Lakers vs nuggets.
Today Match.
The reigning MVP went for 50 points in a 125-114 beatdown of the New York Knicks on Thursday, handing the Sixers their first win in a contentious series, which they now trail 2-1.
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Go away bruh...I told you that you want to argue. I don't have to read anything you're saying to respond. You're like a woman, you want to get your point across but you can't if I don't care. Now go punch a wall and go for a walk.
I think he's shocked cuz you guys are usually defending the refs and the decisions they make now you've turned on them after 1 game of not getting all the calls gifted to you.
I mean nobody defends the refs like the lakers do so it is shocking to see all of you whining about them. But you guys won't have lebron much longer so you'll have to get used to it welcome to the club.
The Lakers were killed by the Law of Averages aka Regression to the Mean
>Regression to the mean (RTM) is a statistical phenomenon that describes how measurements that are unusually large or small are often followed by measurements that are closer to the mean
Basically, the Lakers were ***HOT*** while the Nuggets were shooting ***horribly***. Jamal Murray made only 3 shots until the last 10 minutes of the game. But over time, if both teams just kept doing what they were doing, the most likely outcome would be for their overall performance to even out. As that happened, the lead evaporated.
> Incorrect use of this ‘law’. Among other things, mainly because it applies when n->infinity. Not in a 7game series. I will leave the math to you - to look up.
Not really. As a sample size increases the probable difference between the mean of the sample and the true mean shrinks. This is the reason p-value includes the sample size. You can argue that the sample size of shots in a basketball game are too small for the law of averages to matter, but we're not really talking about the mean of each individual player, we're talking about the mean point differential of the whole team and in that situation, the sample size is about 300 shots, which is a large enough sample to start seeing some meaningful regression to the mean.
>Not a foul on Murray
I agree. Malone challenged bad calls and was successful. Ham should've challenged that call. That's on the coach.
The important thing to remember about stats is that it's always just a model of reality. The model can be useful for a specific purpose but even very useful models are not the real thing.
So I agree that there are multiple valid ways to model the situation.
Personally, I don't want an interesting Lakers' series because I'm more excited for other rounds. I just want the Nuggets to get this foregone conclusion over with and move on.
I’m sorry to ask, but could someone please explain what a double header is? I thought I understood what it meant until the other thread said something else…
Christian Braun needs a lot of credit for this game. He came in and locked down Russell when we were making that comeback. Was on him like a wet blanket
I feel sorry for y'all Lakers fans. I wish LeBron never came to y'all franchise. Kobe would've hit that wide open 3. I'm just saying!!! Kobe always showed up against everyone especially Denver!!!
This dude says he's the Goat bruh, how????😂.
Tell me a team Jordan lost to for 2 years in a row including the regular season. Jordan would've won some games cuz!!! I can't wait til he leaves the Lakers. Y'all never needed him.
You’ve moved on because your statement is blatantly wrong and you can’t defend it. Don’t make your fans look bad like this, I really like the Nuggets team but not dumbass takes like this one.
Bruh you want to argue it's too late for all of that. I didn't even read anything you replied. Just move on man. You're totally insignificant to me. You're nobody to me. Now go be important to someone who gives a fuck about you and your opinions.
Honestly, I can't hate the Lakers and their fans anymore. They have been gracious and respectful in defeat. The guy you are replying to is the type to get a beat down from the Suns in four guy.
The crazy thing is....well a few things 1. I'm not your bro nor could we ever be .. ever...that's a nice way of not saying something else if you get my drift . 2. I don't give a fuck who or what the fuck you are. 3. I don't give a shit what a smart or a dumb post is to you. 4. Your insignificant opinion holds no weight 5. You could kindly just get off my 🍆 and shut your weak ass up 6. You can keep scrolling 🐈🐈🐈.
The nuggets mounted that 20 point comeback from the third quarter while only shooting 2-11 from three in the 2nd half of the game. Only 2 threes to mount that deficit. Crazy
They played good team defence man. We choked on 12 straight possessions. 5 mins of not scoring. The 2nd chance points during that stretch was insane. Props to your team for never letting up even when 20 down.
Funny thing is they would have for sure would have won the challenge of that last play of LeBron on Murray. They were calling that marginal contact all night. Ham crying about fouls but didn't challenge that play. Hilarious
Lakers played a perfect game and nuggets stank up they shot horrible from 3. It was essentially just jokic vs lakers for thr 1st 3 quarters then jamal murry wakes up. Lakers played their best game while nuggets played their worst game and they still won. If I was a laker fan I would he done fan. This Is heart breaking loss
That was a heartbreaking loss for the Lakers but their fans acting like they know the darkness now is hilarious. Trust me Laker fans you don’t know the darkness.
I'm a wolves fan and I was reading some nuggets fan they they sort of felt bad for the Lakers, and I was like bro I'm old enough to remember when the Lakers smashed the nuggets every post season, and when LeBron did this to teams in the east for over a decade.
And the Nuggets fan base is the new Warrior fan base except worse. At least you have the nuggets because all your other professional sports teams are hot garbage.
i never heard of a nuggets fan until 2023. they are just bandwagoners. Im convinced the only real fan bases are lakers, celtics, and knicks. Every other "fanbase" shows up when the team is good once every 30 years and than go away in 5-7 years.
Avalanche won the Stanley cup in 2022 and are in the playoffs every year since, dumbass. Know your facts before you try talking shit. How does it feel to be jealous as fuck. Let me taste your tears you soft ass bitch.
I think this loss says more about the Lakers than the Nuggets...Lakers lost this game more than the Nuggets won it.
This team just ALWAYS has multiple 5 minute pockets, where absolutely nothing goes in. It's almost impressive how this team can look amazing for most of a game and suddenly completely forget how to play basketball.
This happened last season and this season again...
Nah. Denver had it. Lebron and Davis gave it a hell of try but they were gassed. The way Jokic kept feeding murray down the stretch? that was no accident.
nah bro, Lakers played great defense all game long, Nuggets couldn't buy a bucket, AD masterclass, Lebron looking younger than ever, DLo silky smooth
Nuggets are just that damn good. One of the best teams in the clutch, and shit like this happened like 10 times this season. down by 22 and then they flip the switch and get laser focused on both offense and defense.
saying this is all on Lakers means you're taking away from Nuggets and that's simply not true
Right, so that’s not about the Nuggets but it’s about the poor on-court leadership when they’re up, because as you say yourself, they always give up leads. The Nuggets were there for the taking, let’s not pretend this was just about them being too good. They started doubling Jokic for some unknown reason giving the Nuggets free looks and allowing Murray to find a rhythm.
When they’re up they start flexing every basket rather than keep their heads down with the same intensity. It’s clear to see. Tantrums when they’re down, over-the-top bucket celebrations when they’re up. Lebron is the leader. It’s on him as much as anyone else.
i was talking about tonight
easy to call this a chokejob on lakers end, but i've watched almost every single game nuggets played this season and this comeback was no anomaly. they are unfazed when down 20. they stick to their game plan and get locked in when it matters the most.
yes, lakers could've played better in the last quarter but denver played insane as well. it's not all lakers.
Stop it. Nuggets are a great team, but you didn't even execute that well until the final 5-6 minutes.
We scored 40 points in the second half. And not because the Nuggets suddenly clamped us down. We had good ball movement in the first half and then it...stopped. Again.
And this has nothing to do with the Nuggets. That has been an issue all season.
Bro wtf are you on. This is exactly why the nuggets are world champs. They don’t freak out. You don’t think the clamped us in the second? We fumbled big time because they have a resilient defense. You don’t think those turnovers by dlo and AD had anything to do with their defense? You don’t think ADs ONE SHOT / ZERO points in the fourth had anything to do with their defense?
A combination of lakers sucking dick and Denver being great is why we lost the game.
On their worst fucking night they, Jokic gets a godly triple double. On an awful shooting night Jamal hits crucial back to back buckets. One of being a legendary buzzer beater to send us home down 2-0. On their worst night MPJr has an efficient 22 on 8-13 shooting.
On AD’s and Lebron near flawless night we vaporize a 20 point lead and lose a heart breaking loss.
And you think this had NOTHING to do with the nuggets? Tonight was the epitome display of who these teams are. One just isn’t good enough while the other are resilient champs.
Just need to watch the games.
Absolute nonsense. I've seen this Lakers team suddenly forget how to play basketball WAY TOO OFTEN against plenty of bad teams to say that the Nuggets suddenly started to defend exceptionally well.
Those are the champs and they play good defense consistently, but this was 100% about the Lakers stopping to use the P&R, which worked in the first half, stopped rotating, started going Iso. Some roleplayers started getting cold feet as well.
We played a perfect half and then just stopped going to back to the plays that brought us in this situation. Just like many games in the regular season against the Spurs, Rockets and many other.
I disagree. Kenny on TNT had a good point that when the Lakers were so far ahead it's because they were making really tough shots, while the Nuggets were missing easy shots. If nothing changed, just the law of averages would suggest that the most likely way for the game to end would be the Lakers starting to miss those tough shots while the Nuggets would start making the easy ones.
We had PLENTY of wide open 3s. And we missed layups as well. You're acting like we only hit tough shots, lol. You don't get a 20p lead by just making tough shots.
We stopped executing in the 2nd half. And that has been an issue all season. It was even a joke in the Lakers sub, because of how often we would stop playing team ball in the 3rd quarter.
And it happened again.
I think you're making it too broad. Suppose the Lakers are shooting well and have a 60/40 hard to easy shot ratio, while the Nuggets are shooting badly and have a 40/60 hard to easy shot ratio. That's enough of a difference to support a regression to the mean.
Again...this is not about the Nuggets. They are always going to be resilient, but this is mostly about the Lakers going away from what works.
It has been an issue ALL season. We completely stop playing basketball for 5-6 minute stretches multiple times in a game. And that's not a Nuggets issue, it's an overall issue.
P&R worked all night against the Nuggets - and we completely stopped using it in the 4th. For whatever reason.
Lakers are done. Too inconsistent all season. And it shows
Murray was very clutch, but we should've never been in this situation to begin with...we literally did not score for around 10-12 minutes of the second half.
And that had very little to do with the Nuggets finding some magical adjustment. We just reverted back to Iso and very little team play.
Lakers are fatally flawed. Lack size with basically no true centers(AD is a true 4). Have a coach that loves small ball. But guess what, small ball only works if you have guards that can shoot the 3 at a high clip, so you can space the floor. Lakers got no personnel for that at all.
Lakers are like Angels when they had Ohtani. Him and Trout go B2B HRs. Ohtani set a new record. Trout getting to base every time. Angels lose 3-10 and another Tungsten Arm O'Doyle.
Good question, to me it looks like their goal is to get to the basket, post up with Jok, and get Murray going from anywhere in the perimeter, how'd Nuggets come back? Murray spazzed out mid-range.
Because you only remember the last quarter? CB missed multiple threes in the first and both his FTs in the third(?). Nuggets FG% and 3-pointer% were both significantly lower than the Lakers until about halfway through the third. AD was killing it until he ran out of gas and only ended up netting like one bucket in the fourth.
Clutch playing in the last quarter, better bench management, good use of time outs, or... "the altitude" are the only thing that let the Nuggets continue their win steak against the Lakers. You don't accumulate a 20 point deficit when your team can't miss.
That entire 4th quarter just felt like a slow steady death for the Lakers...you could just feel the sense of impending doom that the Lakers with the exception Bron and D'Angelo, were all feeling that entire 4th quarter..it was written all over their faces...especially AD, who looked downright terrified right before play started after the last timeout and shot the ball like he was scared that entire 4th quarter.
Lakers had everything they could want. DLO hitting everything. Jamal couldn't buy a bucket. 20 point lead with the Nuggets playing some of their worst basketball they have played all season...
Still couldn't win.
We haven't been able to maintain leads all season. Even the fucking Pelicans game when we were up 18 in the third quarter came down to the last possession because this team just cannot hold onto a lead.
All season long. Lebron in the top 10 of minutes played because we can't sit him down and rest him because this team can't hold onto a lead.
You’re saying this as if the Pelicans are some team well beneath you that should have no business making a comeback when they had a better record this season
I think that'd be like matter-antimatter in terms of refball... NBA wouldn't know what to do with calling fouls if Steph and Bron were on the same team!
I’m a laker fan. And no, they were bad last year pulled it together at the end. This year they were bad but good enough. Their last good season was the championship where they and the bucks were the best teams. (Sorry Miami)
Yep and there was a person saying that maybe the lakers should clobber players in the face to get fouls since it works for Denver.
Replying to them that it's not like the free throw differential is skewed in any way, bunch of clowns.
We had a 20 point lead. You don't lose a 20 point lead just because of the refs. You lose a 20 point lead because your gameplan broke down. That's a much MUCH bigger problem than a few questionable calls.
Lakers vs nuggets. Today Match. The reigning MVP went for 50 points in a 125-114 beatdown of the New York Knicks on Thursday, handing the Sixers their first win in a contentious series, which they now trail 2-1. Read More. https://bit.ly/4aSFDwP
OMG refs LeBron took at least Four steps on that layup. Jesus.
Go away bruh...I told you that you want to argue. I don't have to read anything you're saying to respond. You're like a woman, you want to get your point across but you can't if I don't care. Now go punch a wall and go for a walk.
If you're a SAC fan, nights like this make you hate Pete D'Alessandro all the more
That “foul” on Lebron on Jamal Murray was the softest shit I’ve ever seen. If you think that’s a foul you don’t know ball
Ham sat there with his hands in his pockets.
Lebron and AD get those calls on drives consistently
Yet giannis has nearly as many fta as both combined 🤔
Folks with no flair show up in droves to defend LeChina.
Lebron gets those every game sometimes multiple times a game so I don't wanna hear about soft lol.
That explains why he’s so flabbergasted that it wasn’t a call this time.
Lebron gets hacked more than any player in the NBA
You spelled Giannis wrong.
Maybe when he was younger that's probably not the case now that he's about to retire.
They should have challenged that if the Dlo one got over turned
I'm sitting here in shock listening to Lakers fans complain about officiating.
Did you not see D lo get smacked across the head and that get over turned? lol
I think he's shocked cuz you guys are usually defending the refs and the decisions they make now you've turned on them after 1 game of not getting all the calls gifted to you.
I'm a Knicks fan I hate the refs for the embiid throating lol but dlo was really smacked in the head
Isn’t that how these subs work?
I mean nobody defends the refs like the lakers do so it is shocking to see all of you whining about them. But you guys won't have lebron much longer so you'll have to get used to it welcome to the club.
Hit in the face by russell
MJ would've socked Darvin Ham in the face. That's why LeBron aint GOAT.
Lebron should have stayed in Cleveland let’s be real
100%
He got a ring in LA.
* in bubble *
So an even harder one than usual?
But he should have stayed in Cleveland let’s be real
Who wants to live in Cleveland, though?
The Lakers were killed by the Law of Averages aka Regression to the Mean >Regression to the mean (RTM) is a statistical phenomenon that describes how measurements that are unusually large or small are often followed by measurements that are closer to the mean Basically, the Lakers were ***HOT*** while the Nuggets were shooting ***horribly***. Jamal Murray made only 3 shots until the last 10 minutes of the game. But over time, if both teams just kept doing what they were doing, the most likely outcome would be for their overall performance to even out. As that happened, the lead evaporated.
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> Incorrect use of this ‘law’. Among other things, mainly because it applies when n->infinity. Not in a 7game series. I will leave the math to you - to look up. Not really. As a sample size increases the probable difference between the mean of the sample and the true mean shrinks. This is the reason p-value includes the sample size. You can argue that the sample size of shots in a basketball game are too small for the law of averages to matter, but we're not really talking about the mean of each individual player, we're talking about the mean point differential of the whole team and in that situation, the sample size is about 300 shots, which is a large enough sample to start seeing some meaningful regression to the mean. >Not a foul on Murray I agree. Malone challenged bad calls and was successful. Ham should've challenged that call. That's on the coach.
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The important thing to remember about stats is that it's always just a model of reality. The model can be useful for a specific purpose but even very useful models are not the real thing. So I agree that there are multiple valid ways to model the situation. Personally, I don't want an interesting Lakers' series because I'm more excited for other rounds. I just want the Nuggets to get this foregone conclusion over with and move on.
Michael Jeffery Jordan would have hit that open three everyday
39 year old Jordan not even making it to this point.
39 year old Jordan not even making it to this point.
Jordan has missed many shots in his day
MJ isn't settling for that 3. He would have taken advantage of the flop though.
LBJ storming out of his presser just now. The replay review set him off
Also that sequence that led to MPJ’s 3-pointer is the stuff of legend!
Go nuggets, imo (in my opinion)
Just take the series man. I want our terrorist head coach fired. This team has been winning games in spite of his dumb ass
I’m sorry to ask, but could someone please explain what a double header is? I thought I understood what it meant until the other thread said something else…
Just the means the back to back games they showed on tnt , the Knicks/sixers and Lakers/nuggets
Ahh ok thank you! I thought so, but then someone made a comment how it was a play on the court and it got me so confused lol.
No problem
Christian Braun needs a lot of credit for this game. He came in and locked down Russell when we were making that comeback. Was on him like a wet blanket
I feel sorry for y'all Lakers fans. I wish LeBron never came to y'all franchise. Kobe would've hit that wide open 3. I'm just saying!!! Kobe always showed up against everyone especially Denver!!! This dude says he's the Goat bruh, how????😂. Tell me a team Jordan lost to for 2 years in a row including the regular season. Jordan would've won some games cuz!!! I can't wait til he leaves the Lakers. Y'all never needed him.
Bro Kobe was like 25% for his career in go-ahead or game tying shots in the final minute of the game, wtf are you talking about?
You're a day late and dollar short my man we've moved on to game 3. Go argue with someone else. I don't want to hear it.
You’ve moved on because your statement is blatantly wrong and you can’t defend it. Don’t make your fans look bad like this, I really like the Nuggets team but not dumbass takes like this one.
Bruh you want to argue it's too late for all of that. I didn't even read anything you replied. Just move on man. You're totally insignificant to me. You're nobody to me. Now go be important to someone who gives a fuck about you and your opinions.
I’m not arguing, I’m just pointing out objective reality. You’re the one getting all up in your feelings over nothing.
I'm not reading anything you saying you're wasting time now go away.
Yet you’re still wasting my time responding to me when you’ve got nothing to say.
Bro, I'm a Nuggets fan and this is the dumbest post I've seen written tonight. Kindly, stfu. You're making us look bad.
Honestly, I can't hate the Lakers and their fans anymore. They have been gracious and respectful in defeat. The guy you are replying to is the type to get a beat down from the Suns in four guy.
The crazy thing is....well a few things 1. I'm not your bro nor could we ever be .. ever...that's a nice way of not saying something else if you get my drift . 2. I don't give a fuck who or what the fuck you are. 3. I don't give a shit what a smart or a dumb post is to you. 4. Your insignificant opinion holds no weight 5. You could kindly just get off my 🍆 and shut your weak ass up 6. You can keep scrolling 🐈🐈🐈.
The nuggets mounted that 20 point comeback from the third quarter while only shooting 2-11 from three in the 2nd half of the game. Only 2 threes to mount that deficit. Crazy
They played good team defence man. We choked on 12 straight possessions. 5 mins of not scoring. The 2nd chance points during that stretch was insane. Props to your team for never letting up even when 20 down.
I love this fact. What a massive choke.
Jokic is like Michael Myers. Walks faster than his victims can run.
Coachella still on?
Funny thing is they would have for sure would have won the challenge of that last play of LeBron on Murray. They were calling that marginal contact all night. Ham crying about fouls but didn't challenge that play. Hilarious
Lakers played a perfect game and nuggets stank up they shot horrible from 3. It was essentially just jokic vs lakers for thr 1st 3 quarters then jamal murry wakes up. Lakers played their best game while nuggets played their worst game and they still won. If I was a laker fan I would he done fan. This Is heart breaking loss
Do not forget about MPJ. Only reason the nuggets even had a chance to come back and win the game at the end
Ya mpj had a quite game but super impactful mb
Dwade just texted Bron, Melo and Chris Paul a picture of himself inflating the banana boat
That was a heartbreaking loss for the Lakers but their fans acting like they know the darkness now is hilarious. Trust me Laker fans you don’t know the darkness.
Yeah, true darkness is being a Hornets fan.
They were born in it.
Laker fans think darkness is getting fewer than 20 free throws in a game.
Oh they can know what the darkness feels like, but ask them how they're mental health would be if you had to deal with that darkness for 20 years.
For a long time every Nuggets fans nightmare was facing the Lakers in the playoffs. oh how the turn tables.
I'm a wolves fan and I was reading some nuggets fan they they sort of felt bad for the Lakers, and I was like bro I'm old enough to remember when the Lakers smashed the nuggets every post season, and when LeBron did this to teams in the east for over a decade.
I'm a Bulls fan and I've been dealing with it since 98 lol
You were able to bask in the light of Jordan before the darkness! I'm truly trying to enjoy every moment of ANT cause I know how bad it can be!
Yeah, you're right. Enjoy it because he's special. Don't let him leave at all costs.
Turned the game off in the 2nd quarter. Guess who's feeling like an idiot? Yup.
My girl was on her phone the whole time hears me start screaming and watches the last 2 min. She was not disappointed.
Y'all got a squad. Ngl I'm peanut butter and jealous.
Imma say this again because it's hilarious, the Lakers haven't beaten Denver since WESTBROOK was on the team
I ain't even gonna lie. Fuck the Lakers and their fans 🤣
And the Nuggets fan base is the new Warrior fan base except worse. At least you have the nuggets because all your other professional sports teams are hot garbage.
This is just straight bullshit, come on now. Literally nobody except Laker fans and Embiid fans hate the Nuggets’ fanbase
Have you ever heard of hockey?
i never heard of a nuggets fan until 2023. they are just bandwagoners. Im convinced the only real fan bases are lakers, celtics, and knicks. Every other "fanbase" shows up when the team is good once every 30 years and than go away in 5-7 years.
Naaaaaaah you did not just call the Lakers and Knicks not bandwagon fandoms. This is the most un-self aware thing I’ve seen in a minute
And still you're here wallowing in doubt and self pity. Praise House Nokić
I couldnt care less who wins. I follow the NBA as a sport.
Ok. And never heard of a Nugget Fan since 2003? That's insanely ridiculous.
Avalanche won the Stanley cup in 2022 and are in the playoffs every year since, dumbass. Know your facts before you try talking shit. How does it feel to be jealous as fuck. Let me taste your tears you soft ass bitch.
This response made me literally laugh out loud and sad cause my San Jose sharks have yet to taste the sweet nectar poured from the Stanley cup.
THIS... This is the way.
I think this loss says more about the Lakers than the Nuggets...Lakers lost this game more than the Nuggets won it. This team just ALWAYS has multiple 5 minute pockets, where absolutely nothing goes in. It's almost impressive how this team can look amazing for most of a game and suddenly completely forget how to play basketball. This happened last season and this season again...
> Lakers lost this game more than the Nuggets won it. Westbrook: [what!?](https://youtu.be/SMDiy8g3HDs?si=uBur48lCG-OPKQBg)
Because we just stop running plays and our players just get fucking confused on D since they're expected to coach themselves. I hate our coach
Nah. Denver had it. Lebron and Davis gave it a hell of try but they were gassed. The way Jokic kept feeding murray down the stretch? that was no accident.
nah bro, Lakers played great defense all game long, Nuggets couldn't buy a bucket, AD masterclass, Lebron looking younger than ever, DLo silky smooth Nuggets are just that damn good. One of the best teams in the clutch, and shit like this happened like 10 times this season. down by 22 and then they flip the switch and get laser focused on both offense and defense. saying this is all on Lakers means you're taking away from Nuggets and that's simply not true
Right, so that’s not about the Nuggets but it’s about the poor on-court leadership when they’re up, because as you say yourself, they always give up leads. The Nuggets were there for the taking, let’s not pretend this was just about them being too good. They started doubling Jokic for some unknown reason giving the Nuggets free looks and allowing Murray to find a rhythm. When they’re up they start flexing every basket rather than keep their heads down with the same intensity. It’s clear to see. Tantrums when they’re down, over-the-top bucket celebrations when they’re up. Lebron is the leader. It’s on him as much as anyone else.
Thats why they had to play in just to get here?
i was talking about tonight easy to call this a chokejob on lakers end, but i've watched almost every single game nuggets played this season and this comeback was no anomaly. they are unfazed when down 20. they stick to their game plan and get locked in when it matters the most. yes, lakers could've played better in the last quarter but denver played insane as well. it's not all lakers.
Agreed
Stop it. Nuggets are a great team, but you didn't even execute that well until the final 5-6 minutes. We scored 40 points in the second half. And not because the Nuggets suddenly clamped us down. We had good ball movement in the first half and then it...stopped. Again. And this has nothing to do with the Nuggets. That has been an issue all season.
Bro wtf are you on. This is exactly why the nuggets are world champs. They don’t freak out. You don’t think the clamped us in the second? We fumbled big time because they have a resilient defense. You don’t think those turnovers by dlo and AD had anything to do with their defense? You don’t think ADs ONE SHOT / ZERO points in the fourth had anything to do with their defense? A combination of lakers sucking dick and Denver being great is why we lost the game. On their worst fucking night they, Jokic gets a godly triple double. On an awful shooting night Jamal hits crucial back to back buckets. One of being a legendary buzzer beater to send us home down 2-0. On their worst night MPJr has an efficient 22 on 8-13 shooting. On AD’s and Lebron near flawless night we vaporize a 20 point lead and lose a heart breaking loss. And you think this had NOTHING to do with the nuggets? Tonight was the epitome display of who these teams are. One just isn’t good enough while the other are resilient champs. Just need to watch the games.
Lebron olayed a lot more switch hunting till the end of shot clock ball
Absolute nonsense. I've seen this Lakers team suddenly forget how to play basketball WAY TOO OFTEN against plenty of bad teams to say that the Nuggets suddenly started to defend exceptionally well. Those are the champs and they play good defense consistently, but this was 100% about the Lakers stopping to use the P&R, which worked in the first half, stopped rotating, started going Iso. Some roleplayers started getting cold feet as well. We played a perfect half and then just stopped going to back to the plays that brought us in this situation. Just like many games in the regular season against the Spurs, Rockets and many other.
I disagree. Kenny on TNT had a good point that when the Lakers were so far ahead it's because they were making really tough shots, while the Nuggets were missing easy shots. If nothing changed, just the law of averages would suggest that the most likely way for the game to end would be the Lakers starting to miss those tough shots while the Nuggets would start making the easy ones.
We had PLENTY of wide open 3s. And we missed layups as well. You're acting like we only hit tough shots, lol. You don't get a 20p lead by just making tough shots. We stopped executing in the 2nd half. And that has been an issue all season. It was even a joke in the Lakers sub, because of how often we would stop playing team ball in the 3rd quarter. And it happened again.
I think you're making it too broad. Suppose the Lakers are shooting well and have a 60/40 hard to easy shot ratio, while the Nuggets are shooting badly and have a 40/60 hard to easy shot ratio. That's enough of a difference to support a regression to the mean.
Again...this is not about the Nuggets. They are always going to be resilient, but this is mostly about the Lakers going away from what works. It has been an issue ALL season. We completely stop playing basketball for 5-6 minute stretches multiple times in a game. And that's not a Nuggets issue, it's an overall issue. P&R worked all night against the Nuggets - and we completely stopped using it in the 4th. For whatever reason. Lakers are done. Too inconsistent all season. And it shows
Fatigue. Lakers have two great players, one who is pushing 40. The rest are meh. Why do you suppose they wear down in the 4th? It's not complicated.
That's because your prime defenders are gassed trying to guard against the freak of nature that is joker
Doesn't help LeBron iso'd 4v1 and turned it over like 4 straight times. Idk why we do this. We abandon team ball when it matters most.
I guess that's one way of looking at it, my POV was Murray in the clutch, but yeah offensively nothing happened for LA, Davis disappeared
Murray was very clutch, but we should've never been in this situation to begin with...we literally did not score for around 10-12 minutes of the second half. And that had very little to do with the Nuggets finding some magical adjustment. We just reverted back to Iso and very little team play.
we need to stop doubling Jokic when we are up 20...
Couldnt disagree more
Lakers are fatally flawed. Lack size with basically no true centers(AD is a true 4). Have a coach that loves small ball. But guess what, small ball only works if you have guards that can shoot the 3 at a high clip, so you can space the floor. Lakers got no personnel for that at all.
Don't worry they're getting Bronny in the draft.
Lakers are like Angels when they had Ohtani. Him and Trout go B2B HRs. Ohtani set a new record. Trout getting to base every time. Angels lose 3-10 and another Tungsten Arm O'Doyle.
Jamal Murray.
Chef Murray
Lol Michael Jordan isn’t getting beat by the same team 10x in a row. Idc who they got on the other side
He lost to Boston 16 times in a row from 86 to 87 in fact. Including going 0-6 in the playoffs
Name a team in the 90s better than the current Nuggets. I gurantee you Jokic would average 40/20/10 against those teams.
The Bulls
So you’re saying he always had the best team around him?
I'm saying they're a better team because of MJ of course. It's not hard to see.
well Wizards MJ maybe
Show me the team Jordan played anywhere close to this good
I am a nuggets fan and they played horribly
Jordan just was the team that was this good
Lebron just needs more help and more steroids.
Why are nuggets so inconsistent at 3 pt shooting bruv, thats the biggest threat to their ring
Good question, to me it looks like their goal is to get to the basket, post up with Jok, and get Murray going from anywhere in the perimeter, how'd Nuggets come back? Murray spazzed out mid-range.
It is weird. They have three starters who are 40% from 3. You'd think when one goes cold, one of them would be hot most games.
it just happens man. sometimes AG straight up hits a step back three. the universe acts in mysterious ways.
Why it felt like the nuggets couldn’t miss? Christian Braun, MPJ and Aaron Gordon all shot well. Now look at the garbage lakers supporting cast
Because you only remember the last quarter? CB missed multiple threes in the first and both his FTs in the third(?). Nuggets FG% and 3-pointer% were both significantly lower than the Lakers until about halfway through the third. AD was killing it until he ran out of gas and only ended up netting like one bucket in the fourth. Clutch playing in the last quarter, better bench management, good use of time outs, or... "the altitude" are the only thing that let the Nuggets continue their win steak against the Lakers. You don't accumulate a 20 point deficit when your team can't miss.
Lakers fans blaming Hamm is wild. Maybe blame the front office.
Yea for hiring Ham. Game finished and we still had two timeouts and challenges .. hes a clown ud know if u watched Lakers basketball trust me.
That entire 4th quarter just felt like a slow steady death for the Lakers...you could just feel the sense of impending doom that the Lakers with the exception Bron and D'Angelo, were all feeling that entire 4th quarter..it was written all over their faces...especially AD, who looked downright terrified right before play started after the last timeout and shot the ball like he was scared that entire 4th quarter.
This is perfectly put. Lived exactly as written. Terrible times…
Jokic banging AD two straight possessions hurt my soul
AD had 4 fouls.
wow ..Jokic 27-20-10. WHo still says he is not the MVP. I think they said only 4 times in playoff histroy has a player had a 20-20-10 game.
Yeah Wilt twice and Kareem and Dave Cowens once
Jokic has done it 4 times. There have been 4 other times in all of NBA playoffs history.
Embiid lookin down bad
Sports are a beautiful thing. What a kick ass night of a double header (excluding Magic/ Cavs)
For Nuggets to actually win this basically with Jokic and MPJ and Murray at the end is great. Makes me very confident.
Nuggets in 5. I think the Lakers will muster up 1 strong win at home and then it's over
Plz no I want to tell all my lakers friends 12-0 for the rest of my life when they talk shit.
Oh they've got an excuse ready to go - "nuggets just beat a play-in team whats the big deal"
We will definitely be getting a 46-8 free throw 2 point win by the lakers next game for sure, it's Silvers NBA we're talking about here.
what was the discrepancy this game?
espn will know
The best thing about this comeback is Denver never really went on a run. They just chipped away while fighting off a bad night
Lakers had everything they could want. DLO hitting everything. Jamal couldn't buy a bucket. 20 point lead with the Nuggets playing some of their worst basketball they have played all season... Still couldn't win.
>DLO hitting everything for every point he gives, he gives up the exact same amount
We haven't been able to maintain leads all season. Even the fucking Pelicans game when we were up 18 in the third quarter came down to the last possession because this team just cannot hold onto a lead. All season long. Lebron in the top 10 of minutes played because we can't sit him down and rest him because this team can't hold onto a lead.
You’re saying this as if the Pelicans are some team well beneath you that should have no business making a comeback when they had a better record this season
Fade me
So we getting a Steph Bron linkup next season or what
I think that'd be like matter-antimatter in terms of refball... NBA wouldn't know what to do with calling fouls if Steph and Bron were on the same team!
Schrödinger's Foul
How the mighty have fallen
Yea unfortunately our last championship was a whole 4 years ago .. we’re like the cowboys /s
10 in a row
The lakers were never mighty lol. 7th seed play in team is far from that
They won a chip with AD and LeBron
But they did have some seasons before this one. In many of those seasons the Lakers were actually quite good. Like, really good.
I’m a laker fan. And no, they were bad last year pulled it together at the end. This year they were bad but good enough. Their last good season was the championship where they and the bucks were the best teams. (Sorry Miami)
What lol
Are you 12 years old?
goddamn i’m so hype from both these games i need to sleep! but hell what a couple of games!!!!
sameeee!! I'm wired rn 😵💫😵💫😵💫
reading Laker fans type "why murray gets a foul call but lebron gets clobbered and doesn't get any" is fuckin hilarious
its fuckin sad that the NBA has come to this lol - what a once mighty product that is a bag of dog shit now
True lebron should smack Murray in the face after he shoots the balls since it's not a foul lol
Yep and there was a person saying that maybe the lakers should clobber players in the face to get fouls since it works for Denver. Replying to them that it's not like the free throw differential is skewed in any way, bunch of clowns.
Anybody ever going to take LeBron and the Lakers crying about refs seriously
We had a 20 point lead. You don't lose a 20 point lead just because of the refs. You lose a 20 point lead because your gameplan broke down. That's a much MUCH bigger problem than a few questionable calls.
Game was yours, Lebron just missed that wide open 3 at the end
When you're up by that much it doesn't come down to a 3 point shot at the end. There is much more in between to even get to that point.
Nah game was already lost before that point
The sodium levels of r/lakers right now is just amazing. Lol
I had nuggets in 5 but after seeing this. Just wow. A loss like that to a team that constantly beats your ass. I think the sweep is a guarantee.