Game 56 : Los Angeles Lakers (26-29) @ Portland Trail Blazers (21-34) - 10:00 PM

[LAKESHOW]

[EggIsCooling]

The lack of pride to play for the name in the front of the uniforms is disturbing. From top to bottom, no one in this organization deserves to be called a professional at this point. To come out and put up this kind of effort against a Blazers team with majority of its roster traded away is sad. Jeanie, please take action and do something. You as the governor and is carrying the pride and joy of what your father started cannot allow this to continue. Your father must be turning in his grave after tonight’s game. Take action now or sell the team to an ownership group that will be more than happy to carry your father’s torch!

[Revived]

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[DusterBuster]

We’re trying to tank you guys… not helpful…

[Beethoven]

We have hope for another 13 hours

[Slava]

This is a new low.

[hype_2004]

We should try and offer

AD+THT+2027 to Celtics for Tatum ... Tatum is my pipe dream rebuild mode
Hell even throw in Nunn or anyone but Monk

Let Bron go back to Cavs or what he wishes to do, If he leaves get a 2nd star along with Tatum - Guard? Keep Monk

Roll a trio of Tatum, 2nd star and Monk - do what you can get for Westbrook and fill out the roster with shoters and defenders/hustle players

Yeah buy out LeBron and keep Westbrook, dunno if Jeannie Buss has the balls to do that, lol!

[SlimShady83]

We should try and offer

AD+THT+2027 to Celtics for Tatum ... Tatum is my pipe dream rebuild mode
Hell even throw in Nunn or anyone but Monk

Let Bron go back to Cavs or what he wishes to do, If he leaves get a 2nd star along with Tatum - Guard? Keep Monk

Roll a trio of Tatum, 2nd star and Monk - do what you can get for Westbrook and fill out the roster with shooters and defenders/hustle players

Yeah buy out LeBron and keep Westbrook, dunno if Jeannie Buss has the balls to do that, lol!

Nope re-read also getting rid of Westbrook all 3 stars if possible after trading AD, Bron will probably opt out

[kobe808lak]

So tired of this team of premadonnas..

LeGM's schtick is old.. tired of him dictating roster decisions. AD has the talent to be an all time great.. just the bare minimum effort and desire...

Westbrick... probably the most clueless and unlikable player in the league.

Done with these guys.

[Sinobas]

How did you guys lose? This was a team of 2nd/3rd stringers with a bunch of summer league players.

[Hans1984]

This team is so bad "terrible" is an understatement. It's hard to put it in words.
I wish we could just get rid of all of these guys(including Lebron and AD) and start a rebuild next season.

[euphorbus]

How did you guys lose? This was a team of 2nd/3rd stringers with a bunch of summer league players.

I think they were distracted by the trade deadline dramatics, and perhaps negatively affected by the loss to the Milwaukee Bucks the night before. Plus, without Westbrook and Rondo, there is no true point guard on the team. Malik Monk filled in, but had two crucial turnovers in the fourth quarter as point guard, for a total of five. LeBron was playing injured and also had six turnovers on the night. Horton-Tucker played the point and had another four. Those fifteen turnovers were more than the entire Portland team, with eleven.

This team would be better off with John Wall.

[tamaraw08]

How did you guys lose? This was a team of 2nd/3rd stringers with a bunch of summer league players.

I think they were distracted by the trade deadline dramatics, and perhaps negatively affected by the loss to the Milwaukee Bucks the night before. Plus, without Westbrook and Rondo, there is no true point guard on the team. Malik Monk filled in, but had two crucial turnovers in the fourth quarter as point guard, for a total of five. LeBron was playing injured and also had six turnovers on the night. Horton-Tucker played the point and had another four. Those fifteen turnovers were more than the entire Portland team, with eleven.

This team would be better off with John Wall.

Thanks for the recap. AD had a meh stat line. Please don’t tell me he’s feeling pain on his ankle? Knee?achilles, hip? Hamstring? All of the above?
I really think everyone knows that the Westbrook experiment is not going to work and Wall “might” help. But the question is, should they be that desperate to give up that 27th pick?

[euphorbus]

LeBron admits the team was "in a fog" last night due to the trade deadline.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33257908/los-angeles-lakers-lebron-james-focused-improving-team-trade-deadline

[GOBlazers]

Good game last night. From what I saw Westbrook is not the problem. What's up with AD bricking most his free throws?

[Kilroy]

Good game last night. From what I saw Westbrook is not the problem. What's up with AD bricking most his free throws?

If your main exposure to AD was the game last night, you're going to have a messed up impression of him... It was the second night of a back to back, the first night he spent battling Giannis and trying to keep him from setting a scoring record...

He was clearly gassed, sore, etc... And we didn't have Howard to throw in... And we didn't play DAj because he sucks...