How you gonna have embarrassing moments and not have anything LeBronto related 😂😂
That being said I’m easily choosing this game. At least with LeBronto you can argue that nobody was able to stop him in the 2010s from reaching the Finals and the guys a top 75 player.
With the talent we have despite today’s trade, it should have been a win. Not a blowout but just a win
allidapserdna
1. Losing to Detroit (ending their losing streak) 2. Losing to Houston (ending their losing streak) 3. 2 losses to Charlotte 3. Kobe’s 81
thenewoldschool55
These are bad but happened when the team sucked so it’s less of a blow.
The worst I ever felt as a fan was the Lebronto series. That was the weakest Cavs team ever that were almost eliminated the previous series by the Pacers. That series proved Casey and Demar weren’t built for greatness.
slamdunk23
You are missing Lebronto and Demar’s daughter getting in our heads
Pretend_Highway_5360
why John Wall always throwing up gang signs lmao
Le_Atheist_Fedora
81 is #1 by a gigantic margin.
This loss is #2.
The other are a distant 3rd and 4th, people hardly ever talk about those.
Thealk3mist
Kobe’s 81 was so horrendous, that it sits in the mind of every star for years. Rest in peace he’s passed so ppl chill.
MrJamally
81 because every single retrospective video about Kobe will show clips of the game. Nobody will remember the others.
FallenLemur
We da norf baby
unclekarl_
Idk if it’s just me but I’m really not embarrassed by this loss.
We flew in super late on a back to back after playing a hard game against the Celtics and we just made a major trade so the team was 100% distracted and our lack of depth because of the trade meant we were extremely thin.
I was honestly expecting to lose lol
corh13
2012 Raptors were only slightly less shit team, so that one isn’t even that embarrassing.
binzoma
the disrespect on the raps team that fought from being out of the picture, losing vince, clawing into the playoffs, forcing a game 5, and then brain cramped the game away
also esp that 2nd vince loss was EMBARRASSING. the walk off allyoop? really? really?
tbh I dont have today in the raps top 10 given the whole losing 1/5 of the roster a few hours before the game thing. we all thought they’d lose before that. meeting expectations <> embarrassing
edit: trying to fill out a top 10:
FUCK someone with a better memory than me pls help- but remember early in the we the north era we had the first national US game we’d had in YEARS? and everyone was so excited for it…. and then we lost by like 40? good times.
losing the series to the wizards, every loss there should qualify but def game 7
definitely 3 or 4 lebronto games
the game that triggered the we the north era and started the warriors dynasty when we blew a like 30 point 2nd half lead in oakland
that first playoff game with kawhi against the magic, DEF embarrassing
that preseason loss to maccabi TA, first nba team to lose to a euroleague team IIRC?
tbh the whole kevin oneal era was an embarrassment, I’m trying to pick just 1 moment but again brain not good enough. that game where we didnt even score 60 points?
we have lots of options!
Big_Albatross_3050
Bro what kind of demon did we make a pact with for 2019?
PriorityPoints
As much as it sucks to have someone drop 81 on you, we’re talking about one of the best players of all time. All-NBA defenders have had large performances hung on them, I don’t even think this one qualifies to be on here.
I don’t even remember that Rockets game. This was during the covid season it sounds like, so I think that itself is a reasonable enough excuse.
During 2012, we should’ve gotten those wins but its not like we were that much better talent wise. Definitely qualifies for this list, but still a distant 2nd.
Losing to the Pistons on this horrible a stretch, considering the sheer talent discrepancy between the two teams is absolutely preposterous. I hope the players that stepped on the court today get ridiculed for this for years to come. Any viewer can tell we dialed it up there in the end and the question is why so late? Why did they completely get in their own heads and lose in the sloppiest fashion possible? At the year end presser, Masai referenced some random New Orleans game last year being a tipping point and I don’t know how this one isn’t 10x worse.
basil_24222
Kobe 81 cuz that’s always gonna be talked about
rockingthefreeworld1
There is nothing embarrassing about losing to a team that was motivated at another level to avoid their own embarrassment.
DJstiles
Of these four options losing twice to the Bobcats was the most embarrassing based on how bad Charlotte was that year. Not like the raptors were going anywhere at the time. This was a bad team playing a very bad team.
Kobe’s 81 game was an example of his ability to put a team on his back and incredible efficiency. He shot 60%+ from the field, 54% from 3 and was 18-20 from free throws. It didn’t matter who was guarding him: MoPete, Graham, Rose, Mike James. Kobe was lights out, the other 8 lakers who played went 14-42 from the field.
The Pistons are a very bad team and the raps are a bad team and this game will likely be forgotten about in 2 weeks when RJ starts hometown cooking.
The rockets game isn’t overly embarrassing, I’d already forgotten about it!
HangmansPants
Don’t care, got a ring.
theanticrust
The sweep to the Wizards standout as an all time low. Game 4 was a complete blowout. Losing to Kobe or LeBron I can accept, but a washed Paul Pierce?
You forgot to add game one of the 2007 playoffs, where the team handed out red t-shirts to the ACC crowd, only for the Nets to wear their red uniforms and also win the game.
VersusCA
I think Lebronto would easily be #1 if not for 2019. As is, I put it slightly above 81, and both still do clear tonight by a healthy margin.
No-Conclusion6829
81 hands down
TheNewKing2022
in all honesty a loss is a loss. If the pistons were 33-0 what is the difference.
Lebronto is by far my worst raptors fan moment. If it’s this list Kobe 81
ifyouhavetoaskdont
Honestly.. none of these but the 81 matter. No one remembers the rest. The team losing to end a streak never really matters, other than immediately after it happens. All history remembers is the streak istelf, if it was worthy. Move on to better things coming!
Weekly-Batman
Kobe & the Pistons are not embarrassing.
ElectricalBicycle212
The beginning of the Linsanity era. The buzzer beater was a bad one too 🤦♂️
satinlives
Personally I think the LeBron falling out of bounds one handed game winner to sweep us was by far the most embarrassing moment for the franchise.
idontbrowseaww
Didn’t Jeremy Lin also kill us at the buzzer during Linsanity too? Man our franchise has some L moments.
kukasdesigns
People arguing Lebronto is embarrassing like he isn’t the best all around player in the history of the league.
TheMikeSweeney306
Losing to the 2012 Bobcats TWICE in the same season is low key the most embarrassing. This Pistons team would mop the floor with that Bobcats team in a seven game series. A historically bad team in 2012 had a lot less talent than a historically bad 2023 team. That Bobcats roster is the absolute shits.
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How you gonna have embarrassing moments and not have anything LeBronto related 😂😂
That being said I’m easily choosing this game. At least with LeBronto you can argue that nobody was able to stop him in the 2010s from reaching the Finals and the guys a top 75 player.
With the talent we have despite today’s trade, it should have been a win. Not a blowout but just a win
1. Losing to Detroit (ending their losing streak)
2. Losing to Houston (ending their losing streak)
3. 2 losses to Charlotte
3. Kobe’s 81
These are bad but happened when the team sucked so it’s less of a blow.
The worst I ever felt as a fan was the Lebronto series. That was the weakest Cavs team ever that were almost eliminated the previous series by the Pacers. That series proved Casey and Demar weren’t built for greatness.
You are missing Lebronto and Demar’s daughter getting in our heads
why John Wall always throwing up gang signs lmao
81 is #1 by a gigantic margin.
This loss is #2.
The other are a distant 3rd and 4th, people hardly ever talk about those.
Kobe’s 81 was so horrendous, that it sits in the mind of every star for years. Rest in peace he’s passed so ppl chill.
81 because every single retrospective video about Kobe will show clips of the game. Nobody will remember the others.
We da norf baby
Idk if it’s just me but I’m really not embarrassed by this loss.
We flew in super late on a back to back after playing a hard game against the Celtics and we just made a major trade so the team was 100% distracted and our lack of depth because of the trade meant we were extremely thin.
I was honestly expecting to lose lol
2012 Raptors were only slightly less shit team, so that one isn’t even that embarrassing.
the disrespect on the raps team that fought from being out of the picture, losing vince, clawing into the playoffs, forcing a game 5, and then brain cramped the game away
also esp that 2nd vince loss was EMBARRASSING. the walk off allyoop? really? really?
tbh I dont have today in the raps top 10 given the whole losing 1/5 of the roster a few hours before the game thing. we all thought they’d lose before that. meeting expectations <> embarrassing
edit: trying to fill out a top 10:
FUCK someone with a better memory than me pls help- but remember early in the we the north era we had the first national US game we’d had in YEARS? and everyone was so excited for it…. and then we lost by like 40? good times.
losing the series to the wizards, every loss there should qualify but def game 7
definitely 3 or 4 lebronto games
the game that triggered the we the north era and started the warriors dynasty when we blew a like 30 point 2nd half lead in oakland
that first playoff game with kawhi against the magic, DEF embarrassing
that preseason loss to maccabi TA, first nba team to lose to a euroleague team IIRC?
tbh the whole kevin oneal era was an embarrassment, I’m trying to pick just 1 moment but again brain not good enough. that game where we didnt even score 60 points?
we have lots of options!
Bro what kind of demon did we make a pact with for 2019?
As much as it sucks to have someone drop 81 on you, we’re talking about one of the best players of all time. All-NBA defenders have had large performances hung on them, I don’t even think this one qualifies to be on here.
I don’t even remember that Rockets game. This was during the covid season it sounds like, so I think that itself is a reasonable enough excuse.
During 2012, we should’ve gotten those wins but its not like we were that much better talent wise. Definitely qualifies for this list, but still a distant 2nd.
Losing to the Pistons on this horrible a stretch, considering the sheer talent discrepancy between the two teams is absolutely preposterous. I hope the players that stepped on the court today get ridiculed for this for years to come. Any viewer can tell we dialed it up there in the end and the question is why so late? Why did they completely get in their own heads and lose in the sloppiest fashion possible? At the year end presser, Masai referenced some random New Orleans game last year being a tipping point and I don’t know how this one isn’t 10x worse.
Kobe 81 cuz that’s always gonna be talked about
There is nothing embarrassing about losing to a team that was motivated at another level to avoid their own embarrassment.
Of these four options losing twice to the Bobcats was the most embarrassing based on how bad Charlotte was that year. Not like the raptors were going anywhere at the time. This was a bad team playing a very bad team.
Kobe’s 81 game was an example of his ability to put a team on his back and incredible efficiency. He shot 60%+ from the field, 54% from 3 and was 18-20 from free throws.
It didn’t matter who was guarding him: MoPete, Graham, Rose, Mike James. Kobe was lights out, the other 8 lakers who played went 14-42 from the field.
The Pistons are a very bad team and the raps are a bad team and this game will likely be forgotten about in 2 weeks when RJ starts hometown cooking.
The rockets game isn’t overly embarrassing, I’d already forgotten about it!
Don’t care, got a ring.
The sweep to the Wizards standout as an all time low. Game 4 was a complete blowout. Losing to Kobe or LeBron I can accept, but a washed Paul Pierce?
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201504260WAS.html
For things to hurt, you have to have hope, and coming off the previous season (the Rudy Gay trade season) I had so much hope for that team.
81 points was humiliating
It was like watching a fire burn down your house
I couldn’t look away
This narrative is a made up joke
Who cares? This will be long and forgotten a week from now
Did the raps lose 28 in a row? No you copy cat fools
Kobe’s is least embarrassing that was just masterclass.
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You forgot to add game one of the 2007 playoffs, where the team handed out red t-shirts to the ACC crowd, only for the Nets to wear their red uniforms and also win the game.
I think Lebronto would easily be #1 if not for 2019. As is, I put it slightly above 81, and both still do clear tonight by a healthy margin.
81 hands down
in all honesty a loss is a loss. If the pistons were 33-0 what is the difference.
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81 and the rest no one will remember
You forgot lebronto
Lebronto is by far my worst raptors fan moment. If it’s this list Kobe 81
Honestly.. none of these but the 81 matter. No one remembers the rest. The team losing to end a streak never really matters, other than immediately after it happens. All history remembers is the streak istelf, if it was worthy. Move on to better things coming!
Kobe & the Pistons are not embarrassing.
The beginning of the Linsanity era. The buzzer beater was a bad one too 🤦♂️
Personally I think the LeBron falling out of bounds one handed game winner to sweep us was by far the most embarrassing moment for the franchise.
Didn’t Jeremy Lin also kill us at the buzzer during Linsanity too? Man our franchise has some L moments.
People arguing Lebronto is embarrassing like he isn’t the best all around player in the history of the league.
Losing to the 2012 Bobcats TWICE in the same season is low key the most embarrassing. This Pistons team would mop the floor with that Bobcats team in a seven game series. A historically bad team in 2012 had a lot less talent than a historically bad 2023 team. That Bobcats roster is the absolute shits.