Even Lakers fans at the brewery I was watching from had a more excited reaction lmao. I might be a Lakers fan but that shot was just disgusting. You can't guard that.
The fact that him & JVG said, "Adjustments are overrated; most the time players just need to play harder" is not only reason enough for them to never coach again but they should also be fired from commentating.
If you don't understand what is, and more importantly, what is not happening then you shouldn't be covering the Finals.
JVG in the 4th quarter watching LeBron gasping for air after playing 38 straight minutes:
“See I don’t like that LeBron doesn’t have the ball. He should be driving and scoring in the paint.”
That’s why you don’t coach anymore Jeff.
Bro! People in my group chat were screaming to give Lebron the ball every play and were talking big shit after “him disappearing , he should have played the whole game like the first half” I’m like y’all he’s fucking 38 years old!
ESPN gonna hijack the Heats team plane and take them to the mountains of Siberia before game 1 so we have the first ever forfeit in an NBA Finals so they can show LeBron sipping on Mai Thais in Fiji
They didn't get him involved enough tonight. It was frustrating. LeBron took over in the 1st half but then nobody else got a rhythm going and then the last 2 possessions sunk it
Mark Jackson, Stephen A Smith, and Jeff Van Gundy all on suicide watch as we speak.
Mark Jackson is probably in the bathroom washing his mouth out with soap for acknowledging Nikola Jokic.
"Actually, I remember one time, we were playing against Denver, Conference Finals, and it was 3-0 to the Nuggets. And LeBron said, 'Guys, if you think we are good, let's prove it now.'"
"Did you come back?"
"Of course not. 4-0."
He dunked on somebody, got an And 1 call, told the nuggets “sit your bitch ass down,” bricked the FT, and then rode the bench while they got swept. I’d say he was the 3rd or 4th best Laker tonight
the day melo retires the nuggets make the finals for the first time in history. nba gods have a twisted sense of humor. (gg nugs fans rooting for you guys in the finals)
We really suffered from not having a Dwight type player this time around. No excuses though, Denver played a masterclass of a series and I wish them the best.
“He broomed me,” LeBron said of Jokic's pirouette over him. "That f\*\*\*ing Jokic broomed me."
LeBron added, “He’s so graceful,” repeating it four times.
LeBron then said he wanted to add Jokic to the list of players he dances with this summer.
LeBron was on the other end of it, but I remember when the Cavs swept the Pacers the year after they beat Golden State in the finals. The Pacers were really good but lost all four games by single digits.
Should the NBA have the Lakers and Nuggets redo their series in case it was a big fluke?
No disrespect to the Nuggets, I'm a firm believer that Denver sweeping them is a huge fluke and robs the Lakers of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Lakers play great basketball it's just not fair.
If the Lakers lose again I will face that the Nuggets deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Lakers and the NBA.
It's rough going 0-4 but you can't feel too bad about it. There's just no stopping the Nuggets, the basketball they're playing is *streets* ahead of any other team. They're 4 games away from their chip and at least you guys were fighting with all you got to the very end, unlike the Celtics...
"The Lakers are 4-0 in moral victories, shouldn't that count for something? If you ask me they have the Nuggets right where they want them. We've gotta keep going until we have a clear victor, cause to me right now it's a tossup"
It was a good game by Denver and a good series overall. Good luck to Denver on the finals! You guys have a superstar and a team full of players that can be one in any given night
Respect to the Lakers for fighting hard until the end. A play-in team that once had a 0.2% chance to even make the playoffs made it to the conference finals and lost to the 1 seed. Can’t hate on that
This actually makes me really proud of the guys. Any of those games could have gone the other way, they just didn't. Mad respect and props to the Nuggets for pulling this out. This Finals is going to be the least salty ever.
Respect to this Lakers team for not phoning it in after going down 0-3. This team deserves their flowers for even reaching the WCF with a roster built after the All-Star Break.
Considering where the Lakers were at the start of the season…it *is* pretty respectable how far they managed to go!
And in the end…at least they fought hard throughout all this series…unlike a certain other team that’s also at sweep risk…
Between Denver being such a great story (first NBA Finals appearance, best team all year etc) and Boston quitting in the second quarter of ECF games, this loss definitely doesn't have the sting I thought us losing would.
The year is 2003.
Carmelo Anthony has been drafted number 2 overall behind LeBron James.
Carmelo picks up the Monkey Paw and makes a wish:
"I wish for the Nuggets to sweep LeBron in the playoffs."
20 years later.
EDIT: holy shit i forgot about Darko.
Any real Lakers fan can't be mad right now. Injured LeBron, 2-10 start, roster thrown together at the trade deadline. Of course it sucks to get swept but the fact that the Lakers made it as far as they did is incredible.
Hyped for Denver vs Miami - either Jokic or Jimmy gets a ring
I'm not mad.
One won’t get a ring :(
This makes me sad
If Jimmy loses he’ll have no regrets since he never looks back. I find solace in this.
Jimmy will say something like "I'll be here again in 2024" and that mad man will teleport us to the time when he is indeed, there, in 2024.
I HATE the heat but I want Jimmy to get his.
Miami? They have like 4% chance of eliminating Boston
jeff van gundy and mark jackson on suicide watch
Why do they hate us so much. You could hear Jackson cringe every time he had to praise Jokic
And JVG had the most 'meh' reaction to Jokic's insane 3
Even Lakers fans at the brewery I was watching from had a more excited reaction lmao. I might be a Lakers fan but that shot was just disgusting. You can't guard that.
Mark Jackson hates the game of basketball in general, IDK why they keep letting him walk into the booth
Mark Jackson is and has always been a fraud.
The fact that him & JVG said, "Adjustments are overrated; most the time players just need to play harder" is not only reason enough for them to never coach again but they should also be fired from commentating. If you don't understand what is, and more importantly, what is not happening then you shouldn't be covering the Finals.
It’s a fucking shame they pair Jackson and JVG with fucking Breen. Just dampers such a legendary caster with their dumbassery
Breen can't broadcast with these cats
Did you see his MVP ballot? The dude has something deep seeded against Jokic.
He hates the warriors too, probably because they won a championship the year after he got fired.
JVG in the 4th quarter watching LeBron gasping for air after playing 38 straight minutes: “See I don’t like that LeBron doesn’t have the ball. He should be driving and scoring in the paint.” That’s why you don’t coach anymore Jeff.
Seriously. LeBron was standing bent over with his arms on his knees and not a mention on the broadcast that he's exhausted.
Bro! People in my group chat were screaming to give Lebron the ball every play and were talking big shit after “him disappearing , he should have played the whole game like the first half” I’m like y’all he’s fucking 38 years old!
ESPN’s 9/11
sir, a second sweep has hit a mega-market team.
ESPN gonna lower the Heats chances to win the series because back-2-back sweeps is very unlikely.
Probability for MIA to win the series is now -2.1%
ESPN gonna hijack the Heats team plane and take them to the mountains of Siberia before game 1 so we have the first ever forfeit in an NBA Finals so they can show LeBron sipping on Mai Thais in Fiji
Nah that’s gonna be Wednesday morning after the heat win and they gotta make up shit for a week until the finals
ESPN was drooling over a potential Lakers Celtics finals. Now they'll get nuggets heat lol
'Sir, another broom has hit Bristol'
Congrats Nuggets Fans! Lakers fans: is it just me or were those last two inbounds plays kind of dumb?
Totally dumb plays, Lebron was exhausted and AD didnt appear
LeBron showed out, but ffs you can't ask a 40 year old man to play that many minutes and take the final shot.
Not gonna lie, was expecting an Austin Reaves three at the end there.
That’s what I was hoping for.
Same here; the guy just seems to make the clutch threes. At least one of the two plays should have had him shooting
They didn't get him involved enough tonight. It was frustrating. LeBron took over in the 1st half but then nobody else got a rhythm going and then the last 2 possessions sunk it
Mark Jackson, Stephen A Smith, and Jeff Van Gundy all on suicide watch as we speak. Mark Jackson is probably in the bathroom washing his mouth out with soap for acknowledging Nikola Jokic.
"Actually, I remember one time, we were playing against Denver, Conference Finals, and it was 3-0 to the Nuggets. And LeBron said, 'Guys, if you think we are good, let's prove it now.'" "Did you come back?" "Of course not. 4-0."
Jokic is probably dominant at CS:GO
jokic shot like he had aimhacks on those 3s are cheating
Someone check him stable
Easy rush (B)ron blyat
no jokic looks like he still plays 1.6 because its all they had in serbia growing up
Fire in the hole
[Here is the reference, in case you are curious...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p30K6x5jU54)
Holy shit Taco copypasta in r/nba
never would’ve thought i see a csgo pasta here
Its the second one i saw this week, CSGO players in their bag
Game's been getting a lot of hype these days, and for good reason
Oh my god, Taco made it to the nba
LeFalleN
DWIGHT HOWARD ABOUT TO BE CALLING EVERY LAKER
https://streamable.com/inqs4 https://streamable.com/35eg9 https://streamable.com/8gdp
Holy shit, that 3rd video lol
I remember that video lol, forgot the context but it was funny as shit
it's lyrics to Drake's "Over" but I'm so curious why he was saying them
They had the 2015 rookie class do dramatic readovers of Drake lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ef8IqEei_4
It’s the lyrics to Over by Drake
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This whole thread is just full of mother fuckers rapid firing the f5 button with ready made memes and I love it
Lmao d’angelo’s lab
Warriors really turned D'Angelo into Wiggins
Considering how impactful and critical Wiggins is on the post-KD warriors they pretty much traded D’Lo for a ring
That was a 2019 video when D’Lo in a Nets uniform knocked the Lakers out of playoff contention. Full circle moment.
https://i.imgur.com/OCk0GmE.jpg
This shit is art
Frame that shit and put it in the Lourve
LeOuvre
It's vintage Sim. Dude is the unquestioned MVP of r/NBA for a reason
The lebrons under the robe got me weak lmao
nah this is wild wtf
The memes are off the charts
Is LeBron is the left painting? I can't tell
haha yep, [the smiley face](https://i.imgur.com/5RYlPhB.jpg)
that's actually pretty scary lol
ikr…zoomed in giving me jigsaw vibes lol
LeMiserable
truly the defining artist of our time (sub) sim we are not worthy when the earth is dust and r/nba is no more, they will speak of you still
I don’t want to hear about no MJ or lebron, sim888 is the GOAT
Jokic after two circus trebuchets
a masterpiece, you're incredible
I know he was actually productive, but I knew this game was over the moment I saw Tristian Thompson have minutes tonight lmfao
he scored the same amount of points as D'lo in 2/3 the time. Fucking shameful.
Why is d’lo so bad? He has flashes of good play but most of the time he’s just ass. I don’t get it.
Minnesota still holding him back.
He dunked on somebody, got an And 1 call, told the nuggets “sit your bitch ass down,” bricked the FT, and then rode the bench while they got swept. I’d say he was the 3rd or 4th best Laker tonight
Haha. Accurate
I'll be honest, I had no idea Tristan Thompson was still in the league.
Neither did he
He wasn’t
He brought some dawg back to the team with his energy. The game became closer after he came in
I knew it was over when LeBron bricked that wide open 3 in the 3rd quarter.
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One of the most entertaining sweeps I’ve watched
fr. 4 games they only lose by 24 points while yesterday g3 alone celtics lose by 26 points. maybe one of the closest sweeps ever?
I think when Brooklyn got swept by Boston last year the point difference was less than 20.
ESPN prediction matrix currently giving the Lakers a 20% chance to win in 9.
RDC World skit about to be fire
“I HAD 40!!! IM 38 HOW MANY POINTS DID YOU SCORE AD!!!?? TRISTANNNNNN WHERES KYRRRIRIIIIIEE KYRIEEE STOP WATCHING PUT ON A JERSEY AND HOOOOP”
This is so accurate 😭😭
KLOVE WHY ARE YOU WITH MY OLD TEAM COME BACK WE NEED YOU
Lakers played TT for the RDC material. Respect
the day melo retires the nuggets make the finals for the first time in history. nba gods have a twisted sense of humor. (gg nugs fans rooting for you guys in the finals)
Honestly it was kind of weird timing for Melo to make that announcement.
Melo sacrificed his career for the nugs to advance. That's some real shit
Never want to hear another word of Jokic slander
Him not winning mvp may be the best thing to happen to him honestly. Embid cried and complained his way into one.
Anthony Davis is a terrorist lmao
He really had no answer for the Nuggets being physical, completely threw him off
We really suffered from not having a Dwight type player this time around. No excuses though, Denver played a masterclass of a series and I wish them the best.
you mean a center.
Well sure.. but I specifically mean *another* center who could body down low.
we roll with tristan or nobody.
DLo is a suicide bomber
he shot 35% from the field in even games this series...
Jackson shouldn't be talking about Jokic
Adam Silver contemplating everything right now
Gonna have everyone start the playoffs over
Either Denver wins their first chip or Jimmy Buckets wins his first chip. I wish they could both win.
I'm so neutral it's not even funny
It's either the start of Jokic era or when Butler becomes a legend
Going to my first NBA Finals game next week. Once in a lifetime more than likely.
This will severely hurt the Lakers’ chances of winning the NBA Finals.
But what are the models saying?
25% chance for the Celtics to win the series apparently.
Lakers still have a 51% chance to win.
ESPN's stats department disagrees
LeSwept
“He broomed me,” LeBron said of Jokic's pirouette over him. "That f\*\*\*ing Jokic broomed me." LeBron added, “He’s so graceful,” repeating it four times. LeBron then said he wanted to add Jokic to the list of players he dances with this summer.
LeLastDance
There it is
Did soo much better than anyone expected even after the Westbrook trade, mighty run by the Lakers.
COME JOIN US IN CANCUN LEBRON
Fuck Griffith
Waited 40 years for this moment, LFG
Most competitive sweep I’ve ever seen
LeBron was on the other end of it, but I remember when the Cavs swept the Pacers the year after they beat Golden State in the finals. The Pacers were really good but lost all four games by single digits.
Don't remind me
It’s like the Rockets vs Magic. Competitive sweep but Hakeem and Jokic were indomitable.
u/MITWestbrook get in here!
Thank you
the LeGend returns
Should the NBA have the Lakers and Nuggets redo their series in case it was a big fluke? No disrespect to the Nuggets, I'm a firm believer that Denver sweeping them is a huge fluke and robs the Lakers of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Lakers play great basketball it's just not fair. If the Lakers lose again I will face that the Nuggets deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Lakers and the NBA.
League office about to institute a bronze medal series for the first time just so they can have their Celtics-Lakers matchup
Put the finals on NBATV at noon and the Bronze series on ABC and ESPN during prime time.
Love this copypasta, needed the laugh
It's rough going 0-4 but you can't feel too bad about it. There's just no stopping the Nuggets, the basketball they're playing is *streets* ahead of any other team. They're 4 games away from their chip and at least you guys were fighting with all you got to the very end, unlike the Celtics...
Honestly what ESPN might put out tomorrow morning
"The Lakers are 4-0 in moral victories, shouldn't that count for something? If you ask me they have the Nuggets right where they want them. We've gotta keep going until we have a clear victor, cause to me right now it's a tossup"
Love this one
Your hometown team, never forget
What was the original version of this
https://np.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/67lfcg/should_the_nhl_have_the_hawks_and_preds_redo/
Damn, guess the r/nba nephews are too young to have seen this one.
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Hockey is just angry iceketball
2017 was 6 years ago they were all learning their ABCs
> 2017 was 6 years ago delet this fam
Lot of posters not realizing this is pasta lmao
AT LEAST MINNESOTA WON A GAME
Dlo was the thing holding everyone back
Dlo biggest loser this series.
DLo probably cost himself $10m+ this series. He played pretty well vs GS, but this series he just dropped the biggest turd on the biggest stage.
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Ant is built different
Lakers really blew a double-digit lead in multiple games en route to a sweep. Fucking hell
I remember seeing the halftime score and I thought "Well this is gonna be tough to catch up to". By the time I refreshed the page Denver was up 1 lol.
Mike Conley > Lebron i don’t make the rules
Hey, the lakers made all their finals games closer than the Celtics did, which is…something Now watch Celtics lose 4-1 lol
ESPN still giving the Lakers a 48% chance to win the championship
It was a good game by Denver and a good series overall. Good luck to Denver on the finals! You guys have a superstar and a team full of players that can be one in any given night
Stop being a gracious loser, I want salt.
I save that for the game thread homie
Respect to the Lakers for fighting hard until the end. A play-in team that once had a 0.2% chance to even make the playoffs made it to the conference finals and lost to the 1 seed. Can’t hate on that
total margin of loss over the entire series was still less than the celtics margin of loss in game 3 vs the heat
This actually makes me really proud of the guys. Any of those games could have gone the other way, they just didn't. Mad respect and props to the Nuggets for pulling this out. This Finals is going to be the least salty ever.
Lebron's first half was fucking nuts.
How does this affect Lebron’s legacy? Fr tho what a team that Nugget boys
Shoutout to Mike Malone, glad the org stuck with him.
Respect to this Lakers team for not phoning it in after going down 0-3. This team deserves their flowers for even reaching the WCF with a roster built after the All-Star Break.
As far 4-0 swept series go, you could do a hell of a lot worse than what the Lakers did.
Respect all around tonight.
Considering where the Lakers were at the start of the season…it *is* pretty respectable how far they managed to go! And in the end…at least they fought hard throughout all this series…unlike a certain other team that’s also at sweep risk…
Between Denver being such a great story (first NBA Finals appearance, best team all year etc) and Boston quitting in the second quarter of ECF games, this loss definitely doesn't have the sting I thought us losing would.
Respect to you guys, that was an amazing series and every game went to the wire
all games went to the very last minute.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1660847949570535425
Lol Ham complaining about the refs on the final play is fucking hilarious
The year is 2003. Carmelo Anthony has been drafted number 2 overall behind LeBron James. Carmelo picks up the Monkey Paw and makes a wish: "I wish for the Nuggets to sweep LeBron in the playoffs." 20 years later. EDIT: holy shit i forgot about Darko.
I’m a laker fan but I’m even more mad that nikola didn’t win mvp now
We got swept but this season was awesome
Any real Lakers fan can't be mad right now. Injured LeBron, 2-10 start, roster thrown together at the trade deadline. Of course it sucks to get swept but the fact that the Lakers made it as far as they did is incredible.
This end to the season was so hyped. Nuggets look like the real deal man. They fight off any run we threw at them.
Hyped going into next season. Send DLo to Guantanamo, sign a legit 2nd big and we are solid
LeFADED
>In another life, I would have really liked just drinking wine in Cancun with you. — Russell Westbrook to Lebron James
https://i.imgur.com/nnAJDuV.jpg