2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN WINS 4-1)

[LaLover11]

Lakers need to hire Marc Jackson & JJ Reddick as a offense assistant coach to revamp the Lakers Offense

Trade for Durant at all cost and give it one last run

God no I don't want to get older and slower

Slower lmao yeah get younger and get demolished in the playoffs. The last 4th quarter it was a grind for both teams like game 7 Cavs vs Warriors.

Irving hit that game changing 3 to beat the warriors.
That's all is needed from Durant and he can deliver that Dagger no matter his age and speed at his age

[Castle Black]

Graphic goes hard ngl

[zshawn10]

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[NCHeels2008]

Oh he did.

Malone has already won a ring its sad how he lets the Lakers live rent free in his head

he is pointing out the outrageous favoritism- the officiating was horrendously biased in that game. Denver would have won by at least 10 points if it was called fairly. Ridiculous that Jokic shot 0 FTs

when denver has the whistle advantage its fair and normal, when its the Lakers its because its rigged, got it.

[RB34]

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It’s just basketball after all. Except if he wins, then he’s the goat and it was the hardest path to victory.

[ballzboyee]

Are Lakers fans just incapable of accepting losses like a man?



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Everything he said is factual. Lakers were the better team for the majority of the series.The coaching was the difference, Nuggets had better late game execution when it mattered and Ham was incapable of making adjustments on the fly. Wolves are gonna give the Nuggets all sorts of fits, Murray is about to be another victim on McDaniels island but good thing he already has a built in excuse.

maybe the most dominant team to get the gentleman's sweep.

you Lakers' fans are funny.

What is it now... 12 out 13 for Denver or something like that? It's delusional maintaining that this series was even close. Lakers expended a lot of energy in the first half of games jumping out to leads because this early intensity was the only chance they had to make it close at the end. However, most teams can't sustain that kind of energy, especially in the playoffs on increased minutes for starters. Those early leads don't really mean anything. The only chance the Lakers had was a puncher's chance, but Denver would absorb the Lakers runs and just slowly and methodically grind them down. 4-1 is about what most predicted.

[NCHeels2008]

Lakers need to hire Marc Jackson & JJ Reddick as a offense assistant coach to revamp the Lakers Offense

Trade for Durant at all cost and give it one last run

God no I don't want to get older and slower

Slower lmao yeah get younger and get demolished in the playoffs. The last 4th quarter it was a grind for both teams like game 7 Cavs vs Warriors.

Irving hit that game changing 3 to beat the warriors.
That's all is needed from Durant and he can deliver that Dagger no matter his age and speed at his age

I guess if they don't have to give up much but I'm assuming that'll destroy any semblance of depth and you're gonna lean on KD, LeBron and AD to play 75+ games just to be a decent seed in a loaded west then run out of gas again in the PO's.

[Scoundreldays]

I honestly thought the Lakers were going to roll over and die after game 2 and their game 3 performance. They played their hearts out in game 4 and 5. Nuggets are just too clutch.

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[AleksandarN]

Graphic goes hard ngl

MJ’s gatekeeper

[levon]

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Contract negotiations.

[NyKnicks1714]

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It’s just basketball after all. Except if he wins, then he’s the goat and it was the hardest path to victory.

LeBron: "I just wanna get home to my family."

Realgm: "lol what a loser"

[nzahir]

MPJ was a beast every game in this series. The unsung hero.

Yup he killed us

Idk why he gets red hot vs us, but it is what it is

Some tough ones

I know hes a great shooter, but shoots even better vs us

Den is the better team ofc, but I feel like two games got stolen. We had you guys imo today with AD and Bron killing Joic in the pick and roll

MPJ didn't have a good series last season so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

This year he was A+

He shot 42.5% from 3 last year

15 and 10, so not special, but shot it very well

[Jaqua92]

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This egomaniac. Needs to be about him

[levon]

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This egomaniac. Needs to be about him

What should his answer have been?

[bstein14]

MPJ was a beast every game in this series. The unsung hero.

100% a great start for him in these playoffs. I felt like last year it was a mix of KCP, Gordon, or Bruce Brown that stepped up and had good games as the #3 guy for most of the playoffs and MPJ was looking more like a grossly overpaid 5th starter but not the case at all this series. He's looking more like the third guy in a big three worthy of his max deal this year.

[RB34]

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It’s just basketball after all. Except if he wins, then he’s the goat and it was the hardest path to victory.

LeBron: "I just wanna get home to my family."

Realgm: "lol what a loser"

Sore loser maybe.

[Castle Black]

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[Sharkboy242]

Yup he killed us

Idk why he gets red hot vs us, but it is what it is

Some tough ones

I know hes a great shooter, but shoots even better vs us

Den is the better team ofc, but I feel like two games got stolen. We had you guys imo today with AD and Bron killing Joic in the pick and roll

MPJ didn't have a good series last season so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

This year he was A+

He shot 42.5% from 3 last year

15 and 10, so not special, but shot it very well

His career average is 41% so its nothing special. He had a tough series from what I recall.

[nzahir]

MPJ was a beast every game in this series. The unsung hero.

Yup he killed us

Idk why he gets red hot vs us, but it is what it is

Some tough ones

I know hes a great shooter, but shoots even better vs us

Den is the better team ofc, but I feel like two games got stolen. We had you guys imo today with AD and Bron killing Joic in the pick and roll

it should've been 2-2 heading into game 5. The stakes would've been higher for both teams.

Personally, I think Lakers would be dumb to blow it up. I know it's a tough sell to the fans to "run it back", but I think they could credibly make the case that injuries to the role players hurt them and they pushed the defending champs in all 5 games. I would run it back for one more year, and then if all else fails, blow it.

Oh hell na. If you mean keep AD, Bron, and Reaves (unless you can get a legit bonafide all star), sure

Done with Dlo

The guy shot 31% from 3 and was horrible on defense

Definitely move Vincent if you can in a bigger deal for salary. Probably selling low and he will bounce back a bit, but not worth paying him 10m to be a backup

Rui can go if there is a decent deal. Just don't feel like he was conifdnet shooting when there was pressure and blew so many layups. He is so gifted phsycially, but rarely uses it and we need a better rebounding forward next to Bron, unless we are getting a C and AD goes to the 4 in certain matchups

We have 3 1sts, 3 swaps, JHS, Christie, Reaves, Rui, salary filler in TP (if he opts in), Dlo (if he opts in), Vincent (negative), and Vando (more neutral, solid player, but has injury isssues and a 1 sided guy)

We should be able to make some moves or a big move

If we cant, Bron should walk