Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16909279)

Also ****ing lol. A more interesting team? It's the bottom of the Western Conference. Who's more interesting in that bunch?

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16909311)

He's been pacing himself all season.

And he has about a zillion miles on the odometer so I'm not sure what choice he had.

So yeah, it's not that surprising that he was using this game to get his legs back a little. Unfortunately Davis was so off early (offensively) that it forced him to be more active in the offense than he probably wanted to be.

LBJ wanted this to be an 80% game but it went poorly enough early that he had to put more into it than he wanted to even keep it close. And in the end, it ended up being offensive execution and erratic defensive intensity that sunk them.

I just can't say enough bad things about the end game in the 3rd quarter. They were really playing well and had set themselves up to steal it in the 4th; they'd essentially wiped out the 1st quarter and in so doing needed to only play better in the 4th than Memphis did in the 2nd.

And in the span of 3 possessions they were suddenly down 12 again because they just lost focus. I just threw my hands up because you just saw the game slip away from them.

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16909318)

A team whose best player isn't Karl Anthony Towns. We all know all this ends for them and him and it won't be pretty.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16909306)

Yeah.

You'd like to think a team with a couple of leaders who have won a championship and who about fiddle ****ed their season into oblivion wouldn't do that sort of thing, but it just happens almost every time.

Especially when playing a team as proud as Memphis.

But now the Lakers have made game 3 damn near a must-win in its own right for them. They just don't have the kind of margin they acted like they have tonight. They can't afford to lose games because they didn't come out ready to play.

What are the odds of them getting through four 7 game series healthy? LBJ is not a young man and Davis is made of glass. The only shot they have to actually win this thing is to end a series or two in 5 and keep some miles off.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16909324)

Also how about that we're tied in the 4th quarter.

Is that interesting enough for you, ya ****ing dipshit?

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16909323)

Have you heard of Anthony Edwards you ****ing bundle of sticks?

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16909325)

I'm honestly not sure how much energy LeBron can exert over a full series at this point in his career. He's visibly fatigued far more than I've ever seen him before and it's probably because he's being forced to play a two way game unlike what he does in the regular season.

I do think this series (and likely every series) for that team going to all come down to AD. He needs to be "on" and can't afford games like tonight too often.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16909332)

He can have a few games like this here and there offensively if he continues to play hard defensively.

But if he does that, James can't go 1-8 from deep. And Russell needs to be a supplemental scorer. We know D-Low can be a guy who puts up an efficient 20-24 pts.

The Lakers can win if Davis has games like this. But they can't win if he does that, James can't hit from outside and Russell can't find any sort of offensive punch at all.

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16909330)

The terrible volume shooter who took a step back this year? KAT is miles better than Anthony Edwards.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16909341)

How many Ant games have you watched all year?

Let me guess. It begins and ends with the Lakers play-in game.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16909342)

Wiggins plays good defense for half a season of his NBA career.

KCConnection: "He's good at defense"