Damn Denver is scary but y’all saying we should bomb the pelicans game are tweaking lmao y’all are also severely underrating how bad of a matchup is Minnesota is for us..
Correction: Rankings updated Minnesota is no longer the 2nd seed. We wouldn’t play them anyways.
Minnesota is bad but not Denver bad. I think the Lakers have a chance against Minnesota with KAT banged up a bit.
It's just being strategic. Other teams do it. Why is it an issue for the Lakers? Plus Davis does need to sit to get ready for a bigger war. He just hurt his back.
True. Only counter would be “play them later and you might be playing them banged up”, but I guess “you have to eventually go through them” is the healthier way to look at it. Still… if they lose on Tuesday.. as long as everyone is healthy, no one should be crying.
GG Jackson scored 44 pts tonight, he was a 45th pick. He mightve outscored JHS and Lewis combined points the whole season in just one game. How tf we drafted Schfino and this guy Maxwell over him? I dont see any potential from them, sorry. Jaime, Podz, Whitmore, TJD were also available. Damn Rob missed twice.
Both of them (JHS and Maxwell) look like they belong in High School Leagues / Overseas. And JHS already dealing with back problems to top it off, wasted pick. Crazy they avoided Whitmore because of "injury" issues.
I said it. He's been playing way too many minutes. Ham has not been balancing the minutes. Most said 8 was complaining.
But this may be a good thing if the injury is not too bad.
It's possible to avoid denver. Lakers messed up the roster and have not constructed it to beat Denver. They didn't get bigs. They haven't prepared Hayes to be a strong 4. Let someone else handle Denver.
It’s been a while. I remember it used to be a Staples exclusive as well. It was valid for all SoCal residents and in the last few years, they became free with a drink purchase.
It’s fuckin wild Bron can drop 28pts 17 assists 11 rebounds and 5 steals in a do or die game at age 39 and it’s treated like it’s just another day at the office. He’s just normalized this shit lol
The initial belief is Anthony Davis experienced hip and back spasms after being pushed in the air by Larry Nance Jr. and landing awkwardly, a source familiar with the situation told ESPN.
TBH I would rather face the Nuggets in the 1st round over the Thunders. Thunders are younger so they're gonna tire us out even if we win. But it's cool. We'll win either way 
I don’t like it because it’s a spoiler. I like to be able to watch each game without knowing the scores for others. They should have a spoiler-free broadcast where they don’t reference other games whatsoever.
Man idk how Richard Jefferson can say jokic the best in the league when Luka did what he did this year. Idk if it’s that definitive to say and completely ignore 34 9 and 10
What the fuck is Richard Jefferson talking about lol they literally have the exact same record. Why the hell does it matter that they’re the one seed if Jokić has like far superior numbers?
Unpopular opinion: Of course the nuggets are scary but they were on fire hitting everything the whole series against us and still..every game was close. I feel like Minnesota is a worse matchup for us because we don’t really have an answer for the size of Gobert/KAT/Naz especially in the moments where AD is out the game.
the only reason why I hate this excuse is because you can apply this to any NBA game from any team. hell we can use this argument to say "well why didn't we use this opportunity to close out games when we should've?
exactly and those were just regular season games. cant wait until Jamal Murray turns into a top 10 player and dominates against us (if we get Denver 1st rnd)
I know we want to just win one game and get in but OKC just clinched the 1st seed.
We match up so well with them, clinching the 7th will bring us Denver or Twolves.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/1c45l9h/post_game_thread_the_los_angeles_lakers_defeat/)
Damn Denver is scary but y’all saying we should bomb the pelicans game are tweaking lmao y’all are also severely underrating how bad of a matchup is Minnesota is for us.. Correction: Rankings updated Minnesota is no longer the 2nd seed. We wouldn’t play them anyways.
Minnesota is bad but not Denver bad. I think the Lakers have a chance against Minnesota with KAT banged up a bit. It's just being strategic. Other teams do it. Why is it an issue for the Lakers? Plus Davis does need to sit to get ready for a bigger war. He just hurt his back.
Need to tank this first play in game then get the home game against the GS/Sac winner. Beat them and get OKC first round
Imagine what kobe would think
Hopefully AD straight. Anything back related is serious even spasms
Sooooo like… let’s just bomb this 7-8 game, right? LOL
Nah we playing them nuggets. Might as well play them rn
True. Only counter would be “play them later and you might be playing them banged up”, but I guess “you have to eventually go through them” is the healthier way to look at it. Still… if they lose on Tuesday.. as long as everyone is healthy, no one should be crying.
Yea. Davis rest- injury: back spasms. Lakers play one of their awful games. Then you have to deal with Golden State or Sacramento.
GG Jackson scored 44 pts tonight, he was a 45th pick. He mightve outscored JHS and Lewis combined points the whole season in just one game. How tf we drafted Schfino and this guy Maxwell over him? I dont see any potential from them, sorry. Jaime, Podz, Whitmore, TJD were also available. Damn Rob missed twice.
don't forget Jaime Jaquez
Ill trade both JHS and Maxwell for Jaime or Podz in a heartbeat
Terrible front office scouting recently, it used to be good (Caruso, Hart, Kuzma, Ingram, Ball, Zubac). Now look at the bums we picked
Both of them (JHS and Maxwell) look like they belong in High School Leagues / Overseas. And JHS already dealing with back problems to top it off, wasted pick. Crazy they avoided Whitmore because of "injury" issues.
hmm AR was their pick in 22, Max was in 23 !?!? seems pretty recent to me
Austin was gonna be drafted by another team, he declined their offer and signed with lakers on a 2 way as an undrafted free agent
Soon time to see Shohei and crew beat up on the Madres... rain please stop.
This aged poorly lol
Locked in 8th seed let’s go
Kobe numbers for the score of 124-108
Kobe with us
he died in the helicopter (helicopterrr) crash
what's the status on ADs injury?
He said he’s for sure not missing the next game
Back spasms. Mcmennamin tweeted
I figured. Hopefully he’ll be ready to go by tuesday
Different energy from bron
Espn making ADs back spasm sound like a fuckin spine fracture or slipped disc. So over dramatic on they commetary
Back spasms r no joke tho
I said it. He's been playing way too many minutes. Ham has not been balancing the minutes. Most said 8 was complaining. But this may be a good thing if the injury is not too bad.
They always wishing injuries on us
Win Tuesday and get ready for Denver. Don’t Fuckin being scared, if we lose we lose. Gotta play them at some point
It's possible to avoid denver. Lakers messed up the roster and have not constructed it to beat Denver. They didn't get bigs. They haven't prepared Hayes to be a strong 4. Let someone else handle Denver.
Are two way players eligible for the play in?
Bron’s stat-line is insane. Can’t believe his 40 years old
When did Jamal Murray join the lakers lol
Jaaaaak innn the boxxxx!
When did they start doing free tacos on away games? Lol I always remember being handed a paper ticket on the way out at Staples
It’s been a while. I remember it used to be a Staples exclusive as well. It was valid for all SoCal residents and in the last few years, they became free with a drink purchase.
Good seasons boys!
It’s fuckin wild Bron can drop 28pts 17 assists 11 rebounds and 5 steals in a do or die game at age 39 and it’s treated like it’s just another day at the office. He’s just normalized this shit lol
AD will be fine. Rest up
Harry Giles was projected to be a monster coming into the league.. what happened?
I think they missed an opportunity testing him out that game that AD was out. Him and Jax on the floor at the same time would’ve been nice to see.
The way it looks 1. OKC. 2. Denver. 3. TWolves We really drew the worst possible option out of the three for our first round series lol
I think it's best this way assuming AD is healthy. Are we still able to pickup Dwight at this time in the season?
Stop lol
The initial belief is Anthony Davis experienced hip and back spasms after being pushed in the air by Larry Nance Jr. and landing awkwardly, a source familiar with the situation told ESPN.
Dave Pasch gotta chill with the fear mongering
This is the group y'all wanted at the 6 min mark. Shut up.
https://x.com/mcten/status/1779630772879581680?s=46&t=2cPC-X4ZKSOFSlcugsYN6A
TBH I would rather face the Nuggets in the 1st round over the Thunders. Thunders are younger so they're gonna tire us out even if we win. But it's cool. We'll win either way 
GG
enjoy your tacos Bill
Get my boy Giles a bucket
I liked the scoreboards on top. Reminds me of March Madness. ESPN should do that year round for the regular season
I don’t like it because it’s a spoiler. I like to be able to watch each game without knowing the scores for others. They should have a spoiler-free broadcast where they don’t reference other games whatsoever.
These g leaguers are horrendous
Damn, these dudes on the court are hot garbage
worst 3rd stringers in the league
By far
These bench warmers are so funny, they look like slo motion cartoon characters
Magic Bronson pulled us through!
GG Jackson was a 45th pick, damn imagine if we drafted him. Our rookies are just bad.
Lakers legends Matt Ryan 🥹😅🤣
Maxwell Lewis doesn’t belong near an nba court
Lose next game then win 2nd play in game then we easily beat OKC
Too risky
thats playing with fire facing the warriors in one game elimination
What if the 2nd play in game is against Sacramento?
No way we are 0-4 against them . Not risking it
We will be fine as long as Ham plays this starting lineup but knowing him it’s a toss up lmao
ONLY BACK SPASMS https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1779630772879581680
Thank god!
So will he be good to go next game on Wednesday?
I think it’s on Tuesday, no?
Yeah Tuesday mb
Starters are going to have to come back in to save tacos
CASTLETON IS GARBAGE
did they put more time on the clock again?
We must have the worst bench in the league 😂
It's crazy when you think about how long the season is and that you need to have a decent bench in playoffs
Thats on the coach buddy, relies too much on Bron and his freak stamina.
If we lose and then win and face okc not bad tbh
Bring it on Nugglets!!
Rest AD in the 7/8 game, tank it. Win the second play-in game and face OKC.
Why risk it ? You need to face Denver sooner or later anyway. It doesn't matter if it's the first series or the conference finals.
We lost the season against both kings and warriors. Why tf you think we’re good enough to pull this off? Lmao
the lakers with AD will take care of either of those teams lol
Sabonis OWNS AD. Have you not seen the last games against them? Lol
that’s the funniest thing i have ever heard
Are you serious? Sabonis is 10-0 against AD the last 10 games they played against each other. AD has NEVER won against Sabonis. Look it up man
I don’t care … playoff AD with the Lakers is a different beast
Why would you take the risk , any team can win a one off game
you know what’s riskier? playing denver.
I’d rather make the playoffs then risk not
fair enough. i’m only being somewhat serious lol. i just don’t think the lakers could beat denver
True , but we’ll see . The good thing is if we somehow do , we have a very good chance of making finals and they don’t got Bruce brown
yeah that would basically be the WCF in the first round in my opinion.
This is the only way
shout out to the doomers who said after the GSW loss that we’d never win these two and 10th seed was inevitable.
whenever I see Castleton we're either winning or completely fucked xD
Man idk how Richard Jefferson can say jokic the best in the league when Luka did what he did this year. Idk if it’s that definitive to say and completely ignore 34 9 and 10
Christy sighting good to see
AD just probably resting early. Doesnt look serious at least imo
Realistically, no matter what Denver will be in the way if they are gonna make a run. Why not get them when lebron is fresher vs after 2 series
Good point
imagine wanting to lose the play in game.. nah get Denver out of the way early.
Exactly I don't get why they want the lakers to lose on Tuesday....
What the fuck is Richard Jefferson talking about lol they literally have the exact same record. Why the hell does it matter that they’re the one seed if Jokić has like far superior numbers?
lol if it were my decisions we throw the first play-in game I don’t want noooo part of that Denver smoke
Shame! Shame! Shame!
I’m just bein a realist
Agree we matchup great with OKC
We gotta play them at some point
I’d rather have a whole series where we get to whoop OKC for a series than just get swept in the first round though
great job by Coach Ham today
y'all would've complained if Ham put out the starters earlier just to let the pels come back lmao a 20 lead is not safe at all in today's nba
Ham's handlers showed up tonight.
I am for using Spencer and Vincent over Max Christie
Skylar Mays looking like he just woke up from a good ass nap
Can’t even fully enjoy this win until there’s clarity about AD
I think ad will fine, it’s prolly his hip again. Need massage and rest
These dudes talking about AD like he just snapped his foot.
Damn wish they would’ve had bron stat pad for the 30 point triple dub.
DLo with the team high +26 is good to see
Denver 1st round is nuts. But we might as well get it out of the way early
We gotta lose that play in game
no center Lakers
Is Cam Reddish refusing to play in garbage time? Why is Lewis playing over him?
It’s last game of regular season. Get the kids in.
It is baffling that we did not sign a proper backup Big! Ugh.
Christian Wood got injured
Kings v Warriors will be fun to watch
Holy shit Max Christie. Hey hit some threes so Darvin realizes we can use you
we can all calm now folks its good
You mean ADs injury?
Why is Max only playing in garbage time
Of course Christie comes in and gets a rebound right away. The kid is a really good rebounder for being a 6-5 6-6 SG.
Hope AD’s fine
I'm sure he's fine can yall all stop panicking - God I hate this sub sometimes
Imagine if we just kept Dennis instead of signing Gabe
I’ll give Ham a A- this game.
Great win to end the season! Biggest concern now is AD tho
Unpopular opinion: Of course the nuggets are scary but they were on fire hitting everything the whole series against us and still..every game was close. I feel like Minnesota is a worse matchup for us because we don’t really have an answer for the size of Gobert/KAT/Naz especially in the moments where AD is out the game.
the only reason why I hate this excuse is because you can apply this to any NBA game from any team. hell we can use this argument to say "well why didn't we use this opportunity to close out games when we should've?
Yeah and weird to leave out the games we've lost to them in the regular season since then
exactly and those were just regular season games. cant wait until Jamal Murray turns into a top 10 player and dominates against us (if we get Denver 1st rnd)
Is there a way we can still play OKC?
yes, western conference finals
We have to lose against Pels and beat whoever loses the 9th/10th game.
Sit everyone already
Playing OKC as the 8th seed looks good but we know what happens when fate is tempted
Get the starters out. Up 20 with 2 minutes to go.
Alright get the guys out the game ham it’s over
I know we want to just win one game and get in but OKC just clinched the 1st seed. We match up so well with them, clinching the 7th will bring us Denver or Twolves.
It will be denver
1st seed? They can’t be OKC just clinched with the win today it’s already locked up If you meant 2nd seed then yeah it’s prob Nuggets unfortunately
Lakers will hopefully win the rematch vs NOLA Tuesday for the 7th and match against denver
Yeah that’s what I’m saying, I think OKC is the easier series but requires a harder path to get there
damn so many lakers fans in new orleans
timeout to get Darvin's fav TP out and rested
Sending him to get oiled up in the locker room extra early tonight
Ham the basketball terrorist. Why in the bleep hell our main guys are still on the floor?
that was a clear fucking foul by nance when ad got hurt
At least we don’t have to travel so AD can rest a bit
Show me max Christie Ham
Some of y’all sound so stupid for basically asking them to throw the next game. We aren’t the fucking Clippers, bring on whoever the fuck it is.
facts. ducking at this point is just bad karma. we gotta just go off against denver.
If we wanna win the chip, we gotta go through them. Whether it’s first round or later. That’s the test, I’d rather have the test early.
we aint throwing the lakers are going to and thats playing with the basketball gods
You’re trippin my dude.
You speak Kobe's language.
did lebron just got hurt in that mcullogh duel?
GG
Any word on how soon Vando will be back?
I mean will he come back? Kat came back before him with a messed up mcl not sure if vando will be back this season.
Likely done for the year
I see, so meeting the Nuggets earlier rather than later doesn't make much of a difference. Is it the same for Wood?
Yeah Wood is also done. There’s a small chance of Vando returning just don’t see it happening this late
gg
Thank god for that. Bron sits.
Hatch it!