He could have and should have called a timeout, ran down the clock, and drove to the rim to either get a foul or a bucket.
Chrisram88
I don’t hate the shot. The defender was on the floor. You have to take that. The 2 timeouts is what kills me. Set a play on a tie game with less than a minute to play
2B_or_MaybeNot
I don’t think it’s a question of stats. Lakers were up by 10 to start the quarter, then we went on a steady diet of LBJ matchup hunting, which slows the game down to a single action/option per possession and often seems to take other players out of their rhythm. It’s not that he didn’t put up numbers during that stretch, it’s that the team as a whole wasn’t in the flow and got outscored by 12 points. Is it easy to be an armchair coach in retrospect, sure. But whatever we did during that stretch certainly didn’t work.
Rapa_Nui
Nothing really matters if the team lost. He had a nice 4th quarter but when it was time to put the Nuggets away, he couldn’t.
Can’t morally blame him when guys like Ham and even Rui are out there but it was the most important shot of the night for the Lakers and he missed.
kongqueeftadore
I don’t blame him at all. I blame ham. We had two timeouts and a challenge left. wtf is he thinking. Everyone looked gassed and we stopped running plays, call a timeout and regroup, stop their run, do something you fucking idiot. And post game AD said the players out there at times didn’t know what was going on. Ham deflected and said the players were frustrated and the coaching staff is organized and takes pride in that. No accountability, fuck you Darvin
RiverCityRansomNote
Anyone with a clue on basketball IQ would have taken that shot with a defender literally on the floor. You live with the miss, but you take that shot 100/100 times.
runninthruthe818
Game should never have been tied to begin with. Those Murray FT’s were gifted. Bron had a good look but I think if we’re up 2 in that situation he takes the ball to the basket.
Ok_Huckleberry_3833
You take those but Lowkey choked
LongOverduedude
I might get some slander, but he has to make that shot. No if and or buts. If it was Kobe we’d expect him to knock that down ESPECIALLY at that crucial moment in the game.
Mercury756
Nah man I blame him for the third quarter when he was gassed AF and slowed the entire game down and killed every instance of our momentum as a team which caused us to lose a 20 flipping point lead. And he literally does it in every freaking game.
thebraavosi1
Loss goes to Ham again
Team is gassed Left home with 2 TOs High altitude you call TOs just to give breather to ur aging star man.
23_International
I would blame AD for that weak defense before I blame Lebron.
immunityfromyou
I blame R & R who are ghosts out there. Lebron and AD both have brought it so far.
ShikaMoru
2 things can be true. You can not blame him for taking the shot but also think he could have waited time out or pass it for an easy 2 or foul
figglyp
Well-said! My thoughts exactly.
BlackJediSword
A lot mamba mentality ass dudes that don’t understand basketball just Kobe mystique.
BrainEuphoria
R/lakers basketball: Give up the best look for an even worse shot.
VanillaNyx
It’s wild to blame Lebron.
cloud9_hi
Lebron is not a clutch 3 point shooter. Never has been. Why take a 3 with that much time left. He had multiple options and choose to be a hero and failed. He’s to blame next to Ham. Call a timeout and make a fucking play……
how far is AD from his opponent? (look at the distance between their feet)
i asked this last year, who changed the AD’s sense of defense?
darvin ham is making the players drink his sewage.
Dangerous_Match_2592
This doesn’t change the fact that he missed a wide open 3 to win the game. And now we’re gonna get swept.
literalmario
People are fucking stupid. Don’t even engage them.
camlawson24
LeBron played great down the stretch, but as soon as the game became “can LeBron single handedly outscore the defending champs by himself for the last 6 minutes of the game”, I knew it was a wrap. He’s not going to make every shot on 6 mins of possessions and he’s not gonna knock down every 3 ball. He had hit a few big ones in a row but that last shot just felt painfully similar to last season with LeBron and the team clanking 3s late in the 4th as the nuggets went down to score to beat us. Good shot or bad shot I just don’t really want LeBron holding for 3s with a minute to go in the game at this point
TorontoRaptors34
I mean i wish they called a pick n roll on that
TorontoRaptors34
Shoulda never been that close to begin with shoulda been an easy double digit win but Scam and the refs fucked it up the 3rd quarter was brutal. When its about the team tryin not to lose vs beating the shit outta them u know ur in trouble. I wouldn’t relax if i had a 60 pt lead on Denver.
BMG19
Idiots. I’m sad he takes such criticism. It’s really getting lame
BlueisA1
The shot isn’t my issue. It’s the whole switch from running offense to mismatch hunting/freestyling. It lost us the lead for the 2nd straight game. Is that Bron’s call or Ham? Don’t know but it surely isn’t working. As great as LeBron was, he can’t bully everyone consistently anymore and it really showed last night. ALSO, seemed like the guys were trying to kill clock starting in the 3rd…. WHY? Run some offense.
Ham not countering Malone’s defensive adjustment to hide Jokic was criminal.
kicksFR
He made the last 2 threes, he was hot and wide open, not a bad shot at all
RyanAlemeda
I totally get it and i appreciate everything he did. But when you make 47 mil and is about 28% of the payroll I don’t think it’s too much to ask to hit an open 3 late in the game. I’m sorry but he has to hit that shot. Just like if dlo was open he has to hit that shot.
Rui a little earlier had an open 3 he missed, he has to make that shot. All of these things are one of many reasons why they lost.
Dear_Zookeepergame30
Lebron should’ve hit the shot. He played very well in the 4th and is ultimately the reason it was even close but that still stands. It was a good shot, and lebron has been a great shooter. You make some, you miss some.
booty_sweat_juice
When you give up a 20 point lead, the last attempt wasn’t the problem.
Lebron has to take that shot every single time. It’s a wide open 3. But with the bad juju we had in the second half, I think we all knew that shot wasn’t going to go in. The universe wasn’t going to let us win that.
Greyvvolf
I’ve noticed that Lebron hasn’t been as efficient and doesn’t play with the flow of the game at times as he’s gotten older. When he takes over, he has the ball most of the time. This turns DLO and Reaves into spot up shooters. AD also then defers too much and ices himself out. Basketball players need the ball in their hands sometimes to stay hot. This is why Jokic is so good. He’s plays within the flow of the game without dominating the ball too much. Lebron has the ball a lot and needed to keep AD and DLO cooking. Try to get Reaves going by giving him the ball.
No_Jellyfish3341
He had the game in his hands and missed the shot, its that simple, nothing before changes that moment, and if he hits that shot it’s a legendary quarter and close, instead he missed and his team looks like 1 game against the nuggets is as good as winning a ring
Tall_Succotash
It’s no use in arguing about this, the game shouldn’t have come down to it, we literally cannot sustain a lead on them.
Bron was doing Bron things, you want that from ur stars!
sadberto
Same thing people say about 2013 finals LOL SURE ray allen hit that shot after a Lebron miss but he’s the reason they were even close Spurs were up 10 start of 4th
hourles
The 20 point lead and losing in the final second of the game is what killed me. Should’ve never come to blaming missed fouls. The 3 days off was best thing possible for the Lakers.
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He could have and should have called a timeout, ran down the clock, and drove to the rim to either get a foul or a bucket.
I don’t hate the shot. The defender was on the floor. You have to take that. The 2 timeouts is what kills me. Set a play on a tie game with less than a minute to play
I don’t think it’s a question of stats. Lakers were up by 10 to start the quarter, then we went on a steady diet of LBJ matchup hunting, which slows the game down to a single action/option per possession and often seems to take other players out of their rhythm. It’s not that he didn’t put up numbers during that stretch, it’s that the team as a whole wasn’t in the flow and got outscored by 12 points. Is it easy to be an armchair coach in retrospect, sure. But whatever we did during that stretch certainly didn’t work.
Nothing really matters if the team lost. He had a nice 4th quarter but when it was time to put the Nuggets away, he couldn’t.
Can’t morally blame him when guys like Ham and even Rui are out there but it was the most important shot of the night for the Lakers and he missed.
I don’t blame him at all. I blame ham. We had two timeouts and a challenge left. wtf is he thinking. Everyone looked gassed and we stopped running plays, call a timeout and regroup, stop their run, do something you fucking idiot. And post game AD said the players out there at times didn’t know what was going on. Ham deflected and said the players were frustrated and the coaching staff is organized and takes pride in that. No accountability, fuck you Darvin
Anyone with a clue on basketball IQ would have taken that shot with a defender literally on the floor. You live with the miss, but you take that shot 100/100 times.
Game should never have been tied to begin with. Those Murray FT’s were gifted. Bron had a good look but I think if we’re up 2 in that situation he takes the ball to the basket.
You take those but Lowkey choked
I might get some slander, but he has to make that shot. No if and or buts. If it was Kobe we’d expect him to knock that down ESPECIALLY at that crucial moment in the game.
Nah man I blame him for the third quarter when he was gassed AF and slowed the entire game down and killed every instance of our momentum as a team which caused us to lose a 20 flipping point lead. And he literally does it in every freaking game.
Loss goes to Ham again
Team is gassed
Left home with 2 TOs
High altitude you call TOs just to give breather to ur aging star man.
I would blame AD for that weak defense before I blame Lebron.
I blame R & R who are ghosts out there. Lebron and AD both have brought it so far.
2 things can be true. You can not blame him for taking the shot but also think he could have waited time out or pass it for an easy 2 or foul
Well-said! My thoughts exactly.
A lot mamba mentality ass dudes that don’t understand basketball just Kobe mystique.
R/lakers basketball: Give up the best look for an even worse shot.
It’s wild to blame Lebron.
Lebron is not a clutch 3 point shooter. Never has been. Why take a 3 with that much time left. He had multiple options and choose to be a hero and failed. He’s to blame next to Ham. Call a timeout and make a fucking play……
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XWgRpfkxhY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XWgRpfkxhY)
[“Just wanted to get more space. If we took it from the side, (Toronto) would take it away and condense the floor,” Lue explained.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/05/06/lebron-james-iconic-game-winning-shot-cavaliers-raptors-game-3/584519002/)
a good coach understands his player’s characteristics and puts him in his comfort zone.
and this [AD](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/23074735/240423-Murray-Davis-scaled-e1713881611809.jpg)
how far is AD from his opponent? (look at the distance between their feet)
i asked this last year, who changed the AD’s sense of defense?
darvin ham is making the players drink his sewage.
This doesn’t change the fact that he missed a wide open 3 to win the game. And now we’re gonna get swept.
People are fucking stupid. Don’t even engage them.
LeBron played great down the stretch, but as soon as the game became “can LeBron single handedly outscore the defending champs by himself for the last 6 minutes of the game”, I knew it was a wrap. He’s not going to make every shot on 6 mins of possessions and he’s not gonna knock down every 3 ball. He had hit a few big ones in a row but that last shot just felt painfully similar to last season with LeBron and the team clanking 3s late in the 4th as the nuggets went down to score to beat us. Good shot or bad shot I just don’t really want LeBron holding for 3s with a minute to go in the game at this point
I mean i wish they called a pick n roll on that
Shoulda never been that close to begin with shoulda been an easy double digit win but Scam and the refs fucked it up the 3rd quarter was brutal. When its about the team tryin not to lose vs beating the shit outta them u know ur in trouble. I wouldn’t relax if i had a 60 pt lead on Denver.
Idiots. I’m sad he takes such criticism. It’s really getting lame
The shot isn’t my issue. It’s the whole switch from running offense to mismatch hunting/freestyling. It lost us the lead for the 2nd straight game. Is that Bron’s call or Ham? Don’t know but it surely isn’t working. As great as LeBron was, he can’t bully everyone consistently anymore and it really showed last night. ALSO, seemed like the guys were trying to kill clock starting in the 3rd…. WHY? Run some offense.
Ham not countering Malone’s defensive adjustment to hide Jokic was criminal.
He made the last 2 threes, he was hot and wide open, not a bad shot at all
I totally get it and i appreciate everything he did. But when you make 47 mil and is about 28% of the payroll I don’t think it’s too much to ask to hit an open 3 late in the game. I’m sorry but he has to hit that shot. Just like if dlo was open he has to hit that shot.
Rui a little earlier had an open 3 he missed, he has to make that shot. All of these things are one of many reasons why they lost.
Lebron should’ve hit the shot. He played very well in the 4th and is ultimately the reason it was even close but that still stands. It was a good shot, and lebron has been a great shooter. You make some, you miss some.
When you give up a 20 point lead, the last attempt wasn’t the problem.
Lebron has to take that shot every single time. It’s a wide open 3. But with the bad juju we had in the second half, I think we all knew that shot wasn’t going to go in. The universe wasn’t going to let us win that.
I’ve noticed that Lebron hasn’t been as efficient and doesn’t play with the flow of the game at times as he’s gotten older. When he takes over, he has the ball most of the time. This turns DLO and Reaves into spot up shooters. AD also then defers too much and ices himself out. Basketball players need the ball in their hands sometimes to stay hot. This is why Jokic is so good. He’s plays within the flow of the game without dominating the ball too much. Lebron has the ball a lot and needed to keep AD and DLO cooking. Try to get Reaves going by giving him the ball.
He had the game in his hands and missed the shot, its that simple, nothing before changes that moment, and if he hits that shot it’s a legendary quarter and close, instead he missed and his team looks like 1 game against the nuggets is as good as winning a ring
It’s no use in arguing about this, the game shouldn’t have come down to it, we literally cannot sustain a lead on them.
Bron was doing Bron things, you want that from ur stars!
Same thing people say about 2013 finals LOL
SURE ray allen hit that shot after a Lebron miss but he’s the reason they were even close
Spurs were up 10 start of 4th
The 20 point lead and losing in the final second of the game is what killed me. Should’ve never come to blaming missed fouls. The 3 days off was best thing possible for the Lakers.
All that just to come up short and sell the game.
Cope lebron fans.