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venturalakersfan
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The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching.
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
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| governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
yeah the bubble was too stress free so the cilppers threw it. they didnt want want that easy championship. |
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| 27 wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
yeah the bubble was too stress free so the cilppers threw it. they didnt want want that easy championship. |
All true imo. Also true…all teams played under the same circumstances and the Lakers won…I’ll take it. If the NBA counts it I’ll take it 😂
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| Hanging from Rafters wrote: | | 27 wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
yeah the bubble was too stress free so the cilppers threw it. they didnt want want that easy championship. |
All true imo. Also true…all teams played under the same circumstances and the Lakers won…I’ll take it. If the NBA counts it I’ll take it 😂 |
For the believers in the championship's legitimacy, and unbelievers, who say it has an asterisk and that it wasn't legitimate, etc., isn't it as simple as that? |
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| 27 wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
yeah the bubble was too stress free so the cilppers threw it. they didnt want want that easy championship. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| 27 wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
yeah the bubble was too stress free so the cilppers threw it. they didnt want want that easy championship. |
Front runners can't win without homecourt advantage. |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Yes, less stressful. There was only a worldwide pandemic and every player had to be quarantined/in the bubble, away from family for months and many players, including guys like PG13 talked about what a pyschological (bleep) it was. Yeah, that makes sense considering that the whole (bleep) world seemed to be falling apart but the NBA people were trying to, you know, do a thing to help people forget for a second that grandma might die if I breathed on her.
But yeah, wayyyy less stressful. |
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| governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
I don’t know, I didn’t watch.
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
I don’t know, I didn’t watch. |
This reminds of Paul George's 3 point shot that hit the backboard. That was nuts..it was hard to to see him "buckle" under the pressure. |
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| nomoreshaq wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Yes, less stressful. There was only a worldwide pandemic and every player had to be quarantined/in the bubble, away from family for months and many players, including guys like PG13 talked about what a pyschological (bleep) it was. Yeah, that makes sense considering that the whole (bleep) world seemed to be falling apart but the NBA people were trying to, you know, do a thing to help people forget for a second that grandma might die if I breathed on her.
But yeah, wayyyy less stressful. |
The players didn’t have to be away from their families, it was voluntary. I guess they were so worried about them that they left them behind to play games. If that caused them stress then it was self inflicted.
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| The Lakers were among the most penalized teams in the bubble. They worked hard for home court advantage all year, and didn't get any advantage due to the bubble. Then they lost their a starter when Bradley didn't play. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
I don’t know, I didn’t watch. |
oh, good to know you can make such an absolute statement without watching. |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | nomoreshaq wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Yes, less stressful. There was only a worldwide pandemic and every player had to be quarantined/in the bubble, away from family for months and many players, including guys like PG13 talked about what a pyschological (bleep) it was. Yeah, that makes sense considering that the whole (bleep) world seemed to be falling apart but the NBA people were trying to, you know, do a thing to help people forget for a second that grandma might die if I breathed on her.
But yeah, wayyyy less stressful. |
The players didn’t have to be away from their families, it was voluntary. I guess they were so worried about them that they left them behind to play games. If that caused them stress then it was self inflicted. |
Self-inflicted or not is irrelevant. The level of overall stress was significantly higher than a normal playoffs due to enormous uncertainty.
Learn to "lose" an argument gracefully instead of arguing unrelated points just to get a last word in.
You are one of the most pathetic posters here. Not sure what you get out of anything other than being a sour contrarian. |
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Discussion of 2020 playoff brings back great memories. Number 17 to tie Boston is obvious, but witnessing Clippers blowing 3-1 lead to Denver was a close second that I would never forget.
That loss was imho the LOWEST of many lows in Clippers' tragic history. So painful I wouldn't blame any Clippers fan for forgetting that he had been a witness. (Second lowest? Ingles bumping Kawhi's knee the next year. Ouch.) If not for these two mishaps those loaded Clippers teams were top championship contenders. Unfortunately what if's don't count.
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| Just my opinion, but I really don't think anyone should question the legitimacy of our 2020 chip. Is it underwhelming due to the lack of fans in the arena and no championship parade? I 100% do think it was slightly underwhelming as a fan, but we won it fair and square and no one should question that at all. |
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venturalakersfan
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| 27 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
I don’t know, I didn’t watch. |
oh, good to know you can make such an absolute statement without watching. |
It isn’t difficult to read the TV ratings, they made the absolute statement that viewership was low for those playoffs.
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | 27 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | governator wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Maybe for some but opposite effect on others. Didn’t the clippers quit in the bubble? |
I don’t know, I didn’t watch. |
oh, good to know you can make such an absolute statement without watching. |
It isn’t difficult to read the TV ratings, they made the absolute statement that viewership was low for those playoffs. |
brother, you made an absolute statement that it was definitely less stressful based on viewership ratings. Your opinion that is was less stressful is not based in fact. You can twist what you said now to make yourself feel like you are right, but you're not. Sure, the ratings were lower, but your attempt to pass that as absolute fact that it was less stressful is weak. |
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Since there wasn't home court advantage for any team... you could make the argument that the 2020 championship was actually the most legitimate of any championship in the last 25 years.
If all of the teams were playing under the same conditions... then that would mean, theoretically, that the best team won, barring significant injury to any one star that tanked a teams chances.
Anyone saying otherwise just hates the current Lakers front office and has an axe to grind, for some unknown reason. |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | nomoreshaq wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
Yes, less stressful. There was only a worldwide pandemic and every player had to be quarantined/in the bubble, away from family for months and many players, including guys like PG13 talked about what a pyschological (bleep) it was. Yeah, that makes sense considering that the whole (bleep) world seemed to be falling apart but the NBA people were trying to, you know, do a thing to help people forget for a second that grandma might die if I breathed on her.
But yeah, wayyyy less stressful. |
The players didn’t have to be away from their families, it was voluntary. I guess they were so worried about them that they left them behind to play games. If that caused them stress then it was self inflicted. |
Inherently, stress is in the eye of the beholder. What's stressful for you may not be stressful for me, and vice versa. So it's silly to say how much stress players should have felt while they were in the bubble. I suspect opinions on that will vary widely among different players.
The bubble conditions were certainly unique. Whether they were easier or harder is again in the eye of the beholder.
Posters have gone on and on about that, but their opinions are mostly about how individual posters think they would have reacted, not about how the players or teams actually reacted.
In any case, the bottom line for me is pretty simple. You play the teams you are assigned to play. You win or you lose. If you win, you get a ring and get to hang a banner, just like the winning team does every year. Some people will try to dismiss the bubble banner, but some people try to dismiss every banner. No one cares. A ring is a ring is a ring. |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | The bubble was definitely less stressful than a normal playoffs, people weren’t watching. |
8.3 million people viewed the winning game.
That's less than the 12.5 million who viewed the winning game the next season and the 13.08 million that viewed the final game last season but it's still 8 million people.
It's hard for me to believe that players felt less stress because 8 million people had their TV sets on rather than 12 million people.
Seems like this is just one of your arguing for the sake of arguing posts. |
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The gap between the Clippers & El Segundo Little League is infinite.
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| Dr. Laker wrote: | | The gap between the Clippers & El Segundo Little League is infinite. |
This year will be their last chance to win a title with Kawaii and PG13. If they get Harden, they are going to be scary good. |
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| ksmgf wrote: | | Dr. Laker wrote: | | The gap between the Clippers & El Segundo Little League is infinite. |
This year will be their last chance to win a title with Kawaii and PG13. If they get Harden, they are going to be scary good. |
LOL. IF they get Harden, LAPD's Bomb Squad better be on high alert.
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