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[Barry] The Lakers have outscored the Nuggets 153-122 in this series when LeBron is on the court without D’Angelo Russell.

  • May 22, 2023


[Barry] The Lakers have outscored the Nuggets 153-122 in this series when LeBron is on the court without D’Angelo Russell.

29 comments

  1. If Russell isn’t hot or hitting his shots, he’s been really out of the game on D. Like Malik Beasley levels of unplayable.

  4. Our playoff run hinged on the Lebron injury and it was unfortunately significantly impacting his play. If Lebron was fully healthy I think they bench dlo

  5. Nuggets got killed Game 1 with Christian Braun on the floor. What did they do? virtually cut him out of the rotation.

    What does Ham do after Russell’s terrible Game 1? Play him more lol

  6. just go to accept that they will play him since they need him to resign

  8. This is who dlo is unfortunately. You’re always going to get mediocre defense, at best.

    He can get hot and hit crazy shots but if those aren’t dropping you sit him and hope Lonnie, TBJ or Beasley (lol) has it going.

    Unfortunately against the Nugs no guard other than Reaves has done much.

    Beas can’t even get it going in garbage time, what the hell happened to him.

  10. This seems biased. Honestly, it seems like nuggets were coasting a lot in 4th quarters, and that’s where Lakers made there quasi comeback.

    I’d love to see the stat of the first half. Or 3rd quarter

  11. Someone convince Ham … he don’t believe. “Good looks, he’s just got to stay aggressive” smh.. too little too late

  14. I always felt DLO operates better as a 6th man type. He has a decent offensive game but I think he gets out of rhythm when defering to Lebron/AD/Reaves. Let him come off the bench and provide offense when Lebron is out.

  15. its legit spooky to think 1 weakness in the team and its an entirely different story

  16. Unsurprising DLo numbers. He’s a feast or famine dude. Bron had JR who probably did the same shit.

    Fact is, we don’t get here without DLo but Ham needs to shorten his leash. If he’s clearly off, pull him.

  17. Honestly, this is an indictment of Darvin Ham more than DLo. The coach is responsible for riding the hot hand and playing what is working other than true superstars. LeBron and/or AD struggling? No worries the team is going to go as they go. Everyone else? It’s up for debate. I will also add, part of the reason we are outscoring them without Dlo on the floor is because it means Reaves is out there shooting instead.

  19. Regardless if Dlo being benched makes a big different it’s still too late. I love this team and I don’t want to sound like I have no faith or love but being realistic is the way to go. This is a great Denver team that has proven their worth through months and months of hard work. Being down 3-0 with two games left in Denver is a death sentence.

  20. Why does bro have a closeup picture of the guy from the drug addiction commercials lmao

  22. This is just painful to read, so many what ifs but benching DLo alone this series might have had us in the lead instead.

  23. This coach is responsible for the way we are playing. Playing d lo makes us vulnerable thus digging us in a hole . What happenes when were in a hole? People try to play hero and lbj takes bad 3s people start throwing 3 to try to catch up. It’s a snowball effect. The fact that ham wasnt able to exploit the fact that their bench is very bad is what is killing us aswell. If the heat make it spo is going to exploit the bench and make them pay and try to have joker and jamal play all game. What’s frustrating is that when d lo was
    Out we caught up and even took a lead. When he comes back we go down by 10+ .

  24. This has been Ham’s problem even in the Grizz series. 0 adaptability. How can you be so bad as a coach?

  25. Difference is 10 made 3s + 1 free throw from DLo. Something we probably would have expected DLo to produce thru 3 games. Maybe he’ll hit them all tonight 🫠

  26. It seems like a really easy fix, but at the same time if you don’t play D.Lo and he doesn’t like it then you could potentially lose out on any hope of him re-signing and that’s big because they at least have to have the potential for a sign and trade.

  27. Too bad lebron is old or injured. If he was 90% lakers win this series with ease

  28. Lol I can’t take seeing the different statistics that clearly say “TAKE DLO OUT” knowing ham is just going to think “maybe dlo just needs MORE minutes”

    God this sucks.

  29. This is a firable offense.

    How does a coach not know this, or worse, knows but decides to ignore.

    Get them both out of LA

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