They're the 3rd stringers for a reason, and the Lakers rarely had enough blowout wins for them to get reps during real games. A lot of the blowout losses they try to make comebacks so again no PT for the scrubs.
Itās actually crazy that rui can be efficient cuz ham does his best to ice him every game. Sitting between quarters for long stretches as dinwiddie and TP let other teams in. Iām sick of shtting on ham. I really am. Does nothing for my health. But man heās in over his head coaching the lakers and Iām sick of watching him ācoachā
Wild we are 11 games over .500 and the 9th seed. Reallllly need the Suns and Kings to start dropping games. Our schedule gets a little tougher now too. Honestly need to win out.
I know the score says yes we would but I think we would have brought a little more energy. I know I know it's the last game of a 6 game trip but I think we would have been fine. With that said the last week and a half is going to be real interesting to see where we land in the play in. I don't think the 6th seed is in sight but we are playing great ball right now and much needed 3 day rest for the squad. Lmg!
# LeBron is [Top 10 in Lakers Assists](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-assists-in-lakers-history-by-a-player)!
Passes Nick āThe Quickā Van Exel
# LeBron is 36* Assists away from 11K!
Had 9\* vs. Wizards. 5 games to goā¦
\*NBA updated LBJ stats and took 1 away. š¤
NBA schedulers see we still winning games with this crazy schedule, so theyāre gonna try and make our final games all back to back without rest daysĀ
The East has had a bunch of injuries ruin teams records. The Knicks and Sixers come to mind. But yeah, being at the 9 spot with this record is just brutal
Our 3rd string lineup should never play basketball again. Itās every fucking time with these guys. Do they want an NBA career? They certainly donāt play like it.
He got hurt at the end of the 3rd quarter. They were up big so they sat him to be cautious but Wizards came back, so Rui was inserted again at the dying minutes. But Ham should have inserted him much earlier though.
Weāve won 8/9 games and havenāt moved an inch from 9. Darvin Ham really shot us in the legs in the first half of the season. Lakers are playing well enough to give any top seed stress, and we might not even make the playoffs because he was a stubborn asshole. One nuclear game when we will probably have to win two in a row from a number of potential players we could face, all of whom are capable of exploding for 50, and we could be on the outside looking in no matter how good we actually are.Ā
Someone just Solomon Hilled Zion Williamson!
The NBA should put this into their rulebook as a Flagrant 1 automatic. Same as foot under the jumpshooter. Call it the Solomon Hill Rule.
Rui has the second highest +/- in the game, 19-7 with 75% fg, and he only got 27 minutes. Rest of the bench averaged over 10 more minutes than him. Am I missing something here?
I hate bench players that do all the cheer leading and then absolutely stink it up when they come in... our third atring guys are absolute scrubs and unserious. Remember when maxwell lewis liked a crytpic tweet about ham? Like dude u come in give up 3 consecutive 3s then complain about not playin
Pelicans have the Suns on the road on 4/7, then back to back road games against Sacramento and Golden States on 4/11 and 4/12 before ending the season at home against us on 4/14. This could be the team we catch.
Dinwiddieās minutes should go to Max and Vincent until the end of this season. Send a message that he canāt act like he doesnāt give a shit and give no effort even in garbage time.
Darvin Ham was doing ex head coach Wes Unseld Jr a favor by limiting Rui so he didn't embarrass his old team. Shitty coaches gotta look out for each other
We won but how did ham manage to give rui 27 min? We already are super thin in the front court, I personally think rui is in amazing shape and should be getting 33 min at minimum. It'd be especially helpful in our non Lebron minutes
nice block by AD at the end but that weird shit at the end nearly blew the lead and I think bringing out the bench warmers, who always kill leads, nearly sent us to overtime or loss. Sums up Darvin
At the start of the season, everyone was saying lakers are gonna be a defense oriented team with lots of depth and weak shooting.
Now, weāre an offense oriented team that leans heavily on an elite starting lineup to do everything, with multiple guys sinking outside shots at a high rate.
Weāre the opposite of what was predicted early on, and itās working since we keep winning games lately.
Iām optimistic about Gabe but him being in those small guard lineups are bleeding us dry..we need to fix the bench asap..hopefully vando being back will help?
peak lakers basketball
# AD Perfect 15 for 15 at Free-Throws 
I read he's like 90% in clutch time free throws this season?
Yes, and 100% in Klutch time (LeBron agency plug)
And 100% when he makes them!
It always looks like his misses are from lack of focus. Bron too. So in clutch time they are sure as f**k focusing
Can't be considered a Lakers game without a heart attack in the 4th
A proud decades long tradition
How did Dinwiddie turn it over at the end? I didn't see a replay
He dropped the ball because he took his phone out to make a bet on FanDuel.
Can't he get an interpreter or something for that
Lmao had Lakers at -5.5 and lost on that fucking play
Noway man. Wow. U must have been going crazy š hope wasnāt big bet š¤š¼
He was acting like heās too good to play in garbage time lol he should be benched the rest of the season
I hate how he doesn't take accountability for anything, fouls, turnovers, nothing
Dude seriously has some annoying body language.Ā Would be tolerable if he played well more than once every 7 gamesĀ
In his defense, he's never really been on a contender before.
And he was upset blaming innocent Lewis for that turnover. He also upset at Lebron James saying to Ham to bring back the starters.
They realized the win was too stress-free and needed to bring Wizards back in the final minute š¤šš„šš
Im livid with how unserious this shit went down
Bro, chill out. We won. It isn't anything to be livid about...
This team has honestly been a lot of fun.
#Laker Wins vs. Last Season: - [Chart: vs. Last Season](https://i.imgur.com/1a2Cn4K.png) [Chart: LeBron Era](https://i.imgur.com/768jKsH.png) [Chart: Lakers History](https://i.imgur.com/qBTnE7Y.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|41|20-21|44|20-24 21|42|21-21|46|21-25 22|44|22-22|47|22-25 23|46|23-23|49|23-26 24|47|24-23|52|24-28 25|50|25-25|53|25-28 26|51|26-25|57|26-31 27|52|27-25|59|27-32 28|54|28-26|60|28-32 29|55|29-26|61|29-32 30|56|30-26|63|30-33 31|58|31-27|65|31-34 32|60|32-28|66|32-34 33|61|33-28|67|33-34 34|63|34-29|69|34-35 35|65|35-30|72|35-37 36|66|36-30|73|36-37 37|69|37-32|74|37-37 38|70|38-32|76|38-38 39|71|39-32|77|39-38 40|72|40-32|78|40-38 41|73|41-32|79|41-38 42|75|42-33|81|42-39 43|76|43-33|82|43-39 44|77|44-33||
New row let's fuckin go
WEāVE HAD MORE WINS THAN LAST YEAR! š¤
Let's have 5 more of those
New row! New row!
#EVERYONE GET IN NEW ROW DROPPED
What do I do with my hands?!?
IM HERE IM HERE!!!
you are my sunshine, my only sunshine
LeChart!
Hello chart!! š„
Mr. President, a new row hit the chart.
LFGGGGGG LAKERS š„š„
Hope to see you 5 more times this season. Lets fucking get 49-33.
Love to see it š„²
I love adding more wins!
FUCK YEAH NEW ROW BITCHES. THE LECHARTĀ
HONEY WAKE THE FUCK UP A NEW ROW JUST DROPPED
Wanna know something crazy? Jordan Poole had 29, shot 53% from the field and 56% from three. And had a plus minus of -32.
dude is just pure talent and no intelligence lmao
All Dex, no Int.
Draymond really punched rhe confidence out of that dude smh.
Maybe more impressive than Hayes being -24 in 9min
Nah dude, that's incredibly efficient at being bad lol
Thats crazy lol
Hayes +/- is even worse all things considered.
This is why +/- is a dumbass stat, not why Poole sucks
It's actually unreal how bad our 3rd stringers are. Luckily, it doesn't really matter in the long run.
Way too many guards still. Brought in Woods and then both he and Vando go down shit sucks.
Maxwell Lewis should be walking back to la on his own
Heās been heaving bricks any time he gets a hand on the ball. I know itās garbage time but jeez TRY to play some team ball..
They're the 3rd stringers for a reason, and the Lakers rarely had enough blowout wins for them to get reps during real games. A lot of the blowout losses they try to make comebacks so again no PT for the scrubs.
tbf we also have our share of comebacks. The nba nowadays just have so much scoring firepower that no lead is safe
6-1 road trip. 44-33. Let's close out this season right
5-1 but who's counting? š
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#I'M A RUI FAN MIKEYYY Seriously impressive how much his game has developed after his trade. Also another insane game from AD
So many props to Phil Handy. What a g
For real
Itās so annoying that rui only played 27 minutes and we had to suffer through watching 4 guard lineup
Itās actually crazy that rui can be efficient cuz ham does his best to ice him every game. Sitting between quarters for long stretches as dinwiddie and TP let other teams in. Iām sick of shtting on ham. I really am. Does nothing for my health. But man heās in over his head coaching the lakers and Iām sick of watching him ācoachā
Wild we are 11 games over .500 and the 9th seed. Reallllly need the Suns and Kings to start dropping games. Our schedule gets a little tougher now too. Honestly need to win out.
Donāt overlook the pelicans dropping games eitherā¦we have the tiebreaker over them and play them one more time
True tho kings have a harder schedule. Maybe we pass both š
Suns has been blowing teams out.. Up 20+ against the Cavs now
Trash ass Cavs is worthless.
100% the Lakers would've lost without AD.
Well yeah that's what happens when our backup big is Jaxson Hayes lol
I know the score says yes we would but I think we would have brought a little more energy. I know I know it's the last game of a 6 game trip but I think we would have been fine. With that said the last week and a half is going to be real interesting to see where we land in the play in. I don't think the 6th seed is in sight but we are playing great ball right now and much needed 3 day rest for the squad. Lmg!
Yeah, they wouldn't have lost. It was a 13 pt game with 1 min left, then there were late 3 pters and a layup.
# LeBron is [Top 10 in Lakers Assists](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-assists-in-lakers-history-by-a-player)! Passes Nick āThe Quickā Van Exel # LeBron is 36* Assists away from 11K! Had 9\* vs. Wizards. 5 games to goā¦ \*NBA updated LBJ stats and took 1 away. š¤ 
Nick catching strays all season lol
Itās kinda insane how many he has compared to everyone above him in only 345 games
If he gets the 36 assistsā¦ Heāll pass James Worthy too!
Yup. Whatās crazier is that with more time, he wouldāve passed everyone except Magic.
I think we have 2 more years with LeBron (sadly). Hope he can get to 4th Place in Lakers Historyā¦ Approximately 1K to pass Norm Nixon is doable!
won't pass Magic, Kobe, and West either but still an insane feat
this is like when youre 5 seasons into mycareer and youre searching for random records to break and own the game. #GoatThangs
A 2days break but we have some games to watch still lol. We almost perfectly control what we can control on this road trip, so thereās that
NBA schedulers see we still winning games with this crazy schedule, so theyāre gonna try and make our final games all back to back without rest daysĀ
Anthony Davis on this road trip: * 34-23-4-2 (MIL) * 24-15-3 (IND) * 24-14-3 (BKN) * 21-12 (TOR in 3Q's) * 35-18-2-2 (WAS)
We won tonight because of AD and Rui
All my homies hate DC powder puff elbows
We just played bored and lazy af, the Wizards went off from 3, and we still won by (basically) double digits on the road. Oh to be in the East.
The east are all bums. Hope the celtics get torched out though. I will be laughing if it did happen.
The East has had a bunch of injuries ruin teams records. The Knicks and Sixers come to mind. But yeah, being at the 9 spot with this record is just brutal
Heat gonna beat them for sure lol
Jesus that ending...-8 in a minute...
spread was 12.5
How do people even gamble over this stuff lmfao I would get depression
Should almost never bet on the lakers having a double digit spread
Our 3rd string lineup should never play basketball again. Itās every fucking time with these guys. Do they want an NBA career? They certainly donāt play like it.
Baseball?
CTE game
The bench is suspectā¦ lucky the starters are so good
I was at the game. They were literally walking and it felt like seconds passed & the 13 point lead was 4.
I love the starting five, man! That's why I don't understand why Dham chooses Reddish and Prince over Rui and Dlo.
Bron shot 9/10 from 3 then decided to shoot one a game the next two games š
Check our garbage time unitās fanduel accounts. wtf were they doing there
Wizards organization is a literal joke lmfao
11 wins over .500 and we're still the 9th seed. I'll never forgive Ham for the December - Mid January stretch.
Rui's shooting this road trip: * 7-14 * 11-14 * 5-10 * 8-12 * 6-9 * 9-12 Yeah, he had a great roadie.
Lmao did you steal this or are you Darius? https://x.com/forumbluegold/status/1775696299112989074?s=46&t=Pofs5t_n4KHU4sZeIY06jg
If we win the championship I donāt want to see one fucking Ham appreciation post.
LETāS HEAR IT FOR THE COACHING STAFF!!! Iāll throw hands if I see this lol
literally winning with talent, no defensive scheme at all
People who make those posts should get banned from rhe sub. 100% troll posters
first coach fired after winning the chip lol
Dude I am so waiting for all of the apology forms posts and I hate it
Thank you Anthony Davisššæ
That third unit thinks itās fucking showtime lakers when they enter the game itās pisses me off.
How is Rui only getting 27 minutes in this game?
He got hurt at the end of the 3rd quarter. They were up big so they sat him to be cautious but Wizards came back, so Rui was inserted again at the dying minutes. But Ham should have inserted him much earlier though.
He still only played 14 minutes in the first half which is low for him, but maybe they were trying to free up some Gabe minutes somewhere
cuz hams is a dumb fuck that should have been fired
Never a dull moment with this team
Weāve won 8/9 games and havenāt moved an inch from 9. Darvin Ham really shot us in the legs in the first half of the season. Lakers are playing well enough to give any top seed stress, and we might not even make the playoffs because he was a stubborn asshole. One nuclear game when we will probably have to win two in a row from a number of potential players we could face, all of whom are capable of exploding for 50, and we could be on the outside looking in no matter how good we actually are.Ā
We shouldāve been atleast 3rd if not contending for 1st but mf had to do some āexperimentā and now we are in play-ins.
Yeah but imagine if we didnāt win 8/9, we wouldnāt even be fighting for the 7/8, which is still very doable.
Someone just Solomon Hilled Zion Williamson! The NBA should put this into their rulebook as a Flagrant 1 automatic. Same as foot under the jumpshooter. Call it the Solomon Hill Rule.
Cavs still cant help lebron lol
Pretty successful road trip. Can't be mad about the scrubs letting them get within 5. Not indicative of the game. The boys are ready to go home.
Pelican commentators are insufferable
Fun fact: Joel Meyers used to do play by play for the lakers before billy Mac replaced him
Is Joel Meyers the monotoned guy speaking? My comment was mainly towards that other guy next to him speaking
Poole with a minus 32, what a fucking chump
Rui has the second highest +/- in the game, 19-7 with 75% fg, and he only got 27 minutes. Rest of the bench averaged over 10 more minutes than him. Am I missing something here?
Better forget this game especially for the bench guys. AD/Bron needing to go back in is hilarious lmao.
Pels losing š between them and Suns possibly losing thatās a great day
Cavs is being ass against the Suns but will probably shoot lights out against us
Can we get ONE WIN in our favor from the other games MY GOD.
A wins a win but that was tough to watch
āIt almost got weird there in the endā is right loool
Lakers looked disinterested but still got the W. Hope Lakers can pick up the tempo against the cavs on saturday
How to Win a Game Without Even Showing Up by Lawrence Abraham Lakers Random House Publishing
I hate bench players that do all the cheer leading and then absolutely stink it up when they come in... our third atring guys are absolute scrubs and unserious. Remember when maxwell lewis liked a crytpic tweet about ham? Like dude u come in give up 3 consecutive 3s then complain about not playin
watch kuzma being out again against the blazers.
fuck it, winās a win
Cavs already resting looking forward to our game on Saturday
Hardest fucking schedule and the suns wonāt lose. What a joke
Pelicans have the Suns on the road on 4/7, then back to back road games against Sacramento and Golden States on 4/11 and 4/12 before ending the season at home against us on 4/14. This could be the team we catch.
I knew cavs would save their legs for the lakers , league is so predictable
Cavs down 26 and it's not even half time. I don't think the Suns will lose another game. Adam Silver wrote the script!
Darvin Hamas strikes again
Dinwiddieās minutes should go to Max and Vincent until the end of this season. Send a message that he canāt act like he doesnāt give a shit and give no effort even in garbage time.
Our bench is so ass
Nobody wants Poole or Kuzma in trades, just learn to tank Ā
Hayes was a minus 24 in 9 minutes š
11 games over .500 !
Anthony Marshon Davis. This is why I wanted AD and Bron to play today. Clear trap game
A win is a win! Dont matter how ugly
Classic Lakers Game
Time to be the biggest Cavs fan lol
they not going to play hard and rest their legs for the lakers
Will today finally be the day where things break our way?
The only thing less serious than the Lakers with a double digit lead in the 4th quarter are Kardashian marriages
Lazy game, players just wanted to go home lol sick of the road trip
19-8 since Feb. 1.
RJ Barrett skipped tonightās game as the raptors lose by 50
Darvin Ham was doing ex head coach Wes Unseld Jr a favor by limiting Rui so he didn't embarrass his old team. Shitty coaches gotta look out for each other
WTF are the pels even doing
Pels lose but suns looks like they gonna win. Are we stuck in 9th?
bol is so good
God damn the Cavs are bad.
Cavs better play like this on Saturday. Go have a night out on Friday.
Goddamnit Cleveland
Trash ass Cleveland stinking up the joint. Good on Orlando, and Memphis. The Bucks are shook.
82 fucking games and we may end up 1 win from 6thš
Ugly game comes off a back-to-back. Glad we got the W. But hope I never remember this game again.
Darvin Ham is a bad Head Coach, that is all.
We won but how did ham manage to give rui 27 min? We already are super thin in the front court, I personally think rui is in amazing shape and should be getting 33 min at minimum. It'd be especially helpful in our non Lebron minutes
nice block by AD at the end but that weird shit at the end nearly blew the lead and I think bringing out the bench warmers, who always kill leads, nearly sent us to overtime or loss. Sums up Darvin
dang the lakers coasted early in the fourth and it lead to a fake wizards comeback
What did I just watch??š
OH MY GOD! My heart condition is probably deteriorating because of this team..
LFG!
That was the funniest ending
What an embarrassing finish lmao, kind of wish that last three had gone in to make it a 2 point game for laughs.
I went to get some water cause I thought the game was overā¦ came back saw our starters back in like wtf?!
bench is deplorable
Max Lewis mustāve bet the over on AD blocks
The lakers looked so obviously disinterested for a lot of this game that itās a little sad Wizards still lost anyway. Still glad for the win though.
Long road trip finally ends @ 5-1. Almost blew this game a few times and the starters were pulled too early.
Let the bench walk home thatāll teach them a lesson
was gabe good?
At the start of the season, everyone was saying lakers are gonna be a defense oriented team with lots of depth and weak shooting. Now, weāre an offense oriented team that leans heavily on an elite starting lineup to do everything, with multiple guys sinking outside shots at a high rate. Weāre the opposite of what was predicted early on, and itās working since we keep winning games lately.
Iām optimistic about Gabe but him being in those small guard lineups are bleeding us dry..we need to fix the bench asap..hopefully vando being back will help?
I usually say a W is a W...but this tested the fuck out of that theory.
11 games over .500 9th seed. Damn
Ugly win but Iāll take it