Lakers Want 3 Seed? Why It’s VERY Possible, Matchup With Jazz & Injury Report
The Lakers finish off their season tonight against the Jazz and have a good chance of moving up to the 3rd seed in the West, but should they? Trevor Lane breaks down the game and what’s on the line…
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32 Comments
Lets win n then put reserves in
Sign lonzo ball he provides defense and iq. He can’t shoot but you don’t need his scoring
Avoid Minnesota same thing will happen like last year ant only plays hard against the lakers
Leave it to JJ to ruin any chance of the Lakers making out of the first round without Luka and Reaves
One of Vando/Bronny/NSJ/Timme as point guard, make decisions or we lose, "win-win" in my opinion (awful basketball but whatever lol)
they can compete with houston, timberwolves will out rebound us very badly
He was just saying how we won’t win the 3rd seed. Now is it best for us? Knowing OKC Molly wops us. Hahaha
I hate the tanking bull in sports. I wish it didn't always come down to picks and money. It should be like the good old days when winning titles by playing hard. As always this is my opinion.
Get the win.
To me it’s easily getting the 3 seed as the better scenario. I want a championship, not just a better shot at a round one victory. We have zero shot against OKC round 2 with Luka and Austin either coming off injury or not even back from it. If we get Minnesota, at least Ant man is out of rhythm and Ayton has owned Gobert. Let’s get the win, hope Denver knocks out OKC round two, and that our experience overwhelms the Spurs and then we are full strength in WCF vs Denver.
Not everybody tanking to avoid OKC. LMAO
Spurs would want to beat Nuggets, because they rather play Lakers or Wolves rather than Denver in Round 2. Also Denver can beat OKC.
Rockets= Bird in a hand
Wolves= Two in a bush
4 seed is a no brainer!!!
Starting Bronny/Knecht/Jake/Adou/Timme would Guarantee a Loss vs. UTA!!! However, I think We gone try to get a Win & get that #3 Seed vs. MIN in The 1st Round!!!
We have a chance vs. MIN if We can keep Ant/Randle & Their Bench under Control – Smart on Ant/Luke on Donte/Jake on McDaniels/LBJ on Randle/Ayton on Rudy!!!
Rockets an easy matchup huh? Yet it took massive games from Luka to barely
beat Houston… hmmm arrogance 😅
playing wolves is bad news. We are relying on bron to carry at 41 and they have rudy in the paint..
Sit Bron
Wemby has only played 64 games
Ant edwards been dealing with bad knee right Minnesota should be the goal
Joker has to play at least 20 minutes against the Spurs in order to qualify for awards.
Lakers now try to avoid the first round sweep
Will this be the final win of the 2026 season 🤣
Rest bron. Play everyone else
Man, sucks they lost 3 straight and the #3. 👍💪
Get the Three seed because you never know how the other seeds might fall. Could end up with the higher seed and home court in later rounds. San Antonio is going to win to avoid Denver in the 2nd round. They rather face the injured Lakers or Minnesota 2nd round. Denver is not scared of the Timberwolves lol that's actually hilarious 😆. People are worried about Lakers vs wolves but no actual 7 foot center is scared of Rudy Gobert. DeAndre Ayton will pay off massive dividends in that match up. We had no center or any height at all last playoff series vs the wolves. LeBron James with shooters around him and a solid 7 foot center should get the job done and Luka and ar15 should be back in time to buckle up our seatbelts for a wild run 😂❤ I'm super excited dawg lol… Get the 3
Wow 1 last game can’t believe i watch all 82 games live
Trevor damn the matchups i just want to see the lakers win at least 2 playoff games this year
We gotta beat jazz tonight must win we want that smoke w minn they put us out last year use that to drive our squad let den do our dirty work take okc out see in the finals den 🔥
Lakers are winners! We want all the smoke. Don't duck nobody!
Assuming the Lakers do win and the Nuggets lose to San Antonio, can they beat the Timberwolves this time unlike what happened last season?
Are u so lame u gotta repeat the intro every time with no creativity or are u that desperate for views and new subscribers u gotta do it lol
a bunch more names?!? bro thats ALL the names….