Good Dad vs Poor Dad Puffin On That Hooka & Nico Pack... Official (3)Lakers vs (6)Timberwolves 1st Round Playoff Thread

Who you got?

  • Wolves in 4

    Votes: 4 6.0%
  • Wolves in 5

    Votes: 3 4.5%
  • Wolves in 6

    Votes: 22 32.8%
  • Wolves in 7

    Votes: 8 11.9%
  • Lakers in 4

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Lakers in 5

    Votes: 11 16.4%
  • Lakers in 6

    Votes: 11 16.4%
  • Lakers in 7

    Votes: 8 11.9%

  • Total voters
    67

jaydawg08

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Game was over in the first quarter. Luka got them up 15-20 and that was ball game. They were just nursing the lead the rest of the way.
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Honestly more impressive that they consistently kept it double digits basically the whole game

Teams now can give up 15 point leads FAST.. lakers kept that lead the entire game
 

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The Lakers played that game at their full max capacity, energy and effort level and still only scored 94 points against the wolves team where Ant played hurt/lethargic/out of it for a quarter, Naz and Dante were in constant foul trouble and just played terrible and the wolves also shot as bad as they have all year from three and had their 2nd worst offensive game of the year. And the Lakers still had to fight to put them away in the 4th. A Lakers A/B+ game beat a Wolves D game. Now the Lakers have the ultimate trump card which is Luka going nuclear so they could absolutely win, plus the Wolves have self destructive tendencies, but I think the Wolves are the better team.
 
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The Lakers played that game at their full max capacity, energy and effort level and still only scored 94 points against the wolves team where Ant played hurt/lethargic/out of it for a quarter, Naz and Dante were in constant foul trouble and just played terrible and the wolves also shot as bad as they have all year from three and had their 2nd worst offensive game of the year. And the Lakers still had to fight to put them away in the 4th. A Lakers A/B+ game beat a Wolves D game. Now the Lakers have the ultimate trump card which is Luka going nuclear so they could absolutely win, plus the Wolves have self destructive tendencies, but I think the Wolves are the better team.
They only played at their max in the 1st quarter. They became complacent after that.

Ain't no way in here did you watch those other three quarters and come away with the belief they were playing at their best, especially in the 4th quarter when they only scored 13 points.

Minny might have more talent or depth, but they don't have the experience and ability to realize that against a team that's led by Bron and Luka. Even if you want to argue they're better team (in theory), what's the likelihood that Ant and Julius will be able to execute when it matters for another three wins?
 
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