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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:35 pm    Post subject:

Draymond can guard Giannis one on one, another reason they're close when we weren't
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:36 pm    Post subject:

Giannis has not improved his game at all since that winning a title... Still just straight down hill guy...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:37 pm    Post subject:

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Giannis has not improved his game at all since that winning a title... Still just straight down hill guy...


He was actually an okay 3 point shooter his rookie year, then people were saying the Buck's shooting coach tried to eliminate his dip and his percentage plummeted
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:37 pm    Post subject:

The warriors offense has really dried up in the last several minutes
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:37 pm    Post subject:

Draymond defending Giannis, Giannis is 0/6
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:39 pm    Post subject:

Bucks, Cavs.. both fully healthy and playing gonna lose tonight. LOL!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:40 pm    Post subject:

Draymond got Giannis on lockdown. Apparently Giannis is 0-6 on Draymond. SMH.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:41 pm    Post subject:

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Bucks, Cavs.. both fully healthy and playing gonna lose tonight. LOL!


Don't write off the Cavs yet, still 8 mins to go
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:41 pm    Post subject:

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Draymond got Giannis on lockdown. Apparently Giannis is 0-6 on Draymond. SMH.


Yeah, like some people were wondering how we lost to the Bucks by 20. It's really simple. To beat the Bucks you gotta stop their front court or hope they don't hit 3's. Warriors can play big if they want to
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:42 pm    Post subject:

that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.

They shot 38 threes and majority of them WIDE OPEN


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:44 pm    Post subject:

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that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.


Would like Rui back on Friday TBH. DFS is small for a PF and also Rui can defend centers
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:46 pm    Post subject:

drae wrote:
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Bucks, Cavs.. both fully healthy and playing gonna lose tonight. LOL!


Don't write off the Cavs yet, still 8 mins to go


Spider probably experiencing PTSD seeing the Clippers.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:50 pm    Post subject:

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that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.

They shot 38 threes and majority of them WIDE OPEN


Tag team duo of Doc "King of Retreads" Rivers, and Darvin "Hands in Pockets" Ham.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:51 pm    Post subject:

drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.


Would like Rui back on Friday TBH. DFS is small for a PF and also Rui can defend centers



It's home court we've got Hayes back. Rui or no Rui i expect us to beat them.

They suck. Thats a putrid team that cant defend anything.
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TMG wrote:
drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.


Would like Rui back on Friday TBH. DFS is small for a PF and also Rui can defend centers



It's home court we've got Hayes back. Rui or no Rui i expect us to beat them.

They suck. Thats a putrid team that cant defend anything.


Doc Rivers and underachieving with star talent.

Name a more iconic duo.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:55 pm    Post subject:

TMG wrote:
drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.


Would like Rui back on Friday TBH. DFS is small for a PF and also Rui can defend centers



It's home court we've got Hayes back. Rui or no Rui i expect us to beat them.

They suck. Thats a putrid team that cant defend anything.


No because they have a big front court. We don't have anyone to 1v1 Giannis like GSW do and they still have Brook. Not only were GSW playing Draymond but they had a 7 foot center playing beside him also

You seem to have some very unrealistic expectations
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:59 pm    Post subject:

Cavaliers and Bucks both not helping us tonight.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:59 pm    Post subject:

It's not being talked about, but the Clippers are still technically in that Warriors/Timberwolves tier record-wise. They could be another team that potentially moves into the top 6.

They feel like easily the worst out of the 3, but this win against CLE is pretty impressive.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:00 pm    Post subject:

Japago wrote:
It's not being talked about, but the Clippers are still technically in that Warriors/Timberwolves tier record-wise. They could be another team that potentially moves into the top 6.

They feel like easily the worst out of the 3, but this win against CLE is pretty impressive.


They have a pretty rough road home though
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:13 pm    Post subject:

I do wonder what would've happened if we grabbed Jimmy Butler in 2019 instead of waiting for Kawhi to decide he wanted to be a Clipper.

That is one of the biggest sliding door moments, in my years as a Lakers fan.

https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/sixers/2019/06/27/jimmy-butler-less-than-max-to-join-lakers/76213684007/
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:18 pm    Post subject:

Draymond on Giannis, Giannis was 0/7 with 2 TOs. And he's 35 years old. Hmmmmm ...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:20 pm    Post subject:

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I do wonder what would've happened if we grabbed Jimmy Butler in 2019 instead of waiting for Kawhi to decide he wanted to be a Clipper.

That is one of the biggest sliding door moments, in my years as a Lakers fan.

https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/sixers/2019/06/27/jimmy-butler-less-than-max-to-join-lakers/76213684007/


We never would have been in position to make the Westbrook mistake. And wouldn’t have stopped us from making the Luka trade all those years later either.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:20 pm    Post subject:

drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.


Would like Rui back on Friday TBH. DFS is small for a PF and also Rui can defend centers



It's home court we've got Hayes back. Rui or no Rui i expect us to beat them.

They suck. Thats a putrid team that cant defend anything.


No because they have a big front court. We don't have anyone to 1v1 Giannis like GSW do and they still have Brook. Not only were GSW playing Draymond but they had a 7 foot center playing beside him also

You seem to have some very unrealistic expectations


Says the dude who who thinks Reaves is a legit 2nd option when we've seen absolutely nothing that would indicate it in the post season.

Yes me thinking Lakers will win against a crappy bucks team even if they're front court is better is unrealistic.

It wasn't even Gianns that beat us. it was their role players shooting godly from three.

Against the warriors they were bricking wide open shots. Against us you had KPJ making stepback contested threes.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:24 pm    Post subject:

TMG wrote:
drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
drae wrote:
TMG wrote:
that bucks team i so damn trash.

Im expecting us to win easily on friday. Ain't no way you lose twice to these scrubs.


Would like Rui back on Friday TBH. DFS is small for a PF and also Rui can defend centers



It's home court we've got Hayes back. Rui or no Rui i expect us to beat them.

They suck. Thats a putrid team that cant defend anything.


No because they have a big front court. We don't have anyone to 1v1 Giannis like GSW do and they still have Brook. Not only were GSW playing Draymond but they had a 7 foot center playing beside him also

You seem to have some very unrealistic expectations


Says the dude who who thinks Reaves is a legit 2nd option when we've seen absolutely nothing that would indicate it in the post season.

Yes me thinking Lakers will win against a crappy bucks team even if they're front court is better is unrealistic.

It wasn't even Gianns that beat us. it was their role players shooting godly from three.

Against the warriors they were bricking wide open shots. Against us you had KPJ making stepback contested threes.


If Murray can be a legit second option on a Championship team, so can Reaves, it's not a hard concept.

The Bucks are crappy only if you have the players to defend big in the front court. We don't have those players back, so they're not crappy to us.

It was their role players because we had to send help against Giannis because we have nobody to defend him like GSW does.

Against the Warriors you had Draymond taking Giannis solo. Then you had 7 foot Quinten Post hanging around to put on Brook
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:27 pm    Post subject:

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kikanga wrote:
I do wonder what would've happened if we grabbed Jimmy Butler in 2019 instead of waiting for Kawhi to decide he wanted to be a Clipper.

That is one of the biggest sliding door moments, in my years as a Lakers fan.

https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/sixers/2019/06/27/jimmy-butler-less-than-max-to-join-lakers/76213684007/


We never would have been in position to make the Westbrook mistake. And wouldn’t have stopped us from making the Luka trade all those years later either.


I'm thinking we win at least 2 chips in the last 5 years.
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