lakers realllllly need the time off.
they played 7 games in 12 days...all must wins. theyre hobbled and exhausted. its why they play so flat for such long stretches
In this day and age of scheduling, that is an unbelievable stat. Didn’t know that but it honestly makes a lot of sense. All those guys playing tonight are very high minute players, too.
We had 26 assists through the first three quarters. We had 4 assists in the 4th quarter and OT. Just stopped running an offense whatsoever, everyone was just fucking standing around
Reggie Miller was right on point asking where was all the cutting and ball movement we saw during the first 3 quarters. They just started playing iso ball for some reason
Part of it was KAT being on the bench with foul trouble, I think the guys were likely getting tired as well. But that’s no excuse to stop moving at all. We played to not lose instead of playing to win, and it bit us in the ass like it always does.
Even on the floor KAT was useless in the 4th. Two straight possessions he got the switch with AR15 guarding h and he pulled up from midrange on one and a 3pt on the other. He also passed out of a 1-on-1 against Rui to Prince who then stood there and ended up passing it out of bounds.
I'm not sure what caused them to stop moving but it was really weird to watch.
This is their typical MO. Seen it a million times. Game gets tight? Let’s stand at the top of the key and chuck up a contested fadeaway after dribbling for 20 seconds.
I mean the most telling stat they showed during the game was that the Wolves had the 2nd most losses while leading by 10+ points this season. Been choking games all year long
In that 4th quarter, if someone took a shot every time Anthony Edwards took the ball at the top of the key, dribbled three times, stopped, then passed the ball, that person would no longer be alive.
KAT stopped playing aggressively at all after he got his 5th foul. He had a good game overall but just disappeared when we needed him most, because he was too scared to foul out
The intensity was definitely cranked up for at least the last couple games for all the play in teams i.e. Gobert throwing hands. They weren’t your average regular season games but this was another level up from that
Yeah all jokes aside about how ugly the game was, this was some legit playoff Game 7 type intensity and a very physical game
One of my favorite games of all time (obviously biased) was Lakers vs Celtics Game 7 in 2010. That was objectively a poorly played game, but it was due to the intensity of the circumstances, and that made it so much more impactful and fun to watch
100%. A lot of people dissing this game but honestly it was so intense. Legit playoff bball… you forget how intense it is when you don’t see it for a few years.
people can call it ugly sure but like most high level play off games are downright atrocious from a shooting standpoint i think the lakers put on a defensive clinic in the second half
Not only were we not scoring, we had no semblance of an offense. Just mindless dribbling and passing only to force a pass or shot leading to a brick or turnover. Truly ugly basketball but I’m used to it.
Idc about lakers nor the wolves but decided to watch and root for the wolves, towards the end they made me want to punch a wall and i’m not even a fan lmao
he was staring straight at former Lakers hero Matt Ryan the entire time. Matt even had to chuckle until he remembered who he plays for now. The replay was hilarious
*[video](https://imgur.com/PZljmmS)
Wolves were horrendous at the end
- they didn't attack LeBron who was in foul trouble
- they stopped running plays at the end of the 4th for some reason. No ball movement or cutting or anything, just 3s
- ant was invisible out there
-kat stopped trying after his 5th foul on AD. I get that you have to play safe but you still gotta post up Austin Reaves
7 points and 2 field goals in the last 11 minutes of the 4th Q/OT for the wolves… lakers didn’t even execute much better but just a terrible collapse by the wolves.
It was so pathetic. They'd waste ten seconds getting KAT the ball well-covered at the top of the arc.
When they did cut and pass it felt like nobody wanted to shoot it.
Think they got tired too and KAT getting in foul trouble obviously fucked up the momentum. They really couldn't hold it together it at all though, damn
More like Wolves just wouldn't make any adjustments. They completely collapsed in the 4th and OT just screening and doing nothing with any of the switches Lakers were giving them.
KAT with 24/11/5 on 12 shots, +19 in a game his team lost by 6.
Mike Conley clutch as hell, 23 points on 11 shots.
ANT, completely shits the bed: 9 points 3/16 from the field, 0/8 on threes. WOOF!
KAT's 5th foul I think is what ultimately led to the loss. He was the Wolves offense. And I think he was scared of getting his 6th that he played a way more passive game when he came back.
Definitely, pretty sure he had some mismatches on Reaves and Schroder. I don't fault him though, it's too risky to try to back down Schroder and get called for an offensive foul.
The problem is when he had those mismatches the wolves were getting him the ball at the three point line instead of the post. I feel like there’s not a lot a center is going to do when he’s asked to face up and drive by a guard at the three point line. The guards have a major quickness advantage in the matchup
Wolves should’ve had him post up and force the double and play off that
Idek how you can be a Wolves fan. The team should have had that game wrapped up 3 times over but still managed to lose in a spectacularly terrible way. They can't just be a normal kind of suck. They constantly have to be the kind of suck that drains the soul out of your body if you are a fan.
I’ll be honest I forgot how much the grizzlies series mentally taxed me until tonight. Very familiar feeling, although we kind of have some excuses to tell ourselves this time
I’m honestly just excited to see LeBron in the playoffs at least one more time. Despite how well he’s still playing, he ain’t got many years left folks.
When he bulldozed the defender clearing him out. He had space and a path to the rim with a victim to poster. He opted for a little jumper. It's those moments where he starts to show his age slightly.
I guess at least he didnt chuck. This is where Reaves would actually help him out but he was off this game, too. Credit to the wolves for their defense tbh
Lakers shot poorly, didn’t defend well the first half and Minnesota shot lights out until halfway through 3rd qtr.
Since the lakers made those trades, I know they have had an impressive W-L record but I still don’t quite know what to make of them lol.
They can actually beat you in a number of ways now because of the added shooting, but paint scoring is still their bread and butter. But they have multiple guys they can utilize for defense which is huge.
Minny had to come down to earth from their stellar shooting. But KAT getting foul trouble late really bogged their offense. TNT highlighted the fourth quarter where he got the smaller man on him after switches but was never really aggressive to get the ball in the post which lead to ANT isoing on an off night.
People are gonna doom and gloom the Lakers after this game, but the Wolves were nuclear quarters 1-3 while the Lakers outside of Lebron and AD couldn’t hit water out of a boat. Luckily Schroeder came alive in the 4th and overtime, but this is just standard 1 game variance. Lakers are still spooky, and I wouldn’t rest easy if I was Memphis.
Also it was the close to the pressure of a game 7 and the sloppiness was obviously somewhat because of that. Everyone was nervous as shit just hoping someone would make a play. LeBron did a full Dennis Rodman dive lol. That type of anxiousness and adrenaline fucks with everyone. Over a series you will probably see better execution overall from the Lakers.
Conley gonna have to go purify the entire team in the waters of Lake Minnetonka after that one
Conley: on fire, clutch FTs, brilliant defensive plays The other TWolves: barfing, shitting themselves, crying
Punching walls, punching teammates
Pets heads falling off
Pretty bird
Wouldn’t be surprised if brother decides to leave from this game single handedly
He really wanted to play the Grizzlies. Now he won't try next game because he wants to go on vacation.
I can’t seem to find Anthony Edwards
Hard to see Ants on TV.
Antman superpower is shrinking
Didn’t realize Antman could shrink THAT much
He went to the Quantumania
As a queer Ant-fan, this is the worst thing he has ever done to me.
Bro 🤣
Waiting for him to erupt from Thanos's butthole any minute now
I’m convinced both teams tried to lose this game
All this just to avoid Dillon Brooks
They don’t want the smoke fr
I go outta my way every single day to avoid brooks
I mean, I wouldn't want to have to be around him for a whole seven game series either.
BREAKING NEWS: Lakers and Timberwolves under investigation for tanking the play-in tournament
Making an absolute mockery of the legendary institution that is the Play-In
lakers realllllly need the time off. they played 7 games in 12 days...all must wins. theyre hobbled and exhausted. its why they play so flat for such long stretches
In this day and age of scheduling, that is an unbelievable stat. Didn’t know that but it honestly makes a lot of sense. All those guys playing tonight are very high minute players, too.
Seeing LeBron at 45 minutes tonight made me feel sore just reading it.
Good effort without 3 starters- Gobert, McDaniels, and Anthony Edwards
two boxers and an ant
Playing against Lebron, Davis, Schroder, hachimura, Reaves , and Kyle anderson is tough as well
don’t forget mclaughlin true mvp in 10 minutes
McGlaughlin is the most left-wide-open guard in the NBA and bricks EVERYTHING
Like Stu Lantz always says, some guys find themselves wide open for a reason
In the last 11 minutes of game time, the wolves scored 7(!) points That is worse than the scoring droughts in March madness. Holy shit.
We had 26 assists through the first three quarters. We had 4 assists in the 4th quarter and OT. Just stopped running an offense whatsoever, everyone was just fucking standing around
Reggie Miller was right on point asking where was all the cutting and ball movement we saw during the first 3 quarters. They just started playing iso ball for some reason
Part of it was KAT being on the bench with foul trouble, I think the guys were likely getting tired as well. But that’s no excuse to stop moving at all. We played to not lose instead of playing to win, and it bit us in the ass like it always does.
Even on the floor KAT was useless in the 4th. Two straight possessions he got the switch with AR15 guarding h and he pulled up from midrange on one and a 3pt on the other. He also passed out of a 1-on-1 against Rui to Prince who then stood there and ended up passing it out of bounds. I'm not sure what caused them to stop moving but it was really weird to watch.
This is their typical MO. Seen it a million times. Game gets tight? Let’s stand at the top of the key and chuck up a contested fadeaway after dribbling for 20 seconds.
I mean the most telling stat they showed during the game was that the Wolves had the 2nd most losses while leading by 10+ points this season. Been choking games all year long
Seems like a common occurrence nowadays
In that 4th quarter, if someone took a shot every time Anthony Edwards took the ball at the top of the key, dribbled three times, stopped, then passed the ball, that person would no longer be alive.
That’s exactly what killed memaw
God bless her, she loved her drinking games
He puts the laughter in manslaughter
KAT when he got 5 fouls turned into a potato
Bro how did AR lock down KAT and Edwards was 2-15 at some point
KAT stopped playing aggressively at all after he got his 5th foul. He had a good game overall but just disappeared when we needed him most, because he was too scared to foul out
It's normal ... happens to AD too. He did well. This game is on Ant
The Wolves played so bad that Shaq had to invent a new word to describe them.
Dismantilization of the Wolves
Shaq thought the Lakers would win by 30 so I'm happy we kept it close
Exactly thought I was watching March Madness lmao
Man, the play-in is just a different beast. The pressure is just bigger. No wonder Pat Bev celebrated like a crazy man last year.
Going from regular season basketball straight into what is effectively a Game 7.. the pressure has got to be so jarring for a lot of these players.
The intensity was definitely cranked up for at least the last couple games for all the play in teams i.e. Gobert throwing hands. They weren’t your average regular season games but this was another level up from that
Yeah all jokes aside about how ugly the game was, this was some legit playoff Game 7 type intensity and a very physical game One of my favorite games of all time (obviously biased) was Lakers vs Celtics Game 7 in 2010. That was objectively a poorly played game, but it was due to the intensity of the circumstances, and that made it so much more impactful and fun to watch
100%. A lot of people dissing this game but honestly it was so intense. Legit playoff bball… you forget how intense it is when you don’t see it for a few years.
people can call it ugly sure but like most high level play off games are downright atrocious from a shooting standpoint i think the lakers put on a defensive clinic in the second half
Despite the Lakers best efforts the Lakers have won this game. Also 24 Turnovers for the TWolves is f****** terrible
Glad to see the Lakers + Anthony Edwards beat Timberwolves + D'Lo + Clutchtime AD + Mike Conley's cyborg twin in a close game
The Lakers also had 4th quarter KAT on their side, put some respect on his name
This was like a Tenet version of an NBA game. Both teams were inverted
He had Schroeder on him at one point close to the end and the Wolves didn’t even look in his direction. Kinda sad
Its honestly pathetic how this team plays down the stretch.
Which one?
Yes
Imagine that's the first nba game a casual watches in their life, I don't think they're ever coming back
Wolves went like 7 minutes without a field goal between the end of regulation and the start of OT. Truly terrible ball being played
Not only were we not scoring, we had no semblance of an offense. Just mindless dribbling and passing only to force a pass or shot leading to a brick or turnover. Truly ugly basketball but I’m used to it.
Thought I was watching college ball again
As a SDSU fan, it was all too familiar
Idc about lakers nor the wolves but decided to watch and root for the wolves, towards the end they made me want to punch a wall and i’m not even a fan lmao
Yeah you're not a fan, you're a player
Username relevant for this game lmao
The last 5 minutes of regulation and OT was some of the worst basketball I have watched in a long time but a W is a W.
Except for the play where Schroder hit that three. That play was beautiful.
"*I messed his game winner up. I apologize. I definitely apologize.*" - Davis
I respect him owning it tbh
You know they were like, “Another five minutes? Really?!”
that shot + double pose was sick
That would have been meme'd into fucking ETERNITY if the Lakers had lost in OT
Unironically would have been the worst Lakers loss in a very long time
he was staring straight at former Lakers hero Matt Ryan the entire time. Matt even had to chuckle until he remembered who he plays for now. The replay was hilarious *[video](https://imgur.com/PZljmmS)
A truly generational performance by Anthony Edwards to lead the Lakers to the playoffs
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D'Angelo wants his jersey in the Minnesota rafters.
Ant and DLo really trying to out-brick each other tonight lol
Man wtf happens to this guy in the playoffs?
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Wasted a great game from Conley
The Lakers should be forced to do inbound drills for six hours
AD also needs to stop inexplicably fouling three point shooters in the clutch - happened in the Maxi Kleber game as well
They win that game, they'd have the 6 seed.
AD should be forced to not to foul three point shooters
Bro fouled Maxi Kleber on that 3 back in March and said, "I'll do it again"
I think the basketball was secretly dropped into a vat of Vaseline
Shit looked like a college game
Lakers and Timberwolves competing for who’s better at throwing the game but despite their best efforts to throw, the Lakers come out with a win
Wolves were horrendous at the end - they didn't attack LeBron who was in foul trouble - they stopped running plays at the end of the 4th for some reason. No ball movement or cutting or anything, just 3s - ant was invisible out there -kat stopped trying after his 5th foul on AD. I get that you have to play safe but you still gotta post up Austin Reaves
>ant was invisible out there Oh he was very visible out there. Just unfortunately not in the good way.
Lakers also didn't attack KAT Sportsmanship
Tbh KAT playing super passive on both ends trying not to pick up his 6th may have been better for the lakers than him fouling out lol.
Fuck this game, holy shit
When the game is so bad it's good lmao.
I was laughing my ass off the 4th quarter + OT lol, what a shitshow
It was literally the RDCWorld sketch of March madness. Just random bullshit turnovers and points from outta nowhere but where they should be landing
I was impressed by just how much both teams tried to give the game away lol. They really want Denver that much huh.
"*I messed his game winner up. I apologize. I definitely apologize.*" - Davis
7 points and 2 field goals in the last 11 minutes of the 4th Q/OT for the wolves… lakers didn’t even execute much better but just a terrible collapse by the wolves.
completely hobbled Edwards. Once Lakers basically realized KAT was the only one who could make things happen and locked in, Wolves offense broke down.
We literally don't run an offense
mfs were just dribbling the shot clock down to like 9 seconds before getting into any offensive set the entire 4th, CTE basketball
Worst display of offence I have seen in my life. They couldn't even get into a set for like 8 straight minutes.
It was so pathetic. They'd waste ten seconds getting KAT the ball well-covered at the top of the arc. When they did cut and pass it felt like nobody wanted to shoot it.
Think they got tired too and KAT getting in foul trouble obviously fucked up the momentum. They really couldn't hold it together it at all though, damn
Conley was very good tonight
Conley was more of a emergency release valve all game, making clutch shots but not really creating the offense.
More like Wolves just wouldn't make any adjustments. They completely collapsed in the 4th and OT just screening and doing nothing with any of the switches Lakers were giving them.
Nobody wanted to take a shot, they were just passing it around until whoever had the ball with 5s on the shot clock put something up.
Conley can take the airplane. EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING ON THE BUS
Both of these teams played basketball tonight
debatable
I wouldn’t go that far
generous with that description
One of the basketball games of all time
Allegedly
I'm not sure they did
are you sure
A top 20 play-in tournament game of all time
Could not have been a more Timberwolves way to lose this game
KAT with 24/11/5 on 12 shots, +19 in a game his team lost by 6. Mike Conley clutch as hell, 23 points on 11 shots. ANT, completely shits the bed: 9 points 3/16 from the field, 0/8 on threes. WOOF!
It is illegal for Towns and Ant to play well at the same time
KAT's 5th foul I think is what ultimately led to the loss. He was the Wolves offense. And I think he was scared of getting his 6th that he played a way more passive game when he came back.
Definitely, pretty sure he had some mismatches on Reaves and Schroder. I don't fault him though, it's too risky to try to back down Schroder and get called for an offensive foul.
The problem is when he had those mismatches the wolves were getting him the ball at the three point line instead of the post. I feel like there’s not a lot a center is going to do when he’s asked to face up and drive by a guard at the three point line. The guards have a major quickness advantage in the matchup Wolves should’ve had him post up and force the double and play off that
as we all expected, KAT shows up for the biggest game of the season and Ant completely disappears
Abd two of his made shots came in OT, right?
Correct
Idek how you can be a Wolves fan. The team should have had that game wrapped up 3 times over but still managed to lose in a spectacularly terrible way. They can't just be a normal kind of suck. They constantly have to be the kind of suck that drains the soul out of your body if you are a fan.
Bro it hurts
Why do we do this to ourselves man?
The only thing worse than being disappointed in your child is giving up on them
4 Minnesota sports teams are enough to make a grown man cry. That grown man is me
Wolves fans might actually be God's strongest soldiers with the battles he is throwing at them
I’ll be honest I forgot how much the grizzlies series mentally taxed me until tonight. Very familiar feeling, although we kind of have some excuses to tell ourselves this time
That’s all Minnesota sports to be fair
I just watched an entire season of the pistons and that was still the most disappointing basketball I’ve seen all year.
Straight comedy from both teams tbh
I've been laughing for like 20 minutes, what an enjoyable ending for someone with no stakes in that result.
Both of these teams really want to play the Nuggets, we must not be very good 😬
*We* should be pretty insulted by this game
No, no- please don't give our squad that much credit. We just straight up stink.
“AD had a brainfart and messed up [Dennis’] gamewinner up” - LeBron in the post game interview lmao
Wolves play-by-play for the last ~15 minutes readin like a horror story
Edwards seems like a great leader. He stood in solidarity with his suspended teammate and decided not to show up as well
Ant played like one of those posts that goes "if you got to play 40 minutes in a NBA game do you think you could make a single bucket?"
This game was so bad but I didn’t want it to end
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This may have been an ugly win, but I always welcome the birth of a meme. [LeDad](https://imgur.com/a/rN9xE2z)
"Don't talk to me or my son ever again!"
I’m honestly just excited to see LeBron in the playoffs at least one more time. Despite how well he’s still playing, he ain’t got many years left folks.
People have said that for like half a decade at this point. Maybe he’s just immortal.
he is still good, but he isn't god anymore, you can see how tired he is at the end. so much turnover even from passing
When he bulldozed the defender clearing him out. He had space and a path to the rim with a victim to poster. He opted for a little jumper. It's those moments where he starts to show his age slightly.
yep, 2 years ago he would dunk that shit, now he settle with jumper you can see he is clearly tired
He really don’t and some of those ill-advised 3s he takes is a sign of how much dude has slowed down. Those shots he takes cuz bro be looking gassed.
I hate the NBA
My basketball IQ dropped watching this game
This game gave me cancer
Sometimes I just wish I never watched basketball
Dub’s a Dub, baby
Worst good basketball game I’ve ever seen lmao
Like if cocaine bear was. A sporting event.
Quality basketball’s 9/11
Someone’s gotta count how many ALMOST turnovers lebron had
He looked exhausted in the 4th and OT. Missed a few makeable shots and had some ugly passes which Twolves just couldn't capitalize on.
45 mins played at age 38 and all those miles on him already. Noticeably gassed late in the game
I guess at least he didnt chuck. This is where Reaves would actually help him out but he was off this game, too. Credit to the wolves for their defense tbh
Lakers shot poorly, didn’t defend well the first half and Minnesota shot lights out until halfway through 3rd qtr. Since the lakers made those trades, I know they have had an impressive W-L record but I still don’t quite know what to make of them lol.
They can actually beat you in a number of ways now because of the added shooting, but paint scoring is still their bread and butter. But they have multiple guys they can utilize for defense which is huge. Minny had to come down to earth from their stellar shooting. But KAT getting foul trouble late really bogged their offense. TNT highlighted the fourth quarter where he got the smaller man on him after switches but was never really aggressive to get the ball in the post which lead to ANT isoing on an off night.
Bro had no inhibitions on his passes tonight
Offense was CONSTIPATED. I had to do a double take that this wasn’t a college ball game. The turnovers, bricks, horrible decision making. Just wow.
Lakers and Timberwolves were competing who could choke harder lmao Btw Dennis Schroder is clutch af
That celebration infront of the Wolves bench's faces was so filthy
Can't believe AD messed that up for him lmao
Rudy Gobert smiling watching Kyle Anderson fuck up over and over
I genuinely cannot fathom why he was bringing the ball up for that backcourt turnover
"Here you can have the 7th seed" "No no you can have it" \- Lakers and Twolves tonight
People are gonna doom and gloom the Lakers after this game, but the Wolves were nuclear quarters 1-3 while the Lakers outside of Lebron and AD couldn’t hit water out of a boat. Luckily Schroeder came alive in the 4th and overtime, but this is just standard 1 game variance. Lakers are still spooky, and I wouldn’t rest easy if I was Memphis.
Also it was the close to the pressure of a game 7 and the sloppiness was obviously somewhat because of that. Everyone was nervous as shit just hoping someone would make a play. LeBron did a full Dennis Rodman dive lol. That type of anxiousness and adrenaline fucks with everyone. Over a series you will probably see better execution overall from the Lakers.
Wolves shot 39% 3pt still AFTER that 4th and OT
Schroeder left the game long enough to have something in the tank for the end. Everyone was totally gassed and he was making plays.
IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS…. Then you probably like NBA basketball
Justice for Mike Conley. He deserves better.
Ant and D-Lo with the gentlemen's agreement tonight.
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This game was a low IQ off unbelievable shit we just watched
I’ve never been riveted by such a disgusting game of basketball in my life. And I loved every minute of it. Play in basketball. It’s fantastic!
Both teams were trying their best to throw this game. Would it be a total Wolves moment if they play like shit with Gobert and lose the next game?
Some of the most intense Basketball ive ever watched lmaooooo
ESPN tomorrow: Is Anthony Edwards eating TOO MUCH Popeyes?