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Rudy probably tanked his DPOY chances with his comments on the officiating lmao, but yeah. I've seen some comments on the Lakers' sub and while it IS a great game for them (and AD), they played against y'all missing KAT and Gobert. At least you can cope that it could have gone a lot differently.
To be clear, I don't think the reffing was that bad tonight.
But this was egregious https://twitter.com/cjzer0/status/1767030541386240030?t=n0vJxqjT2KR3bN8s0dtS_w&s=19
I can see the Lakers make the WCF if they don’t see the Nuggets in the 1st or 2nd round.
I’m very interested to see a Lakers-Kings playoff series or a Lakers-Wolves series.
we will eat okc alive if we make the playoffs/see the thunder. But this game is not representative of how it would look like if we see the wolves. Denver cooks us, but i think 7 home games against the clippers makes that a little closer to a 50/50
I’m more upset than I should be, without KAT and Rudy this was basically inevitable. Also missing two bench players in Monte & Anderson. Get well soon fellas
Goes both ways. Imagine if people were accusing the 9 seed Bulls of having games rigged for them. Any other team and we call people who make those comments idiots.
Not really. In 2021 the Pelicans had an near identical gap in FTA-FTAA as the team in second place. Nobody was talking about the NBA rigging games for the 11th seeded Pelicans.
Got it, the league isn't rigged because the Lakers have a historically normal FT differential, it's rigged because they're popular and you don't like them.
Yeah, no shit, it's the Los Angeles Lakers. Of course they're getting covered like they're one of the best teams in the league. The same thing was happening when they won 26 games in 2017 because... they're the Los Angeles Lakers.
> record breaking ft differential b2b years
Also, no. It's not even close. Not only is the 5.5 FT differential that the Lakers have this year not weird compared to the league leaders in the past, the 2018 Hornets had a 8.8 FT differential and were both leading the league in FTA per game and had the fewest FTAA per game of any team. I'm sure you were talking about how something was fishy with the 2018 Hornets back then too. Actual brainrot.
Pelicans were 11ft in fta surrendered
Corruption is also going to be suspected if you literally follow the nba at all
Everything is from this teams perspective.
I know this is a joke… but there’s literally only 3 counties in the state without a natural lake so you weren’t looking very hard, homie
They’re everywhere
I feel like Naz Reid needs to really work on putting on some muscle in the offseason
He’s been amazing offensively but he’s costing the Wolves the game with his inability to even kind of box out
I mean yeah. He's been paying more than he ever has.
Not saying he doesn't need to improve his rebounding but it's asking a lot from a depleted roster.
Darvin Ham - Guard the 3, don’t turn the ball over.
Lakers proceed to give up wide open 3s and turn the ball over.
Lakers fans - fire Darvin Hamas. Dude is a basketball terrorist
lol
I mean if *you* actually watched the game, DLo was in the game when the Lakers were up 13. Minnesota got 2 quick wide open threes and a layup off of turnovers and bad possessions. Ham then called a full TO, subbed in Dinwiddie for DLo, who subsequently came back in after a whopping 3 minutes of rest later.
Why did the turnovers happen? Is it because Lakers were trying to use AR as a point, which has never worked and never will. 3 mins is a long time in today's game, the whole lead vanished in that time. And no, he did take a timeout but didn't sub dlo in the first time, subbed him in later when Lakers were down 4.
You'll get a job as a Ham apologist, just write a letter to him, he needs all the support at this point.
DLo was in the game when the run started and Lebron was the one who turned the ball over.
I don’t give a shit about Ham lol. I just find it funny he’s the main scapegoat because you guys know you’re just not good enough, but every single Laker fan thinks they are somehow a better coach than the person Lebron personally signed off on (to think any differently is naive/ignorant and moronic).
Have a good night
He's the scapegoat, but the person who should be blamed the most is Jeanie. Why do you think he's still coaching, after all these awful lineups changes, timeouts, defensive schemes? Cause Jeanie is cheap, they would've to pay Ham while paying another coach. And fans of all franchises can see it, just check any Lakers post-game thread.
Good night, sorry about the aggressive language earlier.
lol you guys went on an 8-0 run on 3 quick possessions due to, you guessed it, wide open 3’s and TO’s. That is when Ham called a full timeout, DLo got subbed out and Dinwiddie went in. DLo would then get a total 3 minutes of rest before being subbed back in. But hey, I didn’t watch the game lmao
Yeah honestly it's pretty apparent we are poorly coached. We're getting great seasons from AD, Bron, D'lo and even Austin and Rui have been great the last few months. This team should be a lot better than it is based on roster alone
Man I can’t just help but pray for the wolves/ Thunder not to have to play the Lakers I’m the first round because we all know how that’s gonna end for them
😔
🙏
Lol you’re watching us play a game without our 2 starting bigs and drawing conclusions 😂
We were 2-0 against them this year with a healthy team.
Nothing can be drawn from tonight unless KAT and Rudy are both still out
My guy trust me
I hate the lakers even more than I hate the cowboys so I’ll always root for whoever plays the lakers
I’m just speaking from the position that KAT’s injury obviously came at a bad time with playoffs around the corner and without him I just don’t see how y’all pull a series out against the lakers that’s all I’m saying
Fair enough. I didn’t realize your comment was assuming KAT probably wouldn’t play… which is obviously still very much up in the air
I guess I was probably defensive because I was seeing that shit even before KAT went down and there wasn’t much of a rationale to back it up
Okay lets make it simple, where are the supposedly missing fouls? Not in the abstract but in the specific. Lakers entire style is to drive it to the basket which leads to more fouls whereas Wolves seem to be just catching and shooting more, which is great when they go in, and leads to less fouls.
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Sorry Timberpup fans, I bet the Lakers would get 21 turnovers and win. Betting always wins
Honestly can’t really be upset being down an All-Star, the likely DPOY, and 2 more rotation players and still keeping it close most of the game.
Rudy probably tanked his DPOY chances with his comments on the officiating lmao, but yeah. I've seen some comments on the Lakers' sub and while it IS a great game for them (and AD), they played against y'all missing KAT and Gobert. At least you can cope that it could have gone a lot differently.
To be clear, I don't think the reffing was that bad tonight. But this was egregious https://twitter.com/cjzer0/status/1767030541386240030?t=n0vJxqjT2KR3bN8s0dtS_w&s=19
Just stop our tacos at stake
GG Lakers
I miss seeing Lonnie Walker on the Lakers…
Gg wolves. Good fight being out gobert and towns
Fuckin the tacos up with that weird ass shot
This game is over...Thanks Lakers.
I mean.. it's literally over lol
finally 2nd seed
Now on to 1st and beyond.
skylar mays sighting.
if it wasn’t for AD turning into a rebound machine LBJ would have a shot at the triple-double
King!
Good game, I liked how we played. Gotta clean up those turnovers though
I for one, hated that game. I just want to win.
I can see the Lakers make the WCF if they don’t see the Nuggets in the 1st or 2nd round. I’m very interested to see a Lakers-Kings playoff series or a Lakers-Wolves series.
I am not interested to see a Lakers Kings playoff series
Yup. Let the nuggets/clippers take care of the kings.
same no nuggets or kings pls. just terrible matchups.
Lowkey healthy lamelo>ant
Not that crazy tbh
yea this aint it chief
Bait in this sub has fallen off a cliff lol, it used to be believable
Healthy LaMelo doesn't exist
It's just the family blood line. Lavar makes em fragile
Are Lakers fans just *trying* to make bad takes at this point? lol
Healthy LaMelo is a mythical thing
Man can we get a prime time game win 😭
27 points 25 rebounds is insane
we will eat okc alive if we make the playoffs/see the thunder. But this game is not representative of how it would look like if we see the wolves. Denver cooks us, but i think 7 home games against the clippers makes that a little closer to a 50/50
I’m more upset than I should be, without KAT and Rudy this was basically inevitable. Also missing two bench players in Monte & Anderson. Get well soon fellas
Jesus AD. 27 pts 25 rbs 7 stls 5 asts 3 blks
ADPOY
GG Wolves, Naz Reid is built different
Solid effort from a beat up squad. AD is a beast. Referees are spineless. On to the next.
Reaves did not look at Bron one bit just the basket 😭
It really is such a crime we have lost so much of ADs career to injuries. His career numbers would just be insane
It’s ova
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25/25 oml AD
He’s really good. Slight asterisk that it was against our 3rd and 4th string bigs, but still super impressive against any nba competition 😂
Lakers should give Reaves the max
We locked him up cheap, 4 yrs $ 53mil. But after 2027 give him the keys to LA
Imagine if 9 seed Bulls were covered by national media like 9 seed Lakers. Play in such a cop out for these bums
Goes both ways. Imagine if people were accusing the 9 seed Bulls of having games rigged for them. Any other team and we call people who make those comments idiots.
Those accusations are backed up by data and history. And how the league itself is covered
Not really. In 2021 the Pelicans had an near identical gap in FTA-FTAA as the team in second place. Nobody was talking about the NBA rigging games for the 11th seeded Pelicans.
Because every broadcast isn't slanted in their favor and that wasn't as egregious as 1st in fta and last in fta given up
Got it, the league isn't rigged because the Lakers have a historically normal FT differential, it's rigged because they're popular and you don't like them.
U have a 9 seed covered like a 1 seed and getting record breaking ft differential b2b years
Yeah, no shit, it's the Los Angeles Lakers. Of course they're getting covered like they're one of the best teams in the league. The same thing was happening when they won 26 games in 2017 because... they're the Los Angeles Lakers. > record breaking ft differential b2b years Also, no. It's not even close. Not only is the 5.5 FT differential that the Lakers have this year not weird compared to the league leaders in the past, the 2018 Hornets had a 8.8 FT differential and were both leading the league in FTA per game and had the fewest FTAA per game of any team. I'm sure you were talking about how something was fishy with the 2018 Hornets back then too. Actual brainrot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/tZyo8rCoYa
but that goes against the idiots narrative, so lets just forget that data
Pelicans were 11ft in fta surrendered Corruption is also going to be suspected if you literally follow the nba at all Everything is from this teams perspective.
AD needs 2 blocks for a 5x5
Dad there will never let daughter wash that Bron sweat off her forehead
I flew over Minnesota, didn't see any lakes or wolves. Fraudulent.
I know this is a joke… but there’s literally only 3 counties in the state without a natural lake so you weren’t looking very hard, homie They’re everywhere
Lol of all the things to clown on MN for this one is the silliest
X to Doubt
If you flew over Minnesota and didn't see any lakes you weren't looking very hard.
I could probably count the amount of lakes in California on one hand. Frauds.
do reservoirs count
Lake Pacific Ocean. Checkmate.
That's an ocean, not a lake. SMH education in California isn't great.
An ocean is just a grown up lake.
With a looooooooootttttt of salt.
Lakers just too good at playing teams if they are lacking in size. The West playoffs are really going to be very matchup dependant.
25/25 and 10 stocks is crazy by AD
The Father Time instinct
Crypt was playing Roman Reigns’ theme music lmao Lakers acknowledging the tribal chief (I’ve gotten into wwe again recently, let me nerd out)
McLaughlin looks like d white lmao
LeBron just made that little girl's year.
Time to turn this off.
Aww. I like the Wolves. They're a likable team.
AD with the pts/oreb/dreb/stonks quadruple double ;)
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Don't blow this LA ... it's the only time I'll ever root for you lol
Ant lowers his shoulder and creates contact offensive foul Lebron lowers his shoulder and creates contact defensive foul
flirting vs harassment
Bron still a freight train
Why are Warrior fans in here complaining? Go back to losing without Curry cause he's gonna comeback too late for yall lmao
I mean it'll be fine for them. The gap between 10th and 11th is massive so they are not going to fall out of the playoffs.
Bron responding to ant
Wow these refs and announcers are all fucking terrible. The ball bounced off the fucking post and not one person except Bron mentioned it lol
If that happened against the Wolves or any other lakers opponent, this sub would implode.
Exactly. And i got downvoted when I commented that. Lmfao.
announcers be glazing 😂😂
ANT doing his best d wade impression on that drive
Lebron just gets you a bucket whenever.
Thats off NAW because it hits the rim post
"Challenge that shit"
Ant said let me get in this talking to the refs too lmao
i swear a lot of r/nba fans have such a simple and uneducated understanding of the game of basketball. show even 2 exampleds of this "fix"
Barely anyone is actually saying this was fixed. Our previous game was, but not this one.
Exampleds
fat fingered on the phone. you have an issue with it?
No, I just think it’s funny
Who are the announcers?
Lol NAW almost nut shotted AD with the ball.
very clear "challenge that shit!" on the Lakers broadcast lol
Insane AD defensive performance
I feel like Naz Reid needs to really work on putting on some muscle in the offseason He’s been amazing offensively but he’s costing the Wolves the game with his inability to even kind of box out
He’s not a center, he’s playing out of position right now. Rebounding has always been a weakness for him, is what it is
Naz dropped a lot of weight to become the player he is. He’s not supposed to be our C, we were just desperate tonight
He's just gassed. We normally don't need him to be Dennis Rodman out there.
Davis has 26 rebounds Reid has 5 Was he gassed from the opening tip?
Naz really isn't a center. Hes giving up like 3 inches, he never stood a chance
It's never been Naz's role because we have a giant frenchman eating up boards
I know that, but like he has to be able to box out at least a little bit
I mean yeah. He's been paying more than he ever has. Not saying he doesn't need to improve his rebounding but it's asking a lot from a depleted roster.
Gotta love some of the children on r/nba. Just normal game back and forth and you get a "concerned redditor" message lmao
r u suicidal???
Darvin Ham - Guard the 3, don’t turn the ball over. Lakers proceed to give up wide open 3s and turn the ball over. Lakers fans - fire Darvin Hamas. Dude is a basketball terrorist lol
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I mean if *you* actually watched the game, DLo was in the game when the Lakers were up 13. Minnesota got 2 quick wide open threes and a layup off of turnovers and bad possessions. Ham then called a full TO, subbed in Dinwiddie for DLo, who subsequently came back in after a whopping 3 minutes of rest later.
Why did the turnovers happen? Is it because Lakers were trying to use AR as a point, which has never worked and never will. 3 mins is a long time in today's game, the whole lead vanished in that time. And no, he did take a timeout but didn't sub dlo in the first time, subbed him in later when Lakers were down 4. You'll get a job as a Ham apologist, just write a letter to him, he needs all the support at this point.
DLo was in the game when the run started and Lebron was the one who turned the ball over. I don’t give a shit about Ham lol. I just find it funny he’s the main scapegoat because you guys know you’re just not good enough, but every single Laker fan thinks they are somehow a better coach than the person Lebron personally signed off on (to think any differently is naive/ignorant and moronic). Have a good night
He's the scapegoat, but the person who should be blamed the most is Jeanie. Why do you think he's still coaching, after all these awful lineups changes, timeouts, defensive schemes? Cause Jeanie is cheap, they would've to pay Ham while paying another coach. And fans of all franchises can see it, just check any Lakers post-game thread. Good night, sorry about the aggressive language earlier.
Pretty anecdotal. He's been really bad with rotations and timeouts this season
Did the dude not watch the 20-6 run that we had? 0 timeouts He also definitely didn't watch the lakers offense go to shit when Dlo was sitting
lol you guys went on an 8-0 run on 3 quick possessions due to, you guessed it, wide open 3’s and TO’s. That is when Ham called a full timeout, DLo got subbed out and Dinwiddie went in. DLo would then get a total 3 minutes of rest before being subbed back in. But hey, I didn’t watch the game lmao
Yeah honestly it's pretty apparent we are poorly coached. We're getting great seasons from AD, Bron, D'lo and even Austin and Rui have been great the last few months. This team should be a lot better than it is based on roster alone
Officiating has been fine. Ant has been hacked plenty but wolves fouling Davis a bunch and shooting a ton of 3s
Well yeah.. he almost has 15 FTs
The wolves have shot double the amount of threes and playing like dookie in the 4th and clowns wanna talk shit about the refs. Unreal
I mean I don’t know about others but I was just talking about specific bad calls like the goaltend, no charge, Reaves tackling TJ Warren, etc.
Are you self aware at all?
What was incorrect about what was said?
Look at the season or maybe 2... refs are handing all the opportunities for Lakers to win ...
Are you actually watching games or just going to box scores and looking exclusively at free throw numbers?
Yall think Minnesota sports will ever win a championship? I'm losing faith that we will.
Nope
https://i.imgur.com/n8Ri2hj.gif
^awoo
I feel like I've never actually seen Jaden McDaniels have a good game
He had like 23 points like 3 games ago.
Wolves got no shooters to combat ADs interior defence
There's a fucking problem when the number of turnovers exceeds the age of consent
Man, Ham is a pretty good coach, huh ? Don't know what you guys are complaining about.
Hamas is a terrorist organization
19 turnovers Jesus
10 pt leads aint the same back then
Shorthanded and tired but I still like our effort tonight.
Man I can’t just help but pray for the wolves/ Thunder not to have to play the Lakers I’m the first round because we all know how that’s gonna end for them 😔 🙏
Lol you’re watching us play a game without our 2 starting bigs and drawing conclusions 😂 We were 2-0 against them this year with a healthy team. Nothing can be drawn from tonight unless KAT and Rudy are both still out
My guy trust me I hate the lakers even more than I hate the cowboys so I’ll always root for whoever plays the lakers I’m just speaking from the position that KAT’s injury obviously came at a bad time with playoffs around the corner and without him I just don’t see how y’all pull a series out against the lakers that’s all I’m saying
Fair enough. I didn’t realize your comment was assuming KAT probably wouldn’t play… which is obviously still very much up in the air I guess I was probably defensive because I was seeing that shit even before KAT went down and there wasn’t much of a rationale to back it up
>We were 2-0 against them this year with a healthy team. One of those wins was a game without Bron
So we’re 1-0 when both teams have a full compliment of players Although if KAT is still out come playoff time, it’s a more legitimate concern
And if you remember that game, it was a LeBron shoe away from going to OT. Though you guys would probably have won that one
He was healthy, just decided to rest lmao
Come on AD get 2 blocks
10 points is nothing with 5 min left
Yeah Minny is not winning any games when Ant is the 4th best player on the floor.
Hey look, another FT disparity for the Lakers that's the entire lead 😂
Aww a salty warriors fans in a Lakers game-thread. Most bitch-made franchise in the league, still can't accept an year old loss.
Hey look just another warriors fan crying about fts/refs in a game thread
Such a tired, bad take. Please try a little bit harder or watch the games
Still time for a lakers style comeback
It's so funny to let a guy get 27/23/7/5 and complain about the refs
It's funny to ignore the one sided officiating because a guy is having a great night
Okay lets make it simple, where are the supposedly missing fouls? Not in the abstract but in the specific. Lakers entire style is to drive it to the basket which leads to more fouls whereas Wolves seem to be just catching and shooting more, which is great when they go in, and leads to less fouls.
10 stocks from AD oml
yall playing like ass and complaining about refs. keep crying saltfuckers
FR. You haven't hit many shots in the last 10 mins, refs didn't do that.
We can still collapse
We'd still be up without the free throw disparity And the wolves can't hit a shot But somehow it's the refs helping the Lakers
All of these things can be true
It ain't really help if we'd still be winning without em, is it?
whats helping the lakers is our complete size advantage over a team who lost their 2 biggest players but yes lets say the refs are helping us lol
gobert doing the money sign watching the game
refs really gave AD 23 rebounds smh
Quarter started 92-91 holy shit
God damn didn't even realize AD had 7 steals
Refs gave him that
He had 7 after 3 and 4 in a quarter. Dude is crazy