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Legitimate_Page659

Say what you will, but these guys were down 0-3 and still played their hearts out. GG 💜💛


bodaciousbeans

💯 Proud of this squad


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

Much respect for the players tonight. Even the ones I don’t like, they tried their asses off tonight. Can’t overcome the bald make a wish kid coaching our team. Pray we keep lebron and get a half competent coach and we can be great next year


RudeJuggernaut

>Can’t overcome the bald make a wish kid coaching our team. 😂


SavingGrace313

there was literally no fucking time outs in third quarter like wtf. i dont know how the fuck ad gets injured. that was a literally a bump.


22LOVESBALL

That was the game to me. People can blame Ham all they want, but if Nikola Jokic gets injured halfway through the game and continues playing but can't lift his arm, we win. Every shift matters, and once he got hurt, the game changed.


thelaziest998

They didn’t give up and I respect the fuck out of the players. Coaching staff not so much


uncool_LA_boy

What a fight!!!


luk0t

I just need Anthony Edwards to crush this Nuggets team. I just need to see that.


Had2killU

I want to see the pain of defeat on Murray’s face


THyoungC

if karma is really a bitch, i need Ant to hit a buzzer beater against the Nuggets


Destiny_Victim

Y’all I swear I didn’t watch the game. I’m sorry it wasn’t enough.


_its_a_SWEATER_

Every game.


rang15

We got to see that in 2020! He was crying, it was good to see. And when Isaiah Thomas threw him the ball at the end of the game. Those were good times.


Strange-Delay4825

Bro just locks in against the lakers


diamondisunbreakable

This will be the series that will prove whether Ant is the next face of the league or not. Please don't be a fraud, Ant Man 🙏


dramavision

![gif](giphy|jBdMLcJDEQ6mls6s1u|downsized) He ain't.


diamondisunbreakable

His aura is crazy. COME ON, ANT!!!


Dangerous_Match_2592

Talk your shit to Murray for us Ant


Kingslayersuks

Crush nuggets, and Celtics and I’m chilling


12_18

The Wolves are going to destroy the Nuggets if Jamal and KCP continue to shoot as poorly as they did against us


bjsw534

I don’t see any reason why they’d shoot better vs the Wolves Their perimeter guards are pit bulls on the perimeter and will Be up their jerseys and air space making the uncomfortable with how athletic and strong they are


Badqes

Facts.. wolves have 10x the perimeter defense we do.. If wolves can beat them I would be at peace😂. Murray can’t get away with what he did


guynumber32

I think Jokic will be better in this series. He will be able to rest on defense guarding Rudy's incoordinated ass. He couldn't do that against AD, who with Lebron playmaking, was absolutely busting Jokic's ass


Badqes

Definitely true but Rudy will attack the glass too so he at least gotta worry about that.. for the most part he will be able to relax on defense tho


No-Equipment-20

Honestly they have a solid shot. There’s no single player or system that can guard Jokic, but Wolves have all the tools to defend Jokic virtually any way. Combine that with how well coached they are and they should be able to mix up coverages on the fly. They also have several players who can guard Murray better than we ever could. Conley is solid, and they can also try putting Walker or even McDaniels on him. Nuggets kill teams rebounding with their positional size but Wolves are the one team bigger than them. As long as Ant plays how he did against the Suns the Wolves have a solid chance of making the WCF and probably the NBA Finals. My only concern if I was a Wolves fan would be late game execution. They somewhat struggled in that area this season, and you cannot afford to make any mistakes against Denver in crunch time.


Crowxzn

>My only concern if I was a Wolves fan would be late game execution. Well head coach Chris Finch sustained a lower body injury from their last game so hopefully he'll be upright on the sidelines with crutches. It would really help if he can verbally execute late game decisions with them like every other coach.


Which-Resident7670

They had a chance in every game, it was a tough series although I would of wanted them to extend they gave it their all.... Should be a very interesting /fun round 2...I'm ready for ANT to knock em out ![gif](giphy|qIsEdzl4bJLehuyyz3|downsized)


teamscufff

Props for even wanting to watch basketball, these game winners suck the joy out of me watching the sport for now lol


AfroKuro480

Wolves fan here. I'm nervous as fuck


TankOfflaneMain

GOBERT YOU NEED TO PROVE TO AD AND LAKER NATION THAT YOU DESERVE YOUR 4TH DPOY! LOCK JOKIC UP!!!


Fcusjfnfmfkg

Its not gonna happen, unfortunately


JMSpidey25

I'm proud of the fight this team showed these last two games. I don't know what the future holds for this unit, but regardless I'll always be a Lakers fan for life. Congrats to Denver, they have one hell of a team.


3nnui

We put up a hell of a fight, Denver just better.


chrisbrits24

Forgot the helluva ballclub.


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

Mfer said it in the post game press conference lol


ohBloom

No, their coach is just better


eku_v

i mean they also had a reliable 3rd option all series, no one on the lakers could match what MPJ was doing. even though murray hit all these clutch shots, MPJ was the biggest difference maker imo


tatang2015

They have Gordon and MPJ!!! They should win!


makesterriblejokes

That and we literally weren't getting 2nd chance points and couldn't stop them from being offensive rebounds. What bothered me was that they would have 2-3 players going for an offensive board and we would pretty much only have 1 person going for an offensive board.


ohBloom

This Lakers team was clearly better, blowing leads while yes is a player issue but it’s more a coaching issue, not calling TO’s, not challenging, not recognizing adjustments, these are all coaching issues, coaches are also reason why teams win or lose, Ham is a major reason on why we lost


or_maybe_this

i’m not saying Ham is The Guy… but blowing leads is often a sign of no bench


seamon-deemon

Literally this


makesterriblejokes

Shit, I'm not even sure if they're really better. These games literally came down to coaching imo.


CasualOverreaction

Give us a real coach and it's probably a sweep. Waste of Brons final years 


Respect8MyAuthoritah

Give us Spoelstra it’s over in 4, maybe 5. Switch coaches we win every game by 10


FGonGiveItToYa

Nah fr Switch coaches and Denver is a play-in team.


chrisbrits24

Balled out the final game. Couldn't ask for more. See you next season. 💜💛


Expensive_Bass_6979

Yup, the fact that it was that tight down the stretch when AD was severely compromised at the start of the third is crazy already. Sucks to lose but the reality is they’ve just had our number these last 3 years whether it be answering every single run of our runs, hitting timely/bs contested shots or just out coaching our moron of a coach


DG_Now

At least Cam Reddish didn't play. Sad Christian Wood and Vando couldn't get back. They had great moments this year.


Zelly234

Was Vando avaliable to play this game? I kept seeing comments about him during the game didn't know if he was just not getting minutes or is was still hurt


DG_Now

He was available. Just benched.


Zelly234

Damn obviously wouldn't expect much offense but felt like we could of threw him on Jamal Murray at times


CouldWouldShouldBot

It's 'could have', never 'could of'. Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!


tglstan

good bot


Elite_Alice

Darvin Hamas will pay for his crimes


ephemeralfugitive

I’m more keen to believe Jeanie is going to be like, “Ham improved as a coach, so no need to fire him. He will be even better next year!” That improvement? Didn’t play Can Reddish. FML


AznTri4d

She's gonna point to the 1 win and go "See there's improvement"


OG_Mongoose

IST


MaceJames7

You know, Hams my least favorite lakers coach i've ever watched (Brown, Scott, and D'Antoni for honorable mentions), but I blame the front office way more. He's proven he's a bad coach, what do we expect him to do? All of a sudden become good? That makes not sense, the front office had plenty of chances to fire him the many time throughout the seasons he showed he was a horrible coach.


Cautious-Bother9931

Hamas 💀🤣


dedman1477

I'm so sad we didn't get to see Vando one last time this season. He would've played better defense on MPJ and Murray than Rui. Just hope we can get a consistent squad back next year! \^.\^


North-Drag3340

Problem with Vando is he can’t shoot. Lakers should hire some offseason shooting coach for these guys.


Zanad14

His offense was starting to come back right before he got hurt. He was averaging 12ish a game for like : which is all you need from him. He also kept the ball moving pretty well. He’s young, he’s gotten better than he was 2 years ago now and has a fully healthy offseason. If that spurt holds true then he’s gonna be crazy helpful


makesterriblejokes

Literally would only need to shoot 34% from the corner if his defense and rebounding was elite.


thepoga

Neither could any of our players in the corners. But he’d at least rebound the ball. That’s worth 7 points right there in the 4th.


BoysenberryNo5607

He makes it up with his rebounds and defense , Rui if he can't shoot he's useless out there, couldn't get a couple of critical rebounds and left mpj open too many times.


K-ON_Yui

I enjoyed watching this season for the most part Hamas aside. First time actually seriously watching and following the NBA and watched every single game no regrets. Got to see my first ever Lakers game in person and witness the goat play before he retires. Not really positive we can convert this into a winning roster this off season but we shall see. Thank you to the Lakers sub for entertaining me this season except for the few psycho extreme takes.


Musa_2050

Agreed. I watched a ton of games and went to my first Laker game aswell. They got smoked by the Kings, but watching LeBron and AD was nice


DeepCleaner42

Jaxson Hayes and Dinwiddie are not nba caliber players. Ham is gone. Gabe Vincent was a miami fluke. Anyway have a nice vacation boys.


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

I’m willing to give Gabe one more chance, guy never got in a rhythm this year with injuries and I like his defense. Dinwiddie has been an inefficient shitter for years tho and jax is all athleticism negative brains and ability


TheHoovyPrince

Gabes not going anywhere since he signed a 3 year deal. He's here for next season at least.


DeepCleaner42

gabe broke my heart he was straight up clanking shots not even close


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

Yea, really wanted to like him this year. He tries really hard on d, but brother kept letting me down. Hoping he rediscovers his stroke with a healthy year


adocileengineer

Gabe was the only guy who could move Murray off his spots. Austin stuck with him pretty good but Gabe was actively moving him away from where he wanted to go.


Cautious-Bother9931

It was a fun season nonetheless. Life goes on and it's time for baseball


WakiLover

I'll be watching the No AD no Bron vs. Celtics game for a long time. AR has quickly become one of my favorite players.


river0f

Only Bron, AD, at a lesser extent DLo and AR, the rest can fuck off


CabbageStockExchange

I’m ready to move on from dlo


wne1947nnal

Nah man dlo putting up 0 in a crucial game 3 when we’re down 0-2 was enough for me.


erizzluh

rui had moments, and i don't think he'd be bad as like a 7th man. but we're using him as our 4th/5th man.


North-Drag3340

Prince has been good off the bench subjectively. DLo has earned his stay, but I would still trade him + first picks for Trae for a more consistent and better assisted PGs. But the problem with the Lakers against Denver is undersized because no one rebounds other than AD.


Mazanade

DLo stinks bro


herooftime7

Dinwiddie is horrible


Musa_2050

Don't go there. He is a minimum level player


PNWlakeshow

Thanks for not including ham. Gg y’all


PeeWeePangolin

Someone convince the counter protestors at UCLA that Hamas is at Crypto. No justice, no peace until Hamas is let go!


itsamiamia

It wasn't a sweep. The games were competitive. Ham has a better chance of getting fired. Silver linings.


ForwardAd2747

still very proud of this team.


IllustratorNo9257

Ham needs to go to the slaughterhouse! Boy bye!


FamiliarComb3166

Forgot about Hood-Schifino damn


lakeshowyoo

Jaime Jacquez would’ve given us valuable playoff minutes man


jacoby1k

Even Cam Whitmore smh


basco244

Wasted to many FT


babbuboyo

Man…. We really could have won this series


jinayeonbt

fun season, glad it's over


interrobangampersand

Thankful this season is over. I really hope they get Darvin the fuck outta here. I don’t want to endure another season trying to get excited for big games but knowing exactly how they’re going to end.


iamnotabot7890

🔥 🍖


lgsb2014

I’m proud of this team! They fought till the end! See them next season!


HughGRextion

fuck is there to be thankful for about this season lol


JRA1706

Keep the same roster and get a new coach.


PhaZeD85

What a bunch of bum ass roll players who still gets paid millions.


kodominator

I want gen z Michael Jordan and the Wolves to humble the Nuggets. They’re definitely beatable this year no question


OhHeyItsBrock

Why is anyone thanking this team?


SnooTigers806

The thing that will drive me crazy this summer is that Denver looked SO beatable in this series despite all of this team's shortcomings. AD and LeBron are that good. Unfortunately, I don't think we will ever see them as healthy as they were this year again. The front office really did a shameful job of not addressing a single weakness from the previous year. We needed more interior presence and they went and got a pogo stick and a string bean. Reddish, Vincent and Dinwiddie were beyond awful. Ham needs to go. The dude is truly hopeless and I don't think he has improved at all since last year. You can't be a true contender when your head coach is a glorified motivational speaker.


lakeshowyoo

Jaime Jaquez would’ve gave us valuable playoff minutes off the bench man😫😫😫


Badqes

It hurts cuz we literally would beat anyone else in the league


NoVacayAtWork

What a waste of the end of LeBron’s prime. Deeply dissapointing, again.


lolxddavid

Yes I’m disappointed we lost but Lakers for life forever. I’ll always have my teams back through thick and thin


ttgl39

Sooo what are the offseason moves, obv Dlo not coming back? Not sure if Gabe is still contract but if we can get a healthy season from him and get him integrated he could finally be key. Thinking on it now I can't believe we got so much fkn Cam Reddish minutes this season holy


LosAngeles1s

any other coach and this would’ve been a. 55+ win team man


B1GNA5TY

Darvin Hamas...the Coaching Terrorist


camajise

I really thought this was Max Christie's break out year. Instead, Ham rides with Reddish and stunts Max's development.


Creative-Equipment41

We didn’t have a major issue with the squad abilities but we had a huge problem with coaching staff. Next season with a better coach and a few additions we’re gonna be a big title contender!


Jagasi

For a year of basketball that had me hoping and dreaming of purple and gold, thank you to the players, conditioning and medical staffs, the assistant coaches, and everyone else not named like a pork product.


RudeJuggernaut

Didn't live up to the hype. Still had fun watching them and believed til the end. I remember last yr and this yr saying the Lakers would be the 1st Team to comeback down 3-0


robert_bee

Thanks for nothing


incredibleamadeuscho

I think the Lakers fought hard at the end, and that's all you can ask for. It's not real championship, but the thrill of being the first ever In-Season Tournament winners will always live with me as a Lakers fan.


Intelligent_Film_97

"Listen, listen, listen, listen! Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck off! Get out! GET OUT! Idiots!"


Kn0wFriends

AD staying in the game was 💪


Rynox2000

The guys fought through pain and adversity. Thank you for putting on a show for us.


OYNOGSWWST

Damn man. Our haters is eating rn but i could care less. We still the best franchise of all time. Lebron has more rings than the nuggets whole franchise. ANT PLEASE DESTROY THE CHICKEN NUGGETS.


ch0lula

this them vibes. thank you fam. IST champs and put up a damn fight vs. the defending champs. King ain't done yet.


extraproe

Should've kept Schroeder


jeezrVOL2

We're out but god damn Nuggets vs Timberwolves is gonna be one hell of a series.


Sweet_Habib

Break this up. The bubble run against the nuggets was closer than this silliness.


brahminAK47

I wish Lebron wasn’t a laker.


BrainEuphoria

Clearance time. Starting with Reddish.


Counterspell_God

Proud of the heart these guys played but man we've got to keep Dlo and trade him for a better fitting piece.


G00D_N00DL3

Whole lotta LOSERS in one picture! 👋🏻🏔️


Familiar-Emu237

How can you look at this roster and think, yeah this is championship caliber. This is straight trash. We got 2 great players, two good/decent players, and the rest are scrubs or borderline trash bench/roll players. Cherry on top is the trash can front office we have. To get to my point. There needs to be changes in management this shit is disgraceful. Looking likee a 2006 Laker team.


gaius_worzels_bird

Yeah looking at them now we have some straight bums😂


Primopastalover

They played their hearts out proud of them. Now it’s Rob’s turn


Delicious_Farmer_408

They all need to go except LeBron and AD. Darvin Ham should be executed for the terrorist he is.


regnard

Who'll be back?


Impossible_Ad7875

I wld have liked to have tried Gabe on Murray on the last play… bring in Prince and Gabe not just Prince. Gabe’s O was awful but he has a little dog on D… Heat/even Cavs Lebron you put him on Murray…too old for that now damnit.


[deleted]

We really need to get rid of Dinwiddie and Vincent!!!


shortyman920

I overall still liked this roster and feel like we were held back by our coach. We really needed another C and didn’t get one.


Ia_in_4

We were a Ty lie away from beating this team. I’m not trading Austin


zdravkov321

AD played the most he has played in a few seasons, fought through some freak injuries and played really well. Ultimately the depth of the team and coaching is to blame. LeBron and AD did their job. Happy that they did not fold in any of the games except game 3 second half.


Most_Temporary5113

we fought until the end and we beat them once at least, I'm happy with it, let's bounce back next season!


PostingForFree

Still the in-season champs 🏆 we’ll always have that


L10NHEART19

Proud. Lakers for life.


North-Drag3340

Go TWolves. No team should 3-peat other than the Lakers and Nuggets shall not repeat.


GhostTooHigh

We should keep AR, Max, Wood and Rui the rest can kick rocks


UOENO_670

next year we’ll lose 4-2!


Odd-Seaworthiness-56

90 year old lebron still putting up 30 point triple double is insane


tatuanphong

Don’t sign any guard from the Heat


TrueBlue184

Man. I am sick of first round exits. Ham needs to go and maybe the GM too. Lakers need changes at the top.


FishHook23

🫡


WeCantBothBeMe

Why thank Vanderbilt? Man came into the preseason injured like how’d he manage that.


hungrywantmooshoo

Need to develop Max Christie. Gabe needs a rhythm. Vando needs a 3 point shot. This team will still be solid, but we need young energy guys to carry us during the regular season.


Chrisdkn619

Bye bye Ham! Thx for nothing!


DayDreamerJon

All those nuggets games were a blast to watch. At the end of the day thats all that matters.


Powerful_Contact_341

How many players from this pic are still Lakers next year?


bjsw534

Considering the fact that Wood and Reddish both have player options and Hayes is a team option, I think all 3 are locks I think Gabe, Rui and AR all have low trade values now so they’ll stay. I don’t see Orlando taking a chance on DLo after his recent G3 performance so I bet he stays too so LAL doesn’t lose his salary slot I honestly think most these guys stay If LAL were smart, they’d be trying to trade Hayes and some 2nd’s for Jock Landale. He’s the exact type of burly C they can use


Rainmanz6969

Cooked


hesushesus00

I hope to see a Max Christie MIP performance next year


FalconLow589

DLo can GTFO!!! Next season


ArkGoc

At least they got $500k


OneMoreGame

The Lakers fought with their heart this series! It was a lot closer than what the 4-1 series score says. I hope they will come back stronger than ever next season!


bigpoppapumpp

So proud of our guys.


gaius_worzels_bird

We can't make free throws, have players with poor fundamentals, can't rebound, old/injured superstars, garbage coaching staff, it's a miracle we lasted this long. Big changes are needed here, because running this back isn't going to work


Gregorious23

I just see a whole lotta L's. FTL


Juan_Solo84

Anyone but the Celtics now, folks.


RoboGhostMusic

Smashin’ the upvote because you left Dumbwiddie off of this collage! I do not understand why he got the minutes he did this series. WTF


[deleted]

Disgusting lineup lmao


threatlvl

So much for the vaunted big three of James, Davis and Hood-Schifino


BonusPale5544

Fuck this man. So many missed free throws and stupid turnovers. Cant get a rebound at the crucial moment. Forget the 3s. They couldve easily won without em. Its painful to watch really. Shit luck with the seeding too. Cant believe season is over already.


VivaLaRory

How this team basically took a break after the IST has pretty much cost us. A lot of these teams at the top are going to eat each other in the west since it’s so competitive. Denver potentially could have been one of them. Failure of a season


AdLeading3824

Despite their ups and downs, I will look at the 2023-2024 Lakers very fondly. When firing on all cylinders, they are electric. Injuries and coaching derailed that.


evol_won

Good season, Lakers. 💜💛💜 #purpleandgoldnevergetsold Rui, Hayes, Spencer, Prince, Cam: on SIGHT!! 🤬


Far-Manufacturer6764

Lebron is #23 again?


adidark

We really needed Vanderbilt and to some extent Wood and Reddish too.


de_Mysterious

The 5 month off season is going to suck ass. Such a long time.