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NBA Twitter reacts to Lakers losing to Nuggets in Game 3: ‘I love you, but you’re not serious people’

The Denver Nuggets have taken a commanding 3-0 lead in the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 112-105 victory. Aaron Gordon led Denver with 29 points and 15 rebounds, Nikola Jokic almost recorded another triple-double with 24 …

The Denver Nuggets have taken a commanding 3-0 lead in the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 112-105 victory.

Aaron Gordon led Denver with 29 points and 15 rebounds, Nikola Jokic almost recorded another triple-double with 24 points, 15 rebounds, and nine assists and Jamal Murray added 22 points and nine assists.

Anthony Davis and LeBron James combined for 59 points but D’Angelo Russell went scoreless in the game (0-7 field goals).

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Lakers being on the verge of elimination after Game 3.

Video showed the incredible reaction to Jamal Murray’s Game 2 buzzer-beater from the Nuggets broadcast

Jamal Murray’s buzzer-beater made the Nuggets’ announcers lose their minds.

Any time an NBA team comes back from 20 points down to win on a buzzer-beater, it will understandably have everyone go absolutely wild. The Denver Nuggets’ local broadcasters were no exception to this rule after Jamal Murray hit an iconic game-winning shot to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 on Monday night.

In a new video courtesy of Altitude Sports, the camera is fixated on Nuggets’ play-by-play Chris Marlowe and color analyst Scott Hastings as they watch Murray make his move on (a later frustrated) Anthony Davis. When the ball finally swishes through the hoop, an elated Marlowe and Hastings practically have an out-of-body experience trying to describe the chaotic scene.

Judging by the sheer pandemonium at Denver’s home arena, they weren’t the only ones:

Man, that is special. It is these kinds of legendary moments that make sports worth watching. It is these kinds of legendary moments where even the announcers are utterly flabbergasted at what they just witnessed.

Featured image courtesy of Altitude Sports

A miffed Anthony Davis had just 5 words to say about Jamal Murray’s game-winner before literally dropping the mic

Anthony Davis wasn’t happy about this.

Anthony Davis was on the wrong end of Jamal Murray’s game-winner in Game 2 of the Denver Nuggets’ first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, with the superstar guarding Murray and getting buried on the bench as the Nuggets celebrated.

So when he was asked by a reporter after the Lakers went down 2-0 in the series about what happened on that play from his perspective, he only had five words to say: “Jamal Murray made a shot.”

What’s more: he added a statement without words by tossing down the mic and leaving the room. Yikes. Here’s that moment after the loss:

LeBron James ripped the NBA’s officiating in a NSFW rant after stunning loss to the Nuggets

“What are we doing?”

LeBron James is fired up about the Lakers losing to the Denver Nuggets — again. After a mind-bending loss on Monday that included a Jamal Murray game-winner, James totally ripped the officiating for seemingly leading to that moment.

The Lakers were up ten points in the third quarter when Michael Porter Jr.’s foul that would have given D’Angelo Russell two free throws was overturned. That seemed to be a turning point in the game’s momentum, and the non-call even prompted Russell to tweet about it.

Things got very spicy as the Nuggets eventually chipped away at the lead and set up Murray for a stone-cold game-winning shot. James was so heated afterward that he lashed out at the officiating with some NSFW words and then walked out of a presser.

Here’s what he said:

“I don’t understand what’s going on with the replay center, to be honest…D-Lo clearly gets hit in the face on the drive. What the [expletive] do we have a replay center if it’s going to go — it doesn’t make sense to me. It makes no sense to me. It bothers me.”

Feature image via NBA TV.

NBA fans made so many jokes about Anthony Davis disappearing in Nuggets players celebrating Jamal Murray’s buzzer-beater

This doubly hurts.

This hurts.

Anthony Davis was the player guarding Jamal Murray as the clock ticked down in Game 2 of the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, and the Lakers star watched as Murray nailed a stunning game-winning buzzer-beater.

Davis wasn’t happy about it after the game, but it’s the moment after the shot that we’re focused on here. You can see AD getting completely caught in the Nuggets’ celebration with Murray, and it’s rough, although a classy Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was there to make sure Davis was OK.

NBA fans made jokes, of course. Here’s a sampling from X (formerly Twitter):

A miffed Anthony Davis had just 5 words to say about Jamal Murray’s game-winner before literally dropping the mic

Anthony Davis wasn’t happy about this.

Anthony Davis was on the wrong end of Jamal Murray’s game-winner in Game 2 of the Denver Nuggets’ first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, with the superstar guarding Murray and getting buried on the bench as the Nuggets celebrated.

So when he was asked by a reporter after the Lakers went down 2-0 in the series about what happened on that play from his perspective, he only had five words to say: “Jamal Murray made a shot.”

What’s more: he added a statement without words by tossing down the mic and leaving the room. Yikes. Here’s that moment after the loss:

NBA Twitter reacts to Jamal Murray’s buzzer beater in Game 2 vs. Lakers: ‘I give up’

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Jamal Murray’s game-winner against the Lakers.

Jamal Murray knocked down a game-winner at the buzzer, and the Denver Nuggets completed a 20-point comeback against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2.

Denver is now up 2-0 against the Lakers in the first round with the series heading back to LA.

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Murray’s buzzer beater and Denver’s huge comeback win.

NBA playoff predictions: Ranking the Top 16 players for the 2024 postseason

HoopsHype predicts the 16 best players for the upcoming 2024 NBA playoffs, featuring Nikola Jokic, LeBron James and Kevin Durant.

It’s here, the moment basketball fans all over the world have been waiting for: the 2024 NBA playoffs.

Today, we’re going to take a shot at predicting who the best players in the 2024 postseason will be. To do so, we weighed in how well we expect them to play, how far we expect their teams to go and how healthy we expect these players to be.

(A few superstars got docked quite a few spots for entering postseason play with a poor bill of health.)

With all those things considered, this was no easy exercise. Check out the results below.

On this day: Boston Celtics win fifth championship vs. Los Angeles Lakers in 1962; Marcus Smart wins DPOY

On this date, the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 110-107 in overtime of Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals to win their fifth banner.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team won their fifth NBA Championship, which was for the 1961-62 season. The banner came at the expense of their longtime rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, in Game 7 of their series with the franchise at that time located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Boston won the critical game 110-107 in overtime with 30 points and 40 rebounds from legendary big man Bill Russell, part of an overall Finals series record of 189 total boards that still stands to this day. Iconic Celtics guard Sam Jones would add 27 points and 8 boards to the win as well.

Laker Frank Selvy missed a last-second shot that would have won the game for L.A., but it bounced off the rim, sending the game into the extra period that Boston would use to secure the victory.

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Thunder’s possible first round playoff opponent dwindled to 2 teams

Thunder’s possible first round playoff opponent dwindled to 2 teams.

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s possible first-round opponent has been dwindled to two teams following Tuesday’s play-in tournament results.

The Los Angeles Lakers captured the No. 7 seed and will face the Denver Nuggets in the first round after their 110-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis and D’Angelo Russell combined for 64 points. Brandon Ingram was benched down the stretch and Zion Williamson left the contest with a leg injury.

Williamson finished with 40 points and 11 rebounds. Ingram had 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting.

Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors suffered a season-ending 118-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Keegan Murray had 32 points and nine rebounds. De’Aaron Fox tallied 24 points.

The Kings will travel to New Orleans to face the Pelicans for the eighth seed on Friday, April 19. The winner will challenge the first-seeded Thunder for Game 1 on Sunday, April 21.

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