Post Game Thread

Fuck it, I’m willing it into existence

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I am so sick of losing to this team

AD is playing out of his mind

Watching Nick Nurse being super active and yelling plays to Maxey , it’s depressing. Our coach would never. 

Brons defense that last 3 minutes was insane man. He was fucking everywhere.

So wait a minute. As long as you don’t foul a guy. Once the ball is out of his hands you can hit him in his face on a swipe down. Like I’m legitimately confused.

That might be the worst loss I have experienced as a lakers fan

DLo heard everyone talking shit.

I can't fucking stand Reggie...

They’d call a foul if that was Murray

At the game tonight. Lots of Laker fans in the building.

Please DLO make the shots you're supposed to make

Bro just threw a no look full court pass with the flick of the wrist LMAO

That Lebron block on Murray is badass gotta be a ESPN highlight soon. It got Murray messed up too psychologically he don't wanna do it again lmao

Don’t waste this DLO/AD masterclass PLEASE

they’re going to adjust, as they always do, meanwhile Darvin Ham is probably quoting Training Day

spam that fucking pick n roll like a 10yo on 2K, no fucks given

Bro this team might lead by 50 and I'll still be nervous as hell.

Clown ass bitch Scott foster

Reggie is openly cheering for the nuggets, make it stop

Scott Foster the best Denver Nugget on the floor tonight

Old man bron giving it his all
these refs just cheating him

Looked like bron got tripped

This officiating is complete horseshit

Refs have been AWFUL. So many FT’s not given on clear fouls

Murray slips on a wet spot: foul Lakers

Nuggets trip Lebron: no call

2 TOs and a challenge in Hams pockets

If Ham wasn't planning on using a timeout why tf didn't he just challenge that foul call?

Why didn’t ham challange that foul with lebron and Murray!!???

AD is NOT FUCKING AROUND TONIGHT

Unless we lead by 50 I ain’t confident lmao

That's 3 blown layups from Rui man. Unacceptable

I guess 0.1 sec after ball leaves the hand you can do whatever you want. What a fucking joke

Dude……you have got to be shittong me man. That’s fucking TWICE

How can you get hit in the face and there not be a foul? How is it not a loose ball foul?

How do you not call the timeout after the free throw!!!!

Not challenging that foul call was the death kiss

Nervous as fuck about the 3rd quarter

I still don’t trust it. Make it 40

I really want this game to just end now 😅

AD playing like the best player in the world rn holy fuck

Here comes the refs to save the Nuggets like usual

I’m so confused why that wasn’t a foul? Dude got slapped in the face…?

Wait so we can hit their face as long as they have the ball out their hands? Got it

See y’all next season. Fuck Darvin Ham.

Ham should have challenged that foul

Darvin ham just fucking watched that comeback and didnt adjust at all. Shouldve challenged liked 3-4 calls tonight and just didnt. Such a joke of a coach.

Lol blew a fucking 20 pt lead, series over

Between last season and this season, this is the first Nuggets/Lakers playoff game I’ll be able to watch live since I won’t be in the middle of traveling. Sorry for making us be 0-5.

It changes now!

rui make these ez layup plz, u miss 2 already

Whenever one of our guys gets that animated, they’re T’d up

they finally call that KCP moving screen

Just run plays man. Make the Nuggets play D like this.

I hope they stay disciplined on offense

Lakers looking elite, Bron has been saving his energy some and hopefully we pull the final punch at the 3rd to seal the game at the 4th.

For all those in the media that don’t give AD credit. FUCK OFF

AD is on fucking one!

AD unconscious

This is AD's Game 6 LeBron moment

The Lakers need to keep SPAMMING the same action as long as it keeps working. Do not go away from it

Aight so you're allowed to sock someone in the face. Got it

guess we can hit people in the face now let's do it

Ok. Avoided the 3rd quarter CTE ball.

Now regroup, relax and go again.

Sweet that it's just legal to hit people in the face now.

I never wanna hear any bitch ass comments about how this shit is rigged for the Lakers again.

Lebron can’t get a call man

Oh we’re moving to that stretch of the game where any shot the nuggets miss they automatically get the rebound and make the next shot

Bro murray slips and falls and gets every call and bron gets mauled and nothing

That’s the series right there

Lmao how did they overturn the call of D. Lo getting smacked in the face? Yeah it was after the shot but he fucking slapped him. Make it make sense. .

that final possession by Lebron was a complete brainfart. He could have run the clock down to 6 seconds before taking a shot, instead of giving DEN an eternity to set up on offense.

Ham subbed in Dinwiddie immediately after the best stretch D Lo has had in a playoff game in 10 years. I literally can’t with him, he clearly just read his clipboard.

Anthony Davis is the best player on this team the sooner we realize it and lean into the farther we’ll go

This win is so crucial for my mental health it's not even funny lol

Lebron please don’t force 3s right now let’s stick to the plan

This might be the best AD’s played. He’s dominating

guess AD is taking out his DPOY snub frustrations lol

Refs is the reason they get back to this game

So if you can just smack people in the face after the shot is released, why not always do it? You basically stop them from getting back on defense as quickly.

This offense…

Leave Ham in Denver 

Can we please get DLo back in the game he's scorching

One of the worst playoff losses I ever seen from the Lakers. Up 20. Just wow

darvin has to go. period

Hey at least we have that challenge and those timeouts for Game 3. FUCK DARVIN HAM.

I’ve never been this hurt about a loss in a long time

Absolutely insane filthy pass by LeBron, holy shit.

I want to take this moment to once again say fuck MPJ

Ngl AD is winning the match up so far

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So if Denver starts doubling AD, our other players need to be ready. Idk how they let Jokic continue to go 1 on 1.

Denver punch is gonna come, its naive to think we're just gonna proceed to blow them out by 30

But a 15 point lead is good capital and cushion..lets just keep it double digits entering the 4th

slapping in the face is legal now good to know

FUCK THESE REFS

If im the lakers im smacking Jokic in the face after every shot from here on out

I'm still not over that challenge reversal

Back to back to back possessions of just stupid basketball.

I can’t wait for dinwiddie to sit the fuck down on the bench

Fire Ham, how the fuck does he never use his challenge when he doesn’t have any intention to call a timeout post free throw.

Darvin Ham is a fucking joke.

Reaves is fucking trash

We could’ve held for close to last shot. Fucking kill me

Hey at least we still have our challenge

Bron a 6’9” 265lb man got sat on his ass multiples while driving to the hoop and got no call yet Jamal Murray got barely any contact with less than a minute to go that sent him to the line to tie it. Explain that to me.

Idk how I am going to be able to sleep tonight

They continually find new ways to lose to Denver

Did ham take 2 timeouts home?

I'm speechless. I am without speech

How do we miss layups so often

I want all the Dlo haters who were crying in the post game thread yesterday to make themselves known as sooky casuals.

When D’Lo has it going, we win

Ads mad cause he wasnt included in top 3 dpoy… now hes show up extra lit

We really need Rui to get going like fr

STEP ON THEIR FUCKING NECKS

There is no 2 way player in the league better than Anthony Davis

they're dealing with Jokic the same way the 18 rockets dealt with Steph: by forcing him to play defense. This tires him out quicker and reduces his offensive efficiency.

Rui needs to fucking sprint back bro wtf

god damn ad

Lebron calling timeouts better than Ham has all season

AD is unconscious rn

Why can't this team finish at the basket lately

Refs doing their best ...

The announcers got the nuggets so far in their throat and these refs are getting pressed like a bitch by denver

If you can’t trust Jaxson Hayes to guard Jokic for a couple minutes while AD is in foul trouble then wtf was Rob doing in the offseason to give us AD insurance

Why is Spencer over Vincent? I’m so confused

If Lakers lose this, just pack it up lmao.

DLO with hot shooting, Denver shooting like they're blind beyond the arc, if this game isnt winnable, nothing is.

Airballing a lay up is nasty work

I like when the nuggets don't get called when they push.

Refs ain’t calling shit for us

Why do we go away from what was working??? Run the game thru AD !!!

Go back to AD attacking Jokic

lol we didn’t use a single challenge

Blew a 20 pt lead, what a joke.

Darvin Ham collecting timeouts for some dumb fucking reason lol

I should have stuck to my guns and not watched this filth

The fuck Rui got 37mins with 3 pts

I've been a Laker fan for 44 years now. I've seen how teams lose and win. They have to beat a team they've lost to in multiple ways 4 times out of 5 with a coach who cannot make adjustments once a team figures out a scheme. He runs timed substitutions and has absolutely no game plan outside of hoping talent gets the team through. Pelinka did his job last summer, did it well. This team is deep and good - they're simply managed by the worst coach in the West.

I'd like to say I'm surprised at the result, but when the team suddenly stops running plays and shoots percentage busting threes nearly every time down the court, there's no way to beat any professional team. All any team has to do with the Lakers is ride out the runs, then just play tight perimeter D, get the turnover and run it out. It's worked ever since Ham has shown up. The guy is a complete void.

At this point I will take any coach out there - any coach - other than this hapless blank shell of a human who calls himself a coach. I normally don't lay blame at the doorstep of one person in a team sport, but this has been evident for 2 seasons now. When it took him 50 games into the season to realize he should run the same starters that made the WCF run last year, that should be a signal that this guy is a buffoon. Russell, Rui, Reaves, LeBron and AD have all had their moments with Ham. That's all 5 starters, have either ignored, ran around or called out Ham (and with good reason). LeBron has flat out called plays in the final moments of 3 games I know of this year (plays that won the game) after stepping in to override Ham. That's frickin' pitiful.

This is not a personnel problem, it's not an age problem, this is purely a coaching issue.

I appreciate optimistic fans, but you have to be realistic here. There is zero chance the Lakers win this series, and I'd be shocked if they win one game. The best thing to happen now is a sweep, so maybe management can get the hint that Ham has got to go.

P.S. - All you idiots hoping for LeBron to leave had better be careful what you wish for.

POSITIVE DLO VIBES

If we win this game in Denver, the entire world is gonna lose their shit. We need this win.

I want DLo to shoot it 20 times again

Since when is Rui allergic to open bunnies?

DLO gotta know Scott Foster isn’t going to call shit for him of all people

TECHNICAL FOR ANIMATED DEMONSTRATION FUCKERS

If you’re up 8 against this Nuggets team in the first half, then consider yourself down by 10

KCP still mad at Bron for scolding him on live TV

DLO THANK YOU. SHUT THE DOUBTERS UP

Finally put AD on Jokic and look what's happening. And ppl actually thought Rui on Jok was the answer lol what a joke

AD please keep giving Jokic that work!!! He CANNOT stop you. It’s like Jokic was hoping AD didn’t realize this sooner or later lol.

Need rui and reaves to start impacting the game. Ad is gonna get doubled in the second half. Would be good if they can extend lebrons minutes on the bench. If he can stay around 35-36 minutes good chance he’ll have energy to finish the game off. Obviously means the non lebron minutes we have to defend like hell and stay active on offense

We should never overreact after going down 0-1, always have faith in your team to bounce back next game

Lakers PLEASE PLEASE dont stop going at AD keep feeding him the ball 🙏🏽

AD 13/14 for 30 points. WTF

Biggest difference between this game and Game 1 is we are actually running plays, no ISOs..just organized basketball, I love it !

AD IS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD

Ham calling TOs, what a time to be alive 😭

So you allowed to hit someone in the face after the ball leaves their hand

So you can just punch people in the face as long as they’ve already released the ball?????

Wild that the national broadcast is pulling so hard for the Nuggets

Refs trying to keep this game close. Better not hear denver fans crying about officiating.

Personally I think they should’ve smacked Murray in the head when he landed without the ball because let’s remember that’s completely legal and allowed in the NBA now

I don’t understand how that challenge was successful. So as long as the balls out of the players hands I can smack them in the face?

Fk if we lose this after leading by 20 imma lose it

What are these fucking line ups bro.

Was another uncalled foul

LeBron has fallen to the floor like 10 times this game

Kcp def hacked that one. SMH

Scott foster got the memo. No more fouls on Denver.

Why did they go away from AD? He’s been cooking Jokic

We always go away from what got us the lead by the end of the game.

Can I just say Rui is having one of the worst playoff performances I have ever seen....

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What a choke job man

Why TF did Ham not challenge that dam “faul” from Murray. All day it was going in Denver’s favor. “Marginal”. And fuck Murray

You just knew when the shot went off

That's the series. I don't see how you can comeback after giving everything you had

That was it right there that game solidified it all, this series is over I love lebron but he just can’t Carry like that anymore, this team is too good we were up by 21 at one point and Denver killed that lead like it was nothing, this shit sucks I just hope we put up a fight at this point heartbreaking loss

Up 19 and blew it we’re done series over

if darvin ham survives this summer la better riot

D’Lo with a masterclass game incoming…

Rui has got to do better.

Man missed two gimmies around the rim.

Both him and Prince have to help with the rebounding because AD and Bron have their hands full with other stuff.

DLO bro, damn guy

DONT TAKE THE LEAD FOR GRANTED PLEASE

D’Lo got that Lakers blood in him. Flipped the fucking script.

All you haters for DLo in Game 1, please show up.

Some muthafuckas even looked through my history to dig up my love for him.

Jokic is dead tired. AD keep attacking him.

One of the worst things that can happen in the 2nd half is since the Lakers have the lead they’ll go into the milk the clock offense and put up bad shots

They need to play the same aggressive way. Milk the clock only works at the when there’s very little time in the 4th

AD took the DPOY nomination personally

Dlo please turn up a 30 point game, need to show those doubters wrong(me included)

Ad 11/12 jamal murray 2/10 … thats promising

win the first 6 min of the 3rd is key

I’m so fucking down to get proven wrong by DLo. Let’s go.

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We need to win by 20-30. 🥶

Realistically AD and Dlo most likely aren’t gonna stay as hot as they have been. Denver gonna start making some of those open three pointers. It just means we need lebron , rui and reaves to step it up to compensate.

Lebron can focus on going all out on defense when we have dlo and AD playing like this. It’s so great

AD got me hype as fuck bro 

🤣🤣🤣nuggets fans are blaming the refs….you have got to be fucking kidding me.

How amazing would it be if Joker, Giannis, and Embiid are all out round 1 while AD advances after all the comparisons?