Lakers might get swept.

At least the Lakers will realize that Russell is terrible after this postseason and they can use all that money on someone who can contribute.

Damn Murray

Nobody is beating the Nuggets if he's gonna play like this. He's gotten half of his 17 points in the 1st Q on contested 1 on 1 fadeaways.

What were saying about Murray after Game 1? :p

Well he's never produced anything close to this consistently.

Jokic has been pretty passive

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So Jamal Murray is the best player ever now. Cool. Not fake at all.<br><br>Can&#39;t wait for him to shoot 40% from the field in the NBA Finals.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660090404937539584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol jfc Murray

Murray is playing a better game here than Steph has ever played in any postseason. He literally can't miss.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shooting 85% from the field is very sustainable and not fake shooting at all. He&#39;s always this good.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660094897767034880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LOL horrible call

Despite Murray this is tie game

Lakers looking like they're going to let it get to the wire.

Nuggets vs Heat in the Finals.

3 point deficit at half despite Murray looking like a clutch version of Steph. Lakers can't start Russell in the 2nd half though if they want any chance of winning this. He is absolutely atrocious. Start Rui or Schroder.

LMAO it's the same lineup

Russell turns it over immediately and misses two shots. Your season is on the line and you're sticking with this guy.

Looks like the Nuggets are winning it all.

That will be overturned. Yeek.

Refs are trying to save the Lakers from their coach's own idiocy to try to keep this series going. Can't blame 'em.

Be nice if AD got some help from all the trash on the roster.

Russell is 0 for 4 this half (1 for 8 on the game), all on open shots. He's still playing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“D’Angelo Russell for three!” <a href="https://t.co/UybPIBZIXz">pic.twitter.com/UybPIBZIXz</a></p>&mdash; trace (@tracedontmiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/tracedontmiss/status/1660107345337131008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Russell turns it over on a horrible pass and then doesn't run back on defense for an easy 2 for Denver. How is he still playing?

I can only assume the Lakers don't give a **** about winning if they keep playing this guy. Not a serious team.

Bron finally gets to double digits with 2 left in the 3rd.

He's got 16-9-5 at the end of 3. I wouldn't be too worried about his stats, they'll be there at the end.

Assuming Russell has played his last minute in this game, the Lakers have a real shot here.

Russell is back in the game. LMAO

I give up.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darvin Ham cost the Lakers a chance at a title.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660108298903748608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ok. Credit. That pass to Davis was a ****ing dime by LeBron.

In other news I’m becoming a bit of a Jeff Green fan. He’s playing some good ball

LeBron leaves the game for 40 seconds and the Lakers completely fall apart to fall behind by 5. That'll probably do it.

Nuggets on fire.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shame on LeBron for allowing back to back 3&#39;s while sitting on the bench. MJ would never.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660113623593697281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They're just the far better team. It's almost unfair

The ref is having a Jack Burton moment.

http://www.hecklerspray.com/wp-conte...n-lipstick.jpg

Obvious foul

Watch Ham change the lineup after the Lakers are down 0-3 and the series is already over. They have only six guys that are even playable in this series and only three of them are in the starting lineup.

That might do it.

Might?

My 5 game prediction is looking pretty good

https://i.imgur.com/IwGsK6h.gif

Guys, every time KCC and Barry try to pretend titles don't matter, just remember how bad they want them in these moments.

Nuggs going to get LeSweep.

Only way it even gets to 5 is if Ham changes the lineup for game 4 (which I doubt he does).

No idea how Russell played 20 minutes in a must-win game as bad as he's looked this postseason (and in this series especially).

Which way is kcc laying the blame in here this game?

Definitely now :D

LeBron can play for another decade if he chooses and jump on board a contender if he wants to win more titles. His GOAT status has to do with much more than that.

Ham/Russell. Haven't you been reading?

https://i.imgur.com/kXjF73T.gif

Which part of that do you doubt? If the Lakers were to have somehow won this year, he wouldn't have even been the best player on the team. There are plenty more opportunities as a role guy to win them if he chooses to go after them (the guy is still averaging a triple double in the WCFs).

They could start Schroeder but he will get quick fouls plus he isn’t a scorer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the first legitimate playoff series LeBron has lost since 2014.<br><br>Congrats to Denver &amp; Darvin Ham.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660118636760104961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Jordan is the GOAT, then Kobe.

James is behind Jabar, Bird and Shaq.

Nope, just getting caught up now. After I put the kids to bed, I check the score for the first time. Then I eat. Then I turn the game on if it's still on. Then when the Lakers are losing, at the next commercial, I make a post wondering which non lebron laker you are blaming.

LMAO

Ham (for treating a must-win game like a regular season game with no urgency for reasons that are unclear) and Russell (for being an absolutely atrocious basketball player who can't shoot, maintain the ball or defend).

Russell may be an upgrade on what Westbrook is these days, but he's still effectively unplayable against an actual contender in the playoffs. They've gotta get rid of him and go for Kyrie this summer.

I would take a healthy Embiid over Jokic because he can dominate on both ends of the court.

But given that Embiid has never been able to stay healthy through the playoffs, that is a huge knock on his resume.

Denver is looking pretty good.

Embiid also doesn’t show up in the playoffs when he is actually healthy but that is routinely ignored for whatever reason. Marc Gasol completely made him his bitch in 2019 to the point that he was terrified of even shooting.

Jokic is the best player in the league by leaps and bounds due to how historically good offensively he is. Perhaps he will actually get some recognition for it after the Nuggets win the title this year (which appears inevitable now that Boston is choking out).

There is a realistic scenario where Kroenke's three major sports teams win their respective championships in a 1.5 year span.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats on sacrificing the season to not hurt DLo&#39;s feelings I guess.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660125792213319682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He should buy the Rockies.

Denver vs Miami. I like it

Don’t write off Tatum completely yet. I also don’t want to jinx it and find that pathetic Celtics team back in the Finals again.

Lebron got to further pad his career stats and didn’t get hurt. It’s a win win.

No chance Miami blows it. Butler and Spo will finish the Celtics.

But the Nuggets are winning it all either way.

Correct. He secured GOAT status after leading his team back from 3-1 to a 73 win Warriors team almost seven years ago now. It’s all been gravy since then.

And considering he’s still able to average a triple double in the WCFs in year 20 at age 39 on a messed up foot, I’d say it’s a fair bet he’s got plenty of years left to go (might even be able to get to 2030 if he wants?) Time to break all the individual records before his time is up.

Boston is a significantly more talented team than Miami. Now they don’t have their heart but there is a chance that talent all shows up at some point. They’ve got a chance unfortunately.

I’m also not sure Miami is actually a better team with Tyler Herro playing 30+ minutes a game. He helps them score and takes the load off Jimmy but does nothing defensively for you (unlike Lowry or Vincent). What happens when he comes back to that team?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Because LeBron is my favorite player &amp; every time he loses for the last 20 years the Airsexuals come out to talk shit even though now LeBron is averaging a 23 point triple double in the Conference Finals at the same age MJ was shooting like Dillon Brooks for a non-playoff team. <a href="https://t.co/NikbYDQuez">https://t.co/NikbYDQuez</a></p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660130288981114882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

See our thread.

All of your favorite bubble boys are playing :)

News flash, asshole, he's been garbage the entire time. -Dennis Reynolds

Did you folks seriously not see him in Minnesota?!?

Denver gonna cakewalk to a title.

I’ve seen him his entire career and have hated his game for all of it. He’s terrible in the worst ways and it is bizarre Ham let him cost the team the series.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lakers this series:<br><br>-53 in 79 minutes with D&#39;Lo on the court.<br>+31 in 65 minutes with D&#39;Lo off the court. <a href="https://t.co/MGEQWx7BDb">pic.twitter.com/MGEQWx7BDb</a></p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660155602184687621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If Boston is out, it looks like it.

Kobe Jeter is not the second best player of all time. He is like the 6th best to ever play for Lakers franchise - LeBron, Kareem, Magic, Wilt and Shaq all better than Kobe Jeter.

epic choke job by the king last night

what the **** is this moron doing taking NINE three pointers?

he wants to be jordan so bad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is something ESPN won’t tell you <br><br>LeBron James is now on pace to be swept or gentleman swept in every non-bubble postseason he’s made since 2016<br><br>Most protected player ever <a href="https://t.co/QgHyRWMCPX">pic.twitter.com/QgHyRWMCPX</a></p>&mdash; wuego (@bluegoh) <a href="https://twitter.com/bluegoh/status/1660118679940632578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron James is now the first player in history to miss 20+ straight 3 pointers in the playoffs �� <a href="https://t.co/80XSob2ZIy">pic.twitter.com/80XSob2ZIy</a></p>&mdash; NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAMemes/status/1660102910808846336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

KenPom Connection is so pathetic in this thread

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LeBron is the still the GOAT btw, I know you haters are dancing and celebrating but that fact hasn&#39;t changed.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660126764385878016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>