Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Golden State Warriors	28	27	35	29	119
Los Angeles Lakers	22	32	25	30	109

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Golden State Warriors	119	38-78	48.7%	17-40	42.5%	26-29	89.7%	9	41	29	27	10	18	4
Los Angeles Lakers	109	42-77	54.5%	8-32	25.0%	17-28	60.7%	7	49	23	21	7	19	2


Golden State Warriors	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jimmy Butler III^SF	34:32	31	7-14	1-2	16-16	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	4	20
Jonathan Kuminga^PF	32:42	17	6-11	4-6	1-2	3	6	9	6	1	0	2	3	4
Draymond Green^C	28:12	8	3-6	1-3	1-3	1	6	7	9	1	2	4	5	20
Brandin Podziemski^SG	32:31	7	3-7	1-4	0-0	1	6	7	2	1	0	1	2	13
Stephen Curry^PG	31:52	23	6-14	3-9	8-8	0	1	1	4	3	1	2	3	1
Gary Payton II	11:52	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3
Buddy Hield	22:15	17	6-11	5-10	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5
Al Horford	20:14	5	2-7	1-4	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	0	2	4	-10
Gui Santos	02:38	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Will Richard	13:35	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	-11
Quinten Post	08:34	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	5
Trayce Jackson-Davis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Spencer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
De’Anthony Melton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moses Moody	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Rowe	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Toohey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Austin Reaves^SF	36:08	26	9-16	1-5	7-10	1	4	5	9	2	0	5	5	-14
Rui Hachimura^PF	35:24	9	3-6	3-6	0-0	0	4	4	3	0	0	1	2	-6
Deandre Ayton^C	33:41	10	5-7	0-0	0-2	2	4	6	0	0	1	4	3	-4
Gabe Vincent^SG	28:32	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	-5
Luka Dončić^PG	40:47	43	17-27	2-10	7-10	0	12	12	9	2	1	3	1	-8
Marcus Smart	22:34	9	3-6	0-3	3-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2
Jake LaRavia	15:50	5	2-4	1-2	0-2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	-5
Jarred Vanderbilt	11:56	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	-4
Jaxson Hayes	14:07	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	2	-6
Bronny James	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dalton Knecht	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Koloko	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LeBron James	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxi Kleber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mañon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Smith Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adou Thiero	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

aase458 | Pelicans

258 | 19 hours ago

Luka scores 43 in a double-digit loss because he has no help and the center position is a black hole

Congrats LA you’ve recreated the 2022 Dallas Mavericks

Jarxzz | United States

91 | 19 hours ago

Nico legit fucked him lol

As soon as he builds an actual contender around him he gets traded to a team that’s not ready to compete.

Luka’s legit only had like half a season of a championship level supporting cast (2nd half of 2024)

lovo17 | Lakers

63 | 19 hours ago

To be fair, when you’re the Lakers and you’re offered Luka Doncic, you accept the trade and figure things out later.

The problem is they can’t fully figure things out until Lebron is off the books after this season, but it doesn’t matter because Luka is on board beyond this year.

Jarxzz | United States

41 | 19 hours ago

Oh yea this is still a transition year for LA.

Only problem is Luka is entering the heart of his prime and is ready to win now. Wasting these years is a massive problem

lovo17 | Lakers

12 | 19 hours ago

Exactly this. When Lebron picked up the option for the year, I figured that the Lakers were going to use this as a “goodbye Lebron” year while the new ownership takes over behind the scenes.

oklolzzzzs

7 | 19 hours ago

once LeBron is off the salary cap, Lakers will definitely build around him

Responsible-Milk-323

5 | 16 hours ago

But even that it’s not guaranteed and the Mavs took several iterations before that Finals Roster came to be.

MadferitCmon | Mavericks

17 | 19 hours ago

Lakers did a magnificent trade. But purely from Luka’s perspective, afetr many years of lackluster rosters, he finally had a contender built specifically for him to lead… and after only one season of that he got traded to a worse team, and now he’s back to square one.

Connect-Product-8155

20 | 19 hours ago

Luka was not forced to sign a contract extension with the Lakers

--Alix-- | Slovenia

2 | 19 hours ago

Yes, out of all the people to blame for this situation, this is definitely Luka’s fault. That’s like looking at a car accident and saying “meh, guy should’ve dodged. Skill issue.”

shaad20 | Suns

4 | 18 hours ago

It’s more like don’t complain about how long and grueling your work days are, you’re the one that accepted the job offer

Connect-Product-8155

0 | 18 hours ago

So you’re really trying to accuse me of aiding and abetting a manslaughter right now?

Kitchen_Roof7236 | Thunder

1 | 13 hours ago

Bro what 😭

PotatEXTomatEX

1 | 13 hours ago

Yes. We are. Surely.

TryCatchRelease | Spurs

8 | 18 hours ago

He fucked himself by signing an extension. He could have walked after this year and played for any team. No risk because even if he torn an ACL or Achilles he could still get a max from most teams. He only has himself to blame as he’ll rot away 5 years on this Lakers squad.

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

-2 | 19 hours ago

JJ got screwed too.

He’s going to get fired and it’s not really his fault. This roster does not work. The talent is not there.

Reaves had a good game tonight, but LAL really needs to look at moving one of Reaves or LBJ. I’d almost say it’s malpractice if both of them are still on the roster after the deadline.

SuperTerrificman

11 | 19 hours ago

They just signed him to an extension. He’s not getting fired

Earlier-Today

2 | 16 hours ago

Coaches get fired with plenty of time left on their contract all the time.

Remember when Mike Brown was getting paychecks from three different teams all at the same time because he was let go so early before his contracts ran out? It was while he was a Warriors assistant coach.

SuperTerrificman

1 | 16 hours ago

Not the point. The point is they just signed him for more seasons after one year. He’s clearly has confidence and backing of the team. They don’t expect to win the championship this year.

Earlier-Today

1 | 15 hours ago

I used Mike Brown as the example for a reason - he was with the Lakers and got a four year contract, fired early in his second year, then got hired by the Cavs for four years and was fired late in his second year.

Both contracts were still being paid out while he was with the Warriors. How much time is left on the contract doesn’t matter - teams fire their coaches when they decide it’s time to move on.

And they’ll do it even with plenty of contract left.

SuperTerrificman

1 | 15 hours ago

Thats a completely different scenario. They signed jj last year. Then re-signed him for more years at the start of this year. A flawed roster that doesn’t expect to win this year is completely different from a Kobe Bryant Dwight Howard team or a cavs team that needed to show improvement.

Mike brown wasn’t re-signed to either of those teams at the start of the season, he was on the initial contract he signed with the team. The Lakers showed their faith in jj like a few weeks ago. It’s completely different.

I would be absolutely stunned if jj redick gets fired this year

Earlier-Today

1 | 12 hours ago

It’s not a different scenario - because where they are in the contract never matters when the front office or ownership decide the guy needs to go.

And it’s usually because either the players have stopped listening to the guy, or because the fans are being extremely vocal about how unhappy they are with the team. And they’ll throw the guy out no matter where he is in his contract because both those things lose you fans if you don’t address them.

It won’t matter that he just signed a new contract if he loses the locker room or the fans, they’ll cut him in a heartbeat to keep the money flowing as best they can because the money coming in massively outweighs the money lost paying a coach who doesn’t work for you anymore.

SuperTerrificman

1 | 6 hours ago

They’re very different scenarios mate and I already explained why

Jackj921

4 | 19 hours ago

He’s got the pass. Anyone who watches a lick of ball can tell this roster is complete ass and unviable. Plus I think he’s a decent coach, just has to play politics with Bronny n stuff. The players they give him to work with are absolutely criminal

TCTCTCTCTCTC7

6 | 18 hours ago

He’s going to get fired and it’s not really his fault. This roster does not work. The talent is not there.

Redick’s team this evening shot 34 for 45 inside the arc, for 76%. Despite being utterly unstoppable, their coach allowed them to chuck 32 shots from outside the arc in the general vicinity of the backboard, with only 8 generating points.

That’s coaching malpractice.

As is playing Gabe Vincent, at all, never mind for 29 minutes.

NoLagPlz | Lakers

1 | 15 hours ago

So who’s the replacement for vincent in this roster.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7

1 | 8 hours ago

So who’s the replacement for vincent in this roster.

If Vincent isn’t going to do anything except miss threes, play Knecht – at least there’s some chance he might do something, or even just learn how to play better.

Vincent is already well-past his “prime”, such as it was, lasting about 3 weeks, so playing him like he’s a rookie that they’re trying to develop is insane.

Earlier-Today

3 | 16 hours ago

Pelinka just sucks at roster construction. The only year the roster worked really well, the pandemic helped make sure LeBron and AD were both well rested and injury free before the playoffs.

Then Pelinka traded away or just straight up let go of all the depth the Lakers had to get Russ, which, like tons of people predicted, didn’t work. And he’s been fumbling about ever since doing mostly lateral moves.

Pelinka is a bad GM, but he’s who LeBron wanted, so that’s what they’re stuck with.

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

2 | 16 hours ago

Well, I’m with you there. LA was actually a horrible landing spot for him. In theory Reaves/LeBron/Luka should be a viable big three. In practice, there is too much redundancy and the rest of the roster is a shambles.

I think they will shake things up via trade and hope to catch lightning in a bottle somehow, but LeBron can put his foot down and refuse to play ball, and I don’t know if their other assets can fetch anyone who will really move the needle much. They are in a rough position.

I believe Doncic’s impact is overrated, but I also believe he’s in a terrible team situation. Both things can be true.

Le_Diddy_Party

-1 | 19 hours ago

Ham didnt get this excuse, why should JJ?

Dirk_Benedict | Warriors

1 | 19 hours ago

Because JJ knows which knobs to slob.

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

15 | 19 hours ago

Out of everybody Nico screwed Luka over the most. Replace AD and Max Christie with Luka on this current Mavs roster and they’re going 75-7.

PerfectFrameGamer | Supersonics

13 | 19 hours ago

But than you woukdnt get the number one pick/Cooper Flagg if he was still on that team

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

12 | 19 hours ago

I would trade everything + Flagg for Luka in a heartbeat and every other Mavs fan would too.

Cuckledoodle | Mavericks

-5 | 19 hours ago

uhh nope

Affectionate-Tree146 | Nets

2 | 19 hours ago

2022 mav sdidnt have lebron james. lets wait for his return till be judge too much

KillerBurger69 | Mavericks

6 | 19 hours ago

This is a cope lol

Affectionate-Tree146 | Nets

3 | 13 hours ago

Wanting to wait for a top 15 player in the league to return to a team before we judge them is a cope? But declaring we know what will happen to them after 1 game is a good take? Ok 👍

KillerBurger69 | Mavericks

-1 | 9 hours ago

He’s 42 or some shit. Cope more

Affectionate-Tree146 | Nets

1 | 9 hours ago

You just blow in from stupid town?

KillerBurger69 | Mavericks

1 | 6 hours ago

Nah realism town. Stupid town is next to LA with all of their fans

Affectionate-Tree146 | Nets

1 | 6 hours ago

Lakers fans suck I agree with that. My point still stands

Earlier-Today

1 | 16 hours ago

Sciatica is nasty enough that it could end LeBron’s career. Most recover from it, but it can leave behind permanent damage that can cause recurring pain or even mobility issues.

He’s got the best doctors possible, but it’s still a dangerous thing to get.

DerGovernator

3 | 18 hours ago

Luka being the PG and having more than twice as many rebounds as anyone else on the Lakers kind of sells it.

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67 | 19 hours ago

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Quality_Cucumber | GSW

19 | 19 hours ago

Nico sends his regards

Le_Diddy_Party

3 | 19 hours ago

40 year old Lebron making max contract will do that

jman009 | Clippers

65 | 19 hours ago

Ayton trick y’all, man, like he playing defense. He don’t guard nobody, man. He just running around, doing nothing

lovo17 | Lakers

34 | 19 hours ago

Ayton isn’t good, but it’s compounded by the fact that Draymond absolutely shits on players like Ayton.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

11 | 18 hours ago

Most centers in the league shit on Ayton.

That being said, Ayton gives Zu fits, so he’ll be huge for yall in our matchups.

rumblepony247

2 | 12 hours ago

Wait until you see him on offense “setting a pick” when there’s no one within 10 feet of him.

VictorAkwaowo1 | Mavericks

56 | 19 hours ago

JJ is going to kill Luka with the amount of minutes he’s gonna have to play until LeBron comes back

Opposite-Bison8403

18 | 19 hours ago

Got to keep him in shape

FERFreak731 | Jazz

59 | 19 hours ago

Deandre Ayton, as advertised

Jackj921

10 | 19 hours ago

He had some “moments” for sure this game

So obvious he was gonna miss the double double too

National-Fold-2375 | United States

6 | 18 hours ago

Ayton is the bare minimum version of James Wiseman.

Good enough to stay in the league at least

Le_Diddy_Party

7 | 19 hours ago

but he shot 71% from the field!!!

Ayton’s FG% is as meaningless as Gobert’s

SpiritFantastic4835

3 | 19 hours ago

I’m praying your gm fumbles Kessler. He’s the perfect center for Luka

TheFatmanRises | Heat

53 | 19 hours ago

HIMMY BUCKETS IS NOT WASHED

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52 | 19 hours ago

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Jayveesac | Lakers

26 | 19 hours ago

Lakers lose by 10, they missed 11 free throws. Pain

RobertoDowney | GSW

5 | 19 hours ago

You can’t ever expect a team to go 100% from the line, though. It’s crazier that the Warriors shot 90% on 28 FTA

Jackj921

22 | 19 hours ago

What does Gabe Vincent do

wildturk3y

23 | 19 hours ago

Steal money, some light cardio

Jayveesac | Lakers

3 | 19 hours ago

Gabe Vincent was actually good last season. Maybe he ran out of Michael’s secret stuff or whatever made him good last season

Jbob9954 | Lakers

6 | 19 hours ago

He was ass last season

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

1 | 18 hours ago

He had like a 2 month streak of being a legit sniper from deep, which when you factor in his pesky defense, is really solid production from him.

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

0 | 19 hours ago

Hit 3s and defend

Jackj921

7 | 19 hours ago

That’s his job title, what does he actually do right now

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

-1 | 19 hours ago

That’s what he does?

TranscedentalMedit8n | Trail Blazers

1 | 18 hours ago

not this game

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

-1 | 18 hours ago

True, but over the last like 35-40 games he’s been pretty good. The question wasn’t “what did Gabe Vincent do this game” lol

ValleyRalley | Suns

10 | 19 hours ago

Oh yeah this season is gonna hit like crack

(ignore my flair)

joe4553

6 | 19 hours ago

Smart is a genius he got in foul trouble so he could get out of the game before getting a negative plus minus like everyone else on the team.

ArkhamReaper | GSW

4 | 19 hours ago

There’s just 0 depth. LaRavia, Smart, Ayton, Vincent, Hayes, Vanderbilt is not going to cut it. There’s like 0 off the bench scoring. Hell, the only one I trust to shoot a 3 is Hachimura besides Reaves and Doncic.

igot2pair | Supersonics

3 | 19 hours ago

Smart looks washed af

reddev87

50 | 19 hours ago

Poor Luka, spending all summer working his ass off getting in shape only to have to play with Ayton’s bum ass. Gonna be a long season of 1v9ing (well, 2v8 AR did okay) if LeBron is finally old, hopefully his Overwatch experience has fortified his mental for this

EdwEd1 | Lakers

28 | 19 hours ago

I had to watch Alex Len play basketball last year and Ayton geniunely might have put up a worse performance

Unusual_Giraffe_6180 | NBA

2 | 17 hours ago

It’s the hope that kills..

Diligent-Ducc

48 | 19 hours ago

Jimmy Butler being the unlock condition for SSR Buddy Hield is still hilarious to me

SakanaAtlas

19 | 19 hours ago

You can tell they both got their joy back

Ifinishfast42

47 | 19 hours ago

Ayton has nowhere to hide this season.

Suns fans concerns were dismissed cause everyone hates them apparently.

Blazer fans concerns were not heard cause they have no pull in media.

Laker Fans will be heard and media will echo it this season.

National-Fold-2375 | United States

5 | 18 hours ago

He won’t receive as much scrutiny as Russ at least

Earlier-Today

7 | 16 hours ago

Russ was somebody who actually led a team and won an MVP - of course he’ll get more scrutiny than a guy who’s always getting opportunities to reach his potential but still hasn’t got there yet.

tompengu | Thunder

47 | 19 hours ago

The future is old, young man

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35 | 19 hours ago

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joe4553

10 | 19 hours ago

Lakers need their grandpa to compete.

Quality_Cucumber | GSW

6 | 19 hours ago

Grandpas vs Scotts totts

mischief_scallywag

23 | 19 hours ago

This GS team looks balanced well. They may be lacking in size by a bit, but they’re quick

Quality_Cucumber | GSW

21 | 19 hours ago

Did anyone check the sideline if Redick was still alive after his head exploded?

MQZ01 | Warriors

22 | 19 hours ago

Keep the heating pads fired up and prune juice stocked for these old men and the sky’s the limit

oklolzzzzs

16 | 19 hours ago

ayton dawg….

iCE_P0W3R | Thunder

12 | 19 hours ago

I thought the Lakers signed a center, so that fixed all their problems?

GalactusAteMyPlanet

13 | 19 hours ago

Things are going to be pretty grime for the Lakers when LeBron retires and Reaves is the Lakers’s second best player. Suns fans also right about Ayton.

S420J | 76ers

10 | 19 hours ago

This is the game 1 overreaction that feeds my soul

Earlier-Today

5 | 16 hours ago

Spellchecker did you dirty - grim is the word you were looking for, but it gave you grime, which is dirty stuck on stuff.

Eric_T_Meraki

1 | 16 hours ago

The only upside is that they have competent ownership taking over (same as the Dodgers ownership now). Don’t expect them to be too competitive this season though.

petersuns13 | Suns

12 | 19 hours ago

34 minutes of cardio for DominAyton tonight!!!

rumblepony247

1 | 12 hours ago

LA Fitness > LA Lakers

OhiOstas | Bulls

12 | 19 hours ago

Luka might wanna try using a steel chair or kendo stick if it gets bad enough

AtreusIsBack | NBA

4 | 19 hours ago

Luka, from the top rope!

Crosso221 | MIN

12 | 19 hours ago

I do not rate this lakers roster at all, even with LeBron

-WingsForLife- | Lakers

5 | 19 hours ago

Nothing new compared to the team that lost to the Wolves last year.

Raonak | New Zealand

12 | 19 hours ago

It’s early, but this feels like the most balanced warriors team since ‘22.

Unit-00 | Warriors

11 | 19 hours ago

Will Richard is that dude. He made the most out of Moody being out.

BrunoMarsGuo

13 | 19 hours ago

I couldn’t imagine having to root for marcus smart hooooooooooly

stinx2001 | Magic

11 | 19 hours ago

I’m here for the 1 game over reactions

Raonak | New Zealand

20 | 19 hours ago

Ring 5 for steph.

Retirement for bron.

NeverSlxxpy | Warriors

12 | 19 hours ago

my goat Jimmy G. Buckets

MadferitCmon | Mavericks

10 | 19 hours ago

Ayton is a deeply unserious player

awkotacos | Lakers

10 | 19 hours ago

Fantastic game from Luka but man others looked BAD.

JetGan

8 | 19 hours ago

I can’t lie, as a Bron fan, his body language was WAY off tonight. Didn’t react all night and walked back to locker room as soon as the buzzer sounded.

Level-Bee | Celtics

10 | 19 hours ago

It’s the first (and maybe last) season opener he’s missed and the team looked like hot ass without him. He’s still a human being at the end of the day

bballplayersgs | Warriors

8 | 19 hours ago

Ayton might’ve singlehandedly lost the lakers this game. Whatever the replacement player value is he is NOT worth it lmao

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

8 | 19 hours ago

Warriors are back

PORNANDPORNONLYPORN

10 | 19 hours ago

i was pretty happy with how the warriors played tonight. Didnt really see anybody have a terrible night, and we pulled off a big win on the road without curry having to have a crazy game. Jimmy is so fucking good at foul baiting and when somebody on my team does it i can call it smart. Horford leaves a little to be desired and just kinda looked stiff out there. idk im just happy we’re moving the ball with purpose instead of the useless passing and three chucking at the bottom of the shot clock you see at the warriors worst. dont wanna get my hopes up but this roster is really well rounded if kuminga, podz, and buddy keep playing like they did tonight, if will richard can take somewhat of a step up (i didnt hate his minutes either) and jimmy and steph can stay healthy.

CouscousKazoo

8 | 19 hours ago

Horford is still learning to fit in the rhythm. Otherwise, stellar opening all around for the Warriors.

rumblepony247

2 | 12 hours ago

39 yr old Horford with only one less rebound than DominAyton even though Al played 40% less minutes.

CouscousKazoo

1 | 7 hours ago

It’s defense where I saw Horford out of sync. In the fourth, he single-handedly allowed a 9-0 run.

zulmirao | Warriors

9 | 19 hours ago

This Lakers roster is a mess.

gregmango2323 | Lakers

9 | 19 hours ago

Ayton is exactly who I thought he was

rumblepony247

1 | 12 hours ago

“Welcome to the Deandre Ayton experience”

Signed - Suns and Blazer fans

Traditional_Emu3598

7 | 19 hours ago

Ayton closing that game is coaching malpractice

Earlier-Today

1 | 16 hours ago

Either the Lakers took too many threes, or they were way off on their outside shooting, because that and not great free throw shooting are what sunk them.

Played fairly well beyond that.

IMadeThisOn6-28-2015 | Lakers

7 | 19 hours ago

No LeBron so yeah anticipated a loss.

It’s such a night and day difference going from the Dodgers to the Lakers, can’t wait until new management fixes this team.

TheAgmis | Thunder

6 | 19 hours ago

Lakers fans don’t go to r/nbatradeideas. I know you want to. Stop.

PM_me_datSmile | Kings

6 | 19 hours ago

Glad to see Gabe Vincent back in regular season form.

Jackj921

3 | 19 hours ago

Jimmy was farming him on the switch. Luka and reaves are shit at d but at least they have offensive upside. This dude did nothing but get punked

crazyman3642 | Cavaliers

3 | 19 hours ago

NBA scriptwriting sopeak for okc v Houston they had to find a way to nerf the second game by making la shoot 50% from the line.

Jbob9954 | Lakers

3 | 19 hours ago

Gave Vincent scammed us and I’m excited that it will only take 3 more seasons before we move on

TCTCTCTCTCTC7

1 | 18 hours ago

Gave Vincent scammed us and I’m excited that it will only take 3 more seasons before we move on

Vincent is UFA in 252 days.

Jbob9954 | Lakers

1 | 11 hours ago

Yeah but lakers will resign him

Js_On_My_Yeet | Lakers

3 | 19 hours ago

Bruh. Luka and AR cannot carry this shit themselves.

Earlier-Today

3 | 19 hours ago

Warriors as a team almost shooting 50/40/90 is pretty good stuff.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7

5 | 19 hours ago

That was everything that I hate about modern NBA basketball in one game.

The Lakers shot an astounding 76% from inside the arc, going a typo-looking 34 for 45 on the evening. So what did they do? Of course they continued to chuck up threes all night, shooting 25% on 32 attempts.

Absolutely asinine play.

And for good measure, they shot 60% from the line, which is inexcusable for professionals.

Earlier-Today

1 | 15 hours ago

My question is whether they were having a bad shooting night so that this is an outlier, or if they’re just not good from deep and should be taking a lot fewer threes.

And yeah - that’s some bad free throw shooting. League average is around 78%.

You have to go back to the second year the league existed to get league average below 70%.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7

3 | 15 hours ago

My question is whether they were having a bad shooting night so that this is an outlier, or if they’re just not good from deep and should be taking a lot fewer threes.

Again, as I wrote elsewhere, it doesn’t really matter. If your opponent cannot stop you from scoring twos at a 76% clip, it is the coach’s responsibility to recognize that, and instruct the players to take smarter shots. It is secondarily the players’ responsibility not to be utter idiots and recognize what is happening on the court, and adjust accordingly.

The Lakers started Doncic, who is not a good 3-point shooter, Vincent, who is an atrocious shooter, Reaves who is slightly above-average, and Hachimura who is excellent. Three of their four reserves were bad 3-point shooters. If the coaching staff was unprepared for them shooting poorly from distance, that is fireable malpractice.

When the coaching staff saw Golden State’s 1950s-vintage starting lineup – with no one taller than 6’7” – they should have been prepared to attack that with high-quality shots. Failing to do so is fireable malpractice. Facing a micro-ball lineup, the Lakers’ guys-hanging-around-the-bench ( I cannot call them coaches with a straight face ) had 7’ Deandre Ayton spend his evening setting screens 30 feet from the basket. Ayton is certainly not the greatest player in the world, but that’s not on him, that’s again, fireable malpractice from the GHATB.

And yeah - that’s some bad free throw shooting. League average is around 78%. You have to go back to the second year the league existed to get league average below 70%.

I could shoot over 60% from the line when I was 13, all day. I measured and painted a line on the driveway, and shot hundreds per day all summer. I was not a professional. There’s no excuse for professionals shooting 60%, they just don’t care – or potentially more likely in today’s league, were shaving points.

t_ran_asuarus_rex | Warriors

3 | 18 hours ago

WAARPRIIIIIIIIORS!!!!

funguy54322 | Japan

2 | 19 hours ago

so we back to having one player?

tanmoshi

2 | 19 hours ago

CARDIO BABY

Greboso | Slovenia

2 | 19 hours ago

Lakers will be a play-in team without a trade for the center position.

MiopTop | Lakers

1 | 19 hours ago

Can’t wait for people to have completely reasonable takes about the Lakers losing by 10 in a game without LeBron where they shot 25% from deep and 60% from the FT line

rundy_mc | Warriors

3 | 19 hours ago

Seriously - basketball is becoming more and more like baseball in terms of evaluating team performance because of the three ball. Kuminga and Hield go 9-16 from three, Vincent Reaves and Smart go 2-12. That differential largely determines games in this era, so you gotta look at trends over 10+ games.

Single game overreactions are silly

Knerd5

1 | 18 hours ago

The issue is this team has the same issues as last years except LeBron is one year older now. This team never really was a good three point shooting team and they had a great run middle of the season last year but that was fueled by significantly higher than average 3 point shooting than you should expect. That defense is going to have a hard time keeping you in games, especially if teams are able to consistently get out on transition. It’s a long season and things can pan out differently than you’d expect but I would be absolutely blown away if they win as many games this year as last.

MiopTop | Lakers

1 | 18 hours ago

Why would you not expect this team to be a good 3pt shooting team exactly?

Earlier-Today

2 | 15 hours ago

Probably because they were mediocre last year - basically shot right at league average.

The good 3pt shooting teams are above average.

MiopTop | Lakers

-2 | 15 hours ago

Lakers shot 25% from deep last year? First I’m hearing of it

Earlier-Today

3 | 12 hours ago

Is that what I said? Or, did I say they shot about league average?

Because, they still would have lost the game shooting the percentage they shot last year.

Murasasme | Spurs

1 | 17 hours ago

Having all your hopes on a 40-year-old Lebron is concerning. Obviously the team will be different with him on the floor, but how much can he be available

MiopTop | Lakers

1 | 15 hours ago

It’s not all the hopes. Lakers were competitive tonight despite the double whammy of the Warriors getting a good variance game shooting-luck wise and the Lakers themselves getting an abysmal one. This is probably a low to mid 40s win team even without LeBron.

DiFraggiPrutto | Warriors

2 | 10 hours ago

You can’t just call out the bad three point and free throw negative variance without also acknowledging the 70%+ (!!) two point shooting was an insane positive variance as well.

KillerBurger69 | Mavericks

0 | 19 hours ago

Yeah yall straight ass. LeBron ain’t helping shit

MiopTop | Lakers

3 | 19 hours ago

Honestly people like you are the reason the NBA is just less enjoyable that it used to be. Why do you all have to be so fucking toxic ALL the time? You can’t just enjoy the game? You have to turn every single game into an opportunity to shit on something?

KillerBurger69 | Mavericks

1 | 19 hours ago

Nah you get a lucky Luka trade. Act like you found god. Realize you will continue to be straight ass because your front offense sucks. Luka isn’t saving your team. Thank Luka Stans and Lebron Stans for the hate

MiopTop | Lakers

0 | 18 hours ago

toxic loser

KillerBurger69 | Mavericks

0 | 18 hours ago

0-1

MiopTop | Lakers

0 | 18 hours ago

toxic person

dynorphin | Warriors

2 | 19 hours ago

Lebron’s DNP - Golf Injury not a good look for these Lakers.

shaad20 | Suns

2 | 19 hours ago

Unbelievable amount of grifting in this game, contrast this with the earlier game and you’d think you were watching two completely different sports

I know everyone is going to (and rightfully so) shit on Ayton in this thread, but Luka’s defense in the 4th really stood out to me. Lukas really just going through the motions on that end, the 4th quarter was a rough watch. And he’s constantly being brought into the actions, a little more competitiveness from him on that end and the Lakers likely could’ve tied this game up or took the lead.

zulmirao | Warriors

9 | 19 hours ago

Luka had to be tired as hell by the end. He expended a lot of energy keeping them in the game in the third.

shaad20 | Suns

0 | 19 hours ago

I’m sure he was, but that doesn’t really change what he put on film down the stretch. If you’re out there during a close game you have to be more competitive than that.

Luka and JJ have to figure that out together if the minutes/cardio are the main reason

ShapeOfAUnicorn | Raptors

2 | 19 hours ago

Yep, his biggest thing was the refusal to switch on defense in the 4th quarter. He stuck to his man regardless of what happened. You just can’t do that in today’s NBA.

Traditional_Emu3598

1 | 19 hours ago

Luka averaged 34-9-9 in 2024. He never needed to improve shape a ton from that year, just a bit, 5-10 pounds.

Last year obviously was way worse

Earlier-Today

1 | 15 hours ago

The problems from Luka not being in good enough shape weren’t on the offensive side of the ball.

It caused him to play lazier and looser defense as the game wore on, and then in the playoffs other teams would hunt him on defense all game and completely exhaust him until he was a turnstile. He’d give up all the points he’d get and then some, so they’d lose against the good teams.

This is his first year in better shape - I’m interested in whether he maintains it the whole year and into the next, because building up elite level endurance can take years of consistent effort. Teams won’t stop hunting him just because he’s lighter.

Traditional_Emu3598

1 | 15 hours ago

Last year this was true. Before it wasn’t for the most part. He was playing borderline good defense in that whole finals run until the finals and alot of that had to with Boston being 5 out and amazing.

Earlier-Today

1 | 12 hours ago

In short, he was playing good defense until a team could actually push how hard he had to work.

That’s what I’m talking about - the teams that win it all can do that. He’s 100% going to face that in the playoffs, so it still matters.

Kaizerx20 | Timberwolves

-1 | 19 hours ago

Great preview for this year’s play ins

WhileStanding69

1 | 19 hours ago

My fav adult actress Ibuki Aoi was sitting behind Lebron lol.

Xelthian

2 | 18 hours ago

fav adult actress Ibuki Aoi

Me when imma virgin with no bitches:

cptshiba

1 | 19 hours ago

man what is the point of Rui? 35 min for what. Get in the paint and DO SOMETHING! I get that he’s used to just being there for spacing as a catch and shoot guy, but they don’t have the gravity of Lebron to let him get away with that right now…

PoonGo0n | Spurs

1 | 19 hours ago

Nico f’d Luka big time with that trade

explorerzam

1 | 10 hours ago

is Gabe Vincent ever returning to form? Isn’t he at something like 10-15mm a year?

makesterriblejokes | NBA

1 | 5 hours ago

Lakers looked so disorganized on defense. Rotations were terrible

The Golden State Warriors (1-0) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (0-1), 119-109.