Ancient_Response_787

109 | 2 hours ago

Very good defensive adjustment. Timme was really good in his minutes

pmurt007 | Lakers

58 | 2 hours ago

Blitzed Murray in the second half and forced other guys to create their own shots which they weren’t able to do. Zero chance that works if Jokic is playing

Ancient_Response_787

30 | 2 hours ago

Need reaves back for scoring and playmaking

_Robbert_

14 | 2 hours ago

At some point you realise no the nuggets bench are not actually all all stars they just had an insane 1st quarter

David_Does_Dallas

13 | 2 hours ago

Sexual Tyrannosaurus strikes again

jefe_hook

3 | an hour ago

Timme the GOAT

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

48 | 2 hours ago

They adjusted to Murray being red hot and the nuggets just could not get threes up in the second half. It was rough to watch.

lets_talk_basketball

17 | 2 hours ago

Yea THJ missed a few good ones and then started second guessing himself.. the others just regressed to the mean after the first half where MF’s couldn’t miss

KarrotMovies | LAL

13 | 2 hours ago

Wasted their magnet ball voodoo magic in the first

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Honestly idk why they just stopped shooting threes when they only had two misses.

It’s not like they were back to back misses either.

gigglios

5 | 2 hours ago

No adjustments are good enough to make a team score 25 points in the first 21 minutes of the 2nd half lol.

Narrow-Theory-3533

10 | 2 hours ago

The adjustments is giving Tim Hardaway Jr wide open shots that he missed.

jimmylamstudio

35 | 2 hours ago

I hate it when teams make adjustments

treyfiddy | Minneapolis Lakers

6 | 2 hours ago

are you arnold slot?

FootballRacing38

2 | 2 hours ago

TIL his name wasn’t arne slot

jimmylamstudio

2 | an hour ago

Tbh, don’t even know the reference

s0ulj4b0y0 | Cavaliers

3 | an hour ago

Liverpool manager, notorious for being very rigid in his schemes. Dangerously so, at points.

White-Gravity | Raptors

2 | an hour ago

Liverpool reference in r/nba ❤️

dismissivecrab | Lakers

6 | an hour ago

Found Darvin Ham’s burner.

WembyOKCJokicReaves

1 | an hour ago

You should watch the Bucks then

DontFollowMyAdvices

28 | 2 hours ago

Their Last 8 points were basically giveaway/Lakers being Lakers

badadobo | Lakers

15 | 2 hours ago

Lakers only have themselves to blame for having that never lost in the clutch stat.

Lakers probs have a deal with blood pressure meds companies.

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

9 | 2 hours ago

didn’t that stat end with the loss to the bucks

Illionaires

4 | 2 hours ago

We lost one actually i think the record is like 14-1 or something tho

j_fish5 | Lakers

5 | 2 hours ago

This wasn’t a clutch game, it was close, lakers were up 5 with like 5:13 to play but smart hit a 3 and it never got closer than 6 after that

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

3 | an hour ago

Not my net rating!!

This-Top-8691

19 | 2 hours ago

They blitzed the hell out of Jamal Murray the 2nd half and no one else could create shots.

Refs_Fan

11 | 2 hours ago

Watson foul on the Marcus Smart 3 sealed up the loss, terrible iq. Also Murray scoring 2 points in the 2nd half

MazKhan | Lakers

9 | 2 hours ago

They were still impressive given the injuries. They’re without jokic, backup center in JV, Cameron Johnson, Christian braun. They just ran outta gas

samhit_n | Lakers

7 | 2 hours ago

JJ is a genius coach. I guarantee that we lose this game if Ham was still our coach.

WeirwoodUpMyAss

0 | 2 hours ago

There’s no coach that will satisfy the Lakers fan base.

dpete88 | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

No coach and no player. The sub still complains about bron and Luka incessantly

montypr | Lakers

6 | 2 hours ago

Talking shit in the 2nd Qtr is risky lol

iRockaflame | NBA

5 | 2 hours ago

Jamal Murray went insanely cold after hitting the heave

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

12 | 2 hours ago

He was just doubled the entire time. Not much you can do but make the right pass and hope your teammates do something

No-Alternative2897

6 | 2 hours ago

Defensive juggernaut Lakers (when they feel like it though)

noyram08 | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

Blitzing Murray is a great adjustment, though it will only work without Jokic in the team. Still a win is a win

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

3 | 2 hours ago

I need Jokic back I can’t take it anymore I love the team but Jokic just by being out there would never allow such bullshit as 6:32 without scoring

heat_fan_ | Raptors

3 | 2 hours ago

Lakers Defense absolutely stepped up getting to Murray

bigraptorr | Raptors

2 | 2 hours ago

Did someone tell them they can score more points?

motorboat_mcgee | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

Feels like we do this a lot. Play lazy in the first half, then decide to try in the second half. It’s so stupid.

AwildYaners | Japan

3 | 2 hours ago

Not necessarily lazy, mostly adjustments. Played a more traditional defense with zone, DEN made ⁹⁄₁₁ from 3PT in the first half, and then in the second half they blitzed Murray and forced someone else to play-make, which DEN didn’t have.

motorboat_mcgee | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

Yes, the scheme at the beginning was terrible on defense, I also hated that we didn’t attack Murray enough on offense to tire him out. It was so obvious entering into the the game that the Nuggets have one, maybe two guys that can create, and instead we played soft, switch everything. And on top of that, guys were slow to rotate and close out. It was just shooting practice for them.

snowbunbun

2 | 2 hours ago

Murray has been fucking sensational this season.

That being said I’m going to throw my toaster in the bathtub rn.

Puzzleheaded_Fee_141

4 | 2 hours ago

Lakers really looking a level above the Nuggets. If it wasn’t for the most flukey shooting half this would have been a 30 point blow out lol.

Austin Reaves didn’t even play

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

1 | 43 minutes ago

I mean we should address the Jokic out of the room.

But it’s a good sign that they can beat the nuggets without Murray.

Top tier offense lost to bottom of the barrel defense.

gratitudeisbs | Lakers

1 | 32 minutes ago

I mean they were without the best player in the game lol

Narrow-Theory-3533

1 | 2 hours ago

Trapped Murray the entire 2nd half and no one can make a shot. Can’t wait for Jokic to come back man.

bdybwyi

1 | 2 hours ago

Outside of Jamal being doubled i think self inflicted problems were the largest thing

The biggest of them being no dribble penetration and just running the shot clock out by dribbling behind the 3 point line. It literally couldn’t be any worse than what we were doing to atleast try and dribble penetrate to create a shot but they just decided to stand there for 24 minutes

Narrow-Theory-3533

2 | 2 hours ago

Denver doesn’t have screeners. 2 out of their 3 best dribble penetrators (Jamal, Cam, and Jokic) are out, 2 of their best screeners are out, 2 of the best cutters are out. Denver has been punching above their weight class on their wins (cept Washington) and is coming back to earth.

Jamal would drive, face a double, kick to an open man, open man misses a wide open shot or doesn’t convert a lay up cause 4 of their best rim finishers are out.

bdybwyi

1 | an hour ago

I agree with what you said, but there’s a guy named Aaron Gordon is more than capable of screening and also of dribble penetrating playing bully ball, he was loving dribbling out the clock on the perimeter tonight

Narrow-Theory-3533

1 | an hour ago

AG is not a good dribble penetrator, he’s an alley oop guy, a cutter and a 3pt shooter. He doesn’t do dribble penetrations. Denver has been playing out of their position since Jokic went down.

bdybwyi

1 | an hour ago

Against a team like the lakers he can dribble penetrate against nearly any player outside of LeBron maybe Rui with his combo of size and speed, I’d have to disagree with that one

SirThixcksAlot

1 | 2 hours ago

A bunch of missed layups

Pepper-Jun | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

Smart adjustment to double Murray at all times, no one else could make a shot for their lives

lets_talk_basketball

1 | 2 hours ago

Denver not having a real secondary ball handler hurt them.. Smart adjustment by JJ

The Denver Nuggets scored 37 points in the first quarter but only 36 points in the entire second half against the Lakers