Nuggets @ Lakers GT

[elementally morale]

Intense so far. Playoff atmosphere.

[Xiao Yao You]

Intense so far. Playoff atmosphere.

or play-in atmosphere if you're the Lakers

[SATAN]

Rui and AR need to be better in the second half. Hoping it's a good game instead of the Lakers coming out flat in the 3rd.

[1_BAD_TIGER]

Nuggets looking to end this game early, got to play Sacramento tomorrow.

[elementally morale]

The game felt and feels closer than it is.

[SATAN]

Dirty play by Jokic...

[elementally morale]

Wow. That volleyball tip with 0.2 remaining in the third is a bit of a proof that someone doesn't care about his numbers.

[Duffy Pratt]

Joker got tired of getting fouled with no calls, so he started flopping. Sometimes he starts playing against the refs and it’s not a good thing.

On the other hand it’s 14 to 3 on free throws after three. Who could have predicted?

[elementally morale]

The Lakers are taking this game very seriously and they came up with a plan of swarming defense on Jokic. It works okay. The game felt close when the Nuggets were up 10 and it's really close now.

[SATAN]

Hayes has been great again. Great effort.

[SATAN]

Game over. Well done Austin Fool's Gold Reaves.

[Keno]

murray is such a fluke bum, always career nights vs lakers

[elementally morale]

24/11/9 for Jokic now. A quiet Sombor double. Too many turnovers but it's a hard fought game.

[Full Court]

Jokic almost lost this game for the Nuggets with his dumb passes. He makes some tough flashy passes, but he also makes some idiotic passes. So many dumb turnovers.

[1_BAD_TIGER]

murray is such a fluke bum, always career nights vs lakers

A player who has multiple 50 point playoff games, 29 against the bum ass Lakers in February is not a career night

[Full Court]

By the way, where was LeShrivel during the 4th quarter of this close game? Anybody know?

[elementally morale]

Jokic almost lost this game for the Nuggets with his dumb passes. He makes some tough flashy passes, but he also makes some idiotic passes. So many dumb turnovers.

It's a rarity he hes dumb turnovers. Today he had 2 that were dumb. Which is a lot by his standards but the other 4 turnovers were not dumb at all. It was some very heavy defense he was going up against.

[1_BAD_TIGER]

Nuggets showed the Championship heart, the Lakers showed why they are a play-in team at best.

[Duffy Pratt]

As much as I hate the Lakers, Hayes deserved better tonight. That was a tremendous fourth quarter performance. NBA should have more of that.

[dankok8]

Lakers made a mistake collapsing on Jokic late and it led to open Murray and MPJ threes. If you commit multiple players he will find the open man almost all the time. A better % play is just let him iso against AD. And I say this as a Nuggets supporter.

[Axe]

Lakers made a mistake collapsing on Jokic late and it led to open Murray and MPJ threes. If you commit multiple players he will find the open man almost all the time. A better % play is just let him iso against AD. And I say this as a Nuggets supporter.
Good thing joker isn't a ballhog, unlike some of the notorious shooting guards from the past. Also first in PER rn if i'd remind.

[elementally morale]

Lakers made a mistake collapsing on Jokic late and it led to open Murray and MPJ threes. If you commit multiple players he will find the open man almost all the time. A better % play is just let him iso against AD. And I say this as a Nuggets supporter.

If you play him one on one he will beat you most of the time. The swarming defense resulted in 3 or 4 block on him today. Actually, I think the Lakers played very good defense until the last 2-3 minutes. Especially good on Jokic.

[Xiao Yao You]

Good thing joker isn't a ballhog, unlike some of the notorious shooting guards from the past. Also first in PER rn if i'd remind.

he is a cumbersome big though

[hold this L]

If you play him one on one he will beat you most of the time. The swarming defense resulted in 3 or 4 block on him today. Actually, I think the Lakers played very good defense until the last 2-3 minutes. Especially good on Jokic.

Doesn't matter, so you still let him do it. He's not the type to go for 50 either way and will start to force passes at a certain point.

[Naero]

Lakers are on a 7-game moral-victory streak against the Nuggets now. :applause: They managed to tie the game in the fourth at one point despite trailing by 15 earlier. Their adjustments are paying off by keeping every loss competitive.

It seems that Denver never recovered from that moral sweep in the WCF.

[ImKobe]

By the way, where was LeShrivel during the 4th quarter of this close game? Anybody know?

2/8 with 0/2 from 3 in the 4th... he played like this for 4 straight 4th quarters against Denver in the POs as well and they lost all 4, despite all of them being close.

Another Lakers loss where they can't make any 3s.. and this FO did nothing at the deadline to address this. Dlo played well for a few weeks so he became untradeable in their eyes, when they could have likely flipped him for 2 rotation 3&D guys who could have helped this team out more. SMH.

[hold this L]

2/8 with 0/2 from 3 in the 4th... he played like this for 4 straight 4th quarters against Denver in the POs as well and they lost all 4, despite all of them being close.

Another Lakers loss where they can't make any 3s.. and this FO did nothing at the deadline to address this. Dlo played well for a few weeks so he became untradeable in their eyes, when they could have likely flipped him for 2 rotation 3&D guys who could have helped this team out more. SMH.

Lebron shouldn't be playing as much as he is, I don't know what their coaching team is doing. He's 39, he shouldn't be logging more minutes than when he was younger.

[bullettooth]

By the way, where was LeShrivel during the 4th quarter of this close game? Anybody know?

I watched some highlights; he wasnt getting back on defense. LeBron's overrated.

[Axe]

he is a cumbersome big though
Dumb. No way he'd win league mvps if he were one in the first place. :facepalm

[RogueBorg]

By the way, where was LeShrivel during the 4th quarter of this close game? Anybody know?

See the topic about Lebron's greatest weakness. It's not like we didn't know what would happen in the 4th quarter.

[tpols]

So AD drops 32/9/3 on good shooting with 4 blocks and 3 steals out playing Jokic and LA loses. Get this man some help... :facepalm

[Xiao Yao You]

Dumb. No way he'd win league mvps if he were one in the first place. :facepalm

you might want to actually learn the definition of words you like to throw around Bot :facepalm

cumbersome adjective (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjective)
cum·​ber·​some ˈkəm-bər-səm (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumbersome?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=c&file=cumber03)

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Synonyms of cumbersome (https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumbersome)
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: unwieldy (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwieldy) because of heaviness and bulk a cumbersome package









2
: slow-moving : ponderous (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ponderous) cumbersome administrative procedures

[Axe]

^^That sounds a lot like 'he-who-must-not-be-named.' :milton

[Xiao Yao You]

^^That sounds a lot like 'he-who-must-not-be-named.' :milton

Cumbersome bigs can't do this :facepalm

https://youtu.be/m_F6iP5JFmk

[bison]

So AD drops 32/9/3 on good shooting with 4 blocks and 3 steals out playing Jokic and LA loses. Get this man some help... :facepalm

Lakers had the opportunity to win, but we see the same thing happen when they squander close games: the offense completely goes away from AD. He had zero FG attempts in the last five minutes. Instead we got lebron choking fadeaways and 3 pointers.

[ImKobe]

Lebron shouldn't be playing as much as he is, I don't know what their coaching team is doing. He's 39, he shouldn't be logging more minutes than when he was younger.

That's because it's his decision to do so. This is the same situation we had with Kobe when he ran himself to the ground in 2013. The team is barely hanging on so he's forced to play all those minutes in close games because they're trying to make the Playoffs and the team is not good enough for him to rest.

Hopefully they can pick up Dinwiddie off waivers. If he could give us what he did for the Mavs in 2022, it could save this season. It does worry me that he hasn't shot the 3 well since leaving the Mavs, though it's probably tied to his poor shot selection in Brooklyn. In LA all he has to do is knock down open 3s and give Bran some extra minutes to rest.


Lakers had the opportunity to win, but we see the same thing happen when they squander close games: the offense completely goes away from AD. He had zero FG attempts in the last five minutes. Instead we got lebron choking fadeaways and 3 pointers.

Just like what happened in the WCF. Nightmare fuel. You got a top 5-10 player at his prime/peak and you don't get him involved when it matters most when he's unstoppable. Crazy.

[elementally morale]

So AD drops 32/9/3 on good shooting with 4 blocks and 3 steals out playing Jokic and LA loses. Get this man some help... :facepalm

Jokic was not outplayed. There was no outstanding player yesterday. It was two teams. Davis was the best on the Lakers but LeBron played okay until the 4th and others contributed a lot especially on defense which was good for the most part. Jokic wasn't the clear cut best player on the floor but he had 24/13/9 with 3 blocks himself. It was an average game for him but his defense is getting better and better.

[bison]

Lebron shouldn't be playing as much as he is, I don't know what their coaching team is doing. He's 39, he shouldn't be logging more minutes than when he was younger.

I'm so sick of this narrative. He's averaging 25ppg while playing 35 minutes a game and having one of his best shooting seasons. When he has a bad game, it's "why is lebron playing so many minutes hes so old!!" but when he has a good game no one complains about his usage. Is he washed or not? I don't give a **** how old this dude is, he's being paid $47 million this season to lead this team to a ring. No excuses. He was a choker at age 29 and he's a choker now. Lets not clutch our pearls at his age

[ArbitraryWater]

So AD drops 32/9/3 on good shooting with 4 blocks and 3 steals out playing Jokic and LA loses. Get this man some help... :facepalm


32 pts is nothing today. its weak sauce for his ceiling.

he needs to drop 70 to raise some eyebrows.

[tpols]

32 pts is nothing today. its weak sauce for his ceiling.

he needs to drop 70 to raise some eyebrows.

Anthony Davis was the leading scorer in the game out of everybody in the matchup. On 54%FG and by far the best defensive player on the court. He needs his teammates to step up for once if LA wants to win. Murray and MPJ outplayed Lebron and Reaves signifigantly.

[bladefd]

Doesn't matter, so you still let him do it. He's not the type to go for 50 either way and will start to force passes at a certain point.

He also gets gassed pretty easy so he would not have the energy for crazy scoring games against AD.

I would only have the pf go in for help defense like rui or something. The guards need to stay on their man. Do like 2-player zone near the paint and 3-players man-on-man on the perimeter

[NugzFan]

murray is such a fluke bum, always career nights vs lakers


How is he a fluke?

[aj1987]

See the topic about Lebron's greatest weakness. It's not like we didn't know what would happen in the 4th quarter.

He's 7th in the league in 4th Q scoring with 8/2/2 on 52% shooting, "Coach".

Over helping on defense has been the problem with the Lakers. They randomly double a player and leave another wide open. Reaves and D'Lo are the biggest examples of this. Prince has been trash as well. Lakers would be better with Vando getting 0 over Prince playing.

[Axe]

Cumbersome bigs can't do this :facepalm

https://youtu.be/m_F6iP5JFmk
Yet still no league mvps nor any playoff trips past the second round to date. :cry: :roll:

[Xiao Yao You]

Yet still no league mvps nor any playoff trips past the second round to date. :cry: :roll:

Shit no MVPS he's got to be cumbersome!

It is a team game you know? Do I need to look up the definition of that for you too or can you at least google?

[SATAN]

2/8 with 0/2 from 3 in the 4th... he played like this for 4 straight 4th quarters against Denver in the POs as well and they lost all 4, despite all of them being close.

Another Lakers loss where they can't make any 3s.. and this FO did nothing at the deadline to address this. Dlo played well for a few weeks so he became untradeable in their eyes, when they could have likely flipped him for 2 rotation 3&D guys who could have helped this team out more. SMH.

You are mentally ill.

[Axe]

Shit no MVPS he's got to be cumbersome!

It is a team game you know? Do I need to look up the definition of that for you too or can you at least google?
This sounds like saying he can't play 1 on 1. Or someone has to bail him out. :ohwell:

[LAL]

He's 7th in the league in 4th Q scoring with 8/2/2 on 52% shooting, "Coach".

Over helping on defense has been the problem with the Lakers. They randomly double a player and leave another wide open. Reaves and D'Lo are the biggest examples of this. Prince has been trash as well. Lakers would be better with Vando getting 0 over Prince playing.

Lebum's laker stint has been a serious failure, it's bad and if Jeanie ever decides to retire his jersey i will personally start a petition, it won't happen. He needs to move tf on, watching him play is absolute torture :sleeping

[Xiao Yao You]

This sounds like saying he can't play 1 on 1. Or someone has to bail him out. :ohwell:

it says most guys don't win MVP or pull off upsets in the playoffs to finish higher than the talent around them is destined to go. His teams have pulled off two of those upsets despite the inferior talent around him

[Axe]

In other words, so much excuses can be made for the shortcomings. Got it. :ohwell:

[Xiao Yao You]

In other words, so much excuses can be made for the shortcomings. Got it. :ohwell:

excuses for not winning MVP or doing what you're not favored to do because you don't have the talent around you to do so. Troll logic :roll:

[Axe]

Make the others around the team the scapegoat but never your guy. :ohwell:

[Xiao Yao You]

Make the others around the team the scapegoat but never your guy. :ohwell:

scapegoat for what? not being MVP or taking a bad team to a conference final? :facepalm

[Axe]

Scapegoat them for making your guy an elite role player at best. :roll:

[Xiao Yao You]

Scapegoat them for making your guy an elite role player at best. :roll:

elite all NBA role player who will soon be the only 4 time DPOTY :bowdown:

[Axe]

Soon-to-be? Nah, wemby the giraffe might tell you to hold his beer if all goes well in his rookie year. :kobe:

[Xiao Yao You]

Soon-to-be? Nah, wemby the giraffe might tell you to hold his beer if all goes well in his rookie year. :kobe:

you can hope. They've robbed him before but would be hard to give it to anyone else this year

[Chuckbe]

Joker got tired of getting fouled with no calls, so he started flopping. Sometimes he starts playing against the refs and it’s not a good thing.

On the other hand it’s 14 to 3 on free throws after three. Who could have predicted?

"Nuggets record their 8th win in 38 franchise games vs. the Lakers with a free throw deficit of 10 or more. Seventh matchup in a row between the two teams where Denver has shot fewer free throws"

[Duffy Pratt]

"Nuggets record their 8th win in 38 franchise games vs. the Lakers with a free throw deficit of 10 or more. Seventh matchup in a row between the two teams where Denver has shot fewer free throws"

They might as well just start the game with a handicap. The officials are regularly spotting the Lakers with 5-10 points (or just doing what it takes to keep the games close and giving the Lakers a chance, which they invariably blow to the Nuggets).

They must have been pissed when they got exposed on the late whistle, reflexive foul against Gordon for daring to defend against LeBron.

[Full Court]

you might want to actually learn the definition of words you like to throw around Bot :facepalm

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cum·​ber·​some ˈkəm-bər-səm (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumbersome?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=c&file=cumber03)

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: unwieldy (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwieldy) because of heaviness and bulk a cumbersome package









2
: slow-moving : ponderous (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ponderous) cumbersome administrative procedures

To be fair, bots generally auto-generate much more intelligent posts than Axe does.

[Axe]

You need to talk to a specialist, Full Retard. :cheers:
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[Full Court]

To be fair, bots generally auto-generate much more intelligent posts than Axe does.

They stink a lot less too. :lol

[Keno]

murray is such a fluke bum, always career nights vs lakers

the very next game, 12 points, 4/10 shooting, worst +/- of the game, so predictable and obvious

[Axe]

the very next game, 12 points, 4/10 shooting, worst +/- of the game, so predictable and obvious
Interesting statline. (https://i.ibb.co/gDsySW3/IMG-20230603-203842.jpg)

[Real Men Wear Green]

the very next game, 12 points, 4/10 shooting, worst +/- of the game, so predictable and obvious

I don't think they were playing the Lakers in the Finals. Every player has bad games as well as good ones. He averages 21 and 6 on 47%. He's a good player.

[kawhileonard2]

King James. The fear of Aaron Gordon is still there.

[aj1987]

They stink a lot less too. :lol


Forgot to switch accounts, Full Retard?


Lebum's laker stint has been a serious failure, it's bad and if Jeanie ever decides to retire his jersey i will personally start a petition, it won't happen. He needs to move tf on, watching him play is absolute torture :sleeping

A petition? Wow!

Torture and you still have multiple accounts on here with tens of thousands of posts dedicated to LeBron.

[Full Court]

Forgot to switch accounts, Full Retard?



A petition? Wow!

Torture and you still have multiple accounts on here with tens of thousands of posts dedicated to LeBron.

Meltdown. :roll:

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[aj1987]

im a retard. :roll:

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Agreed. :cheers:

[Full Court]

Agreed. :cheers:

^Bitch fit.

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