[Highlight] Gobert gets the steal on Luka while guarding in isolation and McDaniels finishes the And 1 in transition
RUDY’S REVENGE
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
VIVE LA RUDY
As a Laker fan, he has done well on the perimeter
It’s crazy how one shot can create a whole narrative that Rudy can’t guard the perimeter. Even in that Mavs series he guarded the perimeter well.
He’s always been good or great on the perimeter 1v1. It just falls apart when he’s expected to guard the rim simultaneously.
If there’s anything to roast Rudy for after this series it’s his rebounding and offense, both of which have been atrocious.
Rudy took it personally
YOU (sometimes) CAN FUCKIN’ GUARD ME
European on european crime
This is Doris Burke’s 9⁄11
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Have you heard her comment on Jayson Tatum?
Which comment?
The one where she calls him the n-word. 👀
lmaoo stfu😂
You should hear her call a Celtics game
Rudy cooked his ass
Issue is Rudy can do this 9⁄10 times but if Luka cooks him once it’s gonna get like 15k upvotes
Yup, it’s so biased, lol.
He COULD but he usually doesn’t.
You’re right about the bias coverage but this is on par with the “X could cure world hunger and you guys would hate him” type stuff. Luka is an incredible player in Iso, he’s gonna cook, if Rudy is on Luka in isolation usually that means something bad happened beforehand to be in that position.
Luka cooks EVERYONE in isolation he’s one of the greatest ever…
It could be jrue holiday, Dyson Daniels, Kawhi, Caruso, AD, wemby, whoever the fuck you want to name Luka will roast them often. Having your rim protector doing a mostly good job switching onto one of the most elite guards in the world is a win
Rudy is actually elite at guarding the perimeter for a big man he just gets roasted 1on 1 sometimes just like every other player ever does sometimes
The issue also is he hasn’t done it 9⁄10 times.
He’s gotten like 3 steals + 2 blocks on Luka between this game and last lmao
Yea one steal where he blatantly shoves him out of the way 🤣🤣
Gobert has been chicken all series vs Luka in isos. He has been extremely good when anyone not named Luka is trying to attack him in iso on perimeter. That’s what my point was. You don’t need to go at him if it’s LeBron or Reaves attacking him.
The only success Wolves have had defending Luka when Gobert was on him was when the corner man would quickly come in to contest the shot when Luka created the initial separation.
You can either look at this like honest basketball conversation and talk about it or just keep trolling
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He does very well on Luka. Luka is just incredible in iso, so yeah he is going to score a lot on anyone who takes him one on one in iso.
Oh spare me, Rudy plays Luka very well.
He has been chicken wing all series when he guards Luka. The only success they had was in game 2 where they were helping off of the corner man and contesting Luka’s shot after he created the space vs Gobert.
You’re insane.
Yea the only response being you’re insane tells me everything I need to know about you
I’m not wrong lol
You’re fucking insane
Dude, we all feel your pain, fuck and fire Nico, but it’s not out fault! Honestly, fuck Cuban for selling to this despicable group of gamblers.
You literally have a Mavs flair, go complain about Nico or smth, trolling ain’t a good look
everything I need to know
Is “everything” the fact that you’re insane? Because that’s actually all you need to know if you’re not trolling here lol
8⁄10 times so shameful
The real issue is this: Luka cooked kawhi and PG just as hard when he was on WHEN HE WAS 21-22
But just because Gobert is a big man dpoy everyone is gonna hate
The way Luka was playing that series nobody in NBA history could’ve guarded him
From what I’ve seen in the two games, Gobert has been doing pretty good with all the isos thrown at him
Even last year when he was getting clowned for Luka making the three I was so confused. Yes, Luka makes Gobert look a little clumsy but he relatively stuck with Luka
Luka is a extremely more popular player. Casual fans don’t understand the value of a good big man.
Same with Zubac in our series against Luka. Like yeah Luka was scoring but it was all well-contested stepbacks, not like Zu was getting cooked or anything
All time great offensive players make big balls shots, it’s disingenuous for fans to pretend those highlights say anything other than “this is an all time great offensive player”
Luka cooked him back in 2020 and loves getting the switch but Zu more than held his own last year. He’s not the same athlete he was in 2020.
Zu did fine in 2021 too. Luka was just hitting some insane shots because that’s what he does but Zu was getting some good contests
You live with the shot diet, luka’s most dangerous when he’s getting the team involved. Love Zu, he’s great
ppl act like literally anybody could guard luka, let alone a 7’3 center over 30. if luka wants to hit a step back game winner, he’s going to hit it. the way to beat him is to not put him in a clutch position
Weren’t the wolves up by 2? Why would he let Luka step back for a 3 when he can allow Luka to drive to tie?
Luka vs Gobert? Good iso matchup which Lakers should be forcing. LeBron or Reaves vs Gobert? They shouldn’t be doing that
He’s done better on Luka than Reaves in this series
RUDPOY. This is why he’s a 200, I mean 300 million dear player
My dick bigger than yours
you are obsessed with rudy bro
Boxscore watcher exposing themselves once again lol.
Before tonight Luka had 17 isolations on Gobert and scored 13 points on those possessions.
This will never get the attention that it deserves, but imagine if this is how that shot last year went. It didn’t so Rudy is a meme, but the defense was just as good here.
Defense was better this time, he didn’t lose his base and was able to step up and make the play.
it was even in basically the same area of the key as the shot last year lol. it’s practically like he got a chance to go back in time and re-do it
All you can ask him is to learn from it, nice work big Ru
His defensive footwork is way better this time which is why he’s been able to hang with luka when he does these iso dribble step back. Last year Rudy was too loose with his feet and would over commit to Luka’s hesi which gave luka enough room to shoot over him
Rudy is a meme because he intentionally rubbed his hands on mics while he had COVID and put the league on lockdown.
Lmao you think he solely gave Covid to everyone else ? What he did was dumb as fuck but the reactions were really dumb as well.
Kyrie Irving destroyed his championship team because he didn’t want a COVID shot, no one memes him for that
I mean yes they do lol
In his defense, a lot of people weren’t taking it seriously before hand.
Listen, I understand that’s a part of Rudy’s mythos, but don’t tell me that shit relates to what’s going on in this clip. Such a weak argument
Luka screaming at a ref on a fastbreak, dallas memories coming thru
Swine flu game
Should be 5x DPOY.
Why stop there? 100x
I’m pretty sure Rudy invented the game of basketball
Smart never should have won it over our baguette boy
Imagine making Marcus fuckin Smart a DPOY because you don’t want to give it to Rudy again
It’s the same shit that’s stopping Jokic from winning MVP every year. Voter fatigue is so dumb as a concept
Bron needs 3 or 4 more too. Narratives shouldn’t influence award voting if awards influence legacy.
Completely agree on both fronts. Narratives should only factor in on near indistinguishable levels of play, not to bridge the gap between two tiers of players
Right, let the number 2 or 3 guy in a given era be perennial 1st Team All NBA.
We all know that before Jokic was the MVP it was Steph, and before that it was LeBron. Harden probably deserved his and I’m not gonna fight you on KD’s. Other than that, it’s all vibes-based bullshit.
My only problem with Lebron’s is literally going year by year trying to figure out which MVPs he deserved instead. I have a hard time finding 3 or 4, you might be able to talk me into the Derrick Rose year, but that was Bron’s first year in Miami with a vacation midseason and his first year on the Heat. I have always liked Harden or Kawhi over the Westbrook year, but LeBron is perpetually in the mix, he is “better” overall, but I’m those years, a guy or two here or there popped off more and deserved it.
It’s hard giving it to Curry in 2015, then him winning 73 games the next season and you wanting to give it to LeBron instead in 2016 lol. Sometimes you’re season is just 2nd best out 450 guys. LeBron nearly being in the top 10 every year than some of these players have been alive is amazing.
Voter fatigue plus Rudy getting bounced in an early round every year make that a tough sell.
I mean, last year was his first time ever getting past the second round - and Dallas gave them the gentleman’s sweep.
Playoffs might not matter for the award as it’s intended - but voters will absolutely allow the previous season’s playoffs to color how they view you the next year.
The “Gobert is not a playoff performer” narrative also makes no sense, he’s won three series as the underdog and lost one as the highest seed during his career.
It’s that it’s the same kind of team beating him each year - really good outside shooting teams destroy Gobert.
And it does have to be really good - because Gobert’s not getting those DPOY’s by accident.
But, if there’s such a repeatedly seen weakness in your game, people aren’t going to rate you as high until you deal with that weakness.
And he’s pretty much guaranteed to run into really good outside shooting because it’s the playoffs and really good outside shooting works against a lot of teams.
he can’t be in 5 places at once. we saw it with utah, his whole team couldn’t guard for shit and he carried them defensively, and constantly had to switch to take care of missed plays by his teammates
Using that argument to defend Gobert when his team doesn’t have the same players every year - especially when he changed teams - doesn’t work.
Blaming his teammates can work for one or two seasons, not all of them.
I feel like people really undersell how hard it is to make a conference finals in the West. Year after year the regular season is crazy and there’s rarely “free” rounds, and basically never past the first round.
But, you’re more likely to win it all if you can get through that.
Since 2014, the West is up 7 titles to 4 for the East.
Maybe its Doncic in purple and gold but Im really rooting for Rudy in this series.
Wolves highlights are getting snubbed FUCK YOU MODS
Relax lol somebody needs to post them
Just watch man, if you play the lakers then all of your highlights get downvoted
Oh I’m aware, I never actually have to watch a Lakers game cuz every basket of there’s gets posted here lol
I’m just also saying the lack of Wolves highlights isn’t a conspiracy, just lack of clippers
They’re all still in LA waiting for game 4 against the Nuggets.
It’s like he took the under on himself tonight
Bro is sick, he didn’t even come out to start the half
If you’re sick and decide to play you no longer get to use the excuse that you were sick. If you feel that bad then just don’t play to begin with.
anyone who says this never stepped on any competitive floor ever lmao
might come as shock to you, but sick luka is still better than jordan goodwin. So he kind of has to play
Bruh we have no depth. Who do you wanna throw out there? Shake fucking Milton? He’s just sick, cut him some slack
He’s not that sick bro, he’s fucking fine. Don’t use that BS as an excuse.
im sure you know exactly how sick luka is
yeah, bitch-made flu
wtf are you watching? He just gonna voluntarily play like shit?
I mean he literally complains every possession even when healthy, so yeah, he does actually voluntarily play like shit sometimes
What does him complaining have to do with being sick? He complains every game and drops 30+
So he magically went from 30 points to 13 without being sick?
on the court, no excuse
☝️ has never played competitive sports
Sick Luka is better than no Luka, but worse than healthy Luka. Not that difficult to understand.
He still got 13 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, who would provide that if luka didn’t play?
I’ve seen Gabe Vincent do it before
lol you’ve never played sports, you respect your teammates who are willing to put themselves in uncomfortable situations to improve the chances of the team winning - especially in the playoffs. 60% of Luka is better than their alternatives. it’s not easy to play compromised because of losers like you talking shit on the internet and hyper focusing on mistakes, let alone the physical and mental discomfort. nest time you have a stomach bug, go for a run and imagine 1% of what he’s dealing with but he’s willing to do it to help his team
Yea no I’m not really a fan of that moral victory shit of at least he tried to play through it. I believed the same of my teammates in sports growing up as well. If you don’t feel well then get out of the rest of our way. I wouldn’t subject my teammates to my compromised play and I wouldn’t want want them to.
yeah well you’re not Luka Doncic, not at all comparable lmao
Nah, that’s not how that works.
something something nico was right
You know Luka is playing this game sick right? Crazy that the Lakers don’t have a back up PG and Luka had to play in this state.
If you’re out there you have no excuse. If you’re sick or injured then sit out. If you’re out there you have to perform
If Luka sat out, the Lakers would be even worse because the replacements for his minutes would be worse. Luka playing is best for the team, and respect to him for toughing it out, but it still doesn’t mean he’s going to be able to perform as well as he typically can.
Bro if you are watching the game, everything the T wolves are getting are at the expense of Luka
Oh, I agree but to say that “Nico was right” just became of one bad performance is nonsense.
no nico was right because luka got sick again. too many donuts.
Troll
Dumb logic
So far this Luka game is one of the worst playoff games I’ve seen from a star on both ends. This is bad.
He was drinking and smoking too much hookah last night,. Source- Nico
His fans going to say he’s sick or injured or something. If he’s always injured then that’s his baseline.
Anyone who’s ever taken a “sick” day knows that a stomach bug is the most convenient bug
Probably had no intention of watching the playoffs until the Luka trade happened lol.
Man is sick with some stomach flu.
Swine flu…..cause he fat. Like pig
I read this in a Slavic accent.
Then he shouldn’t play. He’s actively hurting the team right now.
Who do you want to take Luka’s minutes?
Could put a Lakers jersey on one of the refs. Might as well make it official.
Lean into defense and play Vanderbilt or Vincent.
He’s better than whoever comes off bench
he’s still making some wack shots, sick Luka is still their best player
how the fuck can you say this with LeBron playing like he is
tbh I haven’t been watching closely and I don’t know ball so i apologize
This sub needs more comments like this. Thank you for being honest lol
LeBron reeves and then Luka. My brother he’s 5⁄14 and atrocious on defense e
AGAIN?!
Wtf this goes against the Rudy sucks narrative created because of that one clip of the 3 pointer Luka hit last year
“Okay, maybe he can fucking guard me.”
This is the series where he finally earns his (deserved) respect
Great Defense by Rudy!
That’s a DPOY move right there, if I’ve ever seen one
Most impressive thing about this play is Luka not hanging back to whine at the refs. Running to try and catch up to the play and making a stupid foul actually is progress for him.
How many turnovers do Luka and Reaves have combined bruh..this is getting bad
Luka the whiny bitch has the most punchable face in the NBA
Nico saving this clip.
Mavs fans can’t stop replaying last year to cope
please bench him
Turnovers are killing the Lakers right now. 16 to 6.
Despite the Lakers turoners, the game is still very close
gobert haters in shambles
Luka straight selling this game
i wish rudy screamed in his face afterwards
Well damn
I truly have never seen a team play dumber and more unforced error basketball over long stretches than this laker team
It’s genuine remarkable, the wolves have done nothing good or special, the majority of their buckets this half have come purely from the lakers doing dumb shit or making obvious errors
Even in this position, commentary can’t give Rudy a compliment without it being backhanded.
YOU KNOW KEVIN HE NORMALLY GETS KILLED IN THIS BUT DIDNT HERE
Rudy is an excellent to contain switches, he is giving up like 0.6 points per iso position in this series. Hunting him = bad offense. Stop the narrative, see the truth.
the only thing Rudy needed was for Luka to have severe food poisoning
Rudy gave the world covid-19 so it’d come around to Luka in 2025