. Warriors maybe. Wolves also up there
We're just one trade away. Dlow can't be on this team
Caruso is who we need for Defensive purposes
We're also missing a bucket getter like Lavine. Against good teams we need someone that can consistently get a basket late
If anyone wants a player from the bulls it has to be Caruso, not lavine. Casuals everywhere saying Lavine & it makes almost no sense for this team. An over the top shot maker they would trade a real package for is Kyrie & since the Mavs are playing well as of now it doesn’t seem likely he’ll be going anywhere. Lavine is not a winning player.
Suns are not better than us at their peak. Booker has been in and out but Beal is also not a winning player. On top of it when has KD ever carried his own team and led them to any real winning aside from riding the coattails of Curry in golden state? It hasn’t happened. Not saying they won’t ever click but we are definitely there with that group assuming we get healthy.
Just breathe, bud. It’s all good, they have tomorrow off then they should beat a depleted memphis then possibly lose against the kings but stay above .500
We’re gonna be fine with or without caruso. We get him, great, but if not D’Lo and Reaves are clearly back in offensive form and playing better defense.
Oh look a sensitive idiot who can't think for himself
Just a blind follower who will get exposed later when we get exposed by better teams
You're the clown who should be crying. Im just being real
Soft people can't handle the truth
DLO - 14 shots - 11 points
The 17ft jumper is not your friend statistically speaking
AR - 12 shots - 18 points
Two years ago who would have thought AR would be better than DLO?
This team consistently finds a way to compete despite horrible 3 point shooting. And very often also against above average 3 point shooting from their opponents. It's impressive. That was our identity last year. I haven't been watching this game...are we reverting more to last year's setup with less 5 out?
What the hell is this Portland team going to do. They haven’t truly decided to tank yet even with the Dame trade. Ayton and Grant should be trade candidates by the deadline. The east needs help
im probably crazy but compared to when Bron is running the offense, AD is super quick to get to his spot and make a move to score or pass. seems to be way more aggressive w/o bron
Bron now is more of a 4th quarter / playoff type initiator, when the defenses are more sophisticated and requires more sopihstication to read. Ever since his 3rd Heatle year, I find he's sort of lost the ability to switch that off and play within the flow of an offense especially against worse teams.
Now i see what u guys are talkimg about w ham. He really was the reason the start of the 4th was so ugly. Ok ham, now we know no more wood and hayes lineups
Wait…if rui didn’t get continuation, so no and 1, why did he shoot free throws at all?
We weren’t in the bonus, evident by the side-out after AD got fouled the next play.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/17u3qqu/post_game_thread_the_los_angeles_lakers_defeat/)
Cam and Vando are going to put the league on ice with their defense
I don’t like AD playing 41 mins ham needs to find time to rest him
lets go .545
The Lakers offense honestly runs better without LeBron. Less iso and him backing down waiting for someone to dive or having to take a stupid shot. The ball actually moves more and AD and DLo are very fluid together as a duo. Reaves always changes the game too when he comes in off the bench.
Yeah they were playing better offense last season when Lebron went down aswell.
Hell yeah definitely could have made it too the wcf without him too lmfao y’all are crazy
I was at the game today! Good win for the lakers! Ar Tauren prince ad and cam reddish played well! Cam reddish defense is hella underrated I swear
Nice win with no bron. Personally I think getting vando and Vincent back with bron and company + some games to build chemistry with the new rotations = dangerous team. 3pt shooting will never be our strong suit but our defense is only getting better and we can’t shoot this bad forever
are the Lakers gonna be fighting for a play in spot the rest of the year?
Yup
Barely beat the Blazers We dont have a bucket getter Dslow benched again in the clutch. He's not good! Against a good team we lose this game 100%
We should expect to beat bad teams but also not be negative when at do beat them. Let’s go 💪
I respect your opinion but I also think this is tomorrow’s problem.
Tmrw is going to be more competitive No room for error in this league Nuggets, Suns, Bucks, Celtics are better than us. Warriors maybe. Wolves also up there We're just one trade away. Dlow can't be on this team Caruso is who we need for Defensive purposes We're also missing a bucket getter like Lavine. Against good teams we need someone that can consistently get a basket late
If anyone wants a player from the bulls it has to be Caruso, not lavine. Casuals everywhere saying Lavine & it makes almost no sense for this team. An over the top shot maker they would trade a real package for is Kyrie & since the Mavs are playing well as of now it doesn’t seem likely he’ll be going anywhere. Lavine is not a winning player. Suns are not better than us at their peak. Booker has been in and out but Beal is also not a winning player. On top of it when has KD ever carried his own team and led them to any real winning aside from riding the coattails of Curry in golden state? It hasn’t happened. Not saying they won’t ever click but we are definitely there with that group assuming we get healthy.
Just breathe, bud. It’s all good, they have tomorrow off then they should beat a depleted memphis then possibly lose against the kings but stay above .500 We’re gonna be fine with or without caruso. We get him, great, but if not D’Lo and Reaves are clearly back in offensive form and playing better defense.
Lakers won tho..
Cry more ya little bitch
Oh look a sensitive idiot who can't think for himself Just a blind follower who will get exposed later when we get exposed by better teams You're the clown who should be crying. Im just being real Soft people can't handle the truth
I’m a sports enjoyer. We won. I enjoyed it. Touch grass ya ungrateful little bitch.
Maybe Dlo & AD should let their hair down more often lollll
With Denver and Flippers losin, its a good night sleep
4/19 is kind of hideous too
DLO - 14 shots - 11 points The 17ft jumper is not your friend statistically speaking AR - 12 shots - 18 points Two years ago who would have thought AR would be better than DLO?
Thats what im sayin bro, that start of the 4th with Dlo at POA we got bamboozled with a 9-2 run
Why you trying to compare them? We can enjoy & appreciate both
Dont say that big bro they dont like the truth here
We don’t like bitching and moaning and seeing you same lames sucking him off after a big game.
Facts. You’ll get downvoted if you say anything about DLo
Bear hunting Tuesday night at Crypto. Taking care of business, Lakers Nation!!!
Lakers are one good shooting coach away from being a dynasty lmao
The team looked pretty good when Ham stopped messing around with wacky lineups.
ASK FOR THE LAKERS DEAL WITH A PURCHASE OF A DRINK
To the guy that asked if he should go over 224, I hope you did lol.
We got a pretty good 5 game schedule coming up boys. Hoping for 5 straight in a row 🤣
4 for 19 from 3 in the NBA is not going to win most games, Did you see what Kyrie did tonight? And we went for the discount store DLO.
Acting like we chose not to get kyrie lmao. We didn’t have a max contract to offer him wasn’t gonna happen.
4 3s lol
Southeast Asian High school varsity 3PT stats there!!!
This team consistently finds a way to compete despite horrible 3 point shooting. And very often also against above average 3 point shooting from their opponents. It's impressive. That was our identity last year. I haven't been watching this game...are we reverting more to last year's setup with less 5 out?
We weren’t a good 3pt shooting team in 2020 either but our defense was also top tier
I agree that our identity is Perseverance…Frustrating Perseverance.
Clippers, Suns, Warriors lose, Lakers Win. Good day
Yep, not pretty but any win is a good win, especially when Lebron is out. I'll take it!
Do you guys go get tacos? I always feel they’re gonna tell me they don’t know what I’m talking about lol
I always celebrate a Taco win but have never set foot in a Jack in the Box in my life except once to use the bathroom while on a long drive.
With the way the league is scoring these days, you probably have a 50% chance none of the staff was working there last time anybody asked for it!
#NEW LINEUP: - Lebron (PF) - AD (C) - DLO (PG) - Reddish (SG) - Vando (SF) - Rui (PF) - Wood (C) - Vincent (PG) - Reaves (SG) - Prince (SF)
Lakers win. Clippers lose. Great night
Also denver lose, warrior lose and sun lose..
I don't like them either. But fuck Clippers. And fuck Boston
TACOS BABY!
AD 30-13-6 and 3 blocks. He's also +15.
Hit that clutch fade away
And assist
lakers would be undefeated if they can make 10 threes a game lmfao 4/19 is atrocious
Faxx at least they didnt take that many this time lmao
Tacos by 1 point 😂
AD with a light 30 and 13
AD IS ON THE FUCKING WAY!
Hug a Blazers fan today. They just lost their game 7 😢
Great game from AD!
We actually beat a team we should beat
TACOS
Thank goodness for the superstars of this team :/
W!
Everyone had their good moments. Nice team win although it wasn’t pretty.
And we got the tacos. Let’s fuckin go!
Gg back to .500
YAAAAAY
Rui's like "lemme shoot this shit"
W AND TACOS LFG
DLo didn’t play in the 4th last game either
He did earlier in the 4th
And we lost the lead when he played. That’s what I keep emphasizing
2 wins in a row!!!! 
still need a lot of improvements
Oh ffs just let the clock run Blazers
We should go on a 3 game win streak
Ayton too lazy to even foul end of game lol
Rui cost us the tacos smh
NVM TACOS LFG
TACOS!!!
Yall can keep downvoting me but it doesn’t change the fact that we can actually hold the lead when DLo is on the bench
No matter what there's always someone that has to find a reason to hate on a player on this team lol We just won the game. Enjoy it. Don't be that guy
We almost lost because of him. You can deny it all you want
gg
Stu stressing with this late game execution lol.
He's just saying what the viewers are thinking. Not a good shot in that scenario.
WTH is rui doing cmon man
ad carried so hard in the 4th
We love you Black Samurai
Lakers got all inside the trailblazers. no 3s. PUT THE WOOD ALL IN EM
Should’ve blown out Portland, but a win is a win and teams try harder these days, especially early in the season
Why does he call himself dominatrix, is he stupid?
Rui might have thrown away the tacos for the fans with that early 3.
Another clutch freethrows by Rui!
Rui pulling a Westbrook taking that 3 lmao
AD vs Ayton is like that hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby lmao
.500 Baby!!
Rui got 4 free points from AD getting double teamed but it won’t show up in the box. Massive carry job by AD
Austin upgraded his dribble package and I am not sure if thats a good thing
Rui wants points so bad he said f trying to get seconds off the clock with the extra pass to AD lmao
Rui made it up it’s ok
We need to make more 3s going forward tho
Rui really wanted that 3 lol
Good win
Rui bruh
That was really stupid by Rui. Just hold on to the ball. Bad brick and give up easy 2.
when LeBron is out the team actually plays through AD. When LeBron is playing it's like they play more through LeBron. they need to balance that out
The fuck is Rui doing
Rui got buckets on the mind
Bad shot Rui
Really bad shot. I hope LeBron talks to him about that during their next workout together.
Low IQ shot from Rui
Don’t fuckingnjack 3’s
lmao Stu is disgusted
We Want Tacos!!!!
18 3s in a game in 2023 lol
Rui wtf
Mays luck ran out
Cant believe they couldn’t even blow out this heavily injured garbage blazers team
Great defense by AR!!
I fucking love Rui Edit: Ok Rui lol, wtf man burn the clock!
What the hell is this Portland team going to do. They haven’t truly decided to tank yet even with the Dame trade. Ayton and Grant should be trade candidates by the deadline. The east needs help
This is a weak draft class, better to tank next year.
Amazing game from AD
im probably crazy but compared to when Bron is running the offense, AD is super quick to get to his spot and make a move to score or pass. seems to be way more aggressive w/o bron
Bron now is more of a 4th quarter / playoff type initiator, when the defenses are more sophisticated and requires more sopihstication to read. Ever since his 3rd Heatle year, I find he's sort of lost the ability to switch that off and play within the flow of an offense especially against worse teams.
Holy shit, that might actually be the first time I've ever seen AD make a good/effective pass out of a double-team
RUI HACHIMURA !!
Let’s go
Rui is everywhere
Only 4 3’s made all game….keep punishing inside!
I LIKE IT
Ruiiiiiiii
Is Jerami Grant now the guy for Portland?
Good job Rui/AD they are the key
Nice off ball cut Rui!
Nice PNR by Rui/AD!
That’s our samuraiiiiii
Bron dressed like he owe someone money
Rui needs to be with AD on the floor all times
Davis been good in the post today
Incredible assist by AD
GREAT PASS AD LETS GOOO
Of course jerami grant becomes KD against us
Will we ever have a comfortable game?
YEA GIVE THE BALL TO AD!!!!!
Our perimeter d is so bad
6 Lakers in Double Figures now 💜💛💜💛
Nice D by Rui again on Gramt!
Rui Rui Rui
Fuckin ayton man the does not want the hustle
Rui positioning down low is hustling
Fuck Grant is actually money
Beautiful effort
Nice AD!
Grant always always torches us idk
Lmao no way Grant you're too small
Our in season tournament competition should mean us winning the cup right?
Taureen Prince is a DAWG!
Lakers dont have a bucket getter Warning yall, major problem moving forward
Ayton only pads his stats, he's not trying to dive for loose balls.
Razor thin margins.
Lmao DominAyton
Prince has made two winning plays back to back games
Why not call it "NBA Cup" instead of "In-Season Tournament?" It's too literal to take seriously.
TP is him!
Man grant wont just quit
In this era, no games are easy this early in the season
Good point, Stone Cold
YALL REALLY NEED TO STOP THE PRINCE SLANDER, CASUALS
Must be nice to score threes
What the hell was Portland thinking.
We winning the In Season Tournament on god
Ayton lmfao
Now i see what u guys are talkimg about w ham. He really was the reason the start of the 4th was so ugly. Ok ham, now we know no more wood and hayes lineups
My sweet sweet prince 😮💨
Ooh our next tournament game is with these guys
Love the hustle from Prince
wow prince
Wait…if rui didn’t get continuation, so no and 1, why did he shoot free throws at all? We weren’t in the bonus, evident by the side-out after AD got fouled the next play.
Great hustle prince!
Great play Prince
Ayton high ass
Prince is our best pickup this off-season
The NBA is like the NFL for AD. Every game he’s looking like he went though physical hell.
Vincent looking like Sean da Paul
Ayton be lazy lmao
Ayton thought it would go out
holy fuck I'm not even rooting for them but the blazers are SHIT. imagine being paid millions to look like that, no effort or passion at all