J-ALL-DAY Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 7 hours ago, agarcia34 said: Lakers need to win this in 5 cause they need those extra days of rest while the Warriors/Kings go 6 or 7. I don't see that happening. Memphis is great at home and they have probably already lost the one game they were going to lose...unless it is game 7 since Bron goes God mode in those games. But LeBron is going to be playing on fumes in game 5. If they are going to win, then AD needs to have a dominant game and one of DLO/Reaves will need 20+ points. 6 hours ago, Kip Smithers said: This is going 6-7. Honestly. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indifference Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 AD going to have to dominate tomorrow. Bron will probably be on auto pilot and coasting Will need a Reaves/AD/Dlo good game to close out. Expecting MEM to get those calls at home too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 14 hours ago, Kip Smithers said: This is going 6-7. Honestly. Nope. Not a chance this makes it to 7 games. It's over. 6 games max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Would love to see Bron blow a 3-1 lead, but then it would be against Memphis and these MFs wouldn’t shut up. In-between a rock and a hard place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 Ja is insane. What a close to the 3rd by the Grizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Great close by the Grizzlies to end the quarter. Bron should get three minutes here to cut the lead down to a reasonable amount or else time to shut him down until game 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Bron is looking so washed, sad sight to see. Can't go by anyone, intimidated at the rim against Jackson and bricking every perimeter shot. Grizzlies need to put this game away already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indifference Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) darvin ham might be a bottom 5 coach in terms of rotations Subbing AD out for his lover boy Troy Brown Jr. after fighting back to get it down to 1 pt is absolutely insane. That no Center line up is garbage. Doing MEM a favor going small and no rim protection or rebounding. Dudes going watch that film and feel like an idiot tmrrw. ham has good X’s and O’s game plans though offensively and ATO execution is as good as you can ask for. But sheesh he wasted a dominant AD game by bad in game coaching. Edited April 27, 2023 by indifference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indifference Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) On 4/25/2023 at 8:27 AM, indifference said: AD going to have to dominate tomorrow. Bron will probably be on auto pilot and coasting Will need a Reaves/AD/Dlo good game to close out. Expecting MEM to get those calls at home too. Lol…bron was out of it from QTR 1 and had 5 turnovers. Some forced and some werent..mentally not focused enough for tn. bron bounces back friday and reaves has a strong game. LAL in 6 Edited April 27, 2023 by indifference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey Lance Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, indifference said: darvin ham might be a bottom 5 coach in terms of rotations Subbing AD out for his lover boy Troy Brown Jr. after fighting back to get it down to 1 pt is absolutely insane. That no Center line up is garbage. Doing MEM a favor going small and no rim protection or rebounding. Dudes going watch that film and feel like an idiot tmrrw. ham has good X’s and O’s game plans though offensively and ATO execution is as good as you can ask for. But sheesh he wasted a dominant AD game by bad in game coaching. Troy brown has completely folded. -26 in 12 minutes. Yikes. Most of it coming from when AD was taken out smh Edited April 27, 2023 by Trey Lance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I think Game 6 will be razor close but Lakers pull out a 1-3 pt victory and advance. If they lose though, they’re done. Memphis is really good at home and Lakers have looked pretty gassed this series, especially on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I still have no idea what Brown brings to the table and why Ham trusts him as much as he does. LeBron should not be seeing any minutes at C and with him not trying to attack, he needs Reaves+DLo with him for majority of his minutes. The Lakers have fell apart often all series when AD has gone to the bench. Trying Bamba for a small stretch here and there and may be the way to go. As for the Grizzlies, Kennard needs to see 25+ minutes. The spacing is just so much better and Brooks is a big net negative offensively so what he does on the defensive end doesn't even matter all that much. Since as I mentioned, LeBron is not in attack mode, you don't need Brooks to be guarding him all game. Tillman is doing even a better job on him. Lakers defense should be sharp in game 6 and I think LeBron finally hits a few outside jumpers and is a tad bit more aggressive and that should be enough for them to pull it off. Lakers 109 Grizzlies 102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Come on Lakers!!! Warriors (if and when we win another game vs Sac) homecourt as a six seed in the next round!! Warriors/Lakers would get near NBA Finals type ratings too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartica4Real Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Still think the Lakers win this series but how gassed (and old) they look already is a bad sign going forward. I did have the Dubs over them in the next round anyways but I would've given them more of a chance before seeing the series play out than after. LeBron especially does not look like the dude who was ready to go for a full playoff run. I imagine part of it is them having to play hard down the stretch to even make the play-in meanwhile other teams got to rest starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Spartica4Real said: Still think the Lakers win this series but how gassed (and old) they look already is a bad sign going forward. I did have the Dubs over them in the next round anyways but I would've given them more of a chance before seeing the series play out than after. LeBron especially does not look like the dude who was ready to go for a full playoff run. I imagine part of it is them having to play hard down the stretch to even make the play-in meanwhile other teams got to rest starters. He's also coming off his foot injury that most expected would need surgery. He's old, tired, and just off injury. This is going to have to be AD's party if they want to advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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