2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN leads 1-0)

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Who wins the series?

Poll ended at Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:41 pm

Lakers in 4
11
3%
Lakers in 5
83
22%
Lakers in 6
103
27%
Lakers in 7
22
6%
Wolves in 4
14
4%
Wolves in 5
26
7%
Wolves in 6
90
24%
Wolves in 7
32
8%
 
Total votes: 381

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1421 » by Wolfgang630 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:02 am

Crowd getting excited for some scrub coming in to make a shot lol. It’s the playoffs get real
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1422 » by PierceFan4ever » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:02 am

Lakers fans are so washed. Cheering for Bronny bricking threes like a make a wish kid after being embarassed and dominated at home tonight in the playoffs.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1423 » by Shaka_Zulu » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Patches Perry wrote:I said on page 1 that Minnesota would surprise people and they have. It's tempting to overcorrect here in favor of Minnesota, but its just 1 game. This is a 6 or 7 game series.



Yeah this gonna be a close series due to Lakers offensive weapons.


I voted Wolves in 7.


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Post#1424 » by heyrayray » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

ESPN headline: Bronnys first playoff game :lol:
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Post#1425 » by Wolfgang630 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

PierceFan4ever wrote:Lakers fans are so washed. Cheering for Bronny bricking threes like a make a wish kid after being embarassed and dominated at home tonight in the playoffs.

Make a wish kid lmao
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Post#1426 » by sp6r=underrated » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Patches Perry wrote:"He's not a complainer" - Jay Bilas about LeBron

I'm a fan of LBJ but lol


honestly by NBA standards he isn't. And that is an indictment of NBA ref bashing culture. The Association just allows player to ride refs all game.
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Post#1427 » by NiceLikeChrist » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

User9992 wrote:Can't wait till media blames Luka for this :roll:

It’s not his fault? He will never win a chip and it very clearly starts with him.
NiceLikeChrist wrote:We are going to deeply regret this. We traded away the best player in the trade and still had to give up a great role player AND a pick?

so many people are going to eat their words about randle
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1428 » by Tracymcgoaty » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Mavrelous wrote:
Tracymcgoaty wrote:Piss poor coaching by JJ. To just let Luka get switched so easily on every possession is piss poor. It's like we want it to happen. Wtf am i watching.

They were doubling and he kept finding the open man, he's unsolvable this game.


Well he better find a better way to prevent those switches from happening so easily. Because it's Wolves in 4 if it keeps happening. Finch babied JJ this game.
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Post#1429 » by cpower » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Badlands wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Ant has outplayed Luka, LeBron and Reaves combined, amazing game by him, and if he keeps it up, amazing growth since last year.


Huh? He's 8-19 for 22 points. Luka has 37.

Ant 22/8/9 with 1 TO. Luka empty stat tonight.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1430 » by darkse1d » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Lakers are not trading Reeves when Lebron is 1 year from retiring. they will trade Rui/Dalton/Gabe and whatever picks they have before even thinking about trading Reeves
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1431 » by CIN-C-STAR » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Bronny finna eff up my over :lol:
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Post#1432 » by An Unbiased Fan » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Lebron needs to retire
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Post#1433 » by Calinks » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:03 am

Jimmy Snuka, Irish Pooka, Sweet-Tea Luka, T'Wolves in 5.
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Post#1434 » by whatisacenter » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:04 am

CIN-C-STAR wrote:Did he just call the euro step an “Afro step”?
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1435 » by JXL » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:04 am

Lakers the only team to lose at home in Game 1 today.
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Post#1436 » by RunOKC » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:04 am

jokeboy86 wrote:Minnesota to me is so close to being serious contenders on a yearly basis They are literally just missing probably one more player. Who or what type of player that is I cant put my finger on it though

someone like Karl Anthony Towns could really thrive on this team

could probably do something like DiVincenzo + Julius Randle for him in the offseason
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Post#1437 » by thinktank » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:04 am

jokeboy86 wrote:Minnesota to me is so close to being serious contenders on a yearly basis They are literally just missing probably one more player. Who or what type of player that is I cant put my finger on it though


It’s a two way C who can kill in the short roll.

Maybe Queen.
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Post#1438 » by Sealab2024 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:04 am

jokeboy86 wrote:Minnesota to me is so close to being serious contenders on a yearly basis They are literally just missing probably one more player. Who or what type of player that is I cant put my finger on it though


Dillingham. We're cooking him up my friend. To be unleashed next year quietly and after that...
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1439 » by 76ciology » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:05 am

The Lakers’ offense is too basic, and they lack the isolation firepower to get away with running such a simplistic system.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves 

Post#1440 » by Patches Perry » Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:05 am

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