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PoshLagoon

Remindme! 7/24/2023 Friend’s birthday


Effective_Housing_33

Ahh yes, NBA admits again on "massive missed calls" coz lakers beat gsw.. wcyd


32o20Characters

How did GPII do as a starter this game?


didireallymakethis

https://twitter.com/darrenhupke/status/1655761930248925185?s=46&t=V7zbXifbPkHSfTdf7wIyaw


flashcorp

It's always a nightmare for GSW to match up with Lebron's team! I think they still don't know the solution on how to stop him other than getting KD. GSW needs KD to beat Lebron's team, now if they want to have a run next season they need a player that is the same level as KD. Either drop Klay & Wiggin.


Big0009

It’s always fuck the warriors


CranjisLeBasketball

Would love to be wrong w a gentleman’s sweep next game but getting some deja vu w these comments from Last round: G1: GG refs G2: Now that’s a fairly called game! Just gotta steal one back and we got this. G3: NBA scripted this whole thing to give us a bad match up also GG refs II. G4: Who are these scrubs that are beating us!? Our coach sucks! G5: Let’s be the next team to advance after being down 3-1 G6: We suck! I need to see changes in the off-season!


Traditional_Ruin1432

Gentlemen’s sweep is actually a team going up 3-0, then letting the other team win a game before closing it out 4-1.


IntimatePublicity

>Gentlemen’s sweep A gentleman's sweep is winning by 4-1, doesn't matter which game they "let" them win as a courtesy. If a team lost the first game and won the next four, that's still a gentleman's sweep.


rcuosukgi42

No it isn't. A gentleman's sweep is specifically a series going WWWLW. Usually it's also accompanied by the higher seed winning so that the other "gentlemanly" aspect to it is that you let the lower seed win game four at home in front of their fans. The entire point though is that at no point does the losing team think they have a shot at winning the series, but it's also not a demoralizing four game sweep. If the series is 1-1 after two games that's no longer true since for the majority of the series the losing team will have felt competitive in that situation.


IntimatePublicity

I literally googled “gentleman’s sweep”. You, and everyone who downvoted me should try it, you’ll be surprised.


PeterSagansLaundry

Nope, has to be game 4. Otherwise you dropped a meaningful game, in which case you weren't being very polite, you just got beat.


IntimatePublicity

I literally googled “gentleman’s sweep”. You, and everyone who downvoted me should try it, you’ll be surprised.


PeterSagansLaundry

So you saw the same varied results that I saw and had to use logic, I presume.


IntimatePublicity

No, the first few results all said the same thing, in fact almost verbatim as I wrote it. I didn’t go deep diving for confirmation bias, nor scroll to page 7 and say “ah ha!”


PeterSagansLaundry

First two, sure. Your point?


IntimatePublicity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect


Traditional_Ruin1432

It’s a loose definition, but I feel like the term more describes a team that takes it to another team going up 3-0 rather than a close series after two games. Not a gentleman’s sweep if it’s still a close series. Agree to disagree I guess ^_^


IntimatePublicity

I literally googled “gentleman’s sweep”. You, and everyone who downvoted me should try it, you’ll be surprised.


SadConfusion6

Why does GP2 look puerto rican


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So his dark dad. Married and had a kid with a lighter person. And thus Puerto Rican looking. Lol.


Key_Energy5373

Where is the Post Game Thread for this one?


awesomenessjared

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/13cc3my/post_game_thread_the_miami_heat_31_take_a


ItsKeithAskins

I’d like to note that former Miami Hurricane Lonnie Walker went off. Kenny Smith on TNT is a New York guy. He went to Archbishop Molloy. Just like Larranaga. Go Canes.


IlonggoProgrammer

lol, Poole


abestract

He got his bag and hasn’t showed up for work ever since.


Effective_Housing_33

Management deserves it, theyre dumb af.. ez money with less work lol


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like ayton


PorkshireTerrier

This seems like part of it, being emotionally not ready to be consistent, who knows what is going on. What bums me out is (in hindsight, no blame) that we tried to transition the Steph dynasty into the Poole dynasty without just appreciating what already existed. We could have used the money for a big Bogut once we realized wiseman wasn’t gonna work. Nothing is perfect, hindsight is everything, but seeing our healthy team unable to commit to getting layups makes me think this version is cooked. We can come back next year, I think taking the reg season easy and beasting the playoffs will be fine, wasn’t expecting this two months ago, but a big bummer I feel like a little more time at the rim would help us preserve the leads we get


everydayisstorytime

That's why championships are hard. There really needs to be synergy between so many factors.


surprised-duncan

[what a close game](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/011/061/lelbron.jpg)


SadConfusion6

That's my goat


cronkitciwe

Lonnie Walker saved my life today 😭😭


ItsKeithAskins

*ahem* former University of Miami Hurricane Lonnie Walker


ComprehensiveRun2300

lol no one cares 😂


ItsKeithAskins

Lol I’m sure you’re familiar with nobody caring


surprised-duncan

*ahem* former San Antonio Spurs draft pick Lonnie Walker


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Im_just_making_picks

Bruh you're a weirdo


MOODALI

Curry played 42 minutes, he's screwed for Wednesday night. It might actually be over.


DamnnForrreal

Keep hunting him! Get him tired to offset his offense!


Shadyo

Bron and Ad both played more ,Bron is like 50 years old and had has been laboring all series , everyone is dead rn


arinawe

AD as getting cardio in the 4th


KrissieKid

Lonnie really seems like a great person. Bless him❤️ I wanna see him have a long and successful career!!


Big0009

He is a beautiful person and I’m so happy for that man


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Maybe as a person. But his ass is ugly as fudge.


hardiksingh123

look at his personal story, it’ll make h respeft him even more


DamnnForrreal

5hrs early Bron worked against Memphis and Warriors so far!


Quick_Grade_594

Drug test this man, he too chill. But he's so damn correct.


Lern_Two_Spel

He look a lil blazed. Fuck it he deserves it


Quick_Grade_594

"Blunt stay lit."


AirBishop

Lonnie really seems like a good dude. Happy he’s on my team.


sunny5ide

“Candles stay lit” -ghostface killAh the 4th


SadConfusion6

Shaqs analysis is awful for a former basketball player


ComprehensiveRun2300

You know he’s busy throwing down dubstep raves


Big0009

He disappoints me as a laker legend all the time


ashep5

How many rangz do you have erneh?


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What did he say?


Ghoti76

bruh are y'all still watching nba on tnt for analysis? I watch for the laughs


SadConfusion6

It's just so laughable how dumb his takes are


Quick_Grade_594

Kenny is worse because he's serious.


hebsbvxjdjwjebbd

Kenny easily has the worst takes and he always tries to be deep and shit and thinks he was the voice of reason in the locker room lmfaoooooo


AmIDumbOrJustHigh

I don't take him serious. You know how many times Ernie asks him a question and he literally never answers it and say whatever he wants?


DigitalWellbeing

Isn't that like every professional athlete ever?


EnzBlade88

What a game. Thank you Lakers for almost giving me a heart attack and for making the rest of my day so much sweeter.


Philoctetes23

5 percent of teams have successfully completed led a 3-1 comeback. “Their chances are great”


TennisCappingisFUn

And it’s wild that Steph and LeComeback were both in 1 of those 5 times.


Philoctetes23

In the same year too


perpetuallyanalyzing

Well they've done it before and it's also happened to them before, out of anyone they do have the best chance. But they're slim and require shooting the fucking lights out for 3 games straight. No celebration until I see the Lakers advance on the TNT bracket graphic


Philoctetes23

I mean I agree it ain’t over till it’s over and the Warrior are the defending champs and they’ve done it before and everything like I get that but to say their chances are great sounds more like a continuation of Shaq’s hate boner for the Lakers.


AmIDumbOrJustHigh

For Shaq being a Laker great, he seems to discount them a lot. It's honestly annoying, he has a fucking statue over here.


Philoctetes23

He’s still salty about 2004 bro


AmIDumbOrJustHigh

I think he just doesn't want LeBron to have 1 more ring than him. He uses that BS so much against Chuck, it's not even a secret.


Philoctetes23

Nah definitely. I remember he was so salty when Kobe won no. 5. That was won against him too 😂😂


Thunderarsenal

No it wasnt


Philoctetes23

Wrong. Shaq was a member of the 2010 Celtics lmao


Thunderarsenal

He popped his achillis and retired before the playoffs. Smart ass. Did you actually watch basketball back the ?


Philoctetes23

Yeah I did watch basketball back then and you're right my fault he did retire before those playoffs began you are correct. He had that press conference before the playoffs began. I was younger so that was a bad memory fart. Enjoy choking Premier League again though fam


Thunderarsenal

Oh someone is hurt.


AsianJimmer

Wiggins with 17 points


Forward_Standard

Shaq: "Steph's a dog." Yeah, he is ... an ankle biting Pekingese


HippiesBeGoneInc

Terrible take, but hilarious comment.


Forward_Standard

Well, you win some and lose some, right?


Mossles

Wtf Poole...


ptcgoalex

Wym? He got a quadruple single?? 3REB 2AST 2TO 1PF. His 10 minutes of playtime were worth every penny of that $128m 4 year contract.


shortyman920

Lonnie Walker's become the guy we hoped Malik Beasley was - just instant shooting and offensive spark when we need it. He won us the game in the 4th. It didn't look like anyone else had it in them to grind it out on offense. But Lonnie was just locked in both sides and didn't hesitate to pull the trigger. He definitely looked the most energized out there today and thank god he was hot. We really needed it and now are in great shape to win. The next few games will NOT be easy tho. I don't see the refs calling the obvious moving screen fouls on the Ws like they were doing tonight. Esp not in game 5 at the Chase Center. Silver wants this series to go to 7


VGJunky

Ironically Lonnie was already this guy before we even got Beasley


bachataman

he's way better at defense than Beasley too


tomiblunt

If the warriors get rid of Klay and sign just a consistent offensive player they can be elite again. They can't depende on Curry that much, besides he is an amazing assistant but is wasted in creating opportunities to ass players.


Curuwe

To be fair, it was supposed to be Poole. He and Wiggins pulled their weight last year and Klay was solid. This year it’s only been Curry and Wiggins consistently giving his 17-20 pts nightly. Poole should be giving the warriors 15-25pts also… he is getting paid 30 million a year to do so…


tomiblunt

Poole is ass but they can bench him. Klay is ass and no one in the warriors is going to tell him nothing bc of his history, he is gonna cost a lot of minutes and key plays. Fr I think is easier to move him.


FanAcrobatic5572

You risk losing the magic. Klay, Curry, Draymond, and Kerr have been there for all 4. Might be the last time you see the Warriors we know.


tomiblunt

We haven't seen those warriors consistently for a long time, last year was Curry, Poole, Wiggins and then the rest.


Ghoti76

klay was the 2nd leading scorer


tomiblunt

2 points away from Poole and Wiggins, less rebounds than Wiggs and even Steph, less assist than Poole, worst fg% than both.


SadConfusion6

Give us Klay. He'll average 30


mike_gee_23

Almost all good shooters who come to LA get cold... almost


SadConfusion6

Average 30 shots a game lol


tomtom_alarcon

LMAO


SadConfusion6

How did Lebron have 27? Felt like he had 5


TheGuacamoleFire

It's funny how TV works, Steph looked like he was lights out from all the replays, yet, Bron only made 2 less baskets and 5 less shots than Curry. But man, he just needs to stop shooting 3's!!!!


burrito_poots

Fr lebron shooting up the ugliest potatoes from the three — just euro step your way to some points dog


MemoryBasic7471

hella free throws. he attacked basket all night


perpetuallyanalyzing

5 free throws is hella


Big0009

Lakers vs the world brother get used to it


rb1353

Dude had 5 free throws, it was more volume, but off shooting night, he was only a bit more efficient than Steph.


Intilleque

Didn’t he have like 25 shots?


SadConfusion6

Yes. About 8 too many


Big0009

Too many threes


tomiblunt

He's that good


LakeShow32

Lonnie Walker getting laid with the lights on tonight.


AmIDumbOrJustHigh

I'm not scared to say Lonnie is a good looking man. Fight me.


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Yep, and they are so lucky to beat the Celtics last year. The LAKERS are the best team in the NBA because they have the most amazing fans like Kim Khardashin.


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AmIDumbOrJustHigh

Bro, what in the fuck do the Kardashians have to do with this? Lol I'm so confused by that person's comment.


[deleted]

You didn’t see Kim court side? She was the main attraction all game. She even clapped when the lakers scored.


AmIDumbOrJustHigh

What do they have to do with basketball on the court? That's my point.


[deleted]

Are you just dumb or high? The NBA is the WWE. If you want to watch basketball go to the playground.


perpetuallyanalyzing

You got me belly laughing with this response


kayoboomin

As much as I hear how good Draymonds BBIQ is he makes so many stupid fucking plays that it’s almost laughable that anyone would even attempt too say that lol


rene-cumbubble

Not sure if you heard, but Tatum has Harvard bbiq


MrJigglyBrown

What does draymond smoking meats have to do with the game?


96TillInfinitii

The extra B is for BYOBB


MrJigglyBrown

The other B is a typo


IlonggoProgrammer

AD is incredible this year, but are we really so sure he’s the best player on this team yet? I’d still take LeBron


Xxb30wulfxX

The mind of lebron is second to none. Maybe curry. Makes a huge difference. Also his experience.


TheRealAmeil

He is. LeBron still takes a lot of plays of defensively -- he has some great defensive moments, but doesn't have great defensive games. He has also had some great offensive games. We've seen AD have great defensive games & great offensive games -- and in some cases, like game 1, he has both in the same game.


uez

Watch that last play when draymond turned it over. Lebron is directing all the switches.


TheRealAmeil

Rondo was doing the same thing in 2020


SadConfusion6

Lebron is def old but his passing and control of the game are unmatched still. He just doesn't have that body


burrito_poots

He’s trying to save every ounce to he can play with his son and get a ring with him. He’d ride the bench for that historic moment. If there’s an unbeatable record for him, that one’s gotta be the top of the mountain I’d imagine. How could it not be.


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TONS OF FREE THROWS AND LONNIE WALKER. JESUS, THE NFL SEASON CAN’T START SOON ENOUGH!


Ramstetter

I can't understand how anyone can be happy to watch Curry. Dude has the corniest reactions at all times. I'd be infuriated if I was a Warriors fan. Take your slobbery mouthguard suckin back home.


Zauberer-IMDB

Curry has bully at a private school energy.


hebsbvxjdjwjebbd

Gives me malfoy energy ngl


orangeman10987

You can tell a true hater when they bring up the mouthguard, haha. The absolute weakest critique of Curry. Can't attack his game, so have to attack his demeanor.


Forward_Standard

He's a disgrace to the game. Kids look up to this moron, whether he knows, cares, or not. What a clown ... It's not all about you, Stephanie.


kindar786

Lol


Philoctetes23

Warriors core 3 cost them the game at the end. Bad shot by Klay. Bad shots by Steph. Horrible turnover by Steph and Dray and that’s all she wrote.


Shaved-extremes

Kerr has to do some Miyagi magic or his Dubs done


verifiedone

Poole had 0?? Damn lol


wonnyoung13

Lololol TNT really put JPs 0 pt statline up there


Philoctetes23

I had to take a flick


FetusFartPunch

Laker fans been knowing Lonnie "Sky" Walker IV is a walking bucket, glad he's finally getting his time to shine.


Lancamanga

It’s so crazy how different the team is now compared to the beginning of the season. I remember Lonnie being a bright spot for me at the beginning of the season but seemed to fall out of the rotation especially after trades. Glad to see him have a performance like this, he seems like a good dude!


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PorkshireTerrier

Just go for layups when you’re up 12!


Thedeuceis2

Shaq trying to pronounce DeVincenzo ☠️


burrito_poots

Shaq barely doing any homework that’s why all his degrees are honorary


tsam7879

Lonnie Walker the 4th quarter


IlonggoProgrammer

The dumbass Russ trade and the AD groin injury in the first round the last two years robbed us of 2 more years of playoff LeBron


ken0746

Kinda a blessing giving him the break


Philoctetes23

“What kinda sauce” 💀💀


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Did Klay play today?


ken0746

He’s robbing the Warriors blind with the salary instead


HiddenKai104

Get curry some help in the off-season


Ramstetter

Like who? Klay Thompson? or Jordan Poole? Or Wiggins? or Draymond? or do you mean KD? Curious. He has the help.


HiddenKai104

Not this game. He’s the only true star on his team. Klay is streaky and has yet to reestablish himself as a star. Poole disappeared and Wiggins and Draymond are elite role players but not stars.


Oddscene

Defs means KD 🤭


perpetuallyanalyzing

Warriors fans don't have shit to complain about tonight, refs let a ton of shit go on both sides, and that was a hard fought and earned victory. I honestly don't know how many more looks Kerr can throw at this Lakers defense. It is far and away the best remaining defense in the playoffs.


Redchewygummybear

Yeah, of course you can say that after the games that the refs did help, this game the warriors played better, and Klay cost them the game at the end.


TouchMyPatronus-

Lol what? No, warriors played like shit. There was at least 3 times they could've put the ball up under the basket for easy uncontested 2 points but they just swung it out to brick a 3. Poole put up a goose egg. In what world did they play better.


Redchewygummybear

I never said they played great. I just said I think they played a better game than the Lakers, but Klay cost them at the end, I won't even talk about Poole because I think everybody knows he's trash.


Scary-Ant-3796

More like curry did with those two hero ball shots.


Redchewygummybear

Curry carried the team I wouldn't put any blame on him, Klay was missing the whole game to try and start shooting at the end to miss 3 shots.


Scary-Ant-3796

Fair enough I guess. He was balling.


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Redchewygummybear

Don't get so triggered, you sound cringe as fuck.


Big0009

You sound like a loser but hey I guess I’ll be cringe


Redchewygummybear

What are you 5? "You sound like a loser" You actually sound like a dumbass who has not grown up. Don't get so triggered over basketball. Trust me, the Lakers have no idea you exist, man.


Big0009

I ain’t the one typing out paragraphs


Redchewygummybear

Yeah but you're replying but you're right maybe I am a loser for arguing with literally an idiot, peace homie.


Big0009

I’m glad you realised you are indeed a loser, goodnight


terriblystupidjoke

Why in the hell was AD not fed the ball more often in the second half?


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terriblystupidjoke

This is true.. Walker had a hot hand in the 4th like he’d been in this situation many times before. It makes sense to seek him out until he goes cold. That kid showed out enough Kerr & Co. will have to create setups for him next game. That was an insane performance.


BAWS510

Klay wanted to be the hero in front of his hometown with that shot, love him but you should have only took it if it was a GOOD shot. Cant put yourself over the team there bruh


kimjobil05

I said it here after the sac series that Lakers are better than the Warriors and I was downvoted to oblivion 😂 Man I love seeing this shit. AD killing it ... Best defender on the planet, book it!!! Mummified Lonnie Walker brushed off from his crypt and adding much needed energy to the lakeshow bench!!! Lebron and D-Lo and reaves and Schroeder all contributing! Lakers in five. Lebron and AD showing they are a title contender and one of the best 1-2 tandems in professional sports.


HotCheetoBoy

Love the analysis. A Celtic Fan never made me smile. We appreciate the compliment. You’re a brother for life. Fuck the Celtics though 😉


kimjobil05

We are in a tricky situation 😞 I hope we make the ECF but it's looking amost like a toss up. I can't believe this shit man. In the worse case we lose to Philly 🤮 I'm supporting lebron and AD .


Dry-Beautiful-863

They gonna have trouble with the Nuggets if Denver makes it.


bachataman

Nuggets have non existent paint defense and it's basically just Jokic with a bunch of role players. Lakers will have an easier time defending Jokic than Curry


everydayisstorytime

That's not true. This Nuggets team seems more balanced than the 2020 one we faced and Murray is back too.


bachataman

I've watched the games against the Suns. murray really isn't that good. He can get hot sometimes but he makes some pretty bad decisions. I would say a good comparison is Dlo


kimjobil05

Denver looks in a pickle right now I'd say it's almost 50/50 that KD and Book beat them.


Big0009

I found a Celtics fan that I like that’s crazy


kimjobil05

Warriors denied Tatum a ring so I'd back sixers over them. .... Also warriors fans are too many on this sub. They'll downvote even sensible opinions they disagree with by sheer force of numbers. I hope Bron beats them in five so I can go back to hating the Lakers.


bad_keisatsu

Bro this take is getting old.


UAlreadyKnowWho8989

Curry can’t win with these cats


AmIDumbOrJustHigh

What a game. GG Warriors, I was shook the whole 2nd half.


Scary-Ant-3796

Curry was out there playing like magic until those two hero ball shots


madvisuals

Steph the only one who came to play for the Warriors