2021 NBA Playoffs

[aggie08 21504]

5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Which makes this the [checks notes] sixth straight postseason that anyone with eyes has stated the obvious: they need to address that god awful defense if they have any hope of being a real contender. Which means trading CJ and sizing up that backcourt.

[shadow_operative 15932]

13 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Royally sucks that Murray is out. They'd have a real chance to win this whole thing with him. 

health permitting, this team will be around for years. drafting/rehabbing MPJ and acquiring Gordon were huge moves. even Millsap and Rivers have been contributing. if they get guys like Murray and Barton back and they stay healthy, this could be a team that contends in the West for years to come. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

Denver vs Portland was a great undercard. now comes the main event. 

Jae Crowder starts it off with a three! Let's go Suns!

[shadow_operative 15932]

12 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

that sounds hard to do. 

[Sbbruin 21858]

Uh oh

[ztejas 43459]

Oh boy...

[washparkhorn 9939]

PHX coming out hot. LAL may need to play some D.

[Radical Larry 28626]

AD shouldn't be out there. He can barely move. 

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, Radical Larry said:

AD shouldn't be out there. He can barely move. 

Doesn't want to get the Jay Cutler treatment from the media

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

Shall we discuss the strategy of starting Gasol over Drummond? That is some serious rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic right there. Why? What difference does it make? Fucking Gasol couldn't even post up Devin Booker. The entry pass was shit but cmon. He's so done. 

[ztejas 43459]

LeBron needs to score. Having Schroeder shoot 3s all game is a recipe for disaster. 

[Sbbruin 21858]

AD didn’t last long.  That may do it.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

Cancel Christmas 

[Chewbacca 7780]

Portland cannot keep trying to guard Jokic 1 v 1 with Covington. He's getting killed. 

If you try to double him, he always finds the open man. No good solution there.

[washparkhorn 9939]

Groin injuries are so debilitating. Get well AD.

Let's go Suns.

[ztejas 43459]

Why the fuck would you even let him play? It took 3 possessions of him guarding Booker and CP to be done. Did he just refuse to be scratched from the lineup? 

[Sbbruin 21858]

Booker on fire

[ztejas 43459]

Burn it down. All the way. 

[Radical Larry 28626]

 

[ztejas 43459]

LeBron's body may finally be betraying him. He's running on fumes out there. There are going to be so many questions this off-season.

[Sbbruin 21858]

Looks like we’ll have to sign Booker when he’s a free agent.

[ztejas 43459]

This Lakers lineup is like some of those lineups the Celtics were running out there. 

[Sbbruin 21858]

Ridiculous

[ztejas 43459]

God daaaaaamn

Lillard's record in danger already? 

[aggie08 21504]

Two dudes have made 6 threes in the first quarter of their games today. I imagine that that's a first.

[Radical Larry 28626]

Frank the Tank fucking up the Suns 3 pt shooting. 

[aggie08 21504]

At least a handful of Lakers fans are going to leave at the quarter break, right?

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

Even without Davis, this team shouldn't be this bad. But whatever, it's the NBA. This game could be tied at halftime. 

[ztejas 43459]

Just now, aggie08 said:

At least a handful of Lakers fans are going to leave at the quarter break, right?

Depends. Is LeBron in the locker room yet?

[ztejas 43459]

Just now, Mitch Cumsteen said:

This game could be tied at halftime. 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Kermit 3156]

[aggie08 21504]

3 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Even without Davis, this team shouldn't be this bad. But whatever, it's the NBA. This game could be tied at halftime. 

They're averaging 20 points a quarter in 7 quarters without AD. I'm going to guess that it won't be tied.

[Sbbruin 21858]

4 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Even without Davis, this team shouldn't be this bad. But whatever, it's the NBA. This game could be tied at halftime. 

The supporting cast has been god awful in this series.

[ztejas 43459]

1 minute ago, aggie08 said:

They're averaging 20 points a quarter in 7 quarters without AD. I'm going to guess that it won't be tied.

I was thinking what the alt line for Lakers -21.5 2Q must be. Like +5000 at least probably. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

Lebron is gonna get tossed from this game.

[ztejas 43459]

This isn't even that entertaining. This is just another horrible ass-beating. 

[SilasCoade 2622]

LeBron has clearly given up.

[Sbbruin 21858]

Is there a mercy rule?

[aggie08 21504]

10 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

At least a handful of Lakers fans are going to leave at the quarter break, right?

If nothing else, the fashionably late crowd listening on the radio just turned around their Range Rovers.

[Vic Mackey 47054]

How shit changes within a week. After  the Lakers went up 2-1 and CP3 was battling his injury, it looked a little bleak for them. And now, this shit looks like what Dallas did to them in 2011 to knock them out. Damn near a 30pt game in the 2nd.

Last year definitely helped the Lakers with that long vacation in the middle of the season. Allowed an aging Lebron and glass body AD get some needed rest. Injuries caught up to them. Lebron has now missed a lot of time 2 of the last 3 years. AD is constantly banged up. They have some questions this offseason on where to go from here.

[Kermit 3156]

[ztejas 43459]

Vogel's like "fuck am I gonna get fired for this bullshit?"

[Machinator 32099]

If I'm Frank Vogel, I'm a few minutes from pulling a Pop and emptying the benches.

[CurlyDumps 4473]

Lebron will have his “next chapter” article out by the 3rd quarter.

[Radical Larry 28626]

4 minutes ago, Llogg said:

LeBron has clearly given up.

 

Maybe the AC went out at Staples?

[ztejas 43459]

Can we just greenlight Booker to go for 70?

[Radical Larry 28626]

Too close to the basket on that shot, Booker. 

[aggie08 21504]

3 years in LA:

- Missed playoffs due to LeBron injury.

- Won title in completely abnormal year with a 5 month break before the playoffs to recover.

- First 1st round exit of LeBron's career after AD injury and rust from both AD and LeBron missing months of the season.

 

What's the future? Rest them just enough to get the 6 seed, then pray?

[ztejas 43459]

Oh my God this is absurd