ITS THE OFFS BABY THE 2023 NBA PLAYOFFS

sometimes you watch the underdog nearly snatch game 1 but lose and think, well that was their chance... that game didn’t quite feel like that to me, personally. but i think it was clay who pointed out that you really wanna win when anthony davis plays that well

counterargument is that Denver played a nearly perfect half of basketball and still almost lost at home. I guess at this point it's foolish to count the Lakers out though they do seem to be a lot more outmatched this series. for what it's worth 538 really doesn't like their chances - they still have Boston as the title favorites. Lakers are at 7%.

doesnt seem worth much tbh

minds being blown over an effective mid game defensive adjustment on Jokic like dude is not going to have a few counters to that already

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, May 18, 2023 5:11 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it’s the one weird trick that works against jokic in small doses if they’re not ready for it. very much like the famous jokic/embiid game where jokic ran embiid out of the building until doc mercifully took him off the assignment, putting a smaller guy on him and letting your big guy roam worked. it’s something that won’t work in the long term and for that reason I imagine the lakers are feeling a little bittersweet about having to show those cards in a game 1 that they ended up losing anyway, but to be honest the concerning thing to me is that malone didn’t seem ready for it. super interested in what happens tonight

yeah thought it was weird that malone and jokic werent ready for it since its a known way to defend him

they just showed jokic's stats from the past 5 games it's not right to expose children to this stuff

active early whistle…something I’m monitoring

come on that foul on braun

feels like the lakers rotations are much tighter tonight

jvg sucks sometimes. he was clearly going for the ball but he got his face and they never even look at the replay of the face shot

that lebron wrap around pass to rui was so good

Yeah I’m really appreciating getting to still see him playing at this level

rui looking like prime lebron out there

lefumble

hHahahahha lebron you old bum

He flubbed two layups

Yeah I’m really appreciating getting to still see him playing at this level

― frogbs, Thursday, May 18, 2023 8:18 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I was talking about Rui actually

i've said this before but you absolutely must score the basketball

i think the nuggets should play better

jamal’s not right

if Joker's making shots like that just give it to him all the time

he always is!

"this is game two of the western conference finals" --michael malone

oh wow that is not a goaltend

it’s obv a goaltend you can’t block a shot that’s going down

I didn't think it was going down!!

lol frogs idk what to say man is your TV upside down

unquestionably a goaltend

maybe there's another angle but it looked like he hit it before

I’m very nervous for the first couple of minutes of this quarter. first sign of trouble jokic needs to come back out

frogbs otm it was about to go up again

dont goaltend shame me I know what I saw

ok fuck it I haven't really been paying attention but I'm watching now

see that sick shit from PORTER JR

lmao lebron in cp3 mode

it’s funny because every time lebron drives the ball he scores 3 points but he is determined to score three from the jump shot variety

Why does ‘King’ James flop so much?

— Jeremy Sochan (@JeremySochan) May 19, 2023

well he is the only 3 point shooter on the team apparently

The Lakers can’t hit a three. AD has no legs. Looks like either LeBron or Tony Brothers is gonna have to take over.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) May 19, 2023

i love bruce brown

he's a baller for sure

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LETS GO

god fuck off Bill Simmons. now I want the Lakers to win. too bad they're getting crushed right now!!

jamal murray what's is up

nice to have those quarters where you shoot 80% from 3 huh

uh oh something's goin on

man

Boneheaded

Call a timeout and get Jamal a breather sheesh

incredible defense by mike there