This game had a higher intensity than a lot of playoff games I’ve seen. Credit to all the players coaches and the NBA for putting this together. It was just good old basketball.
Yea showing they can do it from both outside and inside in the last few games...looking like a very dangerous team! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!
This is exactly what I thought. It was a great game to watch for any classic nba fan. It remined the nba from early 00s so much that I wished this game continued into OT.
Debate is already over after lebron achieved the all time leader in points he is the pure GOAT and still dominating now the entire NBA at his age 39 i think lebron can still be a king even at his age 45! So Mj or Lebron? It is clear 100% Lebron is the real GOAT and he still can make a lot of history records and achievements. This old man is the choosen one by supreme GOD because he is a nice person... Mj is nothing without his dynasty team without pippen rodman harper and his great coach ! It was so hard to make a dynasty team the chemistry is so important Durant try to make dynasty team at Nets and suns Karl malone and steve nash with other star player try to make dynasty team at lakers but no one succeed Only Lebron can make any team to be a contender and championship team without dynasty but if he wanted to heve a dynasty team at MIAMi HEAT he can have more than 6 rings! but he choose his promise to cavs! Lakers after kobe retirement is weak even that team is a trash team before Lebron became a lakers that team is not contender also the cavs without lebron is not contender! CLIPPERS try to make dynasy with 4 star player but now they are failure! ONLY LEBRON PLAYED IN NBA HISTORY AGAINST A LOT OF DYNASTY TEAM !!! Only lebron can make any team contender and that is what makes him special that is what makes him goat of the goat of the goat! MJ is not even close of what lebron achieves on and off the court ! PEOPLE tells that lebron era is weak naaah... it is what stupid people think? Lary Bird era is weak but he sweept Mj two times! prime Karl Malone and Stockton are no match to prime shaq and kobe! today's Nba are so talented how can you compare Reggie Miller to Stephen Curry! Gìannis, K-Town, Zion, Jokic and imbiid is the big man with shooting, assist and handles look at wembenyama how can you compare him to jordan era? People said lebron don't have defense it is clearly only stupid jealousy lebron"s chasedown block is one of nba's player most afraid and that is lebron's trademark! People said lebron era is soft no defense era! if you adjust those 80's-90's era playing at era now Rodman is just an ordinary player without his dirty work and witout rodman bulls are weak! And if you bring lebron to Mj's era he can be more than lebron james now he is like Karl Malone body also MJ and Magic in one body he will destroy everybody even badboy piston how they will stand against that freak? Lebron is so SMART his IQ level was above to all player he will easily adjust his playing style at any era ! How can you compare today's iphone from old telephone everything is upgraded now wake up people!!! Mj's dunk contest is bouring look what gordon and lavine did see that lavine free throw dunk like Mj but he upgrade it with behind the back so easy and effortless? Ja morant can fly more than Mj! Lebron is hardworking guy he never cheat his wife during his workout at other side Mj was playing card at the casino while lebron spend all 40% of his money to a lot of foudation specially at his I PROMESE SCHOOL while Mj was busy spending his money to a lot of women from different club Lebron was so busy for his family being a good father and role model to all young generation while Mj was so busy to buy some expensive shit for his women from club even pippen don't like Mj how can you make that stupid human being a goat? His only talent is to hug the ball all the time hang on the air and fadeaway shot while lebron is all around player he trust his teamate and lebron makes his teamate better because he share the ball MJ is selfish that's why pippen don't like MJ! Lebron longgivity is the result of his hardwork a child with no father to become a GODLIKE person on and off the court people need to realized that nobody in NBA will gonna be like him anymore! Championship rings is not a resume to be a goat because Robert Horry got 7 rings it's about how you manage and to take care your self to be a great player & to be a great human being, how to break any records also how to make a lot of accomplishment and most important how to be a good model that every kids should follow! LEBRON JAMES is more than a goat a thousan times goat he deserve A GOLDEN STATUE and i want to call him the Future GOD of Basketball. Fix your mind people use your mind properly! LEBRON IS STILL PLAYING AT AGE 39 without any sign of slowing his book is not yet closed while MJ is already done! be honest to your self before your JEALOUSY and ENVY kills you! ...period
@@JESS-CH The guys who are saying stuff like that are boomers who think their period was the best. LeBron flops because he's a product of his time. Had he been born in 1962 or something, he'd have been Jordan's only rival in the 90s
@@JESS-CHI think he could pretty easily buuuut you can’t count this as proof cause he would’ve been tested waaaaay more in the paint if this was the 80’s
Fr. They had Haliburton 🔒 up most of the game. Cam in particular just seems really fast out there. He picked Hali's pocket so clean, but got whistled for the foul.
AD's stare is the stuff of nightmare for the opposing team. I hope we'd get to see that again in the playoffs. Ultimately, this is the win for the fans. This show worths every dimes 💸💸
When AD goes off - He can be so dominant. Hope we can see some more of that consistently this season. And of course the first IST ever, LeBron comes in and sweeps it up, along with the MVP. Can't make this up. Major props to the Pacers, Hali & the boys been firing off and will be so interesting to see where they go this season. Great first IST in the books.
Yea* if he plays like this in the playoffs they may well win the title! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!
I didn't watch so i assumed he did get the MVP. I guarantee you if you swap performances, they'd give Lebron the MVP for the 40 and 20 no matter how he played before, since he showed up "when it mattered". Now it just feels like a script or media bias or something
@@theinkticianI can see you're a little reluctant to see it that way but at least you open up the veil a little. Now look at the schedule, lakers have a losing record outside the tournament. This is narrative, nothing more.
People think shooting 3s is everything but in reality it's not. Consistency is key. Going for easier shots and playing one hell of a defense gives you that consistency 💪
THE LAKERS ARE CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN!!! 💜🏆💜🏆💜🏆💜 Congratulations Lakers, Hailed the King, beastie AD dominance continue, so does AR clutch. Hollywood Parade next 🎠🏃🚃🎆🚎🚙🚴🤸🚐🚃🎆
This game was so fun to watch. The pacers push so hard, but the lakers played the same. I cant believe this tournament actually worked. This final game made it worth it. As an nba fan, im happy af
We'd have to commend Indiana Pacers for the hard-fought performance. If you watched the entire game, they actually did really good defense, it just so happened that AR, Lebron, and AD were able to overpower them and draw fouls on the paint. The lakers won by excellent strategy. I believe the Indiana Pacers could've possibly turned the tables if they didn't give up 5 minutes before the game was over. Congrats to Lebron James for MVP and AD for 41 pts and 20 rebounds. AD was a complete player this game, he was all over the place! ❤
(Knicks fan, here) Idc what the haters say or what their gripes with it are. Playoff-style basketball was a lot of fun to see this early. Had some fights which apparently people really like, got hard-fought basketball, and young guys are getting experience they would never get without it.
@@velipulla3936Because if they didn't preface it people would automatically assume he was a laker/ lbj fan. I mean they still could be a fan of lbj. Who knows
If you imagine new school players playing old school basketball, this game is as close as we're gonna get. As basketball fans, we need to cherish this moment because we don't know if we'll see something like this ever again
@@Jry088mane its the modern nba hes going up against the best players in the world the best you can hope for is for him to stay healthy cuz dear god we need him
The game plan for Haliburton was basically the same plan for Steph pre-KD. And Steph had to develop and learn after that to become greater. Shooters that are mainly finesse players but highly skilled need to see multiple physical defenders thrown at them. The funny thing is that if Indy knocked down the shots they usually make the game would have been closer. But at the same time Lakers went like a whole half without hitting a 3 so neither team shot threes well in this game. Anyway as a Laker fan, happy for the win. Gonna feel weird moving forward though. Especially knowing this game doesn't count to anything. Winning this should at least guarantee the winner a play-in spot at least. They have some tweaks to do next year.
This sounds bizarre cause Haliburton is an incredible passers and the strategy you're talking about has been thrown at him plenty of times. The real difference here is that guys didn't knock down shots when they got the ball from him
@@theinktician Nah what you're talking about now would be assists. And he still had a lot. However his points were down and he had turnovers. Something that didn't happen against the Bucks poor defensive coverage nor the choking Celtics. So its not magic. What I said is literally what the Lakers did. Some teams may have tried it already, but if they don't have the personnel the Lakers do you'll see a different result. We've seen this with even KD, someone years ahead of Haliburton, when he got swept by Boston in 2022. They had the guys and the game plan to do it.
You sound ridiculous with your words "...it's gonna be weird moving forward...." Why should it feel weird to you? The team you claim to support used the motivation of winning this trophy and securing an incredibly lucrative cash profit to win seven straight games en route to winning today while playing some of their best basketball and making season shaping improvements in team play which could potentially bode well for their title hopes, and you claim it's gonna be weird moving forward? You're Weird! As for your take that winner should be guaranteed play in spot, I think such a rule would be utterly unfair and undermine the high standards of the league because firstly- 1) it's always gonna be 99% likely that the winner of this tournament would be good enough to finish within the automatic playoff position in their conference 2) More importantly it's just impracticable because what happens to the play-in games between teams that finish 7th to 10th? Doesn't make sense.
At least everyone will get some money from this game, win or lose. Great game, Lakers. That look AD gave at 8:00 during this highlight was priceless 😅.
Massive shout out to Cam Reddish, he was so good at defending Haliburton, he will be the unsung hero of the game. AD was an absolute monster, LBJ just did what LBJ does! Haters will say this cup didn’t matter, just because its the Lakers. We know it does matter, lets go Lakers🎉🎉🎉😮
I hope Haliburton is able to learn from this game and figure out how to attack the kinda defense they threw at him all night. He’s a special player so I’m sure this experience will be helpful in the playoffs
Man! This was an old skool basketball game. Hard drives to the paint and far more intensity in the paint. Props to AD! Tonight MVP AD showed up, not the mediocre version we see on occasions.
As long as AD plays good enough every night to where we winning I could care less about how many points he scores from here on out. He’s just giving everyone a glimpse of POST SEASON AD. They beat suns, pelicans, Indiana. All good teams. This game didn’t count on record but I would like to see how great they going to play against Dallas Tuesday.
Deserving winner of that cup, they played well in all of those games. And credit where credit is due, this is the 4th game in a row where LBJ played really well. I often criticize the dude, but he got a good streak of games going currently. AD a monster today, and Reaves also really crisp on the offensive end. Great win for the Lake show.
Congratulations to our beloved Lakers. I'm gonna coin a term right now. This year, we're gonna win the first n b a double, which means we're gonna win both the cup and the championship!!!! I hope everybody continues to play with this type of Mamba mentality, especially AD!!!🎉🎉🎉
Oh my god, that was Anthony Davis from 2020 finals. Absolute fucking monster and one of a kind. He is capable of beeing the best big man in the league. Hope he continue staying healthy, with that bench and chemistry, Lakers are threat for every team
who cares. if you score 40 points in a cup final then your the man. who gives a rats ass what score he gets in some random backwater meaningless game in a months time. tonight was the big game and he bossed it.
@@NeilLewis77 lol so we gonna pretend AD always shows up in big games ? lol...listen I like the guy, and tonight he was the man indeed....... but we know better...
@@joevaldez4889 I'm not new to AD no. Are you new to cups? The cup final is the important one. What AD and the Lakers have just done is the second greatest achievement possible in all of basketball. In the history books it will just say Lakers, LeBron, AD.... Champions. It won't mention that AD had a poor game in some meaningless regular season game a month later. No one's going to remember that shit.
Lakers congratulation 🎉 the cup was amazing to watch. AD what a monster I hope to se it continue especially in the playoffs. And to Lebron James the first one to ever do it you deserved the cup MVP 🥇🏆 we are going to remember it for a long time (let’s go Lakers) 🎉
Ham once again proves he's a good coach. AD was incredible on both ends. It's a shame the stats from this game won't count to his averages. AR did his thing and Bron just fed the beast in this game and still put up 24pts. The Lakers look like they can win the big trophy in June. Their brand of bully ball basketball is good for the game instead of just relying on jacking up threes all the time.
Haven’t seem this AD before 8:08! I can tell he playing his @ss off this season! He got the DPOY in a bag if he stays healthy, maybe top 5 in MVP if he plays 65-70 games? He’s locked in tho 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
If the Lakers play like they did in the In-Season-Tournament, then they will raise their 18th championship banner. I would love to see LeBron win his 5th NBA championship ring. He doesn't need another ring to prove that he is the GOAT, but it would add to his resume for historical content. He already is going to finish the year with 40,000+ points, 11,000+ rebounds and perhaps 11,000+ assists.
Goat retired 20 years ago because to do the short version a goat does mostly win not loose it is why they are the goat it is the same in any sport basketball is no different man so totals aka cumulative stats aka about most minutes played ever will not change that it is pretty obvious. 😉
@@fgfdgfdgd-pl4cw LeBron is the GOAT, Jordan is 3rd on the GOAT list behind Kareem. This how I rank them: 1. LeBron 2. Kareem 3. Jordan. The truth is Jordan missed more shots than he made, he shot under 50% for his career.
Id like to start y commending the NBA and Adam Silver for putting up this tournament. Brilliant Strategy. Kudos to the pacers. Super basketball they are playing right now. And to my Lakers. Wow! congrats. Love it love it love it!!!!!!!!! This is baskeball.
This have nothing to do with finals. This more like the FIba world cup where they receive medals not rings. Lakers should hang this banner up and put medal on it for it won't confused with actual championship banner make it its own identity.
You know damn well had LeBron lost this, all his haters would of claimed this was another finals loss.. Now that he’s gone and won it everybody is like.. This is a nothing tournament, it doesn’t count LOL.. LeBron still proving people wrong at 39 years old. The greatest basketball player of all time.
@@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh2014 he destroyed him with equal chance yeah (Gino and Tp were the best on the court tho)still great, but 2007 You have the trio in his prime + Elite defender Bowen aigainst Lebron by Himself i dont think you can blame lebron on that lost 2014 was a spurs masterpiece tho
Thanks to the Greatest to Ever Do it. If it wasn't for being a great example on his aggressiveness on both ends of the floor, they won't win this whole thing. 💪👑🐐
This lakers team is one to not underestimate this year, I think they can go deep into playoffs congrats to them ! Also congrats to the pacers for making it this far
THIS IS WHAT THE LAKERS ARE MANNNN KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM!!!! AD MONSTROUS PERFORMANCE AR MAD PERFORMANCE DLO IS DLOADING OTHERS ARE ON TRACK AS A TEAM! UP THE LAKERS FR!!!
This is a damn good Lakers team. They don't really have any holes if AD shows up. When he's dominant and Lebron can play the playmaker role, they're dominant.
@@monkeboii6115I mean not even Shaq gave you 40 and 20 every night. He needs to not have games where he only scores 14 points with single digit rebounds
When Lakers are losing, these haters are everywhere calling him and that… now they are back and it’s not even a complicated small ball or things like Indiana Pacers. Go for the high percentage shot, play good defend and fast breaks… Congratulations Lakers for winning the first Play-in Tournament… 👏🏼
Watch people say this whole tournament was rigged for the Lakers to win just like with the bubble chip in Orlando 😂😂😂 keep proving 'em wrong LakeShow 🏆 💜💛💜
This game had a higher intensity than a lot of playoff games I’ve seen. Credit to all the players coaches and the NBA for putting this together. It was just good old basketball.
Its better than the All star games seriously!
What an old school game it was Lakers!
Hell yes
F yes. Just came to post this, and the first comment was this. Taking it to the rack. Pacers meanwhile bricked themselves out of it from the deep.
Yea showing they can do it from both outside and inside in the last few games...looking like a very dangerous team! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!
@@Mr8thwonderofthewrld chill out now, this means nothing 😂
This is exactly what I thought. It was a great game to watch for any classic nba fan. It remined the nba from early 00s so much that I wished this game continued into OT.
LeBron haters won't count the win but would have counted it as a Finals loss if they didn't win.
They will count it if lebron aint in it.😂😂😂
Nobody gives a damn about this charade tournament. But go ahead and count this as ring. You won't see the real one ever again. 😂😂
@@rjadragel😂😂😂
exactly
A total of 2 make believe rings😅
86 Points in the Paint for the Lakers . This was an old school style of Play and it worked
Debate is already over after lebron achieved the all time leader in points he is the pure GOAT and still dominating now the entire NBA at his age 39 i think lebron can still be a king even at his age 45! So Mj or Lebron? It is clear 100% Lebron is the real GOAT and he still can make a lot of history records and achievements.
This old man is the choosen one by supreme GOD because he is a nice person...
Mj is nothing without his dynasty team without pippen rodman harper and his great coach ! It was so hard to make a dynasty team the chemistry is so important Durant try to make dynasty team at Nets and suns Karl malone and steve nash with other star player try to make dynasty team at lakers but no one succeed Only Lebron can make any team to be a contender and championship team without dynasty but if he wanted to heve a dynasty team at MIAMi HEAT he can have more than 6 rings! but he choose his promise to cavs! Lakers after kobe retirement is weak even that team is a trash team before Lebron became a lakers that team is not contender also the cavs without lebron is not contender! CLIPPERS try to make dynasy with 4 star player but now they are failure! ONLY LEBRON PLAYED IN NBA HISTORY AGAINST A LOT OF DYNASTY TEAM !!!
Only lebron can make any team contender and that is what makes him special that is what makes him goat of the goat of the goat!
MJ is not even close of what lebron achieves on and off the court ! PEOPLE tells that lebron era is weak naaah... it is what stupid people think? Lary Bird era is weak but he sweept Mj two times! prime Karl Malone and Stockton are no match to prime shaq and kobe! today's Nba are so talented how can you compare Reggie Miller to Stephen Curry! Gìannis, K-Town, Zion, Jokic and imbiid is the big man with shooting, assist and handles look at wembenyama how can you compare him to jordan era? People said lebron don't have defense it is clearly only stupid jealousy lebron"s chasedown block is one of nba's player most afraid and that is lebron's trademark! People said lebron era is soft no defense era! if you adjust those 80's-90's era playing at era now Rodman is just an ordinary player without his dirty work and witout rodman bulls are weak! And if you bring lebron to Mj's era he can be more than lebron james now he is like Karl Malone body also MJ and Magic in one body he will destroy everybody even badboy piston how they will stand against that freak? Lebron is so SMART his IQ level was above to all player he will easily adjust his playing style at any era !
How can you compare today's iphone from old telephone everything is upgraded now wake up people!!!
Mj's dunk contest is bouring look what gordon and lavine did see that lavine free throw dunk like Mj but he upgrade it with behind the back so easy and effortless? Ja morant can fly more than Mj! Lebron is hardworking guy he never cheat his wife during his workout at other side Mj was playing card at the casino while lebron spend all 40% of his money to a lot of foudation specially at his I PROMESE SCHOOL while Mj was busy spending his money to a lot of women from different club Lebron was so busy for his family being a good father and role model to all young generation while Mj was so busy to buy some expensive shit for his women from club even pippen don't like Mj how can you make that stupid human being a goat? His only talent is to hug the ball all the time hang on the air and fadeaway shot while lebron is all around player he trust his teamate and lebron makes his teamate better because he share the ball MJ is selfish that's why pippen don't like MJ! Lebron longgivity is the result of his hardwork a child with no father to become a GODLIKE person on and off the court people need to realized that nobody in NBA will gonna be like him anymore! Championship rings is not a resume to be a goat because Robert Horry got 7 rings it's about how you manage and to take care your self to be a great player & to be a great human being, how to break any records also how to make a lot of accomplishment and most important how to be a good model that every kids should follow! LEBRON JAMES is more than a goat a thousan times goat he deserve A GOLDEN STATUE and i want to call him the Future GOD of Basketball.
Fix your mind people use your mind properly! LEBRON IS STILL PLAYING AT AGE 39 without any sign of slowing his book is not yet closed while MJ is already done! be honest to your self before your JEALOUSY and ENVY kills you! ...period
Lakers size were giving pacers trouble all night
@@Chenrandyliuwhich is crazy cause Myles Turner looked like a shell of who he usually is on the court
Only 2 threepointers all game and still dominate like that. Now thats oldskool bball 💪🏼
Definitivamente lebron es el mejor son 39 y el nivel que tiene es la bujía en el equipo donde juege
yeah, but Lebron couldn't handle the physicality of the 80's right? gtfoh. 🙄
todays game cant handle Lebrons physicality but Lebron couldnt handle 80's physicality they say lmao @@JESS-CH
@@JESS-CH The guys who are saying stuff like that are boomers who think their period was the best. LeBron flops because he's a product of his time. Had he been born in 1962 or something, he'd have been Jordan's only rival in the 90s
@@JESS-CHI think he could pretty easily buuuut you can’t count this as proof cause he would’ve been tested waaaaay more in the paint if this was the 80’s
Those vando and cam defensive lines are definitely key factors for winning the game. Its choking their key players
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Fr. They had Haliburton 🔒 up most of the game.
Cam in particular just seems really fast out there. He picked Hali's pocket so clean, but got whistled for the foul.
Defense wins championships.
Maybe if they aren't injured lakers can get at least a game against nuggets no?
AD's stare is the stuff of nightmare for the opposing team. I hope we'd get to see that again in the playoffs. Ultimately, this is the win for the fans. This show worths every dimes 💸💸
Why his stare is so scary? Is it because of the eyebraw?
@@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lhintensity
@@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh cos you wouldn't want a 6'10" 250 pounds guy wanting to eat your babies
When AD plays like this, he’s the best big in the league. The problem is we haven’t seen this intensity & motor consistently since the bubble.
When AD goes off - He can be so dominant. Hope we can see some more of that consistently this season. And of course the first IST ever, LeBron comes in and sweeps it up, along with the MVP. Can't make this up. Major props to the Pacers, Hali & the boys been firing off and will be so interesting to see where they go this season. Great first IST in the books.
yessur love the vibes
Yea* if he plays like this in the playoffs they may well win the title! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!
I didn't watch so i assumed he did get the MVP. I guarantee you if you swap performances, they'd give Lebron the MVP for the 40 and 20 no matter how he played before, since he showed up "when it mattered". Now it just feels like a script or media bias or something
When Lakers healthy and AD playing like beast this team is really hard to beat
@@theinkticianI can see you're a little reluctant to see it that way but at least you open up the veil a little. Now look at the schedule, lakers have a losing record outside the tournament. This is narrative, nothing more.
AR just keeps on getting better and better. He’s ball control and confidence has taken massive leaps
He is the real deal
Be crossing the piss out of players lol
Lakers had 18 turnovers, only made 2 3-pointers the entire game and still manage to win it... No. 1 in defense it is.. Great win Lakeshow
defense wins u game
Defense wins championships
Lakers had 80+ in the paint so that definitely had something to do with it too.
@@John-jm4nv yeah but they also held the no. 1 offensive team in the nba to a 36.8% fg shooting
People think shooting 3s is everything but in reality it's not. Consistency is key. Going for easier shots and playing one hell of a defense gives you that consistency 💪
THE LAKERS ARE CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN!!!
💜🏆💜🏆💜🏆💜
Congratulations Lakers,
Hailed the King, beastie AD dominance continue, so does AR clutch.
Hollywood Parade next
🎠🏃🚃🎆🚎🚙🚴🤸🚐🚃🎆
This game was so fun to watch. The pacers push so hard, but the lakers played the same. I cant believe this tournament actually worked. This final game made it worth it. As an nba fan, im happy af
I'm not gonna lie it worked we in middle of Dec all hype for a Lakers Pacers game 😂 Silver rubbing his hands like birdman somewhere ❤🎉
We'd have to commend Indiana Pacers for the hard-fought performance. If you watched the entire game, they actually did really good defense, it just so happened that AR, Lebron, and AD were able to overpower them and draw fouls on the paint. The lakers won by excellent strategy.
I believe the Indiana Pacers could've possibly turned the tables if they didn't give up 5 minutes before the game was over.
Congrats to Lebron James for MVP and AD for 41 pts and 20 rebounds. AD was a complete player this game, he was all over the place! ❤
it was such a fun game to watch defensively and big ups to TJ McConell that guy is just a dog and his hustle plays in the 4th were wild
Lol Pacers were bad
@@velipulla3936 nah the defense was there, LA was having an awesome night. I literally couldn't believe Reaves with the mid-range and layups.
Lack of interior defense,Pacers miss Jalen Smith and also were without Nembhard.Lakers may have still won but those are key Pacer bench players.
Class
(Knicks fan, here) Idc what the haters say or what their gripes with it are. Playoff-style basketball was a lot of fun to see this early. Had some fights which apparently people really like, got hard-fought basketball, and young guys are getting experience they would never get without it.
Why we need to know youre knicks fan?
@@velipulla3936 'Cause every time I say something nice about a game where another team won that wasn't mine, they call me a bandwagon (somehow)
@@velipulla3936Because if they didn't preface it people would automatically assume he was a laker/ lbj fan. I mean they still could be a fan of lbj. Who knows
Still as a Mickey Mouse Tournement.
@@Pokerstarsvevo Spell "tournement"
Well done to the Lakers for winning the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament 👏🏽
lebron just won another bubble ring
@@bamf6603They don’t get a ring..carry on
@@bamf6603they medal not ring.
@bamf6603 Him and AD are going to be the first players to win this and the Olympics.
*Another achievement for the so-called king* 💀🤣🤣🤣
@@ColdHoops LeBron is a top 3 player all time. Why are you hating?
AD with 41 pts, 20 rebs, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 16-24 FGs should've been the MVP. But great game by the King too.
Go Lakers 💪
Love how agressive AD has been lately. When he is agressive everything goes. Go Lakers 🔥!
We need this tournament to continue because we got playoff performances from the players throughout this entire event.
Both Finalist Should Clinch a Playoffs spot Such a fun Week of games We Got ! i like the Pacers a lot lately
Exactly my men 👍🏾
If you imagine new school players playing old school basketball, this game is as close as we're gonna get. As basketball fans, we need to cherish this moment because we don't know if we'll see something like this ever again
I love how reddish is focused on being a lock down defender. He has a little ways to go but i see the dedication!!!!!!
AD needs to watch these highlights before every game for the rest of the season… he was definitely “HIM” tonight!
This is the game he doesn't need to watch the highlights of.
Man, I wish AD can play like this every game. He was a monster tonight.
You can wish all you want. You know he won't. 😉
@@dvdv8197 Sadly, you're right. 15 points next game.
@@Jry088 Hehe, sorry. 😅🙈 but you were also right. He was an absolute monster tonight and picked the right moment to be. 🙂👍
@@Jry088mane its the modern nba hes going up against the best players in the world the best you can hope for is for him to stay healthy cuz dear god we need him
Fantastic game by the Lakers, especially AD!!! Congratulations!!!
Lebron really showed foresight in keeping Reaves on the roster...
What a player he turned out to be❤
What a great game for AD. 41 points, 20 rebounds and 4 blocks. Just give this man his dpoy already
The game plan for Haliburton was basically the same plan for Steph pre-KD. And Steph had to develop and learn after that to become greater. Shooters that are mainly finesse players but highly skilled need to see multiple physical defenders thrown at them. The funny thing is that if Indy knocked down the shots they usually make the game would have been closer. But at the same time Lakers went like a whole half without hitting a 3 so neither team shot threes well in this game. Anyway as a Laker fan, happy for the win. Gonna feel weird moving forward though. Especially knowing this game doesn't count to anything.
Winning this should at least guarantee the winner a play-in spot at least. They have some tweaks to do next year.
Spot on
This sounds bizarre cause Haliburton is an incredible passers and the strategy you're talking about has been thrown at him plenty of times. The real difference here is that guys didn't knock down shots when they got the ball from him
Yeah in British football your allowed in to the Europa league. So here there should be a benefit for winning too. On season tournament sounds great.
@@theinktician Nah what you're talking about now would be assists. And he still had a lot. However his points were down and he had turnovers. Something that didn't happen against the Bucks poor defensive coverage nor the choking Celtics. So its not magic. What I said is literally what the Lakers did. Some teams may have tried it already, but if they don't have the personnel the Lakers do you'll see a different result. We've seen this with even KD, someone years ahead of Haliburton, when he got swept by Boston in 2022. They had the guys and the game plan to do it.
You sound ridiculous with your words "...it's gonna be weird moving forward...."
Why should it feel weird to you?
The team you claim to support used the motivation of winning this trophy and securing an incredibly lucrative cash profit to win seven straight games en route to winning today while playing some of their best basketball and making season shaping improvements in team play which could potentially bode well for their title hopes, and you claim it's gonna be weird moving forward?
You're Weird!
As for your take that winner should be guaranteed play in spot, I think such a rule would be utterly unfair and undermine the high standards of the league because firstly- 1) it's always gonna be 99% likely that the winner of this tournament would be good enough to finish within the automatic playoff position in their conference
2) More importantly it's just impracticable because what happens to the play-in games between teams that finish 7th to 10th?
Doesn't make sense.
This tourny was actually awesome!
At least everyone will get some money from this game, win or lose. Great game, Lakers. That look AD gave at 8:00 during this highlight was priceless 😅.
Bron is like the most experienced playoffs player out there. AD killing it
that face AD made at 8:07 is the same face he need to be making every night. He need to have thay same mean energy every time he step on the court
No, he doesn't. You're parroting false media narrations.
Major props to Anthony Davis this game - if he plays like this in the playoffs, Lakers got a good chance being 2023-2024 NBA Champs
Nope
This was 1 game elimination the playoffs is 7 games so no
Plus, they played a small team. The Nuggets will sweep you again.
You know he won't 'play like this', so why even entertain that thought? 😊
Not possible, this is just one game, how can AD play like this to win 16 games in the playoffs. Only Shaq can do that in all 16 wins of a playoff game
This is great momentum and motivation for both teams to do well in the rest of the season. Bravo NBA!
Especially,AD and LBJ were amazing performance this game.
Hard drives to the paint and LBJ goes to right hand dunk.
OMG
Lakers's defence is amazing. They deserve the win.
Massive shout out to Cam Reddish, he was so good at defending Haliburton, he will be the unsung hero of the game.
AD was an absolute monster, LBJ just did what LBJ does!
Haters will say this cup didn’t matter, just because its the Lakers. We know it does matter, lets go Lakers🎉🎉🎉😮
I love the In-Season tournament!🏆
Single elimination!🏀
Just top level Basketball from both teams🔥
I hope Haliburton is able to learn from this game and figure out how to attack the kinda defense they threw at him all night. He’s a special player so I’m sure this experience will be helpful in the playoffs
He learned what happens when you face the King!
Yep he will learn from this tournament but unfortunately for him so will the Celtics and Bucks..
The fact that WE never lost in the tourney and WON is crazy. Great game
Man! This was an old skool basketball game. Hard drives to the paint and far more intensity in the paint. Props to AD! Tonight MVP AD showed up, not the mediocre version we see on occasions.
As long as AD plays good enough every night to where we winning I could care less about how many points he scores from here on out. He’s just giving everyone a glimpse of POST SEASON AD. They beat suns, pelicans, Indiana. All good teams. This game didn’t count on record but I would like to see how great they going to play against Dallas Tuesday.
Deserving winner of that cup, they played well in all of those games. And credit where credit is due, this is the 4th game in a row where LBJ played really well. I often criticize the dude, but he got a good streak of games going currently. AD a monster today, and Reaves also really crisp on the offensive end.
Great win for the Lake show.
the whole game there is this one woman absolutely screaming her lungs out in the same tone every single laker offensive highlight
Loved the playoff intensity in this early of the season
The guards are slashing hard
The defense was finals level 😮 I must say !! Cam reddish n AD defense was top tier !!
Congratulations to our beloved Lakers. I'm gonna coin a term right now. This year, we're gonna win the first n b a double, which means we're gonna win both the cup and the championship!!!!
I hope everybody continues to play with this type of Mamba mentality, especially AD!!!🎉🎉🎉
They gone cry in the comments 😂 gg lakers lebron the goat 🐐
goat of bricks and turnovers
Goat of turnovers whaahahhaha
Carried by AD the glass man wahahhaha
Yep and u already got some fish here😂
💪🐐👑💜💛
This game shows that old school basketball would still definitely dominate in todays era.
Congrats LAL on winning the first IST!
It's a fun addition, hoping for the same lvl of competition next instalment! 😊🥳🥳🙏
We need this energy in every game ❤ lets go lakers ❤ and congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Oh my god, that was Anthony Davis from 2020 finals. Absolute fucking monster and one of a kind. He is capable of beeing the best big man in the league. Hope he continue staying healthy, with that bench and chemistry, Lakers are threat for every team
AD had a monster game, but I feel like his 10 pts game is coming soon 😂
I guees he had that pep talk from Lebron tonight and it worked.... but somehow that energy never translate from a game to another ...
who cares. if you score 40 points in a cup final then your the man.
who gives a rats ass what score he gets in some random backwater meaningless game in a months time.
tonight was the big game and he bossed it.
@@NeilLewis77 lol so we gonna pretend AD always shows up in big games ? lol...listen I like the guy, and tonight he was the man indeed....... but we know better...
@@NeilLewis77 LOL! Are you new to AD? He is very inconsistent in Playoffs also not just the whole season.
@@joevaldez4889 I'm not new to AD no.
Are you new to cups?
The cup final is the important one.
What AD and the Lakers have just done is the second greatest achievement possible in all of basketball.
In the history books it will just say Lakers, LeBron, AD.... Champions.
It won't mention that AD had a poor game in some meaningless regular season game a month later. No one's going to remember that shit.
first the bubble now this... good job! they really like winning special tournaments
WTF has your team won in the past years?
Lakers congratulation 🎉 the cup was amazing to watch. AD what a monster I hope to se it continue especially in the playoffs. And to Lebron James the first one to ever do it you deserved the cup MVP 🥇🏆 we are going to remember it for a long time (let’s go Lakers) 🎉
Compare the stats of Lebron and AD, for the last three games.
Then tell us again that the MVP is deserved…
Dawkins the 1ST IST CHAMPION FOR MAKING HIGHLIGHTS
Los Lakers never ceases to amaze
This is LeBron NCAA championship he never got to experience, and i gotta commend Adam Silver for coming up with this brilliant Format
Love this IST it makes it like soccer a bit and allows for teams to pull off cool feats like a Treble
Ham once again proves he's a good coach. AD was incredible on both ends. It's a shame the stats from this game won't count to his averages. AR did his thing and Bron just fed the beast in this game and still put up 24pts.
The Lakers look like they can win the big trophy in June. Their brand of bully ball basketball is good for the game instead of just relying on jacking up threes all the time.
This doesn't count as regular season stats???
When voting for best defensive player what AD did here will definately be in the minds of the judges...
Good to see AD catching lobs again, such a beauty
Haven’t seem this AD before 8:08! I can tell he playing his @ss off this season! He got the DPOY in a bag if he stays healthy, maybe top 5 in MVP if he plays 65-70 games? He’s locked in tho 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
If the Lakers play like they did in the In-Season-Tournament, then they will raise their 18th championship banner. I would love to see LeBron win his 5th NBA championship ring. He doesn't need another ring to prove that he is the GOAT, but it would add to his resume for historical content. He already is going to finish the year with 40,000+ points, 11,000+ rebounds and perhaps 11,000+ assists.
He needs at least one more to be GOAT.
Yeah if Davis is consistent 😂😂😂😂 which is never
Goat retired 20 years ago because to do the short version a goat does mostly win not loose it is why they are the goat it is the same in any sport basketball is no different man so totals aka cumulative stats aka about most minutes played ever will not change that it is pretty obvious. 😉
You mean LeSrom, the GOAT of turnovers?
@@fgfdgfdgd-pl4cw LeBron is the GOAT, Jordan is 3rd on the GOAT list behind Kareem. This how I rank them: 1. LeBron 2. Kareem 3. Jordan. The truth is Jordan missed more shots than he made, he shot under 50% for his career.
the never ending king
what a sport legend
That dunk in the fourth quarter by Bron!!
A consistent AD is not far from Jokic and Embiid in the list of the top big men in the league. Absolute monster in offense and defense when healthy
Reeve handles are so impressive
facts
8:00
We have not seen that face & passion on AD since the Mamba Jersey 3 vs the Nuggets.
That says alot.
We just want you to keep at it Big Fella 💛💜
Id like to start y commending the NBA and Adam Silver for putting up this tournament. Brilliant Strategy. Kudos to the pacers. Super basketball they are playing right now. And to my Lakers. Wow! congrats. Love it love it love it!!!!!!!!! This is baskeball.
Sure thing bro... good to see atleast 1 countryman ...hapa kenya wasee hucheki tu futa... im always alone talking about b ball😂
This have nothing to do with finals. This more like the FIba world cup where they receive medals not rings. Lakers should hang this banner up and put medal on it for it won't confused with actual championship banner make it its own identity.
@John-jm4nv so we shouldnt celebrate it???? We know what the in season tournament is. Dude.
Man AD can be mvp if he stays in this form. Such a dominant 2 way player, wanna see him tear apart Denver like this. Love the IST btw, well done NBA
AD showed up today. Great win by the Lakers!
When AD goes off he is unstoppable
You know damn well had LeBron lost this, all his haters would of claimed this was another finals loss..
Now that he’s gone and won it everybody is like.. This is a nothing tournament, it doesn’t count LOL..
LeBron still proving people wrong at 39 years old. The greatest basketball player of all time.
Your GOAT lost two finals against Tim Duncan. Timmy beat him 2 - 1 having less acomplished and skilled players in the team than LeSrom
@@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh2014 he destroyed him with equal chance yeah (Gino and Tp were the best on the court tho)still great, but 2007
You have the trio in his prime
+ Elite defender Bowen
aigainst Lebron by Himself
i dont think you can blame lebron
on that lost
2014 was a spurs masterpiece tho
this puts a huge bullseye on the Lakers back. Now they have to get to the FINALS.
🤞🏽
AD went crazyyyy
Davis has finally earned my respect. His shoulder bumps to clear space for shots were 100% auteur beauty.
Look at my G.O.A.T Man...
So Inspirational.
Plays hard during tournament...
Truly example and leader on and off the court
Thanks to the Greatest to Ever Do it. If it wasn't for being a great example on his aggressiveness on both ends of the floor, they won't win this whole thing. 💪👑🐐
I mean, AD is good, but he's not the goat man
This lakers team is one to not underestimate this year, I think they can go deep into playoffs congrats to them ! Also congrats to the pacers for making it this far
They have the same team who got swept last playoffs so I dont think so
@@velipulla3936 yes they kept their core squad while also picking up players in the offseason
@@velipulla3936swept deep in the playoffs - so yes dimwit
@@velipulla3936they got the Goat so i dont think it matters really
@@gungij2728 he retired 20 years ago man.
THIS IS WHAT THE LAKERS ARE MANNNN KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM!!!! AD MONSTROUS PERFORMANCE AR MAD PERFORMANCE DLO IS DLOADING OTHERS ARE ON TRACK AS A TEAM! UP THE LAKERS FR!!!
Nice game to watch. Very nice indeed.
Much better than most dribble-dribble three-points stepback jump shots.
Bring more games like this. PLEASEEEE..
Davis with 41 holyyyy, Next NBA championship 🏆
This is a damn good Lakers team. They don't really have any holes if AD shows up. When he's dominant and Lebron can play the playmaker role, they're dominant.
They just need to knock down 3's and they can win it. You can't win every night without 3's.
AD and Lebron went beast mode tonight! Healthy Lakers is something to be scared about
AD deserves some love! That mofo played like he’s the best damn player that game! Damn near played all of that second half! Much love to AD!
If only he could play like that every night.
I'm glad he showed up. But man, when lebron is oit the floor they dont know whT to do.
@@monkeboii6115I mean not even Shaq gave you 40 and 20 every night. He needs to not have games where he only scores 14 points with single digit rebounds
When Lakers healthy and AD playing like beast this team is really hard to beat
AD a MONSTER, dropped 41, 20reb, 4 blocks, 5 assists, nothing but love for this performance
AD's facial expression at 8:09 (when there is 6: 32 left of the game), that's the face Lakers fans want. Fully engaged and interested in winning.
When Lakers are losing, these haters are everywhere calling him and that… now they are back and it’s not even a complicated small ball or things like Indiana Pacers.
Go for the high percentage shot, play good defend and fast breaks… Congratulations Lakers for winning the first Play-in Tournament… 👏🏼
James is now genelation NBA superstar. GOAT 🐐
Watch people say this whole tournament was rigged for the Lakers to win just like with the bubble chip in Orlando 😂😂😂 keep proving 'em wrong LakeShow 🏆 💜💛💜
yeap but if other would teams would have won they be like congratulating them 😂
Proving them wrong would have been if they'd lost
reminded me of basketball in the 90s! Great game! AD and the D were monsters!!
Amazing. Lebron and AD. Great balance LA. Reeves great Player. Gpt that Old School Basketball that just works.
Vintage AD. A top class 5 missing from the Bucks in the semis when Turner did what he wanted.
MVP LeGOAT !!!!!!!!! Let's go Lakers !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💜🔥🔥🔥💛
Ad absolute Beast. With the mamba Look all over his face. Finesse, strenght, speed. Put some Respect on his name rn!
Those girls need to stfu in the background 🤣🤣🤣
Let's go love to see my team win we coming for that championship
Let's see go lakers
AD is just unstoppable tonight in the paint. Either AD or Bron, I'm okay with it no matter who would won the MVP. CONGRATS LAKERS NATION!!! 🏆💜💛
Thank you king for bringing us another championship. Now it's June's turn🐐🐐👑👑💜💛
The broadcast picking up those squealing women almost ruined the whole game
It sounded like a dying dolphin