TheCurlyAnamolies

192 | 8 hours ago

Phoenix will have go to trial soon for unnecessary exposure of their victims.

Victim 1: Wemby

Victim 2: Harden (G10)

Victim 3: Luka

(Honorable mentions: Austin Reaves/ Lebron )

CreativeContract2170 | Suns

104 | 8 hours ago

That Wemby game was pure cinema. You gotta love what Ott is doing

cookomputer | Spurs

40 | 8 hours ago

Was a great test for Wemby, gotta learn different coverages to take the next leap

CreativeContract2170 | Suns

24 | 8 hours ago

Absolutely - wemby is incredible at the end of the day

Jec1027 | Warriors

13 | 8 hours ago

Tbf im glad you guys did if, wemby took a leap after playmaking wise

EpicGamesStoreSucks | Thunder

72 | 8 hours ago

And they almost got SGA. It was a close one

TheCurlyAnamolies

42 | 8 hours ago

we DO NOT talk about that game

it would fit my agenda perfectly that phoenix has clamps so far

zdar2 | Suns

39 | 8 hours ago

That brotha was hitting some crazy ass threes in the fourth, absolute monster

95castles | Suns

4 | 6 hours ago

If it’s a catch and shoot, it’s basically guaranteed. And just wait until Allen is back

Regular-Beat268 | Mavericks

113 | 9 hours ago

😂😂😂 I love the pettiness

Vitex1988 | Thunder

67 | 8 hours ago

Lakers fans and Thunder fans in a fistfight for who can make better fools of each other

ForgotPWAgainSigh | LAL

42 | 8 hours ago

You really don’t need to do anything for a specific portion of the lakers fan base lol

Charliebitme1234 | Thunder

104 | 8 hours ago

luka doesnt play defense, which is cool when he is dropping 40pts and 11 assists a game but when hes bad his team cant win

thnderup

84 | 8 hours ago

And 9 turnovers doesnt help. Turnovers lead to easy fast breaks alot of the times.

darklightultra | Raptors

35 | 8 hours ago

Thanks Magic

dontletmecook73 | Thunder

-5 | 8 hours ago

No problem Booger

tanishk_05 | Lakers

49 | 8 hours ago

It was more so his turnovers today. And he’s been average on defense this season not great but not bad as well. Has some great games defensively and has some bad games. It was our turnovers that cost us. We lost heavily in the transition and fast points it’s like you didn’t watch the game at all

Formal_Steak_4023

8 | 6 hours ago

Today was his worst defensive game. Same for most lakers tho

thnderup

-16 | 8 hours ago

Hmm what creates fast breaks and transition baskets? Miss shots and turnovers.what do you mean 13 of 33 with no defense isnt gonna win the game. Lakers had 22 turnovers. Suns had 16 steals thats insane esp since they didnt even have Booker. Everyone excited for LeBron and to tell everyone that LA is back but in reality LA looks about the same as before just a little more efficient from the field but that defense and ball safety is something else. Just seems reckless at times.

tanishk_05 | Lakers

29 | 8 hours ago

I literally said it was turnovers mate. Since bron has been back we have actually been good with ball safety. One Singular bad game with turnovers doesn’t change that. Even the 73 win warriors team lost to bad teams bad games happen smh. You don’t watch laker gamed and that’s fine I don’t have the time to catch up on okc games as well but what you’re saying isn’t what’s happening in the games

thnderup

-12 | 8 hours ago

Not sure about that but yes the Lakers are 4-1 since LeBron returned but they were winning without him.

Also in those 5 games Lukas had 9, 2, 4, 3 and 6 turnovers. So not sure if hes exactly helping make the ball safer. Those games also had Luka and Ar both shooting double digit free throws so maybe theirs a little correlation to being saved even when having a slightly reckless night with the ball.

tanishk_05 | Lakers

9 | 8 hours ago

I mean from what I see most of luka’s turnovers and what many of our problems have been in the recent games is we start taking it lightly and not put games to bed. In many of the games luka just starts trying stupid Hollywood stuff which yes when it comes off makes highlight plays but most of the time it doesn’t. I am talking Hollywood passes one legged stepback 3s. Just stupid stuff especially when we’re in the lead or he’s on a heat check. This is one aspect I want him to change and become like sga that sometimes you need to fo the boring mundane stuff especially coz many of the games like pels yesterday could have been finished in 3 quarters.

It’s been more of a we will get a stop or we will get a 3 pointer and score when we have to mentality not particularly locked in for the entire game very lethargic I must say. It’s the reason in clutch games we excel coz many a times it’s a 10 point lead converted to a 5 point one and then we score a 3 or get a crucial stop

thnderup

-2 | 8 hours ago

I agree with you on that. Sometimes Luka had a tendency to just ignore the fundamentals. Like Jokic he loves the fundamentals of the game and usually sticks to the basics unless its a wild flashy pass or some crazy 3 hes trying to get a foul on. But Luka is very fun and exciting to watch most the time. He would be more fun if he disnt complain about calls as the other team is down the court pushing the ball. But think as he continues to get older he will realize more and more contacts a part of it. Just get up and hustle down for the next play. Like he knows he can score most the time anytime he wants so dont sweat the one you didnt get and just go get the next one.

tanishk_05 | Lakers

5 | 8 hours ago

Yeah it’s a double edged sword it makez him fun to watch like omg what a pass but also a bit infuriating when shit isn’t falling like today

Rokarion14 | Lakers

5 | 6 hours ago

Point is valid but weird numbers to bring up since he still dropped 38, 5, 11.

Lmao1903 | NBA

5 | 7 hours ago

He has been solid defensively all season but of course after 1 bad game we are going to see these comments

HispanicAtTehDisco | Mavericks

3 | 7 hours ago

people have been saying this about luka for damn near his whole career now and while he’s definitely not been awful on D this year i fear this may be a “he trick yall” situation with the hype around his conditioning and defense coming into the season.

IceTruckHouse | Timberwolves

1 | an hour ago

The Wolves won a playoff series using this simple fact. They got Luka switched onto Ant, Jaden, or Julius and attacked.

Luka is unquestionably a top 3 offensive talent but his defense has always been his undoing regardless of what shape he was in.

thisnameisnowmine

80 | 8 hours ago

Trash game by these two. They stalled the offense, dribbling into traffic, being doubled and just wouldn’t give up the ball until it was too late. Lakers need ball movement and pace.

orhantemerrut

-41 | 7 hours ago

More like the league needs to get rid of back to backs.

MrFudgeKiller | Timberwolves

36 | 5 hours ago

Oh no the professional basketball players have to play a combined 90 minutes of basketball in 48 hours to make >$1,000,000 a year

OG_Gallons

11 | 4 hours ago

Just for half of them to to still miss ¹⁄₄ of the games ?

CruzAndChill

64 | 8 hours ago

Suns defense is some true dawg shiit

lilboytuner919 | Lakers

6 | an hour ago

We on the other hand are dog shit at defense

E_boiii | Thunder

43 | 9 hours ago

Luka went negative because he gave up half as many points as he scored in turn overs

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

12 | 7 hours ago

How is it that every post about Luka Doncic has numerous OKC flairs descending on it in minutes to bash him? Even by NBA discourse standards that is wild commitment

CrippledBanana | Canada

31 | 7 hours ago

There is a subset who have become the very thing that they hated: overly defensive jokic stans who shat on everyone else, just this time for sga.

EmploymentOk2902 | Thunder

25 | 7 hours ago

Can’t even go on the Thunder sub these days without cringing. A lot of those guys didn’t watch the Darius Bazley era and it shows

KnowledgeUseful6731

9 | 6 hours ago

These guys are fake fans. They know nothing about Isaiah Roby and Theo Maledon

Kuntsaw | Suns

37 | 9 hours ago

Reaves played 24 more minutes than Booker and barely did more in his time on the court.

Shideya- | Thunder

14 | 8 hours ago

White Guy>White Guy with those 4Q 3s.

Happy to see a team with “less talent” play hard on defense like your Suns. And see you in the cup Game.

95castles | Suns

3 | 6 hours ago

With no Booker or Green🥲

It’s going to be scrappy lol

Jec1027 | Warriors

36 | 8 hours ago

Terrible defenders just awful

Zanner360 | Grizzlies

3 | 6 hours ago

It frustrated be so much how often Reaves lost track of Gillespie.

chef_iblocka | Thunder

29 | 8 hours ago

Lakers without their whistle. Looks like they can only win when the free throw bros have more combined free throws than entire teams

kiwiwikikiwiwikikiwi | Lakers

25 | 8 hours ago

“Free Throw Bros” is actually a good name damn it

Lshow1743 | Lakers

4 | 8 hours ago

Ya need them to step up tbh hopefully they have a bounce back game

Shideya- | Thunder

0 | 8 hours ago

Lakers have a good stretch now after that 7 games Stream against easy teams. But this showing in the first one wasnt really good.

tornait-hashu | Supersonics

-8 | 8 hours ago

Lakers are #1 in points generated in the paint. They basically throw themselves into the paint hoping to get contact.

the_weakestavenger | Thunder

26 | 8 hours ago

They’re actually 10th.

Why make shit up?

tornait-hashu | Supersonics

-24 | 7 hours ago

I’ll be honest, the last time I checked those stats was a week and a half ago. But the point I was making still stands. The Lakers tend to drive to the paint and look for contact, and when they’re not playing through Luka or Reaves they’re playing through LeBron or their big men like Ayton, who primarily operate in the paint.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

17 | 9 hours ago

Feel like they dipped everyone’s hands in butter before the game or something, just so many turnovers. Even from Luka, who can usually keep the ball in traffic

Connect-Pressure3336 | Suns

35 | 8 hours ago

We get steals

Ok_Possible_5702

15 | 8 hours ago

Luka has the occasional “is he gonna get a triple-double with turnovers?” game.

Luka77GOATic | Serbia

3 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, once every couple of dozen Mavs game, you would watch Luka hit 8 or 9 TO thinking he was about to get a tripe or quadruple double with them.

ThunderBobMajerle | Suns

12 | 8 hours ago

That’s the Yeast baby!

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

10 | 8 hours ago

Shout out to you guys for becoming a tough team so quickly after last season. Also, I really hate that we had to let Goodwin go because of the cap. He’s a great energy dude off the bench, we could use one of those

ThunderBobMajerle | Suns

8 | 8 hours ago

It’s crazy to enjoy watching Dillon Brooks more than KD.

95castles | Suns

1 | 6 hours ago

Dillon “MJ” Brooks

thnderup

6 | 8 hours ago

Luka is averaging the highest turnover rate in his career.

Last 6 games hes had 9, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 turnovers. Not sure why you think thats out of the ordinary. Its just out of the ordinary that the Lakers lost since they djsnt lose any of the other games so now they are puzzled and not sure why. Defense and lack of ball security. It tends to be a trend for them against real teams. This is also the first game out of the last 8 games Luka didnt have double digit free throws.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

-7 | 8 hours ago

The reason for the increase is because every team is full court pressing the shit out of Luka right now. It’s the league’s favorite new move after the Pacers run, and the Suns copied the shit out of the Pacer’s homework. But it still is out of the ordinary when he’s really trying. Tbh, the last several games have been against some pretty weak opponents, and I’ve noticed Luka tends to get in this mode when he’s dominating where he’ll just starting chucking crazy shots and passes for the love of the game.

This game though was of course because of the defense the Suns were playing. Even then, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Lakers give that many turnovers, that shit was crazy. And on the other end we really needed Smart on the perimeter, though the defense really tightened up and slowed the Suns down for a while in the 3rd. But we desperately need another high energy 3nD perimeter defender. I mean, the Lakers have known that since before the start of the season. But everyone wants one of those guys, so actually getting one will be tough

lethalizered | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Even then, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Lakers give that many turnovers, that shit was crazy.

Can’t talk about your other games but tonight you had 21 of those. You also had 20 against OKC.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

0 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, but OKC is OKC, their defense shits on everybody. I didn’t expect it from the Suns, ngl.

lethalizered | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

You haven’t been keeping up then really, they were ahead of us in steals per game last week(I definitely know that was the case when we played them).

We are usually a low turnover team but they gave us fits throughout the game. Ott has these guys running like mad men, they’re everywhere.

Edit: just checked, they’re at 10.9 steals per game leading the league still.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, haven’t been watching Suns games honestly, last season left a bad taste in my mouth. Didn’t realize they were this much better

CrippledBanana | Canada

1 | 7 hours ago

There was a suns fan in a game thread who described his team as temu okc lol. Ofc underselling what that team is doing but Jordan ott has been cooking something great. No Jalen green and they have been giving every team a scare or a loss.

Ignore the hate train. It was a fun game and it’s just 1 out of 82 to play.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

0 | 7 hours ago

I’m not even mad at the Suns, they played a hell of a game and clearly wanted it more than us. The mfs in here are thirsty to hate on the Lakers though, they must’ve been itching for us to lose

thnderup

0 | 8 hours ago

You mean pressure a guy that doesnt know how to handle a full court press and starts to panic. Man thats def a take to try snd justify. But again if you know he does that why wouldn’t you do that?

Also how did Luka do vs the Lakers this year in their matchup. Again Luka looks amazing when playing sub 500 teams but anytime the heat gets turned on the flops and crying comes out and the whole team ends up deflated.

domingodlf

1 | 31 minutes ago

Luka gets the most full court presses and double teams in the league basically since his 2nd season. And he handles them very well basically every time, he just had a bad game.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

0 | 8 hours ago

I feel like you have some weird agenda against Luka for some reason. First, I can tell you don’t watch the games, because Luka can usually handle getting full court pressed and double teamed. Again, it happens to him constantly, and he is still managing to be the top scorer in the league. Mf couldn’t hold the ball worth a damn tonight and still scored 38/11/5. Maybe watch some actual game footage, Luka is great at splitting a double team, creating space, and creating contact for a foul. He’s also one of the best playmakers in the league and can usually find an open man when he is getting double teamed.

I think what the Suns did super well this game was clogging the mid-range/paint, and closing out whenever Luka was looking to pass. The Lakers are an elite mid-range team, not so much at the 3. The Suns made it very hard to drive into the paint this game, which is both Luka and AR’s bread and butter, and Mark Williams shut down a lot of potential lobs. Cudos to them, they gave more effort and out-coached the fuck out of the Lakers. But your hate boner is weird man. You’re acting like Luka hasn’t lead his team to the Finals before, he’s not some James Harden type dude that gets shut down all the time under pressure. This was a whole team breakdown, not just on him.

Shideya- | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

The Suns are a hard game for everyone this year, even without devin. Kudos to the coach.

Kaizerx20 | Timberwolves

13 | 9 hours ago

SGA had his worst game of the season yesterday and still pulled through in clutch, Luka is too inconsistent to be MVP

Jec1027 | Warriors

17 | 8 hours ago

He blazes in 1st then his efficency drops off after I got downvoted for saying this yesterday

ajmartin527 | Suns

0 | 8 hours ago

He’s been looking pretty exhausted in the later quarters the past few games I’ve watched. Maybe he’s still working his way into season shape

dangderr

0 | 7 hours ago

Was Nico right all along? We all owe him a collective apology.

/s

ajmartin527 | Suns

0 | 6 hours ago

He’s averaging over 20 pts in the first half this year maybe he needs to pace himself a bit lol

darklightultra | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

I thought his worst game was the Portland one where he shot his team out of the game and added no playmaking (he’s not good at that but I’d expect the MVP to try if the shot isn’t falling)

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

-9 | 8 hours ago

He pulled through or his team did?

kvngdaryl

19 | 8 hours ago

SGA did. Had like 8 points in the final 3 minutes or something like that. Don’t remember the exact amount but he definitely took over

Chrysler_ | Australia

10 | 8 hours ago

He pulled through with with 10 points on ⁴⁄₅ FG, ¹⁄₁ FT and 1 assist in the last 5mins

the_weakestavenger | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

Yo, how did he go ⁴⁄₅ with only one FT if he flops violently every time defenders look at him?

dontletmecook73 | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

You can’t even BREATHE near SGA😡

Kaizerx20 | Timberwolves

12 | 8 hours ago

He did

lilbl1cky | Thunder

9 | 8 hours ago

he went ⁴⁄₅ in the clutch, i know you’re in your feelings because your daddy lost with 9 turnovers but it doesn’t mean you should pull shit out of your ass to diminish those who know how to win

E_boiii | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

Shai hit 5 jumpers 2 ft and 1 assist in the last 5 mins yesterday

Shideya- | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

And was even better against the same Suns that punked the Lakers tonight.

Ill-Touch1909

13 | 8 hours ago

Nico was right

moondowns

13 | 9 hours ago

I better not see this fraud Reaves in the All Star game. He does not face the defensive pressure of real all stars and if he does he gets clamped and he is a cone on defense.

Nep_213 | Lakers

25 | 9 hours ago

chill … its just only a one lost, not a big deal

captain_ahabb | Lakers

19 | 8 hours ago

people are acting like the Lakers are on an 8 game losing streak lol

Lmao1903 | NBA

6 | 7 hours ago

Dude let people eat, they have been hiding in the darkness for a while, Denver, Houston, Lakers all lost today and suddenly all their best players are trash

IEatPandasEveryday | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

It’s only one game until the lakers get beat in the first round again like last year, because AR disappears against real defense

neonbresson | West

6 | 8 hours ago

wasn’t he injured?

dontletmecook73 | Thunder

-10 | 8 hours ago

Practically everyone is injured in the playoffs. JDub dropped 40 in the finals with a torn ligament. Austin Reaves has pretty bad playoff stats the last 2 seasons though.

Lmao1903 | NBA

10 | 7 hours ago

God what a bunch of pathetic comments today. Denver, Houston, Lakers lose 1 game after starting the season playing really well, and suddenly Jokic is a bum who can’t win, KD is a bum and Houston’s game plan is awful and they can never win, Luka, Bron and AR all terrible.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

7 | 8 hours ago

Bro still got 16 in his worst game by far this season. Yes, he can be weak to a certain kind of physical defense, but he’s almost never fully shut down. The problem is our bench isn’t very good at compensating for that loss in points whenever he has a game like that.

EpicGamesStoreSucks | Thunder

10 | 8 hours ago

Worst game of the season?

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810077

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

9 | 8 hours ago

Erased that one from my memory tbh, OKC is so damn good I feel like a loss to them shouldn’t count against anyone. But I can’t even blame him for that. If OKC can confine the highest scorer in the league Luka to only 19 points, the fuck is Austin supposed to do? Don’t get me wrong, AR is incredible, but he’s still the second option.

dangderr

3 | 7 hours ago

Worst game, excluding games that were even worse

ColibriOracle

1 | 5 hours ago

So mad lmao

peebeesweebees

0 | 8 hours ago

Nah he’s been good except for this disaster of a game.

EpicGamesStoreSucks | Thunder

15 | 8 hours ago

I think Lakers fans have legitimately purged the memory of playing OKC this year lol

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

7 | 8 hours ago

And here comes the peanut gallery to post +/- the worst metric in the game

buddaaaa | Suns

7 | 7 hours ago

Yes but have you considered it’s my turn to shit on the Lakers and I will post any possible stat supporting it, regardless of its usefulness?

TUN_Binary

1 | 8 hours ago

For real. I’ve only ever seen people use +/- as a way to glaze their favorite player or to shit on a player they hate.

KumingaCarnage | Warriors

5 | 6 hours ago

Wait, even star players have to play defense to win a game? 😱

igot2pair | Supersonics

3 | 8 hours ago

This free throw discussion is so fucking annoying man. Been years of this shit its like nobody can talk about anything else

EnriquezGuerrilla | Lakers

1 | 5 hours ago

Shaking my head. We should have played Maxi Kleber more with a BPM of +5

AbsoluteGarbaj

1 | 4 hours ago

Lakers should trade Reaves.

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

0 | 7 hours ago

That defense ain’t winning shit

MileHi49er | Nuggets

-3 | 8 hours ago

Lukas defense is as bad as people pretend Jokic’s is

EpicGamesStoreSucks | Thunder

25 | 8 hours ago

Denver just ket the Mavs score 131 so probably not the best time to act like Joker plays defense.

MileHi49er | Nuggets

-12 | 8 hours ago

Without 3 starters. Lol

Jokic isnt an elite defender but compared to Luka he might as well be fucking Mutumbo

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

5 | 7 hours ago

Jokic is just great at getting rebounds and has great court vision, which boosts his defensive stats. Other than that he’s a mediocre defender

mickeyj623 | Celtics

5 | 8 hours ago

Worse

Shideya- | Thunder

-1 | 8 hours ago

Without Gordon jokic suffers a lot and with him he is average at minimun with some disruption with those steals. But Luka cant hide in the perimeter and with his offensive load its harder to be okay on defense.

rickatello | Lakers

0 | 6 hours ago

Least insecure Thunder fan

thats-the-boring-me

-1 | 5 hours ago

Man, the Lakers fans are terrible, sorry. I do understand that when a player has a bad game you hold him accountable. But with Lakers fans you are immediately trashed after a bad game

OKCDraftPick2028 | Lakers

-4 | 9 hours ago

why is a thunder fan posting about free throws lmao

Charliebitme1234 | Thunder

22 | 8 hours ago

only reason people dont shit on luka for foul baiting is because hes only had 1 real playoff run in the last 3 seasons

FrnklndaTurtle | Suns

12 | 8 hours ago

Hey man I shit on both equally

dontletmecook73 | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

My man

the_weakestavenger | Thunder

15 | 9 hours ago

You know why.

ThunderBobMajerle | Suns

3 | 8 hours ago

Do your thang! (Ignore my flair)

Leavingtheecstasy | Thunder

0 | 8 hours ago

I dont know white you’re talking about

Siktrikshot | Timberwolves

-2 | 8 hours ago

Guys, he’s an all star and deserves a super max.

Lmao1903 | NBA

9 | 7 hours ago

So you waited all season when he was like 30/6/6 on elite efficiency and now he has a bad game you got jokes?

Despite going 100% from the line, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves check out the game with a -25 and -11 +/- respectively against the Suns