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

[KyRo23]

Lebron old ass know he not actually diving for that ball

He almost had the ball

[bbms]

every time i see randle he's making insane shot after insane shot

[sp6r=underrated]

He literally makes a play for the ball man, jesus.

I've been watching Lebron play for over 2 decades. He's not a dirty player and everyone whose not a hater knows it. He's physical but he's never played dirty or reckless.

It's cognitive dissonance. They don't look at what happened, they look at who was involved. Just sad, really.

Correct. And it is compounded now that he's a laker. That was a completely normal play with a bad outcome. Thankfully Ant is okay. And I'm sure Lebron agrees because in his multi-decade career he's always played physical but safe.

[Marvin Martian]

14 free throw attempts for LeBron in the first half? My goodness

The fix is in

[Mavrelous]

22 minutes by LeBrimon and Luka, 43 points on excellent effeciency, and they trail by 3, Lakers are outmatched...

[The Warrior]

LeDirty couldn't handle the smoke from Ant so he tried to take him out. It wasn't obvious, but LeDiddy knew exactly what he was doing.

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[Mamba Mentality]

As soon as JJ decided to play Goodwin and Vando together it was gg’s. Its hard enough to play one non shooter let alone two.

[PierceFan4ever]

NBA playoffs has been far more entertaining than NHL Playoffs so far

To me, the nba is having one of the best first rounds ever imo. Shame Ja’s injury kind of ruined what could’ve been for that Thunder grizzlies series even though it would’ve been more than 4 games, it still would’ve been competitive. Heat are a 10th seed and gave 2 hard games on the road against the Cavs. Every other series has been competitive and physical.

[Doranku]

AR has been a huge disappointment this series. Thought he was better than this.

[AmIWrongDude]

14 free throw attempts for LeBron in the first half? My goodness

Looks crazy but 90% were all super obvious fouls that had to be called

[Patches Perry]

Luka only 1 assist. Intentional strategy by Minnesota or Luka just looking for his own shot more?

[guynumber45]

I don't think anyone expected Julius Randle to be playing this well.

[FrobeBryant]

Lakers need a new whole set of role players. These ones are broken.

[Ruma85]

The pups are looking good, we need to play better, lucky to be down 3 at the half.

[ForeverTFC]

Man the NBA is really spoiling us this year with these series and you guys just want to argue about the most pointless ****. Just enjoy this.

On topic: Ant very much belongs in the highest tier with Jokic, SGA, Luka and Giannis. Not today but he’ll get there. Future of this league along SGA and Luka.

[darkse1d]

Wolves need to take control in the 3rd. Lebron will eventually give up once the game is out of hand. Reeves will miraculously start making shots once the wolves lead is up to 20.

[mademan]

I hate the play and i do think it should be frowned upon to dive at a ball you have very little right to. That said, its not. And Lebron did what every other high effort player would. Glad ANT's ok, but its not dirty

[trickshot]

It was good hustle. He actually got the ball and would have had the ball out off bounds on Ant if the follow through didn't slide on Ant's ankles.

[Najeem27]

I don't think anyone expected Julius Randle to be playing this well.

Not with his track record. Dw the real Randle will be back soon

[Wolfgang630]

Naz Reid has been a complete dud since Game 1. Donte is just a dud in general.