Keyboard Warrior丨Choose one of two bottles of poison!Lakers released water in the first round of the play-offs to avoid the Nuggets playing the Thunder?
In the early morning of April 15, Beijing time, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans 124-108, and finally ranked eighth in the West in the regular season, and the play-offs will face the Pelicans, the winner will face the defending champion Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, and the loser will face the winner of the Kings and Warriors for the last playoff spot in the West, and will face the first Thunder in the West in the first round.
In this regard, LakeShowYo, a Lakers self-media, wrote: "Should the Lakers play a bad game in the play-offs (lose to the Pelicans and then win the Kings/Warriors winner) in order to play the Thunder in the first round of the playoffs?". Aroused heated discussions, let's see what fans have to say!
No cause then you risk your season being over
No, because then your season could be over.
worth the risk imo, we are not beating denver in a 7 game series
I think it's worth the risk, there's no way we're going to beat Denver in a seven-game series.
Lose on purpose so you can lose again ?
Deliberately losing the game in order to lose the game again?
Gonna have to play Denver somewhere somehow because they’re that good. Better to go to Mile High now. You may steal a game if they rusty after some time off. Lakers will have fresher legs now than later as these playoffs drag on
Because the Denver team is so strong, you have to play them somewhere. It's best to go to the "plateau" now. If they get rusty after a period of rest, you might steal a victory. With the playoffs underway, the Lakers are not as physically fit as they are now.
And risk running into steph curry in a best of 1, where if Game 6 Klay wakes up... you go home with nothing LMAO Just play the nuggets, at least you get 4 games
Risking a one-game tie with Stephen Curry if G6 soup wakes up...... You're going to get nothing, just play with the Nuggets, at least 4 games.
Keep it simple - win the game. Why would you purposely put yourself into an elimination game. Come on now
Keep it simple – win the game, why would you deliberately put yourself in a game on the verge of elimination, come now
no! their season will end faster
No, that way their season will end faster.
Stop being scared man. We don’t duck no body.
Fear no more, we don't hide from anyone.
yall might face the kings if u do that lol
If you do, you'll probably face the king, haha.
It's a risky game. Because facing OKC in the 1st round gives the Lakers a higher chance of going to the semis but they're gonna have to play the winner of Kings and GSW. Kings have the Lakers number while GSW is always deadly. I'd just secure the playoff spot and go from there
It's a risky race. Because a first-round game against the Thunder would give the Lakers a better chance of getting to the Western Conference semifinals, but they have to play the winner of the Kings and the Warriors, the Kings are the nemesis of the Lakers, and the Warriors are always deadly, and I just want to secure a playoff spot and then move on.
If we’re that scared of Denver to risk potentially ending our season early instead, we might as well roll over now. There’s no cheating the basketball gods.
If we're so scared of Denver that we risk potentially ending the season early, we might as well get out of here. The god of basketball cannot be deceived.
Yall acting like we are 100% out of risk against pelicans
You say as if we're winning 100 percent against the Pelicans.
Every game last year against Denver was close If dlo shows up and reaves can put in work with Rui we can win
Every game against Denver last year was scorching, and if Shuila played well and Reeves could be online with Hachimura, we could win.
You have to go through Denver anyway. The best chance is in the 1st round.
In any case, you'll have to get through the Denver Nuggets, and your best chance is in the first round.
I’d rather face them round 1 rather than the wcf having bron and ad as fresh as possible against most likely the toughest opponent they would face in the offs is huge imo
I'd rather play them in the first round than in the Western Conference Finals, and let Zhan Mei play as fresh as possible against the toughest opponent they are likely to face in the knockout round.
No, you HAVE to get in first. The extra rest will help, besides they can travel to Denver early to get acclimated.
No, you have to make the playoffs first, the extra rest will help, plus they can travel to Denver early to acclimatize.
If we get OKC, pretty confident we go to WCF. If we get nuggets, we may or may not last as long
If we play against the Thunder, we're confident of going to the Western Conference finals, and if we run against the Nuggets, we probably won't last long.
It's not a bad idea. But win or go home against Steph is a bad idea.
That's a good idea. But against Curry in a game to win or go home, it's not a good idea.
theres no point in avoiding a team bc ur gonna see them anyway if you want to win the chip
If you want to win a championship, there's no point in avoiding a team because you're going to run into them anyway.
they won’t have to tank they’ll lose away
They don't have to mess up and lose the game.
No beat the opponent that you are playing today. Don't concern yourself with future opponent. Winning begets winning.
No, defeat today's opponents, don't think about future opponents, the winner is king.
if Lakers are healthy better to face Nuggets asap rather than later when fatigue already kicking in
If the Lakers are healthy, it's better to play against the Nuggets as soon as possible than when they're already starting to get tired.
Do you think the Lakers should beat the Pelicans in the first round against the Nuggets, or finish eighth against the Thunder?