The Lakers Have A REAL Shot For This Reason, D’Angelo Russell Talks Tanking To Avoid Denver
The Lakers have a real shot to win this year. Trevor Lane breaks down how their latest win over the Pelicans created optimism that they can make a serious run, plus D’Angelo Russell talked about whether or not the Lakers would want to lose on Tuesday to get a better playoff matchup…
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45 Comments
Ham did a good job yesterday not playing Cam Reddish. Gabe Vincent needs to practice his three points
Man is silly how some fake fans are thinking Lakers should drop the game vs pels and go against the 9 or 10 sit, this is the chance to prove if it was meant to be since last year LeBron wasn't healthy, now if and when Vando comes back we will have the band together, we will see who has been the real deal, so bring it 💪
love the play in game coz it lets all the monkeys with low iq expose themsleves. everybody saying lakers need to tank to dodge denver all just told the world they are the most casual of casuals.
For the Lakers to win vs Denver, AD & Bron need to attack Jokic relentlessly to put him in foul trouble. They also need to go hard on Jamal Murray to wear him down on defense and be physical with him.
Nuggets are overrated and Jokic is overrated and Real Lakers ain't scared of them at all.
We held onto DLo for a reason, and this is it. DLo can shoot lights out from 3 better than anybody in the league, so let's go… y not.
Not with AD. He will be on the ground and in the locker room. Trust. He Isn’t reliable
I agree. Win and play Denver. Every game has been close till the end. Play better defense on them and they can win 4. Let’s go !
As competitive athletes with ego and pride, no way in hell the LAKERS are scared of Denver. If anything, LAKERS should look forward to the opportunity to exact revenge on little mikey malone and the nuggets. Any LAKER fan talking about intentionally losing should look at themselves in the mirror and grow a pair.
why delay the inevitable….bring on the denver as early as possible…
Dlo is the X factor
Tank city, arizona.
A potential x-factor is Dinwiddie and Vincent guarding Murray. Could help our case. Plus Bruce Brown was a big contributor for them against us last playoffs.
To be the man you've got to beat the man-Ricolious Flairious
Vamos La siempre ❤
We don’t run we don’t duck. We go out and play Lakers basketball. Period.
Chasing Steph around in the second round last year and going to battle Denver a couple of days after, that was a bad recepie. They need to take care of business and go take on the Nuggets, play Jaxson alongside AD more. It's gonna bode well. None of that small ball bullshit.
My thing is going have play nuggets either way. They going lose to nuggets in 1 round or WCFs know what I mean what’s the point. Hope nuggets lose to suns in 7 games.
If the Lakers play like they did on Sunday, they have a chance to beat any team in a 7 game series.
We have OPTIMUS PRIME AKA LEBRON JAMES AND HE'S HEALTHY
We need all players to go off and that means the refs also!
The Lakers would much rather play Denver in the 1st rd than be playing PS5 in Cancun during the 1st rd 😂….lets not forget Sacramento has owned them also and they have issues with GS lately.
Must win and let’s go play Denver!
Idk.. I look at it differently. You get 3 choices- Nuggets, Kings, or Warriors. Say you lose tomorrow, flight to the bay/sac isnt far anyway. I'd take playing warriors/kings than nuggets. And even if you win against the Nuggets, you more than likely have the Suns next round. 7th seed bracket isn't great at all
The Lakers should go at Jokic, throw multiple guys at him and try to get him in foul trouble and harass Murray and aggressively defend the perimeter.
DLO IS OUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER
WE HAVE THE TALENT TO GO ALL THE WAY (only coaching will hold us back)
Why ppl think lakers got blown out every game during the wcf?
I’m not saying Lakers will beat the Nuggets but I like our chances this year. Last season we didn’t have anyone that could play hard suffocating defense on Jamal Murray. So not only was Jokic killing us but Murray was destroying us as well. But now we have Gabe Vincent and Dinwiddle that can do that. At least 12 fouls between both of them to use on Murray to wear him out and have him fatigued. Last season We only had D’Lo who can’t guard a parked car and Schroeder who is undersized to guard Murray. At least if we can slow Murray down, now we can live with Jokic’s fire power.
DONT FORGET THIS IS LEBRON JAMES 😤😤 BEEN BEATING UP TEAMS ON HIS OWN FOR DECADES , IN THE KING WE TRUST 👑
"Lakers Forever!"
I told y’all this team was trash you wouldn’t listen 😂
Let’s lose the game today on purpose and face the Thunder
You guys should probably focus on winning the pelicans game first.
So they played extremely hard to stay in the play in. Now they are top contenders now?
We need vando's defence and we will have a great chance in eating chicken nuggets, i believe in sweep revenge 🙏👌
71 games played as a 39 year old is pretty impressive
Why would any team avoid teams? That is cowardly, not the Lakers principle. Great teams like the Lakers with 17 championships don't avoid teams.
Losing tonight would be a huge mistake, and the Lakers don't need to fear Denver. What may go overlooked is a lot of the games they've played against Denver were close.
That means if we make some tweaks and adjustments' stay healthy, continue shooting the three ball well, lock down on defense, we can get a win. A few wins. 4 wins to be exact.
Lakers true blooded fans will not think of avoiding certain teams.
I cant wait till the lakers get eliminated. So the media can finally stfu about the lakers.
If we can't beat the nuggets then we don't deserve the chip.
How can I get a polo shirt like yours? I would love to wear that around the Philippines 🇵🇭
First round vs Denver would be best. There’s typically more days to rest in between games in the first round than in the conference finals.
LOL!