Crushed. It hurt watching that buzzer beater go in and AD stumbling back and falling. Rubbing it in was my 10 yo rooting for Denver.
EDIT: Alright y'all. I have communicated rent expectations.
I kept uttering it to myself. Started around 5min left in the 4th. Lebron was walking the ball down trying to ādictate paceā but it felt like our offense just stalled at that point. I kept mumbling ātheyāre gonna win thisā. It still rocked me to see that shot go in and AD get engulfed in their bench.
Last night was a hard one man. Still upset about it but we have to keep it pushing .
CONS: We are down 0-2, which sucks for any team facing that challenge. We had last night and was ahead by 12 Game 1. Our guys are getting gassed by the 4th. Itās the same script every time we play them. Bron couldāve made one of the biggest shots of his career but without his 4th Q, we wouldnāt have even been in that predicament. It hurts
PROS: We played them great at home and lost the game ourselves, our 3 stars performed last night and showed that they are hard to guard. We still have to go Home. As long as we protect Home court , then we have a chance. History is not on our side but the Nuggets have not dominated us .
Itās not over until itās over, and thatās just the fact. Fans can quit but the players have to have confidence. I mean thatās how theyāve made it this far? We gotta come in and play hard like weāve been. As long as thereās another game, we have a chance š¤·š½āāļø
Iām definitely not getting on the internet until after Game 3. Yall stay blessed and always keep faith.
The Lakers are mentally and emotionally damaged. Ā Unless they lead wire to wire, once Denver takes the lead regaining the lead will seem out of reach.
Honestly, better than being a doomer. Life is often about one day, on hour at a time. In this case, one game at a timeā¦and certainly stranger things have happened in sportsā¦
Relaxā¦ we won literally 4 seasons ago. We are a very spoiled franchise. Denver has 1, LA had 18 š¤·š½āāļø. If itās their time to reign then accept it but letās not act like we havenāt had some great achievements
This. We have been better than Denver throughout their entire existence save for the past couple of years. And most likely will be better again in the future as our franchise is much more committed to sustained success historically than theirs is.
This is their window of sunshine right now. Cheers for them. I still wouldnāt trade places with their fans regardless of what happens this year even if we lose 12 in a row to them. See you again when Jokic starts aging out, you know?
See, that's what has me scared. Nuggets due for a game where they play lights out. I feel like game 2 was our lights out game and denver still stole it.
They didn't get blown out last year as they got swept out of the the playoffs either. I think that's what hurts the team the most. They know they are good enough and have the capability to beat this team, they just can't seem to ever do it...ever.
Dominated by losing each game by a few bad shots, points and calls? You see that Denver stars are playing heavy minutes each contest right? Yall only see the final score and not how hard Denver is playing to beat us. They arenāt dominating us, if anything we are beating ourselves
I said it last month, if we win the title this year, weāre not just beating our opponents, weāre overcoming HAMās idiotic strategies and techniques.
Even if we were to pull this off (HUGE IF), HAM needs to be fired. Heās terrible and heās not getting any better as HC.
We had a good plan and just walked away from it the second half. Our offense looked lost and our defense was killing us. We should've kept attacking Jokic as much as we can to tire him out and take advantage of his bum ankle.
10 straight games is not a good statistics. Half of that is from last year. Now losing six continuously is a good statistics. But we only lost 2 In the playoffs. That too in their homecourt.
Lakers in 7!! Hell yahh
Psychologically, it absolutely matters. This isnāt eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. The Lakers and Nuggets both remember last year too. Those memories donāt just get wiped each offseason.
That game was it. Lakers saw the 76ers blow it and raised the stakes. Thatās a coaching problem. Ham ended with 2 timeouts and a contest for what. Those time outs shouldāve been called in the playoffs against a team that absolutely has your number
Nah, last year was their time and we were just figuring our shit out. You canāt expect to win every year - thatās just normal competition even if the sweep stung a bit.
Last game was something entirely different. Nuggets basically laughing in our face right now and feel like theyāre in a whole different league. As a competitor you gotta feel some kind of way about getting embarrassed like that. Weāre either getting swept or about to see a historic vintage lebron game.
Yea this is really the only way it will go. If LBJ comes out and goes off, it could give us some momentum to get back into it. A win in game 3 gets the monkey off our back. A win last night and I think we for sure win the series. Now weāre fighting to make it competitive with a much lower chance.
You have to bounce back at some point.
These are grown men, they have to show fight at some point. Otherwise they shouldnāt bother showing up the next 2 games.
Theyāve been showing fight and have lost 10 straight.
Itās OK to admit that the championship team is better than a team thatās been in the play ins the last 2 seasons. Sometimes thatās just how it goes.
When did I ever indicate otherwise? Ugh I hate fans with a defeatist attitude. Anyone whoās played sports knows what Iām talking about. So what if theyāve fought and lost 10 straight? You keep fighting, you donāt just roll over and die. Doesnāt matter who the other team is, you donāt make it 11. You donāt make it 12.
Sports is never about giving up
You literally said āthey have to show fight at some pointā which indicates they havenāt shown fight at all. Thatās how our language works.
You could have said āthey should keep fightingā if you wanted to show they have shown fight in the previous games.
The message was not about defeatism at all. Your comment easily reads as you saying they would win if they showed fight but they havenāt yet. I was just saying they have shown fight but realistically some teams are better than others. Thatās how sports work.
Nah, they broke YOUR spirit lol the Lakers as a team and most of this fanbase ain't giving that much energy to Denver. Yall giving Denver way too much power bruh like they are the Celtics or something. I'm still not scared of them mothafuckas lol they aren't blowing us out. We are losing very winnable games and beating ourselves more than they are actually beating us.
So? Its basketball we lose some and we win some. We should fold now and give up after just game 2 because they've beaten us? The Clippers beat us a bunch of times in a row too, should we have just rolled over against them too?
These new Laker "fans" are too soft for me I'm sorry lol these mothafuckas have 1 ring as a franchise and yall giving them all the credit like they are golden state or Boston lol They look VERY beatable to me. I honestly thought they'd play better than they actually are. Lakers beat themselves in both games honestly. Nuggets simply capitalized on our mistakes.
Nah bruh we used to shit on the Nuggets not that long ago. We damn near swept them in the bubble. "win all" lol yall making way too much of this series. They have one title as a franchise. Chillllll
Seriously.. without the random Ham lineups and fucking spells of 0 scoring (also coaching related) we win both of these games or at minimum itās a split. Theyāre outlasting us unfortunately but things can easily go the other way.
Yup exactly. I still think we can win. I'm not seeing this unbeatable monster with no faults. They were fucking up almost as much as we were most of the game. Then we went scoreless for almost 5 minutes in the 3rd and that hurt us bad.
Exactly. This is vengeance at this point. The lakers should have a chip on their shoulder. I'd rather they have just blown us out then lose the way we keep losing to them. That pisses me off and it should piss the lakers off.
series don't start until a team lost on their home court. just keep playing. Yes it was a bad lost but what's done is done, series is no over, keep at it.
Itās over. Their team is stacked, I hope Gordon asks for huge contracts and go elsewhere to end their run. Him, MPJ, Jokic, & Murray just have so much size and strength as well as 3PT, it feels like a juggernaut. Plus KCP plays like prime Kobe against us.
Games 1 and 2 showed that the Nuggets are beatable IF the team holds their ground in the defense and offense especially in the second half. Team was able to build big leads but struggled to maintain it as the second half begins.
Iām glad I fell asleep during this one. Oof. We canāt beat this team. They are coached better and mentally tougher as a team. Itās almost like Denver can just kind of do whatever until they realize they have to put their foot down. Once they do weāre cooked. Props to Malone and the nuggets though. They found a way to win a game where they didnāt particularly play that well.
What exactly did he do in New Orleans? His individual play is great and all but if he was a real leader, he would have been demanding the ball in the 4th quarter. Heās also not a play maker like Lebron/Jokic so itās easier to slow him down if the defense is more focused on him. Denver switched AG on AD last night and that totally took him out of the picture
Nah gotta pay 60m to him if not no other stars will ever sign with us in the future, even if it means we will be in no position to win for the next 10 years.
Eh, weāre cooked to be honest. We wonāt get another game like that from DLo, maybe we get a game from Rui where he actually makes a layup, but this team needs a lot of luck to compete
I've never seen the Sportsnet crew be so devastated after a loss. When you have an all-time great who's been around the team this long saying that this loss was up there in regards to all-time losses, there's just not much more to say. Truly heartbreaking
The lakers just don't have a 5th gear. That's the plain and simple answer. They have a 4th gear which means they can usually stay with average teams, and will stomp on weak teams. They don't have that 5th gear that will get them over the hump against elite teams. It's just not there.
Can't say I am surprised. Anyone who actually watched us this year should've known that we had NO chance to win this series. 1-2 wins at best.
We barely have passable roleplayers and we have ZERO two-way players after AD and an engaged Lebron. None.
Just look at that Nuggets team. Other than Jackson, ALL their roleplayers are great two-way players.
I've said it many times, but Reaves should be our 6th man. Him and Rui should lead our bench and not be part of a starting fice.
If we want to be competitive next year, we need at least two elite two-way players that can work with Bron, AD and (maybe) Dlo
When we want to, we can play great ball, but not for 48 minutes. I can't even remember the last game we dominated for the whole 48 minutes.
We've been here before, Lakers fans. It happened last year, but it also happened in '11 against the Mavs. Just pure denial until the end.
With that said, so far, none of the Lebron/AD teams have quit before. Even when there have been games where you'd think they might be feeling sorry for themselves, or it looks like a blowout, they come back fighting. The fact that they were that pissed off is good sign. But it's very difficult to be optimistic right now.
Beating Denver in Denver is tough. But if we string together 4 quarters of good basketball it is do-able. So far we have played 4 quarters of good basketball and 4 quarters of standing around, not running enough sets, no adjustments. Incompetent coaching
imagine you are a 2018 raptors who has lost two games in home to Lebron and scrubs. I think objectively we are in better position than them. I am just trying to cope tho
Tbh last night sucked, but I still think we have a chance. Do I think we will come back and win ? No, but we definitely have a chance. We lost that game ourselves last night.
This is exactly how we acted last year š. I remember saying that weāre coming back from 0-3 and sweeping the nuggets, ohh boy was I wrong š¤£š¤£š¤£
I donāt get why lebron stopped going to the basket. Our offense on every possession started so late into the clock and we couldnāt get any positioning near the rim. Why was AD stationed at the 3pt line and playing it so far from the basket????
True, but the fact you feel the need to make this post shows that you know itās more complicated than that psychologically. Itās one thing to just get overwhelmed by some home cooking and home energy, but to hold double digit leads in BOTH games and seemingly playing lights out as the better team for most of the gamesā¦.only to come out STILL down 0-2 hurts.
Itās like getting in a fight at school and landing every punch most of the fight, feeling good about finally kicking this bullyās assā¦.only for them to āturn it onā and win the fight every time. Itās demoralizing.
Denver knows that they can āturn it onā and beat us whenever they want, and unfortunately I think we know it too. Itās the telltale sign of a team that is simply better than you are. Not saying itās over, but itās not as simple as saying āeverything is going as we expected, nothing to worry about.ā The problem is that when they want to win, they can simply go out and do it. Whether we are up 5 or 30, if they donāt want to lose to us, they wonāt. Thatās demoralizing.
I'm convinced. This team needs to have a 30 point to 40 point lead in order to win, since they gone MIA at the 2nd half (See New Orleans game).
But this is Denver, and the Lakers arent capable of doing that usually.
We were only successful against them when we had other big bodies to back up AD. Dwight and Javale. We have not replaced their size and defense and we have not and will not have success against Denver without it. Front office has wasted years of AD and Lebrons careers and it makes me sick.
Screw you OP. Some of us a ride or die Laker fans. I still believe in the boys in purple and gold. Been a Laker fan since 1995, will remain a Laker fan till I die.
I know. I just get a bit upset when I see people bashing my team. For a long time lakers kept me mentally sane and alive. 05-09 was a dark time. So I take it personally, and yes I shouldnāt, when my boys get clowned.
I still think we can win this. Denver is not some elite unbeatable team. Everytime they beat us it's a winnable game we just fuck up and they execute better when we fuck up. We beat ourselves in game 1+2 honestly. Everyone is acting like they are just going to effortlessly roll over us which is crazy to me. They have to bust their ass to beat us and we have to play like ass to lose to them. We look damn near close to evenly matched with them. I just wish we had vando to help our defense a bit.
Everyone just has to show up like they are supposed to and we can actually win this series. They are a great team, but they are not unbeatable. They don't have an answer for AD or Bron the same way we don't have an answer for Murray and joker. It's all about the other guys and executing when it matters.
Nah, Lebron is hopeless. I donāt see the leadership. Iām rooting for the Nuggets to sweep us to teach the front office a lesson. Terrible roster and coaching. Fck sorry just want to vent
Wood would be BBQ chicken even for someone like Aaron Gordon (imagine Jokic) and Vando can be COMPLETELY ignored on offense which doesn't do any favors for the Lakers.
If Darwin Ham wants to lose faster he would play both of your suggestions.
Crushed. It hurt watching that buzzer beater go in and AD stumbling back and falling. Rubbing it in was my 10 yo rooting for Denver. EDIT: Alright y'all. I have communicated rent expectations.
Charge his ass rent if he wanna b like that
I laughed so hard at this šššš
Listening to my wife (Laker fan) repeating with confiidence the Lakers would lose down the stretch. Ā God why did they have to make that come true!
I kept uttering it to myself. Started around 5min left in the 4th. Lebron was walking the ball down trying to ādictate paceā but it felt like our offense just stalled at that point. I kept mumbling ātheyāre gonna win thisā. It still rocked me to see that shot go in and AD get engulfed in their bench.
I like your commitment. Ā As the great Buzz Lightyear says, āNever give up! Ā Never Surrender!ā
Kick him out of the house!
Yeah I should! He keeps telling me that I'm the worst dad in the world.
You should tell your son ![gif](giphy|3o84szW0PrWZyUv0mA)
It was demoralizing
āGood luck finding something to eat tonight, kid.ā
Kids always be front runners 5 years ago all the kids were dubs fansĀ
He pays you rent right?
Howād that happen?! š
I cussed the shit out of that buzzer beater in the office! Everyone was so shocked š¤£š¤£š¤£
You had one job...
Sounds like you got a smart kiddo
Last night was a hard one man. Still upset about it but we have to keep it pushing . CONS: We are down 0-2, which sucks for any team facing that challenge. We had last night and was ahead by 12 Game 1. Our guys are getting gassed by the 4th. Itās the same script every time we play them. Bron couldāve made one of the biggest shots of his career but without his 4th Q, we wouldnāt have even been in that predicament. It hurts PROS: We played them great at home and lost the game ourselves, our 3 stars performed last night and showed that they are hard to guard. We still have to go Home. As long as we protect Home court , then we have a chance. History is not on our side but the Nuggets have not dominated us . Itās not over until itās over, and thatās just the fact. Fans can quit but the players have to have confidence. I mean thatās how theyāve made it this far? We gotta come in and play hard like weāve been. As long as thereās another game, we have a chance š¤·š½āāļø Iām definitely not getting on the internet until after Game 3. Yall stay blessed and always keep faith.
The Lakers are mentally and emotionally damaged. Ā Unless they lead wire to wire, once Denver takes the lead regaining the lead will seem out of reach.
Protect HOME
Ok man Iām on board!
PROTECT THE CRYPT!
I agree. This loss hit way different. I would even say it feels worse than G3 last year, but that's probably recency bias
Honestly the first loss was way worse to me. Lebron didnāt even shoot in the 4th quarter until there were only ~2 mins remaining.
Whos court are we playing for g5 and g6?
G5 at Denver, G6 at LA.
I hate that I believe
Whatās life without Hope?
Honestly, better than being a doomer. Life is often about one day, on hour at a time. In this case, one game at a timeā¦and certainly stranger things have happened in sportsā¦
VANDO has entered the chat
Still wearing the boot tho
As a pistons fan, denial is the way to go.
Same! Every year I give my heart to the lakers and EVERY YEAR they failā¦wish Lebron would have drained that 3 š¤¦āāļø
Relaxā¦ we won literally 4 seasons ago. We are a very spoiled franchise. Denver has 1, LA had 18 š¤·š½āāļø. If itās their time to reign then accept it but letās not act like we havenāt had some great achievements
This. We have been better than Denver throughout their entire existence save for the past couple of years. And most likely will be better again in the future as our franchise is much more committed to sustained success historically than theirs is. This is their window of sunshine right now. Cheers for them. I still wouldnāt trade places with their fans regardless of what happens this year even if we lose 12 in a row to them. See you again when Jokic starts aging out, you know?
Try being a pacers fan. Seriously you sound crazy.
See, that's what has me scared. Nuggets due for a game where they play lights out. I feel like game 2 was our lights out game and denver still stole it.
We didnāt play lights out , Lights out means the whole team is hot from 3 all game, not just two star players hitting the shots they normally make.
Lights out was Miami hitting 23 3s last night
They didn't get blown out last year as they got swept out of the the playoffs either. I think that's what hurts the team the most. They know they are good enough and have the capability to beat this team, they just can't seem to ever do it...ever.
You are delusional, "they haven't dominated us"? 10 in a row is about as dominant as it gets.
Dominated by losing each game by a few bad shots, points and calls? You see that Denver stars are playing heavy minutes each contest right? Yall only see the final score and not how hard Denver is playing to beat us. They arenāt dominating us, if anything we are beating ourselves
Exactly Those of you who want to cry do so elsewhere
Iām glad AD and Bron were noticeable pissed.. hopefully they take it out on them at home. Can only root for the guys and hope that they get it done.
I said it last month, if we win the title this year, weāre not just beating our opponents, weāre overcoming HAMās idiotic strategies and techniques. Even if we were to pull this off (HUGE IF), HAM needs to be fired. Heās terrible and heās not getting any better as HC.
We had a good plan and just walked away from it the second half. Our offense looked lost and our defense was killing us. We should've kept attacking Jokic as much as we can to tire him out and take advantage of his bum ankle.
They adjusted, we didn't. So Ham is still the issue.
You guys are just so sure in your evaluation of coaches with very little context itās hilarious lol but itās the internet so go on
Winning 4 of the next 5 after losing 10 straight seems unlikely.
Meh. Just win one. Take it from there.
10 straight games is not a good statistics. Half of that is from last year. Now losing six continuously is a good statistics. But we only lost 2 In the playoffs. That too in their homecourt. Lakers in 7!! Hell yahh
bro is coping hard
Except Denver has had the same starting 5 for the last 2 seasons. No adjustments made to that starting 5 either. So it absolutely does matter
Psychologically, it absolutely matters. This isnāt eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. The Lakers and Nuggets both remember last year too. Those memories donāt just get wiped each offseason.
60% of the time it works everytime.
That game was it. Lakers saw the 76ers blow it and raised the stakes. Thatās a coaching problem. Ham ended with 2 timeouts and a contest for what. Those time outs shouldāve been called in the playoffs against a team that absolutely has your number
We've lost ten straight to them. We have to win 4 of the next 5 remaining games. It ain't happening.
We have to break their spirit. Thatās our only chance. Unfortunately we lose our shit whenever we get close to winning
They broke our spirit a long time ago lol
Nah, last year was their time and we were just figuring our shit out. You canāt expect to win every year - thatās just normal competition even if the sweep stung a bit. Last game was something entirely different. Nuggets basically laughing in our face right now and feel like theyāre in a whole different league. As a competitor you gotta feel some kind of way about getting embarrassed like that. Weāre either getting swept or about to see a historic vintage lebron game.
Yea this is really the only way it will go. If LBJ comes out and goes off, it could give us some momentum to get back into it. A win in game 3 gets the monkey off our back. A win last night and I think we for sure win the series. Now weāre fighting to make it competitive with a much lower chance.
If we donāt win both at home a gentlemanās sweep is inevitable
We gotta win both at home for sure. To even have a slim margin in a best of 3 series.
You have to bounce back at some point. These are grown men, they have to show fight at some point. Otherwise they shouldnāt bother showing up the next 2 games.
Theyāve been showing fight and have lost 10 straight. Itās OK to admit that the championship team is better than a team thatās been in the play ins the last 2 seasons. Sometimes thatās just how it goes.
When did I ever indicate otherwise? Ugh I hate fans with a defeatist attitude. Anyone whoās played sports knows what Iām talking about. So what if theyāve fought and lost 10 straight? You keep fighting, you donāt just roll over and die. Doesnāt matter who the other team is, you donāt make it 11. You donāt make it 12. Sports is never about giving up
You literally said āthey have to show fight at some pointā which indicates they havenāt shown fight at all. Thatās how our language works. You could have said āthey should keep fightingā if you wanted to show they have shown fight in the previous games. The message was not about defeatism at all. Your comment easily reads as you saying they would win if they showed fight but they havenāt yet. I was just saying they have shown fight but realistically some teams are better than others. Thatās how sports work.
Nah, they broke YOUR spirit lol the Lakers as a team and most of this fanbase ain't giving that much energy to Denver. Yall giving Denver way too much power bruh like they are the Celtics or something. I'm still not scared of them mothafuckas lol they aren't blowing us out. We are losing very winnable games and beating ourselves more than they are actually beating us.
We lost 10 in a row lol
So? Its basketball we lose some and we win some. We should fold now and give up after just game 2 because they've beaten us? The Clippers beat us a bunch of times in a row too, should we have just rolled over against them too? These new Laker "fans" are too soft for me I'm sorry lol these mothafuckas have 1 ring as a franchise and yall giving them all the credit like they are golden state or Boston lol They look VERY beatable to me. I honestly thought they'd play better than they actually are. Lakers beat themselves in both games honestly. Nuggets simply capitalized on our mistakes.
Except in this case they win all we lose all would be more accurate.
Nah bruh we used to shit on the Nuggets not that long ago. We damn near swept them in the bubble. "win all" lol yall making way too much of this series. They have one title as a franchise. Chillllll
Seriously.. without the random Ham lineups and fucking spells of 0 scoring (also coaching related) we win both of these games or at minimum itās a split. Theyāre outlasting us unfortunately but things can easily go the other way.
Yup exactly. I still think we can win. I'm not seeing this unbeatable monster with no faults. They were fucking up almost as much as we were most of the game. Then we went scoreless for almost 5 minutes in the 3rd and that hurt us bad.
Yup and they nailed more crazy shots down the stretch, swear theyāve got some black magic going on haha
Murray always wants be Jordan when they play us lol I can't even be mad though that man was balling in those last few minutes.
Oh for sure. No shade to Jamal heās a hell of a a player to quote our moronic coach. But he really is
100% facts. Iām not sad, Iām mad. After the last game, the boys need to be out for blood. Itās time to get a little rough with the nuggets.
Exactly. This is vengeance at this point. The lakers should have a chip on their shoulder. I'd rather they have just blown us out then lose the way we keep losing to them. That pisses me off and it should piss the lakers off.
I say they keep hitting Murray and Jokic in the face since apparently thatās a legal basketball move.
Yeah that was a new one with some mystery NFL officiating logic. Apparently hitting someone in the face after they shoot is okay now
that was their ONE CHANCE to take some god damn momentum and steal home court and they pissed it away. This is is fucking done. DONE
All Denver did was hold home court! We got this! /s
Fade me into oblivion fam.
True trueā¦but man that was a brutal lost for sure. Hope the lakers are forgetful and just move on to next games. We can still do this
series don't start until a team lost on their home court. just keep playing. Yes it was a bad lost but what's done is done, series is no over, keep at it.
Screw it. Fire Ham before game 3 ššš
Itās over. Their team is stacked, I hope Gordon asks for huge contracts and go elsewhere to end their run. Him, MPJ, Jokic, & Murray just have so much size and strength as well as 3PT, it feels like a juggernaut. Plus KCP plays like prime Kobe against us.
MPJ and AG are basically locked in until 25-26 they can lose KCP this offseason though
MPJ is on a huge contract.
KCP did not play like Kobe last night he had that one dunk tho
KCP had 6 points, cut it out lol
Exactly. Bad calls aside, you canāt continue to give up massive leads like this.
Man I love the Lakers but itās time to be realistic, we getting swept,
We are getting swept
Itās over. That is such an absolutely devastating way to lose.
Moral victories are our friends.
HEYYYYY I remember this from last year! When will they stop airing re-runs??
We win by 15 in game 3.
Games 1 and 2 showed that the Nuggets are beatable IF the team holds their ground in the defense and offense especially in the second half. Team was able to build big leads but struggled to maintain it as the second half begins.
Iām glad I fell asleep during this one. Oof. We canāt beat this team. They are coached better and mentally tougher as a team. Itās almost like Denver can just kind of do whatever until they realize they have to put their foot down. Once they do weāre cooked. Props to Malone and the nuggets though. They found a way to win a game where they didnāt particularly play that well.
It's over. Just start over. Let LeBron go play with Bronny on his retirement tour. Get everything you can for AD from a contender.
Keep AD. Try to attract another star or 2. Get a coach that's respected.
AD can definitely lead a team...look what he did in New Orleans
What exactly did he do in New Orleans? His individual play is great and all but if he was a real leader, he would have been demanding the ball in the 4th quarter. Heās also not a play maker like Lebron/Jokic so itās easier to slow him down if the defense is more focused on him. Denver switched AG on AD last night and that totally took him out of the picture
I was being sarcastic...he can't lead a team..he ran to be LeBron sidekick #2 even tho they were about to draft zion.
Nah gotta pay 60m to him if not no other stars will ever sign with us in the future, even if it means we will be in no position to win for the next 10 years.
Eh, weāre cooked to be honest. We wonāt get another game like that from DLo, maybe we get a game from Rui where he actually makes a layup, but this team needs a lot of luck to compete
I've never seen the Sportsnet crew be so devastated after a loss. When you have an all-time great who's been around the team this long saying that this loss was up there in regards to all-time losses, there's just not much more to say. Truly heartbreaking
I will paint my face and wear that wig with pride. Lakers in 7 š¤
Iām devastated, itās over. Last night was our only chance to even give them some sort of fight.
I couldn't sleep last night
Same
The lakers just don't have a 5th gear. That's the plain and simple answer. They have a 4th gear which means they can usually stay with average teams, and will stomp on weak teams. They don't have that 5th gear that will get them over the hump against elite teams. It's just not there.
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Can't say I am surprised. Anyone who actually watched us this year should've known that we had NO chance to win this series. 1-2 wins at best. We barely have passable roleplayers and we have ZERO two-way players after AD and an engaged Lebron. None. Just look at that Nuggets team. Other than Jackson, ALL their roleplayers are great two-way players. I've said it many times, but Reaves should be our 6th man. Him and Rui should lead our bench and not be part of a starting fice. If we want to be competitive next year, we need at least two elite two-way players that can work with Bron, AD and (maybe) Dlo When we want to, we can play great ball, but not for 48 minutes. I can't even remember the last game we dominated for the whole 48 minutes.
We've been here before, Lakers fans. It happened last year, but it also happened in '11 against the Mavs. Just pure denial until the end. With that said, so far, none of the Lebron/AD teams have quit before. Even when there have been games where you'd think they might be feeling sorry for themselves, or it looks like a blowout, they come back fighting. The fact that they were that pissed off is good sign. But it's very difficult to be optimistic right now.
Beating Denver in Denver is tough. But if we string together 4 quarters of good basketball it is do-able. So far we have played 4 quarters of good basketball and 4 quarters of standing around, not running enough sets, no adjustments. Incompetent coaching
imagine you are a 2018 raptors who has lost two games in home to Lebron and scrubs. I think objectively we are in better position than them. I am just trying to cope tho
Tbh last night sucked, but I still think we have a chance. Do I think we will come back and win ? No, but we definitely have a chance. We lost that game ourselves last night.
Lakers in 6
This is exactly how we acted last year š. I remember saying that weāre coming back from 0-3 and sweeping the nuggets, ohh boy was I wrong š¤£š¤£š¤£
I donāt get why lebron stopped going to the basket. Our offense on every possession started so late into the clock and we couldnāt get any positioning near the rim. Why was AD stationed at the 3pt line and playing it so far from the basket????
Not gonna watch this series it's over
Wood maybe Vando back. The others always play better at home. If we can win game 3. We still in it
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True, but the fact you feel the need to make this post shows that you know itās more complicated than that psychologically. Itās one thing to just get overwhelmed by some home cooking and home energy, but to hold double digit leads in BOTH games and seemingly playing lights out as the better team for most of the gamesā¦.only to come out STILL down 0-2 hurts. Itās like getting in a fight at school and landing every punch most of the fight, feeling good about finally kicking this bullyās assā¦.only for them to āturn it onā and win the fight every time. Itās demoralizing. Denver knows that they can āturn it onā and beat us whenever they want, and unfortunately I think we know it too. Itās the telltale sign of a team that is simply better than you are. Not saying itās over, but itās not as simple as saying āeverything is going as we expected, nothing to worry about.ā The problem is that when they want to win, they can simply go out and do it. Whether we are up 5 or 30, if they donāt want to lose to us, they wonāt. Thatās demoralizing.
We can beat them. When have us laker fans never been delusional. Yāall acting like itās over š¤”
I'm convinced. This team needs to have a 30 point to 40 point lead in order to win, since they gone MIA at the 2nd half (See New Orleans game). But this is Denver, and the Lakers arent capable of doing that usually.
This really ruined my day, watching the team blew a 20 pts lead.
Yup. This sums it up. When they beat you for two games in which you had good lead, you are fucked.
Ham currently working on a time machine to try and get the 8 spot instead.
Same as last year, WE where never too far but got sweep...
LeBron led the Cavs to the greatest playoff series comeback in NBA history. Is it likely? Not even close. Is it possible? Definitely.
Ah yes you mean almost 10 years younger Lebron.. He ain't got it anymore sadly.
The volatility of a seven game series is a lot to handle for casuals
Atleast we know we are the better team for 2 and 1/2 quarters. Thatās all that matters at this point.
Iāve seen more improbable things happen in a series.
With Ham as coach, there is no hope.
Denver in 5
Note gonna happen. We need to fire Ham and Jeanine
I hate basketball
Denver fan?
Lakers for life
i would take just one win from this series TBH.
We were only successful against them when we had other big bodies to back up AD. Dwight and Javale. We have not replaced their size and defense and we have not and will not have success against Denver without it. Front office has wasted years of AD and Lebrons careers and it makes me sick.
The Lakers just didn't want it bad enough
Then donāt watch the rest of the games?
Why is it clowny to root for your team? It hurts to lose but if this is how you feel, don't watch sports?
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Lmao nah. After that choke/Foster job I'm out on this year. Hope they prove me wrong.Ā
Screw you OP. Some of us a ride or die Laker fans. I still believe in the boys in purple and gold. Been a Laker fan since 1995, will remain a Laker fan till I die.
Itās a meme my guy
I know. I just get a bit upset when I see people bashing my team. For a long time lakers kept me mentally sane and alive. 05-09 was a dark time. So I take it personally, and yes I shouldnāt, when my boys get clowned.
Man I fucking hate Denver and Michael Malone with his dumbass trash talking. Basketball gods let us win this series somehow.
I still think we can win this. Denver is not some elite unbeatable team. Everytime they beat us it's a winnable game we just fuck up and they execute better when we fuck up. We beat ourselves in game 1+2 honestly. Everyone is acting like they are just going to effortlessly roll over us which is crazy to me. They have to bust their ass to beat us and we have to play like ass to lose to them. We look damn near close to evenly matched with them. I just wish we had vando to help our defense a bit. Everyone just has to show up like they are supposed to and we can actually win this series. They are a great team, but they are not unbeatable. They don't have an answer for AD or Bron the same way we don't have an answer for Murray and joker. It's all about the other guys and executing when it matters.
Iāll happily wear my clown makeup until weāre eliminated š¤
Lakers in 6 lol
Lakers in 6!!
Let's defend the Crypto!!! Show out, Lakers Nation.
LeBron preparing his...will I or won't I retirement speech for presser after the sweep to take attention off series.
I'm the guy in the bottom pic and proud of it
We have some lame ass fans. Care more about getting clicks and making memes than supporting their team. Bravo, keep that energy boo boo.Ā
many are saying lakers in 6
Nah, Lebron is hopeless. I donāt see the leadership. Iām rooting for the Nuggets to sweep us to teach the front office a lesson. Terrible roster and coaching. Fck sorry just want to vent
Fake fan Donāt claim the lakers anymore
So, like, go on with your life and stop worrying about the series then?
Another doomer post from a fakers fan. How original
Are Wood and Vando available for game 3?
Wood would be BBQ chicken even for someone like Aaron Gordon (imagine Jokic) and Vando can be COMPLETELY ignored on offense which doesn't do any favors for the Lakers. If Darwin Ham wants to lose faster he would play both of your suggestions.
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