#🏀irl-hoops-talk
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man marcus smart
Lakers didnt calm down offense
Is Austin reaves cherry picks again and leaves his man open on defense im gonna lose it ✌️
too fast offense
we'll blow the 3-0 lead if we're still like this
JJ u ask lakers need defense let rockets points 💀
we need 2 takeover now
cooldown Takeover
Austin gotta be trolling or sum bro frl ✌️
If LeBron misses another free throw I swear bro ✌️
Okc going to the finals
They playing like that 1 dude you always play with in 3v3 theater that never passes and misses everything
Okogie has been their best player
Ts crazy why LeBron playing like he scared like bro I know youre 41 but cmon
I wish our guys would learn from
Kd still a fraud tho ong
If he messes up everyone else will perform worse
Lakers are a very sensitive team
Literally like I know he's facilitating but he keeps throwing turnover after turnover
luke man
Shine wore off
Stop pass turnover Lebron 💀
Lebum
But what makes this shi even more crazy if the lakers somehow blow this lead LeBron is never gonna hear the end of it ✌️
which is fair enough
Mods? Get him
Sengun got a generational whistle
Breathe on him too hard it's a call
Sub kennard out for bronny/adou
yo smart
Sengun whistle not that good 😭
Nahhhh lakers sellin
ggs
He was scoreless in like 3 quarters
That's true yeah
But we need smart on defense
we keep defending the paint when it's the perimeter that we actually need to defend
the rockets 3pa is 36
Smart 3/7 on the 3ball with 5 TOs
20-0 run cmon
We might actually lose
They need to take smart out. He boo boo
kd building up team chemistry
Luka still on IR
He's gone next year
Why is kennard coming back in
Why is Smart still in?
Thank u bron
Anybody need 2 locks ?
what was that sequence
Pretty bad
?
PLEASE bench kennard
Bro where did ayton foul sengun
Yeah they're tryna force game 6
yo ayotn goin crazy
Of course they're rage baiting him
They understand Hayes is just gonna be food for sengun
Kennard has fewer attempts more Defensice plays and far fewer turnovers then Smart
Idrk about that I saw him give up 5 points
Though you're right smart is selling with the turnovers
Houston is picking on him and reaves though
And reaves is useful unfortunately
Come on Comeback points Lakers!?
Hopefully
I’d sub in LaRavia or Vando for smart
Kennard hesitate shoot bruh
I'd prefer vando
Laravia has bad nerves
He's clutch but
smart rlly not smart rn
He just ain’t in the Rythem. After that buzzer beater in Orlando and tonight he’s been a sniper on the 3
He stay on defense some players rockets
i know
Vando need better defense
Lavaria so bad
HELL YEAH
Nah man. We do good then we fall
Reed is a demon
acmon
Nah it's just props
Lakers chat only for another hour
that's me
Reaves I love you goat
Ima go drink my night away
Lakers selling okay
If I understand
Lakers 3-2 lose its alright we go Game 6
next game is still homecourt right
Deni gets eliminated and they set up this series so sengun looks good
I see the plot
suns is a whole lotta deandre ayton icl
Ayton is good wym
ayton been cooking
AYTON
I think we'll fumble ngl
Game was too close to begin with
Ayton has been amazing
Best player tonight
ayton is our best player rn
yea bron selling
That's true
It shouldn't be up to him fr
He's overcompensating tryna make up for the trash we have on our team
Reaves ayton rui Bron our only good players tn
its alright lose
Ima go get faded thanks Smart
Cut the rest the rest fr
Fail to sweep and give up a home game
3rd q no defense
And I've watched both these losses
That's on JJ
we're on the road next game?
We needed to win out to get rested for OKC cause we was gonna need as much rest as possible.
Starters tired
I'll check
im pretty sure we're still at home
Goes back to Houston and then game 7 is lakers
No it's away
Yeah he's right
Shameful team
Lakers RIP G6-7
Smart 3/7 on 3ball with 5TOs I blame him
Cut kennard please
Dude had one point in 31 minutes
jj smoking actual junk
We was down 2 of our starters with a 41yr. Vet 🤣 what more you want
lol
lakers are tweaking
exactly
no way we let the rockets come back 3-0 lakers in 6
JJ can u put Starter Reaves and Bench Kennard
Don't play kennard at all
tbh game 5 was going to be a blowout if it werent for the free throws
1 point in 31 minutes bro
He played through 4 quarters
had a stroke watching them play
I’m sorry but Lakers might have to trade Reaves for defensive wings
ar 4/16
#kennarddnp
He’s always been like this every playoffs
Yall uneducated foos worried about Kenard cause of what yall seen on TV but go look at the stat sheet
we been looking at kennard tho
kennard helping the lakers with 1 point in 31 mins and marcus smart carrying with 6 tos
not js the stat sheet
I’ll take the 1 point over 6 turnovers
I don’t mind who wins either team not beating okc.
That’s atleast 12 points given up
im going to twitter
Ofc course we'd be upset we lost by 6 and he had one point
the coach doesn’t sub anybody out js cus he has been helping a little but doesn’t mean we can ride that the whole playoffs he’s still a role player at th end of the day the coach is stupid
It's not entirely his fault but
I’m going to bed. Lakers gave up my beauty sleep to loose
Gn
coach js watching him score 1 point and not helping can’t even say he’s shutting anybody down on defense he has one block
Nope he doesnt want go to another team
He is gone Game 1 been better Kennard
i mean he’s not a true starter it’s to much pressure he isn’t use to this
That's true too
you are correct
I thought we had this series in the bag
they need him and he can’t handle the pressure he performed which raised him to a higher standard that he simply can’t perform to
It's incredibly disappointing to be here rn
lowk we need someone like deandre hunter
Happy reaves is back but
if lakers don’t win in 6 then the 3-0 comeback might be possible
Ayton was amazing tonight and I don't know if he can consistently be that good
he cant
kennard has missed his last 10 3s
Yeah horrible from 3 in the clutch
He's the new Dalton
we can only expect so much from a 41 year old he’s brought us this far and if we are struggling on rockets w no kd we have no chance against okc
I agree
Unfortunately OKC might go b2b
The east is really bad
i see us getting 4-0 swept
they will
Even without any n donte
jokic has been shut down
All things considered that looks like a open road to the finals
But unfortunately we have a horrible GM
And unfortunately Luka and reaves got injured
That's wonderful
coach shouldn’t even play marcus
if i was coach he’d be sitting the rest of this round with 6 tos
Lakers u better a chance a win 6 or 7 😨 😭
I think sengun had a interview where he was talking about how young the rockets are, they have effort on defense they play physical and they're not afraid yk
If we weren't on the verge of losing to em
That'd be admirable
They don't stand a chance in round 2 though
reeves also needs more time shooting 2-8 from 3 he’s rusty
Yea he's feeling the pressure
Round 3 WCF Spurs vs Okc 👀
But he was out for a month he did pretty good all things considered
what does hayes even do for the team
Hype man
he’s just leaving points up to chance and not getting it back on the other end
he can hype them up from the bench
Without Luka he's useless
People talk on bronny but
that why im think for..
Its alright Lakers 3-2 lose
if the lakers lose next round im giving up on them
if they all tied 3-3 game 6
i would say lakers have seen worse but we really haven’t
force game 7 we're done
True true true true all facts
is game 6 at home?
No
away
Away game
Rockets is home
there forcing game 7
I don't think the calls were that bad this game either
i don’t see us winning away
we gotta hope w win in 7
tell me predict game 6?
🤣🤣🤣
Game 7 is Win Or GO HOME
i genuinely don’t see lakers winning away we’ve lose alll our momentum and the stats and gameplay show it
ever since we lose game 4 the momentum has been gone
we saw a glimpse of 2018 bron but he can’t evade time forever
True
❔❔❔
They have a great coach too
tweaking
And the refs play for them too
all lakers need is luka and bron to beat okc
is we had all our people healthy we’d sweep yall
If it's rn yeah we lose bad
i see us losing that 4-2
KD Bron Luka ar ayton would be mad
hot take but i think kd will always not be enough by himself and i think this season shows it the most
That's true
he hasn’t been relevant since he left the gsw dynasty
He should've teamed up with bron
Him and kawhi are examples of how your ego can work against you
add seth and maybe klay to that list
Seth or Steph?
seth
Seth curry?
ye
seth better than curry boi‼️‼️
Lets make ts happen again
hell na
How about
we all should pray lakers win game 7 i see no way they win away for game 6 especially now that they’ve lost momentum
i bet if they trade kennard he’s gonna magically start performing how we’ve seen him perform these last 2-3 games
Oh fs
Lights too bright
Whole arena was alive tn
Especially late in the 4th
You could hear how loud it was
That's an immense amount of pressure
kennard just needs to adapt to the pressure games 1-2 wasn’t as bright he has potential he just folds under pressure
I won't lie kennard did wonderful this year
But 1 pt in 31 mins
In a clutch game
exactly kennard in terms of 3pt shooting has better efficiency than curry this season
And he was basically our pg for a bit
Yeah that's the other thing we missed a ton of free throws
I guess they were shook
Brb
those free throws was the difference between us losing this and going into a game 7
ik i keep saying this but the reason i say game 7 and not 6 is cus ion see us winning 6
now that i think about it we need kennard to perform and if he can’t handle this pressure he’s gonna be TERRIBLE game 7 that’s the highest pressure could get
i don’t wanna say this but we might have to pull something off game 6 no way kennard performs game 7 we might be out of the series
😢
Stop panicking we were up 3-0
Rockets are not gonna be the first team in history to comeback from it either I put bread on the line
look at these last 2 games then look at stats
then compare to how we played game 1-3
we’ve lose all momentum and rockets have gained momentum if they keep playing like this we are gonna be doomed
I mean we could but these guys struggle with energy
Partially cause of stamina but they understand the stakes and lack the confidence to overcome what's in front of em
It's silvers league
Anything for ratings
coach needs to tell mennard that it’s a regular season game let him forget abt that pressure
it ain’t good for em
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Mvp is crazy
I get what your saying but even the best teams in the playoff only ever gotten to force game 6 down 3-0 deficit and lose while only 3 teams in history ever forced game 7 but still failed short
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ive concluded that i dont care that the lakers will win or lose
i think on further notice it honestly doesn’t matter cus we not getting past r2
Gah damn lakers
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who y’all got winning finals dis year
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But I’m not trying to see LeBron haters say this will hurt his legacy… saying this is worse than curry’s 2016 choke job
It’s cause Luka isn’t there to play 1st quarter all the way then let LeBron and AR do the job while he rests
Shoutout Moose! 🫎
if the lakers lose this round then i’m gonna cry
lakers better win tonight
even tho they prolly won’t and get forced to g7
Yall know the vc method
true ig
Tomorrow night
If Luka was playing it would’ve been a sweep or Lakers in 5
Nah it won't really hurt LeBron's legacy unless he's still trying to prove something
I like Stephen A's take on it if they were to blow the 3-0 lead
i lowkey think if kd and luka it's lakers in 5-6
tbh they shouldnt play kd this series
will break the rockets' momentum
also i hate it when ppl say that the lakers are losing on purpose to buy luka more time
we're js 💩
u not wrong we got clint capela with a 3pt without kd playing before lebron's retirement 😭
Yoo
@distant forge is this a sign that no series will go to game 7
It’s not giving Luka time… it’s just wasting our practice time
To see how we can beat OKC without Luka
Or finding ways to clamp up SGA and match their defense
tbh i js want entertaining hoops
but 3-3 lose or 4-2 win Game 6 may 2 if necessary
Hawks getting belt to ahh
Major loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves lineup tonight: Guard Ayo Dosunmu is out in Game 6 against the Denver Nuggets due to a calf injury, sources tell ESPN.
Nuggets in 7 I guess
Absolutely nasty basketball
Biggest game 6 blowout?
49 point blowout
22 fts in the 1st half?
anyone got jump or cry v4
Oh wow so the lead should be 25 instead of 47
That’s average fts for LA 😭 all crumbled up into just the first half…
And they are considered number 1 in fta
Or top 3 during the season
111to57
I smell 50-2 run from Hawks
I'll make sure to keep an eye out for flying pigs
In CJ we trust
hawks going out so sad lmao
losing by 72
If LeBron gets choked I'm cooked
Welp i had faith but they were too mighty
Huh?
I got them on semifinal
Need everyone to play their best tomorrow
gobert owns jokic 😭
LETS GO
everybody was hating me for rooting for knicks
but we witnessed a fricking mass genocide out here
LETS GO
that's what I'm talking about
Hmmu if you gon t!p after hitt!ng
Anyone wants to talk ball with an active community?
this Wolves team is special
Yo do u know how to shoot with straight posture
My back is always bent back like a fade
I want it straight like Klay and curry
Gang its damn near one im finna tuck 😂
I Told u😭😭
When u said later i aint think this late
Ah
I’m off tmr anyways
Bet lmk
Ightt
Ended his mvp "case"
Anybody wanna run rec or 3s I’m trynna hit v2 85%
DENVERS OUT 😂😂😂
nooooooo
what
they didn't have any of dinvincenzo
HOW
They have mcdaniels
bruh 💀
And philly forced a game 7
Wow Den eliminated...
I searched up NBA and saw the Knicks were up 15-13 then I kept checking until my phone died around like 8:23 and then my friend kept checking
and it was a murder all game long
and I saw Philly's score
Everyone was mocking the lakers saying they were a first round exit and denver were contenders
Rudy is just that guy
if sixers eliminate celtics, the biggest threat to any eastern team's dream of making finals would be severely to dropped
like anyone can make finals atp if celtics don't get to 2nd round
OKC might b2b if the celtics get eliminated cause DEN were the only experienced team that had a shot at OKC
I rlly love this philly team i hope they beat boston
Spurs ?
Spurs have a shot but they arent so much experienced
Still they’re 4-0 against them
So there’s a chance but i get ur point
I mean the nuggets were 3-1 against MIN but lost
Oh
Anyway i hope the lakers beat okc
If 76ers are able to then LA can do
lakers in 8
bron 45 point game tmrq then we get sweeped by okc
im seeing the vision
i thought u mean game 7 😅
Lakers 5
Bro can yall update this game
Yo
@spark whale
Raptors or cavs ???
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yessir
oh shi
yeah we're fried ggs
lakers in 10
i dont wanna watch unless we have the lead today
who has crew with ante in the name i can join
about lakers in 12 😅 😂
klay over both LeBron and kd
I think that made you lose points
I hope philly
bruh pistons y'all cannot go down like this
PHILLY
scottie is generatoinal bro, double double at half 14 points 10 assi9sts
imagine if he didnt get injured last game
wouldve belted the cavs oh my days
No way Detroit never give up
I knew guess game 7🤔
@torn ravine u watching Raptors vs Cle?
yes
They will force game 7 bro
Double-double cade
good luck Game 7 win or go home Pistons and Raptors
bro ja'kobe with 19 pts, barnes with 18 and barrett with 21
Detroit unbelievable comeback points 🤯
😭
i thought blownout by magic
Well boysss take 6
Imma watch live right now Prime Lakers vs Rockets
Lakers in 6-7
Please the win series 4-3 for the lakers 🙏 😈
Wow the pistons came back crazy
They’re aren’t done yet tho
LeBron's my favorite player, but it's unacceptable that he's 6' 9 missing free throws consistently sometimes, especially in a playoff game. Unacceptable.✌️
Good luck Lakers in 6 but we gonna lose Scott foster is referee here gg..
Ggs, Ts already over before it even began 🥀
yep 😭
If ref help lakers win
Silver probably wants a game 7
i dunno
Update change starter lineup
Your going to bench Kennard sorry..
Kennard has been better game 1-3
kd always injured
5 in row out injury
lebron could never
lebron isn't really that injury prone
Magic had all the time in the world to close out the game generational choke🤣
i need ma pistons to win in game 7
Yeah pistons def going through
Cade Cunningham went off this game and game 5
idk it's lwk 50 50
@torn ravine good luck next game 7 Toronto Raptors
After a missing 21fgs in a row u dont deserve that win anyways😂😂
this eastern conference is chokes and good seeds
a lot missed fg Magic
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Raptors are getting game 7
Lakers playing at 9:30 pm
rn 9:30 pm..
9:30 pm warmups?
the real game starts at 10 pm?
the game just started
oh shoot
it's either another game 7
or Lakers wins this
if Lakers actually loses this series this is a generational choke/fumble
The same broadcaster for Lakers as well so they have to wait for Pistons vs Magic to get over
oh
4-7
genuinely i thjnk Tari eason is gonna have a good game
he needs to have more mins
Tari 30 mins
give him more pt
like a
36+
or 38+
What a assist by bron
Is laravia real
Good to see kennards shot is falling but
Laravia is a turnover machine
ruiii
My stream
good defense from lakers
Thunders are feasting on lakers 😂 i feel
If lakers make it there
im not rlly expecting a championship run from the lakers
Context?😂
That is the context
First lead for the cavs since 1st quarter that's crazy
BRONNN
Lakers asap blownout rockets 😈
those offensive fouls r actually so good
LFG Bron 🔥
I can hear sengun scremaing 😭
Letakeover 🔥
LA playing with so much confidence
if it werent for our offensive boards i think the rockets would get the edge this early
Maybe Scott is a blessing in disguise
i think scott hates the rockets
If it was James Williams we’d be down by 15 😭
true
I hate James Williams ruin the Lakers
He’ll probably be in OKC vs LA
when will luka come back bro
rumors game 3 vs okc round 2
wuttt
Nice laravia
wtf wow!!
Come on Lakers make it blownout rockets
ggs cavs raptors
wow RJ
Luka trying timeout rockets hahahaha
Alr bro Reaves don’t start this TOV trend
LAKERS
😭
sigh
It’s what that started the 6-0 rockets run
bunch of betting ads
This reminded me lf haliburton’s chock
Dang it clean block
gg
I saw that
Thompson turning into Prime MJ on defense
Thompson twin best defender?
3 blocks …
Silver is watching there seat rockets
Sengun is turning into Shaq?
Good save by reaves
bruh
we need laravia vando
vando not playing 1st to 2nd q
Now that’s what almost ended us on game 3
Laravia playing solid
laravia is good than vando
They a lot fans rockets
Bring him back on a vet minimum to the Lakers
Him, LeBron, AR, Luka will be insane
he has to take the vet minimum
does ayton have player or team option
we need a stronger power forward position
Player option
he'll take that obv
not possible ngl
Ad said let me know u need me
AD always hate nuggets every game winner playoffs
It happened on him most of the time that year 😭
But Jokic and Murray couldn’t do it on the Wolves
deserve
Sheppard is cold… he better not go hot or I’m tweaking
Why is smith still in the game with 4 fouls
Dang nice block Smith
udoka is throwing the game
Respect
crazyyy
Sengun??? How may fts are you trying to shoot…
Bye bye rockets
yo sengun starting 2 annoy me
Spoilers for win
SHEPPARD
bro what is sheppard doing
what the hell r u doing
Jabari 4 foul
he's been throwing the ball
@distant forge i found a clip that’ll make LeBron haters yap on twitter
trade him
for like twice now wtf
where send pm me screenshot
someone bench sheppard wth
i just know bronny getting some minutes in 4th quarter 😍
I told you guys Lakers blownout rockets
I didn’t take a photo but it’s the block smith had on LeBron’s dunk
we still need 2 make sure tho
js like that knicks hawks game
that was a nasty block for sure
Clean block probably
it was
They’ll say MJ would never be blocked like that
Rockets haters lol
it's a crazy block
atp peeps need to just stop hating a 41 yr old man like damn
well it's not rlly a big deal tbh
good block he got blocked
mj fans will continue to hate
Lakers advance round 2 against okc 😰
he will back rumors game 3
14-15 hawks got sweeped by bron in the playoffs dw
or expected may 7 return
Just want LA to take one game so it goes to 5 and Luka will be back by then
and the 14-15 hawks was my favorite team
hawks never won ever tho
I feel like LeBron be throwing up prayers when he drives in the paint with traffic and just expects to draw a foul… like maybe that’s why he be missing some of those cause they just some dumb shot expecting a foul
crazy how bron is so good at finding fouls and still cant shoot a ft for sht
his major flaw
2018 Bron carried Cavs over Celtics but he was like 33 years old idk
i genuinely thought he was like 35
rui damn
rui think the rockets r memphis
it seems i was wrong
it’s straight bta out here
if sad they can’t put bronny james in
your tweaking
wym
wtf is LA doing
Nah that would’ve been a shooting foul for AR 😭
He’s been with LA for 7 or 8 years
ofc he can
but 70% man
daz not good
still my goat tho
Bro these calls against LA are making me mad but can’t complain
Ayton has 4 fouls
amen making foul ew
the just giving out fouls and how do you go from a almost 30pt lead to down to 10
tbf rockets were getting bull calls too in the 1st half
it’s looking bad
lebron should’ve had that foul 2nd quarter idk what the coaches was thinking on that review
20 bro
Yeah that’s why I’m saying I’m not complaining
20
Fts 3rd quarter
another foul or ayton
if ayton is done then last hayes
yeah
3:37 is the live rn
3:37
you can watch for free there?
im on prime video live
subscribed lmao
awl
im not tellin
Smart is giving me AD vibes 🥹🥹
holy block
AR
Thompson seriously…
Making a 3…
sometimes miss later on
They can’t call fouls for Reaves?
It’s fine he’s cooking
still no call sucks rockets ref
if the lakers blow this lead i’m gonna be pissed
4th q prob
it’s gotten close a few times
yep
They better not do it in the 4th quarter…
what?
TOV…
Foul
gotta lose the challenge
This is when the Lakers go cold… if they start with TOVs they will lose this huge lead
I hope it’s not blocking foul
successful?
challenge failed nice
phew..
But still
LeBron back in
yeahhh
here we go
LeBron 8/20 shooting 💀
lol lebron
trying beat buzzer lmao
lebron can score 25 but his fg be like 8/23 or smth
we was lowk slacking
shouldve passed it to reaves
They just need to not let Sheppard, Eason, Smith open
And keep the ball and not have slippery fingers
No lousy passes
okay im glad jj found the right gameplan
they need to stop fouling
every time they lose their man-man and houston gets inside
they foul
And refs need to call fouls for Reaves cause Sengun is flopping and gets the foul call
true
4th q welcome to hell
3pts bricks rockets hahaha
lowk were all playing bad
LeBron’s lousy pass
Bc he doesn’t want that laziness that almost costed game 3 or that costed game 5
tormund in the commercial
Who's here Lakers in 6?
Shoulda been Lakers in 5 but oh well
Gives less time for coming up with plays for OKC… shoulda been Lakers in 5 or 4
Lakers harder against OKC
LeBron 30 piece?
