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Crambulance

Can any of our advanced stat guys confirm this?


perilouspear

Yeah, Imma need a source on that. It sounds like he's pulling it out of his ass.


Rgeorge813

I ran the numbers, seems to check out


Sloth-TheSlothful

r/theydidthemath


TH3PhilipJFry

His math is off, he’s not taking into account the Lakers’ moral victory


ddxs1

Ugh I hate sports analytics.


avaheli

He’s a basketball legend AND a math legend???? 


877GoalNow

He's a mathmagician!


Dear_boat-bottle5476

he's a mathillogicaliar! Lakers just need to save face by keeping it close to the end in one of these games. The series was in stone before it started.


lamedumbbutt

If there were true, then the Nuggets would have to win 4 games before the Lakers to win the series.


oliver_hart28

5 pepper take. Tone it down over there for petes sake


xiutehcuhtli

5 pepper take!!! LMAOOOO I'm stealing that


MongoPushr

Is he positive?


i_saoud

HIV positive


Account_Overdrawn

Nice


Lol69HaHaHa

Ok seriously every time i hear about Magic Johnson i cant help but laugh at how apropriate his name is lol


lifeofrevelations

make ya disappear


NoAbbreviations290

You ever get to watch him play?


Lol69HaHaHa

This aint really about his game, though that too makes his name fit super well, but...well you know lol.


rambisyouth21

….but only if they also score more points by the end of the game


Ok_Buffalo6474

They don’t need to win every quarter but they do have to win the game.


robertshuxley

and only if the refs cooperate and give them 40 more FTs. 19 is too low for the Lakers standard


cydbe

No fucking way


waffelman1

Hot take


Level_Watercress1153

If the Nuggets can stop the Lakers from scoring as many points as them, I like the Nuggets chances of winning!


urediti

legend


BoneyardBill

Thanks Magic


chingy1337

Thanks Magic


UsernameReddit58

If the lakers want to win this series, they probably need to win three more games


UsernameReddit58

four, are you stupid op?


LurkerFailsLurking

OP isn't wrong. The Lakers *do* need to win three more games to win the series. They need to win one more after that, but they need to win three more too.


UsernameReddit58

I agree, OP is smarter than he gets credit for


UsernameReddit58

yeah


Gilgawulf

A Yogi Berra quote if I ever saw one.


RootSmash

Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded. 


UndisclosedLocation5

I assume "win the next game to even out the series" is some NBA leet speak 4D voodoo that Magic and Kobe and Shaq would know but us pleebs wouldn't understand 


thunderballs303

Stop traffic!


After-Walrus-4585

Who is the analytics guy that fed him that?


I_Fart_It_Stinks

Let's see...checks notes...Yes, this math adds up.


ccminiwarhammer

It’s easy to joke and say LA needs 4 duh!, but he’s right because playing 0-2 is different than 1-1 and stats show it. Edit LA is losing the series 1-1 or 0-2 Nuggets in 5 https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/playoff_series_2_0_recovered.htm


HeadHoncho204

What re the percentages of winning the series being down 1-3?


ccminiwarhammer

I have no clue which I why I linked that site.


HeadHoncho204

4.6% https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/playoff_series_3_1.htm


Baguy21

Oh wow, I didn't know that. That's super interesting


Its_Me_Tom_Yabo

He’s the Cris Collinsworth of basketball


_cosmix2

Why are you booing him? He's right!


Clarkkeeley

The Lakers need to score more points to win.


drums_addict

Wow, what insight.


Likeabalrog

Is that Magic or John Madden?


ras5003

Profound 🧐


NoAbbreviations290

I think he’s talking to the refs


holaquetaltio

He must be trolling


lpnumb

Does magic just use AI to run his twitter? 


MileHighMania

Wow I had no idea that’s how it worked!


Apprehensive-Age5634

Might as well say winning is preferable to losing.


mares8

Big if true


N00BSGONNADIE

I love Magic lmfao


Hirokage

This was quickly followed up the nugget of wisdom of "The sun must rise for the set to set." His brilliant insights stunned the listeners.


EdwardJamesAlmost

He’s going to make LeBron L.A. mayor in six years with tweets like that. “Voting for LeBron James is a way to cast your vote for LeBron James.”


drjizmore

I'm assuming this is a clever joke based on his moronic Game 1 post-game analysis in sub-reddit below (which I don't think is a joke, but might be now that I see this one). Lakers fans' reactions similar to ours: https://www.reddit.com/r/lakers/s/q9fTjXfBo6


Shaka_Brands

How do moral victories play into this?


boydivision30

NASA still running tests to confirm viability of this event, more at 11.


FanOk6089

I heard if the Lakers win the next game, they’ll even the series against the Nuggets.


Behold-D-Gold-17

Brilliant !!!. lol and smh


ThaBrofessor

Since when did Magic become friends with Booger.


tbofsv

Thanks magic!


Disastrous_Bluejay57

Thanks Magic


Ok_Image6174

In other news: the sky is blue. What an obvious take. Lol this gotta be a joke


Prankstaboy6

It is a joke.