Lakers lead for 69% of the series against the Nuggets

[BallsOut]

Yes... it was arguably the biggest choke job of all time. Nobody has ever led so much and gotten beaten so bad in the late game.

[StrongLurk]

Yes... it was arguably the biggest choke job of all time. Nobody has ever led so much and gotten beaten so bad in the late game.

Game 2 was a huge choke. The other losses weren't big chokes. Lakers even played well in some of those 4th quarters but the Nuggets just were gods in the clutch. Totally overcame the odds with huge baskets/offensive rebounds/hustle plays, etc.

[StrongLurk]

Plus, there's no guarantee the Lakers keep it any more competitive even if they stole, say, Game 2. People act as if Denver couldn't, wouldn't, have bounced back had they lost, say, Game 2. Scares like that probably would've woken them up and forced them to make the necessary adjustments sooner, possibly resulting in winning the rest of the series even more convincingly.

Sure, most of the games were close-fought, but the Lakers were never realistically bound to win 4 games against the defending champs. If a team beats you in 4-5 games, they're typically a tier ahead of you regardless of the margin of victory. No one credits the 2022 Nets for their "close losses" to the Celtics, yet the Lakers have inspired moral-victory memes despite that they lost by bigger deficits against the Nuggets.

I mean this is true to extent, but the fact still remains that the Lakers led by a large margin for most of the series and the Nuggets overcame historical odds to win in 5.

[SATAN]

tpols genuine question are you a crack baby

[kawhileonard2]

Game 2 was a huge choke. The other losses weren't big chokes. Lakers even played well in some of those 4th quarters but the Nuggets just were gods in the clutch. Totally overcame the odds with huge baskets/offensive rebounds/hustle plays, etc.

They were ahead every game at the half.

[SouBeachTalents]

They were ahead every game at the half.

[BlackMamba8]

Agreed. Lakers' defense is trash. AD is an ELITE defender and LeBron, this season, has been pretty good. The rest have been atrocious. Rui can't rebound for shit, Ham is arguable a WOAT coach, Rui and D'lo are absolute trash on defense. There was ZERO chance of the Lakers beating the Nuggets.

As good as AD is, he needs a legit C to back him up. Lakers ****ed up by blowing up the whole team for players who do not play any defense.

lick my balls bronsexual....glad he lost and you ******s take another L.....**** you....

[3ba11]

Nuggets just were gods in the clutch. .

Lebron is never a "god" in the clutch - Murray is... Kyrie is... MJ is... Wade is.... Never Lebron

And that's how the greats carry weak casts - all they need is a .500 cast that can keep it even heading into the 4th, so they can take over.

[SouBeachTalents]

Lebron is never a "god" in the clutch - Murray is... Kyrie is... MJ is... Wade is.... Never Lebron

And that's how the greats carry weak casts - all they need is a .500 cast that can keep it even heading into the 4th, so they can take over.

Jordan couldn't even manage a .500 record without Pippen

[StrongLurk]

Lebron is never a "god" in the clutch - Murray is... Kyrie is... MJ is... Wade is.... Never Lebron

And that's how the greats carry weak casts - all they need is a .500 cast that can keep it even heading into the 4th, so they can take over.

Well this is just factually wrong, but it's not like you care about facts.

[BlackMamba8]

Agreed. Lakers' defense is trash. AD is an ELITE defender and LeBron, this season, has been pretty good. The rest have been atrocious. Rui can't rebound for shit, Ham is arguable a WOAT coach, Rui and D'lo are absolute trash on defense. There was ZERO chance of the Lakers beating the Nuggets.

As good as AD is, he needs a legit C to back him up. Lakers ****ed up by blowing up the whole team for players who do not play any defense.

See what you ****** bronsexuals do? Blame the coach as usual blame the other teammates....but never blame bron lmao when he is the real problem. So how many coaches have come and go when playing with bron? LMAO AJ1987, you are very lucky you are online talking like this, in person you would be put to sleep

[Wally450]

Lebron is never a "god" in the clutch - Murray is... Kyrie is... MJ is... Wade is.... Never Lebron

And that's how the greats carry weak casts - all they need is a .500 cast that can keep it even heading into the 4th, so they can take over.

How do you know Murray and Kyrie were clutch if you stopped watching in 2011? Don't start reading me box scores either.

[BlackMamba8]

Jordan couldn't even manage a .500 record without Pippen

How many players averaged 30/15 in the playoffs on the lakers that jordan had? Ill wait

[brownmamba00]

Brons clutch gene is questionable. If he hit that open 3 in game 2 this series would go 7 games easily.