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They have 2 of the best 3 players in the league. Almost not fair
And yet Denver beats them handily if they don't brick five 4th quarter FTs while the Lakeshow hit a bunch of crazy 4th quarter threes.

Davis is a career 32% three-point shooter, reg season and playoffs. Goddammit.
 

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How are the Lakers a mismatch for the Celtics or Miami?

The Celtics seemed to handle the Lakers the 2x they played
They have advantages with their top two players and one of them enormous. We do seem to have a better chance than Miami, who is a terrible matchup, but who do we have to check Davis?
 

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They have advantages with their top two players and one of them enormous. We do seem to have a better chance than Miami, who is a terrible matchup, but who do we have to check Davis?
depends on the situation/lineups but Brown has guarded AD credibly

The C's smoked them one time this season and Lakers squeaked by at home. If Hayward gets healthy and the Celtics get past Miami (and Lakers get by Denver), no way is this a mismatch

Who is guarding Tatum for the Lakers? He absolutely scorched them both games.
and with a healthy Hayward, the 3 other Celtics are much better than Caruso, Green, KCP.
 
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depends on the situation/lineups but Brown guarded AD credibly

The C's smoked them one time this season and Lakers squeaked by at home. If Hayward gets healthy and the Celtics get past Miami (and Lakers get by Denver), no way is this a mismatch

Who is guarding Tatum for the Lakers? He absolutely scorched them both games.
and with a healthy Hayward, the 3 other Celtics are much better than Caruso, Green, KCP.
I hope we find out but you do realize you are arguing for Jaylen Brown to be able to handle Anthony Davis right? Theis was on him in the 4Q when he scored 8 points down the stretch in the Laker win. The blowout looks like a scheduling loss on a road trip coming from Houston to Boston but regular season results aren’t that relevant to playoff matchups.
 

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I hope we find out but you do realize you are arguing for Jaylen Brown to be able to handle Anthony Davis right? Theis was on him in the 4Q when he scored 8 points down the stretch in the Laker win. The blowout looks like a scheduling loss on a road trip coming from Houston to Boston but regular season results aren’t that relevant to playoff matchups.
Yeah there's a world of difference between handling Siakam (whose game is mostly about playing bully ball to get into the paint) and handling Davis, whose game is as much about freeing up his shooting hand for mid range shots as it is getting to the rim with power. Brown (and Tatum/Hayward) won't embarrass themselves in a switch on Davis, but it's not a matchup the Celtics should be ok with.
 

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I hope we find out but you do realize you are arguing for Jaylen Brown to be able to handle Anthony Davis right? Theis was on him in the 4Q when he scored 8 points down the stretch in the Laker win. The blowout looks like a scheduling loss on a road trip coming from Houston to Boston but regular season results aren’t that relevant to playoff matchups.
Agreed, hope we find out.

I'm not really arguing for it, that's what Brad did to start games against the Lakers

It's not like it was a road game on a back to back. The Lakers had a night off, but whatever. Its clearly not a mismatch.

AD/LBJ are simply awesome, but the rest of that roster is pretty pedestrian. The C's can hunt out some of their crap better then most teams
 
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The Lakers were a dysfunctional mess a year ago with all the backstabbing and infighting between Magic, Pelinka, Walton and the Buss family. Now they’re six wins away from a title all because two top 5 players wanted to live and play in Los Angeles. It required very little team building or player development. Just get two superstars, surround them with veterans, hire a nobody coach Lebron approves of, and you’re champions.
 

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The Lakers were a dysfunctional mess a year ago with all the backstabbing and infighting between Magic, Pelinka, Walton and the Buss family. Now they’re six wins away from a title all because two top 5 players wanted to live and play in Los Angeles. It required very little team building or player development. Just get two superstars, surround them with veterans, hire a nobody coach Lebron approves of, and you’re champions.
Pretty much. Will be the most deserving title since the Yankees went out and bought CC and Teixeira.
 

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The Lakers were a dysfunctional mess a year ago with all the backstabbing and infighting between Magic, Pelinka, Walton and the Buss family. Now they’re six wins away from a title all because two top 5 players wanted to live and play in Los Angeles. It required very little team building or player development. Just get two superstars, surround them with veterans, hire a nobody coach Lebron approves of, and you’re champions.
Agreed it’s frustrating but it’s not THAT much different than what the Cs did in 2007-8 (albeit they already had Pierce), or what Miami did when LeBron went there, etc. It’s kind of par for the course in the modern NBA.
 

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SFS's post is not wrong. However as the poster notes, they are six wins from winning it all which is close but still a long way off. I prefer to wait and see if they make it out of this round before getting salty over their formation. This series was a Davis prayer away from being 1-1.

Denver has absolutely nothing to lose and has proven that they don't want to leave when given the opportunity on multiple occasions. Furthermore, regardless of who comes out of the East, the Finals aren't likely to be a cakewalk.

All of these remaining teams are tough, talented and well coached. Even with the two best players left in the bubble, the Lakers can be defeated by any of the others even if they are the obvious favorites.
 

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Wow, Murray was +16 in 44 minutes and they lost in regulation, that seems almost impossible.
 

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Agreed it’s frustrating but it’s not THAT much different than what the Cs did in 2007-8 (albeit they already had Pierce), or what Miami did when LeBron went there, etc. It’s kind of par for the course in the modern NBA.
Other than the fact that KG actually didn't want to come to Boston initially and could have been dealt anywhere and Davis essentially forced the Pelicans to trade him to a single team
 

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Wow, Murray was +16 in 44 minutes and they lost in regulation, that seems almost impossible.
Looking at the play by play, DEN scored 2 points while Murray was on the bench. During his first rest, Porter Jr made 1/2 free throws. They didn't score at all the 2nd time he sat. And the third time, he came back in while Morris was shooting free throws, and he made the 2nd.
 

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I don't think that second one counts for +/-, I didn't look at play by play but someone on Twitter had it at 19-1 Lakers with Murray on the bench.
 

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Can't Bam check AD and Butler/Jae/AI take turns on Bron?
I’m so used to referencing the term “matchup” with the final 4-6 minutes of a game or even down to the final possessions.....otherwise the word “matchup” gets thrown around wildly and oftentimes used out of context. So no, I don’t feel any of those matchups are anything less than very favorable for the Lakers down the stretch of games. Probably worse than the resistance the Celtics can offer but to me it’s tomatoes or tomatos.
 

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wow -- Jokic is aggressive this game. looks ready to carry the Nuggets. What a player.
 

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These lame announcers have referenced the Lakers' amazing third quarter "run" like a dozen times. It was five points — two buckets by KCP.

Based on the amount they've fellated the Lakers all game, you'd think they were the ones leading by 18 over a heavily favored opponent.
 

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These lame announcers have referenced the Lakers' amazing third quarter "run" like a dozen times. It was five points — two buckets by KCP.

Based on the amount they've fellated the Lakers all game, you'd think they were the ones leading by 18 over a heavily favored opponent.
Yeah, they kept combining the numbers from end of 1H to make the “run” appear more impressive. In reality there was no Laker run at all in the 3Q by NBA “run standards.”

It’s still only a couple possessions away from being a tight game.
 

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Jayson Tatum will wreck either of these teams if we get by Riley. Lakers might come back, Denver starting to look like they can’t handle their success.