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@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk You can go and watch all his shots last night he only had 3 on Reaves he never got fouled by Reaves in this series so no free throws off him either

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk I don’t think 3 is accurate unless they are using the ‘closest defender’ qualifier. If you watch his shots it’s more than 3, also can’t remember if there were any shooting fouls in that matchup

the “physical defenses” garbage gotta be dead now. no longer will be gaslit.

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk They won the rebounding battle last night even in the fourth they only had one less rebound so in theory it would kill them in long run but last night it didn’t

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk They were hiding him on the baseline… it’s not that he wasnt getting picked on, it’s that JJ saw how badly he was getting picked on and put him on iHart or the offball guards. Which that means he’s hurting the defense because he has to be hidden, hurts our rebounding chances too

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Reaves actually was good on boards yesterday it would help if a 7 foot teddy bear named Ayton would learn how to seal off and box out his man and hustle for boards Lebron was also engaged also with rebounding and had double digit boards for first all series

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk I agree with that again I don’t believe Reaves is a good defender I just push back on how much he actually got picked on there’s obviously moments throughout series but game 3 was the only one I felt was truly awful from start to finish no excusing it

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk AR is a high IQ guy, similar to Luka but with more effort, but he has a bunch of areas where he’s just not good enough to defend nba guards. Bad contain, bad screen navigation, tendency to ball watch off ball, easy to move. Still incredible for undrafted

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk How is it misleading when it’s literally what happened that he only scored on Reaves 3 times regardless of the plan if you said he was abusing Reaves last night yet only scored on him 3 times and two of them was early in game that’s just false information

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Watch Mitchell’s shots from last night, and just watch Reaves. Its clear that the second half adjustment was to take reaves off mitchell, so the ‘shots made on reaves’ stat is kinda misleadling, but even then, the aggression vs ar is wild: nba.com/stats/events?C…

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Like last night in that fourth I don’t think Reaves played good defense even tho he didn’t get scored on he just did a good job not being the one to be picked on or team covered for him so okc went to other matchups to score

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk My argument isn’t that Reaves is a good defender it’s that yall overstate how much of a issue he causes and act like he gets picked on every possession Reaves main problem is he doesn’t do anything to make the defense better and at times he can hurt it as shown in game 3

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk How am I being bias that legit how many times ajay scored on Reaves you wanna do film breakdown or something we can go over each of ajay Mitchell shots in this series im literally telling the facts here

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk You got it bro, AR wasn’t a defensive liability, great defense, definitely not food, definitely not listed in OKC gameplan as player to attack. Stg the inability to see the game through the bias is wild. AR is great, would be the perfect 6th man on a championship team

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk He didn’t get scored on the entire fourth it was legit only the first quarter last night Reaves was bad and timeline overreacted but he completely was fine the rest of the game especially in that fourth he wasn’t the one getting picked on

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk We watched a different series. Game 4 was abusive

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Game 3 was legit the only game ajay actually picked on Reaves

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk What am I lying about in terms of defense? Did we not just get beat by Ajay Mitchell who saw food every single time AR was guarding him?

@NBA__Courtside Reaves was better this year so this is already false but Nick is a lebron meat muncher so he’s delusional

Nick Wright on the Lakers: “I think the Lakers blew it. I think when Luka’s Lakers tenure is over, there is a greater than 50% chance that the best teammate he ever had was age 40/41 LeBron James…. Maybe he stays in L.A. I hope he doesn’t. I don’t think that team has been well run but also because I want to see the version of LeBron we got to see in the playoffs. 3rd option swift army knife LeBron, he’s too good for that role” (Via @dpshow)

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Game 3 was the only game that was true how many times do you think ajay scored on Reaves last night

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Sure if you box score watch but he was not bad even in the 5 for 13 game he was getting in the paint and able to play make out that and got guys shots you also just lying about the defense stuff

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk It shows an inconsistency in his ability to make shots against elite defense. Two good shooting games, two bad shooting games, and a tough series protecting the ball and defending his position. Lakers in a tough spot looking at paying him 30m+

@NBAStatGuy_ @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk Ok is this supposed to prove anything outside game one he looked just fine being able to score

@Lakeshowtalks @TLaww22 @cmonChuckk He went 3-16, 10-16, 5-13, 8-16 in the 4 games

@KD4PRESIDENT @LakersNation No dumbass

@LakersNation Nah, sign and trade AR.

JJ Redick says "of course" he wants the core of Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves to stay together.

@artemisDmn @A_Cube_10 @realtalkejlt Ajay got two early basket on Reaves and then didn’t score on him till the third quarter and that was only once that’s all but yall will swear like ajay scored 25 of his 28 on Reaves when that didn’t happen

@A_Cube_10 @realtalkejlt Had 8 to’s and was being hunted on defense all game

Had 8 to’s btw

@artemisDmn @A_Cube_10 @realtalkejlt Just because Reaves isn’t a good defender yall Will just continue to lie and say he got hunted when that’s a lie Reaves legit didn’t get scored on once in fourth quarter yesterday

@SpyrosVelentzas @realtalkejlt How many touches all I remember is them using him as a spacer and didn’t porzingis complain about how he was used also

@Lakeshowtalks @realtalkejlt KP was one of the most inefficient dudes at post ups with mavs jersey

Somebody go tell Luka to be quiet pls

@PRyuga37652 @realtalkejlt @SpyrosVelentzas I don’t even believe Reaves getting 40 and even still that leaves room for depth and Reaves can be traded still also think yall gas Giannis defense too much

@Lakeshowtalks @realtalkejlt @SpyrosVelentzas rather have a role player who is a worse defender than Luka making $40 million, rather than a top 20 all-time player who is still in his prime and is a great defender.