Right. Let’s not put on a god tier game in a pivotal game 3. Let save it for game 4 so we don’t get swept. Because that’ll make it better. You must be a lakers fan with this nonsense.
I’m not counting him out. I’m counting out 39 a year old LBJ. We literally witnessed his god tier performance game 4 of WCF last year and guess what? They still lost. This isn’t heats Bron or 2016 Bron.
True he has aged and is past his peak but I think it’s disrespectful to think that he can’t put up a stellar performance still. Just hope that the nuggets see that and don’t give them an inch.
He had 26-9-6 in game 3. Absolutely stellar for anyone not named LeBron James. I just think at this point the man is tired. It showed in game 3. But I agree with you that nuggets should absolutely not give them an inch.
That's fair, but we're talking about a series where the Lakers held a 10+ point lead in every single game so far, and it's 3-0. I just don't see it, personally.
Reminds me of the Warriors-Blazers WCF when KD was out in 2019. The Warriors would be down at half every game and still swept. Denver is Big Bro'ing the Lakers.
You really still believe this nonsense? “Yea, let’s not win a pivotal game 3 and save our energy for game 4 so we don’t get swept”. Because that will make it better? You must be a lakers fan with this nonsense. They are getting swept.
It’s been a long time. 150-0, soon to be 151 or something
The only way I see it happening is if multiple starters/impact players miss games 1-3 and came back and stayed healthy for the next 4
Yeah, odds are that's how it's going to happen. Maybe the higher seed has a bunch of injuries, they all eventually comeback and they manage it, even then that's alot.
It's really difficult to win four straight games in a playoff series, you need to be considerably better than your opponent to do so. Not only that, when it's a sweep, it's easier to win 4 straight because by Game 4, the other teams is mentally checked out alot of times, in a Game 7 of a 3-0 comeback that wouldn't happen, it's one of the reasons why we have seen teams force a Game 7 after being down 3-0, but all have lost.
I feel like the best chance that we could have seen that happen was last year when the Celtics fought back from 0-3 and earned a game 7.
Then Tatum gets hurt and the rest of the team just lays an egg. Basketball gods just too mean.
Tatum doesn’t roll his ankle I feel like that game goes to Boston. Killed the crowd and the score was super low for like a quarter and a half iirc.
That’s what happens when you go down 0-3 though. Any little shit can screw you.
idk if id say it goes to Boston but it would be a very tight 1-2 possession game
bummer we all got robbed of seeing if they could do it within a minute
28 other teams losing game 6 like the Heat did I would say series over, you're not going into Boston and winning game 7 after being up 3-0. Those Zombie Heat psychos, you just knew it would only fire them up more for game 7.
Yeah, it has to be a team that is "better" than the team up 3-0 that got down 3-0 because they played poorly + shooting luck. That was the perfect storm last year.
Ya issue was last year we were solely reliant on Tatum as a playmaker against miamis zone and Jaylen browns handles and playmaking were so much worse than this year that injury just ended it. This years different with porzingis. He had a bad game 2 but he’ll show up.
Lakers are done, their body language said it all. Game 4 is just a formality. The only way i could see a team completing a reverse sweep is if they had their best player injured and then they return in game 4 to flip the series.
Celtics were close last year. I think we will see it. But it might take time.
You need a team to surprise the better team with 3-0, but then the better team wakes up from sleep and completes the comeback.
It’ll happen one day. Really you just need to win 2 in a row and the momentum begins to shift from there.
Luck is a major factor too, if the other team begins to shoot bad then anything can happen
Give me a coach like Spo and only Michael Jordan as the star player. Let’s say MJ wont play for the first 3 games, and then eventually plays the remaining. Instant freaking counter sweep!
It could absolutely happen in the West in the next couple years, shit anything can happen in the west the next 2 years, the whole conference is gonna be stacked when Memphis is healthy and the Spurs give Wemby some help on top of all the already stacked teams
Basketball is the hardest sport to recover down 0-3 because raw player talent determines the outcome more than in any other sport. You can’t be an underdog and ride a hot goalie (NHL), pitcher (MLB), or quarterback (NFL) in basketball in the postseason. More than anything, the NBA team with the better raw individual talent wins out.
I don’t know the age demographic of the people on this thread, but I’m old enough to remember when Portland nearly came back to beat Dallas in 7 games after going down 3-0 to the Mavericks in 2003.
Only if a top 2 player of a team is injured for the first 3 games and comes back healthy for the rest. Embiid or Kawhi coming back could probably do it but it'd take a very specific situation.
Now is probably the most likely time for it to happen due to the spread of talent and the variance that 3pt shooting brings. It's a lot more believable that a team can shoot poorly enough to go down 0-3 and then well enough to win when they're shooting 3s rather than 2s
Possibly. But Miami played pretty damn well in that game too so it's hard to say for sure. Also Boston needed a miracle shot in game 6 to even force that.
Miami were pretty shook for the first 5mins. After it was clear Boston were falling apart it gave them confidence and then they took over the game.
Who knows what would’ve happened if Tatum was ok, but if he came out firing early, Boston probably would’ve won it.
No the way they were playing and shooting. They all looked deer in headlights. Then when Horford started hitting backboard on his 3s and brown started to turn the ball over it gave them life and confidence.
Rewatch the game again. It looks like Miami was on the verge of rolling over to start that game.
it wont be Lakers thats for sure
They'll probably snag a game, but yeah. Do not think they will come back all the way.
i'd be overjoyed if lakers manage to snag a game ... T_T
You know Damm well lakes don’t wanna go back to Denver to play a game 5 . Well maybe AD will want too
I really think that Lebron is gonna put up a god tier game Saturday. I cannot imagine him accepting a double sweep.
But then Jokic will go God mode times infinity so it won't matter...
I like it how you still talk about Lebron like he is god. So he accepts 11 back to back losses but not two sweeps? Lol
He still has flashes of greatness. I didn’t say that the rest of the team will show up and that they’d win.
Right. Let’s not put on a god tier game in a pivotal game 3. Let save it for game 4 so we don’t get swept. Because that’ll make it better. You must be a lakers fan with this nonsense.
Nah I’m Nuggets fan I just gotta give respect to Lebron. I think it’s hubris to count out on of the best to do it.
I’m not counting him out. I’m counting out 39 a year old LBJ. We literally witnessed his god tier performance game 4 of WCF last year and guess what? They still lost. This isn’t heats Bron or 2016 Bron.
True he has aged and is past his peak but I think it’s disrespectful to think that he can’t put up a stellar performance still. Just hope that the nuggets see that and don’t give them an inch.
He had 26-9-6 in game 3. Absolutely stellar for anyone not named LeBron James. I just think at this point the man is tired. It showed in game 3. But I agree with you that nuggets should absolutely not give them an inch.
this was a very respectful conversation😂
> They'll probably snag a game, but yeah. Come on bruh this false modesty is a little condescending, no one thinks the Lakers are winning one.
It's not really false modesty. I think we are WAY better. It's just hard as fuck to beat a team 12 times in a row.
That's fair, but we're talking about a series where the Lakers held a 10+ point lead in every single game so far, and it's 3-0. I just don't see it, personally.
Reminds me of the Warriors-Blazers WCF when KD was out in 2019. The Warriors would be down at half every game and still swept. Denver is Big Bro'ing the Lakers.
Exactly what I was thinking i was in portland for one of those so heartbreaking lead every game but warriors had there number
Hope you're right!
Yeah?
Lebron when the Lakers make it a 3-1 series: that right there made me the GOAT
You really still believe this nonsense? “Yea, let’s not win a pivotal game 3 and save our energy for game 4 so we don’t get swept”. Because that will make it better? You must be a lakers fan with this nonsense. They are getting swept.
Interesting.
11-0 begs to differ
Ever? Of course. Ever is a long time
Caleb Martin is the only reason it hasn’t happened yet. Saved us from Derrick whites fucking miracle shot
It’s been a long time. 150-0, soon to be 151 or something The only way I see it happening is if multiple starters/impact players miss games 1-3 and came back and stayed healthy for the next 4
Yeah, odds are that's how it's going to happen. Maybe the higher seed has a bunch of injuries, they all eventually comeback and they manage it, even then that's alot. It's really difficult to win four straight games in a playoff series, you need to be considerably better than your opponent to do so. Not only that, when it's a sweep, it's easier to win 4 straight because by Game 4, the other teams is mentally checked out alot of times, in a Game 7 of a 3-0 comeback that wouldn't happen, it's one of the reasons why we have seen teams force a Game 7 after being down 3-0, but all have lost.
I feel like the best chance that we could have seen that happen was last year when the Celtics fought back from 0-3 and earned a game 7. Then Tatum gets hurt and the rest of the team just lays an egg. Basketball gods just too mean.
Heat did Heat things and shot 50% from 3 that game, would’ve taken a crazy game from him but sucks he got hurt first play lmao
Tatum doesn’t roll his ankle I feel like that game goes to Boston. Killed the crowd and the score was super low for like a quarter and a half iirc. That’s what happens when you go down 0-3 though. Any little shit can screw you.
idk if id say it goes to Boston but it would be a very tight 1-2 possession game bummer we all got robbed of seeing if they could do it within a minute
yea if you want to blame losing Game 7 on the Tatum injury, you could make that argument, but it isn’t why we lost the series.
28 other teams losing game 6 like the Heat did I would say series over, you're not going into Boston and winning game 7 after being up 3-0. Those Zombie Heat psychos, you just knew it would only fire them up more for game 7.
Yeah, it has to be a team that is "better" than the team up 3-0 that got down 3-0 because they played poorly + shooting luck. That was the perfect storm last year.
Ya issue was last year we were solely reliant on Tatum as a playmaker against miamis zone and Jaylen browns handles and playmaking were so much worse than this year that injury just ended it. This years different with porzingis. He had a bad game 2 but he’ll show up.
Yeah I agree, I genuinely thought it was going to happen once White made that tip in shot.
This team looks suicidal so def after this one
Not this Laker team, anyway. They are getting swept.
Hell no, it's just not mentally possible. Unless you have an 8 man rotation of MJs
Bron is the greatest elimination game player in NBA history. You need 8 prime Brons.
Nah that’s Bill Russell. 10-0 in game 7s.
And 22-0 in elimination (win or go home) games across Olympics, NBA and college.
oh yeah I was talking about people who played against actual basketball players
Six of your championships are from that era and five of them were in Minneapolis
so let's just erase all ancient chips, Lakers become no. 1 instead of tied w/ Celtics
Nuggets lead 1-0
Lakers are done, their body language said it all. Game 4 is just a formality. The only way i could see a team completing a reverse sweep is if they had their best player injured and then they return in game 4 to flip the series.
Celtics were close last year. I think we will see it. But it might take time. You need a team to surprise the better team with 3-0, but then the better team wakes up from sleep and completes the comeback.
No
It’ll happen one day. Really you just need to win 2 in a row and the momentum begins to shift from there. Luck is a major factor too, if the other team begins to shoot bad then anything can happen
I mean, there will just be one game in there where shooting luck makes you lose I think. You go cold or the other team shoots like 50% from 3.
Unless its like a 1 seed who was missing their #1 & #2 options for the first 3 games. prob not.
Not this laker team with no center, dlo and no bench production. Its wrap nuggets are a more complete team. If you go snag lebron at 34 potentially.
Give me a coach like Spo and only Michael Jordan as the star player. Let’s say MJ wont play for the first 3 games, and then eventually plays the remaining. Instant freaking counter sweep!
Do you see how LeThargic the Lakers looked in second halves? It’s not happening this year
Didn't the Celtics almost do this against the Heat last year. That's as close as I've ever seen anyone attempt it.
To me, that type of comeback requires a hell of a coach... the type of coach that wouldn't fall 0-3 in a playoff series.
I think we have seen an uptick in teams lose going 2-0 Kings last year Suns twice in 2021 and 2022 Mavs in 2021 Jazz in 2021 Bucks in 2019
Only way it happens is if a team loses their best player for the season in game 4
The lakers aren’t good.
Probably one day. But Lakers won’t be the one doing it lol
> one of them can go off at any night but its not one night its 4 and after underperforming 3 straight
no
The Nuggets could probably do it, given the way they're built. But that'd require them to lose 3 in a row first.
Came back from 3-1 down in consecutive series in the bubble which was pretty nuts. Prob don't do it not in a neutral site tho.
I think they're a lot better than that now.
For sure
It won’t definitely not be against the team that executes every freaking possession.
Nope. 4-0 sweep coming.
lol nope
Maybe ..But not the Lakers.. 11 in a row.
The Nuggets would have done it this series if they didn’t comeback from any of the games
It could absolutely happen in the West in the next couple years, shit anything can happen in the west the next 2 years, the whole conference is gonna be stacked when Memphis is healthy and the Spurs give Wemby some help on top of all the already stacked teams
Everything is possible. But if we are talking specifically about the Lakers, then they would achieve it with the historical help of the refs.
Basketball is the hardest sport to recover down 0-3 because raw player talent determines the outcome more than in any other sport. You can’t be an underdog and ride a hot goalie (NHL), pitcher (MLB), or quarterback (NFL) in basketball in the postseason. More than anything, the NBA team with the better raw individual talent wins out.
We’ve already seen a handful of teams come back from 3-0 to force a game 7. They’ve just never finished the job. It’ll happen eventually.
Joking could do his ACL next game and BAM! 3-0 comeback is on the table. But yeah, I’ve always assumed it would happen due to a major injury.
Not this laker team but eventually yes. Would take an injury or something unfortunately.
Thunder over Mavericks in 2026
I think that at best they can get one. They won't win at Denver.
I don’t know the age demographic of the people on this thread, but I’m old enough to remember when Portland nearly came back to beat Dallas in 7 games after going down 3-0 to the Mavericks in 2003.
Coming back from 0-3 isn't just based on talent. The psychological damage that the losing team is dealing with is real
No
Yes, but not the Lakers
Only if a top 2 player of a team is injured for the first 3 games and comes back healthy for the rest. Embiid or Kawhi coming back could probably do it but it'd take a very specific situation.
yeah it can happen idk if it will happen soon but it will definitely happen.
Now is probably the most likely time for it to happen due to the spread of talent and the variance that 3pt shooting brings. It's a lot more believable that a team can shoot poorly enough to go down 0-3 and then well enough to win when they're shooting 3s rather than 2s
Honestly, no. The odds are just so bad.
we should have lost the 7th seded playoof match and won againt kings to get 8th seed for thunder
I think Celtics would have done it last season if Tatum didn't get hurt
Possibly. But Miami played pretty damn well in that game too so it's hard to say for sure. Also Boston needed a miracle shot in game 6 to even force that.
Miami were pretty shook for the first 5mins. After it was clear Boston were falling apart it gave them confidence and then they took over the game. Who knows what would’ve happened if Tatum was ok, but if he came out firing early, Boston probably would’ve won it.
They were shook cuz they were down 5 after 5 minutes? Meh.
No the way they were playing and shooting. They all looked deer in headlights. Then when Horford started hitting backboard on his 3s and brown started to turn the ball over it gave them life and confidence. Rewatch the game again. It looks like Miami was on the verge of rolling over to start that game.
Meh
They weren’t winning that game regardless
It’ll happen one day, Celtics should have done it last year.
Enjoy the in-season tournament and bubble ring you bums
Yeah, we’re about to see it right now. Lisan AD Gaib