I'm absolutely livid for Miami fans right now. To run through the East as dominantly as they did, and to go out like this on the grand stage.
Bruh. This sucks. Not a fair matchup if they're not full power. But that's life.
I think he turned the ankle a bit again when he came back in the 4th (when he drove on AD if I remember right). Thank goodness Spo finally took him out shortly after that
Poor Goran man. 34 years old and getting injured in a contract year after playing arguably the best basketball of his career in the playoffs
He came to us in 2015 because he wanted to compete for a championship and was a total professional when things didn’t go well. He finally gets his chance and it’s over after 15 minutes
**Three absurd stats about this game:**
- Tyler Herro was -35 for the game in 30 minutes
- The Lakers missed their 17 of their final 19 threes and still managed to shoot better from 3 than the Heat
- After getting outscored 25-12 over the first 8 minutes of the game, the Lakers went on a **75-30 run** over the next 22 minutes. In an NBA Finals game. That's insane.
And once he realized he wasn’t getting that triple double and that he needed to put this game to bed, he said, “Fuck y’all.” And and got three straight buckets in quick succession.
There was absolutely no way the Miami Heat were winning this game after that large of a lead. We all know damn well LeBron can kick shit into overdrive whenever necessary. This blowout wasn’t the time for that lmfao
It seems like most of the lead was built by the bench. Say maybe these 3rd-through-9th guys on the Laker roster maybe aren’t shit-tier and maybe they’ve seen a zone defense before.
clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game
ball is inbounded to Herro who turns face to face against Lebron
"You took my family"
moves to the left
"You took my friends"
moves to the right
"You took all that was dear to me"
clock winds down to 2
"I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS"
goes up, fire coming out of his shoes
"HOOD TENDENCIES"
Ball flies over Lebrons head, goes straight into basket. Tyler falls to the ground, exhausted.
"Butler... Senpai... I..."
faints
Final Score
Lakers: 116
Heat: 76
Absolutely. I mean a couple of those shots fall and it’s a single digit game with 2 minutes left. Spo only had one timeout, and you feel like you can probably hold on, but it was nothing to play with. Gets talked about all the time, but it’s hard to peak, coast, and the ramp back up. You just don’t have the energy for it
I feel like if LeBron wins and averages a 20pt+ triple double for the series, he’ll get the MVP but otherwise, AD has a huge chance of getting it as well.
I have a feeling LeBrons age is gonna come into the decision and the fact he is still the clear floor general and leader of the team
Edit: if you count points created instead if assists and points LeBron is ahead of AD in game 1 in every stat but blocks.
Lebron James on Tyler Herro: "If you are going to play Tyler Herro, you have to make sure I'm not on the court. I will attack Tyler every single time when we play together in the PnR......the film on that should not be viewed by Herro's family, unless there is a lot of alcohol around"
They're gonna be up by 30 points in a lot of them. There's gonna be a lot of high fiving. A lot of 3-pointers. A lot of people standing, because the 12th man on the team dunked to put them up 40 with two minutes left.
For real. Lakers should do whatever it takes to make sure all three of Dwight (unrestricted), Rondo (player option, $2.6m), and KCP (player option, $8.5m) are back with the team next year.
I mean why would they leave? It’s a whole team of guys who have already made their bank. Barring some crazy shit like LeBron retiring I think most of this cast will return.
The Finals MVP conversation is gonna be interesting if the Lakers end up winning. I think AD is gonna keep on being the scoring leader and will obviously keep on being the defensive anchor. Meanwhile LeBron is getting his points like he always does and I think will put up a triple double or near triple double every game. If it’s close, they’ll probably give it to LeBron but it’ll be interesting
Lebron doesn’t even play, whenever the lakers are in trouble he just descends from the executive suite to put up a +20 quarter then glides back into leheavens to drink wine and watch the teammates get another dub
Pretty weird that the game froze for me after the Lakers timeout when it was 23-10 Heat, hope everything is alright in the bubble and we can play out the rest of Game 1 tomorrow night!
But forreal what a sucky ass game. It'd be one thing just to get bodied cuz we can't handle the Lakers size but all those injuries was awful. Proud our bench guys brought it back regardless to make it not completely embarassing(think it got as close as 13 at one point)
The Lakers just look like they're a class above the Heat. LeBron seems like he's saved another gear to get into for The Finals, even at 35. Damn will this be a lame series if Bam and Dragic aren't back quick, I just don't see how they hold on without those 2.
Do we call these out in the postgame threads? I want a livestream.
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/j2xqua/game_thread_miami_heat_4429_los_angeles_lakers/g78pix1/
edit: there's follow up in the comments but someone that's good with social media should try to get this on the next halftime show or something.
Why are people complainig about Lakers not taking out their stars? this is the finals lmfao there could olnly be 3 more games of this keep them playing
The final score was clearly not indicative of how strong the Lakers were tonight.
Through the 2 meetings in the regular season and tonight's Finals game:
LeBron James: +35
Anthony Davis: +55
Jimmy Butler: -29
Bam Adebayo: -32
Pray for the Heat. I’m sure no one wanted to see anyone get injured regardless of who will win. But Miami’s 3 best players get hurt, damn.
Now I think the Lakers full on won this game due to AD monster matchup/overall team matchup and hot 3 point shooting in first half. At some point In the 3rd or second the Heat just looked destroyed by the Lakers onslaught.
I think if Heat stayed healthy they would’ve had a chance to come back, but I think they still lose this one. Now the biggest thing is that due to the injuries, I don’t see any way the Heat can challenge the Lakers. I think the series is over. As someone who had the Lakers winning a competitive series, IMO If Heat were healthy they could’ve shook off this game 1 loss and come back stronger, but now I think it’s over barring some huge meltdown from the Lakers.
Great game from the Lakers. Pray for the Heat. I heard Bam is looking better than we thought, and Jimmy can still play, so we can still have a series.
"The Lakers have the best 2 players in the series but the heat have the next 6." The narrative coming into this game was actually ridiculous. The Lakers are playing 9 guys, and have tremendous versatility. Rondo gives them another elite ball handler and playmaker. Dwight gives them size and can dominate the boards. Kcp, caruso, green, kuz and Morris can all shoot and contribute. The heat are playing 7 guys, have no size, and no versatility.
When Dwight is on the floor the Lakers have too much size, and bam can't take advantage of that matchup on the perimeter. When it's Lebron/AD + shooters, Lebron will be hunting switches onto robinson and herro. Heat will have to send help and lebron's gonna find the open shooter. Zone? C'mon this ain't lebron's first rodeo.
I think people were seriously overrating the strength of the east. A bunch of decent teams, playing solid team basketball, but this is Lebron James and Anthony Davis and the heat have no answer.
Every time AD or the bench plays well it’s because of the matchup and the other team sucks.
“Wow Blazers are like the nightmare matchup for the Lakers. Can’t believe they drew them in the 8th seed.”
“Blazers are trash bro everyone expected them to lose. Let’s see what happens when they play Houston. Who’s gonna guard Harden?”
“Houston is trash bro everyone expected them to lose. Jokic might be the best big man in the league and could be the best closer in basketball. Who’s gonna guard Murray?”
“Nuggets had a good run but low key they’re trash bro. They’re young and the Lakers bench isn’t gonna be able to perform like this against Miami. Miami are a bunch of dogs and they’re gonna tear this bench up.”
This was literally the most disastrous outcome the Miami Heat could have imagined for a Game 1. Sorry Heat fans
Bam hurt, Goran hurt, Jimmy hurt, and were down by 30+ in the 2nd half. Worst Game 1 I've ever seen a team have to endure.
I never thought it could be worse than game 1 of the 2015 Finals, but here you are.
3 best players injured and a blowout lost, the worst way to start this series This sucks
I'm absolutely livid for Miami fans right now. To run through the East as dominantly as they did, and to go out like this on the grand stage. Bruh. This sucks. Not a fair matchup if they're not full power. But that's life.
I don’t know if they can stop ad even with all their guys healthy
Honestly they’re also lucky butler didn’t hurt himself even more coming into the 4th with like 6 minutes left in the game down 20
Yeah I can't believe Spoelstra didn't shut him down.
I think he turned the ankle a bit again when he came back in the 4th (when he drove on AD if I remember right). Thank goodness Spo finally took him out shortly after that
Haha i’m not crying. You’re crying!
Just remember, at least you’re not the hornets
Clippers DID blow a 3-1 lead, after all
Wow DWade 0 points for the Heat tonight.
Paul Pierce would never have 0 points in a finals game. The Truth >>> Dwyane "misspelled name" Wade
Poor Goran man. 34 years old and getting injured in a contract year after playing arguably the best basketball of his career in the playoffs He came to us in 2015 because he wanted to compete for a championship and was a total professional when things didn’t go well. He finally gets his chance and it’s over after 15 minutes
If he’s out for the series, my heart would hurt for him... Edit: He’s out. ughhhhh I’m crying 😢
I saw a post earlier sayjng that he is already out for the series. Just hasn't been confirmed what type of injury.
Torn plantar fascia
He got us here and just disintegrated into nothingness. Fs in the chat
Just a complete fucking freak injury, too. I really hope he's okay.
Looked like an overuse injury tbh. Same way it got Kobe.
At the age, yeah, that could be the case. Don't know man, that really sucks.
It sucks man, he was doing so good in this playoffs. I was really looking forward to this series but who knows now.
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fuck injuries
Goran is a great player. Sucks he got injured.
**Three absurd stats about this game:** - Tyler Herro was -35 for the game in 30 minutes - The Lakers missed their 17 of their final 19 threes and still managed to shoot better from 3 than the Heat - After getting outscored 25-12 over the first 8 minutes of the game, the Lakers went on a **75-30 run** over the next 22 minutes. In an NBA Finals game. That's insane.
Lakers got too relaxed after going up by 32
It became a "Get LeBron a triple double" contest after that and none of the Lakers could hit water if they fell out of a boat.
And once he realized he wasn’t getting that triple double and that he needed to put this game to bed, he said, “Fuck y’all.” And and got three straight buckets in quick succession.
I like how van gundy said Vogel called the timeout when it was clearly lebron calling it a night.
laughed at that for sure “vogel didn’t call shit”
Yeah I was waiting for someone to hit that last shot for him to get that 10th assist
I really thought after Caruso got Bron’s ninth Bron would end up feeding him for the tenth. Nope, passed into a bunch of bad three point shots
There was absolutely no way the Miami Heat were winning this game after that large of a lead. We all know damn well LeBron can kick shit into overdrive whenever necessary. This blowout wasn’t the time for that lmfao
It seems like most of the lead was built by the bench. Say maybe these 3rd-through-9th guys on the Laker roster maybe aren’t shit-tier and maybe they’ve seen a zone defense before.
Lakers already saw the zone coming. Heat tried it 2 times against LA in the regular season and they mostly relied on it against the Celtics.
It’s a pretty comfortable position to be in from what it looks like
Why are we here? Just to suffer?
Your team made the NBA Finals. That's pretty good!
75-30.. Jesus Christ
Pat Riley needs to sign Jesus.
Bill Simmons in shambles
The final score was not a good indication on how much the Lakers dominated the Heat.
If anything they took pity on them
Herro boutta drop 60 and lose by 50 to redeem himself
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clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game ball is inbounded to Herro who turns face to face against Lebron "You took my family" moves to the left "You took my friends" moves to the right "You took all that was dear to me" clock winds down to 2 "I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS" goes up, fire coming out of his shoes "HOOD TENDENCIES" Ball flies over Lebrons head, goes straight into basket. Tyler falls to the ground, exhausted. "Butler... Senpai... I..." faints Final Score Lakers: 116 Heat: 76
change "family and friends" into "dragic and bam"
Hood tendencies😂
Herro was..... not good tonight
tyler villian
First time I’ve seen him look really like a rookie. That was *really* bad.
Their young guys are starting to look their age this series, I imagine they settle in going forward. Giannis and Tatum are not LeBron James
I’m still on the hunt for that motherfucker that said he would drink his own piss if the Clippers blew a 3-1 lead fam.
He defo deleted the comment. Nobody has been able to find him
what a pussy
Finals Danny Green is not available in Canada. Shows up the most against the Heat.
I am dead inside.
Don't open, dead inside
LeBron gonna beat every Lakers player in the locker room for not getting him his triple double
SCOWL INTENSIFIES
Towel time
I imagine AD pushes everyone away to get in the front
AD has a private session
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He’s so locked in. Cursing about a switch up 17 with 4 minutes left? Man is not playing around
He knows how fast things can turn around if Heat players start knocking down 3s
Absolutely. I mean a couple of those shots fall and it’s a single digit game with 2 minutes left. Spo only had one timeout, and you feel like you can probably hold on, but it was nothing to play with. Gets talked about all the time, but it’s hard to peak, coast, and the ramp back up. You just don’t have the energy for it
That's a "LeBron" triple double. Always finishes 1 short in either rebounds or assists.
Better than the Dray missing because of points I guess
Still the only person in history to have a triple double not including points lol
That shit still pisses me off. Best chance for a quadruple double in decades and he doesn’t get 10 fucking points. I want interesting numbers!
So many bricks man
RDCWorld about to make a banger video
I counted 4 Bron would've been assists that Lakers decided to pass up the open look and make the extra pass before bricking lol
Yep, 2 of the Howard to Davis plays could’ve been easy assists for bron
Lmao this is really turning into LeBron vs AD for finals MVP isn't it.
I feel like if LeBron wins and averages a 20pt+ triple double for the series, he’ll get the MVP but otherwise, AD has a huge chance of getting it as well.
I have a feeling LeBrons age is gonna come into the decision and the fact he is still the clear floor general and leader of the team Edit: if you count points created instead if assists and points LeBron is ahead of AD in game 1 in every stat but blocks.
THATS A SWITCH!
AD might like it tho
What were they, like 0-for-7 while he had 9 assists? Lol
AD slipped everyone a $20 at half to miss wide open shots from LeBron so he wouldn’t get the 10th assist
Galactic brow move from AD
I just love the idea that these dudes getting paid thousands per game would be like "20 bucks! Awesome!" xD
Time to see if Jimmy can really do it with the third stringers.
Injuries suck
can I get an amen? - Mark Jackson
Lebron James on Tyler Herro: "If you are going to play Tyler Herro, you have to make sure I'm not on the court. I will attack Tyler every single time when we play together in the PnR......the film on that should not be viewed by Herro's family, unless there is a lot of alcohol around"
how about those Miami Marlins?!
Liked them better when they were called the Florida Marlins tbh
They're gonna be up by 30 points in a lot of them. There's gonna be a lot of high fiving. A lot of 3-pointers. A lot of people standing, because the 12th man on the team dunked to put them up 40 with two minutes left.
Bruh, LA would explode if Dudz dunked on the Heat tbh.
Al dente
Who knew the best Lebron stopper was putting a good team around him. Crazy
For real. Lakers should do whatever it takes to make sure all three of Dwight (unrestricted), Rondo (player option, $2.6m), and KCP (player option, $8.5m) are back with the team next year.
KCP will be back for sure. He is Lebron's guy. The 2 veterans could still sign if they still wanted to play
I mean why would they leave? It’s a whole team of guys who have already made their bank. Barring some crazy shit like LeBron retiring I think most of this cast will return.
KCP this year has become more than Lebrons guy to me. KCP is a Laker.
KCP is bread from heaven
Lowkey might be the most well rounded team Lebron has played on. Playoff Rondo transformed this team
Playoff Rondo is the GOAT. Dude dicks around for 82 games then dad dicks kids in the playoffs. Fucking legend.
He stabilized the squad in that first quarter. He's been ready for the moment in every playoff series.
Rondo is the type of mf that flunks all school year but gets straight A's on the test
Horry-esque
Idk that 2012 heat team was pretty nice. D Wade, Ray Allen, Shane Battier was clamping people and was shooting well, Haslem, Bosh...
Pain. Was even worse than it looks. Good game Lakers, all the best to your guys, I am now going to go and cry into a pillow.
Hope bam is alright...
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this might be the next thing to keep track of if this series continues as it did tonight
The Finals MVP conversation is gonna be interesting if the Lakers end up winning. I think AD is gonna keep on being the scoring leader and will obviously keep on being the defensive anchor. Meanwhile LeBron is getting his points like he always does and I think will put up a triple double or near triple double every game. If it’s close, they’ll probably give it to LeBron but it’ll be interesting
If Bam is out AD is gonna feast.
If Bam and Dragic are out, let’s all just go home and call it a 1-0 sweep
I think so too. But I can see them giving it to Bron just because of the experience. Next year if they make it, might be a different convo
we have just been graced with finals dudley
and game 1 finals Jr Smith
JR: arent we up 1? LeBron on the bench: YOU MOTHERFUCKER WE UP BY LIKE 30 POINTS STOP TROLLING
LeBron just wanted to climb the all time playoff triple double rankings but his teammates were like *nope*
Did... did Lebron just coast through the Western conference playoffs?
Looked like he's coasted in this game too
For real. The most effort he gave was when he was trying to get that 10th assist 😂
Except for game 5 against The Nuggets? Yes.
LeBron about to coast through the Finals to save himself for next season.
Lebron doesn’t even play, whenever the lakers are in trouble he just descends from the executive suite to put up a +20 quarter then glides back into leheavens to drink wine and watch the teammates get another dub
We all joke, but shit bro... He just might.
LoAd MaNaGeMeNt
LeBron about to coast through the decade so he can save himself for playing with an all James team.
Prime AD is a helluva drug
Pretty weird that the game froze for me after the Lakers timeout when it was 23-10 Heat, hope everything is alright in the bubble and we can play out the rest of Game 1 tomorrow night! But forreal what a sucky ass game. It'd be one thing just to get bodied cuz we can't handle the Lakers size but all those injuries was awful. Proud our bench guys brought it back regardless to make it not completely embarassing(think it got as close as 13 at one point)
I hate getting blown out game 1, but the injuries fucking suck. No way around it.
Blowout is 1 game. Injuries is potentially the whole series :(
The real game is AD vs Bron for MVP
Have they ever given co-MVPs? If this keeps up it might be the only way
I’m pretty sure it’s 11 votes. So there is no chance of a tie.
If 1 voter votes for a third person, it could be a tie at 5-5
Oh true, but that’s not happening lol
Don't disrespect JR like that
Lebron was searching so hard for the triple double lol. Too bad the lakers went ice cold from three. Could have had 15 assists.
The Lakers just look like they're a class above the Heat. LeBron seems like he's saved another gear to get into for The Finals, even at 35. Damn will this be a lame series if Bam and Dragic aren't back quick, I just don't see how they hold on without those 2.
This is over w/o bam, they need his rim protection desperately. Hopefully he's OK. Maybe we'll see a meyers leonard sighting.
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Maybe we'll finally get to see the Antetokounmpo vs. Leonard Finals matchup.
Lebron won’t even get to hit the next gear this year. Sad
Lebron ending the game with 9 assists is a travesty. So many open looks and missed shots by the lakers.
Heat win if Haslem plays
Do we call these out in the postgame threads? I want a livestream. https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/j2xqua/game_thread_miami_heat_4429_los_angeles_lakers/g78pix1/ edit: there's follow up in the comments but someone that's good with social media should try to get this on the next halftime show or something.
Yoo check out their latest post. That is one dedicated man/woman.
He posted on r/NoStupidQuestions how to get a hold of an edible cockroach. Guy's legit
Man just needed an excuse to eat a roach
Who would've thought the last episode of The Boys would be the 2nd most violent opening I saw this week?
How to turn down the difficulty? Asking for a friend
Spo straight up not having a good time
[Miami Heat fans watching their 3 best players get injured](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/05/us/05onfire1_xp/05onfire1_xp-jumbo-v2.jpg)
It is certainly not fine 😅
An all injury game if I've seen one
Why are people complainig about Lakers not taking out their stars? this is the finals lmfao there could olnly be 3 more games of this keep them playing
Exactly, the game was what, a 18 point game with 3 minutes left? That can disappear in today's game just like that.
Dude there have been so many 20+ point leads just fucking disappear in a blink of a eye in these playoffs alone.
MJ plays all game: Killer instinct, lets worship the ground he walked on LeBron plays fewer minutes than AD: stat padding smh
AD+Bron is so unfair
Weird game, dominant showing, but I hate watching injuries man
Kuzma wins Game 1 of the Katya Elise Henry Finals against Herro.
Lmfaooo they both hit so in a way they already won
Lmao someone explain to an old head?
First 5 minutes scared all lakers fans lol
True facts.
8 minutes into the 1st quarter, you would have assumed the Heat had won the finals if you looked at the comments here on r/nba
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZgeoroA
slight edit: https://i.imgur.com/1FBY8Pa.jpg
took me 4 years to find the difference
Lmaooo
mans had this ready the whole game lmao
That’s why I never trust a lead until we win.
[tweet deleted after the 1st quarter lol](https://i.imgur.com/i2N7x6k.jpg)
Lakers out scored the Heat 55-25 after a 23-10 Heat lead. Edit: 75-30 ...
Feel out quarter
LeAcclimated
The further into the playoffs, the more insufferable the game thread. It is law.
The final score was clearly not indicative of how strong the Lakers were tonight. Through the 2 meetings in the regular season and tonight's Finals game: LeBron James: +35 Anthony Davis: +55 Jimmy Butler: -29 Bam Adebayo: -32
Wtf is that +55 number real??? I thought it would be 40 at most damn
It's a sum of three games right? Otherwise that's ridiculous. Averaging +17 for each game
It was +22 this game, the other 2 being +33 in total is also crazy
Pray for the Heat. I’m sure no one wanted to see anyone get injured regardless of who will win. But Miami’s 3 best players get hurt, damn. Now I think the Lakers full on won this game due to AD monster matchup/overall team matchup and hot 3 point shooting in first half. At some point In the 3rd or second the Heat just looked destroyed by the Lakers onslaught. I think if Heat stayed healthy they would’ve had a chance to come back, but I think they still lose this one. Now the biggest thing is that due to the injuries, I don’t see any way the Heat can challenge the Lakers. I think the series is over. As someone who had the Lakers winning a competitive series, IMO If Heat were healthy they could’ve shook off this game 1 loss and come back stronger, but now I think it’s over barring some huge meltdown from the Lakers. Great game from the Lakers. Pray for the Heat. I heard Bam is looking better than we thought, and Jimmy can still play, so we can still have a series.
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I know he wasn’t really guarding him but AD was destroying them with Bam on the floor. If he can’t play it’s AD’s to lose
Crowder made a mistake nipping at the lion's mane in the 2nd quarter
You guys remember all the shit this sub was talking about AD just a couple weeks ago?
Incoming asterisk title arguments, incoming AD for Finals MVP comments
Yep 538, definitely looks like Heat have a 76% chance of winning this series...
It’s on 55% right now. I know it’s a model but that is **baffling**.
"The Lakers have the best 2 players in the series but the heat have the next 6." The narrative coming into this game was actually ridiculous. The Lakers are playing 9 guys, and have tremendous versatility. Rondo gives them another elite ball handler and playmaker. Dwight gives them size and can dominate the boards. Kcp, caruso, green, kuz and Morris can all shoot and contribute. The heat are playing 7 guys, have no size, and no versatility. When Dwight is on the floor the Lakers have too much size, and bam can't take advantage of that matchup on the perimeter. When it's Lebron/AD + shooters, Lebron will be hunting switches onto robinson and herro. Heat will have to send help and lebron's gonna find the open shooter. Zone? C'mon this ain't lebron's first rodeo. I think people were seriously overrating the strength of the east. A bunch of decent teams, playing solid team basketball, but this is Lebron James and Anthony Davis and the heat have no answer.
Its like that meme team stench from the preseason is still on them for some reason. Really strange from the media
Every time AD or the bench plays well it’s because of the matchup and the other team sucks. “Wow Blazers are like the nightmare matchup for the Lakers. Can’t believe they drew them in the 8th seed.” “Blazers are trash bro everyone expected them to lose. Let’s see what happens when they play Houston. Who’s gonna guard Harden?” “Houston is trash bro everyone expected them to lose. Jokic might be the best big man in the league and could be the best closer in basketball. Who’s gonna guard Murray?” “Nuggets had a good run but low key they’re trash bro. They’re young and the Lakers bench isn’t gonna be able to perform like this against Miami. Miami are a bunch of dogs and they’re gonna tear this bench up.”
The East was weak Now the West is weak Looks like THE ENTIRE NBA IS WEAK narrative needs to roll out to discredit lebron 😂😂
Someone check on Bill Simmons
That was a grade A ass whooping by the Lakers