DatDudeJP7 | Knicks

1186 | 7 hours ago

When it rains it pours

Babushka5 | Celtics

368 | 7 hours ago

Its so insane that JJ kept him in there while he was holding his side and unable to move

sbenfsonwFFiF

180 | 7 hours ago

True, but players also have a responsibility to pull themselves, esp when down that much

Apollo611 | Lakers

150 | 6 hours ago

Players are ultra competitors sometimes the coach and medical staff has to save them from themselves

sbenfsonwFFiF

57 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, shared responsibility

It’s a regular season game against the best team in the league that is very physical and you’re down 30 + hurt. Gotta be rationale

Petering | Celtics

14 | 6 hours ago

The players probably don’t realize it either, the adrenaline pushing them.

sbenfsonwFFiF

22 | 6 hours ago

He was holding his side and Luka was holding his hamstring in the first quarter, they def noticed it

No_Diver_629

29 | 6 hours ago

If Austin or Luka had done that, they would have been teared to shred online until the injury news had come.

But i agree that it is a joint responsibility in the end. But it should be 100% on the medical staff. Not on the coach or player

sbenfsonwFFiF

3 | 6 hours ago

For not playing the second half down 30 or for asking to come out while holding their oblique/hamstring? Firstly, what idiots say online doesn’t matter. Why should they care what the discourse online is for 48 hours is while they know they’re injured. Secondly, that would still be the smarter thing to do even with the online bullshit.

The medical staff can’t diagnose anything just by seeing him hold his side mid game, the player needs to say something and the coaches need to know when to quit in a game down 30 that they don’t need to win.

BattlebornCrow | Lakers

12 | 6 hours ago

It pissed me off because even if he can’t make the injury worse, he was still super ineffective trying to guard SGA with one arm.

Plus, every team hunts AR. He wasn’t effective at all with the injury.

davemoedee | Celtics

7 | 6 hours ago

Guys tweak stuff and hold it all the time and then finish the game and don’t miss any games. There would be so many false alarms if coaches stopped play every time they saw that.

Bigboi88888 | Celtics

48 | 7 hours ago

More like when it rains it bleeds

FantasticChemical161

20 | 7 hours ago

SLAYER !!!!!

GPCAPTregthistleton | ATL

4 | 7 hours ago

King James’s Reign in Blood.

FantasticChemical161

5 | 6 hours ago

Trapped in purgatory!

G1Spectrum | Lakers

7 | 7 hours ago

All I can do is laugh honestly

Existing_Set2100 | Wizards

3 | 7 hours ago

We got money for wars but can’t feed the poor.

Obi_Wan_Benobi | Spurs

3 | 6 hours ago

What the FUCK.

I genuinely feel bad for Lakers fans.

I wanted my team to knock your team out fair and square in the 2nd round and now, nah, their season is just over because of injuries. The shittiest part of sports.

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

727 | 7 hours ago

How is LeBron the only one still up at the end of the season lmao

StudiousLebronJames

147 | 7 hours ago

cuz he’s the goat

spicyflacco | Knicks

136 | 7 hours ago

He took their powers /s

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

69 | 6 hours ago

We chasing 50. We are fucking back. Four more years in #Believeland Fuck this laker era. I’m back to bron.

UkNomysTeezz | Timberwolves

24 | 6 hours ago

#justa50yearoldkidfromakron

steno_light | Lakers

7 | 6 hours ago

LeMonstars

Connect_Visit5516

69 | 7 hours ago

He has always been the healthier star of his team in playoffs during his lakers time lol

Ad was either injured or hobbled, luka was sick last playoffs.

Its shocking that the 41 year old is not injured though lol

F1gur1ng1tout

21 | 6 hours ago

This has been true for every team he’s been on too lol

samhit_n | Lakers

43 | 6 hours ago

I feel like LeBron just has stronger ligaments and tissue. No amount of conditioning or recovery can keep a 41 year old healthy for a full NBA season.

vlad_the_impaler13 | Pistons

9 | 4 hours ago

Sometimes it just comes down purely to genetics

SpamAcc17 | Timberwolves

2 | 2 hours ago

I am 100% dead serious when i say I think there is at least a 50% chance that lebron is a genetically modified human being and in turn, has no father.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

33 | 7 hours ago

Because he sat out the first month of the season

Mood_Academic | Lakers

53 | 6 hours ago

To be frank AR missed more games than Bron this year

d-o_ol | NBA

8 | 4 hours ago

Ok, but why was he trying to be Frank?

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8 | 7 hours ago

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Mood_Academic | Lakers

24 | 6 hours ago

Reaves I believe has missed more than him

Abouter11Stoneware | Trail Blazers

5 | 5 hours ago

51 Reaves

56 James

64 Luka

WolverineLong1430

11 | 6 hours ago

Bron is also slacking a lot to conserve energy. Most importantly, he’s not doing all these stop and go, stop and change direction, twitchy moves. He’s a straight-line run to the rim, plays weak side a lot, and doesn’t close out/rotate.

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12 | 6 hours ago

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catscanmeow | Raptors

3 | 6 hours ago

i have a feeling they will rest him and let the rest of the team skill develop for the rest of the season so they prepare for the playoffs.

no point in risking a lebron injury

InevitablePart3417

4 | 5 hours ago

played more games than austin? 8 less games than luka.. again, the dude had an mcl tear, sciatica, and arthirits. It is absolutely even more impressive than you think it is

Klutzy_Struggle8659 | Warriors

5 | 7 hours ago

Nice jinx

A-Centrifugal-Force

4 | 7 hours ago

GOAT

Derpy_Mc_Burpy | Raptors

4 | 7 hours ago

Either he’s on drugs or he really is LeGoat.

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

3 | 7 hours ago

Because he took the first portion of the season off so that that would happen

TenaciousProd | Thunder

549 | 7 hours ago

Well, whoever ends up as the 6 seed must be happy.

guess-what-babe | East

324 | 7 hours ago

Lakers could very easily drop to 4 now

Winnes0ta | Super 8

84 | 7 hours ago

Depends on how Denver does. They still have games against the spurs and thunder left and if the spurs hang on today they’ll be 1.5 back and the Lakers have the tiebreaker. Lakers just need to beat the two tanking teams the have left and they’ll pretty much have the 3 locked up.

Also does Denver even want the 3 seed if it means playing Minnesota in the first round instead of playing Houston in the ⁴⁄₅.

space9610 | CLE

32 | 6 hours ago

If I’m Denver I would match rather play Houston and OKC instead of Minnesota and San Antonio

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

46 | 6 hours ago

I think everyone wants Houston not that we are playing well recently either

space9610 | CLE

22 | 6 hours ago

I think minny just gets respect cause they show up in the playoffs tbh.

TheZacef | Timberwolves

14 | 6 hours ago

This is the cope I tell myself when we have a stinker lmao.

space9610 | CLE

13 | 6 hours ago

Back to back western conference finals is some tangible evidence that they are forreal lol

TheZacef | Timberwolves

6 | 6 hours ago

Oh I know and for sure agree that they tend to step it up big time. I think a lot of wolves fans are used to being ass (15-67 in 2010 comes to mind) so there’s a lot of doomers in the fandom.

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

2 | 6 hours ago

Unfortunately looks like we are going to have a nightmare 8 straight win Nuggets-spurs-Thunder route this year we will probably re-tool this offseason

FERFreak731 | Jazz

7 | 7 hours ago

They have a Jazz game, and the tie breaker over Denver The 3 seed is basically locked for them. Plus Denver has the Spurs again

nahs | Clippers

8 | 7 hours ago

Lakers might drop to 4 or 5 now at this rate

samhit_n | Lakers

7 | 6 hours ago

We might drop to 4 or 5 despite the Nuggets tough schedule to end the season.

Responsible_Focus424 | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

Lakers will lose every remaining game to get a better pick. No point not to. We will be the 6.

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

8 | 6 hours ago

Wolves would need to win out for that to happen. It’s not happening.

soycameron | Trail Blazers

319 | 7 hours ago

Bronny starting PG minutes with LeBron? I’m so excited

MainAd2728 | Washington Bullets

94 | 7 hours ago

Nah but really who tf are they starting now? Bronny, Kennard, LaRavia, Bron, Ayton?

soycameron | Trail Blazers

123 | 7 hours ago

Smart, Kennard, Rui/Laravia, LeBron, Ayton

That’s where I see it going

SpaceSheperd | Hornets

56 | 7 hours ago

With Bronny as the 6th man? Good god that’s grim

Rad_platypus7 | Knicks

50 | 6 hours ago

Vando, Kleber, Knecht, bronny, timme off the bench for you in the playoffs lmao

Embarrassed_Meal7969

24 | 6 hours ago

We won’t even have timme bruh. He’s on a 2 way

Afraid-Department-35 | Mavericks

7 | 5 hours ago

Yall ain’t ready for Playoff Bronny.

Rad_platypus7 | Knicks

7 | 4 hours ago

Bron for All, 20%

Theunmedicated

5 | 4 hours ago

aint no way knecht is going over bronny, he cant shoot and I’d rather have an undersized bronny as a POA

LeLefraud

7 | 6 hours ago

Rui would be the 6th man but still it ain’t exactly what you want to see

HereIGoAgain_1x10 | Cavaliers

3 | an hour ago

Could be a top anime moment if Bronny just been holding back all this time and finally goes all out avg 40/10/10 while playing playing lockdown defense… I mean it literally has be fictional to happen.

Several_Hour_347

7 | 7 hours ago

Is Smart healed yet? He’s been on the injury report for a while

markmyredd | Minneapolis Lakers

3 | 5 hours ago

The last report I saw is he is practicing 3on3. So he is probably gonna be there for the playoffs at least

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

3 | 6 hours ago

Smart ain’t even back tbh

Musa_2050 | Lakers

9 | 7 hours ago

Smart, Kennard, Rui, Lebron, and Ayton. The bench is gonna be g league material

UraniumDisulfide | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

That’s a championship roster right there

Woullie_26 | Lakers

9 | 7 hours ago

NO ONE wants to see that lmfaooo

berrytree198

27 | 7 hours ago

I literally do bronny been getting better slowly

OKC2023champs | Thunder

14 | 6 hours ago

Yeah he’s good enough to stick around as an end of bench guy after LeBron leaves. He’s been working his ass of

Dawsonvipers | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

I legit think he can work his way up into a Davion Mitchell type role

soycameron | Trail Blazers

2 | 6 hours ago

They are gonna be getting louder crowd cheers than home teams themselves at playoff games

jpadog | Minneapolis Lakers

295 | 7 hours ago

41 yo as the primary option going to the playoffs. lakers are cooked

yewzurnayme | Rockets

71 | 6 hours ago

The tank job between Denver, Houston, and Minny to get the Lakers boutta be insane

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

18 | 6 hours ago

It really comes down to do the nuggets take 4 because it seems unlikely wolves move up even with the rockets game left to play

BackgroundShower4063 | Pistons

9 | 6 hours ago

Bronny needs to step up!

heshouldgo | Lakers

214 | 7 hours ago

Lakers weren’t winning the chip but man it sucks having your season end like this

YoungDetective | Lakers

88 | 7 hours ago

I just wanted a 1st round win man

pharrelsbigasshat | Lakers

41 | 7 hours ago

First round exit is BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

samhit_n | Lakers

26 | 6 hours ago

I just wanted a 1st round series win and wouldn’t have cared if we got eliminated by the Spurs or the Thunder in a competitive series after that.

BBallHunter | Thunder

100 | 7 hours ago

Time for Ayton to step up.

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79 | 7 hours ago

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Petering | Celtics

14 | 6 hours ago

Ayton dropping 84 on the Mavs legacy game.

FormalDifficult8441 | Bulls

14 | 7 hours ago

Uh oh…

samhit_n | Lakers

13 | 6 hours ago

I have more faith in LeBron reverting to his 2018 version.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

12 | 7 hours ago

genuinely curious, was Ayton expected to be the #1 player on a team given his draft pick status?

Agreeable_Cattle_691 | Mavericks

23 | 7 hours ago

Yea he was supposed to be David Robinson coming out of college

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

10 | 7 hours ago

Daaaaaaaaang, crazy expectations. Even crazier that he hasn’t made a single All-star, all-nba, or all-defense team

Folk-Herro | Heat

59 | 7 hours ago

Just Monday people were talking about them as a dark horse, now it’s OVER

TheFatmanRises | Heat

42 | 7 hours ago

2018 LeBron is about to show up

Several_Hour_347

18 | 7 hours ago

Someone post the SNL skit 😂

UraniumDisulfide | Lakers

9 | 6 hours ago

It’s never been more accurate

ComoEstanBitches | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

Surprised SNL hasn’t pulled off what TWKYK style YouTube and just poorly edit cavs out with lakers

-Jfree- | 24

11 | 6 hours ago

Man he is 41 years old now… could you imagine actual 2018 lebron now. I would give him a shot even without Luca and austin.

subtlebob | Pacers

9 | 6 hours ago

Man that would be so awesome

LeTacoTuesday | Lakers

39 | 7 hours ago

It’s joever

bloodrider1914 | Spurs

13 | 7 hours ago

It’s LeOver

YujiDomainExpansion

37 | 7 hours ago

Teams are about to start tanking to draw the Lakers in Round 1

Altruistic-Twist-379 | San Francisco Warriors

16 | 7 hours ago

Dominayton show them the real number 1 pick

SugarFreeCummiBears

15 | 7 hours ago

Just having a season thrown away is rough

Licoi | Warriors

14 | 7 hours ago

Am I the only one who believes Bron can carry in the first round and win?

Mg29reaper | Celtics

33 | 7 hours ago

Yes who are they going to beat. The wolves. The rockets. The nuggets??

MainAd2728 | Washington Bullets

20 | 7 hours ago

The Rockets may just lose to Lebron-led lakers lol

Domainsetter

12 | 7 hours ago

I’d take Houston but it wouldn’t be a sweep. I don’t trust that team one bit.

habitualhuman | Hawks

10 | 7 hours ago

Yes it’s just you

Domainsetter

5 | 7 hours ago

If the Rockets lose to a LeBron led team, disband them. The other teams, will destroy them.

TheFatmanRises | Heat

14 | 7 hours ago

Another Legacy added to LeBron and another Legacy deduction for KD

Domainsetter

5 | 7 hours ago

Unironically legacy points up for grabs

ThatBull_cj | 76ers Bandwagon

5 | 7 hours ago

With Marcus smart, Deandre Ayton and Rui hacimura as the other starters? Yea you probably are

Spierre3

2 | 7 hours ago

Bron is 41, he can’t handle full time ball handling duty at his age with no other ball handlers outside of smart

dylanh334

13 | 7 hours ago

Our playoff lineup and rotations are going to be ROUGH

Outrageous-Job2684 | Thunder

13 | 7 hours ago

It’s all good they have Bronny

Standard-Tennis-6214

10 | 7 hours ago

That’s Bronny’s music!

back2schooldaze | 76ers

9 | 7 hours ago

Sheesh. The Lakers had little chance beyond the second round but here is Lebron again by himself in the playoffs… but now he’s 42.

Humble_Initiative_10

4 | 7 hours ago

Wow this is a cruel end for us man.

Arkin47 | Spurs

3 | 7 hours ago

Damn that’s rough.

Can you imagine if the Lakers fall to 4th and the Rockets manage to lose this?

RazmalakatazniaaaA

4 | 5 hours ago

Classic Bron with no fucking help man,

alex_song | Knicks

2 | 7 hours ago

Bronny really bout to get starter minutes in an NBA playoff game. Stage is set for the kid to prove any doubters wrong.

IsThisMe8 | Warriors

3 | 7 hours ago

Wtf…when did this even happen?

HannTwistzz | Lakers

6 | 7 hours ago

And as I said before, can’t have shitttttttt

G1Spectrum | Lakers

4 | 7 hours ago

Holy shit LMAO all I can do at this point is laugh

ChemicalPower9020 | Celtics

3 | 6 hours ago

It’s honestly fucking insane that a 41 year old is more durable than two 27 year olds. LeBron is truly an athletic anomaly

michelobX10

2 | 6 hours ago

LeBron can’t win with these cats.

rkennedy991 | Cavaliers

4 | 7 hours ago

Time for LeBron to prove he still has it consistently and for Ayton to prove he has it at all

Mood_Academic | Lakers

8 | 6 hours ago

Lmao asking Bron to “prove it” with this roster is insane.

Batshaq2093

2 | 5 hours ago

LeBron can’t just be 41 in peace lol

HS941317

4 | 7 hours ago

Now we can watch LeBron as a first option just like Jordan was on the wizards without playing with 2 stars 🔥

asakitsi | West

3 | 7 hours ago

Some teams are about to do some nasty calculating in order to try and draw the Lakers first round.

Fun-Baseball9182

3 | 7 hours ago

Honestly insane he played the next 2 quarters of the okc game with that injury. He obviously looked hobbled but not grade 2 strain hobbled.

Rybackmonster

3 | 7 hours ago

Some lucky team is gonna get a free series win vs the injured Lakers in the first round of the playoffs

torero15 | Lakers

3 | 6 hours ago

This helps accept the fate. Was going to convince myself we had a chance with Luka maybe coming back but nope even that was never going to happen. Will be an interesting offseason. 4th, 5th and 6th seeds now become huge because playing the Lakers is an easy win.

Rad_platypus7 | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

Can they sign cam Thomas or something

HungerSTGF | Raptors

3 | 5 hours ago

The 41 year old is the healthiest one at this point? The fuckery continues

iamtheshadowking | Trail Blazers

1 | 7 hours ago

What the fuck? Let’s hope it doesn’t come in threes.

j_fish5 | Lakers

4 | 6 hours ago

Why the fuck would you even put this out there

Xgxstxn | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

Lakers are actually cooked, incoming first round sweep

Appropriate-Door1369

2 | 7 hours ago

Lakers might as well not show up to the playoffs now

surgeyou123 | Heat

2 | 7 hours ago

Young Bronny. It’s your time.

ShaianH

2 | 7 hours ago

Well this fucking sucks

Due_Cod_7018

2 | 7 hours ago

wtffff

Crying_in_99Ranch | NBA

2 | 7 hours ago

LeBron has no issue carrying a team through the playoffs

MaterialGlove | Mavericks

2 | 7 hours ago

LeOnlyOneLeft

louie3723jr

2 | 7 hours ago

Bron and bronny got this

posts_saver

2 | 7 hours ago

they don’t have a chance either way. so what the hell. everybody’s off

Bungulator69

2 | 6 hours ago

This is the story. This is where Bronny gets the playtime to ascend.

jotyma5 | Celtics

2 | 6 hours ago

Can Bron win a single series? Nope

Ok-Comfortable9449 | Heat

2 | 6 hours ago

Imagine they get outta the first round tho lol

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

2 | 6 hours ago

Brutal. Don’t think the defense would’ve held up but they were playing great ball

McKnightmare24 | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

It’s LeOver isn’t it

holydonut2k1 | Warriors

2 | 6 hours ago

Who built the substation next to Crypto arena?

Interesting_Prune513 | Heat

2 | 6 hours ago

4-6 weeks is out for the whole playoffs

Attey21 | Jazz

2 | 6 hours ago

LeBron about to avg 40 in the 1st round playoff sweep.

th4tscrazy

2 | 6 hours ago

The only way for the lakers to win the championship like last time is for the NBA to pause the season until they recover

AppropriateArt280 | Spurs

2 | 5 hours ago

LeTakeover is upon us

pretzeldoggo | Kings

2 | 5 hours ago

Pack it in Lakers fans

Slight_Custard1527

1 | 7 hours ago

But now the rains pour o’er their halls With no one there to hear

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 7 hours ago

It was fun while it lasted

Prestigious-Lab5154 | 76ers

1 | 7 hours ago

damn

Darthraiders87 | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

Yeah were definitely fucked

jfrodriguez1983 | Mavericks

1 | 7 hours ago

Dominayton this is your chance bro lol

D3struct_oh | Rockets

1 | 7 hours ago

Blood in the water.

I like AR, hope he gets back on the court soon. Was really looking forward to seeing him hoop in the playoffs.

Official_Champ

1 | 7 hours ago

Might as well shut everything down.

Spierre3

1 | 7 hours ago

Well fuck me I guess. Literally the worst single night of basketball since I’ve been a lakers fan

StunningDifference41

1 | 7 hours ago

Bronny FTW

Tsunami-Papi_ | Suns

1 | 7 hours ago

they’re finished

Several_Hour_347

1 | 7 hours ago

Lmao Lebron about to be in a lineup starting Ayton, Bronny, Rui, and Kennard

Zeppelin96 | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

Barkley’s ¹²⁄₂₅

HistoryCzar

1 | 7 hours ago

Would be a wild time for LeBron to pull of a solo run and just go out on top lol

claydavisismyhero | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

lakers will end up the nbatv series this year

G1Spectrum | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

Holy shit LMAO all I can do at this point is laugh

Barkav1ous

1 | 7 hours ago

Okc out there killing players

Alternative-Row-84

1 | 7 hours ago

LeBron gets to one man show !

youareyou650 | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

Just a season down the drain. 6 months for nothing. Not even a chance to compete. Oldest player ever the only one standing. Ridiculous

CookingLikeChef

1 | 7 hours ago

Bronze figuring out which injury to fake so he doesn’t get exposed

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

LEBRON JAMES

https://youtu.be/Grvya5Ea3Ow?si=44FPRmnVH7qITdkK

CorporalCoprolite

1 | 7 hours ago

LeBron: “I’m 41 years old. Do I look like I want to lead this team in the playoffs? I don’t want to do that shit”

kurruchi | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

I’m bandwagoning for team injury since they are winning. I hope everyone else gets injured.

HybridTheoryY2K

1 | 7 hours ago

Damn. Incoming 41 year old LeSuper Saiyan 3?

beesinabiscuit | Pacers

1 | 7 hours ago

little late to start the tank but cool to see someone else getting in on it

GrooveDigger47 | Pistons

1 | 6 hours ago

gahdamn

che_boludo_ | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

This could lead to some insane seed jockeying in the last 2 games

SuccessfulCat7577

1 | 6 hours ago

Crash and burn ending..never seen anything like this man we are cursed

AWiggins30

1 | 6 hours ago

God

HAND__EGG | Bulls

1 | 6 hours ago

What happened?

lefan94

1 | 6 hours ago

Remember Laker fans said they should kick out Lebron and build around Luka and AR as two max players going forward

brnccnt7

1 | 6 hours ago

Damn thats terrible, rip the Lakers season

Stock_Discount_2833 | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

We dead. We looked good, but we dead now.

HandsOnTheBible

1 | 6 hours ago

Bronny anime moment incoming

[Charania] Lakers’ Austin Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks with the Grade 2 oblique injury, sources tell ESPN. Devastating run of injuries to L.A.’s two leading scorers. Reaves and Luka Doncic are expected to be sidelined to begin the NBA playoffs.