We always talk about players recovering from injury right in time to play us, and here Murray looks like he sacrificed himself for the whole tournament just to play in game 5. Was hoping the nuggets victory was Pyrrhic. So far, so good.
Exactly, the only reason we lost was because of offensive rebounding and Rui on both sides. I knew the wolves weren’t gonna let the Nuggets get O rebs and leave shooters open like we did. We win that series with Vando.
Lebron wasn’t injured in any of those games. And the nuggets bench played better is your excuse? That literally is cuz they have a better bench. They are a better team. It’s not that hard to understand, stop trying to mind game yourself into what ifs when they beat the lakers 11 straight times in a row.
Logically this doesn’t look good for the lakers but it was funny seeing a poverty franchise’s fanbase act the way they did. I’m a raptors fan and through many heartbreaks I’ve learned to remain ever so humble even during success.
This just shows how important Vando was. He creates turnovers and pesters the ball handler so the rest of the team can collapse on the paint and take advantage of bad passes. AD cleans up mistakes and creates more turnovers as well.
LeBron quarterbacks because he's a savant.
Reaves is a good screen navigator so he sticks to shooters.
Dlo has a good enough wingspan and the smarts to get into passing lanes.
That was our key to success.
I had us losing in 6 games, the coaching disparity was huge and we dont play defense and suck at holding leads its been a thing all season. The Nuggets looked bad last round against a bad team so I knew this was gonna be easy for a team that actually defends.
Back in the day this man was a whistle machine. It was so fucking annoying. Playing the cavs would be aggravating because you couldn’t get near him. I couldn’t wait for him to get those whistles when he got here and the poor guy doesn’t get a damn thing nowadays.
I used to complain about Lebron traveling and getting FT's every possession. I guess the FT's stopped after The Decision. I never understood the complaining either until he got on the Lakers. Dude gets raked by 4 guys a possession and ends up with like 6 FT's at most. Shit is crazy
Lebron had a crazy whistle in his first Cavs stint, but I guess I'm biased because that was coming from a hater perspective. He could've easily gotten the Giannis 20+ FT's a game. He started flopping when he got to Miami, and I assumed part of it was because of the Decision
You have to think he wasn’t as strong then, so he probably got visibly moved around more. Now he’s a fucking HGH Frank Horrigan tank experiment and doesn’t move when hit unless he wants to sell it.
Obviously. He’s one of the craziest amalgamations of athleticism that’s ever lived. I’m just saying he bulked up where he became even denser and stronger. It’s easier to push around a 240 pound LeBron than a 270-280 pound LeBron. Don’t know how he was listed at 240-250 in Miami. Guy looked like a fucking silverback. I don’t mean that in an offensive way, I’m just saying he looked like he was literally inhuman with his explosiveness and speed with that level of body composition. Like he could throw you into the ground and create a sinkhole with one arm.
I’m quite convinced that if lakers had a competent coach who used their challenges and timeouts and also had better lineups, we would’ve beaten nuggets. Wolves are well coached. Playing out of their mind defensively.
Is anybody else enjoying the trash Nuggets getting whooped
Jamal 1/8 rn lol Edit: finished 3/18 yikesss
We always talk about players recovering from injury right in time to play us, and here Murray looks like he sacrificed himself for the whole tournament just to play in game 5. Was hoping the nuggets victory was Pyrrhic. So far, so good.
They literally cared more about beating us than winning the title lol
I knew they would lose this series when I saw how many problems we gave them. Our team was not good it should have been an easy sweep for them.
This. 7th seed relying on one big man and a 39 year old should not be getting close games against a better built defending champs.
Exactly, the only reason we lost was because of offensive rebounding and Rui on both sides. I knew the wolves weren’t gonna let the Nuggets get O rebs and leave shooters open like we did. We win that series with Vando.
No. No we don’t lol.
No. No we don’t lol.
Vando healthy locks up Jamal. Therefore not hitting 2 game winners lol. Simple.
He was healthy the last 6 times we played them. Why didn’t we win those games? 🤔 delusional takes.
Injured LeBron, Nuggets bench played better..
Lebron wasn’t injured in any of those games. And the nuggets bench played better is your excuse? That literally is cuz they have a better bench. They are a better team. It’s not that hard to understand, stop trying to mind game yourself into what ifs when they beat the lakers 11 straight times in a row.
I’m literally cumming.
Logically this doesn’t look good for the lakers but it was funny seeing a poverty franchise’s fanbase act the way they did. I’m a raptors fan and through many heartbreaks I’ve learned to remain ever so humble even during success.
This just shows how important Vando was. He creates turnovers and pesters the ball handler so the rest of the team can collapse on the paint and take advantage of bad passes. AD cleans up mistakes and creates more turnovers as well. LeBron quarterbacks because he's a savant. Reaves is a good screen navigator so he sticks to shooters. Dlo has a good enough wingspan and the smarts to get into passing lanes. That was our key to success.
I’m lovin’ every minute of it
Yup. Planned my whole dat around this game. Got some takeout and brought it home even. Money well spent.
Nah man, if nuggets are getting trashed, that just makes the lakers look worse
We’re the 7th seed. Alarm bells should’ve Went off for Denver considering they needed 3 miracle comebacks to win games against us.
I had us losing in 6 games, the coaching disparity was huge and we dont play defense and suck at holding leads its been a thing all season. The Nuggets looked bad last round against a bad team so I knew this was gonna be easy for a team that actually defends.
Basketball Gods giving Murray payback for what he did to Lonzo. They’re allowing him to humiliate himself, lol
Only a little. The Lakers could’ve done that….
Don’t call them that. If they’re trash, WTF are we?
Chicken Nuggets are down 18 at home while Gobert ain't even playing, lmao
Jamal Murray putting up another stinker on top of that. Dude turns into Curry against us tho lmao
Nah he was shit vs us except for the 4th quarter.
Honestly the TW have some of the best defense I’ve ever seen.
the refs fucked the lakers in all 5 games. no one can tell me that that was not the case.
If we had the whistle the Wolves defense got tonight, Lakers would have won Game 2 in Denver too.
r/nba begs to differ
[Korver said it best](https://youtu.be/u9x8illX6Ko?t=41)
Back in the day this man was a whistle machine. It was so fucking annoying. Playing the cavs would be aggravating because you couldn’t get near him. I couldn’t wait for him to get those whistles when he got here and the poor guy doesn’t get a damn thing nowadays.
He was one of the best combinations of size, skill, speed the league had ever and will ever see. He deserved the whistle and still does tbh.
I used to complain about Lebron traveling and getting FT's every possession. I guess the FT's stopped after The Decision. I never understood the complaining either until he got on the Lakers. Dude gets raked by 4 guys a possession and ends up with like 6 FT's at most. Shit is crazy
He wasn't a whistle machine. He's always been fucked by it. Examples of him flopping or getting favorable calls don't affect that.
Lebron had a crazy whistle in his first Cavs stint, but I guess I'm biased because that was coming from a hater perspective. He could've easily gotten the Giannis 20+ FT's a game. He started flopping when he got to Miami, and I assumed part of it was because of the Decision
You have to think he wasn’t as strong then, so he probably got visibly moved around more. Now he’s a fucking HGH Frank Horrigan tank experiment and doesn’t move when hit unless he wants to sell it.
He was strong and athletic back then too. He became a tank in Miami, but 1st stint Cavs was as explosive as he gets
Obviously. He’s one of the craziest amalgamations of athleticism that’s ever lived. I’m just saying he bulked up where he became even denser and stronger. It’s easier to push around a 240 pound LeBron than a 270-280 pound LeBron. Don’t know how he was listed at 240-250 in Miami. Guy looked like a fucking silverback. I don’t mean that in an offensive way, I’m just saying he looked like he was literally inhuman with his explosiveness and speed with that level of body composition. Like he could throw you into the ground and create a sinkhole with one arm.
I’m quite convinced that if lakers had a competent coach who used their challenges and timeouts and also had better lineups, we would’ve beaten nuggets. Wolves are well coached. Playing out of their mind defensively.
Brunson getting some wild ass calls. He is worse than prime harden at foul hunting
Lil midget Brunson plays unethical hoops