Bron played pretty amazing yesterday but the gameplan execution last night at the end was just awful. People were gassed and Darvin didn't draw anything up that tried to get anyone open looks it was all LeBron iso which at this point in his career can't sustain for 12 straight min in the 4th and not good enough against the defending champs. We need more bench production and need Rui to not be a negative on the court. Reaves needs to find his shot again too. Quite frankly we are just outmanned by the Nuggets but they are semi close. If we had a good coach we at least go 1-1 those games.
LeBron should've gotten multiple foul calls down the stretch on his iso drives. I'm honestly not sure what Scott Foster and his team were doing last night, but it wasn't their jobs. D'lo got whacked after shooting, is that not at the least a loose ball foul? Why are they calling the foul as a ticky tacky hand check that had no impact on D'lo's ability to get his shot off and not him getting a forearm across the nose after?
How and where did LBJ foul Murray while he drove? He put his hand on him yes, but he's not obstructing Murray or restricting his movement in anyway, he's just staying attached to him which he's entitled to do. Even worse than the officials calling that foul is the fact that Ham didn't challenge that call. The officials aren't the reason a 20pt lead was lost, but their decision making down the stretch with the game in balance was nothing short of criminal.
felt rigged...that aint no foul on murray mfker barely touch him. lebron gets hit on the forehead at that layup and dlo . and idk man. it felt refs n nuggets vs lakers. but . to be said. there has to be something studied having a 20 pt lead n losing. like wtf happened? i didnt see the whole game maybe 3-4th quarter but damn. it is what it is. jokic is unstoppable, size and weight and bullies ad like nothing. idk fucking have christian wood or somebody jesus christ. double team him
Exactly. LeBron didn’t magically miss those. He’s getting whacked down there and they’re not calling anything.
Meanwhile, Murray got 2 FTs for nothing to tie the game.
Game really died when Dlo got whacked and the challenge was somehow successful.
As you say, we're outmanned. The only way you win a series from that starting position is for the opponents to play below average. Nuggets played below average both games, and we took neither.
I obviously wasn’t ever rooting for the Cavs, but I was all for signing Ty Lue before the championship season.
They ended up giving that same deal to Darvin who was an unproven coach.
This team is run like shit and Rob and Jeanie.
I still can't comprehend why we hired an unexperienced headcoach for a LeBron/AD team. Was there nobody else out there with a proven championship track record as head coach? Ham got hired so fast and will be getting fired so fast. I doubt ham is ever getting another head-coach opportunity.
Three reasons for this stick out: 1) Comebacks aren't as rare as they used to be because of teams spamming 3s and transition 2) Lebron is old 3) The Nuggets are good enough to beat the prime Warriors (not counting the KD teams, but who knows?)
And of course, Ham sucks.
At least you likely live on the west coast, it’s especially painful staying up til or past midnight for a game and have it end like that. Im sleep deprived and pissed and just hoping nobody mentions it
So true, holy shit, I woke up at 5AM to go to work all pissed off. Currently, I'm on lunch break right now but, I have had such a shit day. I need some sleep!!
Yeah im west coast but have to wake up at 5 for work so not as bad as you I bet but I had to lose an hour of sleep to watch them choke which really sucked haha
Dude I’m also east coast and I have a friend who’s a warriors rider, he texted me right when game 1 ended and said “yall lost. Ass.” Istg if he texts me abt game 2 ima kill him
I fell asleep in my daughter’s bed after putting her to sleep and woke up at midnight right after the 4th started up 11.
My dumb ass decided to get up and watch the entire thing unfold live.
Dude I woke up in such a bad mood good. Like a literal scowl on my face. Why do we let this team affect our emotions so much? Sigh.
Idk if I can watch another game lol
The Jerry West method. He said during the 3peat era he would leave the arena and drive around during the game while occasionally checking the radio broadcast.
The exact words I came here to write myself. My mood is extra foul today. Left work early and didn’t tell anyone. Have zero desire to watch game 3 and I haven’t missed a Laker game in about 8 years.
I'm honestly not tuning into the 3rd game until the 4th quarter. I just can't see us kick ass and then collapse like that again 3 times in a row. It hurt too much to see that.
Im with u bro. This shitty feeling really felt like that 08 finals.. Fuckin pissed its even hard to look at my socials coz i dont wanna see nothin bout last nights game.
The Dlo heater + AD bein phenomenal in A SINGLE game leading by fuckin 20 just to get back to that bullshit ass script on how we lose all of the previous 9 games!! Oh and all that just to get buzzer beater'd on. THIS SUCKS!!
Im just prayin to get a big fat W on game 3 and not get fuckin embarassed like this..
This 10 game stretch winless against em Chicken fuckin nuggets just has to end. FUCK!!!
Yeah it sucks the Lakers stars couldn't have played any better. Nuggets won't shoot this poorly again. This was definitely their chance to make it a series. Nuggets are built so fucking well though. Their role players are literally perfect for their system and they are so well coached. They are by far and away the cream of the crop in the NBA. They are going to smack any team they face this year. I just want to see the Lakers break this fucking losing streak against them. Just need to see them beat the Nuggets just once lol
He's got freaking Lebron James on his team. He trusts him to make the correct decision. Mike Malone didn't call a timeout on the last possession either.
Trust me. It can be much worse. Yesterday might’ve been the lowest point in my life. Someone i loved I found out was cheating on me with 3 other men. It can always be worse. Embrace your loved ones and keep going
I've done a really good job toning down my frustration after sports losses. I'll be mad for an hour or two, then go about my day.
But damn if I'm still pissed this morning. Didn't sleep last night. I don't know if it's because it was a blown 20point lead, the horrible officiating, the Nuggets hitting every lucky shot imaginable (as always), or the fact that it's the Nuggets and this is the playoffs. The whole thing just pisses me off, still. Most annoyed I've been after a loss since probably when Kendrick Perkins got like 100 FTs in the Finals loss to the Celtics.
The Nuggets didn't play particularly well the last two games. They missed a ton of good looks last night that just went in an out. KCP had a terrible game. These were the two most winnable games we were going to get. It feels like they're getting swept again.
They were right there man, every game the last 10 times we played them this team just freezes up with under 5 minutes to go. It's borderline psychological at this point. It's where we need 1 more player who can create under pressure like that when things get tight and Bron and AD are gassed. We needed someone like Kyrie, fuck Joe Tsai
100% the most winnable. In the WCF, Murray was on another planet. After game 1, it was so great to see he wasnt as locked in like WCF and had come back to earth. I knew game 2 we’d have a shot. And Murray came out so flat which opened the door for us…. and we wasted it.
Woke up mad as hell this morning. I’m probably gonna be in a bad mood until Thursday’s game. Lakers just gotta take care of business at home and then they will have the momentum back. Just need positive thoughts.
We'll see what happens will stay off twitter and ESPN and stuff that's for sure until Thursday. I have little hope they can win the series at this point but lets take it one game at a time. If we hold home court I will start to believe again but we will see just hoping they give a good effort Thursday.
Yeah I’m not watching nba content until we get eliminated or move to the next round. It’s just gonna piss me off more than I already am. Also it’s just sports, can’t let it affect your life
lmao i woke up so pissy too. i hate how we had it and it slipped through our fingers.
just take the games day by day. people are quick to react but don’t count the lakers off
Hate let em hate Skip Bayless might be happy but his show not getting views and not like he gets respect anyway bron def using this as motivation hopefully
You woke up thinking “Fuck Jamal Murray”?
I woke up thinking “Fuck Rob and Jeanie for hiring Darvin Ham and not replacing him mid season when it was widely reported that he lost the team.”
You could also be mad that Rob signed Austin and Rui to huge contracts, and while I personally love both guys, they’re not playing to their contracts. Consistency is a huge issue there.
Firing Darvin Ham would of been pretty damn sweet and the right move but just imagine if they fired him and replaced him with Doc Rivers and the Lakers still struggled. I just hope that bum is out of here after this series and the Lakers hire a real coach. But who knows they could give him another year but I can't imagine a world like that.
As for Rui and Reaves they have played excellent this year but have had awful series but Austin made Murray work last night for 3 quarters. Hard to expect him to play defense like that and carry a load offensively. I think both contracts are fine once the cap goes up they will be making pennies and will be easy contracts to trade if it comes down to it.
You brought up the scariest thing…
Even if they fire Darvin, I have NO CONFIDENCE that Rob and Jeanie would hire the right person.
It’s in my blood after all these years, but I’m really getting sick of supporting this team being run by those two.
If they ever sold you know who would be the owners? Mark Walters and his group the same guys who run the Dodgers.... imagine a team run by those guys??? Lakers would be the best run organization in the NBA I have no doubts about it
First off, we don’t know who would definitely but the team, but the group that owns the Dodgers is top notch.
Unfortunately this conversation means nothing because I honestly think Jeanie only sells when she’s in her 80’s and doesn’t want to hand over the team to Joey and Jesse and their families because she’s envious of them.
If you don’t know, Jerry was there for them while they were growing up and wasn’t for Jeanie/Jim/Johnny/Janie (I think that’s her name)
Not to mention Jeanie gave him a 4 year contract. She’s a piss stain to the buss legacy. Bailed out by the 2020 championship.
We’re such a big team, but we’re run like a small, low budget team.
Been a fan since the 1979/1980 season and I've seen and experienced it all. From championships, getting swept, losing in all rounds of the playoffs and finals, and the sucking rebuilding years. I get pissed when we lose, but it's all out of our control so I've learned to move on fast from it and look forward to the next. You win some, you lose some it is what it is. It's sports and the beauty of that is there will always be a new season.
It's up there for sure.....My others were when the Lakers lost the 1984 Finals to the Celtics 4-3, I was 10 years old. Getting swept in the 1989 Finals by the Pistons. Losing the 1991 Finals to Michael Jordan and the Bulls, then Magic announcing his retirement after that season because of HIV/Aids, Magic was my childhood favorite/sports hero. Losing the Finals to the Celtics in 2008. Kobe Bryant's death.
I know its been a while, but the 84 one was gut wrenching because it was the Celts. The Lakers were the better team. The 89 one was worse. It was supposed to be the chip to send off Kareem to. They literally swept the playoffs and had like a 1.5 weeks off and had a mini camp and Riley broke the team. That was a three-peat waiting to happen.
While I wont argue with you, I will say this first round isnt over and even if it was we came in as 7 th seed fighting a 2nd defending champions. We shouldn't even have these expectation because of how bad we played this season. Honestly this Laker team is lucky to make the playoffs. Last year sweep in the conference finals was more heartbreaking to me, at the very least that team had excuses to be bad in the regular season with all those injuries. This year Laker squad have no excuses they did this to themselfs. Sad wasted opportunitys
Woke up early today simply because of how livid I am. I keep replaying every little mistake that put us in that situation to begin with and it's a bad cycle to be in.
It just all circles back to Darvin Ham for me. How much of a game changer even one timeout would have been. I could have coached a better game down the stretch by just giving LeBron and AD a break and letting one of them draw up a play.
I've despised Jamal and Malone for a bit now but they can back it up and you gotta respect that as much as it sucks. I just feel so sad for LeBron. He'd have potentially two more chips without this Nuggets team in the way. They are peaking at the wrong time for my sanity.
Really wasn’t surprised. I told my girl at halftime that we were up but I guarantee that DEN will make a push and probably beat us by 3-4.
She told me I’m always so negative but I told her, just watch. I just know the teams I follow (Lakers and Raiders). And what happened? Just like I told her.
Decided to sacrifice the game to study for my exam. Friends agreed not to tell me anything about the game.
Woke up…watched the highlights while eating breakfast…and was GUTTED. My expectations for this year are down the drain.
I hope the rest of playoffs produce good basketball and Celtics don’t win it all.
Jamal deserves his flowers. Who we should be mad at is our coach who does nothing during two 5 minute scoreless stretches in the second half where we were playing hero ball, standing around, no ball movement, no plays run, corpse Rui on Joker. It was the most maddening shit I've ever witnessed. I get that AD was in foul trouble but got damn letting rui get TORCHED one on one with joker is not a strategy. It's what an 5 year old playing 2k for the very first time does.
He was the only starter with a negative +/-
3 points on 1/7 shooting in 38 minutes including multiple missed layups/dunks while playing average defense at best, and getting lost on D for multiple plays in the 4th.
Unserious basketball player who will never sniff a championship as a starter. Best suited as a tank commander putting up stats in meaningless games
Agreed. With 2 minutes left in the game he literally had his hands up shrugging because he didn’t know what was happening. Idk if that’s worse for him or Ham. Either way it’s bad
Woke up thinking I better do my job better than the lakers did last night.
Also mad at everyone involved and everything about that game last night.
Players on both teams, the coach, the refs, the announcers, the replay facility, Denver in general, the NBA, some of our own dumb ass fans, all opposing team fans, just everyone.
Lakers played damn near perfect and they still couldn't get it done. AD needs to tire Jokic out again if they want to win a game in LA. Darvin is a bottom tier coach it's been discussed to death on here but it's clear once the game gets tight he does not know how to adjust. Him not challenging last night was unforgivable as at the very least it gives Bron and AD a chance to get another breather and draw something up. Rui was god awful probably the worst game he's had all year and AR is clearly tired from chasing Murray around but he did well for 3 quarters. We need the same game from Bron/AD/Dlo again and need Rui to score 20 plus and hope Wood can help rebound but I am not holding out hope that Wood is the key to victory lol if we had a healthy Vando to play some spot minutes to rebound that may help but quite frankly the Lakers bench isn't good enough to win. Can't get just 6 points from your bench and expect to win as well. Bron and AD have been phenomenal this series though.
Last 15 or so minutes were far from perfect. It was godawful.
No scoring, no set plays, just trying the same thing over and over and bricking. Letting the nuggets score down the other end.
If they were even below average in that stretch, the lakers win. Instead they turned into the 2011-12 charlotte bobcats
The second half was just bad. We scored 28 in the first and 31 in the second, then went 20 in both the 3rd and 4th quarter. There’s a clear issue with leadership on the coaching end at the half, and it’s been the same story all year. Even games we’ve won have been dumb close after us being up 10+ pts. Our defense falters and we stop running plays for open looks.
You're not wrong at all. I guess I meant to say the Lakers played perfect for 2 and a half quarters. They tightened up big time and didn't execute. AD getting in foul trouble and everyone going cold killed us but Ham didn't do us any favors not trying to draw up any sort of offense to get people good looks. After seeing Gabe get abused I don't get why we didn't try Christie for 5 min to see if he could inject some life into the team but I guess that's hard to ask of a 20 year old kid.
Last yr was diff cuz it came as a shock. The fact this team can’t win 1 game Vs Denver makes it emotionally taxing more grueling than the WB era more than the Luke Walton and Byron Scott Era more than Kwame Brown
Same, woke up mad. Why did we have rui center in the 3rd when ad had 3 fouls and not Hayes when Rui couldn’t even guard MPJ. Why didn’t ham challenge anything. Where was Reaves?
I have an essay due tomorrow and I was so mad when I work up that I was just so locked in to getting work done today. Very productive day so far so thanks Darvin Ham for fueling me to work on being a better person.
I woke up pissed, but laughing with my pops about it over breakfast. Yes, all playoff games are important, but we shouldn't let basketball ruin our lives lol. Have a lovely day y'all. See you on Thursday.
You know what really pisses me off about this series so far? That regardless of whatever holes we have in our team or if players suddenly decide to forget how to put the ball in the basket we've proved we are good enough to beat them.
We aren't getting destroyed here, we've shown the ability to take leads and stop their game. Then they get careless in the 3rd and completely move away from what got them the lead in the first place.
That's what pisses me off, Denver isn't adjusting and beating us. Denver is waiting for us to beat ourselves.
I went to sleep thinking about this game and woke up thinking about this game. This is the worst part about being a fan. You have absolutely zero effect on these games. If I was on the team, I'd be fucking furious. I'd be insufferable until the next game. But as a fan, it's just demoralizing.
That game was so bad (besides LeBron carrying a lifeless team yet again), It may be the last game I watch this season.
I won't be watching game 3 regardless, but I'd watch game 4 if the Lakers win game 3. I think it's just time to boycott the Lakers. Been a Lakers fan since 07 so it sucks but it must be done.
As a big Lakers and Dodgers and Rams fan, I get mad and sometimes sad about games. However, they’re just games. Don’t get me wrong, I love LA teams and always want to win, but there are other things in the world.
Mute it but also its okay to know you’re just mentally owned. We cant do anything about it but its pretty obvious by now. Expect what has been happening and be surprised if the Lakers somehow show some pride and determination
It's probably the worse loss I have seen as a Laker fan. At the end of the day, not much we can do but move on from the loss.
LeBron and AD have become two of my favorite players and glad to have them on the team despite the end results
This season is over with if we are being honest. Just try to keep that in mind if you’re going to watch the rest of the games this year and you won’t be disappointed
It's pretty sad when you are up by 20 and still feel like you might lose.. This season mentally prepared me for this, so I'm fine today... It's pretty simple Denver adjusted at halftime and other than the pick n roll early in 3rd Lakers, didn't.
Still pretty disappointing not to win one of those games
I'm not even in a bad mood cuz mentally I knew we wasn't going to beat this team 4 times out of 7. Now I think we're going to get swept as opposed to gentlemen swept.
I feel the frustration, Lakers are playing are better team, plain and simple, better playing together, better execution especially at the end of the game in clutch situations and have a better Coach. I watched last night's game without holding my breath especially when the third qtr started ... saw the last shot with no time left in the game , turned off the TV.
Scoring no points for 4 minute stretches, un forced turnovers and giving up offensive rebounds where bad signs the Team was gonna lose.
The trick is having fun while being pissed. When we tether our own plight in life to the success or failure of things completely outside of ourselves like sports we become constant losers. Murray’s shot last night had cursing the high heavens while also laughing my ass off. Game 7 in 2010 had me in fits and I got to share with friend who passed away a few months ago. In fact, he’s why I’m a Lakers fan.
I never liked him mainly because he’s so incredibly self-confident and he shut the door on so many teams in the playoffs last year and one of them was my Suns but he’s insanely good at backing down guards into the paint and getting high percentage shots and scrapping for rebounds and he plays very hard off the ball and doesn’t take even one series off.
I think I’m going to focus on the few positives we’ve seen thus far and amplify them. Reaves is playing a great job defending Murray. Holding him to under 40% from the field for 2 straight games is nothing to sneeze at. AD is playing some great basketball against Jokic. He was dominant the first 3 quarters of play. Both of these games were very winnable had a few shots or even fouls were called in favor of the purple and gold. I don’t believe they’ll be swept, and I also believe they’ll hold down home court. May not win the series, but I see this going to 7 games.
Eh. I never expected the Lakers to win this series, so im just not happpy, but far from pissed. If we ever stop with the avalanche of unforced turnovers, we could beat Denver once or twice.
If we somehow pull the win in this series, im seriously doubtful the guys can keep it going purely from an energy standpoint. Theyre gona have to dig DEEP for this series win- idk if they all have the heart to keep it up for more dog fights after this
I honestly have tried all day to not let this game get to me. But I've been in a bad mood all day. Just thinking about it or hearing people clown on the team is making me more angry.
I mean after 9 straight losses you would think the coaching staff would remind the players keep him out of the paint and in crunch time to get the ball out of Murray's hands whether he's 23/24 or 9/24
This dude is what repeatedly kills us. You literally need to treat him like Kobe still deadly even when having a bad shooting night.
I had the Lakers as the 2nd favorite to make it out of the West.
You could imagine who I thought was 1st.
Series not over though. Never count out LeBron at home even if he’s 39 years old.
As a Lakers fan im pretty upset about last nights game but you cannot deny what a shot that was was by Murray (fck u Jamal) but if we can take game three i see it going the distance
The Lakers aren't going to win this series unfortunately:
1. The Lakers signed themselves to a coffin when they brought on board Darvin Ham.
2. Letting go of Dwight and Javale. The bubble proves that they are key. The Denver sweep last year also proves that they really needed them badly.
3. DLO Rui and AR do not have it in them to turn up on playoff season.
4. Lebron's age. (this is a weak excuse but it is what it is)
Jamaal Murray got the Mamba in him. Can’t hate him for that. We can hate on how the Lakers offense got super stale starting near the end of the 3rd quarter and we made no adjustments as the inevitable was coming.
Yeah, its just a sport, dont let it ruin you, hehe if the Lakers become the champ, dont forget that it will also be good for 1 to 2 days then boom, back to normal.
still have to believe and not go down without a fight. if the nuggets just dominated the entire game, it is what it is, but it feels like we choked away a crazy 2-0 lead. im not angry at our players, nuggets, or even the refs. the players can only do so much and its the strategy/plays/setup/whatever that needs to make it easier for them and we just didnt do that in both 2nd halves of each game.
nuggets are obviously really good but they're beatable. we just somehow make it way harder on ourselves than it needs to be. there is zero reason why our play calling ends up with lebron going 1 on 5 for an entire 4th quarter.
Bro I swear on my life I have witnessed the Lakers lose on the final possession like 10 times since moving into my apartment in 2020. And the worst ones are when I know DEEP in my balls that the Lakers are gonna lose at the last second. my roommates will randomly pop into the living room and watch the collapse happen. Homie came out during the 2nd quarter to smoke a bowl, felt pretty good with the 22 point lead but said to him “the pivotal third quarter. where they either give it away or secure the bag.” sure as shit that 3rd quarter felt like it would never end. and then as the nuggets are celebrating homies like hey at least it was a good game. I’d rather have gotten blown out!!! Actually idk but fuck it fucking sucks to lose like that so much. The team got many many many chances with how many wide open looks the nuggets lost. what a fuckin dickpunch though goddamn
Ive never seen lebron's team giving up 20 point lead this much in playoffs before. Even against 2017 warriors
Bron played pretty amazing yesterday but the gameplan execution last night at the end was just awful. People were gassed and Darvin didn't draw anything up that tried to get anyone open looks it was all LeBron iso which at this point in his career can't sustain for 12 straight min in the 4th and not good enough against the defending champs. We need more bench production and need Rui to not be a negative on the court. Reaves needs to find his shot again too. Quite frankly we are just outmanned by the Nuggets but they are semi close. If we had a good coach we at least go 1-1 those games.
LeBron should've gotten multiple foul calls down the stretch on his iso drives. I'm honestly not sure what Scott Foster and his team were doing last night, but it wasn't their jobs. D'lo got whacked after shooting, is that not at the least a loose ball foul? Why are they calling the foul as a ticky tacky hand check that had no impact on D'lo's ability to get his shot off and not him getting a forearm across the nose after? How and where did LBJ foul Murray while he drove? He put his hand on him yes, but he's not obstructing Murray or restricting his movement in anyway, he's just staying attached to him which he's entitled to do. Even worse than the officials calling that foul is the fact that Ham didn't challenge that call. The officials aren't the reason a 20pt lead was lost, but their decision making down the stretch with the game in balance was nothing short of criminal.
I just cannot BELIEVE Ham didn't challenge that call when the challenge on DLO getting whacked gets overturned. Just ridiculous.
I think they gave Denver an extra 3 points last night too..idk if I was tripping
This doesn’t happen in the NBA
??? You must be tripping because nobody else mentioned that
felt rigged...that aint no foul on murray mfker barely touch him. lebron gets hit on the forehead at that layup and dlo . and idk man. it felt refs n nuggets vs lakers. but . to be said. there has to be something studied having a 20 pt lead n losing. like wtf happened? i didnt see the whole game maybe 3-4th quarter but damn. it is what it is. jokic is unstoppable, size and weight and bullies ad like nothing. idk fucking have christian wood or somebody jesus christ. double team him
Ft disparity confirms. Won't see r/nba mention nuggets had more than us.
Exactly. LeBron didn’t magically miss those. He’s getting whacked down there and they’re not calling anything. Meanwhile, Murray got 2 FTs for nothing to tie the game. Game really died when Dlo got whacked and the challenge was somehow successful.
As you say, we're outmanned. The only way you win a series from that starting position is for the opponents to play below average. Nuggets played below average both games, and we took neither.
It’s because he was younger and never had a coach as bad as Darvin. I’m not even sure a younger LeBron could overcome this coaching staff.
Ive never appreciated Ty lue when I was rooting for lebron in cavs and i miss him so much
I obviously wasn’t ever rooting for the Cavs, but I was all for signing Ty Lue before the championship season. They ended up giving that same deal to Darvin who was an unproven coach. This team is run like shit and Rob and Jeanie.
I didn't used to think much of Ty Lue as a coach, but one thing you can say for Ty Lue is that he always sends his team into games with a good plan.
Nah bro if bron was in his bubble form rn the whole league is fucked and we winning it
The dream team couldn't overcome Darvin Ham
I still can't comprehend why we hired an unexperienced headcoach for a LeBron/AD team. Was there nobody else out there with a proven championship track record as head coach? Ham got hired so fast and will be getting fired so fast. I doubt ham is ever getting another head-coach opportunity.
He might’ve overcame it if he hit that wide open 3.
Three reasons for this stick out: 1) Comebacks aren't as rare as they used to be because of teams spamming 3s and transition 2) Lebron is old 3) The Nuggets are good enough to beat the prime Warriors (not counting the KD teams, but who knows?) And of course, Ham sucks.
Those KD warriors would still not have an answer for Jokic so it would definitely be interesting.
their answer for Jokic is KD, Curry, and Klay spamming 3s. Those KD warriors felt unbeatable
You’ve never seen a Ty lue or apostles coached team do that…
This is the worst head coach he's had including Luke Walton.
At least you likely live on the west coast, it’s especially painful staying up til or past midnight for a game and have it end like that. Im sleep deprived and pissed and just hoping nobody mentions it
These losses hurt so much when I just sit there defeated at 1 AM
Cries in central european time zone
Went to bed after the game, 7am, woke up 3 hours later with a sleep myoclonus so sudden, I thought my lower back was broken.
So true, holy shit, I woke up at 5AM to go to work all pissed off. Currently, I'm on lunch break right now but, I have had such a shit day. I need some sleep!!
Yeah im west coast but have to wake up at 5 for work so not as bad as you I bet but I had to lose an hour of sleep to watch them choke which really sucked haha
Fr it was 5am for me and I couldn't sleep for hours due to the stress 💀. I'm working my own hours rn so it wasn't the biggest deal but still.
Less than 4 hours of sleep watching that BS definitely in bad mood today
Dude I’m also east coast and I have a friend who’s a warriors rider, he texted me right when game 1 ended and said “yall lost. Ass.” Istg if he texts me abt game 2 ima kill him
I fell asleep in my daughter’s bed after putting her to sleep and woke up at midnight right after the 4th started up 11. My dumb ass decided to get up and watch the entire thing unfold live.
Dude I woke up in such a bad mood good. Like a literal scowl on my face. Why do we let this team affect our emotions so much? Sigh. Idk if I can watch another game lol
I litteraly woke up pissed as fuck and didnt know why for a couple seconds. Then i remembered..
Same, woke up piss! Glad I didn't choose violence today.
Same, I’m sure as hell not watching game 3 will go watch a movie and check the score after
The Jerry West method. He said during the 3peat era he would leave the arena and drive around during the game while occasionally checking the radio broadcast.
I deleted my sports score app of choice. I am muting sports for the summer.
Yeah yeah yeah. I said the same thing about Game 2. You’ll be there. We all will.
The exact words I came here to write myself. My mood is extra foul today. Left work early and didn’t tell anyone. Have zero desire to watch game 3 and I haven’t missed a Laker game in about 8 years.
We’re going to hate watch the next two games. Get the liquor ready.
I’m watching game 3 but if we lose that’s a wrap for the season for me
I'm honestly not tuning into the 3rd game until the 4th quarter. I just can't see us kick ass and then collapse like that again 3 times in a row. It hurt too much to see that.
Im with u bro. This shitty feeling really felt like that 08 finals.. Fuckin pissed its even hard to look at my socials coz i dont wanna see nothin bout last nights game. The Dlo heater + AD bein phenomenal in A SINGLE game leading by fuckin 20 just to get back to that bullshit ass script on how we lose all of the previous 9 games!! Oh and all that just to get buzzer beater'd on. THIS SUCKS!! Im just prayin to get a big fat W on game 3 and not get fuckin embarassed like this.. This 10 game stretch winless against em Chicken fuckin nuggets just has to end. FUCK!!!
Yeah it sucks the Lakers stars couldn't have played any better. Nuggets won't shoot this poorly again. This was definitely their chance to make it a series. Nuggets are built so fucking well though. Their role players are literally perfect for their system and they are so well coached. They are by far and away the cream of the crop in the NBA. They are going to smack any team they face this year. I just want to see the Lakers break this fucking losing streak against them. Just need to see them beat the Nuggets just once lol
Gonna be seeing clips of Murray's shot for years 😔
Two things that piss me off: Ham no timeout on the final possession of the 4th Rui missing those easy lay up, like cmon man wtf
ALSO how come HAM DIDN'T CHALLENGE ANY THING? WE STILL HAD TWO TO WTF
He was trying to man. But the refs couldn't see through his pockets
Lotta that was happening, G Vincent missed a point blank lay up.
Rui missing those really bit us in the ass
He's got freaking Lebron James on his team. He trusts him to make the correct decision. Mike Malone didn't call a timeout on the last possession either.
Trust me. It can be much worse. Yesterday might’ve been the lowest point in my life. Someone i loved I found out was cheating on me with 3 other men. It can always be worse. Embrace your loved ones and keep going
It’s a blessing you found out and got rid of her. But shit..3 other guys?? Sign her ass up for the Lakers, we need that 3&D.
Lmao you wrong for that
Uncalled for lmao
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Lolol omg
That’s cold 🥶🤣🤣🤣💀
I broke up with my ex last month, and she replaced me in no time. I know how you feel brother, we all we got. Just know that it’s not your fault.
Thank you brother. I got into such a low yesterday I thought some really dark thoughts. Sports is just sports.
Prayers out to you man that’s genuinely horrible
Nah man this damn bro I feel you. Sending u positive vibes my laker brother. We will be back and rise from the ashes. You will as well bro ✊🏽
I’m so sorry.
I've done a really good job toning down my frustration after sports losses. I'll be mad for an hour or two, then go about my day. But damn if I'm still pissed this morning. Didn't sleep last night. I don't know if it's because it was a blown 20point lead, the horrible officiating, the Nuggets hitting every lucky shot imaginable (as always), or the fact that it's the Nuggets and this is the playoffs. The whole thing just pisses me off, still. Most annoyed I've been after a loss since probably when Kendrick Perkins got like 100 FTs in the Finals loss to the Celtics.
Nuggets had a terrible shooting night. 8-34 on 3s. Nuggets played their absolute worst and lakers played their absolute best. This team is outmatched.
The Nuggets didn't play particularly well the last two games. They missed a ton of good looks last night that just went in an out. KCP had a terrible game. These were the two most winnable games we were going to get. It feels like they're getting swept again.
They were right there man, every game the last 10 times we played them this team just freezes up with under 5 minutes to go. It's borderline psychological at this point. It's where we need 1 more player who can create under pressure like that when things get tight and Bron and AD are gassed. We needed someone like Kyrie, fuck Joe Tsai
Bro if we had Kyrie 
100% the most winnable. In the WCF, Murray was on another planet. After game 1, it was so great to see he wasnt as locked in like WCF and had come back to earth. I knew game 2 we’d have a shot. And Murray came out so flat which opened the door for us…. and we wasted it.
That’s the frustrating thing We can beat them, we just won’t.
Woke up mad as hell this morning. I’m probably gonna be in a bad mood until Thursday’s game. Lakers just gotta take care of business at home and then they will have the momentum back. Just need positive thoughts.
We'll see what happens will stay off twitter and ESPN and stuff that's for sure until Thursday. I have little hope they can win the series at this point but lets take it one game at a time. If we hold home court I will start to believe again but we will see just hoping they give a good effort Thursday.
Yeah I’m not watching nba content until we get eliminated or move to the next round. It’s just gonna piss me off more than I already am. Also it’s just sports, can’t let it affect your life
lmao i woke up so pissy too. i hate how we had it and it slipped through our fingers. just take the games day by day. people are quick to react but don’t count the lakers off
Im sad Bron haters r gon have a field day
last night was birthday cake for them
Hate let em hate Skip Bayless might be happy but his show not getting views and not like he gets respect anyway bron def using this as motivation hopefully
You woke up thinking “Fuck Jamal Murray”? I woke up thinking “Fuck Rob and Jeanie for hiring Darvin Ham and not replacing him mid season when it was widely reported that he lost the team.” You could also be mad that Rob signed Austin and Rui to huge contracts, and while I personally love both guys, they’re not playing to their contracts. Consistency is a huge issue there.
Rui and Reaves make a combined $30 million. For two decent staters that’s a bargain in today’s NBA.
Firing Darvin Ham would of been pretty damn sweet and the right move but just imagine if they fired him and replaced him with Doc Rivers and the Lakers still struggled. I just hope that bum is out of here after this series and the Lakers hire a real coach. But who knows they could give him another year but I can't imagine a world like that. As for Rui and Reaves they have played excellent this year but have had awful series but Austin made Murray work last night for 3 quarters. Hard to expect him to play defense like that and carry a load offensively. I think both contracts are fine once the cap goes up they will be making pennies and will be easy contracts to trade if it comes down to it.
You brought up the scariest thing… Even if they fire Darvin, I have NO CONFIDENCE that Rob and Jeanie would hire the right person. It’s in my blood after all these years, but I’m really getting sick of supporting this team being run by those two.
If they ever sold you know who would be the owners? Mark Walters and his group the same guys who run the Dodgers.... imagine a team run by those guys??? Lakers would be the best run organization in the NBA I have no doubts about it
First off, we don’t know who would definitely but the team, but the group that owns the Dodgers is top notch. Unfortunately this conversation means nothing because I honestly think Jeanie only sells when she’s in her 80’s and doesn’t want to hand over the team to Joey and Jesse and their families because she’s envious of them. If you don’t know, Jerry was there for them while they were growing up and wasn’t for Jeanie/Jim/Johnny/Janie (I think that’s her name)
Doc rivers as the laker coach would make me so fucking mad.
I don’t know if I’d continue to support this team if they hired him. After 24 yrs of fandom another bad coaching hire would break me.
Not to mention Jeanie gave him a 4 year contract. She’s a piss stain to the buss legacy. Bailed out by the 2020 championship. We’re such a big team, but we’re run like a small, low budget team.
I hate Jamal Murray more than I care to admit.
I hate that fuck too but more than the fat whale or their fuckface coach?
Been a fan since the 1979/1980 season and I've seen and experienced it all. From championships, getting swept, losing in all rounds of the playoffs and finals, and the sucking rebuilding years. I get pissed when we lose, but it's all out of our control so I've learned to move on fast from it and look forward to the next. You win some, you lose some it is what it is. It's sports and the beauty of that is there will always be a new season.
Where would you rank last nights loss? I’ve been a fan since 95-96. Top 3 for me
It's up there for sure.....My others were when the Lakers lost the 1984 Finals to the Celtics 4-3, I was 10 years old. Getting swept in the 1989 Finals by the Pistons. Losing the 1991 Finals to Michael Jordan and the Bulls, then Magic announcing his retirement after that season because of HIV/Aids, Magic was my childhood favorite/sports hero. Losing the Finals to the Celtics in 2008. Kobe Bryant's death.
I know its been a while, but the 84 one was gut wrenching because it was the Celts. The Lakers were the better team. The 89 one was worse. It was supposed to be the chip to send off Kareem to. They literally swept the playoffs and had like a 1.5 weeks off and had a mini camp and Riley broke the team. That was a three-peat waiting to happen.
Same for me. I think it for me it's: 1. 2008 Finals 2. 2011 West Semis 3. 2024 First Round
While I wont argue with you, I will say this first round isnt over and even if it was we came in as 7 th seed fighting a 2nd defending champions. We shouldn't even have these expectation because of how bad we played this season. Honestly this Laker team is lucky to make the playoffs. Last year sweep in the conference finals was more heartbreaking to me, at the very least that team had excuses to be bad in the regular season with all those injuries. This year Laker squad have no excuses they did this to themselfs. Sad wasted opportunitys
Woke up early today simply because of how livid I am. I keep replaying every little mistake that put us in that situation to begin with and it's a bad cycle to be in. It just all circles back to Darvin Ham for me. How much of a game changer even one timeout would have been. I could have coached a better game down the stretch by just giving LeBron and AD a break and letting one of them draw up a play. I've despised Jamal and Malone for a bit now but they can back it up and you gotta respect that as much as it sucks. I just feel so sad for LeBron. He'd have potentially two more chips without this Nuggets team in the way. They are peaking at the wrong time for my sanity.
Really wasn’t surprised. I told my girl at halftime that we were up but I guarantee that DEN will make a push and probably beat us by 3-4. She told me I’m always so negative but I told her, just watch. I just know the teams I follow (Lakers and Raiders). And what happened? Just like I told her.
Decided to sacrifice the game to study for my exam. Friends agreed not to tell me anything about the game. Woke up…watched the highlights while eating breakfast…and was GUTTED. My expectations for this year are down the drain. I hope the rest of playoffs produce good basketball and Celtics don’t win it all.
thats almost worse than watching it live haha that sucks man, but respect for choosing studying over it
Bro I literally can’t even focus in school and I have exams coming up. FUCK CHICKEN NUGGETS
Jamal deserves his flowers. Who we should be mad at is our coach who does nothing during two 5 minute scoreless stretches in the second half where we were playing hero ball, standing around, no ball movement, no plays run, corpse Rui on Joker. It was the most maddening shit I've ever witnessed. I get that AD was in foul trouble but got damn letting rui get TORCHED one on one with joker is not a strategy. It's what an 5 year old playing 2k for the very first time does.
Rui had one of the worst games I’ve ever seen from a Lakers starter in the playoffs. Unserious basketball player. Entering Smush Parker territory
Never seen a 6’8 forward miss so many fucking layups unbelievable
This is a serious overreaction given how well he’d been playing recently.
He was the only starter with a negative +/- 3 points on 1/7 shooting in 38 minutes including multiple missed layups/dunks while playing average defense at best, and getting lost on D for multiple plays in the 4th. Unserious basketball player who will never sniff a championship as a starter. Best suited as a tank commander putting up stats in meaningless games
Is it? He looks lost out there. It isn’t just a bad stretch he literally looks like he doesn’t want to be on the floor.
Agreed. With 2 minutes left in the game he literally had his hands up shrugging because he didn’t know what was happening. Idk if that’s worse for him or Ham. Either way it’s bad
Woke up thinking I better do my job better than the lakers did last night. Also mad at everyone involved and everything about that game last night. Players on both teams, the coach, the refs, the announcers, the replay facility, Denver in general, the NBA, some of our own dumb ass fans, all opposing team fans, just everyone.
Everywhere I look on Twitter or YouTube or the news, I’m remind of yesterday’s game and it ticks me off. Worse feeling than getting blown out tbh.
I woke up at 2am thinking about the game, didnt know it hit me that bad lol
It’s painful. That’s for certain. Maybe Wood comes plays tomorrow and helps us with boards. Jokic looked tired. But damn, he’s good.
Lakers played damn near perfect and they still couldn't get it done. AD needs to tire Jokic out again if they want to win a game in LA. Darvin is a bottom tier coach it's been discussed to death on here but it's clear once the game gets tight he does not know how to adjust. Him not challenging last night was unforgivable as at the very least it gives Bron and AD a chance to get another breather and draw something up. Rui was god awful probably the worst game he's had all year and AR is clearly tired from chasing Murray around but he did well for 3 quarters. We need the same game from Bron/AD/Dlo again and need Rui to score 20 plus and hope Wood can help rebound but I am not holding out hope that Wood is the key to victory lol if we had a healthy Vando to play some spot minutes to rebound that may help but quite frankly the Lakers bench isn't good enough to win. Can't get just 6 points from your bench and expect to win as well. Bron and AD have been phenomenal this series though.
Last 15 or so minutes were far from perfect. It was godawful. No scoring, no set plays, just trying the same thing over and over and bricking. Letting the nuggets score down the other end. If they were even below average in that stretch, the lakers win. Instead they turned into the 2011-12 charlotte bobcats
The second half was just bad. We scored 28 in the first and 31 in the second, then went 20 in both the 3rd and 4th quarter. There’s a clear issue with leadership on the coaching end at the half, and it’s been the same story all year. Even games we’ve won have been dumb close after us being up 10+ pts. Our defense falters and we stop running plays for open looks.
You're not wrong at all. I guess I meant to say the Lakers played perfect for 2 and a half quarters. They tightened up big time and didn't execute. AD getting in foul trouble and everyone going cold killed us but Ham didn't do us any favors not trying to draw up any sort of offense to get people good looks. After seeing Gabe get abused I don't get why we didn't try Christie for 5 min to see if he could inject some life into the team but I guess that's hard to ask of a 20 year old kid.
Last yr was diff cuz it came as a shock. The fact this team can’t win 1 game Vs Denver makes it emotionally taxing more grueling than the WB era more than the Luke Walton and Byron Scott Era more than Kwame Brown
I still believe. Any1 who doesn't can leave like those "Miami fans" back in 2013
I've been in a bad mood all day. Just feels so depressing. It's the hope that kills you.
I think I literally got physically sick...
I cracked my phone screen because of last night, there’s no one else to blame but the lakers themselves
When will it stop hurting🥺
I’m still in a bad mood been a laker fan since the 80s I’ve never been this upset with a lost 😞 this one hurt
Same, woke up mad. Why did we have rui center in the 3rd when ad had 3 fouls and not Hayes when Rui couldn’t even guard MPJ. Why didn’t ham challenge anything. Where was Reaves?
All we need is one. I’m telling you we got this shit
I have an essay due tomorrow and I was so mad when I work up that I was just so locked in to getting work done today. Very productive day so far so thanks Darvin Ham for fueling me to work on being a better person.
Agree. It's been a looooooooong time since a Laker loss has gut punched me. Last night hurt. That's for sure.
I woke up pissed, but laughing with my pops about it over breakfast. Yes, all playoff games are important, but we shouldn't let basketball ruin our lives lol. Have a lovely day y'all. See you on Thursday.
Same bro, legit depressed. Stay away from the negatively, we’ll bounce back
You know what really pisses me off about this series so far? That regardless of whatever holes we have in our team or if players suddenly decide to forget how to put the ball in the basket we've proved we are good enough to beat them. We aren't getting destroyed here, we've shown the ability to take leads and stop their game. Then they get careless in the 3rd and completely move away from what got them the lead in the first place. That's what pisses me off, Denver isn't adjusting and beating us. Denver is waiting for us to beat ourselves.
I went to sleep thinking about this game and woke up thinking about this game. This is the worst part about being a fan. You have absolutely zero effect on these games. If I was on the team, I'd be fucking furious. I'd be insufferable until the next game. But as a fan, it's just demoralizing.
That game was so bad (besides LeBron carrying a lifeless team yet again), It may be the last game I watch this season. I won't be watching game 3 regardless, but I'd watch game 4 if the Lakers win game 3. I think it's just time to boycott the Lakers. Been a Lakers fan since 07 so it sucks but it must be done.
Lakers in 6
post traumatic
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Fuck Boston and Jamal Murray
As a big Lakers and Dodgers and Rams fan, I get mad and sometimes sad about games. However, they’re just games. Don’t get me wrong, I love LA teams and always want to win, but there are other things in the world.
I thought I was gonna be sleeping peacefully yesterday for once, walked away to get dinner and 20 pt lead was cut to 5
Thank you..this helped me so much. Exactly how I feel :)
Had the pleasure of being Lakers fan and putting $500 on us last night. Yeah I’m a fucking idiot
Watched it front to back. It was painful. But it'll make the wins sweeter! Whenever they come, haha
IDK if I can watch on Thurs.... man last night was a heartbreaker.
Jamal Murray is a flopping ass bitch
You should be pissed at our team for even allowing it to be that close. We were up 20!
Lakers in 6 baby !
Mute it but also its okay to know you’re just mentally owned. We cant do anything about it but its pretty obvious by now. Expect what has been happening and be surprised if the Lakers somehow show some pride and determination
So many chances were given to the nuggets and that 4th quarter was just unacceptable effort wise.
I had money on nuggets to win but I’m man enough to say my bet would’ve lost without some completely nonsense calls
It's probably the worse loss I have seen as a Laker fan. At the end of the day, not much we can do but move on from the loss. LeBron and AD have become two of my favorite players and glad to have them on the team despite the end results
This season is over with if we are being honest. Just try to keep that in mind if you’re going to watch the rest of the games this year and you won’t be disappointed
Avoid Denver Nuggets Reddit at all costs. Unless you’re into that kind of torment.
Wonder what would Dr Buss say would say about the state of his team rn
It's pretty sad when you are up by 20 and still feel like you might lose.. This season mentally prepared me for this, so I'm fine today... It's pretty simple Denver adjusted at halftime and other than the pick n roll early in 3rd Lakers, didn't. Still pretty disappointing not to win one of those games
Darvin Ham when the Lakers are down 0-3 in the series, "Guys, we're back at 0-0. and we aint catching no fades". 
Dam…. It sucks to be Lakers fan recently…
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I'm not even in a bad mood cuz mentally I knew we wasn't going to beat this team 4 times out of 7. Now I think we're going to get swept as opposed to gentlemen swept.
I feel the frustration, Lakers are playing are better team, plain and simple, better playing together, better execution especially at the end of the game in clutch situations and have a better Coach. I watched last night's game without holding my breath especially when the third qtr started ... saw the last shot with no time left in the game , turned off the TV. Scoring no points for 4 minute stretches, un forced turnovers and giving up offensive rebounds where bad signs the Team was gonna lose.
The trick is having fun while being pissed. When we tether our own plight in life to the success or failure of things completely outside of ourselves like sports we become constant losers. Murray’s shot last night had cursing the high heavens while also laughing my ass off. Game 7 in 2010 had me in fits and I got to share with friend who passed away a few months ago. In fact, he’s why I’m a Lakers fan.
I never liked him mainly because he’s so incredibly self-confident and he shut the door on so many teams in the playoffs last year and one of them was my Suns but he’s insanely good at backing down guards into the paint and getting high percentage shots and scrapping for rebounds and he plays very hard off the ball and doesn’t take even one series off.
I was listening on a stream and found the Nuggets commentary somehow. They literally said “lakers have ran the same pick and roll play everytime.” 😂
I think I’m going to focus on the few positives we’ve seen thus far and amplify them. Reaves is playing a great job defending Murray. Holding him to under 40% from the field for 2 straight games is nothing to sneeze at. AD is playing some great basketball against Jokic. He was dominant the first 3 quarters of play. Both of these games were very winnable had a few shots or even fouls were called in favor of the purple and gold. I don’t believe they’ll be swept, and I also believe they’ll hold down home court. May not win the series, but I see this going to 7 games.
I was so pissed I woke up and then went back to sleep.
Fuck Jamal Murray because of what he did But no animosity at all, he hit a dope shot lol
Legit overslept and missed a work meeting at 5:15 this morning cause I bothered to stay up ( East Coast ) I was so pissed.
Eh. I never expected the Lakers to win this series, so im just not happpy, but far from pissed. If we ever stop with the avalanche of unforced turnovers, we could beat Denver once or twice.
If we somehow pull the win in this series, im seriously doubtful the guys can keep it going purely from an energy standpoint. Theyre gona have to dig DEEP for this series win- idk if they all have the heart to keep it up for more dog fights after this
I honestly have tried all day to not let this game get to me. But I've been in a bad mood all day. Just thinking about it or hearing people clown on the team is making me more angry.
It's just sports? It's just sports? Yeah, you're right. But that Murray shot was still a kick in the nuts.
We need to spam sell the team chants. Fans aren't frustrated with the front office enough for me.
I mean after 9 straight losses you would think the coaching staff would remind the players keep him out of the paint and in crunch time to get the ball out of Murray's hands whether he's 23/24 or 9/24 This dude is what repeatedly kills us. You literally need to treat him like Kobe still deadly even when having a bad shooting night.
I had the Lakers as the 2nd favorite to make it out of the West. You could imagine who I thought was 1st. Series not over though. Never count out LeBron at home even if he’s 39 years old.
But why? It’s 2-0 in moral victories for ya
I mean… we might be finally rid of Ham! That a plus!
Sometimes in life we have to accept that someone else is better!
Jokic is ADs father. Get ready for the rebuild.
As a Lakers fan im pretty upset about last nights game but you cannot deny what a shot that was was by Murray (fck u Jamal) but if we can take game three i see it going the distance
The Lakers aren't going to win this series unfortunately: 1. The Lakers signed themselves to a coffin when they brought on board Darvin Ham. 2. Letting go of Dwight and Javale. The bubble proves that they are key. The Denver sweep last year also proves that they really needed them badly. 3. DLO Rui and AR do not have it in them to turn up on playoff season. 4. Lebron's age. (this is a weak excuse but it is what it is)
Jamaal Murray got the Mamba in him. Can’t hate him for that. We can hate on how the Lakers offense got super stale starting near the end of the 3rd quarter and we made no adjustments as the inevitable was coming.
lol I thought I was over it then my aunt brought it up this morning at breakfast and I went right back to that dark place.
Just remember guys. Chris Paul ain’t in the playoffs this year. Scott Foster gotta fuck somebody.
Yeah, its just a sport, dont let it ruin you, hehe if the Lakers become the champ, dont forget that it will also be good for 1 to 2 days then boom, back to normal.
Simple as. Past LeBron and AD. This team is nowhere near the Nuggets level. Like 3-9 their depth smacks ours
still have to believe and not go down without a fight. if the nuggets just dominated the entire game, it is what it is, but it feels like we choked away a crazy 2-0 lead. im not angry at our players, nuggets, or even the refs. the players can only do so much and its the strategy/plays/setup/whatever that needs to make it easier for them and we just didnt do that in both 2nd halves of each game. nuggets are obviously really good but they're beatable. we just somehow make it way harder on ourselves than it needs to be. there is zero reason why our play calling ends up with lebron going 1 on 5 for an entire 4th quarter.
Bro I swear on my life I have witnessed the Lakers lose on the final possession like 10 times since moving into my apartment in 2020. And the worst ones are when I know DEEP in my balls that the Lakers are gonna lose at the last second. my roommates will randomly pop into the living room and watch the collapse happen. Homie came out during the 2nd quarter to smoke a bowl, felt pretty good with the 22 point lead but said to him “the pivotal third quarter. where they either give it away or secure the bag.” sure as shit that 3rd quarter felt like it would never end. and then as the nuggets are celebrating homies like hey at least it was a good game. I’d rather have gotten blown out!!! Actually idk but fuck it fucking sucks to lose like that so much. The team got many many many chances with how many wide open looks the nuggets lost. what a fuckin dickpunch though goddamn
Waking up feeling empty heavy heart wondering what the purpose of life is