<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shai getting betrayed by the refs <a href="https://t.co/JX9YKwclSF">pic.twitter.com/JX9YKwclSF</a></p>&mdash; LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1908993694994460813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Prepping for the playoffs

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SGA on the phone with the NBA league office after the refs didn’t give him any free throws against the Lakers <a href="https://t.co/wENPd7pGKK">pic.twitter.com/wENPd7pGKK</a></p>&mdash; Hater Report (@HaterReport_) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaterReport_/status/1909003394301510019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hmm...no. Absolute beatdown from start to finish instead on the self-proclaimed greatest team of all time.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“You must be sick if you think Lakers are winning the championship” <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/gXGyNfRAiU">pic.twitter.com/gXGyNfRAiU</a></p>&mdash; LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1908995801227112866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who would you rather have for the next 10 years? <a href="https://t.co/VI4vQj3Oog">pic.twitter.com/VI4vQj3Oog</a></p>&mdash; LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1909007167010807922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not the FT merchant

Deberg is a Laker fan?

Luka is more of a FT merchant than Shai. Luka averages 9.0 FTA per game. He averages more FTA per game this year and in his career compared to Shai...soooo

Then when you compare the amount of drives per game where SGA drives more than Luka and it is confusing he actually doesn't get more calls.

Always a good day when the Warriors lose. A few minutes away from the 4th-8th in the West being tied in the loss column.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Draymond: &quot;WHAT THE **** WAS THAT REF? I WILL LITERALLY RIP YOUR SPINE OUT OF YOUR BODY AND SHIT DOWN YOUR THROAT.&quot;<br><br>Refs: &quot;lol Draymond stop pls&quot;</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1909063021559001229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


The accuracy

Yeah, 3 points from Curry is not going to cut it (1-10 shooting).

Probably due to playing 3 better ranked teams in the West over a 4 day period and still winning 2 of 3 including a win over the Lakers.

Tough competition down the stretch for a lot of teams.

The 2nd round is going to be a real problem for the Lakers and Warriors. Probably the Clippers and a few other teams that are going to be relying on older starters and/or shorter benches.

They just play so much starting in round 2. I think it's every other day for the remainder of the season. That's going to take a massive toll on them.

It's why a team like LAL can't **** around if they have a W on the table for them. If you can end a series in 5 games instead of 6, you HAVE to do it. You need the rest.

And a younger, deeper team like OKC is only going to get stronger as the playoffs go along. If they get taken out, I feel like it'll have to be in round 2. If not, it'll have to be by a team that put up a 5 game series W when the Thunder got pushed to 6 or 7 so the other squad has a rest advantage.

If OKC is playing you on equal rest, they're gonna beat you.

Starting to look more and more like DFS and Vincent control the Lakers ceiling as much as anyone else on that roster.

If one of them are hitting, they're a tough out. If BOTH are, that team will beat anyone on any given night.

So LAL can't lose any games where they get 20 points from those 2. They can't have James take a night off defensively on that evening. They can't have Reaves firing up bricks or Luca's shot being flat.

When you get a winning effort from those 2 guys you HAVE to win. You might get that once in a given series. You hope 2 other wins come on nights that one of them is dialed in and for the 4th win you lean into your Big 3 and hope they steal it for you.

But the lack of a legitimate big-man means that the Lakers MUST get contributions from DFS and Vincent because they just can't stay with that starting 5 and run and gun all night. And they can't steal points in the half-court while they recuperate because Hayes can't just 'take' a possession by backing someone down to get you a bucket and buy you 20 seconds of rest.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The Denver Nuggets have fired coach Michael Malone, sources tell ESPN. <a href="https://t.co/bZoKRx6kgt">pic.twitter.com/bZoKRx6kgt</a></p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1909659154756841864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nuggets fire both the coach and GM today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The Denver Nuggets have fired coach Michael Malone, sources tell ESPN. <a href="https://t.co/bZoKRx6kgt">pic.twitter.com/bZoKRx6kgt</a></p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1909659154756841864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wow. Why?

Malone should have kept LeBron’s name out of his mouth two years ago. That guy talked way too much shit for a guy whose entire career was dependent on Nikola Jokic.