I don’t see Heat winning a game. This is done in 4.
NBA 2019-2020
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Lakers are a very very good team, good bench and fantastic options for a change in starting lineup. LeBron and David are some players. Rondo has also been fantastic.
This Lakers team vs 2017/18 Warriors?
all players fit.
who wins in a Western Conference final and in how many games?
all players fit.
who wins in a Western Conference final and in how many games?
GSW in 6. This Lakers team is worse than Cleveland '16.
The better question would be who wins now between a Warriors team minus KD and this squad.
Warriors. They were a machine. KD was just adding a bazooka to a machine gun.
Warriors in 7. AD's not as big of a mismatch against a team with peak KD, and as otherwordly as him and LeBron are, the warriors surround KD with another genuine superstar at the peak of his incredible powers, one arguably as good and impactful as AD, plus two more genuine stars in Klay and Draymond, plus Iggy. The lakers aren't an exceptional 3P shooting team, consistently able to overwhelm the warriors with offensive explosions. It would be very close, but ultimately those warriors were the greatest team in NBA history
Fully fit? We do
That Warriors team would absolutely eviscerate this Lakers team. Bron isn't his young self to guard Durant and also drive to the basket every play and go nuclear on scoring. Other than that Lakers scoring options are not gonna trouble that team.
While Lakers have kept out good shooting teams this term those teams had poor ball movement and relied on making contested shots. Warriors ability to always find open shooters on the perimeter would absolutely destroy that Lakers defense from the arc and on top of that not a single guy out there has a hope of answering Durant and stopping him from dropping 35-40 every game.
I’ve loved the bubble and my first basketball season, but what an anticlimax the finals have been. Such a disappointment. AD, LeBron and Rondo have obviously been amazing, but four games of this would just be crap. Come on Heat, give us a series.
Warriors. In 5. I'll be generous and give LA a game due to the assumption that there'll be one game where GSW have a poor shooting night and LeBron and AD go mental inside.
Feck, I'd fancy the current Warriors (if all healthy) to give the Lakers a game never mind adding prime Durant to the mix.
Seriously? We're doing this now?
Warriors in 5, maybe 6. Miles better.
People are underrating the Lakers' defense quite a bit in this thread.
Y'all forgetting how AD gave Draymond that work at New Orleans. Made him look low level. Throw mature GOAT chasing Bron in the mix......Bron by himself was able to give GSW problems
Bron was comfortable guarding Murray when needed. King James still lives
Warriors in 5
This is satire, right?
Rockets took them to 7, and didn't even match as well defensively, come on
? Houston's switching defense matched up incredibly well with them. That's a huge part of the reason they pushed them to 7.
And we could switch everything better than they could. On account of having LeBron, AD, and generally bigger and better defenders
And the main reason that Rockets took those Warriors to game 7 was because they were bored. Prime Warriors is 2017 Warriors. I'd take that team over any team every day.
Davis averaged 28pts and 15 rebounds in that series. He still has play off Rondo with him and added Lebron. SWEEEEEEP
Bam and Dragic out tonight.
Terrible first quarter from AD and most of the team. Lots of turnovers and poor defense. But somehow we're only down 3 points.
Based on that 3rd foul call on Davis it looks like the refs got the message from the league. Need some more of that tv money.
what an upset this is
Butler has been insane today
Butler has been insane today
Butler destroyed them.
Nope. Vogel played right into Spo's hands.
They haven’t managed a sweep in the playoffs this year against teams who aren’t anywhere close to peak Warriors you fecking dolt. Nonsense
Jimmy Butler is the player Paul George thinks he is.
well this didn't age well
We've always responded well after losing a game in the playoffs so far, and I don't think this will be any different. Extremely poor performance from the Lakers and even then the Heat (understandably with their injuries) needed a superhuman performance from Jimmy.
On to the next one.
On to the next one.
Jimmy Buckets is what Russell Westbrook thinks he is.
I jinxed them to make the series competitive. call me Stacks A Smith
Jimmy Butler. 40 points triple double in the finals. First player to have more points, rebounds and assists than LeBron in the finals. Willed the heat missing their 2nd and 3rd best players to a win. Voted best lover by brazilian hookers at rio olympics
What a man!
What a man!
Adebayo back for the Heat tonight, and Dragic will participate in warmups to see how his foot reacts. Might not be at full strength, but at least the Heat might have all of their players back for Game 4.
Lebron can't get a break either way. If Lakers win they will say heat were understrength or players were hurt. If Heat win, Lebron is shit and not a killer............
Great effort by the Heat, Lakers are just harder to contain on the offensive end.
Anthony Davis is a monster, easily the best defensive player in the game. He can stop anyone.