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- grafician2
Dame with 61?!
- grafician
- 61 Pts
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8 Astgrafician - He will not show up when it counts.utopian
- @utopian what lol he has some of the most clutch shots in recent nba historycolin_s
- How many playoff game clutch shots?
How many championships clutch shots?utopian - BTW - I didn't downvote this.utopian
- I'm rooting for the Blazers mos Def. I'm really a fan of this team since Lillard stepped in.oey_oey
- colin_s0
lollllll @ the clippers for giving up 5 future firsts for paul george and spending $1.8 billion on a new stadium just for that exit
- Jokic diced them. High PnR to get him to the center of the floor, then his otherwordly court vision to run through a progression to see who left their man..garbage
- ..for help defense and zips a pass to them. Will be interesting to see how the Lakers deal with this. I honestly have no idea how that's gonna shake out.garbage
- I'm Jimmy all the way though.garbage
- jokic will get worked by davis, i think. and denver has nobody to match with lebron. i don't think the lakers have a ton to worry aboutcolin_s
- But didn't Steve ballner pay for stadium and no handout like lv raiders shit?deathboy
- As long as public doesn't pay rich ppl entertainment who caresdeathboy
- Clippers had no chemistry man, Nuggets are a very solid TEAM and play well under pressure...grafician
- Agreed that AD will help other Lakers stay at home on their assignments, because I don't see Jokic winning that war 1v1.garbage
- I think the Nuggets let LeBron get his. Kuzma is slumping and AD's shoulder seems off again. Bron is going to feed at the line, and Rondo is a wildcard.garbage
- Honestly can't predict this, but I think that it's going to be Lakers in 6, with JGB waiting for them at the end of the tunnel.garbage
- @deathboy - ballmer is shelling out for stadium, still massively disruptive to inglewood & residents thoughcolin_s
- grafician0
Lakers - Celtics in the Finals?
- Yesjmckinno
- probably, though this heat team is good.colin_s
- Probably but Denver are really motivated and are a TEAM. The Heat are also a TEAM. So lets see. But Denver vs Heat would be really nice.oey_oey
- The matchup of the 80’s!_niko
- LAKERS ARE THE TEAM LOLgrafician
- ^ yes they are THE TEAM I get it. And LeBron been playing like hell.oey_oey
- oey_oey1
Pandemic P...what a laugh.
Saw this insta comment like:Nice tribute from George and Leonard to Kobe by scoring 24 points...together.
Fucking LOL!
This is why I like teams like Portland, Denver, Toronto and Dallas.
You know, teams not dollars.
- _niko0
I propose for next years all star game instead of doing the lame ass team LeBron vs team whoever, they do an America vs the world and maybe stage it in Europe.
Imagine giannis, doncic, Murray, jokic, embid, porzingis, etc vs the yanks.
You heard it here first!
- that'd actually be an incredible game, as well as show off the stylistic learnings probably. i'd bet on europe.colin_s
- But there are games as in America vs. other countries in the Olympicsgrafician
- And there is Team USA vs. Team World at the All Star Game lol https://www.youtube.…grafician
- You guys know shit about NBA [rolling eyes]grafician
- https://www.youtube.…grafician
- Also all the other foreign stars happen to fucken play in the NBA already duhgrafician
- ^ LOL!oey_oey
- @graf the ASW games are never serious basketball the way the olympics are thoughcolin_s
- dudes I live in Europe, I know Fiba and Euro bball, no match for the NBA mannnn, this idea is stupid, AD and Bron and Kawhi would trash this _niko team lolgrafician
- The world vs nba is for rookies only and is very competitive. No way my team gets trashed! Giannis puts up 44 and 15, luka has 32 12 15 game over USA lol_niko
- grafician0
"Congratulations to LeBron James on his All-NBA First Team selection."
"Congratulations to Anthony Davis on his All-NBA First Team selection."
Lakers in 4
- You mean against Denver 4-0?oey_oey
- Anthony Davis and LeBron James are first Lakers teammates to earn All-NBA First Team honors since Kobe and Shaq in the 2003-04 season.grafician
- Denver are depleted mate, next match would be on Friday, Lakers had already a week to chill and a game plan readygrafician
- I would bet a 4-2 win for Lakers tho' just to be sure lolgrafician
- ^ 4-2 seems more reasonable as long as Lakers are not 3-1 up LOL! I think the lakers can go from 4-0 to 3-4...oey_oey
- colin_s0
i bet: lakers in 5, boston in 6, lakers in 6
i want: lakers in 6, boston in 7, boston in 7
- (i know i should root for the underdogs, but i kind of want to see celtics go for revenge on lebron from the eastern years.)colin_s
- Momentum seems to matter way more in the bubble. The double digit point swings lately have been fascinating to watch.DRIFTMONKEY
- Is the NBA still sucking China's dick?MondoMorphic
- Boston already 0-2 with Heatgrafician
- grafician0
"Lakers dip the Nuggets in ketchup" 1-0 already, Rondo and Dwight really put in work, AD with 37...I really don't see Nuggets having an answer, but sure, the series is still early.
Meanwhile Celtics 0-2 with Heat, really struggling to end games, if the Heat keep the pressure, I don't see Celtics recovering from 0-3
- boston might not come back, miami has that cindarella story (ok or pretty woman more appropriately) thing going and boston's still pretty youngcolin_s
- Stephen A. has a very good point...
https://www.youtube.…grafician - and also some insights from Dame about the Lakers/Nuggets here: https://www.youtube.…grafician
- Like I said last month...where is the ultimate clutch shooter Lillard now? He will not show up when it counts.utopian
- @utopian, he did man, but the other team was bettergrafician
- ^ exactlyoey_oey
- Nuggets in ketchup? Has this person even had nuggetsnb
- @utopian portland's entire roster wasn't healthy until the bubble. blazers will be legit next year. also lillard was easily the bubble MVPcolin_s
- ^ thisoey_oey
- colin_s1
lakers with lebron and anthony davis in playoff mode are fucking scary ... i was busy so i didn't watch game 1 vs denver in full, but every time i looked up anthony davis wasn't on the floor. i thought maybe he was hurt and i was out of the loop, then i just see that they basically didn't need him because he was so dominant.
exhaustion i think is going to be a major factor from here on out - denver is wiped after two 7 game series and miami/boston will probably go to 6 or 7 unless the celtics mentally collapse.
still though the NBA bubble has been one of the few spaces of relief over the past six months
- Agreed on the bubble. My previous prediction of Lakers in 6 is knocked down to 5. DEN got rattled early on, started missing easy buckets.garbage
- Didn't help that going into the second half Jokic, Murray and Milsap all had 3 fouls. Also Dwight didn't play at all in the Houston series, so he came out hot.garbage
- considering this an actual nba season? lol this season is a joke. and they gonna start another in November? okjaylarson
- @jay i bet they delay the next season, maybe open w/new yearscolin_s
- They barely having the new Draft by Xmas, so the next season is def pushed to 2021grafician
- @jay There's gonna be an asterisk by this season, but it's been great bball. Plus Jimmy is selling coffee from his room, and somebody in the bubble is startinggarbage
- a rival coffee shop. BIG FACE COFFEE all day. https://twitter.com/…garbage
- I see 0-3 tonight for Celtics and Lakers are starting Dwight, so imagine the damage to the Nuggets not getting in the paint...grafician
- grafician1
I find this so funny!
also in the comments:
"Dwight was an UPGRADE. Imagine slashing to the hoop and Lebron is in front of you and behind him waits Ad and Howard for your ass... This is a wrap."
"Dwight will finally get a ring that he deserves."
"I like the way Howard played and limits Nikola ability. He did the job perfectly."
So yeah, Lakers have way better depth. I even miss Avery.
Nuggets aren't done yet, but I don't see Heat or Celtics being a problem for the Lakers in the Finals going forward.- Also teams pushing on 3s and shooters neglecting power centers! Houston got their ass handled to them with no center. Celtics? Heat? Again no power centers.grafician
- Dwight was DPoY 3 times! McGee blocking 2-3-4 per game, not to mention at least 20 rebounds between these two...grafician
- Clippers neglecting to play Boban more and relying on PG and Kawhi for plays, lol, they could've swept the Nuggets playing Boban more minsgrafician
- grafician1
Oh I know, this is 2020, Lakers getting close to the Finals, all that, but I really miss this guy man...
AI didn't scored a ring, but he was the heart of the Game and always will be.
- He played half a season for Besiktas at the end of his career. I was in istanbul then and had the chance to watch him live.Even then he fed us up with his magicBeeswax
- grafician0
Celtics 1-2 Heat...
- Celtics way more balanced in this game. Heat couldn't do anything.grafician
- this is going to be a great seriescolin_s
- But watching the game, these teams are just kids mostly, when Lakers go past Nuggets, won't have a problem crushing any of the Celtics or Heatgrafician
- Next game way back Wednesday?! Oh well...grafician
- grafician-1
Lakers 2-0 Nuggets
But very close this one, basically AD won the game at the buzzer
- Nuggets are frustrated, they wasted a lot of energy this game, don't know how much Jokic can take it going forward...grafician
- that was inedibleshellie
- *incredibleshellie
- @shellie and Lakers did the same exact final play just a few minutes back, the same AD with the 3, same position and allgrafician
- We got lucky tho, Rondo was nowhere this game, Bron very low in the 4th...grafician
- that AD shot was so beautiful, plumlee just stopped covering him for some reason?colin_s
- ^he got confused, he thought the last ball would go to James, AD came from nowheregrafician
- colin_s-1
damn really thought LA was gonna pull off that comeback
murray has some real clutch genes
- grafician1
Lakers in the Finals again...
Waiting for the Celtics to come back now so we can have a proper game.
- grafician0
Lakers destroy the Heat in Finals Game 1
AD 34 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast, 3 blk
Bron 25 pts, 13 reb, 9 astIt's still early, but I really don't see how the Heat can stop the Lakers becoming champions this series.
A matchup with the Celtics would've been so much more fun to watch...
- It's a one game sweep. Jimmy is hurt and will try to play through it, Dragic is done for the year, and probably Bam as well.garbage
- So bummed, I think it could have been interesting and a Cinderella story, but they are now gutted and the Lakers will sweep.garbage
- Bam crashed into Dwight and hurt his shoulder...grafician
- Would love to see Dwight win a ring!grafician
- I also think this will go to the Lakers, I was hoping for something else but...oey_oey
- I don't know about you guys but I want to see another stacked Lebron team winning it all, and hopefully he uses his podium opportunity to lecture us on stuff!_niko
- Bron still has it in him to win at least 2 more rings with the Lakers 'till he hits 40grafician
- Yeah Bam aggravated an injury sustained in the Boston series.garbage
- grafician1
Bam and Goran still out tonight due to injuries...
It's still early, but.
- I guess they will win this one toooey_oey
- They got this, but next year, with the Warriors and the Nets rising again, hope we see some competitiongrafician
- Sure, Lakers will crush them again, 'cuz Bron and AD smell blood in the water and they're coming for all the ringsgrafician
- It was over after game one. This is the first Finals I haven't watched since Spurs / Nets. I love Bron, but I can't watch JGB get put down like a dog.garbage
- Welp, there's egg on my face.garbage
- grafician0
IT'S A BATTLE RN! WOW!