LET'S ADDRESS THE PROBLEM! - Kendrick Perkins sounds off on Lakers' Game 2 vs. Nuggets | NBA Today
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2024
- Kendrick Perkins, Zach Lowe and Chiney Ogwumike join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to react to the Los Angeles Lakers' 101-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets despite being up by as many as 20 points.
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I thought Darwin Ham made some bad coaching decisions. 1) Up 20, he shouldn't have been doubling Jokic. 2) AD was on fire and Ham doesn't run any plays for him in the 4th quarter. 3) I thought Ham should've challenged the foul called on LeBron with 57 seconds remaining. The challenge ended up unused. 4) The Lakers looked gassed at the end. Ham had 2 timeouts left and didn't use them. He could've used them to buy some needed rest.
Agreed
1000%!!! Timeouts can be used to break momentum. When defense gets sloppy there were no set plays or adjustments. His hands remain in the pocket even when challenge was necessary. When players get cold, they defer to the coach. That's exactly what Malone did to Murray and look what happened in the end...
AD being on fire was by design. if u noticed AD was NEVER doubled.
I'd put money that Darvin Ham didnt even realize Denver made an adjustment putting Gordan on AD instead of Jokic. He was probably just come on fellas just keep doing what got us the lead
He should have been fired
One thing about the lakers, when they lose someone is always thrown under the bus
Except Lebron.
@@KNByam because he old af most people his age average like 6 points a game so he’s a high performer but he’s still excused from carrying younger guys
@@Bossdonbigga buddy you dont watch the jock sniffing lebron media? win=lebron carry, lose=not lebron. open your eyes...
@@KNByamyou’re delusional.. the entire internet of hating for attention incels and people over 50 blame him for everything that has to do with league. Let’s be real
@@1tw33tbecause lebron still plays well in loses goofy. Lebron rarely has bad games
The media talking more about the Lakers losing than Denver winning. They’re talking about one foul that wasn’t called but not mention that the Lakers get 25-30 free throws a game??? Blowing a 20 point lead shouldn’t be no excuse of losing. The Lakers lost end of story
Because that game 2, the lakers lost it not that the Nuggets won it
cuz the nba helping the lakers is the worst kept secret in the industry
We literally had the same amount of free throws in this game
@@kujone 17 rings aint much of a secret lakeshow
What's crazy is how horribly Denver played...and they still won.
I still can't believe the Lakers complained about the officiating when they were up 20 points. Still can't believe we lost that game
Exactly...inexcusable
i agree. in reality tho, that was a foul. i think the main reason they were so pissed about it is because it went to the replay center and they still got it wrong. scott foster visibly disagreed with the call being overturned. there was also a questionable foul called on lebron near the end of the game, but i blame it on the lakers staff for not challenging that call. either way, they should have never put themselves in that position.
Doesn’t matter. It was a foul.
@@vicdemone3901Lakers can’t complain. 7 teams have already called out the lakers and the refs for unfair officiating. No other team has been called out. They were up 12 and had 15 more fouls in game 1 and still lost. The lakers just aren’t good enough. And the fans are just as stupid as the team because they always blame the refs. 😂
Only problem is that the Nuggets are the better team....and have been for a while...
indeed...DEN in 5
Lakers can be better.. they were up by 20 so obviously they can be better
exactly lakers played nearly their best and denver not and they still won laker fans think if u coach this and that u win maybe a game but nothing more
@@ericcorral9318 "Lakers can be better.. " -- don't you think Murray and Denver cannot be better themselves?
@@20Schmidt4
Perk is right. Bron took over in the fourth but lets be honest. Bron played hero ball down the stretch and never looked AD way again which gave Jokic energy on the offensive end
But LeBum is super high IQ
AD needs to shoot 30 plus
Yall talkin bout bron offense taking over and not allowing AD to shoot but did yall miss AD gettin dogged by jokic!!! Bron had a key block and steal at the end of the quarter .
Also AD should’ve never switch onto Murray. DLO had the switch but ran away !
Lebron ball hogged the 4th they still found away to blame anyone but the supposed leader that had a wide open shot and he hit the shimmy too😂
And if lebron hits that 3. Perk is on here yelling lebron James is the goat. Perk flip flops like all these talking heads
The problem is the Lakers blew up a perfectly balanced roster after the 20-21 season. AD/Lebron both injured 50% of the season and they thought that meant it was a roster flaw. Then thew blew it all up and have been trying to piece together a decent roster ever since. 0 athletic guards and 0 true centers.
truth
yup.
Will never understand this.NEVER 💯
1000%
Nope, they only won because of the bubble. Lakers with AD and Bron aren’t enough to win a title. Blow it up
Why every time the lakers lose y’all love to blame everyone besides Lebron he built this team bro needs to take accountability y’all can’t blame Russ anymore
Bron had to do so much, our bench was a no show
The bench in the last 2 games Prince 17 everyone else 0
Why every time lebron loses u orgasm all over ur tv😂
@@chriskessoon3622 That's insane to me
Last time lakers beat the nuggets when westbrook was on the team
Blame everyone else other than LeBron…even when he misses a wide open 3 late in the game…always been the story of his career
Guy scored like 11+ plus in a short span to even keep it that close lol, don't be a hater just to be a hater. He's definitely more clutch than your favorite player.
You’ve posted about Lebron on every video on the Lakers and Nuggets so far today. Maybe LBJ fans wouldn’t be as bad if his haters weren’t so weird & immature. Grown man talking about another grown man he don’t like on the internet all day- MJ fans to a T
So you can't critique anything Lebron does? Don't be a weirdo man. Nobody even brought MJ into this. @LL-zm9go
Critiquing is one thing- commenting on every single video that involves the game with hateful remarks over and over, is a straight weirdo. The dude is an avid UnCut Hoops, AOH, and Skap viewer. It has everything to do with MJ. Lame ahh old dudes talking bout other grown men all day, weak stuff
What does this dude writing different hateful messages about LBJ on every video that’s come out today have to do with no critiquing LBJ? I’m the weirdo for calling out weird beta behavior? Dude is all over UnCut Hoops, AOH, Skap- all channels who hate on LBJ daily.
Yup, they keep saying it's AD's team and then shut him out in the 4th quarter. Make it make sense. You got a 20 point lead because AD was destroying Jokic one on one. Then AD stops getting touches, and Jokic starts scoring. Why change the game plan when it's working?
Destroys jokic.. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA bam did the same thing, dho then dribble to a elbow or midrange pull up.. all while jokic only took a handful of shots at that time in the game, davis was getting streaky though. The better player is up 2-0 with their respective team.
if you think the nuggets didn’t want AD going one on one, you haven’t been paying attention. they took the rest of their team out the game. the one thing they didn’t account for was dlo going off but they absolutely were letting AD and Lebron get theirs otherwise you wouldn’t guard AD one on one with jokic
They switched Gordon onto him.
If AD gets 30 shots and DLO gets 24 shots the Lakers win easily! Lebron hogs the ball and throws their rythym off while he stat pads. Lebron should have kept feeding AD the ball!
@@truebrowncanadianjokic can’t guard. They had to put Aron Gordon on AD
MPjr made that shot and at 1:15 I said he needs to he involved in plays more, fortunately murray went off last 3 possessions but MPjr is that guy as well.
IT'S EVERYBODY'S FAULT... James needs help OK. 😭Next season Trade everybody except LeChoke and AD and let's give him the following: Jokić, Murray, Durant, Booker, Antetokounmpo, Lillard, Curry, Tatum, Leonard, George, Irving, Doncic, SGAlexander, Anthony Edwards, Karl Anthony Towns. COACH: Poppovich assts Kerr and Spoelstra😂
Chill keep legoat, he has a lot of experience.
It crazy when someone calling lebrick the goat when he needs help. MJ got less help and made every one around him better 😂😂😂
Might not be enough though
@@dantedira4278 Well... we can do the usual BLAME the team-mates if they lose and all PRAISES to LeBronze Choke King James if they win.
@@Sectrix2ppHe did say to keep LeFlop.
Since when did Jordan, Kobe, Kareem, Magic lose to a team 13 straight times ??
Jordan lost to Boston 10 times in a row lol
@desmondc7390 that's not the same. Bulls were trash & you talking bout Jordan first 2 years in the league. Acting like Boston is in the same class as Denver is hilarious. Also, 0-10 is not 0-13. What tf was the point in commenting?
@@MikkiChavezlakers are trash also
@@MikkiChavezlakers are trash.
@@MikkiChavezmj wasn’t ballin like this at 38
Difference between Kobe and jordan vs. Lacry
EXCUSES
What's so hard to understand that foul being overturned? The contact was after the ball had left DLOs hand, had zero impact on the shot, and was considered marginal/incidental contact.
Then why did they call a foul on Lebron under a minute left with little to no contact on Murray ?? FOH
Lakers crying about ref calls is so comedy, it makes them look like losers even more. These mfs have the decency to talk when they get 3 times more calls then the next 3 teams COMBINED.
@@papadiom9260 Watch the play. Lebron grabbed his jersey as Murray blew past him and threw Murray off balance.
Kobe nor Michael would’ve blamed the refs. They would’ve blamed themselves and their teammates. There’s a difference from being a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) and being a GOAF (Greatest Of All Floppers).
No one cares about the got convo that’s for you losers
I was saying the same thing and I wasn’t a KOBE fan and on top of that he never complained when the refs were forced them into the playoffs
It must make your heads hurt to literally blame everyone but Lebron James also how much is he getting fined for his actions post game because the nba fined the raptors coach for way less hmm 🤔
You’re a literal clown. Lebron scored 12 straight points what more do you want from him???
How much they gonna fine Jokic brothers for punching a fan hmmmm oh right we not talking about that
@@D4RKWolf2240 lebron called for the death of a police officer btw and supports the CCP
ur dumb 10:42
No it does not make my head hurt maybe yours. But again for the unwashed and uninitiated such as yourself LeBron did not lose that game by himself. I am not a LeBron fan I don't like you I never really have since that be as he did with Miami a few years ago.
But like I said to somebody else in this conversation if you get one more guy that produces just one they win that game. You want to look at that shot he missed you also need to take a real hard look at the bench the Lakers have.
Because that bench has not produced
There was no full court press in the final seconds of the game: no urgency at all. That’s why they lost. A full court press would have forced the time to go down or a bad and rushed shot.
You dont full court press after a rebound bro that's just giving someone an easy transition layup. Do you even watch basketball?
And foul Murray, no good , they played good defense, great shot, tip yr hat
They lost a 20-pt lead...inexcusable (unable to close)
@@gringoboy701 I watch and play basketball. You full court press and make sure everyone is guarding their man obviously tf. If your guarding your man ain’t no problem at I didn’t say DOUBLE TEAM
Lebron shouldn't have shot that 3. Should of took more time off clock
I get that AD wasn’t being aggressive in the 4th but Lebron literally missed a CRUCIAL 3 at the end of the game that was WIDE open. That could’ve been the deciding factor of that game but we ain’t talking about that?
So one guy scores 10 in the 4th. The other scores 8 in the WHOLE 2nd half. But yeah all on lebron 😂😂😂
@@AlexLopez-hx5bl that scoring doesn’t matter if the 1 possession you ACTUALLY needed to score was to win the game and you blew it when it was wide open💀
Dude it's a make or miss league. He missed, it's game 2, get over it. I've been a massive fan of Jokic-Murray for about 6 years now and Murray makes more than he misses, but he misses too? There were much bigger problems than the shot for the Lakers. Literally had no gameplan for the 4th.
He wasn't getting the ball. It had nothing to do with lack of aggressiveness
@@Rich_iam I swear some of these "fans" have no idea what they talking about. I threw my hands up in the air as Dinwiddie dribbled down the court.. I told myself "post up AD".. DINWIDDIE DRIVES AND AIRBALLS A LAYUP.
That play deflated the Lakers beyond repair. They never got back to "an" offense. THAT offense should've been, post up AD on the block and let him go to work against AG, pass out of double and swing.
But instead they just did target ball w/ Lebron and hope he brought his superman cape.
This is what an ESPN panel looks like these days? No wonder why it’s down the drain
It looks like a SNL parody 😂
@@theGhostParticle1tee hee hee 🤡
You clowns will complain about everyone
Darvin ham has to stop coaching seriously how do you get a 20 point lead, with a simple pick and roll with lebron and ad then in the 4th quarter ad does not even score at all after having 32 in the first 3 quarters insane and unacceptable 😮
Lakers lose, Darvin Ham is blamed.
Lakers win, Darvin Ham gets zero credit.
I think Lakers fans need to accept that 90% of you are clowns.
@Vito_Caligiuri Not a Lakers or Lebron or AD fan but he made a very good point. Denver did not adjust to the pick and roll so why did the lakers stop running it later in the game. That's coaching!
@@BijanStewart as if LeBron nor AD can never call the play themselves. Good one
LeBum. It's lebums fault
@@Vito_Caligiurithe people that like your comment are clowns. If u watch the game , u would know darvin scam sucks jus like your reasoning ability
Bruh.. Brian was on POINT?!! When I saw that adjustment, I knew Denver was coming, coaching laps on Coach Ham
For once a good take from Perk
Nope, nobody blames Bron who missed a crucial 3.
Perk is the best person on that panel.. the only ex NbA player
@@gugy68it was beyond that 3 Bro let’s be real.. they shouldn’t of blew that 20 point lead.. PERIOD!!
@@Bktheanswer For sure. Ham is inept to make any in-game adjustments. Malone schools him.
@@realamerican8069 Perkins is an idiot jobber. And I liked him when he played for the Celtics, always enjoy players who are good in their role. I just think a lot of the intricacies of the game fly by him.
I agree 100% with Big Perk! Ham and Lebron need to keep AD involved ALL game, including the 4th on offense.
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You guys talking about AD offense and didn’t mention Nuggets defense that rattled Lakers 😂
They literally did lol when Windy mentioned the switch to put Gordon on AD and take off Jokic. That's called adjustments with Gordon clearly playing defense. You have a selective hearing problem like most do in the comments 😂😂
These people dont listen 😅😅@@ThirdThinker
LA heard the footsteps
No one is mentioning how badly Ham is getting outcoached by Malone. Y'all are focusing on the players, but it's coaches' job to get the players in position to win. Anytime Lakers started to go on a run, Malone called a timeout to stop the momentum. After half, *Malone* made adjustments to how they should guard the Lakers, and it worked. Ham, with his hands in his pockets, does nothing. Even some of the Lakers players admitted that they didn't know what they were doing most of the 2nd half because *Ham didn't set any plays.*
Why are we even talking about the Lakers. The media sucks man, Nuggets are having a great postseason and all the love is going to the Lakers.
That's right Zachy! 'The Nuggets are gonna win the series, and there's nothing the Lakers can do about it!' 😂😂👏👏👏
truth
ESPN is SCARED TO DEATH that the Lakers could lose this series to the Nuggets...
could or will?
@@cmn225 both can be true
@@cmn225 will or have?
ESPN who has most of their staff as jokic as MVP and 2024 champion?
@@wswann34 lol and stats off every nba show about lefop and the fakers! facts
I don’t think the Nuggets can play any worse to be honest and the Lakers can’t play any better. It’s not like Murray is going off like last year.
Rui was 1-7 you don’t think he can play better? We have 17 combined bench points all by taurean Prince you don’t think we can play better man please
@@gwahighlights No I don’t. I don’t think the Lakers as a whole can play any better where all 5 guys are on fire and so is the bench. The best they can get is when 3 out of the 5 are cooking. They have to be perfect to beat Denver.
The nuggets play even slightly better don't mater how good anyone on the lakers play . Nuggets would demolish
@@qhousee17 that’s not true
@@sonyawilliams4989 The Lakers actually played terrible to close the 3rd and 4th. That’s why they lost the lead. The reason they lose is because they stink in the second half as a team in general. They could play better but the Nuggets are also better. All they had to do was not go scoreless for 8 straight minutes and they win the game. They missed so many good looks. They let Denver get back in it and get a rhythm.
Why so much talk about an 8th seed team and why the media have expectations from them? i don't get it.
7th seed but I agree
Think most educated, objective NBA fans had Nuggets in 5, anyway
Because they have Bron ??
That dlo foul changed the lakers momentum of the game and darvin’s bad coaching and not making adjustments when the nuggets made switches
Definitely his last year as a coach for the lakers.
typical lebron dumb fan same old excuses
Bron’s IQ in the last seconds of the 4th was nonexistent. He attempted a 3pt shot with so much time left on the clock, he should’ve held on to the ball and drive to the basket to get an easy 2 or try to get fouled in the paint for 2 free throws. Score was tied. Nuggets had a lot of time to get a shot off at the last possession and the rest is history. Regardless they shouldn’t have blown that lead.
The obvious take... hello.... LA commentators... 🛸
The obvious take... hello.... LA commentators... 🛸
A 20-pt lead is nothing for a well-balanced team to overcome. The Lakers just can't beat these guys.
Lebron missed a wide open 3 at the end of the game. He hits that clutch shot they win
Yea but if they don’t blow a 20 point lead they win also.. simple as that lol smh
if they actually ran plays in the 2nd half, rui doesn’t miss 3 open layups, darvin uses his 2 timeouts & challenge, AD actually scores in the 4th, they win. this ain’t all on bron it’s everyone
@@Bktheanswer yeah it was a total choke job by the team and coaching. LBJ played pretty good in the 4th too. But he's gotta hit that last shot.
@@danjohnson8675 yea he was in a rhythm from this game too from 3.. sometimes u gotta live wit it.. they still shouldn’t have blown that lead tho.. but I’m deff with both sides on this one 🤝🤝🤝💯💯💯
fr. lebron played well, especially in the 4th quarter but he should have made that shot. then again, the game shouldn't have even been that close at the end.
TEB straight losses versus Denver
Nuff said
Learn how to spell
Jamal Murray is an assassin. The Lakers wanted The Nuggets in the 1st round. You wanted them now you have them.
Rui missed 89 layups...tough to watch...
But was somehow only 1-8 so I don't think he missed 89 layups
SEND THAT SOB BACK TO JAPAN FFS!
Need to trade him fr when it comes to nuggets he scoring below 10 pts fr laat time he scored 2 pts now only 3 pts i mean come on rui you missed a lot of layups
His half asleep stupid sob
@@truebrowncanadian 🤦
I’m convinced these guys can’t speak poorly on Lebron unless allowed. Bron had 7 turnover game 1 and they hardly mentioned it and instead talked on d lo. He was awful this game and every time he tried taking over the nuggets made a run. Anyone that watched the game can see he had a bad game and didn’t manage it well.
I mean the guy earned the privilege of being respected and prone to most criticism, he is 39, accomplished so much and basically carried the league for over a decade. He still gets criticized though, just not bashed like others.
Most people are casuals and just look at stats or when they watch the game don't really understand everything going on. They don't see when Lebron constantly leaves his defender to stat pad a rebound or constantly rest on defense so he can focus on his offensive numbers. They don't realize him dribbling too long while he attempts to stat pad an assist. They don't see how detrimental his high number of turnovers are to the team.
@@mamadoudia7217carried the league?? What planet are you from lol he has destroyed the league!
The problem… ? Is Lebron… He single handedly lost ANOTHER playoff game for his team by taking a selfish 3 with 14 seconds on the clock ?!? This must be the single DUMBEST play in playoff history.
@@sirvilhelmofyonderland lay off the drugs weirdo
Y'all saying AD stopped getting touches and getting the ball passed to him but I remember specifically, after halftime he missed just about ever shot he took, turned the ball over AND threw it out of bounds more than once!! It was HIM!
IT WASNT HIM. Dlo got him going with them pnr plays and they were running the offense through ad he was torching jokic.. Everyones gonna have a turnover at some point after playing almost 40mins. And he had 32 after the 3rd. If a man is hot why go away from him. Blame ham sandwich and lebron
idiot. when did they let ad straight up post up. they only did pnr and gave ad the ball with little time left rather than give him room to operate like in the 1st half. casual like you just dont get it you are so simple minded. usually the lebron fanatics are like that all you know are make excuses and cry no help even with a good team lol. no wonder usually the lebron fanatics are the dumb ones and the soft ones in real life. losers mentality
insecure lebron always wants to make himself relevant rather than just give ad the ball and make denver adjust more, he just wanted to dominate the ball and get every stat points or assist. dumb fans dont get it and just look at stats. they dont even realize how dumb bron was in game 1 pouting with a lot of time left while jokic down 20 just played and didnt deflate the team unlike quitter lebron
AD on had one shot that he took. The graphic clearly shows that.
@@2kolbe010How you gonna tell me and I watched the game with my own eyes
K. Perkins, great analysis. Just brilliant 👏🏿
AD did this to Denver against Jokic a game winner but that Team didn't get mad now he has a taste of it
Except he can get mad because they could have won if they kept running plays through him in the 4th. Ad will call out d ham sandwich when they lose this series
Lebron don’t worry about what’s going on with replay center, worry about you losing a 20 point lead in 10 minutes.
The nuggets’ team chemistry is reminiscent of the warriors when their western conference run was happening. Everyone trusts one another, when they lose it’s everyone’s fault… not one specific person is thrown under the bus
Agreed with this point, also WHY have Jackson hayes he's one part of the lakers energy guys the other Vanderbilt!
AD had four fouls at the half i believe. Which lead to Rui on Jokic for abt 6min straight to start the 3rd and that's how the Lakers lost. Along with terrible rotations on defense, lack of effort, and that Darvin Ham guy.
All this break down ain’t necessary… Lakers trippin! Bron was trippin! Rui was trippin! Ham was trippin! He gotta see the offense they were running was not workin! Ain’t no way Lakers winning a ga,e against Denver now
LETS NOT PLAY THE BLAME GAME. LETS HEAD BACK TO THE LAB, WATCH TAPE, CHECK GAME & LOOK FORWARD TO GAME 3.
Go Bobcats!😂
Thanks, mark..
Brian Windhorst the only one up here actually analyzing the game. Perkins points out how he went from hot to not, but doesn't even bother to look at what changed. Brian just straight up points the finger at Aaron Gordon and goes "This ya idiot".
Prime Lebron could get it done, but this version of Lebron gets winded and isn't as dominant
Retiring is always an option
Facts
I literally said this to a friend. A younger Lebron would never allow a 20 pt lead to squander to nothing.
@@DaveBtm998 So true, or being dominant off the bench for another playoff contender while taking a cut, if he wants another ring that much. He can't control games like he used to.
@@REPLAYANDREVIEW
😂 this same thing happened to Lebroom in Miami against the spurs in game 5 they was up 17-20 points spurs came back and spanked them to close out the series beat them 4-1 by the largest margin victory in finals history to date you super tripping 😂
Facts , bron tryna shoot that weak ahh 3 , find ad the ball
SCAPE 🐐
The media is 🗑️
He missed a wide open shot with the game tied. That was his moment.
Post game was pure deflection
Games one through nine of the 10 game losing streak to the Nuggets, Lakers had free throw shooting advantage in every game, 70 in total. It’s hilarious that LeBron says anything about the officiating. He has gotten away with so much over the course of his career. He has never been fined for any comments about the officiating in his entire career. It’s time to retire, old man!
Straight up
The problem… ? Is Lebron… He single handedly lost ANOTHER playoff game for his team by taking a selfish 3 with 14 seconds on the clock ?!? This must be the single DUMBEST play in playoff history.
let perk cook
Please don't.
The playoffs is about matchup hunting. A simple substitution for Gordan to guard AD shouldve been negated with off ball screens to matchup hunt. As a coach you should have plays to get your players favorable matchups
We is everyone blaming Darwin Ham?
like come on, we all know Lebron is the Point-Coach-Guard of the Lakers
AD was scared to even look at the rim in the 4th that was not Lebrons fault
So a.d dominated the first half but he got scared to shoot in the 2nd half? Lol it looks like you're trying to gather your lebron excuses
Clearly what he gotta do more man 12 points for real ad and bron has to show up together
LeBron smoked 3 layups throughout the game and when he got gassed, threw the ball away late in the 3rd, Darvin Ham went away from what worked so well for them the first half, AD was indeed scared in the 4th quarter when he came back from picking up his 4th foul and then not a single player outside DLO, AD and LeBron did anything whatsoever. We can blame whoever we want but if Rui or AR-15 played up to there reg season standards, Lakers win both games
AD was afraid of Aaron Gordon.
@foundationsyth9825 you can say the samething about denver's role players. Denver didn't even have a good shooting game. Rui and reeves don't even get a chance to get into a good shooting rhythm because they never know when they will get their next shots. The lakers are the ones that's giving most of their shots to 2 players
Perk, why can't you just admit it. The problem with the Lakers is that they are playing a better team! Why can't you just stop talking about what's wrong with the Lakers and say Denver is a great team? Please, give Denver their due for a change.
Well, Denver is a great team but I also agree with Perk on this one. AD was unstoppable & DLo was on fire and they stop playing through them in the 4th. They went back to their old self, LeBron w/ the ball, pick n roll or iso ehile everybody else has to stand around somewhere waiting for his pass.
@@jixyana2145They swapped AG to AD. That's why the pick and roll stopped.
@@colinrivas3750 Exactly. However, an adjustment needed to be made. Thats on Darvin to notice that.
@@2kolbe010 And do what? Tell LeBron to stop running the offense and call his own plays? LeBron is infamous for being the head coach and GM of every franchise he has been on. Ham hasn't been a good leader because LeBron runs that locker room. Which is fine if he is willing to take the heat for making the wrong calls. But, he doesn't want the smoke. There is always an excuse for LeBron when he comes up short.
@@colinrivas3750 if Darvin can’t check bron, thats a him problem. He needs to remember who the player and who is the coach.
Wide open 3 with 13 seconds btw
"why don't you allow this man(AD) to be great", Perk...Well, he could demand the ball, but he didn't, why? That is the real question!?
Same ones laughing at Lebron at being an underdog in this series. Were yall laughing at Jordan getting swept by boston?😂😂😂
Man they were up 20, and he missed the game winning shot, wide open.. yall bring up Jordan too much, that man has been retired for years
whats ur point ?
Nobody wearing LeBroney on their jersey
Awww you’re a lil lakerette too I see.What you’re in a time machine 😂😂That’s why their trash A😂😂 is goin home.Refs got em here In the first place and oh Jordan has more rings in lesss Tyme and CRYBRON needs a thousand superstars in a league where many teams don’t even have star.DIVA
@@DerrickWhite-yh3ip are you stupid? Lmfao
They’re WNBA team will be more exciting to watch next season. 😅
I think Wo means Aaron Gordon's spectacular defense beat the Lakers. If he didn't, he should have meant that.
LET'S ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM: *DARVIN HAM*
Y’all can’t tell me that altitude don’t play a part becus you rarely seen Bron get tired I saw him breathing hard it affected both teams fr
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I love the narratives with LeBron. If he loses, blame his teammates. What if Denver had lost? Nobody would say because Jokic didn’t have enough help. Nobody would criticize Murray for his cold hand. But if LeBron loses, someone else is always the scapegoat.
LeBron shouldn’t be blamed for that loss. He had a good game. But I hate hearing all the excuses and looking for scapegoats in this social media world we live in. Jokic is playing next to ZERO all-stars. LeBron is playing next to another top 10 player. DLo has been selected an all-star once.
So if Lakers lose this series, what 3rd star does LeBron need this summer to try to beat a team featuring one all-star? Hey Klay, please come home? And that one all-star in Denver was nearly picked last for the ASG last year and looks like a fat plumber who can’t jump over an iPhone! That’s always the narrative with LeBron. Find more help or find his scapegoat.
Is LeBron that pathetic that he needs to blame the refs for that loss from a missed call that had no bearing on the outcome? The media is now blaming Hachimura and Reaves who have little playoff experience. That’s how the media wants to twist it. Blame role players and coaches. Just never at LeBron because he looks gassed. Well duh. At age 39 in Year 21 playing at higher altitudes, he will be gassed.
LeBron will never run out of gas when it comes to coming up with more excuses and scapegoats. He needs more help! Fire Ham. Trade DLo. Blame Hachimura. There’s always something to mask LeBron’s failures. LeBron keeps losing to Gru. Accept it, media. LeBron had his time. It’s Gru’s turn to shine.
Yeah leold, legoat was keeping the game alive in the 4th
Pat4Clippers 🥱 🦗
murray throughout his whole career has been playing like at worst an all-star in the playoffs and sometimes plays like a superstar. let's not act like jokic don't have any help.
She said it best. "The Lakers were watching their star players doing the stretch." For me that includes the coaching staff. Denver is a better team because of that. Lakers thrive when Rui and Austin play without the ball. In this game they just stand there most of the time.
Good Game #Lakers 🔥 🔥🔥
5⭐️🫡 ...It's not over yet..
#Lakers Lets Go!!!!
Le “I can’t breathe” James choked, plain and simple.
LMAO
Nothing but lakers haters on trash PN
That was an amazing comeback! This nuggets team is one d the greatest ever
Definitely not. They are the beet now. “Greatest ever” is a massive stretch.
That's why you play the game. Let's see how Lakers respond in 2 back against the wall games.
Lebron has no help
Dlo had 20+ points and 7/8 made 3s. Ad had 32/12 and a block on 90%. Every body in the starting 5 scored 30 or more before. He got help.
he NEVER does let y'all tell it
The Lakers are +1000 in free throws in the last 2 years,the 2nd place team is +300🤔
All the home teams are 2-0,Let’s not make a big deal out of it. Denver is arguably the best team in the league and they might win but the Lakers played a great game and they not gonna be swept
The Most interesting thing about Lakers Last Win against Denver (Dec 16,2022 126-108) is that even Russell Westbrook was part of that Team.😮
Lakers crying about calls when they have 60 more FTs over Denver the past 10 games is WILD!
SPOT ONNNNN THEY MOVED AWAY FROM AD DOING HIS THING. HAM IS A CLOWN
Bron decides who gets the ball. He started hot dogging in the 3rd and was turning over the ball. 😅
It's understandable to feel disappointed by the Lakers' loss, especially after being up by 20 points. It can be mentally challenging for the team to bounce back from such a setback.
I've been following the lakers for more than 20 years now and i've never seen such coaching decisions. Even the players sometimes lose that fire to win, they give up easily and they kinda like scared whenever they face the nuggets since last year sweep.
Big Perk hit the nail on the head. Also as someone commented, the Nuggets are and have been a much superior team than the lakers period so no suprise ending here .
11:06 KCP helping AD to get on his feet 😊
Clutch!!!!!!!
As a Nuggets fan, gotta appreciate mike malone, he really know these guys and pushes them boys to their best ability
Maaaaaaannnn we can say whatever we want. As a Lakers fan I’m mad about that call that could have easily been a flagrant (if the ball was still in hand, ha!). Either way, Murray just hit a very tough shot over against the best defensive player in the league. Great finish to a tough game against the champs. Gotta respect it
Tell it perk!!
This ninja leprom dosent complain when the refs dont call thier fouls
Lakers lost not because a foul not being called but because they went 6 minutes without scoring and again 8 minutes without scoring, that being said if jokic shoots the ball and after the ball left his hand AD smack him on the side of his head and face is that not a foul now???
The problem… ? Is Lebron… He single handedly lost ANOTHER playoff game for his team by taking a selfish 3 with 14 seconds on the clock ?!? This must be the single DUMBEST play in playoff history.
You don't stop giving AD the ball after he made 14 shots in a row.
where is this narrative that AD wasn’t getting the ball or have anything ran for him?? they ran that pick n roll the entire second half
Thats called coaching. The coach is supposed to be the smartest guy on the team. They switched jokic off of AD and had AG on him. Thats a favorable matchup. You need to run your offense that way. Quick post up for AD and it should be a easy floater (he was hitting those shots all game). Thats who you need to rely on.
Also, what was with all of the easy shots the lakers had at the rim, that they had missed? Had multiple opportunities to get backdoor lobs and pocket passess to the roller. One play in particular.
DLo receives the ball off the pick and roll. He dribbles inside the paint. AD is open for a backdoor lob. DLo decides to throw up a contested floater. Why?
Lebron off the PNR gets the ball and drives to the paint. Another defender helps and AD is yet again open for the backdoor lob. Pass was not thrown. Why?
Rui hachimura receives the pass off the PNR. Rui has jaxson hayes sealing a defender thats behind him, expecting a backdoor lob. Rui passes that ball out to a cold austin reaves. Why?
To many instances of bad offense. Thats when you need to call a timeout to regroup your troops. Acknowledge the job of getting a favorable lead, but also let them know what mistakes they are making and let them know that those plays that they missed will need to be made. Once thats said, make sure to emphasize a gameplan around that strategy to optimize your offense, so you won’t go stagnant.
Nuggets manned up, banded together as brothers in a battle, dug deep into their competitive souls, and ripped the heart out of the Lakers.
We know you Laker media boys always make it about LeBron but this was all about the Nuggets saying, "not in our house" and knocking the Lakers out in the 12th round.
Say it with me, "FAMILY".
The failure of LA to channel their offense through Davis in the Second Half is inexplicable. He scored 30 points in the first half, and 2 points in the second half.
We lost game 2 for two reasons:
LeBron wanted to play hero ball to redeem himself from game 1 and went away from what was working.
LeBron and AD are inconsistent in closing out close games - specifically against Denver.
That's the truth, but the media tries their hardest not to point the finger at LeBron for anything.
Perk just nailed it
Lakers don’t lose 10 straight to this team and this series should be 1-1 if not for bad coaching by Hamm. That foul against LeBron on Murray would have absolutely been over turned. Why is Hamm not calling review. At that point you got nothing to lose plus your team gets a breather. Also why go away with what was working in the first half. They stopped going to AD who was cooking Joker and the Nuggets. Denver got bailed out by Lakers coaching.
Center of all NBA wisdom. 😅😅😅
Man AD contested the shot and fell into their bench as they rushed over him. Demoralizing lmfao
Nuggets ain’t going for 20-30% from the field again.