Maan next series
No klay and steph shooting ridiculous threes and making crazy 3s
No klay and steph shooting ridiculous threes and making crazy 3s
Cooked Kings, bytchmade bigs, and shytty snitches: Your 2022-23 GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers season thread
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You just described an offense of
unnamed guard
Vando
Bron
AD
Bamba/TT
Going against an offense with five elite three-point shooters.
Even if Lakers play GOAT defense they would get killed on that shyt, they have NO fukking spacing. Literally be going 3 on 5 offensively with 1 shooter.
Maan next series
No klay and steph shooting ridiculous threes and making crazy 3s
All five Denver starters are shooting ~40% or better from three-point range this postseason.
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That 1st Quarter, friends.
obviously im talking on the defensive end.. but u right didnt realize how much im limiting them on offense.. but as a poster said earlier they dont have rim protectionYou just described an offense of
unnamed guard
Vando
Bron
AD
Bamba/TT
Going against an offense with five elite three-point shooters.
Even if Lakers play GOAT defense they would get killed on that shyt, they have NO fukking spacing. Literally be going 3 on 5 offensively with 1 shooter.
Torrential
LWO
california state champions 
Pre-foot injury, I would like the Lakers in this matchup. They need a big time series from LeBron. AD's gonna have his hands full with Jokic.
Their best bet might be to involve AD heavily in the offense in the first and try to get Jokic in foul trouble. Even if AD has big starts, Jokic is a machine. Regardless of how much they try to work him defensively, he's gonna wind up averaging 30/13/10 in this series and probably wear AD down to some extent.
Murray is probably the most important defensive assignment. If they can keep him under control; say 20 ppg or lower on so-so shooting, they'll have a good chance to pull the upset.
I don't think Denver is gonna shoot like they have in the first two rounds. The Lakers are gonna wear them down as well. LA has more offensive weapons than Minny or Phoenix. LeBron will get mismatches and bruise some people; AD will have a few games on fire; Reaves is gonna make KCP/Murray work; DLo will (hopefully) have a couple games where he gets hot; Dennis tends to have a couple each series as does Rui. Denver's guys won't just be coasting defensively with fresh legs for spot-up threes. Those percentages should come down.
I wouldn't bet on the Lakers because Denver looks like the most complete team with the best player in the game to this point of the postseason. They have a puncher's chance though and their resiliency/competitive spirit will have them in the mix no matter what.
This has been a great ride so far. I hope it doesn't end here.
Their best bet might be to involve AD heavily in the offense in the first and try to get Jokic in foul trouble. Even if AD has big starts, Jokic is a machine. Regardless of how much they try to work him defensively, he's gonna wind up averaging 30/13/10 in this series and probably wear AD down to some extent.
Murray is probably the most important defensive assignment. If they can keep him under control; say 20 ppg or lower on so-so shooting, they'll have a good chance to pull the upset.
I don't think Denver is gonna shoot like they have in the first two rounds. The Lakers are gonna wear them down as well. LA has more offensive weapons than Minny or Phoenix. LeBron will get mismatches and bruise some people; AD will have a few games on fire; Reaves is gonna make KCP/Murray work; DLo will (hopefully) have a couple games where he gets hot; Dennis tends to have a couple each series as does Rui. Denver's guys won't just be coasting defensively with fresh legs for spot-up threes. Those percentages should come down.
I wouldn't bet on the Lakers because Denver looks like the most complete team with the best player in the game to this point of the postseason. They have a puncher's chance though and their resiliency/competitive spirit will have them in the mix no matter what.
This has been a great ride so far. I hope it doesn't end here.
Ya but u not chasing steph and klay
We really about to go back to the NBA finals after being trash for almost 2 and a half seasons. This is a beautiful moment brothers
Fred
Fred
We really about to go back to the NBA finals after being trash for almost 2 and a half seasons. This is a beautiful moment brothers
Fred
Lakers were good in 2021, they just got hurt. Bron was 30-15 in the games he played, even with Bron at 60% they were up 2-1 on the Suns and probably destined for the Finals until AD got hurt too.
It was really just the Westbrook stretch that they were actual trash.
Funny thing is that I was going to originally post that they were injury riddled as well. But having Russ and that trash ass roster was so bad it felt like it longer than just one season
Fred
The issue with them is that they are defensively ass. Especially Jokic Krispy Kreme loving ass. AD gonna cook him on the offensive end (if he shows up or his injury-itiS doesn't activate)
Fred
That's the big "if" though. We just don't know which Lakers will show up for any particular game. And to beat a team that can score like the Nuggets, I think both AD and Bron need to dominate every game.