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

[Revived]

Why is there two days off between every game in this series except for game 3 and game 4?

Have any of the other series had as many 2 game breaks for the first 5 games of the series?

This is my favorite series in round 1, I hate having to wait another day for it lol

[UglyBugBall]

Being down 3-1 is tough, BUT:

1. Lakers regained homecourt advantage.
2. Lakers now only have to win one game on the road to win the series.
3. JJ figured out how to beat MIN for most of the game.

So I think this is 50/50.

[durden_tyler]

Being down 3-1 is tough, BUT:

1. Lakers regained homecourt advantage.
2. Lakers now only have to win one game on the road to win the series.
3. JJ figured out how to beat MIN for most of the game.

So I think this is 50/50.

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[firedavidkahn]

Accusations arrive, uncle Shay career on a dive, OF hoes thrive

Wolves in 5

[worldjbfree]

Ant knocking out KD, Booker, Jokic, Bron, and Luka in B2b playoffs would be CRAZY

He is Michael Jordan's son.

The potential of adding Curry and Butler to that list with the subsequent series is crazier.

[rockmanslim]

https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=614&GameID=0042400164&Season=2024-25&flag=1&title=MISS%20Doncic%2025%27%203PT%20Step%20Back%20Jump%20Shot

Nico was like:

[firedavidkahn]

Being down 3-1 is tough, BUT:

1. Lakers regained homecourt advantage.
2. Lakers now only have to win one game on the road to win the series.
3. JJ figured out how to beat MIN for most of the game.

So I think this is 50/50.

Are you drunk?

[jehosafats]

Spoiler:

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That's some dirty ****

The refs in this one did the game a disservice

[jigga_man]

Being down 3-1 is tough, BUT:

1. Lakers regained homecourt advantage.
2. Lakers now only have to win one game on the road to win the series.
3. JJ figured out how to beat MIN for most of the game.

So I think this is 50/50.

[Jazz9]

I know Minny fans are perfectly happy with Ant but this series just made me wish the Ant/Luka trade offer, if real, went through even more.
He'd kill it on the Wolves

[TimberKat]

Where my guy Bob8 at?

Luka got absolutely cooked on D again.

If defense wasn’t a part of the game it would be called Offenseball.

And he accused me of disappearing after two games last year. Looks like he got a lot of thinking to do to get the Lakers right again and win this series in 5. Maybe Luka will go for 100pts the next game.

[KyRo23]

Why is there two days off between every game in this series except for game 3 and game 4?

Have any of the other series had as many 2 game breaks for the first 5 games of the series?

This is my favorite series in round 1, I hate having to wait another day for it lol

I think most of them have been the same. GS/Houston and Cavs Rockets are still only at 3 games with the rest of the pack playing their 4th games tonight as well

[scrabbarista]

Question as I unfortunately missed most of this game: LeBron had 18 free throws but only 9fgas. What was the context of this discrepancy? Did it feel deserved or gifted?

Mostly deserved.

[jehosafats]

https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=614&GameID=0042400164&Season=2024-25&flag=1&title=MISS%20Doncic%2025%27%203PT%20Step%20Back%20Jump%20Shot

Nico was like:

That shot was so boneheaded I nearly threw a child

[Loaf_of_bread]

At the end of the day, the Lakers aren't any good. The Wolves aren't necessarily any good either. Wolves have potential, but, won't do anything this year.

LAL hype going into the series and the playoffs in general was pretty ridiculous.

[Jta444]

Lebron tonight:

0 points in the 4th quarter

0-3 in the clutch

2 turnovers in the last 3 minutes of the game.

JJ was incompetent for making his guys play the whole second half knowing they have conditioning issues. I understand it's a do or die game but that's what you have staggered rotations for.

There's correlation between the two. JJ gambled and lost. It was late 4th when Lakers were tired that TWolves closed the gap and won. Rookie mistake. His manage of end game in game 3 also cost Lakers a winnable game though there Luka had a big share of the loss.

So is there also correlation between:

(1)Lebron’s stats/ performance in the Finals and
(2) his weaker earlier rounds East opponents (vs Western teams)

Thus enabling him to go to the Finals with fresher legs and less injuries compared to the Western teams he was facing during the bulk of his prime in the East?

Because here you’re saying Lebron didn’t perform well late because he logged a lot of minutes in the 1st 3 quarters. So is it fair to say and compare that to the whole playoffs when he was in the East he had an easier well-rested 1st 3 quarters (weaker East teams in 1st and 2nd round) thus enabling him to perform better in last quarter (Finals)

Compared to his opponents from the West who had to go hard the 1st 3 quarters (tougher Western competition) thus losing gas in the last quarter (Finals) just like Lebron did today

[sikma42]

How would you rank the playoff coaching by JJ Redick?

This is one of the worst coaching performances I can remember. This combined with game 1 were particularly bad.


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[TimberKat]

Being down 3-1 is tough, BUT:

1. Lakers regained homecourt advantage.
2. Lakers now only have to win one game on the road to win the series.
3. JJ figured out how to beat MIN for most of the game.

So I think this is 50/50.

They achieved that after game one loss to Twolves.

Your glass of wine is also out. Just two more sips, you can either drink it Wednesday or Friday. Cheers.

[KyRo23]

Lebron tonight:

0 points in the 4th quarter

0-3 in the clutch

2 turnovers in the last 3 minutes of the game.

JJ was incompetent for making his guys play the whole second half knowing they have conditioning issues. I understand it's a do or die game but that's what you have staggered rotations for.

There's correlation between the two. JJ gambled and lost. It was late 4th when Lakers were tired that TWolves closed the gap and won. Rookie mistake. His manage of end game in game 3 also cost Lakers a winnable game though there Luka had a big share of the loss.

So is there also correlation between:

(1)Lebron’s stats/ performance in the Finals and
(2) his weaker earlier rounds East opponents (vs Western teams)

Thus enabling him to go to the Finals with fresher legs and less injuries compared to the Western teams he was facing during the bulk of his prime in the East?

Because here you’re saying Lebron didn’t perform well late because he logged a lot of minutes in the 1st 3 quarters. So is it fair to say and compare that to the whole playoffs when he was in the East he had an easier well-rested 1st 3 quarters (weaker East teams in 1st and 2nd round) thus enabling him to perform better in last quarter (Finals)

Compared to his opponents from the West who had to go hard the 1st 3 quarters (tougher Western competition) thus losing gas in the last quarter (Finals) just like Lebron did today

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Where my guy Bob8 at?

Luka got absolutely cooked on D again.

If defense wasn’t a part of the game it would be called Offenseball.

And he accused me of disappearing after two games last year. Looks like he got a lot of thinking to do to get the Lakers right again and win this series in 5. Maybe Luka will go for 100pts the next game.

To be fair, blaming this game on Doncic's defense would be idiotic to say the least. Feels more like trolling so obviously he'll respond to these type of posts. Just basically baiting him to go for another 50 post thread