Chef Mandingo with the greatest game 7 in the playoffs ever

[Axe]

No chance.. Kings were favorites to win this game lol

Not before the whole matchup had begun.

[ImKobe]

Not before the whole matchup had begun.

Cry about it. You were all giddy after the 1st half hoping to dunk on Curry & the Warriors for losing in the 1st rd vs a bunch of rookies but he had other plans.

This Kings team was better than anyone the Lakers beat in 2020. Steph deserves the credit.

[ShawkFactory]

Cry about it. You were all giddy after the 1st half hoping to dunk on Curry & the Warriors for losing in the 1st rd vs a bunch of rookies but he had other plans.

This Kings team was better than anyone the Lakers beat in 2020. Steph deserves the credit.

Mehhhhh. They're definitely talented and Fox is a great player although who knows how hurt his hand actually was.

But they ARE young and their play in the second half today showed that. Completely shit the bed. The vibe for me wasn't necessarily Curry striking and taking their souls, but more so them not being ready and him picking on an already broken team (and pick on them he did). They just didn't have it today.

I think the Nuggets in 2020 take them out too. And it's tough to imagine playoff Jimmy of the last 3 years losing to them, regardless of whether or not Bam plays the whole time. The Kings didn't have a "guy" to pull them out of the hole they'd gotten themselves in.

They need to get a scrappy big man and 6 months of brooding over what just happened here.

[Axe]

Cry about it. You were all giddy after the 1st half hoping to dunk on Curry & the Warriors for losing in the 1st rd vs a bunch of rookies but he had other plans.

Already knew what was about to happen when there was only a two-point differential in halftime. Even predicted that refs had something to favor them and somehow it showed earlier.

This Kings team was better than anyone the Lakers beat in 2020. Steph deserves the credit.

What the hell is this supposed to mean? You kept on praising butler like a maniac in the miami playoff game threads but suddenly you've delved down into this? Douche.

[ImKobe]

Mehhhhh. They're definitely talented and Fox is a great player although who knows how hurt his hand actually was.

But they ARE young and their play in the second half today showed that. Completely shit the bed. The vibe for me wasn't necessarily Curry striking and taking their souls, but more so them not being ready and him picking on an already broken team (and pick on them he did). They just didn't have it today.

I think the Nuggets in 2020 take them out too. And it's tough to imagine playoff Jimmy of the last 3 years losing to them, regardless of whether or not Bam plays the whole time. The Kings didn't have a "guy" to pull them out of the hole they'd gotten themselves in.

They need to get a scrappy big man and 6 months of brooding over what just happened here.

Denver's the only arguable one since they were the only healthy good team that the Lakers faced in that run (and they had to fight back from down 1 - 3 in B2B series while the Lakers coasted). Heat had injuries to two of their 3 best players.

[ImKobe]

What the hell is this supposed to mean? You kept on praising butler like a maniac in the miami playoff game threads but suddenly you've delved down into this? Douche.

Has nothing to do with Jimmy, the Heat had injuries to Bam & Dragic so the talent level is not comparable lol.

[ShawkFactory]

Denver's the only arguable one since they were the only healthy good team that the Lakers faced in that run (and they had to fight back from down 1 - 3 in B2B series while the Lakers coasted). Heat had injuries to two of their 3 best players.

Like...who the fvck on the Kings is handling Jokic? Sabonis showed his ass this series and got completely taken advantage of on both ends. It was almost a Trae Young vs the Heat last year or a Julius Randle against the Hawks 2 years ago type of stocking dropping series. Maybe not quite as bad as those but it was pretty brutal.

The Heat had injuries but also had a guy. The energy that Jimmy plays with..it's hard to imagine a young team that ultimately shit the bed being able to handle that over a series with everything on the line.

[Full Court]

It it true Kerr left him in to pad his stats?

Lol at this Bronie fluffer whining about stat padding.

[ImKobe]

Like...who the fvck on the Kings is handling Jokic? Sabonis showed his ass this series and got completely taken advantage of on both ends. It was almost a Trae Young vs the Heat last year or a Julius Randle against the Hawks 2 years ago type of stocking dropping series. Maybe not quite as bad as those but it was pretty brutal.

The Heat had injuries but also had a guy. The energy that Jimmy plays with..it's hard to imagine a young team that ultimately shit the bed being able to handle that over a series with everything on the line.

Jokic is no defensive stud either. That's actually a nice match-up because we're talking about pre-MVP Jokic. Murray was arguably their best player in the 2020 run. Who's handling Fox or Monk? When we look at the supporting casts next to the 2 stars on both sides, Kings win by a mile IMO. Add in the fact that they'd be playing in the bubble with no fans & no distractions.

[ImKobe]

Lol at this Bronie fluffer whining about stat padding.

Bet he didn't even watch the game. Curry was getting doubled/tripled at the end there so this wasn't like Bran stat-padding on uncontested layups at the end of games. He earned the whole 50.

[ShawkFactory]

Jokic is no defensive stud either. That's actually a nice match-up because we're talking about pre-MVP Jokic. Murray was arguably their best player in the 2020 run. Who's handling Fox or Monk? When we look at the supporting casts next to the 2 stars on both sides, Kings win by a mile IMO. Add in the fact that they'd be playing in the bubble with no fans & no distractions.

Pre-MVP Jokic as in 8 months before the first MVP was awarded. He is by far the best player in that series. The way that he plays? Nobody on the Kings would be able to mentally accept what is happening much less defend it. If Murray is going off too then it's no question.

Yes Fox and Monk would get theirs, and yes most of the games would be very high scoring. But there is absolutely nothing the Kings would be able to do when Jokic needs a bucket other than doubling every possession. And we know what he can do as a passer.

[1987_Lakers]

This Kings team was better than anyone the Lakers beat in 2020.

Of course this dude would say something like this. I still remember how mad you were after "your team" won it in 2020 that you stopped posting here for months. Even called Jimmy Butler's performance in the Finals a "fluke" to try to discredit what the Lakers did, how did that work out for you?

[ImKobe]

Of course this dude would say something like this. I still remember how mad you were after "your team" won it in 2020 that you stopped posting here for months. Even called Jimmy Butler's performance in the Finals a "fluke" to try to discredit what the Lakers did, how did that work out for you?

Called it a fluke because he had never done anything close to that in the POs at the time, and since we saw players shoot well above their average in other games in the bubble it was the right opinion at the time because people wanted to rank him above legitimate top 30-40s GOATs based off 1 Playoff series lol.

You have 10-20x my post count on this board so ofc it's weird to you that someone would not come here during the off-season. Don't worry, I'll leave you to posting your low IQ troll bait once this season is over in about 7 weeks.

[ImKobe]

Pre-MVP Jokic as in 8 months before the first MVP was awarded. He is by far the best player in that series. The way that he plays? Nobody on the Kings would be able to mentally accept what is happening much less defend it. If Murray is going off too then it's no question.

Yes Fox and Monk would get theirs, and yes most of the games would be very high scoring. But there is absolutely nothing the Kings would be able to do when Jokic needs a bucket other than doubling every possession. And we know what he can do as a passer.

That's fair. I'm just saying off talent level alone this team is as good (IMO better) as anyone the Lakers played in their last run but these clowns are trying to discredit Steph's Game 7 performance. I guess you just can't win with some people at all as they'll find a way to be negative about anything related to Steph.

[1987_Lakers]

Called it a fluke because he had never done anything close to that in the POs at the time

Don't lie. You called it a fluke to try to discredit the Finals victory. We all see through your fake ass.