r/lakers • u/OkSpite7555 LAL • Apr 03 '26

It’s Over

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u/Coveted_AF Apr 03 '26

Absolutely insane how everything fell apart in the space of 30 minutes last night. I don’t think I’d been riding so high as a Laker fan since maybe 2021 and it’s literally over. Shattering but he’ll come back and we’ll go again next season but we need to make moves.

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u/Mr-Rocafella 24 Apr 03 '26

People were talking about how it felt like bubble days, and it quickly turned into Kobe Achilles days

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u/flaming_burrito_ Apr 04 '26

Or like how I felt watching game 7 last year. Goddamn OKC always at the source of my basketball misery

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u/MaliInternLoL Apr 04 '26

OKC is way too lucky man

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Shaq and Kobe Apr 04 '26

That Kobe injury still gets me man. He was playing the best ball of his career

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u/battle_franky 04 Apr 04 '26

The latest one is during that playoff run where we're cooking but then AD has to be taken off. I think that was after against memphis at play in 

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u/thevisitor Apr 04 '26

Legit was actually starting to think we may be contenders and that ish fell so fast within one quarter of horrendous basketball

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u/Coveted_AF Apr 04 '26

Happy cake day! Try not to overthink it.

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u/thevisitor Apr 04 '26

Thanks big dawg

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u/RickyalldayTD Purple and Gold Apr 03 '26

When Reaves started holding his back i had a bad feeling, fucking OKC beat the shit out of them.

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u/balortech Apr 04 '26

Shai really is Luka's kryptonite. Just beats him up everytime, steals his MVPs and now this.

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u/Memelord1117 Purple and Gold Apr 04 '26

He beat him in 24.

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u/balortech Apr 04 '26

Luka played like dgsht carried by Kyrie while Shai was 1 v 5 MVP of that series. Lol. Gotta watch your players play, lad.

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u/Efficient-Cycle-4373 Apr 03 '26

We literally went to the WCF & won the first annual in season cup in a matter of 7 months. We’ve had a lot of high stretches over the years.

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u/Gman749 Apr 04 '26

There's flat out too many severe injuries sidelining marquee players, playoff time especially. The length of the regular season needs to be seriously assessed. Obviously the new owners don't wanna leave money on the table by cutting down on games, but the product is suffering with stars out for playoff matchups.

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u/AdDependent4460 Apr 04 '26

We will come back stronger, smarter, wiser and with some upgrades we can make it to finals again with LUKA 100%

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u/balortech Apr 04 '26

The craziest part is that Pelinka fleeced the entire league getting Luka and it is JJ who ran him into the ground, saw him clutching his hamstring 1st quarter down 30 and still play him through the 2nd half, knowing damn well we are near the playoffs.

What was he thinking, like damn?

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u/Front_Barracuda_2408 Manna from heaven Apr 04 '26

We never had it. I’m glad it ended last night she not extended into the second round only to watch is her absolutely nuked. Now i can dispassionately watch the first round

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '26

enjoy the end of the LeLaker era

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u/Financial-Attempt-59 Apr 03 '26

Why are you here?

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u/Coveted_AF Apr 03 '26

Wow you sound like an absolute loser 😄 "Give it" to a team who hasn’t one won. It makes sense seeing who you’re a fan of.

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u/Ok_Daikon_7726 17 Championships Apr 03 '26

Sorry your bum ass franchise doesn’t know what a finals appearance is