July 25 Lakers vs Magic scrimmage

[insidehoops]

Lakers vs Magic scrimmage on NBATV now.

Interesting to me is how much time Dion Waiters and/or JR Smith will be getting once real games start up.

[insidehoops]

Mid 2Q, Lakers up 45-32.

Kyle Kuzma 6 of 7 for 16 points in 11 minutes off the bench.

LeBron 4 assists.

[LAmbruh]

Lakers not skipping a beat


Down 3 players and FLOURISHING

[LAmbruh]

Lakers holding Magic to 7-41 :oldlol:

[insidehoops]

Lakers dominating, up 56-39 now, late 2Q.

[insidehoops]

Michael Carter-Williams tossing up some 1 for 8 nonsense.

[LAmbruh]

Orlando 1-20 from 3 :roll:

[insidehoops]

Now 2 for 22 threes from the Magic. The're on fire.

[insidehoops]

Half: Lakers 60, Magic 47

Kuzma 6 of 7, 16 points off the bench.

Anthony Davis 9 points on just 3 FG attempts, and 10 rebounds already.

LeBron just 3 of 9, 8 points and 5 assists.

The Lakers centers barely missed: JaVale McGee 3 of 5, Dwight Howard 2 of 2 off the bench.

For the Magic:

The Magic shot 22% FG in the first half.

PG DJ Augustin 3 of 4, 12 points.
SG Evan Fournier 1 of 5
SF James Ennis 1 of 5
PF Aaron Gordon 2 of 8
C Nikola Vucevic 2 of 10

Michael Carter-Williams 8 points on 8 shots.

Assists: Lakers 13, Magic 5.

Threes: Lakers 5 of 9, Magic 2 of 22 (WTF.)

Magic lucky to be not down more.

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Lol. How tf are the magic only down by like 13 points?

[NBAGOAT]

orlando needs to blow it up, this roster is never going anywhere

[insidehoops]

Whoops, forgot to mention two huge stats that explain why this game is so close:

Magic took 50 shots in the first half, Lakers only took 35.

First half turnovers: Lakers 11, Magic 1.

[insidehoops]

orlando needs to blow it up, this roster is never going anywhere

Yup

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Yeah. Im watching this game and good lord. I can't recall a jumper that any Magic player had made.

Pretty bad.

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They're missing Fultz, for sure. But Gordon shooting way too much.

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Everything kuzma making everything. Not much you can really do about some of these shots when it's a 6'9 dude taking them.

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Team looks different without AD for sure.

[insidehoops]

And now it's a 5-point game...

[ImKobe]

AD +13
Kuzma +4
Lebron -6

[LAmbruh]

No AD, No problem :rockon:

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Yeah. They beat the Lakers earlier this season without AD as well.

Just a different vibe when AD is on the court. All that rebounding, attention, and offense is missing.

[LAmbruh]

Lakers winning no AD


LeMVP doing his damn thang :pimp:

[LAmbruh]

good god that hail mary pass by lebron


best passer in the league (17th season)

[insidehoops]

Pretty interesting game considering it's just a scrimmage.

The real games do start this this week, so I think the intensity in these scrimmages will rise fast.

Meanwhile, Lakers only up 2, mid 3Q.

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Magic going half assed without Fultz and their starting SF and MAY still win this game. Lol.

[ImKobe]

This is embarrassing...

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Kuzma playing out of his mind. Sheesh

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Pretty interesting game considering it's just a scrimmage.

The real games do start this this week, so I think the intensity in these scrimmages will rise fast.

Meanwhile, Lakers only up 2, mid 3Q.

The intensity of this one is there. Lakers are going pretty hard. Magic looked interested after halftime.

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MCW still can't shoot for shit and can't finish close range unless its a dunk.

[insidehoops]

Feels like Magic PG DJ Augustin has been in the NBA forever. Had to check: he's still just 32.

[insidehoops]

The league needs to keep working on these sound effects during games. Some of them sound... janky.

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Feels like Magic tanking a scrimmage game with all these missed boards on the freethrow line.

[Jay-B]

Clippers better get Sweet Lou, Harrell, and beverly back in the bubble because Lakers are looking like they haven’t missed a beat

[ImKobe]

Lebron :facepalm

[insidehoops]

Wow, Orlando's Terrence Ross from WAY WAY WAY beyond halfcourt... probably late though.

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Clippers better get Sweet Lou, Harrell, and beverly back in the bubble because Lakers are looking like they haven’t missed a beat

???

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After Ross, Gordon, Fournier, and Augustine and MCW, I have no clue who the fvck some of these guys are on the Magic. Lmao

[LAmbruh]

Lebron out for the game, Orlando takes the lead


like clockwork :oldlol:

[ImKobe]

Lebron out for the game, Orlando takes the lead


like clockwork :oldlol:

Lakers outscored by 11 points with Lebron on the court...

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This team without AD is EXTREMELY beatable. Nowhere to really go for offense outside of isolations.

[insidehoops]

Looking at the Magic bench, they have given real minutes today to Terrence Ross, Michael Carter-Williams, Gary Clark and Melvin Frazier. And then some minutes to Mo Bamba and Khem Birch.

Markelle Fultz hasn't played. He'd usually start.

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Lakers bench dancing and going wild when they were up double digits before AD went down.

Magic went up by one point and it still ooks like they give zero fvcks about this game.

[insidehoops]

Anthony Davis below 10 minutes played.

Why the Lakers are only up 4, mid 4th quarter:

Lakers 20 assists, 19 turnovers.
Magic 19 assists, 4 turnovers.

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Lol. The Magic finally done after that play.

[LAmbruh]

Lebron turning Waiters into a formidable Lakers 3rd option :applause:

[LAmbruh]

Lakers out here having fun af, just goofing around with guys that haven't played in years and still spanking teams.


Not a beat skipped :applause:

[insidehoops]

Well. This did wind up feeling like an exhibition game. But a good one. But the energy was up and down. But this a good sign for all us NBA fans, that they're clearly ready to play real games.

Season resumes in five days!

[LAmbruh]

Well. This did wind up feeling like an exhibition game. But a good one. But the energy was up and down. But this a good sign for all us NBA fans, that they're clearly ready to play real games.

Season resumes in five days!

5* game thread, boss :rockon:

[tpols]

Lebron has that grey stripe in his beard in his early 30s... damn. LeSilverback about to go nuts this run. He still looks as athletic as ever.

[Carbine]

Lebron has that grey stripe in his beard in his early 30s... damn. LeSilverback about to go nuts this run. He still looks as athletic as ever.

No he doesn't. A simple look at his 2009 season highlights would show their is a massive difference in explosiveness.

LeBron is bigger and stronger, not as athletic.

[tpols]

No he doesn't. A simple look at his 2009 season highlights would show their is a massive difference in explosiveness.

LeBron is bigger and stronger, not as athletic.

There's no "massive difference" anywhere. He's 50 lbs heavier than a lot of these guards and totally outrunning them. He had a play the other day where he out sprinted 2 or 3 guards from behind off a rebound for a fastbreak dunk. He did travel to start it, but that "explosiveness" was still there. From a standstill and behind, he was outrunning EVERYBODY. And took off from well outside the restricted circle for a slam.

You're being a nitpicking prick.

[Shogon]

I didn't even watch this game and Dion Waiter needs to go.

I mean, why do people keep signing this dude?

You know what you're getting... and ultra chucker off the bench. Sometimes he gets hot and looks like more than he is, but that's about it.

He's basically a shittier version of Carmelo Anthony in terms of what he brings to a team. Sad.

[Tobio-Star]

I didn't even watch this game and Dion Waiter needs to go.

I mean, why do people keep signing this dude?

You know what you're getting... and ultra chucker off the bench. Sometimes he gets hot and looks like more than he is, but that's about it.

He's basically a shittier version of Carmelo Anthony in terms of what he brings to a team. Sad.

If you didnt watch the game, your opinion is worthless

[ArbitraryWater]

There's no "massive difference" anywhere. He's 50 lbs heavier than a lot of these guards and totally outrunning them. He had a play the other day where he out sprinted 2 or 3 guards from behind off a rebound for a fastbreak dunk. He did travel to start it, but that "explosiveness" was still there. From a standstill and behind, he was outrunning EVERYBODY. And took off from well outside the restricted circle for a slam.

You're being a nitpicking prick.

there is a massive difference

[ImKobe]

There's no "massive difference" anywhere. He's 50 lbs heavier than a lot of these guards and totally outrunning them. He had a play the other day where he out sprinted 2 or 3 guards from behind off a rebound for a fastbreak dunk. He did travel to start it, but that "explosiveness" was still there. From a standstill and behind, he was outrunning EVERYBODY. And took off from well outside the restricted circle for a slam.

You're being a nitpicking prick.

Lol, Lebron's nowhere near as explosive as he was 10 years ago. We forget just how ridiculous he was athletically, he had a 40+ inch vert and was capable of dunking it from the FT line, now he struggles getting up on some basics dunks, and it's not like he's outrunning the fastest guys in the league, he's looked great on a few possessions in exhibition games, but he's not going to consistently outrun the faster guys like he used to. He's going to have his hands full against George & Kawhi. Remember when he was supposedly in peak condition to start the RS and looked like he had 0 energy going up against Kawhi? He's going to show some flashes in these games, but he can't do it like he used to.