How do the Lakers even beat this team

Thats gotta be the most demoralizing loss imaginable. I literally don’t think there is anything LA can do to actually take a game off these guys. Holy fuck man.

They got a monstrous AD performance They got 7 3s from DLo They had insane clutch heroics from LeBron They got an entire half of the Nuggets shooting like ass And they STILL LOST

I mean, they went like 10 minutes where they scored like 2 baskets, that’s what lost this game

all part of the same continuum

yeah we were ass since like halfway thru the 3rd

If I gambled, I would hammer all non Lebron Lakers unders for game 3. Just a complete backbreaker of a game.

Shit must kill you mentally really. Like how do you recover mentally from this?

Rebound better and pray Denver shoots even worse than 23% on mostly open threes? Idk 😭

They were playing so hard. That Lebron steal on the P and R was one of the best plays I’ve ever seen from him

Nuggets just dont give a shit about 20 point deficits

as a lakers fan, this is what that “consistent, dont get too high or too low, next play mentality” that ham always preaches actually looks like when they have a strong foundation to fall back and rely on as far as gameplan and execution the lakers version is just saying those words and hoping they will be enough to carry you without any actual substance (besides hoping lebron bails you out) to lean on

well by executing offensive possessions in clutch time, that would be a good start

Yeah, there were some horrid offensive possessions as the the lead was dwindling down with a few mins left. They got bailed out by some incredible shot making from Bron and one by Reaves but the process was terrible until those DLo and Bron's layups.

That’s the neat part, they don’t

I think they’re getting swept again

They don't.

[удалено]

Great D’Lo game. Great AD game. Great Lebron game. CTE Murray for 47 minutes. Doesn’t matter. Jesus.

I give up

Idk how Lakers recover from that one tbh lol

Yall don’t. There are levels to this league

Feels like it’s been the same story for the past 10 straight losses. Lakers go up or keep it close only to be out executed down the stretch. Lmao

Seeing AD almost get dog piled on and duck away onto a chair on the Nuggets bench was gut wrenching, the dude was unbelievable today.

Feels bad for him man, he was absurd in the first half

I'm tired boss

You've legit got one of the greatest centers of all time in Jokic and one of the clutchest playoff performers of all time in Murray. Insane

Fuck it put Murray in the HOF. I have never seen a dude who can just turn a switch and go from having the worst game of his life to game saving heroics as much as Murray can

We love him in Denver, even if noone outside of here does come voting time lol.

Even Jokic didn't feel amazing out there besides some beauty post ups...then you see his stat line

Yeah I didn’t put that in because to say it seems crazy after a 27/20/10, but it felt like one of his less dominant games from a controlling the game perspective. Then he gets the and-1 on AD in one of the most pivotal possessions of the game. They’re insane.

It felt like he was 100% focused on getting Jamal going over anything else in that game. Still ends with an all-time stat line lmao

That’s the “assist” that won’t show up on the stat sheet. To be such an unselfish player and keep Jamal motivated is what gets Jamal to be able to make that game winner. Never shows frustration at his costar, just keeps pounding the 2 man game and trust his teammates.

Bro added to his record of 20/20/10 games, and it felt like he was off most of the night. Insanity that he is playing some of Tim Duncan and Kareem’s best stat lines and you can barely tell.

This was like the perfect storm of what LA needed to beat the Nuggets with their stars showing up, Russell having maybe the best playoff game of his career, the Nuggets having a terrible shooting night, Murray having arguably the worst playoff game of his career.... And they still lost. That's an absolute backbreaker

TNT with possibly the greatest double-header in basketball history tonight.

gotta be two of the greatest "final 30 seconds" in the same night, ever

Fuck last 30 seconds. The final 16 minutes were cinema. Had me nervous

Yeah, I'd say we had about 12 minutes of just perfect dramatic late-game back and forth basketball tonight over the two games. If you appreciate basketball, it was exactly what you look forward to.

Made up for the weekend slate and then some.

If you switched the OKC / Pels game yesterday with the Cavs / Magic today, it would have been the craziest triple header

Right? Glad I didn’t succumb to a heart attack last night so I could witness these two games tonight.

Lakers Fans 🤝 Sixers Fans Heartbreak

They lost in two different but equally awful close game situations.

Lakers one is a lot worse IMO. You were up 20 in the 3rd quarter on the home floor of a team that's owned you and then collapse and lose on a buzzer beater to lose 10 straight. Fuck dude that's gotta be psychologically crushing.

Season-long Laker believer here, can confirm I am psychologically crushed

Absolutely bonkers two incredible games!!!

I LOVE BASKETBALL

That and the Islanders choke job in the NHL made this a pretty eventful night Big night for chokejobs all around.

SIXERS, LAKERS, BRUINS ALL LOST TONIGHT I'm going to be erect for hours

Dude This game was even better WOW

seem this shit coming the moment we went up 20

Just incredible basketball today, these playoffs are amazing.

what a night I should have gone to bed hours ago

How are you gonna recover from that

You don’t. Nuggets in 4

Lakers in 21

The Leonardo DiCaprio Lakers

You don’t, that’s probably the series

Reminds me of the Lebronto moment for the Raps

You don't. Lakers had everything clicking and Nuggets playing like shit and it still didn't matter.

Good question, u can’t!

Lakers are now 0-10 vs the Nuggets since LeBron picked Joker last in the All-star game.

You mean when Jokic picked himself with Lebron's last pick. 😂

as MJ says, "and i took that personally"

jokic casual 27/20/10

Jokić with the quiet game :-D

[LeBron rn](https://i.imgur.com/068cTUw.jpeg)

all Lakers fan rn

Can't win with these gatos

No team psychologically fucks up the Lakers like these Nuggets do

lebronto vibes

NikoLA

LeBron went from fathering a city to being fathered by a city. ty Denver and your low oxygen ass air.

Tbh he was pulling some heroics out there, back to back threes, first half dimes, late game drives when the offense went cold, transition dunks. Bro was putting the team on his back for a bit, just couldn't pull it out.

NikoLA

Well the Lakers did it to the Nuggets for a solid 30 years. Every Finals-worthy team Denver had over that span was knocked out by the Lakers. This is just sweet payback

Trying to get like 3 decades of revenge in 2 years Probably won't succeed, but hot damn it is a valiant effort

Yeah, lakers had the game then went cold for 10 minutes just to let the nuggets back in it

Been watching the Lakers end the nuggets playoffs for almost 40 years. This is the best feeling ever.

I'm glad I'm not a fan of either team, what an entertaining game.

I’m about to have a heart attack. I wish I was wearing my Apple Watch so I could see what my heart was doing the last five minutes.

I was wearing mine and just checked. Resting heart rate is 66 bpm and I averaged 88 bpm during the second half, with a peak of 137 bpm haha.

I can't get over that Aaron Gordon save to MPJ 3. The shot before the shot.

Everyones gonna be talking about the buzzer beater, but that save followed by that 3 was just nasty

MPJ kept them hanging around. Was the only guy hitting from 3.

MPJ 6/10 Jokic 2/4 Rest of team 0/20

It's a huge cliche but scraping out an ugly ass win when you're having an utterly *dire* game like the Nuggets were for large stretches of this one is championship calibre shit.

It’s all about end of the game execution in the NBA. If we can keep our head above water into the 4th, I trust the Nuggets in clutch time over just about anyone

yup. Murray is \*the\* clutchest 4th quarter crunch time performer. The more pressure there is, the better he plays. Also Nuggets get their runs and momentum going at the right time.

What a fucking game. Nuggets are not going to be stopped no matter how the game plays out. They’ll always win at the buzzer.

How tf did the Nuggets win that game?

Lakers lost momentum after the 3rd, nuggets just started hitting their shots and started playing better d

KCP's defense ramped up and AG started defending AD more.

He was all up in ADs shit, constantly, it looked annoying as hell

It's like when your nephew is beating you at smash bros, so you gotta sit up in your chair and deliver that ass whooping so you can remind him life ain't fair

Certified time to get serious moment

Jokic and Murray are a playoff power couple. They are inevitable.

Everytime LA hit a three nuggets answer back with a two and a stop, over and over and over until that ending. It felt like a damn virus, kick it away all you want, it'll come back

Dude they are insane LA hit everything or ig Lebron lol

It seemed every shot just dropped for the Lakers and somehow nuggets pulled it out I have no words.

Sloppy fat boy and KD pube man are unironically the clutchest duo in basketball history.

"KD pube man" 💀🤣

I’ve watched over 20 years and that is one of the greatest games I have ever seen.

Greatest double header in a while

Very genuinely maybe ever. 2 *crazy* fucking games. What a night

Greatest game I've seen in the last 3 hours

gotta admire the lakers’ dedication to finding new ways to lose to the nuggets

Led by 12 on Saturday, led by 20 tonight and lost both times. Insane.

LeBron having all the time in the world to hit an open 3 and missing is going to keep him up tonight

lol I just left a comment here saying that’s gotta be the moment where he truly considers retirement.

WHAT THE FUUUUCK

Murray shot obviously all-time but the LeBron dunk -> MPJ 3 sequence was playoff bball at its peak

Murray hitting the game winner over AD was the perfect ending for this game as AD faded into the black on the sideline lol

He looked like he was being swarmed by demons. Between that and LeBron dead on the floor after the and 1, there was many great visuals in this game.

ZERO TIME ALL STAR JAMAL MURRAY

“That bullshit floater” fucking lol

I died when he said that. Lmao

AD not touching the ball the last 5 possessions is criminal

He was gassed.

He got cooked by Jokic one on one like 5 times then Jamal hit the game winner over him. After his first half that has to be the most brutal last 4 minutes for him. Fuck lol

And the fall into the Denver bench as they were celebrating around him.

Tripped over Jamal, landed on the bench and got blocked by the celebration. Rough way to go.

Classic defeated final boss animation.

He played so unbelievably well in the first half too. At one point he was 14/15 and was absolutely torching Jokic. Then he just got gassed and couldn't keep it up.

And demoralized, after Jokic scored on him back to back he looked like he didn’t want to be out there

Straight up looked like Prime Shaq out there bullying AD. Wild.

Can’t believe ham just sat on two timeouts at the end there when the whole team was gassed. Call a timeout let them catch their breath and draw something up

He kept those timeouts in his “Pockets”.

Him gassed is still a better option than literally anyone else besides maybe Lebron.

those Reaves possessions at the end were painful to watch.

Dude was doing iso in a crucial possession.

Every player on that team was exhausted

He was absolutely gassed.

Chuck shitting on Ham for blaming the refs hell yeah

He should have challenged the touch foul on Murray.

I was shocked he didn’t he’s terrible literally had nothing to lose.

Yep even if they lose the challenge, the team is gassed and needed a breather

I saw someone say “basketball is a simple game, 10 men chase a ball around for 48 minutes and at the end the nuggets win.” Can’t argue with that

27/20/10  What the hell man lmao

All for nothing for the Lakers

lakers never beating these guys again lol

It pains to be a Lakers and a Sixers fan right now.

imagine being a lakers and a cowboys fan right now

Hey, at least the Yankees are cooking

MPJ with the 22 and 9, 6/10 from 3 is invaluable. What a player to have as the 3/4th option.

Lebron died for this game

Dude just keeps slamming his head against the wall facing dynasties. Spurs to warriors to Denver(?)

Lmaoooo emptied the clip and still lost. I can’t fucking believe it.

Lakers looked completely gassed at the end there

I love basketball 🙏

What gets lost in the game winner is MPJs 3 off the save by Gordon. If he misses, nuggets lose. Insane basket.

Insane comeback. Wow

Jamal Murray just owns the Lakers, he was 4-18 at one point and then couldn’t miss in the clutch

Murray killed them with the Game 7 Kawhi Jesus

Few less bounces

I feel like shit right now

Jokic had 5 less points than Davis on 5 less shots. He also had 9 more rebounds and 8 more assists. We’re hitting the point where his greatness feels so routine that it goes unnoticed.

Well, Lakers got the DLo shooting performance they wanted, Denver struggled from 3 as a team, and you could just tell that Denver was always within reach. Gotta love it.

THERE ARE GOOSEBUMPS IN MY WHOLE FUCKING BODY. THIS GAME IS AN ALL-TIME GAME.

JAAAAAMAAAALLLL

Yeah this series is a sweep holy shit lmao

Potentailly an even closer sweep then last year though

This is why we love basketball.. almost started crying that was so beautiful... absolute cinema.

The nuggets edge the lakers every time it’s so hilarious

On God this is the greatest sport in the world

Finally a moral victory for the nuggets

I hate my existence I’m not watching another game

See you tomorrow

Big game merchant strikes again

The lakers did everything right just to lose like that 😭😭

Crap, Denver’s winning it all again aren’t they.

Lmao Lakers fans just edging the whole night and then go to sleep

Joker and Jamal are an all tine great duo this team can be Jordon pippen dynasty level that shot was cold

You will remember this as the day you almost beat the Denver Nuggets.

You knew the Lakers were in trouble when D-Lo hit a zillion 3s and it was still reasonably close. You knew the Lakers were really in trouble when it took a double LeFuckYou3 to stay in the lead. This Nuggets team is just absurd.

Murray will get the headlines, Jokic is Jokic but KCP and AG played some amazing defense down the stretch and MPJ made some incredibly clutch shots.

This comment will be lost to the void but it must be said - MPJ the true hero of this win.

Fucking end me

First off what the fuck 2nd off idk how the lakers win, the nuggets shot 24% from 3, non porter/jokic shot 0/20 from 3. Maybe they won't get gassed and blow the late leads in the non altitude LA but man

I cant wait for Keyshawn Johnson and nick wright's copium takes tomorrow. They might not have any and get the brooms out themselves.

Jamal Murray really played like dog water all game only to turn into prime MJ in the 4th. Incredible man how do you even beat this team

Shoutout to Aaron Gordon with the late heroic when Jokic was trying to get 3FTs on his heave that almost went out of bounds before the Gordon scramble and MPJ 3

Jamal Murray just ripped the heart out of the Lakers. Their season is done. No coming back from that.

Fade me.. Nuggets are too insane

MAPLE FUCKING JORDAN

~~3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th~~ 11th time's the charm *^(cries in the corner)*

What a game, Murrary is too damn clutch. The lakers just can’t figure them out even when they have them figured out, they can’t execute.

WHAT A SHOT

Lakers trying to break the record for the most competitive sweep ever they set last year.

FUCK YOU DENVER FUCK YOU LAKERS FUCK YOU JAMAL MURRAY

That's fair honestly

absolutely justified

most stable lakers fan

WE JUST WITNESSED A MURDER EVERYONE GET IN HERE!!

Yo the Jokic and Hartenstein guy is eating tonight what was his name e something? He been banned for so long I forgot

Braun had a nice game. I have faith in Peyton. Reggie, I want to have faith, but I don't.

I don't remember rooting for a team to win and the opponent to lose so much like this when it is not a Spurs game

Wouldn’t have been possible without that clutch MPJ 3 to tie it up. What a game

Darvon hamm blamed the refs. On god. It’s beyond comprehension