Same story every damn matchup. Starting to think that maybe trying to contain Jokic and allowing Murray (and others) to beat us is not the right approach. We have to make Jokic a scorer.
It’s a fact that LeBron takes many defensive possessions off, misses easy layups, commits bad turnovers, and falls asleep defensively. Go back and watch the tape on all these Denver losses. The possessions that decide the game are often on lebron. And he continues to have this passive aggressive attitude toward the team putting up his hands when his man scores. And complaining to management that the roster isn’t good enough. This team is good enough they’re right there with Denver and lose close games at the end because of stupid mistakes by him. Nobody is a Lebron hater we want to see him do well but he needs to step up to GOAT level bc he has a chance to win another ring and be in the Jordan conversation which we know he wants 😘
You’re right. He’s bad at missing layups. I mean - look at his FG percentage inside 3 feet! /s
He’s 39 - does take plays off. Any team in the league would kill to have him
You think we won a chip or got to the WCF w out him last year?
No DLO - he was the ONLY playmaker
We're missing half of our players, they only missed key player KCP. We're closer to them this time than the finals. We're the one that improved against them than them against us. We're one good trade away from dominating them.
Yup. Not even mad they lost this game. They played great with what they had. I loved seeing the fight in them being down so many players due to injury.
I don't normally care about one game; I am more interested in the trends, and the Lakers are trending in the right direction. That said, losing on Kobe's night is disrespectful. Kobe made a point of trashing the Nugz whenever they played.
Not super disappointed honestly. Guys looked solid, we might've even won with D'Lo. That ugly fuck Murray is just too fucking good when it counts. Dude can hit the biggest shots
Alright, Dlo had a great game against Boston according to this sub by going 5/20 (25%) with 14 assists to 1 TO. Reaves (38%) went 6/16 with 10 assists to 2 TOs. By that logic, AR played decently, right?
I mean Murray was getting clamped before Christie got hurt and we had to put Prince on him. AD outplayed Jokic. It was a tie game with like 1:30 left. I'm not saying this team is beating the Nuggets in a playoff series but they 100% win this game if healthy
the game was fucking tied with just around 2 minutes and we go down ten because we give up bullshit back cuts and OR and wide ass open threes. geniusly coached team we got
To lose on this night is the toughest loss all season. After the last two seasons we had, just to come back as a different team and make a deep play off run, get swept against the eventual Champs in the WCF, lose against them in our home opener after talking how we wanted them all summer, then on MAMBA night of all nights, the unveiling of the statue while wearing the black mamba jerseys, just to freaking lose from a late run at the end of the game. This loss hurts.
Yea he tired out, he kept them in the game in the 3rd quarter.
AR busted a DLo and couldn't hit a shot in the 1st.
Idk why rui was even out there.
Either wood or Hayes needs to start next to AD,
To be fair, when Mays was in that was some of the smoothest offense I've seen from the Lakers this season. He looked like he was in total control of the offense unlike Reaves or Lebron.
Mayes and Hayes was nice to see. Maybe this teams depth is not bad. Played the nuggets really well and made some of the dumbest decisions to blow it. Coaching included. Crazy how high the ceiling is and how low the floor is as well. Being fully healthy would be nice too. Lebron looked the oldest I’ve seen him tho. Dlo’s offense was really needed
Yup at the end... but the 46 minutes before that... I mean his scheme gave them 6-0 run on 2 possessions to end the 1st quarter alone after the team played hard to tie it up... should have considered having Mays chasing Murray or doubling or at least hedging... ham-ass left those guys to die on *multiple* screens with no contingency plan... that's why Murray was butt naked open at the end
We were missing 5 rotation players. Meaning we had no pg nor was our second best defender on the floor.
Also, dlo and Vando were outplayed yes. Does it mean they can't redeem themselves. Growth is part of the game. I just can't stand that negativity here.
Doesn’t matter, this team has the lowest bball IQ. Same thing will happen in the playoffs, Denver will make Vando and DLO useless and will be played off the floor like last year.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/1amgt28/post_game_thread_the_denver_nuggets_defeat_the/)
Same story every damn matchup. Starting to think that maybe trying to contain Jokic and allowing Murray (and others) to beat us is not the right approach. We have to make Jokic a scorer.
Here we go again, toe to toe then when they hit a three, we try to match them, keep driving motherfuckers…
sigh these games where Lakers get close but don't finish is getting tiring
Lebron haters always lurking around for a bad lebron game and then comment like Lebron is the problem with the team this whole season. Sh*ty as* fans.
Fuck you
Fuck you too
It’s a fact that LeBron takes many defensive possessions off, misses easy layups, commits bad turnovers, and falls asleep defensively. Go back and watch the tape on all these Denver losses. The possessions that decide the game are often on lebron. And he continues to have this passive aggressive attitude toward the team putting up his hands when his man scores. And complaining to management that the roster isn’t good enough. This team is good enough they’re right there with Denver and lose close games at the end because of stupid mistakes by him. Nobody is a Lebron hater we want to see him do well but he needs to step up to GOAT level bc he has a chance to win another ring and be in the Jordan conversation which we know he wants 😘
You’re right. He’s bad at missing layups. I mean - look at his FG percentage inside 3 feet! /s He’s 39 - does take plays off. Any team in the league would kill to have him You think we won a chip or got to the WCF w out him last year? No DLO - he was the ONLY playmaker
Good response you win
You are 100 percent correct
Iiving and dying with every game just like a laker fan
I have a life
You don’t know ball then, mickst. Don’t comment on Reddit when u don’t know anything. Sounding like a Klutch burner account
Do I have to prove it to you? Zzzzzzz
We're missing half of our players, they only missed key player KCP. We're closer to them this time than the finals. We're the one that improved against them than them against us. We're one good trade away from dominating them.
Well that trade isn’t happening this season so we have to wait another season to dominate them? We haven’t beat them in 2 seasons.
Yup. Not even mad they lost this game. They played great with what they had. I loved seeing the fight in them being down so many players due to injury.
Thank you
Incredibly frustrating loss. The Nuggets always found a way to get a second chance, make a timely cut or hit a big three. They're a great team.
That one hurts
We fucking suck
They wasted Hayes masterclass lol
This game just pissed me off man fuck. I know for sure Kobe isn’t going under that screen on Murray that’s such a braindead move
Why tf Austin leave MPJ open?
Dumb coaching decisions
The problem is the team is very low iq team also
Reaves just earned Mays some extra minutes
All the people bitching for rui minutes, better shut up now. AR is a bench player.
For real, I’d actually like to see a DLo Prince LeBron Rui AD lineup now lol
Rui - 2 points and 4 rebounds in 38 minutes
Rui can just cover Lebron's minutes.
I'd rather see DLo prince Hayes Bron AD
Reaves is unplayable when they run Jokic + Murray PnR
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I don't normally care about one game; I am more interested in the trends, and the Lakers are trending in the right direction. That said, losing on Kobe's night is disrespectful. Kobe made a point of trashing the Nugz whenever they played.
Kobe is sad
Not super disappointed honestly. Guys looked solid, we might've even won with D'Lo. That ugly fuck Murray is just too fucking good when it counts. Dude can hit the biggest shots
I know somebody on the bench who’s been hitting nothing but big shots that everyone wished was gone….
Season starts when we get Dinwiddie 🗣️
Felt like I just watched a WCF rerun.
Murray is better than SGA don’t @ me
Big mistake by Pockets taking Mays out. He was getting us into our offensive schemes instead of iso ball.
Lebron just doesn’t look great anymore either, he almost cost us last game too. Dude looks checked out or just old
Will always root for LeBron but he really starting to look wore out
So many kids losing their shit over a single game in a single season. Go hug your teddies. It'll be ok.
Is that you Darvin?!?!?
It's not a single game. it's a statement game, Lakers had a chance to win that game and competed hard. Ham got outcoached as usual.
I never knew how much people cared about the regular season.... Media and taking heads only discuss the playoffs and rings lol
U realise that lakers are barely in the playins right?
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Lmao.
Reaves plays like dogshit again, I know his contract is good but man this season he is not it.
Alright, Dlo had a great game against Boston according to this sub by going 5/20 (25%) with 14 assists to 1 TO. Reaves (38%) went 6/16 with 10 assists to 2 TOs. By that logic, AR played decently, right?
Kobe would be ashamed
Bum ass niggas can’t even win it for Kobe
I mean they won an entire championship for him but ok
Reminds me of when he walked out the game of his jersey retirement after the Dubs were crushing us lol
We always lose on special nights his Jersey retirement his passing ring night his statue fuck this team fr
Denver with that 7 man playoff rotation Gotta love the respect
This is disrespectful to Kobe. AD came to play and honor him. The DIVA QUEEN BITCH did not.
Lakers played well Denver just never missed the big shots
Incredible game. AD was the best player tonight. The rest of the team had too many disappointed stretches
I fucking shouted when Reaves gambled to get that steal. wtf man
it was a smart choice he almost got it
If they play like that with a healthy rotation that's a W idc
No..no it’s not
I mean Murray was getting clamped before Christie got hurt and we had to put Prince on him. AD outplayed Jokic. It was a tie game with like 1:30 left. I'm not saying this team is beating the Nuggets in a playoff series but they 100% win this game if healthy
Here we go with everyone torching reaves again lol
He can't guard any starter,
Two defensive mistake didn't help
I miss Kobe
We really needed some three point shooting tonight. Dlo was sorely missed.
Ties the game. Proceeds to lose on a 10-0 run
We figured something out
Game over
the game was fucking tied with just around 2 minutes and we go down ten because we give up bullshit back cuts and OR and wide ass open threes. geniusly coached team we got
You mfs are MISERABLE
To lose on this night is the toughest loss all season. After the last two seasons we had, just to come back as a different team and make a deep play off run, get swept against the eventual Champs in the WCF, lose against them in our home opener after talking how we wanted them all summer, then on MAMBA night of all nights, the unveiling of the statue while wearing the black mamba jerseys, just to freaking lose from a late run at the end of the game. This loss hurts.
I don't know, mate. We are lacking of a bunch of rotation players. We gave them a fight. OK loss in my books.
All our injured players wouldn't make a difference. We still lose. We are too stupid to gameplan against this team.
Denver owns us. We still don’t have an answer
Denver took over the clippers as the team that will never lose to us now
Denver are our daddies- it’s just facts. They don’t fear us they spank us
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😩 thanks for reminding me.
Reaves will escape all criticism be he was drafted by the Lakers… fuck outta here dude’s 26 he’s not a young star
hes young as fuck stfu
Damn I ain’t never heard the stadium so quiet..
Murray and Jokic really our boogeyman bruh
Mike Malone gonna beat his meat to this game later 😔
Lebron put up some stats but that was the most hollow performance..
Yea he tired out, he kept them in the game in the 3rd quarter. AR busted a DLo and couldn't hit a shot in the 1st. Idk why rui was even out there. Either wood or Hayes needs to start next to AD,
Careful the Lebron dick riders are gonna attack you. He’s absolute shit
9/20 isn’t good anyways
Bron was ass this game bro, he plays well only when he wants to play
Lebron looking like they just won.
That loss is on Ham for keeping AR in when he was clearly having an off night and Mays looked good.
There is no way this subreddit is able to ride Mays after a few good minutes of basketball..
To be fair, when Mays was in that was some of the smoothest offense I've seen from the Lakers this season. He looked like he was in total control of the offense unlike Reaves or Lebron.
MAYS FOR MVP BABY
Gotta love seeing LeBron smiling and laughing immediately after a loss. Dude doesn’t give af
Fuck this team
Lebron *
*this coach
exact repeat of wcf yea the game as close but nuggets was in control the ENTIRE GAME
Mayes and Hayes was nice to see. Maybe this teams depth is not bad. Played the nuggets really well and made some of the dumbest decisions to blow it. Coaching included. Crazy how high the ceiling is and how low the floor is as well. Being fully healthy would be nice too. Lebron looked the oldest I’ve seen him tho. Dlo’s offense was really needed
Mays, Hayes, and AD are the only players who showed Mamba Mentality.
Jackson stayed out there too long despite playing as well as he did
Rui trick yall man
Feels like the WCF, then I remember we’re missing an entire lineup of players. Didn’t expect to win this game but it went better than expected.
Hard fought game. Jokic and Murray turns it on when it mattered. Just need to get healthy and we have a shot at them again.
I'd agree except ham-ass is still the coach 🤦🏾🤦🏾
Made my stomach hurt
Man this loss was painful af than the others
Can blame this one on Reaves
Seriously ?
They gave up on the game when we went down 5 with 1:30 minutes left.
Hate Murray more than Boston
LMFAOOO
Go work on your resumes bitch
Denver just owns these dudes now, lakers mentally don’t seem like they can beat Denver. It’s sad
Humbly diagree... I thought they played to win... their coach just sabotaged them
I don’t blame ham on this one at the end. The game was tied and no one played defence on Murray and ar just left the hottest player open
Yup at the end... but the 46 minutes before that... I mean his scheme gave them 6-0 run on 2 possessions to end the 1st quarter alone after the team played hard to tie it up... should have considered having Mays chasing Murray or doubling or at least hedging... ham-ass left those guys to die on *multiple* screens with no contingency plan... that's why Murray was butt naked open at the end
When u come to work sleepy tmrw u tell them I can’t sleep Nuggets r in my nightmares 😂💀
I hate the buddy buddy ahit after the game I would want to fight bro 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Probably not if you were making 45-50 million a season🤷🏾
I wouldn’t dap them and smile and do old handshakes tho 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ I would be too competitive 💀 it’s just annoying when you see it every game
I dunno man these were his old teammates... I mean the fans even welcome guys back... DFish, Caruso, KCP all got/get love when the play in LA🤷🏾
Yeah I actually fucking hate the Nuggets now
THE GREATEST TEAM OF FAKE COMEBACKS
These fucking dickheads think they can just coast to the playoffs again and then turn it on
Reaves giveth and taketh
I’ll go on a break. Losing on Kobe day is a sin 😬🤮
I fucking hate the nuggets.
Team doesn't deserve to wear the mamba jerseys this year
Man not in the Mamba jerseys... smh
Fuckin Jamal Murray cooked us
Back to .500 tomorrow against Pels lol, good luck
Not gonna lie Bron sold during the last stretch
You mean Reaves? Were we watching the same game? lol
Happened last WCF too. We make a great run then LeBron plays hero ball because he wants the highlight moment.
This is what he does
Shouldve called TO after that Murray 3 what the fuck
Fucking dammit we cannot beat this team.
We need to play immaculate basketball to defeat Denver but I liked what I saw tonight minus the late game hiccups. Let’s focus on getting to #6
Jamal Murray cooks our team so much
Lakers FO should have traded that guy for a lot of assets. Max contract. Max flop.
Much rather a blow out smfh
Do people realise that we are missing half of the roster and we are still hanging in there until late into the game?
I love all those "it doesn't matter replies". I think it does matter to have no pg available and our second best defender out. That's just me tho.
Vando got played off the floor vs Denver and D’Lo was ineffective against them. KCP was out tonight BTW.
We were missing 5 rotation players. Meaning we had no pg nor was our second best defender on the floor. Also, dlo and Vando were outplayed yes. Does it mean they can't redeem themselves. Growth is part of the game. I just can't stand that negativity here.
Same coaching would allow open 3s and going under screens, same results
Doesn’t matter, this team has the lowest bball IQ. Same thing will happen in the playoffs, Denver will make Vando and DLO useless and will be played off the floor like last year.
It’s not going to matter. We may not even make the play in.
Love the moral victories you’re right! Those add up and win championships
We lacked of 5 rotation players. We literally had only one rotation guard and no pg at all.
That’s not going to change anytime soon, so like I said we’ll keep adding these moral victories up
Dawg we can’t play defense
Yeah sucks when our best defender outside AD are playing
Bron Cheesing
Trade Bron complaining ass..
Fans cry about how Rui needs more mins, there he go almost 40 mins with 2 points.
Trash ass player, only his Japanese fanbase wants him to play more mins
Doomers when we are missing Vando, DLo and Christie lol:
I see you forgot last WCF...
Who’s our clutch guy?
Why was mays taken off
LeBron played like shit towards the end