Luka Doncic after 3 quarters: 40 pts 13⁄24 FGs, 7⁄14 3pt, 6 reb, 3 ast, 4 steals
Second night of a back to back. Hit 3 consecutive triples over Bam Adebayo to give the Lakers their first lead of the game.
Extremely special run he’s on right now
Not only him, the Lakers have been playing like demons going back 10 games
Defeinsivly sure - but the non Luka & LeBron Lakers are really struggling on offense the last 2. Luka is kind of the only source of their half court offense
Lebron hasn’t missed a shot in 2 games.
Why didn’t he do that his whole career?
Which is not the best thing cause you can see him too scared to shoot and forces the pass to avoid missing a shot
It’s a good thing when you score 30 points without missing a shot I assure you.
No no you don’t get it bro, the fact that he’s too scared to shoot means he’s cooked
Known lacker of confidence….”checks notes” LeBron James
Over the past 10 games they have the most free throws attempts/ 2nd best assist % / most wide open 3s (whatever that stat considers open) and the best efg%. they’re fine on offense
Well I meant last 2
I’m enjoying Luka’s show but it’s unfortunate how much they really do need Luka to score that much. It’s kinda like the Mavs finals run, Luka scoring lots of triple double that were absolutely necessary. It’s rough to really carry that much to a chip if the rotation doesn’t step up.
How tf do the Lakers keep pulling off these end of season surges? Is Pelinka a trade deadline merchant?
I can only speak for luka since i only followed him but Luka has always been a late season - play off riser. Some players are just like that similar to jimmy butler
same for LeBron. Additionally it really helps them that Ayton stop fucking around and put some effort in.
On a brutal back to back.
first round exit
Going completely unrecognized too by media that puts Brown and Cade over him
We all thought that ‘23 run was peak. This is on another level man
How can he score 40 both games of a back to back if he’s fat and out of shape?
And the 4 steals in 3 quarters required zero defensive effort, too!
His mass has it’s own gravitational pull that throws defenders off-balance. Frankly it’s disgusting the league allows this
Another technique Harden mastered first 😎
He’s thicc and lazy not fat and out of shape
He doesnt have a girl making him get dessert after every meal anymore
Anybody not watching him on a nightly basis is missing out on greatness
cade could only dream of dropping a performance like this
Cade is capable of scoring 40 pts
On 40 shots
Cade had one of his most efficient games of the season while blowing out the Lakers.
Lmfao why is Cade catching strays
Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux both ranked Cade above Luka (and Giannis) in their top 10 rankings… John Hollinger was definitely looking at them funny for it.
Bringing him up knowing he got a collapsed lung is nasty work
you are straight up a loser bringing up another player for no reason than to put them down lol
well thankfully I watch him on a nightly basis
I wish I could watch him nightly. F U Adam Silver.
Corporate greed is why I pirate NBA streams. I can’t even pay for some games if I wanted to.
I’m not a Laker fan but this run Luka’s on is absolute cinema
Most underrated player in the league. It’s amazing he hasn’t won a MVP yet. Should have in 2024.
It’s funny that, as much as people glaze it, he really is underrated
That’s what I realized in 23-24, trying to catch most their games and obviously now its better since I get to watch Lebron in his final years as well. Wemby might reach that level soon, his offense is a little inconsistent and just not as good for me to open up a Spurs game every other day. But can get there
Luka after this performance falls to 21st in MVP race
2nd
So he was 1st?
nah, he falls from 3rd to 2nd
This reflects issues with education in Oklahoma
I appreciate your commitment to proving that Oklahoma is ranked 49th in education
I didn’t know a state I’m not in is 49th in education
you trolling these knuckleheads is hilarious.
I don’t understand the downvotes, nothing said was anything offensive
thank you good sir
Only 3 assists. Washed. Trade him.
No one would ever trade Luka away bro be real
Imagine trading him, who could you even ask for? Antony Davis?
His 3 assists to 2 turnovers ratio is badddddd
Luka is a 40+ merchant smh
Idk that MVP can still go to Luka if Lakers keep a top 3 seed
It’s locked up SGA and for good reason
Luka is playing so out of his mind that people don’t realise the 3rd seed is as close to the 9th seed as they are to OKC
And OKC has far away the better overall team. Luka is the most valuable, without him the lakers don’t make the playoffs
It probably is, but it’s not for a good reason. Luka is playing significantly better than SGA at the moment. People have gotten the MVP as the 6 seed before. Why shouldn’t a player on a 3 seeded team that has massively ramped up its performance to end the season be able to MVP, or at the very least be in serious contention?
One of the only player playing good defense on this tired Lakers team
pretty good trade from lakers i guess
I thought he was washed?
Source told me smells good so probably yeah
what? who has been saying that recently and why would you even pay that any attention lmao
It’s just hilarious people try to downplay how great this guy is
Please find me one person who said that🤣🤣
Come on now stop it don’t be delusional lol
Nico was right or something
People were unironically saying Derrick White is better than Luka on that dumbass post about Mazzulla calling White top 5
Can we shame those people?
Man who was saying that?!? crazy
Also Kenny Atkinson is the one who called D White Top 5, also crazy
Is this the guy /nba told me was out of the MvP race and being Cade and Brown?
Averaging 25/10/6 and leading your team to the best record in the conference and potentially leading the league in assist would definitely put Cade higher on the MVP ladder at the time especially when Detroits 2nd best perimeter player is Tobias Harris.
Do people not understand basketball at all?
How about now when Luka’s averaging 40 and on an 8 game winstreak
Cade was 4th and Luka was at 5th but after the past week Luka definitely passed him. Not all fans are unbiased but to act as if Cade and Brown didn’t CLEARLY have cases is insane.
The list fluctuates people are just too attached to their favorite player, If my favorite player was having a great game I wouldn’t be posting hate comments on other players in the middle of it smh.
Luka 60 points on aback to back
They didn’t have cases. Luka is miles better than either of them. It’s not even remotely close.
Also, in case you haven’t noticed, 25/6/10 is not very good compared to the stats Luka is averaging (33/8/9).
Dumbest shit I’ve read on this sub in a long time lol averaging 25/10/5,best record, all-star starter, all nba team but he’s “not that guy”
Jaylen Brown 28/7/5 all-star, finals MVP, all nba buts he’s “not that guy”
Comments like yours remind me most people on this sub are genuine kids and shouldn’t be taken seriously.
I do think both Brown and Cade are playing at a high level. I also think context matters quite a bit, although the voting system seems to not care.
It’s usually more of the “who’s the biggest star of the team with the better record”, or very close to it. Personally, being the most valuable player I would really ponder were would the team be without them.
I think Boston could do alright, OKC would do just fine without SGA, nuggets had a decent run but probably fall apart, Lakers would absolutely fall apart, pistons I’m sure are gonna feel Cade’s absence.
But yeah, all these discussions and fire between fans is just media stuff, media talks 24⁄7 about the Lakers, and they’ve been shitting on Luka way too harshly.
MVP
Honestly, after first 3-5 minutes of the game I thought all of Lakers looked fully gassed, but Luka looked especially tired. I thought that he wasn’t gonna be able to put a good game and just on time he tripped himself or no reason and didn’t get up from the floor for like 15 seconds.
Dude is really special, dropping 50 piece on a back to back against well defending teams.
Dont understand why hes playing so hard? Does he want to go even lower in the MVP rankings?
All those media clowns and podcasters hating on Luka a couple weeks ago should be eating shit
Dawg I just finished watching the highlights from yesterday’s game
He’s been the best player in the nba since January 1st. May not be enough for MVP, but it’s not really a debate
thats my 5th place mvp frontrunner
Gonna jump up to 2nd in MVP but don’t think he can take over SGA
Luka & were questionable ffs.
Those mfs are basketball junkies, they are playing high level of hops while barely sleeping lol
Luka loves making an mvp case during the last fifth of the season lol
Playoff warmup
Mvp
As a result, he’s now ranked 17 on the MVP ladder.
S/o whatever poster was complaining about the b2b this morning lmao
Maybe he can crack top 10 mvp
60 BALL
60
Only 60 points..wtf?
60 bomb
good thing he doesn’t play defense right
MVP.
Bam had that in a single half. Sad.
20 points alone in 4th Q, 100 points total in 24hours back to back!
2nd in MVP voting
Bro you on a generational hating run
He’s scared
What would Thunder fans possibly be scared of from LA? SGA would essentially have to stop playing to lose out on MVP at this point lol
correct
He’s clawing bro. If they finish off as blazing as they are now, he might win it
Thunder are winning 21 of their last 22, so no also, this is a massive improvement over Luka not making 1st team all-nba so you should be thanking me
fair enough
he’ll win one eventually although if Wemby doesn’t get hurt he’s probably winning at least 1 MVP in 2027 or 2028
Should be 1st since Luka is cuter.
by those standards the MVP should be alex caruso the sexual orca
Nah, I heard Alex is a selfish lover.
>:( shylily loves me /j
Fucking annoying dude