2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (Series tied 1-1)

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:41 pm

Lakers in 5
7
9%
Lakers in 6
28
35%
Lakers in 7
9
11%
Wolves in 4
3
4%
Wolves in 5
7
9%
Wolves in 6
23
29%
Wolves in 7
3
4%
 
Total votes: 80

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Post#301 » by PistolPeteJR » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

scrabbarista wrote:I'm not even looking at the screen, and I can tell it's rigged. :lol:

"Lots of blows to the face."

"Conley is acting there."

"That little shove got him the space."

"That's three fouls on Reid."

That's from like a one-minute sample.


Yup, because there’s no way Minnesota’s being dumb. No way at all.

Get out of here with your crap game in, game out LOL.
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Post#302 » by sogood » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

These are obvious fouls by the Wolves, what’s with the whining on this thread?
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Post#303 » by jehosafats » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

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Post#304 » by Wolfgang630 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

Lebron with his usual garbage time points
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Post#305 » by Dan33185 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

PistolPeteJR wrote:Waiting for someone to tell me the refs did Reid in lol.


He's just playing out of control tonight, probably could have fouled out already TBH.
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Post#306 » by durden_tyler » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

DowJones wrote:The officials have completely let this game get out of control

Expected since everybody wants a longer series. LOL


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Post#307 » by NiceLikeChrist » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

sogood wrote:That was a textbook moving screen by Naz, why u even complaining lol.

It’s the playoffs. Duren does about 30 moving screens per game and he’s been called for one

You think lakers aren’t setting illegals? Give me a break
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Post#308 » by Shaka_Zulu » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

PistolPeteJR wrote:Waiting for someone to tell me the refs did Reid in lol.



Not the Reid one.

But refs buying into too much flopping. While allowing alot of physical goonery. Weird mixture.
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Post#309 » by RB34 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

Lakers almost went a whole half without being called and in this game Wolves have multiple players in foul trouble. Do with that what you will.
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Post#310 » by Badlands » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

According to the box score and TNT graphic, Reid only has 3 fouls.
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Post#311 » by Tracymcgoaty » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:50 am

PistolPeteJR wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:I'm not even looking at the screen, and I can tell it's rigged. :lol:

"Lots of blows to the face."

"Conley is acting there."

"That little shove got him the space."

"That's three fouls on Reid."

That's from like a one-minute sample.


Yup, because there’s no way Minnesota’s being dumb. No way at all.

Get out of here with your crap game in, game out LOL.


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Post#312 » by C3H6N6O6 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:51 am

Minnesota committing the most obvious fouls left and right and you people are calling this "rigged".
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Post#313 » by zimpy27 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:51 am

Refs trying to help the Wolves out with soft calls.

Probably worried about the differential, Wolves are committing like double the PFs of the Lakers yet the PFs are equal.
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Post#314 » by Tracymcgoaty » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:51 am

RB34 wrote:Lakers almost went a whole half without being called and in this game Wolves have multiple players in foul trouble. Do with that what you will.


Teams never commit fouls against the lakers.
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Post#315 » by PistolPeteJR » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:51 am

RB34 wrote:Lakers almost went a whole half without being called and in this game Wolves have multiple players in foul trouble. Do with that what you will.


The reason the Lakers lost last game the way they did was exactly because they didn’t play physical, and I’m sure that had to do with no fouls for a good chunk of the start of last game.

That said, there’s a difference between being physical and being foolish.
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Post#316 » by DaGawd » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:51 am

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Post#317 » by Tracymcgoaty » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:52 am

C3H6N6O6 wrote:Minnesota committing the most obvious fouls left and right and you people are calling this "rigged".


It's celtic fans and the resident Laker hater scrab.
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Post#318 » by TimberKat » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:52 am

The entire Twolves team must been hanging out with Harden all day yesterday.
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Post#319 » by durden_tyler » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:52 am

northoakland510 wrote:Refs way too Involved, such a predictable script

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The question really is if you jumped on that Lakers -5.5 line— just so obvious you say and you did not do anything about it? LOL


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Post#320 » by SlimShady83 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:52 am

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