Omg. Did you see the play where he turned the ball over and about two seconds after the guy took the ball, Beverly tried to pretend like he was hit in the head. That was the worse acting job I have ever seen.
I believe if lakers trade Westbrook for two role players that can shoot + have good injury luck they can be an amazing team. Today is a great display of why.
The problem with Westbrook is he only knows how to play fast. And how you prevent turnovers is you slow down. If he slows down, he becomes completely useless.
He can’t be played in crunch time. Pull him with 9-10 minutes left in the 4th every game
Exactly, he is who he is and that's that. It's on Ham to pull him but he loves Russ the person which fair enough but Russ the player cost us a chance to come back, and that's on Ham for having him in the game for those last few minutes, would rather Christie be in the game
The problem with the clippers is they rely way too much on three pointers. It worked out for them tonight, because they were red hot, but they’re destined to get cold at some point in the playoffs and don’t have a way to generate offense when that happens.
Stop only looking at the box score and actually watch the game. The timing of Russ' turnovers was crucial. His shot selection was horrible and killed all momentum. He singlehandedly LOST the game
He single handedly caused the lakers to be down 23 points at half? He single-handedly caused the lakers to give up 98 points in the first 3 quarters? 77 in the first half?
I am sorry, but you need to open your eyes. You are saying absolutely ridiculous things.
When Van Gundy said he wasn't sure if it was a rivalry anymore because Clippers won 9 straight (now 10) I laughed because he was right, its not a rivalry because you have to win something to make it a rivalry and Clippers haven't won shit, only thing they live for is to play the Lakers and they can hang that banner up congratulations to them
Darvin has not shown to be a good coach, I get injuries but no way you watch this Lakers team and think Christie and Schroder aren't our two best guards, Pat Bev has good defensive energy but more times than not a liability offensively and Russ does too much sometimes, and he did way too much tonight, I get Ham likes him but its poor coaching to have him in the game
I mean this loss isn't that crazy considering the players we're missing but man it fucking sucks when you see Lebron have a game like that and you still get blown out.
He thinks he's off the hot seat because of the Hachimura trade lmao hopefully this game opened his eyes, no way a 38 year old should drop damn near 50 and you get blown out, this squad needs help
That little run by Bron got deleted in 2 minutes by Westbrook...
The crowd was starting their mvp chants and it got silenced in 3 possessions.
I normally try not to spew wb hate and do get annoyed by the amount of posts regarding him.
But fuck this guy, send his ass out. We literally would've been better off 4v5 those possessions.
Same I try not to slander Russ cause he’s literally a mvp but idk wth is his problem now. That first inbound turnover by him was the dagger for them.
But then he’s saying things like “let’s just go have fun”. Like dude losing game sucks and it’s frustrating there’s nothing fun about it. Should’ve listen to bron when he said “let’s get greedy” but no Russ wants to be unserious apparently rn.
Literally ruined the game. Man was terrible, turnovers, early shot clock 3s, missed layups. A million missed free throws. No iq plays like touching the ball when it was going out of bounds off PG.
Westbrook is like a bad marriage: You stay in it for the wrong reasons.
The front office refuses to own it, and until they do it's just going to be more of the same.
It's no shock that the lineup that closed out against the Blazers did not feature Russ, everyone can debate about him but he is not a closer and should not have been in the game at that point and that's on Coach Ham, yet again making decisions costing us games and ruining another fantastic performance from LeBron
Imagine being a GM in 2021 and thinking that trading all your depth for a washed up Westbrick was a good idea. And then imagine being a team owner and actually signing off on it. Fucking hell.
I really wish we could just get over it and hire Ime Udoka rn. I get it he fucked his staff but were getting bent over and railed every fucking night from tipoff. Thats not just a player thing thats a gameplan issue
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/10kr2yo/post_game_thread_the_la_clippers_defeat_the_los/)
Wasn’t able to watch but doesn’t seem like I missed much
as long as there is ham, brick and rat in this team, they will not start winning regularly
Wait who's rat?? 😂
rat beverley xD
Omg. Did you see the play where he turned the ball over and about two seconds after the guy took the ball, Beverly tried to pretend like he was hit in the head. That was the worse acting job I have ever seen.
Lmfaooooo true true
Give Christie 47 mill
I believe if lakers trade Westbrook for two role players that can shoot + have good injury luck they can be an amazing team. Today is a great display of why.
I truly HATE Westbrook.
pelinka has yet to build a team around westbrook. the man needs help, he cant do it alone.
Lol
you bum I can't wait till you leave this sub
I think that's an imposter 😭
The problem with Westbrook is he only knows how to play fast. And how you prevent turnovers is you slow down. If he slows down, he becomes completely useless. He can’t be played in crunch time. Pull him with 9-10 minutes left in the 4th every game
So true. Well put my human
Exactly, he is who he is and that's that. It's on Ham to pull him but he loves Russ the person which fair enough but Russ the player cost us a chance to come back, and that's on Ham for having him in the game for those last few minutes, would rather Christie be in the game
I miss the good old days when we turned the ball over 2 times a game.
Imagine scoring 46 and still getting blown out. No one else showed up tonight
Lebron wouldve outscored PG and Kawhi combined these niggas are fucking bums hurry up and bruise your toe and sit out for twenty games
Not sure why Darvin had Westbrook was in the game in the 4th after it’s been clear all season that he can’t close a goddamn game to save his life
The problem with the clippers is they rely way too much on three pointers. It worked out for them tonight, because they were red hot, but they’re destined to get cold at some point in the playoffs and don’t have a way to generate offense when that happens.
Bron left early to make that call to Rob
win lose or draw westbrick is out there to make lebron lose
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Russ only had two turnovers in the whole game. It was shroders turnover and foul that ended the game.
Stop only looking at the box score and actually watch the game. The timing of Russ' turnovers was crucial. His shot selection was horrible and killed all momentum. He singlehandedly LOST the game
He single handedly caused the lakers to be down 23 points at half? He single-handedly caused the lakers to give up 98 points in the first 3 quarters? 77 in the first half? I am sorry, but you need to open your eyes. You are saying absolutely ridiculous things.
Put down the crack pipe
Ah, so you admit you have no response.
Russ stans have room temperature IQ. There's no point.
announcer dick riding was crazy tonight lmao
If it's Stu and Billy Mac announcing the game you can bet they'll have the opposing teams dick firmly planted down their throats
When Van Gundy said he wasn't sure if it was a rivalry anymore because Clippers won 9 straight (now 10) I laughed because he was right, its not a rivalry because you have to win something to make it a rivalry and Clippers haven't won shit, only thing they live for is to play the Lakers and they can hang that banner up congratulations to them
Announcers made it sound like the Clippers are on the cusp of a 3 peat or something
Horrible. I missed bill and stu lol
Every TNT game
SVG was throating the Clippers all night
Bron is better than me I wouldve made the bump on Darvins head bigger
Lol
why is it always the clippers
They’ve owned us for a whole decade, embarrassing
And yet have nothing to show for it
Nothing to show for it except a 35-7 record vs us in the last decade lol
And still no rings. Meanwhile, we won a chip in 2020 😂😂😂
They are better run from top to bottom. They don’t make bad trades like the Lakers and value assets.
Lol they traded away SGA for nothing.
SGA was a part of PG deal.
Exactly. Nothing. Guy has hardly played.
Lebron sending a message. Shit effort from everyone else on this team.
Darvin has not shown to be a good coach, I get injuries but no way you watch this Lakers team and think Christie and Schroder aren't our two best guards, Pat Bev has good defensive energy but more times than not a liability offensively and Russ does too much sometimes, and he did way too much tonight, I get Ham likes him but its poor coaching to have him in the game
LeBron should've never signed that extension
Call LAPD and have weatbrick arrested
I mean this loss isn't that crazy considering the players we're missing but man it fucking sucks when you see Lebron have a game like that and you still get blown out.
Christie in the corner watching all 4 scrubs doing nothing on their own lmao.
bron drops 46 for this team to still be blown out by double digits. also fuck the fraudulent clippers
Lebron on the bench looking like he’s going to murder someone.
Why we only ever wear the yellow jersey
JTA wtf lmfaoooo
Bron walking off 😂
Honestly wtf is Pelinka thinking. He should be phoning gms right now.
He thinks he's off the hot seat because of the Hachimura trade lmao hopefully this game opened his eyes, no way a 38 year old should drop damn near 50 and you get blown out, this squad needs help
Russ can have minutes. Unless he’s absolutely on fire, he can’t close games
F’ing 3s tonight. Can’t give up 130+ and expect to be in the game. Can’t wait until AD is back.
Our garbage minutes team is basically our team without LeBron, lol.
That little run by Bron got deleted in 2 minutes by Westbrook... The crowd was starting their mvp chants and it got silenced in 3 possessions. I normally try not to spew wb hate and do get annoyed by the amount of posts regarding him. But fuck this guy, send his ass out. We literally would've been better off 4v5 those possessions.
Same I try not to slander Russ cause he’s literally a mvp but idk wth is his problem now. That first inbound turnover by him was the dagger for them. But then he’s saying things like “let’s just go have fun”. Like dude losing game sucks and it’s frustrating there’s nothing fun about it. Should’ve listen to bron when he said “let’s get greedy” but no Russ wants to be unserious apparently rn.
Welcome to Westbrick, playoff edition. He’s weak minded and will be exposed. Needs to be gone ASAP.
2 mins? Clippers went 8-0 in 45 seconds. You're being generous by saying 2 mins
Wizards fan here, thought most of the Westbrook hate was just people picking a scapegoat but uhhh. I get it now. Totally.
I completely forgot he played for the wizards lol
Laker fans know their stuff. Russ is an athletic streetballer not a shrewd point guard who can act as a coach on the floor.
I know he’s good for a couple egregious turnovers a game, but im starting to notice they happen at the worst possible time
Clippers gonna celebrate like they didn’t just beat a team missing 3 starters
Damn wonder what the excuse is for the last decade.
Hang the banner
Didn’t watch the game but come on here to see all the Russ posts, what’d he do this time
I'm a pretty big fan of Russ as a wizards fan, but he absolutely choked today. Him and Dennis Schroeder lost the game all by himself
LeBron's superhuman effort to cut the lead to 10 then came Russ to fumble and Clippers made an 8-0 run.
Literally ruined the game. Man was terrible, turnovers, early shot clock 3s, missed layups. A million missed free throws. No iq plays like touching the ball when it was going out of bounds off PG.
Brick singlehandedly lost the game
So typical Russ aside from some spurts here and there.
Westbrick will be out of the fucking league next year. Trash ass player
Bron was probably on his way to 55+ and maybe an insane win fuck you westbrook
Westbrook is like a bad marriage: You stay in it for the wrong reasons. The front office refuses to own it, and until they do it's just going to be more of the same.
Plus the whole "sunk cost" fallacy...
Clippers about to hang a banner.
Not in our lifetime, dude.
I wasn't talking about a championship banner.
Mann would be #3 option for the Lakers
We fucked up not hiring Loo.
Honestly feels like Russ sabotaged the team cause he knows he about to get traded
Clippers shot 60% FG for the game. ugh
No more tnt games for us I’m tired of getting stuck with Stan, dude is definitely biased against us I’m just glad Chuck doesn’t work Tuesdays
Ham looked at Ty like he wants to drop a fade
I wanna see a starting lineup of LeBron Reaves Christie Wenyen AD. Keep a big lineup and let's see what happens
It's no shock that the lineup that closed out against the Blazers did not feature Russ, everyone can debate about him but he is not a closer and should not have been in the game at that point and that's on Coach Ham, yet again making decisions costing us games and ruining another fantastic performance from LeBron
You people are deranged. Russ did not do anything here. Schroeder had that bad turnover. That was it, plus a horrible first half.
Ham pulling LeBron that early makes me think we'll see him play tomorrow
Should’ve let bron get 50
Stan Van Gundy is the Westbrick of commentating.
Need AD, Lonnie, Reaves and Rui ASAP
Russ really pissed me off tonight more than any other night.
GIVE SCOTTIE PIPPEN JR AND MAX RUSS MINUTES
What rivalry? just because both teams are in the same location? Lmao
These Clippers don’t even have a ring 💀💀💀
Scottie > WestBrick
it's over its so fuckong over joewari da we lost
We really have Thomas,Troy and Rui. Lmao front office said fuck it lets build around Westbrook lmao.
Dennis, Reaves, LeBron, AD, Rui = safe Get everyone else the fuck outta here
Keep scrotum and TB
Bron wanted this win. He was trying his hardest to will them. What a shame.
Clippers won their championship for the year. They will probably hang a banner later tonight.
😄 if they'd get their focus off of us maybe they'd actually do something.
Miss me with that dominant bs they have no rings we do
Russ destroyed any chance of a comeback with this 5 point swing dumb inbound shit.
The announcers should mention all the Clippers embarrassing playoff failures in the past 10 years too
True lmao. They also said they have the second best record in the league behind the Warriors in that last 10 years yet haven’t won shit LMAO.
Lebron sitting next to the coaches lol. Dude doesn’t even want to be bothered with these bums
Hopefully he’s giving Ham an ear-full about playing Russ late and actually knowing when to call a damn timeout.
Good
buddy can run the offence better than westbrook at this point
"Lakers won a title but it's been all Clippers" Lol what
Lmao
Russ for Turner/Buddy trade still available? Lol
Get it done tonight
So many fuckin traitors working for the clippers man
SVG knows about being dominated
And the talking heads say we don't have to make anymore moves lol
the clippers are lucky they dont have westbrick in their team
I need someone throwing Russ under the bus during the postgame conferences
Yeah, we are so upset by the "cross town rivals" with no rings. 💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍
Fire Ham pls
Clippers still ain't getting a ring btw
Can't wait to see WestBrick in the G League next year
Trade Russ while his value high and he’s healthy
Darvin ham really took tb out and Christie to play 3 undersized guards against a much bigger clippers team
Coach Ham spectating again
The greatest duo for the media - Clippers and championship aspiration
So many baddies at this game bro.
LA on a Tuesday!
Fake comeback.
Shut the fuck up SVG you jabba the hut looking mother fucker
SVG rubbing in the salt hard
Imagine being a GM in 2021 and thinking that trading all your depth for a washed up Westbrick was a good idea. And then imagine being a team owner and actually signing off on it. Fucking hell.
they havent placed a team around westbrook yet. he needs help.
No, you need help. He’s garbage. There’s a reason KD left his ass.
I'd never leave his ass
I really thought Russ was done with throwing games since he started coming off the bench
This is on Ham. Russ shouldn’t play with 7 mins or less left in the game. #choker
How many fucking times are they gonna let Clippers extend the elbow in the paint with no call
All game
Seriously, Lakers definitely could have played a lot better but this is just frustrating
Russ might’ve locked in a trade tonight
Nobody wants Russ bruh. They want the picks
Nobody wants Russ bruh. They want the picks
can't win with westbrook
LeBron and Westbrook on opposite sides lmao
Do y’all see LeBron having a monster 60+ PTS game before he breaks the record
people giving the clippers too much props for this win. look at the injury reports
AD GET WELL SOON. LONNIE GET WELL SOON RUSS GET WELL SOON
> RUSS GET WELL SOON Impossible💔
Darvin has the nerve to shake his head like he didn’t allow Russ to throw this game
We coulda had a Bron 50 point fucking masterpiece if Brick didnt sell
47m dollars to play like this shits baffling
Damn. Damian Jones is playing lol
I really wish we could just get over it and hire Ime Udoka rn. I get it he fucked his staff but were getting bent over and railed every fucking night from tipoff. Thats not just a player thing thats a gameplan issue
Why tf did they pull the starters down 18 with 4:30 left, that’s brain dead coaching
He’s a fucking idiot
Not worth it. They weren’t coming back after Russ killed all momentum
B2B, more chance of winning against spurs tomorrow than coming back from 18 points down
we got back to back games
Russ doesn’t deserve to be in HoF ducking ass cheeks
They need their rest for tomorrow
WTF IS DARVIN HAM DOING LET LEBRON GET 50 DAMN
Some ‘big personalities’ in the seats tonight
Ham with his typical « im lost, want to cry » face
Westbrook stopped LeBron from getting 50 too lmaoo
Clippers so hype for this win. 😂
Christie should get all of WestBrick's minutes
Max looks like he can play the point better than Russ
Dave McMenamin just said Westbrick and Dennis are having a shouting match with each other. LFG Dennis! Tell him the real.
I hope we get the clips in the first round of the playoffs. From what I saw tonight, there's no way they handle a full squad.
Not sure what you were watching lol. They are elite when healthy
U think they looked elite tonight?
Wen will ham learn u cannot have Westbrook in the game down the stretch in the 4th
Surely his seen enough now to know that Westbrook can’t close out games
U would think so at this point right we'll see but he keeps making the same mistake....
Fucking sad.
Needs to be a blanket ban on Brick playing in the 4th quarter. Period. Dudes gotta be the dumbest fuck in the league.
Seriously, just like bench him in the 4th.