I thought the Lakers might run away with it when they had the ball up 66-61, and then yeah went as expected.

Seemed like most of our games went the same way. We’d keep it close for 2+ quarters, then they’d just slowly pull away. 

The third quarter was an abortion.

I mean, it was fun for about 3 and a half quarters. How quick we forget the Lakers cut it to 5 with like 8 mins. left before OKC went nuclear again.

Lebron should’ve sent him to his old clinic in Miami.

Fuck man, OKC gets two sweeps while we in a dog fight with the Wolves.

I don’t think it’ll be enough regardless. San Antonio Spurs are our only hope in general tbh

Missing bunny after bunny.

Mf has butterfingers

50% of time catches the ball, of that, 75% of the time brings the ball down to get stripped or put up a contested shot

Cut him some slack, he’s still learning how to catch and hold a round object

Just generally sucking ass. Dude looks like an “if I was 7 ft. tall I could be in the NBA” player.

It still shocks me that someone who has played basketball hours a day for their entire life can not seem to catch a basketball.

He has the most terrible mental. Once he misses a few shots or makes a few mistakes it’s just all downhill.

You can just add him to the list of Lakers that do nothing, Laravia and Hayes are just doing cardio out there.

He has a problem gripping the ball….. it’s like he covers his hands in crisco before he checks in.

Clint Capela sends his regards

They just showed on the postgame. 100% fine. Haha

I hope he doesnt. The no continuations were dumb asf. But those damn turnovers have plagued this team even w Luka.

I hope so, this shit is crazy. That offensive basket interference on a regular ass lob and that double foul were insane. I’ve never even seen a double foul that weren’t techs before

It was fuckin terrible dude. Like it didn’t effect the result of the game at all, it was completely random both ways and the Lakers just sucked for ~35 minutes

But holy shit dude, what are we doing?? What’s the “correct” way to play the game that actually lets basketball happen uninterrupted??? Bc clearly no one knows

The refs were equally bad both ways, but man. That was a terribly awful watch

One of the worst games I’ve watched this season

That last jump ball scene really looked like they were trying to start a scuffle between the teams.

It was atrocious for everyone, that crew was just dogshit.

Refs need cardio training. They just wanted to stop the game to catch their breath

Same shit as last night. Bad officiating both ways that ruined the game- talking from a Knicks fan perspective

The double foul was the icing on the cake

Jared McCain - 18 points

Entire Lakers bench - 18 points

Sixers could use a microwave shooter like that rn. What was it, three 2nd rounders?

How tf did they just give him to us for a pick we weren’t gonna be able to use anyways 💀

idk who i fear more, McCain or Jokic

✨💅Jared 🥰

Morey is so nasty for that move

With Luka it would have been a series.

I watched the Thunder empty out their bench for the last two minutes and was thinking how many of their literal end of bench guys would be getting serious minutes for the lakers rn

Wiggins, Kenrich Williams and Isaiah Joe at least right?

I think the Lakers deserve so much credit. I’ve always liked JJ, but this post-season run my respect for him and the Lakers role players is way up.

I think the frustrating part is watching the Thunder be able to grab, push, pull, kiss, fart, and take a literal shit on a ref’s chest prior to them receiving a foul.

Most based form of hatred in sports

Great reason. Honestly.

This is the prevailing opinion of this sub. It just doesn’t want you to think that

They are tiers above - I don’t think we could win even if SGA switched sides lol

Appreciate the honesty

At least you’re honest dawg.. most people make things up for reasons they hate us

It’s the only HONEST reason anyone would at this point tbh. 😄

I hate OKC and they’re really good.

Thank you for being honest.

See now this I can respect.

Also, your mother accepts cash for sex.

refs were actual dogshit all game man really ruins it

Bring in the FIBA refs and the ruleset for a season and sweep this garbage away.

OKC gets fouled alot because they are a good team that puts other teams in bad positions.

OKC embellishes alot of contact and gets calls they shouldn’t due to flopping.

OKC also fouls alot. It’s a legit good strategy because they are deep and refs won’t call everything. Sometimes they don’t get called, today they did.

Overall it’s a shit watch and only way it’ll stop is if they stop rewarding any flopping (both teams flop, reaves is like a noodle sometimes).

Stop rewarding the offensive player for making all contact then bouncing off to get the foul.

Push offs are bullshit.

The game is too offensively favoured right now.

the review of the marcus smart foul on caruso is just such a waste of our time.

Hot take.

The hottest of takes. Lakers actually played pretty well.

Tbf the officiating was atrocious, but idk what that little huddle was about.

“My father will hear about this!”

Probably asking why they were being so shit

They were calling fouls on both teams and they had no idea who to assign it to lmao

its pretty hilarious when both teams fans are complaining about the reffing the entire game

I just turned the game on and SGA is at the line.

He’s only good because defenses can’t try hard against him because they’ll get a foul.

Oklahoma is 49th in education.

This is I refuse to watch OKC basketball.

All spammed nonstop in the game thread. It’s exhausting.

The top upvoted posts in this sub are drama. Stephen A talking to Jaylen Brown. Draymond talking to Austin Rivers. This sub is Kardashians for men. Embrace it.

“become” like it hasn’t been this way for 5+ years

It’s all /r/nbatalk brigading

Mods are letting this sub go to shit

Real Madrid coded

Yeah, I mean look at minutes played. We literally don’t have a roster. We have Reaves+Lebron. Smart who is a good piece on a real roster but just throws up bricks. And then just a group of misfits

Credit to the Thunder for being a great team. But man it feels so shitty to watch these games and realize we probably would’ve gotten an all time series with Luka playing. The Lakers still might lost in like 5 games. But it would’ve been so fun seeing two faces of the league in Luka and SGA going at it with Old Man LeBron, Chet, Dort, Reaves. It would’ve been so fun

The fact that they kept it close for long stretches in both games means the Lakers at least have a shot at winning at home. But to win the series they’d need Luka to come back and I’m not sure that’s possible.

That braums sauce 😮‍💨

Bold of you to assume they’re watching the game

Fuck it, leave LaRavia in Oklahoma and make JJ play in Game 3

That’s the problem and why the Lakers keep it close for 2-3 quarters then fall apart. Lakers have talent, but no depth. Late in the game those minutes take a toll while thunder are fresh.

whistle was terrible, but it went both ways.

The officiating was just terrible in general. Don’t get me wrong I think we benefitted a little bit more, but let’s not act like yall didn’t benefit from shit officiating too

The whistle was terrible in general. The pacing was atrocious.

Those refs need to be sidelined for the playoffs. They had no handle of the game whatsoever.

The game took like 3 hours, there’s a whistle every single play. Just slows the game down to a halt, I don’t wanna watch them again lol. Shit took forever

It was horrible. They balanced FTs at end of course but yall were getting fucked. 

I had many discussions with Lakers fans about this and all I ever heard was how much of a steal he was at only 8 million. He’s still total ass

The team with like 15 championships, who effortlessly got both LEBRON JAMES AND LUKA DONCIC, are complaining about how unfair things are.

I legitimately like the Lakers, but I cannot feel an ounce of pity for them ever. It’s hilarious to see their fans crash out over the refs.

The conference finals will be a cesspool and i can’t wait 🍿

Imagine if Reddit existed during Jordan’s 90’s Bulls. They’d be LITERALLY worse than the Third Reich on here.

Can’t wait to wake up to some podcast clip of some ex pro or talking head calling SGA a fraud and for it to have 9k upvotes and 2k comments

The funny thing is, both of the spurs and wolves have shot way more free throws than the lakers or thunder.

Chet was definitely the best player on the court tonight