I almost lost my shit when they cut the lead to 7

Down 15 with ~3 min to go is kinda the game is over empty the benches, however kinda not really so it got to that point

Pacers got offended that bronny got brought out before garbage time even started and started running full court press…

The Pacers tried hard to get in reach to tell everyone they are good if they want to, they just don’t want to.

Yea I’m annoyed they really came with first round exit energy. Gotta do better!

Clutch win merchants.

It was extremely rude of them not to let our guys rest in the second half.

chef’s kiss

It was ⁴⁄₁₁ from 3 unfortunately

Feel like we take the statlines the superstars in this league put up on a nightly basis for granted

Him and Harden are the only ones that come to mind

When you are chucking 30 Fgs you better be hitting 40 lmao are you serious?

Lakers dont have a bench.

The Lakers bench this season is like Rui, Laravia, Kennard(Gabe), Vando, Hayes, Kleber, Bronny, Dalton. In a game with no Smart, Ayton, Rui, suddenly its Hayes and Laravia playing big minutes, and the bench is Kennard, Vando, Bronny, Kleber which is like the bench of the Wizards.

The fact that this team with all the injuries is the 3 seed is up there with the most unexpected things to happen this season, this roster is dogshit.

Luka was a big reason why the Lakers didn’t close that game out, he was awful at the end of the third/start of the fourth

Lakers took their foot off the gas up like 25 or whatever

Pacers are an interesting team. You can still see the dangerous version of them under the surface, they’re just missing some connective tissue in Hali and desperately need some rim protection. But they turn it on every once in a while still. All of a sudden they’ll just start full court pressing, hounding down inbounds, and hitting 3’s, and it’s like oh yeah, there’s that team I remember from the playoffs. Still got the clutch gene in there somewhere

Pacers were playing like it was game 7 of finals

It wasnt lakers just got too complacent and let them catch back up. Bron was yapping to tyrese half the game

He is a ¹⁄₁ when you add elite playmaking. Just a cheat code and joy to watch.

Shai, Luka, and Wemby are all carving themselves into the history books this season.

Jokic was too then he got hurt.

On behalf of the rest of the league, fuck Nico. I can’t blame the Lakers for taking that trade at all, though. On a level of no-brainer as the Warriors adding KD when they could, and even more massively in their favor. Take the money, get receipts, and prepare for when the cops come by asking about a robbery.

and the lip reader made an update video saying he got it wrong the first time…

MVP.

The game was over by Q3, they fouled him in the end to make it close

33 8 8 is his season average with 2 stocks. It’s most definitely not just recent form.

I hate how narrative driven (and team success driven) NBA MVP discourse is. Wish it was actually about the most valuable player

I think it’s somewhat excusable given that its the end of a long successful roadtrip, and when they put all the starters back in they got the job done. That’s what matters

Redick will make history again and play 5 players for an entire half in the playoffs

You didn’t see the OKC games

We tried harder against the magic 2 days ago

You’re assuming it’s the same people making those comments and not one of the other million members of this sub

What kind of logic did you use to make a decision that those 2 groups of people are the same people ? genuinely curious.

Bronny did fine

What are you talking about he was subbed out up 15

lakers flair and didn’t even watch the game is crazy

Bronny had a better plus minus than LaRavia (+4 to -1)

They were fine with Bronny minutes pacers started their come back when Luka came in.

Crazy take, he can drop this on any team, in fact this was an average game to his standards.

Like the heat a few nights ago?

Bam is better at stat padder mate