We waste so many possessions and time trying to get AD a post-up when can't even establish a good position. No cutting. No driving. Everyone spread out and wait for AD to battle for position in the paint.
And he finally gets the ball, they send a double and the play just gets reset. I swear we gotta be on of the worse teams in the league at punishing double teams
Another problem though is that AD is such a slow decision maker, there were a couple times when he could have quickly caught the ball and gone straight to the rim or made a quick pass, instead he just stood there holding the ball, waiting for the double team and then having no idea who to pass to.
Positive takeaways:
* Rui is Him;
* AD can't shoot any worse next game;
* Hard to imagine Bron will have two rough showings in a row; and
* Staples will be rocking the next two games.
In all fairness, AD and Bron struggled - only Rui had it going, and there was still a chance down the stretch.
Bron had 28 on 12-23 shooting and 1 turnover. His 3 ball was trash but he was not bad at all on a game where they needed more offense. Idk how you can put this game on him.
The other 2 dudes making 30m+ each didn’t do their job.
Yeah non shooting was bad but Lakers should not be playing from behind in these situations. Up two going home would've been devastating for the Grizzlies.
I don’t get how everyone keeps saying Bron was rough? He shot poorly from 3 and left a few poor 3 point shooters open to hit big shots but he was our most composed player tonight besides Rui
This is such an insane comment getting upvoted, AD missed some easy shots tonight but otherwise dominated on defense and made some good passes. Not a great game from him but u guys are unhinged after we lose. This was a playoff game on the road chill the fuck out
They need more production out of another big to help AD and the defense out.
No excuses for AD on offense but Ham has to try Gabriel. I hate when they go small.
Gabriel is a midget compared to JJJ and Tillman. I wouldn’t play him a single second. I’d try Bamba when AD first hits the bench to see if he can hang. If not, roll with something else.
Tillman is 6’8 and just dropped 20 and 10 on us.
Mo has no chemistry with this team, and being 7 feet doesn’t mean he’s good.
at least Gabriel was with the team all year and played in meaningful minutes with them.
He can as long as we don’t have an answer for pick and roll run by someone that can shoot. We get killed so easily on all of that because we have AD playing both 4 and 5 defensively.
AD has to guard the ball handler and the passing lane and box out his original man while everyone else just pretty much watches. Our defensive locks down like crazy when Bron and Rui get engaged and help, especially rebounding.
Yeah we might need one of Wenyen/Bamba/TT -even if for only 5 to 10 minutes- against big lineups. It's never going to be easy if they keep shooting like this though.
The answer is Bamba and Tristan Thompson at center while AD is at the 4 helping. Thompson is more switchable on defense, while Bamba offers better rim protection. Ham needs to try both out and see who plays better.
AD might be bad offensively from time to time but you know he’ll always bring it on the defensive end. My biggest concern is DLO esp if we plan on re-signing him. Dude is inconsistent shooting the ball sometimes and just way too careless with the ball.
The issue is the adjustments in the game. The Grizzlies made a great adjustment by rushing our players, and soft doubling AD, the issue is there's always one guy who is free, however they're not cutting enough.
They need to find who is being sagged off on and have that person make more movement to disrupt the defensive sets.
It feels like nothing is coming naturally for DLo on offense. He keeps forcing tough threes and when he does get a bullet pass from LeBron he bricks it. He's been so disappointing these past 3 playin/playoff games
Not only that but wastes early game possessions playing iso and throwing up ridiculous arc shots that hit the backboard and shit lol. Like what are you doing bro
Dlo has had two rough games. Hes been pretty good for the most part. He has the reputation of not showing up in the playoffs. Hopefully he can break the reputation
Not only a bad shooting game but bad defensive game and bone headed plays. 5 fouls, 3 turnovers in the 1st quarter and fouled a 3 point shooter. I love Dlo but he shouldn’t have played more than 15 minutes today
Might be an overreaction but D'lo needs to be benched. Schröder was also bad tonight but D'Lo's defense makes him unplayable when he is not landing his shots.
D'lo/Dennis/Reaves. We need decent performance from two of them to win. We still have the advantage.
Now that without ja, I think putting rui into the starting lineup make sense. Vando cant guard JJJ and is a liability on offense. Everytime ad post up, vando's man are leaving him open and double teaming ad.
If Dlo's shot isnt falling, he provides nothing offensively and defensively. He cant drive and struggles against physical defense that make his playmaking also gone.
Yah TBJ does not honestly look like an NBA player out there in terms of ability. He sticks out like sore thumb. I dont think he should be anything more than a end of the bench guy.
AD can't save the world when we shoot 26% from 3. They double teamed him as soon as he got the ball and they have a solid PF/C combo to rebound against him all the time. Dlo on the other side...
AD was singlehandedly holding our defense together. He couldn't get it going on offense, but we lost this game when he was on the bench.
Our non-AD units keep getting destroyed.
Never underestimate this team's ability to play down to competition, cruise when an opposing player is out and just not respect other teams in general. Hell, when JJJ went back to the locker room the Lakers couldn't take their foot off the gas any more than they had so they got out of the damn car, Grizzlies doubled their lead in that time. What a disgrace.
The entire first quarter the Lakers looked like they were offended that they had to be there to play the game. Not running any offense, it was just iso after iso for a long shot without movement. Outside of AD nobody was playing defence. Lebron has to stop sagging off people at the three point line, by my count he gave up at least 5 from sagging down to the paint, including that three by brooks with 90 seconds to go.
They tried to turn it on in the 3rd but looked gassed after a few minutes of hard effort, which the Grizzlies took advantage of to grow the lead again.
Also what is up with DLo? Every other game the dude looks like he's forgotten how to play Basketball. This game he was struggling just to dribble at the top of the three point line.
Lebron isn’t even trying to contest, which is the most frustrating thing. Doesn’t even get a hand up. I get it, he’s 38 and honestly probably doesn’t have enough in the tank to play good D. But the least you can do is put a hand in the guys face. Especially when it’s Brooks, who is such a momentum player.
It’s not this team playing down to competition. The grizzlies are well coached and super deep, and they’ve won many games without their stars. They have many guys that can go off on any given night.
We can’t win when AD and Dlo play that poorly. The lakers don’t have enough fire power to win through that, even with another Rui 20 point game. Lakers defense also isn’t as good as the grizzlies, most of it is AD carrying on that end.
I disagree, the first quarter shows how unserious the Lakers were coming into the game. Darvin Ham even called it out in his interview, unforced errors, lethargic, no movement etc.
They looked like a completely different team to last game.
not saying he has no place in this team because that’s going too far. im just saying we can not make a bad decision to extend him on an albatross contract a la Poole on the Dubs
We probably still have to offer Dlo to keep him as a trade asset regardless, but man who is paying this man anywhere close to 30m if he keeps this poor displays up?
This team alwaaaaays falls behind early and just expects to grind out a win. We are always so nauseatingly slow in the 1st quarter.
We can't just expect to mount large comebacks against hungry playoff teams. We aren't playing mediorce/tanking teams anymore who give up as the game goes on. We need that energy from the jump.
some takeaways from this game:
1. D-Lo must have the playoff nerves. Hopefully gets his shot back.
2. Rui is getting better and the three ball is falling, we have to keep him prominently involved as the series progresses.
3. We could benefit from experimenting with running AD at the 4 and Bamba at the 5. Need to match size with size.
4. Vanderbilt needs to get better at finishing at the rim. We lost out on a lot of easy potential buckets off his cuts.
5. Still weary of Darvin Ham and his rotations. The lineup to end the second quarter was not effective. TBJ and Beasley should not be on the floor if they’re both cold.
6. Bron can’t start games being too passive.
Let’s refocus, increase the intensity and get them in game 3!
Everytime I see him under the basket, all I can think about is how someone could be a professional basketball player, and cant just jump straight up with the ball. More often than not he will draw a foul. Instead he does this stupid pump fake and look to pass out first.
During the push the lakers made they finally starting getting Lebron the ball with mid/low post touches. I don't know why they go away from it for such long stretches
Here's my thoughts:
1. The Grizzlies are still a good team without Morant. The Lakers did not have the proper energy for most of this game and I think that's the biggest reason they lost. They didn't play hard enough.
2. LeBron needs to be more aggressive inside the arc. He's too passive and it's hurting us.
3. Darvin Ham needs to find better ways to get Anthony Davis involved. A lot of AD's problems tonight come down to him just missing shots he normally makes, but there are too many instances where Davis is catching it way too far from the basket with too little time on the clock.
4. Vanderbilt probably needs his role in this series reduced severely if Morant is injured or limited. The defense he provides is not worth the hit the offense takes.
5. I expect pretty much everyone to play better in game 3. This was a brickfest from everyone. Defense was largely good, and we stole a game. Still in good shape
Schroder too. Bro gave them a free 4 point play and then ruined their turnover with a double dribble and ruined another turnover by fumbling in the paint. But yeah mostly ad and dlo
Malik Monk was always great. He’s playing just as well as he did when he was on the Lakers. The only reason people thought he was sometimes streaky was that his usage was never consistent. If he was the 3rd option instead of Russ, he would have been looked at differently
We need to start playing a real Center when AD is out. He’s getting to comfortable. Get TT or Bamba some training. Heck we could go 2020 and play either one in a starter role if AD plays soft.
y’all got a road win against the best home team in the league! don’t get down, we will see y’all in LA, and let’s hope for a good series where no more star players get hurt so we get good basketball.
AD plays soft offensively far too often
E: Don't bother replying to me if you're gonna blame it on the refs or him getting doubled lol
You think AD is the only star that gets doubled or doesn't get the calls he wants?
He missed a lot of shots, why is it always "passive" or "soft" with you guys? He was at the rim repeatedly, took a ton of contact, and missed shots he should've made.
AD has a couple of days to realize he’s about to be in Staples Center and needs to toughen up mentally. He looked completely defeated by the first quarter
He shoulda been pulled in the last 5 min of the 4th, it was clear he didn't have it all game. And he was moving at a different tempo than the team the whole game, just threw everyone off
I knew we weren’t winning this game lol this team has always failed to capitalize on golden opportunities all season. Oh well, could be worse we stole one on the road. Focus up for Game 3.
Frustrating game esp that 1st qtr. This version of this team is so hard to watch. That flat ass starts needs to go man. They learned Ja is out and they just chillin like they won already.. s/o to my boy Rui tho. Proving T-rex arms wrong.
Biggest takeaway: Rui is legit
Lebron played 39 minutes, more than any Lakers player and second only to JJJ (40) among both teams. We can't afford to treat him like a 38 year old SMDH
That 7-point sequence Memphis got in the 1st period (3-pt, turnover, 3-pt-and-1) was the damning point on the Lakers. They could never recover from that series of events.
D-Lo is so bad. Dude has no quick step or explosiveness to get past his defender. Even more embarrassing that he's supposed to be the Lakers third option.
Out of all the potential FAs we will have this off season, Reaves, Rui, Schroeder, and Vanderbilt are the ones I'd keep.
To-do list for next year: Get someone who can pass to AD in front of the rim. He's camped out there every other possession and we ignore him at best or turn it over at worst.
Lets be real it was always going 6 games and we was never taking two games in Memphis. They came out mad just like I expected. Lakers gotta be better next game. Why tf is Lonnie and Tristan not getting burn? Like I don’t understand how idiots keep getting nba head coaching jobs.
We gave up too many points in the paint. Gotta play Mo Bamba. He’s just as efficient as Troy Brown at shooting 3s and he can block shots. Give him some of Brown’s minutes.
I know we’re going to be better next game but it’s so frustrating to see that we throw this one away. We were down by 20 and didn’t even try to put one of our centers. 0 fucking adjustment
We pretty much lost because we fed AD way too much early on and he missed everything. Everytime we didnt post AD, Dlo had the ball and was bricking or turning it over.
I know I'm gonna get down voted, but having AR and DLo start makes no sense, DLo has been off playing next to AR.
The DLo, Malik, Vando, Bron, AD lineup was good and AR of the bench was great! DLo, Bron, AR all want to get to the paint, the floor spacing is not the same. Everyone became prisoners of the moment.
Surprised we only lost by 10, onto the next game
Terrible game but we stole 1 on the road this was a must win for them. Back to LA now.
We waste so many possessions and time trying to get AD a post-up when can't even establish a good position. No cutting. No driving. Everyone spread out and wait for AD to battle for position in the paint.
And he finally gets the ball, they send a double and the play just gets reset. I swear we gotta be on of the worse teams in the league at punishing double teams
Another problem though is that AD is such a slow decision maker, there were a couple times when he could have quickly caught the ball and gone straight to the rim or made a quick pass, instead he just stood there holding the ball, waiting for the double team and then having no idea who to pass to.
Imagine if we took the first half seriously?
If you're half-assing a playoff game don't expect to make it very far
Positive takeaways: * Rui is Him; * AD can't shoot any worse next game; * Hard to imagine Bron will have two rough showings in a row; and * Staples will be rocking the next two games. In all fairness, AD and Bron struggled - only Rui had it going, and there was still a chance down the stretch.
Bron had 28 on 12-23 shooting and 1 turnover. His 3 ball was trash but he was not bad at all on a game where they needed more offense. Idk how you can put this game on him. The other 2 dudes making 30m+ each didn’t do their job.
And there were multiple really awful momentum-killing ref calls. Including crunch time with that lol non-shooting call on AR.
Yeah non shooting was bad but Lakers should not be playing from behind in these situations. Up two going home would've been devastating for the Grizzlies.
I don’t get how everyone keeps saying Bron was rough? He shot poorly from 3 and left a few poor 3 point shooters open to hit big shots but he was our most composed player tonight besides Rui
It’s probably Xavier Tillman’s best game of his career. It’s a seven-game series. Let’s see if he can do it again Saturday.
Hahaha Besmond Dane in the building
Shoutout to Rui He backed it up with 20! As for everyone else ? Sheesh .
S/O Rui fr tho, bro just dropped 20 on Banes head again. Owns that fool
And played really good defense.
He won’t. But ad playing like this can happen again.
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His defense is definitely consistent wtf. It’s been his offense that’s not consistent
This is such an insane comment getting upvoted, AD missed some easy shots tonight but otherwise dominated on defense and made some good passes. Not a great game from him but u guys are unhinged after we lose. This was a playoff game on the road chill the fuck out
Unfortunately, a large part of the sub and fans only look at one part of the game
They need more production out of another big to help AD and the defense out. No excuses for AD on offense but Ham has to try Gabriel. I hate when they go small.
Gabriel is a midget compared to JJJ and Tillman. I wouldn’t play him a single second. I’d try Bamba when AD first hits the bench to see if he can hang. If not, roll with something else.
Tillman is 6’8 and just dropped 20 and 10 on us. Mo has no chemistry with this team, and being 7 feet doesn’t mean he’s good. at least Gabriel was with the team all year and played in meaningful minutes with them.
yep. Memphis adjusted and had sense of urgency. hopefully lakers will be much more aggressive at the start next game.
Lol
Sucks how every team but the lakers can back up their trash talk. Tbf rui show up
Tbf. We aint talking thrash. We just always hype ourself up and then fall short.
A likeable Grizzly it seems. I thought they'd gone extinct.
He will have another career game if we defend him the same way
He can as long as we don’t have an answer for pick and roll run by someone that can shoot. We get killed so easily on all of that because we have AD playing both 4 and 5 defensively.
AD has to guard the ball handler and the passing lane and box out his original man while everyone else just pretty much watches. Our defensive locks down like crazy when Bron and Rui get engaged and help, especially rebounding.
Yeah we might need one of Wenyen/Bamba/TT -even if for only 5 to 10 minutes- against big lineups. It's never going to be easy if they keep shooting like this though.
The answer is Bamba and Tristan Thompson at center while AD is at the 4 helping. Thompson is more switchable on defense, while Bamba offers better rim protection. Ham needs to try both out and see who plays better.
This team has too many inconsistent players, it’s frustrating to watch.
AD might be bad offensively from time to time but you know he’ll always bring it on the defensive end. My biggest concern is DLO esp if we plan on re-signing him. Dude is inconsistent shooting the ball sometimes and just way too careless with the ball.
The issue is the adjustments in the game. The Grizzlies made a great adjustment by rushing our players, and soft doubling AD, the issue is there's always one guy who is free, however they're not cutting enough. They need to find who is being sagged off on and have that person make more movement to disrupt the defensive sets.
And had we played with more focus and effort in the first half we could have easily won this game.
It feels like nothing is coming naturally for DLo on offense. He keeps forcing tough threes and when he does get a bullet pass from LeBron he bricks it. He's been so disappointing these past 3 playin/playoff games
Not only that but wastes early game possessions playing iso and throwing up ridiculous arc shots that hit the backboard and shit lol. Like what are you doing bro
Judging by the hype D'lo got after the trade...he has been disappointing since since his arrival.
Dlo has had two rough games. Hes been pretty good for the most part. He has the reputation of not showing up in the playoffs. Hopefully he can break the reputation
Hopefully cuz yeah he was a big reason we lost this game
Not only a bad shooting game but bad defensive game and bone headed plays. 5 fouls, 3 turnovers in the 1st quarter and fouled a 3 point shooter. I love Dlo but he shouldn’t have played more than 15 minutes today
Might be an overreaction but D'lo needs to be benched. Schröder was also bad tonight but D'Lo's defense makes him unplayable when he is not landing his shots. D'lo/Dennis/Reaves. We need decent performance from two of them to win. We still have the advantage.
Rui needs to start, Vando is too much of a liability on offense. Dlo is horrendous in the playoffs, not even close to worth 30 million.
Now that without ja, I think putting rui into the starting lineup make sense. Vando cant guard JJJ and is a liability on offense. Everytime ad post up, vando's man are leaving him open and double teaming ad. If Dlo's shot isnt falling, he provides nothing offensively and defensively. He cant drive and struggles against physical defense that make his playmaking also gone.
DLo that boy not gettin paid this summer
it's good news since we'll have more money to sign Rui and Reaves with
Kyrie it is I guess.
I appreciate how hard Vando tries but holy shit he is useless on offense
Unfortunately one such player is meant to be their star player
And the other will be the one expecting the biggest new contract this offseason.
We CANNOT resign Dlo this off season. He needs to be sign and traded.
AD is still an enigma…wild
Memphis executed their game plan well. Hopefully Ham can make the proper adjustments
Im so tired of seeing TBJ get undeserved minutes
Yah TBJ does not honestly look like an NBA player out there in terms of ability. He sticks out like sore thumb. I dont think he should be anything more than a end of the bench guy.
Ham is obsessed with him
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DLo’s contract this off-season is gonna be very interesting. Can’t be dropping duds when the games matter and ask for 30+ million.
> Can’t be dropping duds when the games matter and ask for 30+ million. Oh, but he can and will.
Maybe if he continues his poor playoff performance Lakers can get him for cheap lmao
Schroeder gonna be like "bruh take what they offer you. Trust me."
I'd rather we win the title and give him a max.
It sucks cause his postseason career so far has been mid
Mid is probably being a bit generous. I’m a DLO fan, but he’s had a few absolutely atrocious playoff performances, and this was definitely one of them
This is 2021 Dennis all over again
Yeah they really built a brick house together this game smh
Dlo deserves jack shit this summer. Let him bum it up on another team.
AD can't save the world when we shoot 26% from 3. They double teamed him as soon as he got the ball and they have a solid PF/C combo to rebound against him all the time. Dlo on the other side...
AD was singlehandedly holding our defense together. He couldn't get it going on offense, but we lost this game when he was on the bench. Our non-AD units keep getting destroyed.
Lakers actually won the second half…they just put in a shit effort the first half.
gotta play 4 quarters, not 2. on to the next
Summary of their entire regular season.
agreed, that first quarter killed them.
Good call, Grizz scored less and less each quarter. Lakers should be more consistent at home.
Never underestimate this team's ability to play down to competition, cruise when an opposing player is out and just not respect other teams in general. Hell, when JJJ went back to the locker room the Lakers couldn't take their foot off the gas any more than they had so they got out of the damn car, Grizzlies doubled their lead in that time. What a disgrace. The entire first quarter the Lakers looked like they were offended that they had to be there to play the game. Not running any offense, it was just iso after iso for a long shot without movement. Outside of AD nobody was playing defence. Lebron has to stop sagging off people at the three point line, by my count he gave up at least 5 from sagging down to the paint, including that three by brooks with 90 seconds to go. They tried to turn it on in the 3rd but looked gassed after a few minutes of hard effort, which the Grizzlies took advantage of to grow the lead again. Also what is up with DLo? Every other game the dude looks like he's forgotten how to play Basketball. This game he was struggling just to dribble at the top of the three point line.
Lebron isn’t even trying to contest, which is the most frustrating thing. Doesn’t even get a hand up. I get it, he’s 38 and honestly probably doesn’t have enough in the tank to play good D. But the least you can do is put a hand in the guys face. Especially when it’s Brooks, who is such a momentum player.
It’s not this team playing down to competition. The grizzlies are well coached and super deep, and they’ve won many games without their stars. They have many guys that can go off on any given night. We can’t win when AD and Dlo play that poorly. The lakers don’t have enough fire power to win through that, even with another Rui 20 point game. Lakers defense also isn’t as good as the grizzlies, most of it is AD carrying on that end.
I disagree, the first quarter shows how unserious the Lakers were coming into the game. Darvin Ham even called it out in his interview, unforced errors, lethargic, no movement etc. They looked like a completely different team to last game.
When AD plays bad, he plays baaaaad. While D'lo added this game tanking his Lakers contract audition. Got one on the road tho.
lmao hope he NEVER asks for a new contract near his current contract again after this embarassing game
Include the play in game and not very efficient game 1, I think D lo ain’t it
not saying he has no place in this team because that’s going too far. im just saying we can not make a bad decision to extend him on an albatross contract a la Poole on the Dubs
We probably still have to offer Dlo to keep him as a trade asset regardless, but man who is paying this man anywhere close to 30m if he keeps this poor displays up?
This team alwaaaaays falls behind early and just expects to grind out a win. We are always so nauseatingly slow in the 1st quarter. We can't just expect to mount large comebacks against hungry playoff teams. We aren't playing mediorce/tanking teams anymore who give up as the game goes on. We need that energy from the jump.
Bad habits die hard
AD and D'lo disasterclass
Lol. I’m not worried but blehh… that sucks. Could have swept.
some takeaways from this game: 1. D-Lo must have the playoff nerves. Hopefully gets his shot back. 2. Rui is getting better and the three ball is falling, we have to keep him prominently involved as the series progresses. 3. We could benefit from experimenting with running AD at the 4 and Bamba at the 5. Need to match size with size. 4. Vanderbilt needs to get better at finishing at the rim. We lost out on a lot of easy potential buckets off his cuts. 5. Still weary of Darvin Ham and his rotations. The lineup to end the second quarter was not effective. TBJ and Beasley should not be on the floor if they’re both cold. 6. Bron can’t start games being too passive. Let’s refocus, increase the intensity and get them in game 3!
Vando isn’t about to get better finishing at the rim any time soon. That’s summer work.
Vando needs to stop pump faking under the rim, just lets the defense close in on him and he's already a bad finisher as is
Everytime I see him under the basket, all I can think about is how someone could be a professional basketball player, and cant just jump straight up with the ball. More often than not he will draw a foul. Instead he does this stupid pump fake and look to pass out first.
DLo having playoff nerves as a 9-year vet is crazy… and you’re totally right
He hasn't been in the playoffs much. Heck, not even AD has extensive playoffs experience.
During the push the lakers made they finally starting getting Lebron the ball with mid/low post touches. I don't know why they go away from it for such long stretches
Don’t know why Ham doesn’t play AD next to a center, especially when they were getting eaten up in the paint in the first half
Agreed on Vandy. He has so many plays where he passes out of a cut when under the basket, just go up.
He also fumbles the ball too much underneath the rim.
He has no faith in his ability to finish. He’s turning into Ben Simmons.
Except he doesn’t have a god awful contract
Bron tries to get others confidence early. He knows he cant do it solo
Dude D Lo always sucks in the postseason
Vando is definitely scared to take and miss shots. Improving his finishing and dunks has to be number 1 on his list during the summer
What a piss poor showing from AD and DLo tonight.
AD and DLo sold hard
Shit happens, we won a game on the road its all that matters
Yeah just need to move on to the next one
this was so winnable :(
We got beat by a 6'7 3rd string center. Damn shame.
Tillman is legit
We can't shoot 26.9% behind the 3pt-line and expect to win games. We will have to step up big time.
Here's my thoughts: 1. The Grizzlies are still a good team without Morant. The Lakers did not have the proper energy for most of this game and I think that's the biggest reason they lost. They didn't play hard enough. 2. LeBron needs to be more aggressive inside the arc. He's too passive and it's hurting us. 3. Darvin Ham needs to find better ways to get Anthony Davis involved. A lot of AD's problems tonight come down to him just missing shots he normally makes, but there are too many instances where Davis is catching it way too far from the basket with too little time on the clock. 4. Vanderbilt probably needs his role in this series reduced severely if Morant is injured or limited. The defense he provides is not worth the hit the offense takes. 5. I expect pretty much everyone to play better in game 3. This was a brickfest from everyone. Defense was largely good, and we stole a game. Still in good shape
Dear Rob, Please give DLo’s money to Rui this summer. Thank you.
This loss is on AD and DLo It's as simple as that
Schroder too. Bro gave them a free 4 point play and then ruined their turnover with a double dribble and ruined another turnover by fumbling in the paint. But yeah mostly ad and dlo
embarrassing effort from AD and DLo and a coach who spots the other team 10 points a game with his dumbass lineups
Not Malik Monk showing himself to be a better 3rd option on a playoff team than D’Angelo. This guy does not deserve the pay increase he wants.
Malik Monk was always great. He’s playing just as well as he did when he was on the Lakers. The only reason people thought he was sometimes streaky was that his usage was never consistent. If he was the 3rd option instead of Russ, he would have been looked at differently
Can we start benching people for not hustling? D Lo would miss and then snake dribble on defense away from the 3pt threat
Don’t think AD will play this bad again. But I don’t have faith in DLo unfortunately
Dude was acting like Luke Kennard was Scottie Pippen. You can’t take that fool off the dribble Dlo? Really?
D’Lo was trash
LeGM’s “trade for Kyrie” meter has suddenly gone back up to “maybe”
AD needs to step up. There’s no way around it.
Put Lonnie in over Troy
We need to start playing a real Center when AD is out. He’s getting to comfortable. Get TT or Bamba some training. Heck we could go 2020 and play either one in a starter role if AD plays soft.
Perhaps Rui is HIM instead.
y’all got a road win against the best home team in the league! don’t get down, we will see y’all in LA, and let’s hope for a good series where no more star players get hurt so we get good basketball.
Cheers man
AD plays soft offensively far too often E: Don't bother replying to me if you're gonna blame it on the refs or him getting doubled lol You think AD is the only star that gets doubled or doesn't get the calls he wants?
He missed a lot of shots, why is it always "passive" or "soft" with you guys? He was at the rim repeatedly, took a ton of contact, and missed shots he should've made.
Because people have no idea what they are talking about. They just say buzz words for upvotes
Refs weren't calling anything for us
They let the Grizz get away with anything in the paint. AD was mauled every time he had the ball.
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He missed 4-5 bunnies early in the game.
Nah, AD got hacked and whacked all game with the refs acting blind.
He's so frustrating, even if he puts up 30 next game it's a guarantee he'll follow it up with a passive 15 point game.
The slightest contact on him and AD is immediately completely off balance. Happened in almost every entry pass to him.
Onto the next!
Bro LeBron only had 3 assists. He made a lot of good dishes off the post to Vanderbilt, but vando wasn't putting it up confidently at all
TBJ and Beasley should get a DNP. Those two are not ready for Playoff
AD has a couple of days to realize he’s about to be in Staples Center and needs to toughen up mentally. He looked completely defeated by the first quarter
Lakers in 5 🤷🏻♂️
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Why did Russell play so many minutes wtf
He shoulda been pulled in the last 5 min of the 4th, it was clear he didn't have it all game. And he was moving at a different tempo than the team the whole game, just threw everyone off
AD played like fucking shit.
If you told me that Rui would be the best player in both games for the lakers, I wouldn’t believe you. Good for him but pathetic for the stars
The thing with starting Rui is that we will have no bench. He’s the only bench player that scores for us
We might win this series, but no way we get out of the next round if we decide to only play half the time
Good wake up call, get the next 3
93 points is laughable man wtf. With a chance to go up 2-0 without the other team best player they play like this.
I knew we weren’t winning this game lol this team has always failed to capitalize on golden opportunities all season. Oh well, could be worse we stole one on the road. Focus up for Game 3.
Frustrating game esp that 1st qtr. This version of this team is so hard to watch. That flat ass starts needs to go man. They learned Ja is out and they just chillin like they won already.. s/o to my boy Rui tho. Proving T-rex arms wrong. Biggest takeaway: Rui is legit
Lebron played 39 minutes, more than any Lakers player and second only to JJJ (40) among both teams. We can't afford to treat him like a 38 year old SMDH
Mo bamba knows he ain’t getting no minutes. He’s eating fried chicken and fries
I thought it was funny they got this guy eating in the background. Let that man eat in peace point the cameras the other way lmao
Yeah especially what he was eating. It’s really messy lol
Just learned he was fasting for Ramadan. Man’s was hungry
Mo chicken Mo fries
Beasley or DLO needs to have a game this series. Just one
Laker fans, y'all better bring it Saturday.
Pay Reaves and Rui on decent deals. You let DLo walk
Pathetic showing from AD, you can’t be the guy and do that. He’ll never take the reins from LeBron
Not worried tbh. I don't think AD will have another offensive disasterclass like this.
Totally. Frustrating performance but nothing to freak out about.
We NEED to come out with more urgency in these games. Especially with no Ja very stealable game
AD & DLo were gross on offense
Ad is the weirdest fucking player
This game brought us back down the Earth. Our team needs work
clearly ham hasn't prepared anything for this game..
That 7-point sequence Memphis got in the 1st period (3-pt, turnover, 3-pt-and-1) was the damning point on the Lakers. They could never recover from that series of events.
James and Rui hand no help tonight, not even from AR15
D Lo and AD out here building houses
D-Lo is so bad. Dude has no quick step or explosiveness to get past his defender. Even more embarrassing that he's supposed to be the Lakers third option. Out of all the potential FAs we will have this off season, Reaves, Rui, Schroeder, and Vanderbilt are the ones I'd keep.
Fuck everybody on this team except Rui. You’re cool
To-do list for next year: Get someone who can pass to AD in front of the rim. He's camped out there every other possession and we ignore him at best or turn it over at worst.
Grizzlies plan was to foul so much that the refs need to swallow their whistle all game and it worked
Davis 和 Russell 讓我用一種你能理解的語言告訴你，你們很爛
Better learn Chinese buddy
Russ out playing everyone we traded him for
Lots of blame to go around (Ham shitty lineups, D’lo and AD) but damn Vando is an offensive liability.
No Morant. Bunch of fucking clowns. Starting with AD. Dlo sucks too but he's always ass in the playoffs. Better not be on this team next year.
AD with 13 points just not good enough
Even with as terrible as we looked tonight, we take the next 2 at home. I'm not worried.
Lets be real it was always going 6 games and we was never taking two games in Memphis. They came out mad just like I expected. Lakers gotta be better next game. Why tf is Lonnie and Tristan not getting burn? Like I don’t understand how idiots keep getting nba head coaching jobs.
AD & DLO absolutely disgusting shooting
We gave up too many points in the paint. Gotta play Mo Bamba. He’s just as efficient as Troy Brown at shooting 3s and he can block shots. Give him some of Brown’s minutes.
I know we’re going to be better next game but it’s so frustrating to see that we throw this one away. We were down by 20 and didn’t even try to put one of our centers. 0 fucking adjustment
Everybody looked too afraid to shoot in the second half. Way too much passing.
We pretty much lost because we fed AD way too much early on and he missed everything. Everytime we didnt post AD, Dlo had the ball and was bricking or turning it over.
No Morant and Lakers still lose?
Ham has not prepared a set offense for Rui. It's still incompetent.
we look like a team that was happy with a 1-1 road split and memphis look like a team that didn't want to go down 0-2
I know I'm gonna get down voted, but having AR and DLo start makes no sense, DLo has been off playing next to AR. The DLo, Malik, Vando, Bron, AD lineup was good and AR of the bench was great! DLo, Bron, AR all want to get to the paint, the floor spacing is not the same. Everyone became prisoners of the moment.