Series Thread: 1st Round: 3) LA Lakers vs 6) Minnesota T-Wolves

[UK Cowboy]

Reaves lol

 

[VikingFan2k2]

Halftime...

Lakers 15 fouls
T-Wolves 13 fouls

I'm surprised it was only that many. Getting mugged every time you have the ball isn't basketball. This isn't 1985. And Reggie Miller being obviously in the tank for the Lakers isn't helping. He acts like it's a huge injustice every time a Laker gets touched, even if it's incidental.

Also, Jaxson Hayes must have shot up some heroine at halftime. Does he actually think that he's good?

 

[bksballer89]

Poorly officiated side for both sides.

 

[Black Adam]

Poorly officiated side for both sides.

Just got home, so I missed it. Ah well, least they evened up the series...

 

[Shanemansj13]

Poorly officiated side for both sides.

 

[trojanfight]

From 21 made 3’s to just 5. All that throwing stuff up doesn’t always work. also LA did a good job running them off 3 point line. Especially Reid.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Weird comments from Anthony Edwards in tonight's press... Just own it and say you didn't match their intensity tonight.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

If I didn't want LeBron out of the league so bad Minnesota is among the least likeable teams in all of basketball...

If anyone is still questioning why Michael Malone got fired, look no further than his 0-4 record this season vs the Wolves.

Made zero adjustments against them after they beat Denver in last year's playoffs...

 

[VikingFan2k2]

If I didn't want LeBron out of the league so bad Minnesota is among the least likeable teams in all of basketball...

If anyone is still questioning why Michael Malone got fired, look no further than his 0-4 record this season vs the Wolves.

Made zero adjustments against them after they beat Denver in last year's playoffs...

Ok, I'd like to pick your brain on that. Ant has an ego, and Rudy is everyone's favorite punching bag. But what's wrong with the rest of the team?

And I'll say for at least 2 of those 4 losses, Malone's team just absolutely folded against the Wolves. They were done with those games early in the second quarter.

 

[shopson67]

One of these teams has to win 4 high scoring games and literally get everything they have out of the offensive side of the ball to win this series. It’s not the Twolves.

About that...

 

[shopson67]

Not when you're playing against the Lakers it isn't.

Yeah, because they weren't all clear fouls lol. Bust out those well-worn excuses.

 

[shopson67]

Ok, I'd like to pick your brain on that. Ant has an ego, and Rudy is everyone's favorite punching bag. But what's wrong with the rest of the team?

Donte would be the third. The rest are fine.

 

[shopson67]

I'm surprised it was only that many. Getting mugged every time you have the ball isn't basketball. This isn't 1985. And Reggie Miller being obviously in the tank for the Lakers isn't helping. He acts like it's a huge injustice every time a Laker gets touched, even if it's incidental.

Also, Jaxson Hayes must have shot up some heroine at halftime. Does he actually think that he's good?

LOL. Lakers fans are saying the exact opposite about Reggie.

Hayes has to be frustrated, worst game he's played since Luka arrived. Some of those fouls (the moving screens) are on his teammate not waiting long enough for him to get position.

 

[shopson67]

It only took Luka a few months in LA to get a major advertising campaign behind him. So many Trial of Luka commercials lol...

 

[thunderc]

About that...

That was assuming the Twolves showed up. Last night they were content with the one win they had it was pretty obvious.

 

[Mebert]

That was assuming the Twolves showed up. Last night they were content with the one win they had it was pretty obvious.

The fact that going i to tje last 5 minutes of that game it felt like the Wolves still had a chance is a little promising. They played like absolute ass and clawed back into it.

Reid in foil trouble meant Gobert had to play, and the Lakers did a fantastic job isolating gim on Luka. No counter for that.

 

[trojanfan12]

I'm surprised it was only that many. Getting mugged every time you have the ball isn't basketball. This isn't 1985. And Reggie Miller being obviously in the tank for the Lakers isn't helping. He acts like it's a huge injustice every time a Laker gets touched, even if it's incidental.

Also, Jaxson Hayes must have shot up some heroine at halftime. Does he actually think that he's good?

lol

So, even Reggie Miller is against you?

I guess he's telling the refs to cheat for the Lakers?

 

[shopson67]

That was assuming the Twolves showed up. Last night they were content with the one win they had it was pretty obvious.

You can flip that around and say the Lakers didn't show up with top effort in game 1. Seemed evident they fixed that, now just need to hit more shots. Both teams were atrocious last night from 3.

 

[thunderc]

You can flip that around and say the Lakers didn't show up with top effort in game 1. Seemed evident they fixed that, now just need to hit more shots. Both teams were atrocious last night from 3.

the TNT guys after said really the Lakers played exactly the same as game 1 and they better figure it out.

 

[trojanfan12]

the TNT guys after said really the Lakers played exactly the same as game 1 and they better figure it out.

Offensively. Defensively, they played with a lot more effort than game 1.