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Lakers fans are blaming team’s latest struggles on the Vivian Flores catfishing fiasco

Is this really a thing?

It’s been two weeks since NBA Twitter lost its minds over what could be a catfishing fiasco involving a Los Angeles Lakers fan and podcaster named Vivian Flores, who went missing … but who might be made up? (Our Mike Sykes had a really good explainer that breaks it all down.)

Since then, the Lakers — who could be heading toward the play-in games, which would make LeBron James unhappy — have struggled, winning just one game (over the Orlando Magic) in their past seven games.

Is there a Vivian Flores Curse? That’s what fans seem to be saying on Twitter. Here’s a roundup:

Curse or not, this isn’t great.

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Vivian Flores and the Lakers catfish story, explained

This is the wildest story on the internet.

Welcome to For The Win Explains, our little feature where we get you caught up on things going on in the world. Today we’ll do our best to explain a controversy that engulfed NBA Twitter — even Kevin Durant got involved — on Monday night.

Whew, buddy. What a night, er, uh, morning on Twitter. Just when you think things are starting to get a little tame on the internet, they go crazy again.

Last night, NBA Twitter collectively lost it when they realized they might be getting catfished by Lakers fan and podcaster Vivian Flores, who supposedly went missing. When she was found a short time later, it ignited a discussion of whether she actually exists in the first place.

That right there is … a lot. It doesn’t make a ton of sense and the story feels a bit like that meme of Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia connecting the dots.

Don’t worry, though. We got you. Here’s the play-by-play on this absolutely ridiculous story.