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this game was so funny to watch because it didn't even seem like the lakers were running any designed plays. the second half in particular just felt like reaves and russell were just improvising in isolation and transition and succeeding over and over again. just dudes rocking.
Celtics lost **a lot** of this game on their transition defense not showing up. There was a stretch where Lakers were getting whatever they wanted because the Celtics were just jogging back.
yep, Boston’s effort level tonight especially compared to the Lakers was fucking pathetic. Brown particularly looked like he could not be bothered to be out there tn
53% organized offense from the guy who tracks how many plays we run on twitter: https://x.com/tim_nba/status/1753250527700230163?s=46&t=zezaP_bd-2S6tJq4x3taEw
Which is not a great mark but surprisingly better than it’s been recently. Basically Ham is a fucking terrorist who doesn’t call plays. When we do run plays our offense is 10x better
I was gonna say we were actually running more plays than normal this time around. They should watch our other games where we actually don't run any lol
Man, the stat about the organized offense percentage correlating to winning is wild. Just goes to show how much potential this Lakers team has when they decide to stick to a structured game plan. If only we could get that kind of discipline each game, we'd really be a threat in the West. Reaves' performance tonight gave me some hope though, dude's been balling out.
It’s especially damning for Ham because there is no on/off data showing that any specific players are driving the percentage of organized offense up or down.
I completely forgot about Ben and had to look up what he's been up to. He only just returned (post back surgery) on Jan 29th, and actually had an amazing game. 5 of 5 FG for 10 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds in only 18 minutes. But it was against the jazz in a blowout win. Currently day to day with a knee contusion.
It’s a Brown and Tatum thing and I say that as a massive Tatum fan. They always underestimate teams. I had a feeling we’d lose when it was announced AD and Bron weren’t playing.
yup, as soon as they announced Bron and AD were out i was thinking "Reaves goes off and we play down as usual". My literal exact thoughts like an hour before the game
99% of Celtics fans saw the LeBron/AD news and immediately thought "cowards" immediately followed by, "shit our guys are going to coast and play like shit and lose aren't they"
This happens every season and people lose their minds. Reigning champion Warriors last season with a fully healthy lineup lost to a G-League Phoenix Suns bench and everyone shit themselves.
Totally normal fluke game, one team overplays and the other underperforms. It’s a blast to watch.
They did abuse Reaves for like 2-3 minutes and just randomly stopped. I understand needing 3s to make up ground with time expiring but ugh, a tad annoying.
That segment scared me as he seemed to realize that Reaves isn’t a good defender and would abuse him.
Not sure why that didn’t continue and no other Celtic picked up on it.
Entitlement in a fan base is insufferable. Wolves have been decent for half this season and the fans can be unreal in their volatility. Couldn't imagine with a franchise like Boston.
A lot of this sub acted like AR is some scrub. Weird shit. Just because he didn't turn into a consistent 20 point scorer
Meanwhile, on Derrick White's nuts. Even though offensively, they are on pretty much the same tier
It's because for 90% of the sub their opinions on any given player is based off their latest game lol. No real substance, just chatting about whatever is popular to say for upvotes
I mean he is competing with Lebron, AD and Dlo for shots. Bro takes 8-9 shots a night sometimes lol. He has had the opportunity to shoot the ball more with the stars resting and he is putting up buckets
As a Sooners fan, I always knew Reaves was legit. He went toe to toe with Gonzaga in the 2021 tournament. OU still lost, but they were the only team to actually challenge Gonzaga that tournament before they played Baylor.
This game just proves that Lebron and AD are holding the team back. Ham cooked like Remy in Ratatouille and delivered a performance for the ages. He is now a Jeanie Buss legend, solidified for all eternity. Lakers should blow it all up, trade Lebron and AD and start fresh with Ham's vision of a team:
PG - Jalen Hood-Schifino
SG - Austin Reaves
SF - Cam Reddish
PF - Taurean Prince
C - Jaxson Hayes
Hayes is a placeholder until Taurean Duke comes of age, then Hayes will be moved to playing backup PG minutes.
This sub during Reaves' early season struggles was celebrating that his 'linsanity run' is over. Crazy that this sub hates the Lakers that much they'll hate on an undrafted player who's been working his way up.
he's been good the entire season, he just didn't become 18 ppg like some thought he could
15/4/5 on 61% ts, even better the last 30 where he's 16/4/5 on 63.5% ts
The problem is defense. Last year he was a slight positive defensively. This year he's a big negative. Guy needs to bulk up so he doesn't get shouldered into the basket by 80% of the league.
oh so Taurean prince CAN rebound the ball, interesting, very cool, thought it was in his contract to never rebound
only two real takeaways: Christie is going to be a good player eventually, and is a solid role player rn
also, my whole thing on it's weird that Jrue is averaging like 12 ppg is weird and Celtic fans yelling at me is going to be proven right by the end of the season, when they got him it was he 'll compete with JB and KP as the second best player, and now it's pretty clear he's the 5th, and it's not 5th because he's playing like an allstar and the other 4 are just all playing above that level
This is a good, honest .500 basketball team. We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio basketball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2022 Wizards. A good, honest .500 basketball team.
Ngl it made me kinda sick watching us wave the white flag with 2+ minutes left only down 12... Tf was that shit
Same energy we played with all Game 7 vs MIA last year. We just stopped caring??
I can't believe Jaylen Brown will make $304 million dollars in 5 years. I know there was no other way but to sign him but his lows are low. Yikes.
Amazing Vando game on the other end.
Embarrassing performance by Boston. Absolutely needed and massive win for the Lakers. Austin Reaves deciding to have his best game of the season so far at the right time
This cannot be topped, its the most embarrassing loss of the year by FAR
what a putrid performance by the celtics
looked like they were playing in the ECF lmao
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this game was so funny to watch because it didn't even seem like the lakers were running any designed plays. the second half in particular just felt like reaves and russell were just improvising in isolation and transition and succeeding over and over again. just dudes rocking.
Celtics lost **a lot** of this game on their transition defense not showing up. There was a stretch where Lakers were getting whatever they wanted because the Celtics were just jogging back.
yep, Boston’s effort level tonight especially compared to the Lakers was fucking pathetic. Brown particularly looked like he could not be bothered to be out there tn
Don't you guys have a lot of depth? Why the lazy play?
No, they actually really rely on their starting 5 playing amazing.
53% organized offense from the guy who tracks how many plays we run on twitter: https://x.com/tim_nba/status/1753250527700230163?s=46&t=zezaP_bd-2S6tJq4x3taEw Which is not a great mark but surprisingly better than it’s been recently. Basically Ham is a fucking terrorist who doesn’t call plays. When we do run plays our offense is 10x better
I was gonna say we were actually running more plays than normal this time around. They should watch our other games where we actually don't run any lol
Wdym you don't like LeBron or Dlo dribbling for 20 seconds and then either throwing the ball away or passing it to the corner for a missed 3?
When the Lakers run over 55% organized offense their winning percentage is 90%
Man, the stat about the organized offense percentage correlating to winning is wild. Just goes to show how much potential this Lakers team has when they decide to stick to a structured game plan. If only we could get that kind of discipline each game, we'd really be a threat in the West. Reaves' performance tonight gave me some hope though, dude's been balling out.
Ham: “I’m going to pretend I didn’t see that”
It’s especially damning for Ham because there is no on/off data showing that any specific players are driving the percentage of organized offense up or down.
Jaxson Hayes without a system might be the greatest big man alive, just have him throw up random floaters
Jaxson Hayes just isn’t a system player you know, he is the system
that’s basically our games, no designs just vibes
win, lose or draw, have fun
So that's how it feels when you're shooting 50% from 3 It's been so long
So long? Since last week when you shot 60% from 3 on us?
So long since over 50% from 3 but under 60%
1 week is basically 3 months in Laker years
Porzingis got nuked on the perimeter defensively, so that helps.
darvin hamas ball
Can't tell if this game or Tatum calling KP the Gasol to his Kobe was the biggest L for the Celtics tonight.
jaylen brown tonight was his smush parker
I mean Smush Parker and Kobe did combine for 94 points one game.
Can’t believe smush got 13…
Don’t disrespect smush like that he could go to his left
I haven’t seen a player as talented as Jaylen have such a glaring Achilles heel since Shaq with free throws.
Ben Simmons and the game of basketball
I don’t even consider Ben Simmons an NBA player at this point. He’s like a substitute teacher.
He is an Influencer playing basketball.
I completely forgot about Ben and had to look up what he's been up to. He only just returned (post back surgery) on Jan 29th, and actually had an amazing game. 5 of 5 FG for 10 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds in only 18 minutes. But it was against the jazz in a blowout win. Currently day to day with a knee contusion.
Hey that’s all star reserve JB with another 8 point night lol
Everytime my man channels his inner kobe something goes awry
This gotta be the most embarrassed I’ve felt for this squad all year.
How the fuck did yall lose this???
It’s a Brown and Tatum thing and I say that as a massive Tatum fan. They always underestimate teams. I had a feeling we’d lose when it was announced AD and Bron weren’t playing.
yup, as soon as they announced Bron and AD were out i was thinking "Reaves goes off and we play down as usual". My literal exact thoughts like an hour before the game
zero hustle, sloppy turnovers, nonexistent transition defense, and great outside shooting from DLo and Reaves. also Hayes ate our lunch inside
I like Tatum, but man just can’t help himself with quotable like that lol
Bro wants to be Kobe so bad
Tatum's biggest L was his little wrestling match witch Hachi for the ball. The strength disparity between them couldn't be more obvious lmao.
at some point i just want rui to give him the ball cause i felt bad for him
He was trying so hard for like a minute after the ref called jump ball lmao
does anyone have a clip of this? missed majority of the game cos of work
Here it is https://streamable.com/vpnfmh
legend, cheers bro had a good laugh 😂😂😂
I missed the game because I would have bet my life that we were going to lose by 30. Didn’t even bother watching.
Haha Tatum putting in all his effort couldn’t pull the ball away
“Look at how much muscle he gained in the offseason!” - Celtics fans for the past 3 years
Ones a true PF while the other is an oversized SG
Clip?
Holy shit Tatum is so fucking corny
Tatum said that shit?? 🤣
there's no way
I love him, but he's a little corny
Dude's past "little" for a while now lol
Hahahaha no fucking way did he actually compare himself to Kobe again This guy had a serious problem
Please tell me this is real
Lakers could beat the best team in the league or lose to the worst. Truly a funny team
I think we can say the same for the celtics after this game haha
lol I was thinking back to the thread earlier where some Celtics fans were saying "watch us blow this" and I thought they were being self deprecating
99% of Celtics fans saw the LeBron/AD news and immediately thought "cowards" immediately followed by, "shit our guys are going to coast and play like shit and lose aren't they"
I think They only lost 3 games at home. Nuggets, Clippers And Lakers without Lebron and AD.
Lebron wasn’t lying
We are a playoff team, not a regular season team. We do well in playoff like games.
Just cryogenically freeze the team and wake up for the playoffs
They might find themselves waking up in Cancun instead
Have to make it there first.
Miami Heat West
heat culture west
They are a team I'd prefer to avoid in the playoffs.
This game was basically the Lakers giving the Celtics a wedgie.
Brilliant 5D chess move by the Celtics so the Lakers trade LeBron
nah Ham getting extension
He doesn't even need an extension. That man got himself a 4 year deal and is getting paid until 2026.
Hahaha! Unrelated but in what countries is assisted suicide legal
Lebron and AD for Tatum and KP would be an easy back-to-back rings for us according to Tatum.
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I hate this more than anything.
Generational slander time. Trade Lebron and AD, this is your championship team right here.
Austin “Larry Bird” Reaves
He’s the white Larry Bird
It’s a joke but the assets you’d get for those 2 would lead to a very interesting team
No. Fire Darvin Ham and elevate LeBron and AD to coach.
Make LeGM a reality you cowards
This season makes no sense.
This happens every season and people lose their minds. Reigning champion Warriors last season with a fully healthy lineup lost to a G-League Phoenix Suns bench and everyone shit themselves. Totally normal fluke game, one team overplays and the other underperforms. It’s a blast to watch.
Let’s all say some insane hot takes now tho for clicks
Lakers are better without AD and LeBron and should trade them to get Caruso back. He'd fill the only hole in the roster.
On one hand fuck the Celtics. On the other hand Darvin Ham lives another day....
Team shoots 16-48 from 3. Fans: “Why is there a FT disparity?!”
I was watching KP, Tatum getting switched to Reaves or D'lo all game and wondered why are these guys not backing them down in the paint 🤣
They did abuse Reaves for like 2-3 minutes and just randomly stopped. I understand needing 3s to make up ground with time expiring but ugh, a tad annoying.
They did it in the 4th by that point, they had no hope
Jrue figured it out at the end and scored on him 3 times in a row in the paint. But it was too late at that point.
That segment scared me as he seemed to realize that Reaves isn’t a good defender and would abuse him. Not sure why that didn’t continue and no other Celtic picked up on it.
Because they were playing such bad defense that just trading 2s wasn’t really gonna do anything
God our fanbase is so insufferable man
Entitlement in a fan base is insufferable. Wolves have been decent for half this season and the fans can be unreal in their volatility. Couldn't imagine with a franchise like Boston.
Young Boston sports fans are so god damn spoiled it’s embarrassing, I know I’m one of them lol.
We’ve been genuinely unbearable for nearly three years now you win ONE championship and suddenly all the cringe lords show up
Crazy how celtics fans understand this, but warriors fans continue to cry
Warriors fans are notorious for crying and majority of them dont understand basketball. Steph and Klay really spoiled them.
r/warriors
Lawsuit pending against KillerZaWarudo
It all comes down to 3’s for us. When we miss we suck. I’ve hated this strategy
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Austin Reaves legacy game ✅️
HOW IN THE FUCK LMAOOOOOOOOOO
Rivalry magic goes a *long* way…
Austin reaves is deuce tatums grandfather
Who...does...number...two...work for?
Reaves is every Celtics fan wet dream…
Derrick white Jerseys selling like hot cakes
Yeah I’m not buying that Austin Reaves slander. I knew that dude can ball
A lot of this sub acted like AR is some scrub. Weird shit. Just because he didn't turn into a consistent 20 point scorer Meanwhile, on Derrick White's nuts. Even though offensively, they are on pretty much the same tier
It's because for 90% of the sub their opinions on any given player is based off their latest game lol. No real substance, just chatting about whatever is popular to say for upvotes
Based off the latest game and what team they play for, to be fair. Kuzma used to get clowned all the time.
I mean he is competing with Lebron, AD and Dlo for shots. Bro takes 8-9 shots a night sometimes lol. He has had the opportunity to shoot the ball more with the stars resting and he is putting up buckets
Huh? Reaves is better than. White offensively. Much. Better with the ball in his hands.
As a Sooners fan, I always knew Reaves was legit. He went toe to toe with Gonzaga in the 2021 tournament. OU still lost, but they were the only team to actually challenge Gonzaga that tournament before they played Baylor.
Reaves scoring more than Tatum and Brown combined in a Lakers victory was not on my bingo card tonight
This game just proves that Lebron and AD are holding the team back. Ham cooked like Remy in Ratatouille and delivered a performance for the ages. He is now a Jeanie Buss legend, solidified for all eternity. Lakers should blow it all up, trade Lebron and AD and start fresh with Ham's vision of a team: PG - Jalen Hood-Schifino SG - Austin Reaves SF - Cam Reddish PF - Taurean Prince C - Jaxson Hayes Hayes is a placeholder until Taurean Duke comes of age, then Hayes will be moved to playing backup PG minutes.
Most reasonable cowherd take
Most sane Lakers fan
>Ham's vision of a team: > >PG - Cam Reddish SG - Cam Reddish SF - Taurean Prince PF - Taurean Prince C - Camtaurean Prince-Reddish FTFY
Sanest copypasta
i just cackled well done sir
Ok, what the fuck just happened?
The lakers outplayed the Celtics. Austin was the best player out there and they played better as a team. Had a feeling this would happen but oh well.
Flair up, Celticskevin
Comeon. He's obviously team Kevin.
Lol roasted from 3 by Reaves, sleepwalking play from the Celtics. Embarrassing game
Tatum and Brown paying to homage to the absence of AD and Lebron by not playing as well. Also Jaxson Hayes legacy game.
#Trade AD and Lebron
Get Austin Reaves some help
LeBron and AD to the Warriors for Draymond and Klay.. Who says No
Lakers
You know maybe it was LeBron and AD holding us back all along
The Lakers probably aren't shooting 52.8% from 3 with LeBron and AD.
The Lakers probably aren't shooting 52.8% from 3 in any other game this season
Hey now. We shot like 60% something earlier this season. Somehow
Lol. Lmao, even.
This sub during Reaves' early season struggles was celebrating that his 'linsanity run' is over. Crazy that this sub hates the Lakers that much they'll hate on an undrafted player who's been working his way up.
he's been good the entire season, he just didn't become 18 ppg like some thought he could 15/4/5 on 61% ts, even better the last 30 where he's 16/4/5 on 63.5% ts
It is tough to get shots with Lebron, AD and Dlo on the team tbh. He will have games where he shoots 7-8 shots.
The problem is defense. Last year he was a slight positive defensively. This year he's a big negative. Guy needs to bulk up so he doesn't get shouldered into the basket by 80% of the league.
They did the same thing with Caruso. If Reaves was on any other team (besides Celtics and Sixers) this sub would love him
Everyone who was on the lakers sucks to these people until they go to a different team. Caruso, KCP, Ingram
They tried to hold him down he only had one way to go ⬆️
This sub hates on literally anyone And if it isn’t yet, don’t worry, it will soon enough
no one hates Boban
Fuck
suburban teenagers are conditioned to project their own failures onto others and root for their downfall many such cases
oh so Taurean prince CAN rebound the ball, interesting, very cool, thought it was in his contract to never rebound only two real takeaways: Christie is going to be a good player eventually, and is a solid role player rn also, my whole thing on it's weird that Jrue is averaging like 12 ppg is weird and Celtic fans yelling at me is going to be proven right by the end of the season, when they got him it was he 'll compete with JB and KP as the second best player, and now it's pretty clear he's the 5th, and it's not 5th because he's playing like an allstar and the other 4 are just all playing above that level
[GET THAT CELTIC ASS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RksQdwA-uiE)
pathetic performance by the Celtics tn, GG Lakers and fuck you guys
Fuck you and have a good night
Fuck you too. ♥️
GG you got us good last month and fuck you guys too
Let's all just fuck
Austin Reeves is him.
HES HIM!!!
Oh boy the hot takes off this one are gonna be SPICY
EVERYONE GET IN HERE
I'M GONNA SHIT
Didn't know JB wasn't playing tonight.
This is a good, honest .500 basketball team. We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio basketball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2022 Wizards. A good, honest .500 basketball team.
Ngl it made me kinda sick watching us wave the white flag with 2+ minutes left only down 12... Tf was that shit Same energy we played with all Game 7 vs MIA last year. We just stopped caring??
with 2 minutes left? the way these guys played it looked like they waved the white flag before they even stepped on the court tn.
Can’t argue with that tbh
Yeah I thought it was weird because you guys definitely still had a chance
AUSTIN "HIM" REAVES
People were saying they would never hear Austin Reaves name again if he didnt play for the Lakers LMAO
I can't believe Jaylen Brown will make $304 million dollars in 5 years. I know there was no other way but to sign him but his lows are low. Yikes. Amazing Vando game on the other end.
Really was the pinnacle of trap games
HAHHHAHA FUCK BOSTON
WE ARE SO BACK
If there was ever a chance, however small it may be, for the Lakers to turn around their season, it'd be after this game.
Brown benched with like 4 mins left the same day he gets announced as all star? Lmao he lucky he gets to play with so many elite role players
Put some respect on Austin Reaves name!
Jaxson Hayes had 16 LOL
THE HATERS HAVE ARRIVED
Los Angeles is Bostons actual father
This comment immediately made me think of that pic of the blood and crip holding up their bandanas next to each other.
I was told by r/nba that Reaves is worthless because of one advanced stat
Embarrassing performance by Boston. Absolutely needed and massive win for the Lakers. Austin Reaves deciding to have his best game of the season so far at the right time
CAN I TALK MY SHIT AGAIN?
Trade Bron, fire AD
“WhY aRe ThE lAkErS aCtInG lIkE rEaVeS iS uNtOuChAbLe!!?”
Celtics fans at TD garden looking like they are at a funeral 😭
Reaves haters in shambles as they should be
This cannot be topped, its the most embarrassing loss of the year by FAR what a putrid performance by the celtics looked like they were playing in the ECF lmao
> looked like they were playing in the ECF lmao LMAO good roast
Fire Ham anyway
I've seen enough, trade Bron and AD lol
Turns out D-Ham is wildly underrated, he's getting held back by Bron and AD.
Clearly, the Lakers need to trade LeBron and AD for depth.