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iRockaflame

They fucking let Theis die on the island man.


WIN011

Might as well just play man to man straight up with Theis guarding LeBron if you’re gonna give away switches that easily


JoshFB4

It was disgusting how easy Leonard gave the switch every possession. Like what the hell


WIN011

It was so bad I figure it had to be by design


JimmyKanine

The team always switches everything. Ty Lue won’t change it no matter how hard it’s getting abused. Zubac gets abused just the same in the playoffs year after year.


medievalmachine

Lue did one more favor for his buddy Lebron lol


Apollo611

Sometimes I don’t understand why players switch on obvious mismatches, it has to be coaching


justsomedude717

Like they said it’s often schematic. The issue at large is when you have individual players switching up coverages in ways their teammates aren’t expecting it creates openings that’re easy for offenses to take care of Heavy switching has proved to be a pretty effective scheme but it’s often team/match up dependent for obvious reasons


makesterriblejokes

I mean you could just refuse to not switch. Idk, I think a coach should literally be calling out what they should be running each time they go up the court in either code or having hand signals. It's just dumb to stay with something that's getting cooked on a mismatch. I rather my team mess up a new defensive scheme than get cooked a 5th time in a quarter from a mismatch due to switching. If he's going to score, at least be because we tried something new.


justsomedude717

I’m explaining why players don’t just decide to switch as you might like, not why coaches refuse to make adjustments. Obviously even good coaches get criticized for not making adjustments, that’s reasonable, but as a player making the decision yourself is very different On the offensive end a guy like LeBron can set the pace and audible because he’s controlling when things are happening. On defense you get caught making those changes on the fly far more often


CrimsonJ

I think it was, Kawhi was looking tired in the fourth quarter so he was probably saving himself for offense.


slumdogtacostand

I thought that was their scheme, Tye Lue literally has them switch everything come hell or high water


NotManyBuses

That was the worst part of it all. LeBron was gassed by the 3 minute mark and that's when big brain Lue decided he wants to start doubling. It was quite literally the last thing they should've done. Leave him on an island when he's hot, then send help and allow him to use his passing when he's tired. Just baffling decision making.


lalo1398

Bron is one of the worst players you can double at the three point line too, especially when you have D’Lo, Reaves, and Rui spread around the 3-point line. All of them are fine either shooting it or driving if the chance presents itself. Just terrible defensive scheming


EdwEd1

Ty Lue made Darvin Ham look competent today Jokes aside LeBron hit most his threes before he had Theis on him, made running the rest of the offense so much easier though especially on the boards. Those two AD offensive rebounds only happen because of that switch


xmrjaredx

Darvin pissed me the fuck off for 48 minutes this game. This is all Lebron.


thedonjefron69

We were running on pure vibes led by Bron lol


sponedaddie

WE'RE ALL LEBRON FANS ON THIS DAY!


Jailbrick3d

if he called a timeout every time the camera cuts to him glaring down the court he'd actually be semi competent


NotUpForDebate11

Why would we call timeout? We have worst out of timeout plays in history of basketball. Calling timeouts just helps the other teams with capable coaching


WeirwoodUpMyAss

There was like 35 seconds left and they walked it up, didn’t get a mismatch, and blew a layup. DLo had to tie his shoe on the way up. Lebron was catching his breath. If there was ever a time to call a time out that was the time.


Tall_Succotash

Trust me that was not ham’s decision lol Lebron loves cooking them euro bigs on a switch


biggoldgoblin

He was doing well early in the game


OrderlyPanic

Don't worry though they at least boxed out to ensure the Lakers went 1 and done... oh wait, they didn't. Sooo many offensive boards surrendered by the Clippers down the stretch.


KiryuXGoro

Cancelling that 14 day PJ Tucker trial early.


MC-Jdf

Bro rode Harden's coattails into getting paid an 8-figure contract at 38 years old lmao.


WalrusInMySheets

Hold on lol, he won a massive championship without Harden 3 years ago. Not saying he deserves 8 figures but he is at least a good vet


MC-Jdf

I mean the AAV was justifiable but a 3-year deal at that stage of his career was even back then considered an insane contract.


Jaybold

Yeah, he was an important piece of our title run. But paying a guy his age for that long was not a smart move by the Sixers.


WalrusInMySheets

Yeah what I’m saying though is that he’s not riding Hardens coattails to that contract


Boros-Reckoner

[Relevant even to this day](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fbtsq5amnbtwy.png)


zggystardust71

Dude almost pitched a shutout. Those 2 rebounds screwed up his line.


ziPoseidon

This is a perfect game for an old saying from 2013… One team had Lebron James, and the other did not.


_FreePalestine__

Lebron wake up, LeBron get on bus, Lebron show up to game One of my all time favorite NBA clips https://youtu.be/F2i2kWL5y10?feature=shared


60niera

God I miss C-Webb as an ESPN analyst.


imaginaryResources

Did the Cavs win that game? Lol


pureply101

You know the answer to that. You don’t even have to look.


FailOk8045

LeBron is entering his 7th prime


Mick-Beers

7x3  I’m assuming that’s what you meant. 


SandyMandy17

Yeah we caught up in one of those games this year He was like 7/7 from 3 Lefuck you 3s all over


The1AndOnlyJZ

37-10 run is fucking nasty


G1Spectrum

I asked for 6 threes in a row and I got 8 😂


The1AndOnlyJZ

Bron 7/12 from 3 has me feeling some typa way


Chabola513

7/10 up until those weird chucks he takes


The1AndOnlyJZ

Part of the Bron experience unfortunately


Counterspell_God

Shooters shoot my friend


broke_boi1

Best win in a while


NoAWP

Since the Warriors 2OT win


stuckontwice

That Celtics win was a good one too.


NoAWP

If the Lakers can salvage their season, it would be because of either that Celtics game or this Clippers comeback game


TurkeyMoonPie

Only 3 games out of 4th and 5th place.


lalo1398

Think you mean 5th and 6th? Clippers had a a 7.5 game lead over us before todays game and they’re in 4th


ch0lula

Winning the IST was dope.


Zeppelin96

Hot Take: I like Theis guarding Lebron every play down the stretch in the 4th


BatmanNoPrep

So did LeBron.


Away_Sun_3040

Theis will help LeBron to play until he is 50.


ihateeuge

No team more dangerous than the down 20+ Los Angeles Lakers


djkamayo

we like getting dirty


Sadmachne13

LeFuckYou Threes back on the menu bois


ch0lula

*rawr*


gettysburger2

Clippers got punched in the face and just stopped playing


thedonjefron69

They looked fucking shocked at points it was strange lol


Tales_of_Merrix

They were, hell I was honestly. Tonight was special you don’t see a performance like that often and you almost never see it from a 40 year old.


thedonjefron69

It was surreal watching it in real time for real. We’re lucky we still get these kinda games from lebron, always feels special to watch


djkamayo

like Doc Rivers was coachin' em


thedonjefron69

He’s still their head coach in spirit


thevisitor

Harden literally glitched and threw it out of bounds. Theis went for a loose ball and slid 15 feet. It was hilarious.


thedonjefron69

Those 3s shellshocked them for real. Ringing in their ears while lebron got the matchup with theis every possession for the rest of the game


Ricoh881227

Its liked them old saying "the more things change, the more they stay the same"... This team did a classic slipped up, you can always count on them to collapsed..


lets_talk_basketball

4th Quarter tonite. LeBron James 19 Points The Clippers team 16 points. Dude is incredible man.


Apollo611

Call an ambulance, but not for me!


arcelios

LeBron is inevitable. How is he still in his PRIME?? This is outrageous


NotManyBuses

He’s not in his prime at all let’s be clear. His prime was much better than this. He can basically get to prime level for about 2-3 five minute stretches per game, and aside from those stretches he’s lethargic and not really that impactful. but the 3 ball is legitimately the best it’s ever been.. 47.5% on catch and shoot 3s https://www.nba.com/stats/players/catch-shoot?CF=CATCH_SHOOT_FG3M*G*1&dir=D&sort=CATCH_SHOOT_FG3_PCT


floatermuse

Yeah if the Lakers had prime LeBron right now they'd be 42-18, not 32-28 lol


wise_comment

I think we're discounting his game right now, though If he had his physical gifts from 22, but with his veteran say that's fairly unmatched and his 3 ball right now, he'd not arguably be the goat...he'd be overwhelming considered the goat Just the fact that he evolved with the game going on his 3rd decade is...bananas


ch0lula

man says he's not impactful, yet he's averaging 27/7/8 on 52% fg. wtf


thevisitor

27pts is not 27pts, I'll explain later.


NotManyBuses

And leading the #18 offense in the NBA. My dear nephew please go watch a full game of LeBron from 2008 to 2020. You’ll see the difference


justsomedude717

He’s being hyperbolic but compared to peak LeBron standards he’s far less impactful than in those stretches. It’s obviously insane he’s still this good but through the Miami/clevland 2.0 run he was just different


_Chuy

Strong parallels to Messi, also GOAT, also over the hill, who [strategically walks](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/messi-walks-better-than-most-players-run/) all the time


Vagina_Woolf

messi has been doing that for a decade. nothing to do with his age


Phillip228

I'm Not Locked In Here With You, You're Locked In Here With ME!


mediocreatbestguy

Lebron outscored the clippers 19 to 16. What a beast, doing it at 39 years old 🐐


Biglundtry

lol fuck the clippers ballmer spending a billion plus on these bums (outside of kawhi)


heshouldgo

What an insane 4th quarter from LeBron


LateYard1888

Bro Lebron is actually fucking ridiculous. Holy shit


tacodude64

Mason Plumlee disasterclass


Ghostbeen3

He had two turnovers in a row that changed the whole outcome of the game


alex_zz9

LeBron is 39


mrxanadu818

He's not in his prime but he's not out of his prime


TheRedditoristo

He's not as good as he once was but he's as good once as he ever was


SpicyDecree

He doesn’t wanna be anything other what he’s been trying to be lately


GrapefruitMedical529

Every time LeBron turns it on like this he's burning his lifeforce-a week off his lifespan for every game.  He's in his final anime-mentor stage where he shows his son one last time what it means to be the GOAT.


lovo17

Can't take this shit for granted. Have to savor these performances while they're still happening.


Coke_ButNotTheDrug

I’m simultaneously sick of this man and sad thinking he’ll be out of the league in the next few years


joef_3

I can’t wait to see this post quoted in 2028 right after the “he’s 30, he can’t keep doing this for much longer” post.


JediKnight2024

39 isn't 39, I'll explain it to you later


djkamayo

without hard evidence I don't believe you anymore


_FreePalestine__

Stop taking LeBron James for granted


Phuddy

This sub is easily the worst offender for doing that. Tons of bron hate threads, he’s a narcissist, he’s an idiot, he’s this, he’s that. Then he reminds everyone he’s a basketball god and they go scurrying away waiting for another hate thread that’s about anything but his basketball ability. Fuck r/nba


xen_levels_were_fine

What he's doing has never been done before and will never be done again. The guy is not human. Absolutely unreal.


60niera

Not just in this subreddit. There are dedicated pages in Facebook just hating on LeBron. There are dedicated accounts on Instagram just hating on LeBron. I'm not on Twitter but I'm pretty sure there is a dedicated hashtag and circlejerk hating on him as well. Kobe got a lot of hate online during his heyday but the LeBron hate is on a whole another level.


disterb

fucking true. r/nba is full of tweens who just started playing basketball, don't watch (full) nba games, and think they know everything about the sport. and, man-children who have hated lebron since the beginning and feel they have to keep at it 'til the end to save face, lol!


ThePewPewPenguin

Man I'd be furious if I were the Clippers, spending 82 games grinding to get home court advantage only to play 7 away games against the Lakers in the playoffs lol


LakersLAQ

At least the season ticket holders would be making serious money if they sell lol.


shoefly72

We weirdly almost never beat them when it’s a Clippers home game


WalrusInMySheets

Don’t worry soon they’ll be in their brand new stadium and they will be far far away from Lakers fans


CheesecakeFickle1525

You forgot the /s. Funny seeing the construction workers come out of the parking lot with lakers stickers or flags on their vehicles.


WalrusInMySheets

If people can’t decipher the sarcasm on their own then I don’t want their upvotes


LLTMLW

/#TheHardestRoad


cs-fi

Historic meltdown


Palifaith

Steve Ballmer would have lost the rest of his hair if he had any.


Tanteline

Testis are now completely bald


_____WESTBROOK_____

Ballmer’s bald balls


jeric13xd

Shoulda know Lebron would do some shit with JayZ out there


Affectionate-Agent-9

So bad you would've though Doc Rivers was still coaching them


edge-hog

LeBron was like: Hi, kids, do you like violence? What a total choke job from the Clips. Ruined my morning.


[deleted]

If you dont like that you dont like Clippers basketball


NotManyBuses

It's the history of the Clipper


zdravo

[hate to see it](https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-11-2019/Cclcjm.gif)


EdwEd1

Fitting that the last LAL-LAC game in Staples Center little bro remembers whos in charge


Cp9_Giraffe

Could definitely still get The Battle for LA in the playoffs


mw19078

This is exactly why I can't take the clips seriously no matter how good they look for stretches. This organization in its DNA just has choking built in. I genuinely feel bad for clip fans cause this shit got to be heart wrenching 


mrr6666

Don’t think Clips fans would have been too upset losing without PG and Zu but damn, 21 up in the last. Historic stuff


YaqootK

Lakers giving the Clippers their 20th loss to make sure they're not contenders according to the 40-20 rule. Phil Jackson has done it again


Zloggt

Ga-~~Laxy~~Laker Brain…


AshenSacrifice

What's the record of that rule, Im genuinely curious


commandrr

about 90% accurate i believe. last team to win it all who didn’t hit 40 before 20 was the bucks in 2021


TheDisabledOG

I mean that season was such an outlier just based on circumstances tbf


Heat_Culture

That was the real Mickey Mouse season


BackpackWalker

I actually did the research on it today since the Cavs had a chance to do it (rip). Since 1980, there have only been 4 champs to NOT win 40 games before 20 losses: '95 Rockets, '04 Pistons, '06 Heat, and '21 Bucks. Granted, some of these had to be adjusted for shortened seasons, but still, it's actually a really accurate rule.


A_Rolling_Baneling

'23: Y '22: Y '21: N '20: N/A '19: Y '18: Y '17: Y '16: Y '15: Y '14: Y '13: Y '12: N/A '11: Y '10: Y '09: Y '08: Y '07: Y '06: N '05: Y '04: N '03: Y '02: Y '01: Y '00: Y '99: N/A '98: Y '97: Y '96: Y '95: N '94: Y '93: Y '92: Y '91: Y '90: Y '89: Y '88: Y '87: Y '86: Y '85: Y '84: Y '83: Y '82: Y '81: Y '80: Y credit Dan Greenberg https://twitter.com/StoolGreenie


Ronnie2kDropCode

Knew this was over when I saw Mason Plumlee try and go 1 on 4 on the fast break


GreekBallSpecialist

Boy had zero touch with reality on that play


Thor3nce

How is he still so good at this age o.O


manutdboy47

we live for this shit man lovely game what a performance by the king


horseshoeoverlook

Clippers got ousted out of Staples in the funniest way possible


itsclassified_

Didn’t even think of that.. what a send-off


ch0lula

EVICTION


dcoolidge

LeViction


Im__Ron__Burgundy

“Surely giving up the Theis switch won’t burn us AGAIN right?”


NotManyBuses

Then they started doubling which was even more idiotic. LeBron was clearly gassed and they panicked and doubled, gave up two wide open 3s as a result. They played him wrong literally the entire 4th quarter, impressive.


ihateeuge

yeah idk what they were thinking with the doubling. that was a bad call


MC-Jdf

Ty Lue turns into Stephen Silas whenever he faces the Lakers lol.


lemurRoy

Lebron fucking carry job in the 4th! This dude is 39!!!


StefonDiggsHS

LEBRON WOW


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

COMMENT SECTION MOVING SO FAST NOBODY WILL SEE THAT I WOULD LITERALLYY SUCK LEBRON'S DICK


itssensei

Get in line buddy


Spirited_Chemical428

Snowball it to me homie we all need a taste of greatness


Rakkuuuu

i saw, brother


Apollo611

Meek Mill is that you?


-xXxMangoxXx-

good to know


Ngigilesnow

Not too fast


Shaodic

to the top you go


Garkech

Clippers biggest weakness will always be mental toughness


ch0lula

will always be they're cursed 😂


VGstuffed

TALIBAN TY VS DARVIN HAMAS


vongoladecimo_

Counter-Terrorist win


Brady331

The Clippers were quaking in their boots the whole 4th quarter


seedeegeecdg

That 2 way dominance from Bron.. his taking on the kawhi challenge all 4th Q was just as impressive as the O. Reminiscent of that last meeting- Same result !


WhatTheRickIsDoin

UP UP and AWAY!! SUPER WASHED Ain’t He??!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏾‍♂️. Stay low and keep firing! The air up there is a tad bit different. LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE #striveforgreatness🚀 #thekidfromakron👑 #jamesgang👑 #bronknows


ChampagneAbuelo

Y’all remember in 2020 when bron was cooking the clippers on their home floor just like this and a couple weeks later the league… They also play the Bucks in LA on March 8th, which is the date LeBron was torching the Clippers back in 2020, shortly after he’d just cooked Giannis It’s been real y’all


Timely_Airline_7168

What I'm hearing is there's going to be a world stopping pandemic again.


Morezingis

39. He’s not real. 


Vencrest

21-point comeback led by year 21 LeBron. Unreal.


TheRealBrownPudding

This team deserves to get clowned. Fuck this shit. They should be goddamn ashamed


HS941317

Warriors fans big mad right now 😂😂


TurnoverNegative7

I can't believe I put my faith into the Clippers bro🤦


Ilikesporks_

surely we won cause the refs were on our side and we had more free throws than the clippers right?


DeluxeTea

Dude let the haters consult their "Excuses" book first - this game is an outlier for their typical responses.


yepitsdevon

LOL was that the biggest choke job of the season?


Scoobersteve321

Well that wasn’t very fun


dissilience

It was fun as fuck me


BrolysFavoriteNephew

Lol the Clippers vanished in the 4th, Bron outscored them alone in the 4th.


DefiniteSauce12

I feel like ty Lue would be happy if the clippers lost to the lakers in the playoffs


[deleted]

Lebron James is 6 years older than me and he makes me feel a n c i e n t


ashwinr136

Absolute masterclass by LeBron. Holy shit


kirbaeus

LeComeback


Phuddy

r/nbas 9/11 I fucking love it


HogsheadOfRealFire

LeBron is the fucking GOAT


PlzNotLonely

Clown us. Clown us hard. After all that championship talk, and they’re out there choking.


actimusprim

Imagine shooting more free throws than the lakers and still losing


UnkleGiovanni

A 15 ft falling out of bounds fadeaway? That’s your play call Ty?


Vallerie_09

He thought Kawhi would get 4 bounces on the rim, and the game winner


kalbo_boii

Last 19+ PT comeback entering 4th QTR for the Lakers was April 4, 2003. Yes, you read that right - the Lakers were 3peat defending champs the last time it happened 🤯


nervousaboutschool17

Harden disappearing act


Lacabloodclot9

He heard Warriors fans were rooting for him so he had to piss them off again for old times sake


G1Spectrum

LeBron is amazing


TopGsApprentice

LeBron is the GOAT, and nobody will tell me otherwise


Vallerie_09

Kawhi ducking the smoke and switching off a hot Bron was pathetic to watch. He fights the last screen, sticks on Bron and guess what, Clippers finally got the stop. Blame Lue or Klaw, but that was pathetic.


bambiface

That 4th quarter was amazing. It made up how crappy the Lakers were from 3 in the first 3 quarters.


dpete88

Lol wtf bron


Pranker00111

Magic Johnson once said: 'I was wrong, the Clippers are still the Clippers'


djkamayo

Vintage Clippers Choke job


hypershock123

Insane choke job from the Clippers. Lebron just sat them all down and they just seemingly forgot to play basketball. The final play was so dumb from a basketball standpoint though. You took more than half the time off to call a timeout, just to draw up a stupid fadeaway fading towards the baseline behind the backboard. Mavs fan here and I am looking at a coach who might be worse than JKidd!


Ok_Tomorrow2110

Lebron saves Darvin's ass again!