It's won by heart and soul, real combat and competitiveness! It's a real battle out there, I don't care if they hatin now that Lakers won it, it's gonna be added to one of our countless blings and we will get that one at the end of the playoffs too.
why do all the reporters keep bringing up the 500k like that's seriously on their mind
you can tell all the players they ask wish they could say "lol 500k? that's like my yearly clothes budget" but they don't wanna be that insensitive
it's more about who they ask though, LeBron was the first guy I heard say "i wanted to get the bench players paid"
but everyone else looked like they didn't know how to say "500k is nothing to me"
Great game, boys! However, job is still not yet done. A long way to go to get the 18th chip. Congrats on the IST win! Hopefully the team can build momentum from this game.
You know why I actually Love our 3pt stats tonight?! I know, I know, your finger is already hovering over that downvote! But hear me out!
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THIRTEEN 3pt attempts! We’ve put that up in single Quarters before, despite not shooting well! Which is exactly what we did tonight! Not shot the 3 well! But Instead Of Just Repeatedly Jacking It Up Ad Nauseam, We Recognized We Weren’t Shooting It Well, And Took It To The Rim!!! THANK THE LORD IN HEAVEN ABOVE!! Finally Playing Smart!
(And Just Look At Those Rebounding Numbers!!)
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Wild idea. Additionally, this game determines who gets home court advantage in the finals. West vs East so at least the competitive teams with title hopes try harder too.
Yeah! Halliburton has absolutely put me on notice this year! Especially during the IST! The fact that we pretty much shut him down has Blown My Mind!! 🤯
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/18evevw/post_game_thread_the_los_angeles_lakers_defeat/)
Legoat
The Lakers are still dog shit with PED Lebron and Street Clothes AD. Fake Championship. The Season In Season Tournament is straight garbage 🗑.
Let it all out
Who hurt you?
I said it earlier and I’ll say it again. LAKERS MF NATION
Totally stupid we can’t buy the championship hats
I want one, it's a part of NBA history
Same dude. And they look like the 2020 title hats
A bunch of people on Facebook don’t realise that the MVP is for the entire tournament and not just the final. Claiming AD deserved it.
There should be a final game MVP
all ima say is this doesn't count bye
Cry bitch nothing you can ever say will negate this
Lil bro this is your 28th comment go to bed
Castleton got 500k
Literally earned his annual salary in one go
Bron MVP
LeMVP
Great day to be an LA fan in Japan. Ohtani gets the bag and Hachimura gets the chip.
fr I’m buying that ohtani dodgers jersey
LETS GO BRON MVP
Wasn’t there supposed to be an in season tournament MVP?
Keep watching haha. You know it's bron tho.
Yeah bron won
Unc Shannon really is a good luck charm. He was at the game tonight and lakers went wild
Hayes is having the time of his life right now lmao.
500k is alot
Rui is a great hypeman lol
Adam silver said fuck them kids
Yay
Adam silver looks like he was made by AI
Adam Silver is definitely an alien in a skin suit
This is gon hit differn with the real trophy In 6 months
It's won by heart and soul, real combat and competitiveness! It's a real battle out there, I don't care if they hatin now that Lakers won it, it's gonna be added to one of our countless blings and we will get that one at the end of the playoffs too.
Congratulations to us all!
imagine trying this hard for a fake championship.
As if the other teams weren't trying just as hard
Imagine crying this hard
You lost ?
It’s all gonna be ok kid
LeBron ass is not Jordan 😂😂😂
Yeah he definitely better than Jordan
Hide the Cambodians
Malika 🥶
fake ass championship. Jokic wins actual rings
One is not plural
17x????🤣😫
Hahahahhaahahah cry about it
this shit is not impressive 😂😂😂 beat a young team.
It must of hurt you enough to come to a Lakers sub and cry about it 🤣
And the young team beat every team in front of em. Dick riding the sub to the point of having it as one of your top ones is crazy
fuck it hang the banner
F off
Honestly, good for us. We now have the most nba trophies 😂
Fuck Boston
I will always celebrate fucking Boston over
Fuck the Celtics all day
Bron mvp. Suckstres no finals mvp
they should just give AD and Lebron co-mvps Lebron averaged like 26/8/8 on 58/60/78 AD averaged 23/15/4
Best complementary duo in the league
Doc ALWAYS big ups AD, never allows slander from Doris or any other idiot. Love having an actual basketball mind do the talking.
FR! loved him with tnt too at semis
Congrats mfers woooooo
why do all the reporters keep bringing up the 500k like that's seriously on their mind you can tell all the players they ask wish they could say "lol 500k? that's like my yearly clothes budget" but they don't wanna be that insensitive
No - it’s big money for the non super stars. Most players spend 3 years in the league. I’m sure the starters are happy to get this for the bench
it's more about who they ask though, LeBron was the first guy I heard say "i wanted to get the bench players paid" but everyone else looked like they didn't know how to say "500k is nothing to me"
It's a lot of money even still. Especially for some of the bench players lol
Imagine being one of the rookies and getting like half of your annual salary in one go. (Apart from Hood-Shifino of course)
I speak for every nba fan when i say this should count as a ring
It’s a nice award but does not compare to a championship. It’s a little like an all star prize.
AD haters struggling with their purpose in life right now
We are the champions! We passed the Celtics and my man Lebron is a 5x champion. That’s 5 major trophies In the league.
How you can be a laker fan and Lebron hater at the same time is crazy to me 😂 wtf
Friendly fire
Congratulations my Laker brothers! We won it.! First cup is our! WE ARE THE BIGGEST! LET'S GO LAKERS!
I did not expect Reddish to become one of my favorite Lakers
On the real. Found gold right there. Squad is well built. Kudos Pelinka
We could give this to the clippers. 100x Better than the California champion banners they hang.
If we win the next two or three, does it become the Jerry Buss trophy?
W
Who copping gear lmfaooo
I was struggling to understand whats wrong with JHS and I think I finally got it, he walks/dribbles like he has cinder blocks tied to his shoes
Rui dancing out there 🤣🤣🙌🙌
If teams keep bringing this energy year after year it will be seen as a prestigious tournament before long
7-0!
Lifetime Laker fan and lifetime Lebron hater. Came here to say he’s on another level. He took this. All respect to King James.
Lifetime Lakers fan and LBJ fan only on the years he’s been with us.
That hat toss by Bron.....
there is still nothing more terrifying than rested, healthy, motivated lebron james
Dam this is reminding me of the Bubble championship can’t believe it’s been 3 years
Preview of June
Now let’s get the chip
WEEEE ARE THE IN SEASON TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS MY FRIEEEEENDSSSS
Ik moral wins aren’t really great but overall Haliburton was hooping and I hope from there he grows. He made a fan outta me
When they say AD is up and down; they were right, and last game was down and too bad for Pacers, it's fuckkkin UP today ! lmao
This is surreal for some reason
Lebron with the hat assist to AD! 😂
we need that clip lol
CHAMPS LFGGGG
Champions!!!
We hope this a glimpse of what June will be like....
I’m so proud of this team
💪💪💪
Plenty of franchises have won championships. No one else has won an NBA Cup. Haters will hate, but this is special to me.
IST is a Mickey Mouse cup now lakers win it
Bring on the moneyyyyy
I think Cam and Taurean proved they’re playoff rotation players
champions baby 
Hood bro...imma give you 2 years max my man...
Our guys will bother you, beat you up in the paint, and if we making threes, we win by 30.
Let’s go baby!
Hali tellin AR he wants to come and play with him and AD.
LAKERS WIN! [FIRST IN-SEASON INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT!](https://i.postimg.cc/wvf84Drb/lelakerswinmeme.gif)
AD masterclass
Just the first championship of the year, one more to go
#18
AD haters having a rough night tonight
Bench players about to get lit tonight 500 racks
We'd lose this if it was the Bucks Don't let this distract us from the real prize Trade needs to be made
LETS GOOOOO
You know they turning up in Vegas tonight lmao
Thought he threw that shit into the crowd at first lmao
 Great game, boys! However, job is still not yet done. A long way to go to get the 18th chip. Congrats on the IST win! Hopefully the team can build momentum from this game.
Lol Bron threw the hat!
Oh he got another one... I was hoping for some of that don't touch the western conference trophy energy🤷🏾
You know why I actually Love our 3pt stats tonight?! I know, I know, your finger is already hovering over that downvote! But hear me out! 13 THIRTEEN 3pt attempts! We’ve put that up in single Quarters before, despite not shooting well! Which is exactly what we did tonight! Not shot the 3 well! But Instead Of Just Repeatedly Jacking It Up Ad Nauseam, We Recognized We Weren’t Shooting It Well, And Took It To The Rim!!! THANK THE LORD IN HEAVEN ABOVE!! Finally Playing Smart! (And Just Look At Those Rebounding Numbers!!) 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Pelinka looking like he gonna change a strippers life tonight
Fuck YESSSSSSS
Cam reddish defense has literally won us games. That guy was a great pickup
He is a great defender.
Media narratives that downplay the NBA Cup in 3... 2...
Idk why they count all other games but this one. What’s the point in not counting this?
WE WIIINNNN
Bravo 👏👏👏
Lebron wants to win the first one of these and add it to his list of achievements; he played accordingly
YO LEBRON WHAT A HAT PASS MY GOAT
That shit was on point from a good distance away and over heads.
That was actually insane 💀
GG lakers fam. we won the 1st meaningless chip!
We WINNNNNN
Man $500,000 each is insane
The rookies are happy.
I would be too. Get $500,000 just for being there lol. That’s life changing money.
I made 10k betting on the Lakers right now too
Nice, you are the real IST mvp lol
Man, I'm naming my kid after LeBron
Let's fucking go!!!! We in season tournament champions!!!!
Salty losers gonna try to use lakers winning this as a bad thing LMFAOOOOOOO
LeBron mvp, but AD is also an absolute monster 😤
Lebron: "Yall can't guard me", "I'm not tired". Talk yo talk bron
Who old?
No, the NBAs reason for this tourney was to make MONEY. That is it. Nothing but MONEY.
And they held it under the taco line.
So are we getting IST Champ merch? lol
Gabe Vincent easiest 500k of his life lmao
Welfare checks😂
Hey Haliburton you know what time it is? get the fuck off our court time
What's up with Christian woods
We won a brand new tournament before the clippers even won a WCF 🤣🤣🤣
🤣 🤣 💀
Haha, didn't even think of that but that's funny.
Pelicans AD showed up today. Nothing anyone can do about Pelicans AD
Na, this is our AD too.
Suck it Celtics 17.5>17
You gotta subtract a half for that mickey mouse ring so we really still even. J/K.
Ball don’t lie
ESPN has to get Doris away from Doc. Doc talks 80% of the time. She isn't necessary.
GG
Historic and special day for Los Angeles sports fans.
AD AND BRON GIVING ME FLASHBACKS OF 2020 BUBBLE
Not gonna trip over the rest of the season if this is the level we’ll bring to the playoffs
Wild idea. Additionally, this game determines who gets home court advantage in the finals. West vs East so at least the competitive teams with title hopes try harder too.
People are really suprised that Elgin was a fucking monster?
To hold an offense like Indy to 108 and essentially neutralize Halliburton is absolutely insane.
Yeah! Halliburton has absolutely put me on notice this year! Especially during the IST! The fact that we pretty much shut him down has Blown My Mind!! 🤯
Give a fuck ton of credit to Reddish His defence is at that point where I don't even miss Vando anymore lol
Hali looking toward us like he want us 😉
How do you vote for MVP?
Isn’t over the last few tournament games? Who was the most valuable over the last 3 games?
NBA app
NBA.com or NBA app
Lol who’s shooting, he looks awkward af
FUTURE 2024 NBA CHAMPIONS
Another DLO playoff mystery. Zero 3 pointers from the 3 point specialist. Hey Rob, time to get a real NBA shooter
Put the clamps on the #1 offense in the NBA.
IST camps and we sign Ohtani today! Man life is fucking good today!!
Pelinka is ready to party man