If folks ever wonder where the concept of selfish player comes from, all you have to do is point them to what Johnson is saying here about this game. You can hear it quite clearly.
@@user-rl7zo1bs8ythey had a twenty point lead goofy lol... It really shouldn't have if they played defense... Lebum James is pathetic and lost both games, game one turnover James, game two, no clutch games, foh...
I love how delusional and stupid Keyshawn Johnson is to automatically assume that all of a sudden the Lakers can win consecutive games against Denver 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They've lost 10 consecutive games, and Keyshawn is convinced they can win 2 consecutive games. He had no business discussing Lakers basketball on national television. 😂😂😂
What's really scary for Lakers fans is that Jamal Murray is going to shoot as bad as he has in the first two games the rest of the series you're absolutely crazy, if this guy gets on fire, this series is over in four games.. he's already had two of his worst shooting games in Denver still found a way to win the game... I love how Keyshawn Johnson is completely oblivious to the fact that Denver has not even been playing their best basketball and they're still winning, he thinks all the adjustments just have to be made by the lakers, if Denver cleans up their game and starts playing the way that they actually can, this is going to be another sweep
How are you going to complain about the referees when the Lakers get more free throw opportunities and fouls called in their favor than any single team in the entire league, and then the play that you complain about is early in the third quarter that absolutely had no bearing on the end of the game... just admit that your team blew a 20-point lead.. he can never take blame for anything, I mean he couldn't blame Anthony Davis because Anthony Davis has been an absolute stud in this series, he couldn't blame D'Angelo Russell for this game because he hit 7 3-pointers, they got contributions from the entire bench, so I guess the only people that he could blame was the referees
This loss was brutal. Denver was on the ropes down deflated by 20pt and little by little the Lakers let them chip on it until the buzzer beater. Lakers will be lucky if they win one game now.
Keyshawn talks as if it's a shoo in for the Lakers at home. He's forgetting that the Lakers are playing the best player in the league and a team that is the favourite to win the championship. Denver is a totally different animal, home or away.
Paul Pierce is actually pretty good at this. If he chills out a bit on Party Paul and takes this serious i think him and Skip work off each other better than Key in my opinion..
This man literally klanked a wide tf open 3 pointer. Nobody within 4 ft of him. Nobody even blind contested or jumped. The entire arena was as quiet as a golf game. And he's blaming the "replay center"?! I'm flabbergasted. 😂😂😂
Imagine missing a wide open 3, missing free throws and AD scoring ZERO points in the fourth quarter and blaming replay and the refs? Goat? Hahaha I truly believe after the all star game Adam Silva told the refs to swallow the whistle unless it's an outrageous foul
Anyone who has eyes knows he is the goat. He would abuse the 6 feet 150 pound defenders from the 90’s. Your goat couldn’t dribble the ball with his left hand.
@@dyanachristina9602 he’d get bullied and cry about how the game is too rough and how he needs more foul calls cause he’s “ the king” I’ve never seen a more talented flopper and whiner I’ll give you that at least lol 😂😂
@@dyanachristina9602Sister he lost to many finals ,there is only one GOAT and that is MJ ,6 finals ,6 championships and 6 finals MVPs ,GOAT title is over for Lebron long time ago,he choker
Remember the 2008 san Antonio spurs? They had a double digit lead all 4 games for majority of all 4 games but got swept by Lakers. This could happen to Lakers
The best Lakers have played The worst Denver have played, What makes this man think Denver can lose two at Lakers> I think Denver will either sweep or 4:1
AD and DLo played as great as they can, Lakers were up 20, LeBron got hot late, and they still LOST!!! 🤣 And they lost to the guy with the coldest hand all series. LeBron lebricked a wide-open three only for Jamal to hit a contested fadeaway over AD. The Lakers are psychologically crushed. They’re not recovering. DLo gave you 7 threes and AD was killing it and they still found a way to blow a 20-point lead. Wait when Jamal finds his touch again. You’re not on Denver’s level, Lakers. Your best games still can’t beat Denver’s worst! And we forget so easily that Jokic just had 20-20 triple-double from this instant classic of a playoff game. 2024 NY vs. Philly Game 2 2024 LA vs. Denver Game 2 Best TNT doubleheader ever! What was great was it was 6’4 Jamal vs. 6’10 AD at the end and Michael Malone did not call a timeout. It was the best closer but with the coldest hand vs. the best defender with the hottest hand. And the closer closed it. That’s like a 2002 Robert Horry / 2013 Ray Allen DAGGER shot through the heart. That’s KD Game 3 daggers. It’s the kind of shot that teams don’t psychologically recover from. The Lakers dominated that half and played as best as they could and they still lost to a team having an awful night. Paul Pierce is chuckling somewhere. That Jamal Murray is the kind of shot that launches an NBA dynasty. Think 1993 John Paxson, 1997 Steve Kerr, and obviously the REAL GOAT and #23 in 1998. Jamal is only 27, folks. Denver can win AT LEAST 4 championships. They’re the new Spurs. And Jokic is the most skilled offensive big man we’ve ever seen. The sickest shot of the night actually came from Michael Porter Jr. The three he made after LeBron dunked it over Murray. That was better than the DiVicenzo shot. MPJ hit that shot clean to tie it. The unsung hero play was the offensive rebound and excellent pass by Aaron Gordon before that. He was less than an inch from being out of bounds. Denver is killing the Lakers on the boards. Hence, why they always have more FG attempts. They get more scoring opportunities. A backcourt of DLo and Reaves is too small. Porter Jr. is Denver’s SF and he’s taller than LeBron ad Rui and nearly as tall as AD who plays center. Then Rui is not as athletic as Gordon. Every position, Denver has a height or an athletic advantage.
*Skip* *Bayless* I agree with Charles of DreamersPro about Skip. Unless Skip has an IQ lower than his shoe size, I don’t believe he thinks Lakers were ever beating the Nuggets. It is a trap. He wants to create these high expectations on the Lakers so when they fail, he can mock LeBron all summer. What 7th seed has ever had expectations that these current Lakers have? If the 7th seed were my Clippers or any other team not named the Lakers, there would be no expectations. But Skip is creating this ditch for LeBron to fall into. Skip calls AD Always Disappointing. Now he’s backing him up? It’s all a trap. I personally enjoy it when the media keeps gassing up the Lakers whether they’re 10th, 7th, or wherever. Because the more media talks about the Lakers daily, the higher expectations and the bigger disappointment when they do fail which they’ll often do since it’s impossible to win every single year. Lakers have lost 10 straight to Denver. Can’t these LeBron jocksniffers take a hint? A 7th seed trying to dethrone the reigning champs? But Skip has been picking Lakers over Celtics since preseason. Once the Lakers fail and they will, Skip will keep trashing LeBron. He’s creating a path to trash LeBron by overselling these LA frauds. Even MJ didn’t have the high expectations at age 39 and nobody cared if he failed to make the playoffs. Skip already keeps saying that LeBron has no clutch gene. Then why pick them, Skip? It’s all set up to give Skip free rein to mock LeBron after he fails to win a 5th ring. Eliminate all the potential LeBron excuses. Deep down, Skip doesn’t believe Lakers can beat Denver similar to his delusions with his Cowboys. But those two franchises draws ratings, hence, why Skip talks about them 95% of the time.
Rob Parker who has Nuggets winning the series and winning it all is giving Game 3 to the Lakers to win. I believe that might happen too. I believe Lakers win Game 3 and it won’t surprise me if it’s a blowout. But then Game 4 is close and Denver wins that. Denver can pick and choose which one to win. Denver is worse on the road compared to last year but Lakers haven’t been all that great at home this season either. If Denver loses Game 3, they’ll save all their energy for Game 4. If they win Game 3, they can afford to lose Game 4. Then again, I felt the same way last year thinking they were going to lose at least one in LA but they didn’t. 🧹They seem to absolutely love beating the Lakers like my Clippers did for over a decade. Michael Malone inspires his team to hate them and not fear them. If Lakers gets swept, that would be the 4th time in LeBron’s career. Getting swept will match how many rings he’s won. I wouldn’t hold it against him in 2007 and 2018. He was completely overmatched. But I don’t necessarily think he’s overmatched here playing next to AD while Jokic looks like a plumber and was second to last picked by LeBron in the 2023 ASG. Lakers: 3 all-stars Nuggets: 1 all-star Lakers: 2 top 10 players Nuggets: 1 top 10 player It would be like the 1994 Rockets beating the 1993 Bulls. Hakeem beating Jordan and Pippen. Denver is not some superteam stacked with all-stars. What’s LeBron’s next excuse after they lose to Denver? Not enough help? Or maybe because Nikola Plumber is really good at playing basketball? Denver plays like a real team. That’s 1-5. Not a 3-man crew. When LeBron was out, Lakers actually played better without him. Reaves and Rui were getting enough touches that they can sustain a hot hand. But LeBron is very ball-dominant who will deflate his teammates stats. So when it’s Austin or Rui’s time to shoot, they’re cold because they never got enough touches. That’s always been LeBron’s weakness. His teams struggles against teams like the Spurs, Warriors, and Nuggets as Broussard said who knew how to utilize all 5 players on the floor while all of LeBron’s teams was mostly watching LeBron dribble the ball for 20 seconds and everyone is standing around and watching. LeBron has never had a team where everyone on the floor is getting a share. Where it’s equal opportunity. His personal stats suffocates his teammates. It usually ends up being hero ball which won’t work against a team like Denver that swings the ball from side to side. No egos with them. LeBron has an ego where he wants to win, still get his stats, and receive all the credit because he wants to be the GOAT which he obviously is not and never will be…
Among LeBron’s numerous achievements he now has the dubious distinction of being the first professional athlete in history to criticize the officiating in a series that he’s not even playing in. I understand complaint about the officiating in the series that he’s playing in, against the Nuggets, but why is he complaining about what’s happening in the Knicks-Sixers series? That was a weak statement by a weak man. Keep the Knicks-Sixers series out yo mouth! Worry about your own futility against Denver partner.
I like how these commentators need to criticize Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves. They’re role players! Role players are not good on the road. How many more scapegoats does LeBron need after he loses?? 😂 And it’s not like Denver played a great game. The only one who kept them in the game that first half was Michael Porter Jr. Jokic didn’t get rolling until the 4Q. Murray was cold for the first 7 quarters of this series. Let’s assume Austin and Rui get their season averages next out, we can’t assume Murray, Gordon, and KCP will play worse than they did in Game 2. Unsung hero off the bench for Denver was Christian Braun. He did miss two FTs but he and KCP made some good shots in the 3rd to ignite that comeback. I think it’s becoming too predictable. Big early lead by the Lakers before Denver comes roaring back like a bullet train to win the game. Unless the Lakers are up 20 against Denver with 5 minutes left in the 4th, no lead is ever safe against Denver. They’re coming fast late like Zenyatta 🏇. It’s an onslaught the Lakers seem incapable of holding down that fort. They look scared and shook. It’s Denver that should be doing that “ice in my vein” pose that DLo started. It’s Denver that’s clutch. Not the Fakers trashing the Pacers in a meaningless in-season tournament in Dec.
This is downright sad. Say that the call stayed and DLo shot those two free throws, that still doesn't explain why the lakers blew a 20 point lead. Complaining for the sake of complaining.
Keyshawn said before the series started that if the Lakers lose the first two games, it's over! Now he says it's absolutely NOT over?! Dude is something else...
Plenty of NBA loss streaks occurred. Refs were trash but they gotta play thru it. TOs & Lakers score drought cost them too. DEN's supremely comfortable playing the Lakers.
It’s crazy how in round 1 all the home teams won, apparently that hasn’t been done since 2013. Then the first lot of games played in round 2 the home teams won again.
At this point the Lakers are not bother with losing 10 in a row. They are bothered by blowing these leads and not finishing. If I'm Denver I don't want to give this laker team any hope cause they already prove they can go up 20. The last thing you want is to give up a win.
The Lakers gameplan should be to make the game as short as possible. Every inbound pass, walk the ball without touching it and drain as much clock as possible. Lakers are clearly the better team for 24 minutes, then they just run out of gas in the 2nd half, and who can blame them, they are lead by a 39 year old.
16 minute sequence for Lebron bitching about unimportant ref call in middle of game? What about that wide open 3pt game winner shot? I bet if he made that he wouldn't even remember that call.
I don’t have a problem with LeBron calling it out, take the fine. He didn’t say that’s why they lost; but Denver challenged 2X and won both. Murray hit James hand and he missed layup and they callled it marginal lmao
The team blew a big lead that’s a fact but tbh before the missed three when bron drove to the basket he got hit you want to say no way you make that call in a tight game then explain the foul that was called on lebron on Murray was called with much less contact all I’m saying is if your going to call one thing in one end call it the same in the other.
Everybody's fault but brons. Bron can still make this thing a series. Brons stats say blah blah. Lakers are home so they have the advantage. That's what he'll say
didnt LBJ miss a freethrow with under a minute left?? would have changed the pressure on the last denver shot Keshon...what about that?? LBJ made a great basket...got the call..... bonk at the line
10 straight L's and Key still talking about "if we get these next 2". 🤣
And yet Denver keeps putting themselves in a 15 point or more hole. That is not fire you want to play with especially on the road or in future series.
💀💀💀💀💀 not 5 not 6 not 7 on they Bron. 10!!!
Exactly like last season 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
“If” is doing some heavy lifting here, Key.
Paul be killing Keyshawn 😂
Still was up 20 and complaining lol
So you didn’t see all that lame sss defense his team played cant make a shot them mf wouldn’t like me at all👀🪑🪑🪑🪑
honestly a 20 point lead aint shit in todays league
I mean when the refs give you 6 it makes it a bit easier 😂
@@user-rl7zo1bs8yoh so it’s everyone’s fault but the leaders again?
We can’t sit here and act like when he goes to the bench his team doesn’t give up the lead.
I can't even deny, Paul's opinion on this topic is 100 percent correct.
How Lebron gonna complain about fouls calls??? They’ve shot shot 1,000+ more free throws than their opponents since 2022
Because he’s a B
Keyshawn: Skip we down 0-3! We got ‘em where we want them skip! All the pressure is on Denver to close this out Skip!
😂😂😂
😂😂😂 Spot on!
Just watch Skip. You'll see back against the wall Dlo, back against the wall AD and back against the wall Lebron. They're a dangerous animal now.
@@VanceRatt 😂. Don’t give him lines unless he pays you for them!
Keyshawn acting like he is a Laker😅😂
Facts he kept saying WE and US🤔
We're team Lakers! We will win game three!
If folks ever wonder where the concept of selfish player comes from, all you have to do is point them to what Johnson is saying here about this game. You can hear it quite clearly.
Lebron crying when he had a wide open 3 for game winner lol
Lebrick
It shouldn’t have come to that goofy
@@user-rl7zo1bs8ythey had a twenty point lead goofy lol... It really shouldn't have if they played defense... Lebum James is pathetic and lost both games, game one turnover James, game two, no clutch games, foh...
@@melnakai2475 did u actually watch the game or you just came here to cry
And a CLEAR push off to get the space for it.
I love how delusional and stupid Keyshawn Johnson is to automatically assume that all of a sudden the Lakers can win consecutive games against Denver 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They've lost 10 consecutive games, and Keyshawn is convinced they can win 2 consecutive games. He had no business discussing Lakers basketball on national television. 😂😂😂
I mashed like so hard just for the first 9 words in your comment
He should’ve just been negative and say it’s a wrap. That’s simple.
They do play better at home. It's possible.
😂😂😂
Paul Pierce: My son still can’t beat me in basketball … you know why? I’m his daddy. Hahaha
Maybe cause he's a crappy coach and or its his kid isnt as athletically gifted. But what do i kno
My son still cant beat me in basketball, cause Im his daddy!!!!
Classic!!!
Yeah, that was a good one 😂
Yo..."WHAT ARE WE DOING?"😂😂😂😂
What's really scary for Lakers fans is that Jamal Murray is going to shoot as bad as he has in the first two games the rest of the series you're absolutely crazy, if this guy gets on fire, this series is over in four games.. he's already had two of his worst shooting games in Denver still found a way to win the game... I love how Keyshawn Johnson is completely oblivious to the fact that Denver has not even been playing their best basketball and they're still winning, he thinks all the adjustments just have to be made by the lakers, if Denver cleans up their game and starts playing the way that they actually can, this is going to be another sweep
Thank uu garuntee u Murray has an efficient 30 at least they are gonna hit they threes 8 for 34 that’s never happening and all were good looks
"Calling plays right"..... only when it benefits the Lakers, Huh Keyshawn?
The Lakers have a +420 FTA differential this season. The 2nd-place Bucks are at +222.
Paul Pierce has been a great addition to the show its actually watchable.
Lebron complaining about the refs. Shocker…. 🙄😂
40 FT game incoming for game 3.
@@CashMoolah00 cool, in a lakers loss again too 11-0 🧹 🧹
Yeah cuz they pipe
@@CashMoolah00and will still take the big fat L😂😂😂😂
Irrelevant people commenting on Bron everyday...shocker 🙄
Lebron need to be whining about them blowing that 20 point lead.
Blame time
🤯
Keyson is delusional. Still they blame everyone except Lebron. How about the fact that whatever Lebron did in the 4th just isn’t enough.
*Keyshawn. You’re correct. But don’t be a casual while doing so
LeBron got a steal and fast break dunk and two 3s. His teammates didn't show up in the 4th.
How are you going to complain about the referees when the Lakers get more free throw opportunities and fouls called in their favor than any single team in the entire league, and then the play that you complain about is early in the third quarter that absolutely had no bearing on the end of the game... just admit that your team blew a 20-point lead.. he can never take blame for anything, I mean he couldn't blame Anthony Davis because Anthony Davis has been an absolute stud in this series, he couldn't blame D'Angelo Russell for this game because he hit 7 3-pointers, they got contributions from the entire bench, so I guess the only people that he could blame was the referees
This is why Lebron is, always has been, and always will be a 🤡
How about all Lebrons travels, moving screens and charges?
This loss was brutal. Denver was on the ropes down deflated by 20pt and little by little the Lakers let them chip on it until the buzzer beater. Lakers will be lucky if they win one game now.
Was poor coaching from Ham. Prince should of played all of Rui minutes & AR should be benched for Spencer or played two Bigs in Hayes & AD
Top level trash talk by Paul at the end there 😂😂😂
Man they paying that man to be a laker fan 😂
FACTS
I agree with everything Paul said…they keep blaming everyone and their Mama.🙄😒
Keyshawn doesn't understand. Last year the Lakers had multiple 12 point leads against Denver and still lost and got swept.
I don’t understand yall was up by 20 then choke the lead 😂
Keyshawn talks as if it's a shoo in for the Lakers at home. He's forgetting that the Lakers are playing the best player in the league and a team that is the favourite to win the championship. Denver is a totally different animal, home or away.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. It's called a train.
🤣😆😂
A BUZZER BEATER to win the game, and the HEADLINE is still LeBum and his excuses. OK. We will never forget this.
KEYSHAWN DELUSIONAL 😂😂😂😂 CTE STARTING TO SHOW
Stop crying the fact is you blew a 20-point lead get ready for game 3
Lebron got 2 free calls, and one where he literally traveled
Up 20 and blaming refs over 1 foul....😂
Paul Pierce is actually pretty good at this. If he chills out a bit on Party Paul and takes this serious i think him and Skip work off each other better than Key in my opinion..
He’s smart definitely I like him on the show
This man literally klanked a wide tf open 3 pointer. Nobody within 4 ft of him. Nobody even blind contested or jumped. The entire arena was as quiet as a golf game. And he's blaming the "replay center"?! I'm flabbergasted. 😂😂😂
The Lakers had a 20 point lead and he's complaining about late game possible foul? LMFAO
Imagine missing a wide open 3, missing free throws and AD scoring ZERO points in the fourth quarter and blaming replay and the refs? Goat? Hahaha I truly believe after the all star game Adam Silva told the refs to swallow the whistle unless it's an outrageous foul
Keyshawn is delusional
You're being generous. He's dumb
He’s a idiot ignorant incompetent
Just like every LeBron Fan he fails and fails and fails but they still have all these unrealistic expectations 😂😂 they playing 2k
@@denk664lol
Lakers have 500 more free throws than the next closest team in NBA. STOP THE CAP!!!!
Keyshawn kept asking the same woman to go out with him and she keeps saying no im good that's how his thinking is when he says the series is not over
Lebron crying about that call but not about the refs not calling him pushing off Kcp so he could get a wide open 3 is hilarious. 😂
Aint that what MJ done to Byron Russell??
@@joechucks1555 Nope, MJ made the shot and didn’t have to cry about the Refs after losing.
Skip acting like he's rooting for the Lakers is comical. You're not fooling us, bro. 😂
He should blame himself for LeBricking that shot with a fake ass shimmy 😂😂
He should also blame himself for taking that shot with so much time left on the shot clock. He gave Denver a chance to win the game.
It was a great look. He just missed.
@@rickymorganNah bro,it remained 10 seconds for Nuggets ,he should have done long attack not some shimmy 3pts ,now he gonna get swept
Paul Pierce is bringing this show back for me. “My son still can’t beat me in basketball. You know why? … I’m his daddy” 😂😂
Leflop blaming the refs when he only made the playoffs with their help is pathetic. And people really believe this dudes the goat 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Anyone who has eyes knows he is the goat. He would abuse the 6 feet 150 pound defenders from the 90’s. Your goat couldn’t dribble the ball with his left hand.
Bro it’s absolutely crazy
@@dyanachristina9602 he’d get bullied and cry about how the game is too rough and how he needs more foul calls cause he’s “ the king” I’ve never seen a more talented flopper and whiner I’ll give you that at least lol 😂😂
@@dyanachristina9602Sister he lost to many finals ,there is only one GOAT and that is MJ ,6 finals ,6 championships and 6 finals MVPs ,GOAT title is over for Lebron long time ago,he choker
Remember the 2008 san Antonio spurs? They had a double digit lead all 4 games for majority of all 4 games but got swept by Lakers. This could happen to Lakers
😂😂😂 Keystone Johnson, bro just cone to reality; it’s over, I repeat it’s over. Done Finito.
The best Lakers have played The worst Denver have played, What makes this man think Denver can lose two at Lakers> I think Denver will either sweep or 4:1
from the team that shoots more free throws than the next three teams combined...
The kid from Serbia is in real time forcing an early retirement from LeBron😂😂😂
Early?? He is the oldest player in the league 😂
Bro he in year 21 and 39. Early? 😂😂
Re read your post and see how stupid you sound
@@joechucks1555earlier than he wanted to ,that's for sure
So we not gone talk about Paul’s shirt? 😂
They already mentioned it at the start.
"Should've" but didn't 😂
Come on man this guy can't be the G.O.A.T like seriously 😂😂😂
The Lakers have a +420 FTA differential this season. The 2nd-place Bucks are at +222.
Lakers are to Key, what the Cowboys are to Skip.. 😂😂😂
God Bless you Key. They were up 20 and couldn't close. What more do you need to see??!
just watched Nick Wrong Skip sounds like a sane men compared
No one is feeling sorry for the lakers and lebron when it comes to the officatiing.
Straight up
AD and DLo played as great as they can, Lakers were up 20, LeBron got hot late, and they still LOST!!! 🤣 And they lost to the guy with the coldest hand all series. LeBron lebricked a wide-open three only for Jamal to hit a contested fadeaway over AD. The Lakers are psychologically crushed. They’re not recovering.
DLo gave you 7 threes and AD was killing it and they still found a way to blow a 20-point lead. Wait when Jamal finds his touch again. You’re not on Denver’s level, Lakers. Your best games still can’t beat Denver’s worst! And we forget so easily that Jokic just had 20-20 triple-double from this instant classic of a playoff game.
2024 NY vs. Philly Game 2
2024 LA vs. Denver Game 2
Best TNT doubleheader ever!
What was great was it was 6’4 Jamal vs. 6’10 AD at the end and Michael Malone did not call a timeout. It was the best closer but with the coldest hand vs. the best defender with the hottest hand. And the closer closed it.
That’s like a 2002 Robert Horry / 2013 Ray Allen DAGGER shot through the heart. That’s KD Game 3 daggers. It’s the kind of shot that teams don’t psychologically recover from. The Lakers dominated that half and played as best as they could and they still lost to a team having an awful night. Paul Pierce is chuckling somewhere.
That Jamal Murray is the kind of shot that launches an NBA dynasty. Think 1993 John Paxson, 1997 Steve Kerr, and obviously the REAL GOAT and #23 in 1998. Jamal is only 27, folks. Denver can win AT LEAST 4 championships. They’re the new Spurs. And Jokic is the most skilled offensive big man we’ve ever seen.
The sickest shot of the night actually came from Michael Porter Jr. The three he made after LeBron dunked it over Murray. That was better than the DiVicenzo shot. MPJ hit that shot clean to tie it. The unsung hero play was the offensive rebound and excellent pass by Aaron Gordon before that. He was less than an inch from being out of bounds.
Denver is killing the Lakers on the boards. Hence, why they always have more FG attempts. They get more scoring opportunities. A backcourt of DLo and Reaves is too small. Porter Jr. is Denver’s SF and he’s taller than LeBron ad Rui and nearly as tall as AD who plays center. Then Rui is not as athletic as Gordon. Every position, Denver has a height or an athletic advantage.
Lebron priming the refs. Lakers about to have 50 FT attempts 😂.
Keyshawn aint like Paul's story bout how his Celtics came back & beat the Lakers in Staples in the Finals lol
Lebron is crazy after blowing 20 points
They did call a foul and after review they determined it was not a foul. Done.
Refs did give that foul away lakers win but they didn’t call it because you had chances up 20 so they swallowed the whistle
*Skip* *Bayless*
I agree with Charles of DreamersPro about Skip. Unless Skip has an IQ lower than his shoe size, I don’t believe he thinks Lakers were ever beating the Nuggets. It is a trap. He wants to create these high expectations on the Lakers so when they fail, he can mock LeBron all summer.
What 7th seed has ever had expectations that these current Lakers have? If the 7th seed were my Clippers or any other team not named the Lakers, there would be no expectations. But Skip is creating this ditch for LeBron to fall into. Skip calls AD Always Disappointing. Now he’s backing him up? It’s all a trap.
I personally enjoy it when the media keeps gassing up the Lakers whether they’re 10th, 7th, or wherever. Because the more media talks about the Lakers daily, the higher expectations and the bigger disappointment when they do fail which they’ll often do since it’s impossible to win every single year.
Lakers have lost 10 straight to Denver. Can’t these LeBron jocksniffers take a hint? A 7th seed trying to dethrone the reigning champs? But Skip has been picking Lakers over Celtics since preseason. Once the Lakers fail and they will, Skip will keep trashing LeBron. He’s creating a path to trash LeBron by overselling these LA frauds. Even MJ didn’t have the high expectations at age 39 and nobody cared if he failed to make the playoffs.
Skip already keeps saying that LeBron has no clutch gene. Then why pick them, Skip? It’s all set up to give Skip free rein to mock LeBron after he fails to win a 5th ring. Eliminate all the potential LeBron excuses. Deep down, Skip doesn’t believe Lakers can beat Denver similar to his delusions with his Cowboys. But those two franchises draws ratings, hence, why Skip talks about them 95% of the time.
Rob Parker who has Nuggets winning the series and winning it all is giving Game 3 to the Lakers to win. I believe that might happen too. I believe Lakers win Game 3 and it won’t surprise me if it’s a blowout. But then Game 4 is close and Denver wins that.
Denver can pick and choose which one to win. Denver is worse on the road compared to last year but Lakers haven’t been all that great at home this season either. If Denver loses Game 3, they’ll save all their energy for Game 4. If they win Game 3, they can afford to lose Game 4.
Then again, I felt the same way last year thinking they were going to lose at least one in LA but they didn’t. 🧹They seem to absolutely love beating the Lakers like my Clippers did for over a decade. Michael Malone inspires his team to hate them and not fear them.
If Lakers gets swept, that would be the 4th time in LeBron’s career. Getting swept will match how many rings he’s won. I wouldn’t hold it against him in 2007 and 2018. He was completely overmatched. But I don’t necessarily think he’s overmatched here playing next to AD while Jokic looks like a plumber and was second to last picked by LeBron in the 2023 ASG.
Lakers: 3 all-stars
Nuggets: 1 all-star
Lakers: 2 top 10 players
Nuggets: 1 top 10 player
It would be like the 1994 Rockets beating the 1993 Bulls. Hakeem beating Jordan and Pippen. Denver is not some superteam stacked with all-stars.
What’s LeBron’s next excuse after they lose to Denver? Not enough help? Or maybe because Nikola Plumber is really good at playing basketball? Denver plays like a real team. That’s 1-5. Not a 3-man crew.
When LeBron was out, Lakers actually played better without him. Reaves and Rui were getting enough touches that they can sustain a hot hand. But LeBron is very ball-dominant who will deflate his teammates stats. So when it’s Austin or Rui’s time to shoot, they’re cold because they never got enough touches.
That’s always been LeBron’s weakness. His teams struggles against teams like the Spurs, Warriors, and Nuggets as Broussard said who knew how to utilize all 5 players on the floor while all of LeBron’s teams was mostly watching LeBron dribble the ball for 20 seconds and everyone is standing around and watching.
LeBron has never had a team where everyone on the floor is getting a share. Where it’s equal opportunity. His personal stats suffocates his teammates. It usually ends up being hero ball which won’t work against a team like Denver that swings the ball from side to side. No egos with them. LeBron has an ego where he wants to win, still get his stats, and receive all the credit because he wants to be the GOAT which he obviously is not and never will be…
Among LeBron’s numerous achievements he now has the dubious distinction of being the first professional athlete in history to criticize the officiating in a series that he’s not even playing in. I understand complaint about the officiating in the series that he’s playing in, against the Nuggets, but why is he complaining about what’s happening in the Knicks-Sixers series? That was a weak statement by a weak man. Keep the Knicks-Sixers series out yo mouth! Worry about your own futility against Denver partner.
I like how these commentators need to criticize Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves. They’re role players! Role players are not good on the road. How many more scapegoats does LeBron need after he loses?? 😂
And it’s not like Denver played a great game. The only one who kept them in the game that first half was Michael Porter Jr. Jokic didn’t get rolling until the 4Q. Murray was cold for the first 7 quarters of this series. Let’s assume Austin and Rui get their season averages next out, we can’t assume Murray, Gordon, and KCP will play worse than they did in Game 2.
Unsung hero off the bench for Denver was Christian Braun. He did miss two FTs but he and KCP made some good shots in the 3rd to ignite that comeback. I think it’s becoming too predictable. Big early lead by the Lakers before Denver comes roaring back like a bullet train to win the game.
Unless the Lakers are up 20 against Denver with 5 minutes left in the 4th, no lead is ever safe against Denver. They’re coming fast late like Zenyatta 🏇. It’s an onslaught the Lakers seem incapable of holding down that fort. They look scared and shook.
It’s Denver that should be doing that “ice in my vein” pose that DLo started. It’s Denver that’s clutch. Not the Fakers trashing the Pacers in a meaningless in-season tournament in Dec.
This is downright sad. Say that the call stayed and DLo shot those two free throws, that still doesn't explain why the lakers blew a 20 point lead. Complaining for the sake of complaining.
Lebron James, “I mean I feel like they fouled more, we didn't”
Also lebron James.
“What are we doing?” What's going on with the replay center?’
Paul carrying this show.
His knowledge of basketball is undeniable
Excuses ....its the playoffs we know some hard playing is going to be allowed....Lakers and sixers need to grow up....
its the officiating !!!! WE DIDNT GET 15 MORE FREE THROWS!!! WAAAAHHHHH Lakers played a great 3 quarters ... and blew a 20pt lead...
Keyshawn said before the series started that if the Lakers lose the first two games, it's over! Now he says it's absolutely NOT over?! Dude is something else...
They probably didn’t think it would be so close.
Please replay all the offensive fouls LeBalco does every other drive please...
As much as Undisputed has hurt w/o Shannon, I'm really enjoying Paul Pierce's commentary.
Plenty of NBA loss streaks occurred. Refs were trash but they gotta play thru it. TOs & Lakers score drought cost them too. DEN's supremely comfortable playing the Lakers.
Key just be talking! He helping drive the ratings down.
It’s crazy how in round 1 all the home teams won, apparently that hasn’t been done since 2013. Then the first lot of games played in round 2 the home teams won again.
Keyshawn saying “we” like he plays for the Lakers. The Laker bias by these pundits is wild. Bias makes these takes unreliable.
Skip starting off saying “ Naturally” 😭😂
At this point the Lakers are not bother with losing 10 in a row. They are bothered by blowing these leads and not finishing. If I'm Denver I don't want to give this laker team any hope cause they already prove they can go up 20. The last thing you want is to give up a win.
The Lakers gameplan should be to make the game as short as possible. Every inbound pass, walk the ball without touching it and drain as much clock as possible. Lakers are clearly the better team for 24 minutes, then they just run out of gas in the 2nd half, and who can blame them, they are lead by a 39 year old.
It's like a parallel universe where key would normally call out someone for making excuses but is making excuses
Love the truth on this show. He is good.
He’s telling the truth no dickriding love it
For a SPLIT second, I thought Prince was Lisa Bonet lmao😂 😂
16 minute sequence for Lebron bitching about unimportant ref call in middle of game? What about that wide open 3pt game winner shot? I bet if he made that he wouldn't even remember that call.
Word up
You can’t have a 5 minute scoring drought and expect to beat a defending champion!
So LeBron what does that have to do with y'all letting go of 20-point lead how does that one officiating call affect the rest of the game?
I don’t have a problem with LeBron calling it out, take the fine. He didn’t say that’s why they lost; but Denver challenged 2X and won both.
Murray hit James hand and he missed layup and they callled it marginal lmao
The team blew a big lead that’s a fact but tbh before the missed three when bron drove to the basket he got hit you want to say no way you make that call in a tight game then explain the foul that was called on lebron on Murray was called with much less contact all I’m saying is if your going to call one thing in one end call it the same in the other.
Boi they got Paul Pierce on the show… thank god another basketball player!!
Just waiting to hear what Nick Wright has to say about Bron and the Lakers lol
Everybody's fault but brons. Bron can still make this thing a series. Brons stats say blah blah. Lakers are home so they have the advantage. That's what he'll say
He said that altitude of Denver is not fair advantage ,he lost it 😂😂
They the LA Nuggets Denver got majority stock in team😂
didnt LBJ miss a freethrow with under a minute left?? would have changed the pressure on the last denver shot Keshon...what about that?? LBJ made a great basket...got the call..... bonk at the line
Loool they felt like LAL fouled .. and DEN didn't 😂😂😂
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What should bother him is the free throw differential between his team and others 😂
Paul Pierce lives for the grudge he has for losing in the eastern conference finals‼️
Keyshawn is a total clown on this one. LOL
Dude calling Adam Silver demanding that he trade the replay centre.
Key forget it’s a reason they’re the 7th seed this year 😂