West Conference playoff thread

[thedoper]

Dlo playing really well.

[thedoper]

Vando hitting 3s too

[thedoper]

And Jack is back. Lakers got some mojo.

[FNG]

And Jack is back. Lakers got some mojo.

Great to have Jack back at age 86. Seems odd to not see Lou Adler next to him…maybe he’s no longer alive. Anyway, jack must have inspired DLo…nice game for him!

[Q-is-here]

I must say it's pretty painful to see a Laker team that was struggling most of the year make late-season moves that added former Wolves to their roster and now advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs.

Now if there was one team I don't mind seeing the Lakers beat, it's Memphis. Davis has been a monster defensively for LA and having him healthy has been the key. DLO had a mediocre series overall, but came up big last night, as he does from time to time. Offensively, the Lakers are definitely a pretty balanced team, with any number of guys capable of generating offense versus having one dominant force.

[Lipoli390]

Dillon Brooks has replaced Kyrie Irving as the dumbest player in the Association. He trash talks LeBron after he "holds" him to 28/12/3 while only going 12/1/3 himself...perhaps the stupidest post-game analysis ever. Nice job poking the bear, dumb shit!

Lol. No kidding!!

[FNG]

I must say it's pretty painful to see a Laker team that was struggling most of the year make late-season moves that added former Wolves to their roster and now advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs.

Now if there was one team I don't mind seeing the Lakers beat, it's Memphis. Davis has been a monster defensively for LA and having him healthy has been the key. DLO had a mediocre series overall, but came up big last night, as he does from time to time. Offensively, the Lakers are definitely a pretty balanced team, with any number of guys capable of generating offense versus having one dominant force.

Yes, the Lakers handled Memphis pretty easily, but I don't think we can overlook the fact that Lady Luck has been on the Lakers' side. They entered the postseason 100% healthy, and got to play a Minnesota team who had fared well against them all season but were missing Gobert, Jaden and Naz. Despite missing three key players, the Wolves still took the Lakers to overtime before losing...it's not unlikely that a healthy Wolves team would have won that game, and LA would have had to play a healthy Denver team (assuming they would have won against OkC). Instead, they drew Memphis who was missing Stephen Adams, Brandon Clarke and Luke Kennard in game 6...and who knows how much Ja was hampered by his hand injury.

All that said, I don't think the Lakers are very good...I don't give them much of a chance against either Sac-Town or the Warriors.

[thedoper]

Steve Kerr has turned Wiggins into a passer and rebounder.

[Q-is-here]

Hell of a first half between Golden State and Sacramento. Steph Curry is keeping Golden State in this thing.

[Lipoli390]

I’m watching the Warriors blow out the Kings on the Kings’ home court this afternoon. I’ve only seen one NBA player I’d consider better than Steph Curry. His name is Michael Jordan. Watching Curry play is a thing of beauty. He’s that rare special iconic player who can single-handidly make his team a contender and with enough lead his team to a championship. I’ll add that watching the Warriors team overall is a thing of beauty. They play the way the game should be played.