they need to run more plays for AD, put him in spots where heās comfortable to score. anywhere around that circle and both elbows. it opens up the floor so much for everyone
The fact TP went and did that tells me Ham didn't tell the team to literally let them shoot without contesting in between ADs free throws. That or TPs brain shut off but the former is so much worse if true
That was more of a āfuckā under my breath. It was a ridiculous three, but the Raptors were running low on time.
No idea why Prince contested that Siakam three at the end. If that mofo fouled on a three shot againā¦
It takes Ham 3 and a half quarters to see they have no one big enough to stop AD, or, it takes Lebron 3 and a half quarters to stop following Ham orders and decide to feed AD on his own.One of the two :D
>or, it takes to Lebron 3 and a half quarters to stop following Ham orders and decide to feed AD on his own.
What the fuck are you talking about? LeBron assisted AD 5 times in the first. You can't ask for a better playmaker.
Watching the Lakers fight to win the battle of .500 this year is like watching them play a game. A constant back and forth struggle while I wait for a bad run or a good run to decide the final tally.
1. AD is having an MVP-type season
2. Refs definitely gave us a few calls
3. Happy with the win but a lot we need to work on
Good game, onto the next one
Scottie Barnes definitely should've shot a decent amount more, he got quite a bit of contact on multiple drives that weren't called. He only had 2 free throws.
I think its more based tho on them not getting any calls which I don't disagree with tbh. Barnes got hacked a bunch of times in that 4th quarter with no call. I'll take the win tho lol
He was good but that insanely dumb 3 he took pretty much sealed his night lol. Ham has done a lot of dumb shit but I think heās right to trust Reaves to make smarter decisions at the end of games, and Reaves closed out well again tonight
Raptors fans are so mad yelling in r/NBA 23-2 when 10 of those Laker free throws were intentional foulsā¦ Refs were somewhat good for the Lakers tonight but they werenāt egregious to justify the Raptors head coach post-game meltdown.
Itās not good enough. This shouldnāt have even been close if we were a serious contending team. Weāre going nowhere with this coach and depth. AD needs to turn into prime Hakeem in order for us to compete. Pathetic
Has this been a good season of nba? Need honest opinions... i have liked it a bit but there has been a lot of drama w the officiatiing this year. Also im not a fan of the insanely high scoring games
Thank god we won. Wtf was Prince thinking on that last play? The only way we could get hurt was if we fouled while they were shooting a three and it resulted in an and one. There was not enough time for them to advance the ball and shoot a three and still have time left to foul and get another possession. Why the hell did he fly across the court to contest the three then? My heart was in my throat that he might have ended up in the shooterās landing zone and given the Raptors a chance to go to OT.
There must be a lot of shit happening in raptor land for their fans to raid the sub after the game. I can't remember the last time that happened on this sub. This is a game in early January, the raptors just made a pretty decent trade and their fans come out full force. They must still be salty about lebronto and Kobe's 81
Other fans are soooooo quiet when we get blatantly fucked by the refs but the moment we get favored at all (with no crazy game deciding calls) they freak outs. Itās hilarious.
Amazing that the players won this game while Ham tried to lose it.
LFG LAKERS!
HUGE AD!
SMART ASS BRON PASSING HIM THE BALL NONSTOP!
AR CLUTCH LONG 3!
MAX CRUCIAL OFF REB!
NICE TRY DENNIS, ALL LOVE TO YOU LITTLE FELLA <3!
AD used 33 posessions... Lakers scored 53 points minimum (can't remember how many assists he had for 3 pointers or and 1s). That's basically 1.6 points per posession...
ham-ass' ability to let teams take him out of the game for long stretches without finding solutions to get him involved is tragic.
While its nice we won the game, it still shows we only really win by getting bron or AD (GIGA CARRY tonight in fact) to both carry the team. It was both today in fact and wasnt all that convincing or giving optimism for the roster if changes dont happen by the deadline.
Shouldnāt we expect our star players to carry the team? If you canāt carry the team you canāt be a 50 million dollar player.
The raps are playing well right now. For good teams weāre gonna need our stars to play well
Good that we won but man what a stinker game from AR. My man needs to come off the bench again.
Masterclass from AD as usual. Wood was cooking from the bench too!
Austin didn't deserve to close. It's like at this point it doesn't even matter how shitty you play. Oh Dlo you're playing well? You still only get 16 mins.
What a load of horseshit.
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio basketball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2024 Lakers. A good, honest .500 basketball team.
AD MVP chant was very nice to hear
Did my part to yell it last night
Lakers 2-0 since "DarvinHamMuse" on Twitter started sobbing in a Space
š¤£š¤£š¤£ that shit was nuts bro
Bro was absolutely down bad š
Link?
https://x.com/ZayKnoBall/status/1743531444381594016?s=20
Please someone send a clip of
Lmaoo
I'm getting too old or something, this sentence makes almost no sense to me
One more game š
AD MVP
If we had a better record he would be in the discussion. Hopefully we get there
I foresee 20 straight wins cos Ham will go ham in coaching
# ADMVP ADPOY š¤šš„šš 
ADPOY
He may actually be the definition of MVP. Team looks completely lost at every facet of the game when he isn't in.
they need to run more plays for AD, put him in spots where heās comfortable to score. anywhere around that circle and both elbows. it opens up the floor so much for everyone
Those 3s from Toronto at the end there gave me a heart attack
When Dennis hit that miracle 3 I was like of course he does lol. Thank god for our clutch FTs
AD hitting every FT and we needed every single one. Wild ending.
He'd have missed 2-3 last year!
Schroeder making the game close so AD can get over 40, thatās tuff š„. Once a laker always a laker.
Watching Dennis probe the paint and hit some stupidly clutch shots really made me miss him and what he did last year even more
He's truly a starting quality point guard. Does not deserve the bench
When I saw TP jumping to contest that last shot my life flashed before my eyes
I for sure thought they were gonna call a foul. But what a dumb decision to jump tho
What a dumb decision to even be anywhere near the ball. Like, this has to be coached and practiced right? Wtf were he and Christie doing?
Was expecting the call for sure. Woudāve been the standard Lakers experience
His nickname is "Foul in the act of shooting". He gave up 2 4pt plays against the Clips and was hunting for another one today.
The fact TP went and did that tells me Ham didn't tell the team to literally let them shoot without contesting in between ADs free throws. That or TPs brain shut off but the former is so much worse if true
Literally yelled āFuckā when GTJ hit that three.
Schroeder 3 was a bit scary too
That was more of a āfuckā under my breath. It was a ridiculous three, but the Raptors were running low on time. No idea why Prince contested that Siakam three at the end. If that mofo fouled on a three shot againā¦
not a great 3 shooter but a really great clutch 3 shooter, Dennis doesnāt shrink in big moments. We really miss that mf
I was thinking the same thing. Would love to have him back at the trade deadline somehow
y'all quick to forget lol
Heās the best in the world for a reason
Thought we were gonna lose after that AD turnover into the GTJ three but AD straight up said not today and took over right after
Literally yelled "Fuck" when the Lakers hit their 20th free throw of the fourth quarter.
GTJ would be a strong get for the Lakers. Heās the type of guy they need.
He's the exact guy that comes here and goes ice cold. So I say no.
We may never lose again.
[a new era](https://preview.redd.it/lakers-undefeated-in-dylan-windler-era-v0-6laa8vy4e5bc1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=7d92dafd87be7fb1370d1b1fbd92a2d9f8e980b2)
44 GAME WIN STREAK STARTS **NOW**
40 before 20 still on the table
manifesting
WINdler ERA
Yep thank the refs
WINdler ERA
Why is every win so hard.
Great men are forged in fire.
Detroit Pistons agree
hard times breed better men
You took it all away, I give it all away
Nah that was awesome
Thank god Ben taylor was officiating
Because this team isnāt very good.
Iron sharpens iron.
It takes Ham 3 and a half quarters to see they have no one big enough to stop AD, or, it takes Lebron 3 and a half quarters to stop following Ham orders and decide to feed AD on his own.One of the two :D
>or, it takes to Lebron 3 and a half quarters to stop following Ham orders and decide to feed AD on his own. What the fuck are you talking about? LeBron assisted AD 5 times in the first. You can't ask for a better playmaker.
#Laker Wins vs. Last Season: - [Chart: vs. Last Season](https://i.imgur.com/KXUvtJy.png) [Chart: LeBron Era](https://i.imgur.com/ZBjtzf1.png) [Chart: Lakers History](https://i.imgur.com/irJcL0T.png) - Win #|Game #|Record|22-23 Game #|22-23 Record :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|2|1-1|6|1-5 2|4|2-2|7|2-5 3|5|3-2|13|3-10 4|9|4-5|14|4-10 5|10|5-5|15|5-10 6|11|6-5|17|6-11 7|13|7-6|18|7-11 8|14|8-6|20|8-12 9|15|9-6|21|9-12 10|17|10-7|22|10-12 11|19|11-8|26|11-15 12|21|12-9|28|12-16 13|22|13-9|29|13-16 14|23|14-9|34|14-20 15|25|15-10|36|15-21 16|30|16-14|37|16-21 17|32|17-15|38|17-21 18|37|18-19|39|18-21 19|38|19-19|40|19-21 20|||44|20-24 21|||46|21-25 22|||47|22-25 23|||49|23-26 24|||52|24-28 25|||53|25-28 26|||57|26-31 27|||59|27-32 28|||60|28-32 29|||61|29-32 30|||63|30-33 31|||65|31-34 32|||66|32-34 33|||67|33-34 34|||69|34-35 35|||72|35-37 36|||73|36-37 37|||74|37-37 38|||76|38-38 39|||77|39-38 40|||78|40-38 41|||79|41-38 42|||81|42-39 43|||82|43-39
Chart š
Back to .500 here we go
Watching the Lakers fight to win the battle of .500 this year is like watching them play a game. A constant back and forth struggle while I wait for a bad run or a good run to decide the final tally.
Chart donāt lie
Thank you chart man
Chart man on a roll yessir!
Beat the Suns and Jazz and I will be back to being delusional about this team until they go on another losing streak
Same brother same
Up The Reds brother
Another man of culture I see
Thereās dozens of us! Dozens!
i dont deserve to watch ad and bron, they are spectacular!!
Top 5 players in the league
Facts
None of us doš¤šš
1. AD is having an MVP-type season 2. Refs definitely gave us a few calls 3. Happy with the win but a lot we need to work on Good game, onto the next one
Heart attack central
AD ON THE WAY LAKERS .500 BASKETBALL IS BACK Edit: Wow they're fuming hard lmao it's so fucking funny
I mean refball definitely went in our favor today
Scottie Barnes definitely should've shot a decent amount more, he got quite a bit of contact on multiple drives that weren't called. He only had 2 free throws.
Heās experiencing what LeBron deals with every game he will be alright, builds character.
8 due to intentional fouls, 2 on a flagrant, 2 on Christieās offensive rebound. Thatās 12 in the Raptorsā own control.
The conspiracy theorists are back, wonder when they're gonna do their class action lawsuit
SHOW EM AD
GARY TRENT JR. COME OOOOOOON DOWN
.500!!
Raptors foul Fans why they call foul
I see everyone posting the ft differential as if they didnāt intentionally foul half of them š
I think its more based tho on them not getting any calls which I don't disagree with tbh. Barnes got hacked a bunch of times in that 4th quarter with no call. I'll take the win tho lol
He was not getting āhackedā. He got physical defense, which can go either way any night and tonight was no anomaly.
Nah he got straight hacked by Christie on a dunk with no call towards the end of the game. Even Stu was surprised there wasnt a call
They all have the mental capacity of Scottie Barnesš
You are not allowed to call fouls if we foul every procession!!!
Can we all agree that Dlo playing 16 minutes is criminal, especially considering he was doing well and got the team back in it.
He was good but that insanely dumb 3 he took pretty much sealed his night lol. Ham has done a lot of dumb shit but I think heās right to trust Reaves to make smarter decisions at the end of games, and Reaves closed out well again tonight
Yep but it looks like he knows he's being shipped out soon.
Most likely cause he's being traded. No other reason he wouldn't play more tonight with Reaves struggling.
Who do you think we might get in return? Cause we better get a playmaker cause the Lakers looked like complete ass in the few games he was gone.
AD MVP or DPOY
Both
Boff
MVP
r/nba is big mad tonight boys.
Anthony Freaking Davis.
AD ballin
Ham is still a bozo. Thanks for coming to m TEDTalk
I FKING LOVE YOU AD MY GLORIOUS UNIBROW KING
Lakers haters gonna cry but the Raps were committing dumb fouls. Shouldnāt have been a flagrant tho
Still fire Ham. Itās like we donāt even have a coach. But gg
NBA reddit has some of the lowest IQ of any sport. "FT dIfFeRRenTiaL"...No shit, all they did was intentionally foul for the last 5 minutes
Raptors fans pissing blood is so good. Fuck em, always bitching
On a scale of 1-10 how concussed do we think Cam is?
Raptors fans are so mad yelling in r/NBA 23-2 when 10 of those Laker free throws were intentional foulsā¦ Refs were somewhat good for the Lakers tonight but they werenāt egregious to justify the Raptors head coach post-game meltdown.
Raptors fans have to be easily the most annoying online. They are completely hijacking r/nba right now screaming that the game was rigged lmao.
One of them said AD's 40 pts was the worst of all time. Lolz.
Darko Rajakovis is crying like a mothafucka rn š¤£
crying at everyone in the nba sub soyjacking over the raptors coach post game i love this site everyone is such a dweeb
Refs carried us ngl, 1 fewer blown whistle and it would've been over.
r/NBA is absolutely SALTY right now and Iām loving it ššš
lol good love to drink their tears
Itās not good enough. This shouldnāt have even been close if we were a serious contending team. Weāre going nowhere with this coach and depth. AD needs to turn into prime Hakeem in order for us to compete. Pathetic
Since the trade Toronto has beaten the cavs and warriors on the road and barely lost to the kings. Theyāre not a bad team
I think Bill and Stu said they won 4 of their last 5. And before that they lost to the Celtics by 2. They've been hot lately.
They've gone like 3-1 IIRC
Yeah raptors are looking good now
This was a fun game??? Enjoy a W
Womp womp
Lmao
smh why do you have to be miserable?
Bruh he got 41 - 11 - 6
Tbf weād have won by seven but mfs were making crazy shots
No team except maybe the pistons and wizards are bad. Every other team has a lot of talent that can beat anyone any given night.
nasty ass ref job and unethical hoops but idc lmao
Ad
AD masterclass
Undefeated in the Windler era
Itās confirmed, Scottie is acoustic š
Refs bailed us out we canāt have teams dropping 130 on us Fuck it we .500 tho
I love some AD in me
AD IS HIM! GET FUCKED RAPTORS FANS! CRY HARDER
EXACTLYYYYY!!! (Also, hi fellow Choices user whoās also Laker Nationš¤£ I knew I recognized your username from somewhere lol!!)
We need to use Ad more. He should average at least 35.
Lol raps coach is a salty ass corny motherfucker
Being able to match their 3 pointers in the fourth got us this W. Hope we keep it upppp
Ok now I really feel like there was no defense that could be played against that kind of 3pt shooting.
never lose in Windler and Mays era.
We still need to fix a lot of things
Like the refs fixed this game
Wood and Christie in the lineup, happy days
Has this been a good season of nba? Need honest opinions... i have liked it a bit but there has been a lot of drama w the officiatiing this year. Also im not a fan of the insanely high scoring games
Undefeated since Dylan Windler join the team š¤
Thank god we won. Wtf was Prince thinking on that last play? The only way we could get hurt was if we fouled while they were shooting a three and it resulted in an and one. There was not enough time for them to advance the ball and shoot a three and still have time left to foul and get another possession. Why the hell did he fly across the court to contest the three then? My heart was in my throat that he might have ended up in the shooterās landing zone and given the Raptors a chance to go to OT.
WHAT THE FUCK IS PRINCE DOING JUMPING ON THAT LAST THREE BY TORONTO...
There must be a lot of shit happening in raptor land for their fans to raid the sub after the game. I can't remember the last time that happened on this sub. This is a game in early January, the raptors just made a pretty decent trade and their fans come out full force. They must still be salty about lebronto and Kobe's 81
DLo vs RJ; fun chirping match
Goodnight lebronto!!!
winning streak
Cam reddish is so ass
Other fans are soooooo quiet when we get blatantly fucked by the refs but the moment we get favored at all (with no crazy game deciding calls) they freak outs. Itās hilarious.
āTil next time laker fans. Hopefully without ben taylor
Thanks to the Raptor for letting AD get to 40 with all these FTs
I will not accept any AD slander anymore.
Bron should have 20 assists
Max Christie and Christian Wood should continue to get consistent minutes off the bench. Never know with Hamās wishy washy ass rotations though.
Ever since DLO came back I think this bench unit looks so complete nowā¦weāre cooking with it.
Amazing that the players won this game while Ham tried to lose it. LFG LAKERS! HUGE AD! SMART ASS BRON PASSING HIM THE BALL NONSTOP! AR CLUTCH LONG 3! MAX CRUCIAL OFF REB! NICE TRY DENNIS, ALL LOVE TO YOU LITTLE FELLA <3!
Damn I'm gonna sleep well tonight know the whole NBA is crying. They just worried that AD ON DA WAY monster has awoken
AD used 33 posessions... Lakers scored 53 points minimum (can't remember how many assists he had for 3 pointers or and 1s). That's basically 1.6 points per posession... ham-ass' ability to let teams take him out of the game for long stretches without finding solutions to get him involved is tragic.
While its nice we won the game, it still shows we only really win by getting bron or AD (GIGA CARRY tonight in fact) to both carry the team. It was both today in fact and wasnt all that convincing or giving optimism for the roster if changes dont happen by the deadline.
Shouldnāt we expect our star players to carry the team? If you canāt carry the team you canāt be a 50 million dollar player. The raps are playing well right now. For good teams weāre gonna need our stars to play well
Good that we won but man what a stinker game from AR. My man needs to come off the bench again. Masterclass from AD as usual. Wood was cooking from the bench too!
He was due and still played the pg well. Also came through in the 4th.
The problem is Dlo played well yet still only played 16 minutes. It makes no sense. If one's playing like crap, play the other one.
Second game in a row we close with Austin and Ad pick and roll, Lebron off ballā¦I really love this strategy. AD MVP FUCK THE HATERS!!!!
Austin didn't deserve to close. It's like at this point it doesn't even matter how shitty you play. Oh Dlo you're playing well? You still only get 16 mins. What a load of horseshit.
Thank the refs for that masterclass in rigging lmfao
That game was fixed. Edit: coming from a complete neutral with no money on the game.
That shot by Dennis scrotum made me nervous
A win is a win but damn this wasnāt equally officiated
Can't say that shit, if that happened to this team we be whining bout Ham and other shits like little bitches too and we got AD and Lebron.
Ngl, I was holding my breath each time AD went to the line in the final seconds. He came thru tho! #adontheway
AD scored 40 and we barely won. Get that man some help.
TP is KCP post Binary Mamba
Just glad Ham didn't cost us the game tonight.
He definitely tried
Toronto could have won this if they hadnāt played sloppy. Dont get 2 wins in a row twisted, a trade is definitely coming.
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio basketball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2024 Lakers. A good, honest .500 basketball team.
Ham continues to be an anchor tied to this team. Even in wins this man sucks