Fire_Demon-215

305 | 3 hours ago

Such a ridiculous lineup. How did this team win 52 games with this insane construction

ositola | Lakers

130 | 3 hours ago

KD bring healthy during the regular season

pezasied | Pacers

58 | 3 hours ago

Also like a third of the league was tanking since all star break (some before).

I think some win totals were a bit inflated across the board this year because of that.

The bottom 10 teams had 261 combined wins last year, only 240 this year, and a decent amount of those 240 wins came from tanking teams playing each other down the stretch.

Electronic_Pea_4845 | Iran

16 | 2 hours ago

West was weak af beyond the top 6

sixeyedbird | Lakers

1 | 27 minutes ago

Clippers had a good stretch but threw away their postseason for Benedict Mathurin

GMoney_McSwag | Bulls

1 | 37 minutes ago

Imagine trying to enjoy a league where a third of the teams aren’t trying

avboden | Warriors

6 | 2 hours ago

Yet the nephews on here still attack him

Virtuallyhere56

86 | 3 hours ago

You see it often where teams will overplay their starters a lot in the regular season, pick up wins against teams playing their bench more, then flame out in the playoffs when other teams start playing their starters a lot

Houston had 3 of the top 5 players by total minutes this season

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

22 | 3 hours ago

That’s true a lot of the time but in this series, the Lakers have had two of their starters play 0 minutes combined (and not just 4th and 5th men, but their MVP candidate and other fringe All NBA caliber player). The Rockets are getting cooked by typical bench players.

esports_consultant

24 | 2 hours ago

Bro the Lakers still have Lebron.

Kiriegloom | Bulls

13 | an hour ago

70 year old Lebron who missed the start of the season due to sciatica and arthritis

TAG_Sky240

10 | 34 minutes ago

The goat is the goat

HolyMostaccioli | Pistons

1 | 14 minutes ago

LeBron still sleepwalks to 20/5/5

transizzle | SAC

12 | 3 hours ago

cause KD played a ton of minutes

Responsible-Bass4020 | Thunder

7 | 3 hours ago

they had that offensive rebounding stent with Adams until his ankle died

LosAngeLukaGOAT | Cote D'Ivoire

6 | 3 hours ago

They were playing Adams rebound and Insha’Allah, then Sengun ball and Insha’Allah and they had to finish the season with give the ball to KD and Insha’Alla

Kal-Kent | Warriors Bandwagon

5 | 2 hours ago

Durant being healthy for 70+ games

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

I mean Sengun and Thompson are supposed to be top 30ish players in the league. Jabari is a good two way wing that any team would love to have. Eason a lesser version of the same. And then you have Durant.

That’s a lot of talent even with the injuries. It’s their young players being very underwhelming this series that sunk them, especially Sengun in

Wavepops

6 | 3 hours ago

They haven’t played like top 30 players this year. KD is why they won 50 games. That and good defense

Pleasestoplyiiing

-1 | an hour ago

Amen is top 30 from defense alone.

Wavepops

1 | 12 minutes ago

No he’s not

tactis1234 | Mavericks

2 | an hour ago

It’s comical at this point. They need to fire everyone in the Rockets front office and coaching staff.

FunnyReputation624 | Trail Blazers

1 | 2 hours ago

They won 52 games last year with 3 of the same 5.

Sheppard for FVV

Eason for Brooks

MankBaby | Rockets

1 | 29 minutes ago

A team that wins with athleticism, youth, and a one-dimensional gimmicky offense is going to have a lot more success during the season. In the playoffs, when the opponent has time to game plan extensively, well…you see the result.

Kodak333 | Hawks

0 | an hour ago

Kevin Durant

inshamblesx | Rockets

84 | 3 hours ago

should’ve traded sengun when he had the chance bc no one will want him after bronny outscores him in game 4

Pikminious_Thrious | Lakers

23 | 2 hours ago

Sengun gets manhandled by the Lakers starters and then gets to see Austin mf Reaves come off the bench to finish him off

Aff_Reddit

-1 | an hour ago

while i love seeing the rockets fans dejected, if you got rid of Ime you’d have a real team.

Top-Bodybuilder4587

43 | 3 hours ago

Its insane how like the two other vet rotation players on the roster got ruled out for the season early on

FastCriticism5808 | Clippers

18 | 3 hours ago

Jeff Green still got some fresh legs

PyroTFT | Clippers

1 | 8 minutes ago

JG would have been a Clippers starter this year for a good 10 games if he was with us

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

38 | 2 hours ago

Who was the youngest starting lineup?

Dry-Spot-474 | Spurs

9 | 2 hours ago

Probably the nets

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

1 | 28 minutes ago

Apparently it’s the 76-77 Blazers.

Serkuuu | Celtics

1 | 23 minutes ago

I mean theyre quite old now so this cant be true

paddiction | SAS

16 | 3 hours ago

Brick City

JazzlikeRaise108 | Thunder

13 | 2 hours ago

My favorite early playoffs narrative has been “do we owe KD an apology about his burners?”

NosebleedBananas | Warriors

6 | 2 hours ago

Looks like Luka gon be able to chill till round 2

No-Alternative2897

5 | 3 hours ago

Doodoo line up

ThrowRAwfishatme

5 | 3 hours ago

I thought I got Durant specifically so this wouldn’t be the case

ieatxan | Lakers

4 | 3 hours ago

Bbq chicken

Zealousideal-Cup5982

2 | 38 minutes ago

Trap game

TheMias24 | Suns

2 | an hour ago

I feel like they’ll actually pull of an upset win for some inexplicable reason

UseSufficient1561

0 | 39 minutes ago

Man, this could be a really fun series to watch, even without KD. Young Rockets are gonna be hungry to prove themselves. Our guys need to be locked in from the jump. Wemby vs Sengun is gonna be wild. Go Spurs Go!

GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN | Lakers

-1 | 3 hours ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/e5LgGPraQA

repost

Top-boy-og

-8 | 3 hours ago

Lakers should sweep now, which means we get the showdown of the titans in rd2 with Luka and Austin coming back against the Thunder. Hopefully JDub is good to go by then

GloryCloud | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 31 minutes ago

I’m a laker fan and we are getting clapped in round two lol. This moment is our championship.

Massive-Toe3714

2 | 3 hours ago

showdown of the titans

Lol.

[Charania] With Kevin Durant sidelined, the Rockets are expected to utilize the second-youngest starting lineup in NBA playoff history – their homegrown core of Reed Sheppard, Amen Thompson, Tari Eason, Jabari Smith Jr. and Alperen Sengun.