Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Memphis Grizzlies	34	31	22	27	114
Los Angeles Lakers	26	28	29	37	120

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Memphis Grizzlies	114	42-100	42.0%	10-41	24.4%	20-22	90.9%	16	53	29	31	6	8	1
Los Angeles Lakers	120	38-80	47.5%	11-41	26.8%	33-41	80.5%	8	57	30	18	4	10	6


Memphis Grizzlies	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaylen Wells^SF	24:30	23	8-16	3-11	4-4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	-13
Jaren Jackson Jr.^PF	33:41	14	6-14	2-4	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	5	-2
Jock Landale^C	28:36	13	5-9	1-2	2-2	6	4	10	3	0	0	0	1	-5
Cedric Coward^SG	12:33	16	6-9	2-3	2-2	2	6	8	1	1	0	1	1	13
Cam Spencer^PG	34:02	5	1-10	0-5	3-3	0	2	2	9	0	0	2	5	0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	24:46	7	3-8	1-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	-13
Santi Aldama	30:44	12	4-13	0-4	4-6	4	6	10	7	1	0	1	4	3
Javon Small	16:06	7	2-5	0-1	3-3	1	2	3	5	1	0	1	0	-8
Christian Koloko	13:06	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	5	-5
GG Jackson	21:55	11	4-10	1-5	2-2	1	5	6	1	0	1	0	4	0
John Konchar	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vince Williams Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Clarke	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Edey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ty Jerome	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahmai Mashack	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ja Morant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scotty Pippen Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	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	±
LeBron James^SF	37:17	26	8-14	2-7	8-10	0	7	7	10	1	0	1	2	6
Jake LaRavia^PF	34:30	26	9-16	4-10	4-4	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	2	15
Deandre Ayton^C	33:34	15	6-8	0-0	3-6	1	7	8	1	1	3	1	2	6
Marcus Smart^SG	31:09	6	1-5	0-3	4-4	0	1	1	4	0	1	1	2	3
Luka Dončić^PG	38:53	36	10-20	4-10	12-13	2	7	9	8	0	1	3	2	9
Jarred Vanderbilt	21:57	7	3-7	0-4	1-2	1	6	7	3	0	1	2	1	-3
Nick Smith Jr.	15:17	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-6
Jaxson Hayes	14:26	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	3	0
Dalton Knecht	12:56	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0
Bronny 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
Gabe Vincent	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rui Hachimura	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
Austin Reaves	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
Drew Timme	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

heshouldgo | Lakers

399 | 2 days ago

The impact LeBron still has at his age is crazy. He’s so important for this team

MooMookay

109 | 2 days ago

What’s crazy is the amount of haters saying he has to retire this year.

…like, okay even though hes still better than half the league’s first option? Sure…

trentyz | Nuggets

20 | 2 days ago

Yeah he’s still top 10, not sure why they don’t still put him there

Barrelled_Chef_Curry | Warriors

6 | a day ago

They do this with Steph every time he has 1-2 bad games

NoveltyCritique | Cavaliers

2 | a day ago

It’s just amplified because Bron has a lot more haters

Inevitable_Brick_877

1 | a day ago

Craziest part is the lakers fan base thinking that the defensive sieve of AR and Luka is somehow going to be a better core. Once AR has a new contract, even with LeBron gone, the team will still be in the same position or worse without a major overhaul

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

8 | 2 days ago

This is the first year he’s not the best player on his team, but he still has his days where he’s the most dangerous

MySilverBurrito | Heat

253 | 2 days ago

Lakers ran the Luka/Lebron PnR with Ayton at the FT line all 4Q and it’s killed the Grizzlies. Generated some great looks that fuelled their run even with misses:

Lebron mismatch.
Lebron doubled, 1-2 pass to Ayton for the layup.
Grizz plays aggressive help. Vando backdoor baseline cut.
Lebron gets doubled. Kick out to Luka for the 3.

barath_s | Lakers

35 | 2 days ago

Nice, but lakers shouldn’t have gone down 16 in the first place to this team.

eZreazy | Lakers

23 | 2 days ago

Teams start out flat all the time. Midway through second quarter I think we played pretty solid and wasn’t too worried.

barath_s | Lakers

3 | 2 days ago

True, but this team has a penchant this year for not putting together 48 minutes of top level basketball. Or blow out opposition in < 48 minutes. They play down to the opposition or goof off or lose discipline.

And against better teams, that can (and has) cost them.

If you could bottle their best stretch of play near the end and stretch it across 48 minutes, against good opposition, that would be very respectable. But that’s a hypothetical that can be true of any team.

ShikariShambu0 | Lakers

1 | a day ago

Seriously. Nearly stopped watching because of this.

PruneNo8272

10 | 2 days ago

Biggert difference was Coward’s injury and Edey being out.

Grizzlies probably would’ve won it if Coward was able to play the full game, he was cooking

Grizzlies just don’t have the personnel to counter

Ok_Name_3188

169 | 2 days ago

Yeah well Lakers prob could have won it if they had Rui and Austin reaves too.

See how that works

Guwigo09 | Lakers

47 | 2 days ago

Luka doesn’t lose to the Grizzlies, like ever lol

PruneNo8272

31 | 2 days ago

Lakers are to the Grizzlies are what the Nuggets been to us lol

We’ve had the Grizzlies number ever since that 2023 series.

However Nuggets been doing the same to us

itsnotyellowfever | MEM

18 | 2 days ago

Ever since that incident with Tee Morant and Shannon Sharpe the Grizzlies have almost never even looked like a good team against the Lakers let alone beat them and LeBron it feels like has taken that matchup personally since that aforementioned 2023 incident.

Luka joining them was just adding another one of their owners to a team that already owns them; adding LaRavia and Smart is adding insult to injury.

Much like the Warriors since the Grizzlies started jawing at them they have been a clear tier or two below both teams and they have been very vocal in letting the Grizzlies know about their falloff.

iRockaflame | NBA

4 | 2 days ago

It seems like LeBron always gets up for the Grizzlies. Like besides the Warriors he always seems hyped up to play the Grizzlies.

kr1saw | Lakers

29 | 2 days ago

Oh, only the grizzlies are allowed to have players being out as an excuse?

mikehawklovesgirls | Lakers

16 | 2 days ago

Moral Victory Grizzlies I guess

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

17 | 2 days ago

Edey being hurt is such a massive swing by himself tbh.

Coward hurt as he was going off was such a kick in the teeth

Kimi7 | Lakers

7 | 2 days ago

When is Edey coming back? Memphis looks completely different with him.

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

5 | 2 days ago

Supposed to be revaluated soon. As for when he will be on the floor we dont know. My ballpark guess is a couple weeks

MySilverBurrito | Heat

14 | 2 days ago

This really. I was surprised how open Ayton was at the end. Set that tone in the game and it opened up the 2 man Luka/Lebron game.

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

9 | 2 days ago

I just don’t think the Grizzlies had the perimeter size/defense to contain anything and the back line was like Christian Koloko.

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

10 | 2 days ago

it’s not like we had Reaves.

What ifs are so lame lol

JaqM31st3R

9 | 2 days ago

I mean, if we are playing that game then the Lakers didnt have Reaves and Rui who are both starters.

botebote77

3 | 2 days ago

yeah i was wondering why it wasn’t the C setting screens. might be some new twist JJ is trying

BigStrongPolarGuy

4 | 2 days ago

I think Luka-LeBron PnR just creates more difficult decisions for the defense, unless you have two defenders where the obvious decision is just to switch.

You’re basically forced to send help early and scramble, or let one of two elite decision makers have the ball in space. If Ayton is setting it, you’re not that worried about him getting the ball with a bit of daylight, or popping out for a 3. If Luka is setting it, pretty much any reaction that lets him catch a pass in space is a 5 alarm fire.

I think we’ll actually see this way more once Reaves is back since you also need to stick to him more than whoever he’s replacing.

barath_s | Lakers

3 | 2 days ago

Give reaves time to get tuned/confident after he comes back from injury.

TrustExtension6116

3 | 2 days ago

Ayton is easy to read. He pops up in the middy, doesnt finish as strong. When he pops, he has a certain favorite spot to do it.

Lebron-Luka is just a bag of conundrum.

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

249 | 2 days ago

Ced getting hurt and trying to play through it hurt my soul especially after the start he had.

Im not even asking for a healthy roster anymore. I just want less than 5 guys on the injury report. Not 8. Is that too much to ask?

White-Gravity | Raptors

57 | 2 days ago

You guys have been cursed since 2023, sucks to see

Impossible_Break698

29 | 2 days ago

Curse or could it be that we have one of the most inexperienced training staffs in the NBA? The head of our athletic trainers has less than 5 years total in the NBA.

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

43 | 2 days ago

You could have the most experienced staff but that wont change guys landing on someone’s foot and rolling an ankle

Impossible_Break698

5 | a day ago

Of course, but that isn’t how all our injuries go now is it?

claydavisismyhero | Lakers

13 | 2 days ago

grizz scouting dept-A+ Grizz medical staff- F minus

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

5 | 2 days ago

Yeah that’s such a bummer. Hopefully it’s a small injury

3s2ng | Lakers

1 | 2 days ago

i feel bad for Memphis. The injury bug really hit you hard.

HurricaneRon | Gran Destino

1 | a day ago

They should slow down their pace of play. The whole league should tbh.

srhdt

201 | 2 days ago

LeBron James is still very good at basketball.

Duskuser | Lakers

54 | 2 days ago

big if true

mikehawklovesgirls | Lakers

29 | 2 days ago

6th best player in the league

Ok_Daikon_7726 | Lakers

15 | 2 days ago

Still the best in the world actually

mrspaintbrush | Mavericks

8 | 2 days ago

OK but who’s 34th

Aff_Reddit

3 | 2 days ago

AD

ChasingItLikeDWest

140 | 2 days ago

Lakers have the 4th best record in the league and haven’t been worse than 5th in the west. The way folks talk about them you’d think they’ve hovered around the 8-10 spot all season. Baffling.

MySilverBurrito | Heat

94 | 2 days ago

12-0 in the clutch is pretty crazy too.

GriffinQ | WAS

41 | 2 days ago

They love to dominate for a bit, let teams back into games, and then turn up the heat in the fourth to seal a relatively close win (that forces their starters to go back into games that could have been blowouts).

I dunno if it’s a team mentality thing or if it’s fully a consequence of their awful/bad chemistry bench, but if they would stop bleeding leads, they’d have fewer clutch wins but they’d also have fewer blowout losses.

unskilledtf2 | SAS

66 | 2 days ago

i think their bench just sucks

IMadeThisOn6-28-2015 | Lakers

44 | 2 days ago

This is the answer, the bench is dead last of all 30 teams in scoring.

Why does LeBron have a negative +/-? Because he’s the only starter normally out in the bench lineups on the floor to give Luka rest and limit the point bleeding as much as possible.

Ancient_Response_787

4 | 2 days ago

They need a bench scorer that’s for certain. Cam Thomas would legit be perfect for them

zannet_t

-1 | 2 days ago

I think JJ will eventually shift Reaves to a more bench-oriented role to balance that out. It doesn’t mean Reaves won’t get minutes, but he’s the best candidate of the three to slide to that role.

TrustExtension6116

2 | 2 days ago

Reaves playing with the bench, and rui being a 6man would alleviate all bench scoring problems. I hope JJ sees this, the starting 5 don’t need more offense, it needs more defense.

zannet_t

1 | 2 days ago

Anyone who’s watched us knows we have a problem with balancing. Assuming there isn’t a big splash by trade deadline, we’re eventually going to stagger SOMEONE out of the big three with the bench. AR makes the most sense there. I have no idea how people don’t see this. It’s not like bro is gonna start averaging 25-30 minutes, but realistically there’s just no way we walk into the playoffs and not try to hide our most vulnerable defensive lineup until 4Q when our offense demands it.

barath_s | Lakers

5 | 2 days ago

Lakers bench is a weakness . But if they had full health, (and can figure out fit/rotations), it would be less so

unskilledtf2 | SAS

5 | 2 days ago

in theory it has some solid players, you can imagine marcus smart and jarred vanderbilt locking down defensively to keep the score down while the starters rest, dalton knecht and gabe vincent providing spacing, jaxson hayes playing big in the paint catching lobs and getting rebounds, etc. but it seems like the reality when they’re actually out there is a lot messier than the potential and the expectations. it seems like a lot of lakers fans are starting to think jake laravia should take rui’s starting job and i wonder how rui would affect things if he was more of a part of the bench unit

barath_s | Lakers

2 | 2 days ago

Rui and LBJ overlap depth chart wise, and it’s nigh unthinkable to have LBJ come off the bench. So even if LBJ spends a lot of time playing with the bench, it’s Rui who goes to the bench

in theory

yes, if everyone plays up to potential. You can see what pelinka was hoping for. But you have to be realistic.

Public-Product-1503

1 | 2 days ago

I think this is the only clutch game we weren’t leading the game tho, the rest we’ve been in good positions heading into the clutch n almost choked leads rather then actual ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ clutch games

FourCylinder | Raptors

1 | 2 days ago

That’s what happens when you have the greatest athlete to ever live playing on your team

dearth_karmic | Warriors

0 | a day ago

The refs?

dearth_karmic | Warriors

0 | a day ago

Not hard when the NBA control the refs.

Duskuser | Lakers

38 | 2 days ago

this is the same sub that was saying that the clippers and gsw were going to be contenders so take it how you will

Eur0step | Lakers

25 | 2 days ago

the same sub that had him missing 1st team all nba after Jaylen brown’s 50 pt game 😂 and saying he’s worse than cade. Cade is great but imagine him on the team right now, we would be cooked

Reasonable_Height_67

28 | 2 days ago

I’d love to see Cade with a lineup of Knecht, Vando, Hayes and Laravia.

Because that’s what Luka had for a decent chunk of that game.

Duskuser | Lakers

8 | 2 days ago

And Lebron had it even worse but people still point to +/- like it means something

kavolsm

31 | 2 days ago

I’ve seen more praise for the Clippers on this here sub. If I hadn’t known either team’s record, I would assume the Clippers had the better record.

NeuPtral | Clippers

1 | 2 days ago

To know the reality of clippers, one just needs to check the clippers sub…

nonresponsive

15 | 2 days ago

Honestly, yea, all the Luka posts make you think they’re a lottery team.

NoLagPlz | Lakers

0 | 2 days ago

They play like they’re negative w/l ratio

trimble197

1 | 2 days ago

For real. Their losses have been bad, but the fact that they aren’t bottom tier is promising, especially with the injuries they keep getting.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

95 | 2 days ago

Luka and LeBron were once again magnificent in crunch time. Both so locked in and on another level than anyone else on the court.

They may not be a perfect fit, and this Lakers team certainly isn’t perfect, but I love seeing these great moments from them.

Duskuser | Lakers

59 | 2 days ago

I really have no idea how this season is going to shake out but I think a lot of Lakers fans need to appreciate that we have 2 all time greats on the same team right now and the vibes are good.

AwildYaners | Japan

8 | 2 days ago

And don’t forget the all-star performance AR was putting on the first couple months of the season too.

This team wouldn’t be a 20-win time right now if it weren’t for AR’s antics earlier in the season.

wcg224

88 | 2 days ago

Knecht is a lost cause. Can’t be the worst player on floor and then make a foul in clutch time because opponent talks trash. Rather play Bronny then.

BritzBeef

45 | 2 days ago

Back to back years of having 1st and 2nd rounders only to get Jalen Hood Schifino, Maxwell Lewis, Dalton Knecht, and Bronny James is a large part of the depth issues.

Public-Product-1503

44 | 2 days ago

Bronny having the most potential of that group n showing the most is crazier

loca2016

3 | 2 days ago

he needs to learn to shoot, that’s the thing holding him back.

ThatGuyFromCanadia

5 | a day ago

He’s averaging 47% on 3s this g league season (only 3 games played so far) and he averaged 38% last season on a little over 8 attempts a game and across 11 games.

He can shoot, just needs to make sure his confidence and mindset is there when he gets his next chance with the Lakers.

loca2016

3 | a day ago

but in the nba he made 5-18 from 3 this season and 11-35 field goals. Pretty close to his averages last season.

ThatGuyFromCanadia

2 | a day ago

Unfortunately, those numbers are pretty much completely meaningless because he doesn’t play real nba minutes.

He only had 4 games early on in the season where he played real minutes, otherwise everything else has been garbage time which does not compare to real nba minutes at all.

Dalton Knetcht is an absolute sniper in garbage time but is absolutely horrible in real nba minutes.

Barrelled_Chef_Curry | Warriors

5 | a day ago

I mean Bronny was 55th. You’re getting someone valuable at that spot like 0.1% of the time

Primary-Paint-1716 | Timberwolves

2 | a day ago

Tbf, prior to recent draft, Lakers have been generally great at drafting.

axle_gallardo | Lakers

14 | 2 days ago

Don’t you know DK is struggling mentally due to that Mark Williams trade debacle? Cut DK some slack will ya.

Duskuser | Lakers

30 | 2 days ago

Just one more game bro I promise bro his mental is almost back it’s gonna be so good bro

Nigocaps | Lakers

9 | a day ago

Yeah poor guy, look at JJ over here killing Dalton’s confidence by having him play this bad. We need Darvin Ham back tbh

bbysmrf

2 | a day ago

Dude is playing 4D chess, making sure he’s not tradeable anymore

Lmao1903 | NBA

2 | 2 days ago

That Mark Williams trade looks a lot better now.

eZreazy | Lakers

8 | 2 days ago

Don’t think we ever valued Knecht in that trade, the frp was the one that wasn’t good about the trade

Lmao1903 | NBA

4 | a day ago

The perception of Knecht was better than it is now. It was close to his big game where he had a bunch of points, he was seen as someone who could be part of the rotation some day. Now it looks like he might be out of the league soon idk.

Yoshinobu_YamaGOATo

1 | a day ago

It’s crazy how much he has fallen off. Looked like he had a solid 10 year career ahead of him early on, and now the team just bleeds points and blows leads whenever he’s out there.

GriffinQ | WAS

78 | 2 days ago

Would sure love to see everyone who has been absolutely finishing all over themselves at the chance to shit talk Ayton the past week to say something, anything, good about him tonight.

Borderline perfect as the fourth option that he needed to be, huge in the fourth q., only one turnover which was a result of hustling for a rebound, did his job impeccably.

But that’ll get ignored in favor of his next bad game when all the people who have a weird genuine dislike for him come out of the woodwork.

Great albeit incomplete game by the Lakers. Grizz showed up and were physical tonight and LA ratcheted up the intensity to keep up.

kr1saw | Lakers

26 | 2 days ago

Great D in the 4th, actual good decision making out of the high post. Multiple efforts on the boards during the most important stretch of the game

Most people on here won’t even be able to recognize those since they don’t actually know basketball.

GriffinQ | WAS

10 | 2 days ago

I would hazard that most of them don’t even watch basketball much less know it.

Like Adam Silver said, it’s a highlights league (which, conversely, means it’s also a lowlights league because negativity sells better than hype does). Very few of these dudes are watching games.

TheRicFlairDrip | Mavericks

0 | 2 days ago

can i see it on his highlights vid??

BritzBeef

13 | 2 days ago

I’ve never seen so many people wait for a bad game from a 4th/5th starter so they can excitedly declare he’s actually been terrible all along the way people do with Ayton

Ok_Daikon_7726 | Lakers

12 | 2 days ago

I hate that’s I’ve become an Ayton defender, cuz I don’t even want him to stay past this year, but some people (suns fans) act like he personally shot their dog or something

rburp | LAL

4 | 2 days ago

If we can keep him on a reasonable contract, I would love for Ayton to stay around for a while. We just need a defensive backup with similar height if at all possible. I even would like to keep Hayes around, but he can’t be the only viable backup. If we could stagger a defensive and offensive minded backup based on the situation that would be excellent.

Ok_Daikon_7726 | Lakers

2 | a day ago

I don’t think he’s a bum or anything, I just worry that if we’re starting Luka+AR long term, we need that defensive center to be a starter, and I don’t know how well Ayton would take to being a bench player if we did find one

rburp | LAL

1 | a day ago

Makes sense

Conflict_NZ | Lakers

2 | a day ago

Suns and Blazers fans are desperate for Lakers fans to turn on him and keep claiming “the honeymoon period is over” while repeatedly ignoring that we are only paying him 8 million and he was the best C we could get in the offseason and we didn’t have to give up any assets to get him.

Yoshinobu_YamaGOATo

1 | a day ago

And he’s only making like 8 mil. The hate boner this sub has him for is wild.

2106au | Grizzlies

63 | 2 days ago

In the second half it was:

JJJ

Santi

The rest were 2nd rounders or undrafted. Santi is almost a 2nd round player too.

Very proud but sick of it.

botebote77

13 | 2 days ago

rough. but i like GG Jackson. i think he’s a legit rotation player

2106au | Grizzlies

8 | 2 days ago

Quietly hopeful that we have found a role where he can develop.

Happy with everyone today except Jaren, we needed a star and he didn’t step up.

TheGreatMoistOne

0 | 2 days ago

Dude doesn’t play defense. Love him but he’s a traffic cone on one end.

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

44 | 2 days ago

Cedric Coward was frying LA sucks he went out

TunaBoy3000 | Grizzlies

30 | 2 days ago

Story of our season

Dame-in-EpstienFiles

10 | 2 days ago

Haven’t y’all had injury issues for 4 years?

sbstooge | Grizzlies

15 | 2 days ago

Story of our seasons

TakeItToTheRiver | Grizzlies

4 | 2 days ago

*franchise

AtreusIsBack | NBA

2 | 2 days ago

Off-topic, but the Grizzlies were my go-to dynasty team pick back in the day, on NBA Live, with Pau Gasol and Mike Miller on the team. Fun memories. I always want to see Memphis succeed. I have faith in the franchise. It will turn around at one point. 💪

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

12 | 2 days ago

Came in with like 8 dudes injured and left with 9.

Average Grizzlies experience

Aff_Reddit

47 | 2 days ago

my basic takeaways.

refs suck. so many weird missed/bad calls.

lebron hates the grizzlies? he just does too good vs them.

vincent & rui just aren’t as good as JJ thinks. i have no idea why JJ didn’t play vando past couple weeks but Vando is always getting involved in something on the court. He’s just doing something constantly.

nick smith has a good hustle but just worked on his cardio today

jaxson once again forgot he was a 7’ lob threat.

yeaaamon17

13 | 2 days ago

Grizzlies clowned us for those horrible westbrook years. I have no love for them

eZreazy | Lakers

3 | 2 days ago

Vando was looking really bad to start the year even defensively. Lots of low IQ plays but he’s really stepped up this year and worked himself back into the line up

Catch11

2 | a day ago

If Vando can hit corner 3’s he would truly unlock this team

Aff_Reddit

2 | a day ago

Jarred “Steph Curry” Vanderbilt has never missed a 3 in his life.

ExleyPearce | LAL

21 | 2 days ago

We really lucked out having Cedric Coward go out with an injury early on, he was killing us. And Jaylen Wells was absolutely willing his way to extend the game late on.

Good rally by the squad but Lakers really shouldn’t have let them get that ahead. The Vando/LaRavia/Ayton with LeBron and Luka was fun; lot of size and energy.

What was going on between Knecht and Adalma lmao

Presence_Present | Bucks

9 | 2 days ago

Wells stat padding at the end was hilarious. Like game was over bro chill out

ExleyPearce | LAL

12 | 2 days ago

I mean, he was on fire and there were definitely moments where I was a little worried he might pull it off

PlatinumRaptor95 | Lakers

21 | 2 days ago

When do we start believing that this team just plays like shit the entire game so the game can be within 5 points with 5 minutes left.

dearth_karmic | Warriors

0 | a day ago

Why wouldn’t they? No way are the refs allowing the Lakers to lose. SMH

heat_fan_ | Raptors

19 | 2 days ago

23rd year Bron putting up Prime Bron numbers, dude’s just insane *Absolutely not washed)

trimble197

22 | 2 days ago

The fuck was that foul on Vando? Those refs should be suspended

Presence_Present | Bucks

18 | 2 days ago

Yeah Wells kicks his leg out yet it’s somehow a foul lol

Sunkat23

1 | 19 hours ago

I’m just about done watching the NBA cause of this B.S. Only guy still allowed to play defense is Marcus Smart. He’s like an old spitballer grandfathered in.

camp1728

19 | 2 days ago

Lakers had 41 free throws. Craziness

Reasonable_Height_67

28 | 2 days ago

Tbf about 8 of them were garbage time fouls…

kr1saw | Lakers

17 | 2 days ago

Jarren Jackson Jr. player this game. That’s an automatic 5 fouls. What do you think was gonna happen?

muddyklux

14 | 2 days ago

They should have had 20 more according to Bron and Luka

spiattalo | NBA

2 | 2 days ago

They score almost 20% of their points at the free throw line for the season. First in the league.

IMadeThisOn6-28-2015 | Lakers

20 | 2 days ago

Yes, this team isn’t perfect. Luka has big defensive and effort issues with his constant complaining and LeBron is old. Our team unfortunately lives and dies by our starters, especially our big three.

Most of the time you just got box score watchers and see Luka’s FGA and don’t see how he’s still leading the offense and drawing fouls. People see Bron’s negative +/- and don’t see the fucking fact that JJ keeps on putting LeBron in lineups with fucking DK, Nick Smith JR, and the rest of the bench. Our bench is dead last in scoring for all 30 teams, no shit LeBron is in the negative since JJ is sacrificing him day in and night out to limit the bleeding. You’re tired of LeBron going for isos? Yeah me too, but unfortunately Pelinka sucks at his job and LeBron can’t rely on passing to an open corner 3 because oh Dalton Iencht bricked the shot for 4th time in a row.

It’s nice when Luka has defensive options around him, hides his weakness. It’s nice when LeBron plays with actual scorers since he can facilitate with ease and keep effort on defense. We’re just so limited in pieces that we can’t do that unfortunately for 4 quarters. God forbid LeBron or Luka are cold cause then we’re just fucked.

Excuse my rant, I just want Pelinka fired because yeah Luka and Bron have problems, but they’re only highlighted because our bench and roster just suck around them.

K19I53

4 | 2 days ago

The rant is justified. Pelinka is terrible. I wish r/lakers would rant more and agree that Pelinka is the problem and has been since the Lakers won their last ring.

IMadeThisOn6-28-2015 | Lakers

4 | 2 days ago

I hate our sub, our fandom extends globally beyond our city and leads to idiotic statements and conversations that don’t deserve LeBron and Luka

Then we got the Kobe fans who aren’t even Laker fans really

K19I53

1 | 2 days ago

Completely agree. Half the sub would rather Lebron and Luka fail to make kobe look better than the Lakers to win. It’s a crappy sub.

Illini_Guy16 | Slovenia

1 | 2 days ago

Preach!

PruneNo8272

14 | 2 days ago

Cedric Coward leaving for injury changed the game

mrxanadu818 | Lakers

18 | 2 days ago

We can beat the mediocre teams, it’s the good teams that we need to improve against.

Licoi | Warriors

8 | 2 days ago

Lakers will prove a lot of people wrong in the playoffs tbh. You could bookmark all the hate threads from r/nba and come back when they go far.

Dame-in-EpstienFiles

4 | 2 days ago

You thought the same thing last year

prodij18 | Lakers

3 | 2 days ago

It depends. The injuries have been death by a thousand cuts. Our 5 best players (Luka, Reaves, LeBron, Ayton, and Smart) have played 4 games together and like 15 minutes.

And this team is going to need perfect defensive chemistry to mask their weaknesses there. We’re basically going to need to gel together all in the second half of the season. It’s going to be an uphill battle.

eZreazy | Lakers

0 | 2 days ago

Rui as well. Yes he’s probably not the best fit with the starters but he’s still one of our few players that are legitimate NBA players and also ome of our best shooters.

He’s also underrated guarding bigs although he gets caught ball watching alot.

InternCautious | Pistons

12 | 2 days ago

Another game another near 20 FTA differential for the Lakers

urkuri | Timberwolves

4 | 2 days ago

and FTs only told a small story of the bad reffing in this game haha

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4 | 2 days ago

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Deep_Grizz

20 | 2 days ago

Just a straight up lie being upvoted when the internet and stats site exists. Absolute garbage fanbase

TrollOdinsson | Nuggets

1 | a day ago

i swear to christ there is a correlation between being a lying piece of shit and being a lakers fan on /r/nba

it’s too often and too consistent to be a simple coincidence

TitanTigers | Grizzlies

10 | 2 days ago

No we dont. We are actually quite above average at not fouling

dearth_karmic | Warriors

3 | a day ago

Are you arguing this is just an issue with the Grizzlies?

InternCautious | Pistons

1 | 2 days ago

Yet, the Lakers lead the NBA in differential every year the last 4 years including this year…

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

7 | 2 days ago

Unstoppable force meets force that can’t stop fouling

ExtraGoated | Lakers

-1 | 2 days ago

we foulbait like crazy and can’t stay within a mile of shooters

1gnominious | Rockets

4 | 2 days ago

Around these parts we call that being “clutch”

Ok_Name_3188

0 | 2 days ago

watch the game loser

magic_spam

1 | 2 days ago

It’s the case every time they win. Either there’s a huge discrepancy in attempts or the other team is bad or didn’t make their FTAs.

They need stoppages to be effective

Presence_Present | Bucks

7 | 2 days ago

Wells trying to make his scoreline look better after a horrific game lol

Nantee_69

10 | 2 days ago

jj better play bronny instead of DK.. at least bronny can defend and can pass..

rjcarr | Supersonics

4 | 2 days ago

DK gets roasted every time he’s on the court, which is crazy because he’s pretty athletic.

famoustran | Warriors

7 | 2 days ago

Bruh 41 FTs for a team. Completely unwatchable

Sayitaintshow

1 | 2 days ago

8 came from Memphis intentional fouls trying to extend the game. It was 33-19 before that.

Watching games gives you a better understanding than box score watching does. This was a 1 possession game most of the 4th and in crunch time the Lakers executed so well they got a 3 or an ally oop on nearly every possession. It was actually a very watchable back and forth

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

6 | 2 days ago

33-19 is still a massive gap

Sayitaintshow

0 | a day ago

Suns Okc was 29-19. So is 4fts really the difference between massive unwatchable gap and a good buzzer beating game?

Emotional_Age_3358

2 | 11 hours ago

You speak sense and all of a sudden it goes quiet lool

Draciouz

7 | 2 days ago

Terrible officiating

bdonballer | Lakers

4 | 2 days ago

JJJ just commits the dumbest fouls year over year. You guys think he will ever learn?

KptKrondog | MEM

2 | 2 days ago

He’s so weird. One day he’ll play great and not do that dumb hooking shit all the time, then the next game he does it and just can’t help but to keep doing it. I sometimes think he’s just really dumb lol

rjcarr | Supersonics

1 | 2 days ago

No, although KAT seems to have gotten slightly better, but it isn’t playoffs yet.

Big_Witness

6 | 2 days ago

LeAllStar

EightFortyDaysOf

6 | 2 days ago

Disgusting game. Griz stat rookie was torching the lakers & refs kept them from being blown out in an embarrassing fashion. Rookie gets injured & lakers get back into the game & still keep getting the calls. Another win for refball

dearth_karmic | Warriors

3 | a day ago

I don’t understand how people can watch this.

TherapistWithSpace | Trail Blazers

5 | 2 days ago

free throws from lakers is crazy

dearth_karmic | Warriors

2 | a day ago

I don’t know how anyone can watch at this point.

-motts- | Trail Blazers

4 | a day ago

Refs save the lakers yet again. Shocker.

Old_Supermarket_7575 | Thunder

4 | a day ago

41-22 is a crazy deficit

Derpy_Mc_Burpy

4 | 2 days ago

31 fouls on grizzlies to 18 on lakers. definitely not a single ounce of bias from officials. Remind me again why OKC is the only one getting dogged on for foul bias?

stitcher212

16 | 2 days ago

you’re right man nobody ever talks about the Lakers FT differential

captain_ahabb | Lakers

9 | 2 days ago

Yeah man no one ever says the Lakers get too many free throws

Duskuser | Lakers

5 | 2 days ago

I think we should make daily posts about this to make sure that everyone is informed

the people must know

Mysterious-Act-6361

3 | 2 days ago

Grizzlies and their injured guards

TunaBoy3000 | Grizzlies

1 | 2 days ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/3xuQIsv3ho

I’ll just leave this here

stitcher212

1 | 2 days ago

someone call the new york times the Lakers have a .6 higher FTA differential than the next team

TunaBoy3000 | Grizzlies

9 | 2 days ago

That’s what you gathered from that?

TrollOdinsson | Nuggets

6 | a day ago

idk if the dishonesty came first, or being a lakers fan, but the correlation is definitely there

Velli_44

2 | 2 days ago

That boy Jake from State Farm cold 🥶

ItsSquee | NBA

3 | 2 days ago

A win is a win, but I’m not feeling particularly proud of this win if I’m the Lakers. You needed a 16-point comeback against a team missing 10 players? They were literally missing 10 players. That’s not a great sign, Lakers fans.

Legitimate_Buy_919 | Slovenia

1 | 2 days ago

I don’t watch many Grizzlies games, but is Jaylen Wells the best player on their team?

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

1 | 2 days ago

Sign Koloko Memphis

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

0 | 2 days ago

Lakers needed these back to back wins Badly

Several_Hour_347

0 | 2 days ago

Clutches team in the league

sublime_e2000

0 | 2 days ago

Just watched the full highlights only, and is it just me or were the lakers playing really fast? looked like everyone was running/playing really fast

Wrong-Reflection4064

-1 | 2 days ago

Watched the Lakers G League last night Timme was killing it. Give him some action JJ

The Los Angeles Lakers (22-11) defeat the Memphis Grizzlies (15-20), 120-114 as the Lakers successfully mount a 16 point comeback.