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NBA Twitter Savagely Reacts To Lakers Getting Eliminated From Playoff Contention
The Los Angeles Lakers entered the season with high expectations after adding a third star in Russell Westbrook to pair with their dynamic duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Unfortunately, it hasn’t exactly worked out the way others said it would.
With their loss to the Suns last night, and San Antonio’s win over the Nuggets, the Lakers have been eliminated from playoff contention and will finish the season behind the teams like the Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs, who have been marred by injuries just like them.
After the Lakers’ exit was set in stone, NBA Twitter reacted accordingly and expectedly, they were a bit hostile and didn’t hold back.
NBA fans watching the Lakers get eliminated from the playoffs:
(h/t @85SouthShow) pic.twitter.com/HRhSiPeEYi
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 6, 2022
This Lakers team not making the playoffs is one the Biggest Disappointments in NBA HISTORY!!! It’s one thing to underachieve in the Playoffs but to not make it at all is RIDICULOUS. Carry on….
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) April 6, 2022
Lakers avoiding the playoffs like pic.twitter.com/ImPfD14qlM
— Overtime (@overtime) April 6, 2022
The Lakers have played the Suns 10 times since this photo.
They are 0-10. pic.twitter.com/8NpexGFHv6
— andrew leezus (@AndrewLeezus) April 6, 2022
Kawhi Leonard has played 0 games.
Paul George has played 29 games.
The Clippers duo played 0 games together.LeBron James has played 56 games.
Anthony Davis has played 40 games.
Russell Westbrook has played 78 games.
The Lakers trio played 21 games together.— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) April 6, 2022
Most exciting part of this Lakers season pic.twitter.com/keEOXPsnMa
— Overtime (@overtime) April 6, 2022
I have been a Lakers fan since 1979 and this team is right up there with most disappointing and they look uninterested and the front office and ownership look inept. How do you fall this far after a championship two seasons ago? It takes some effort to fall this far so quickly
— Derek Ⓥ (@derek713_832) April 3, 2022
The Lakers have embarrassed me for the last time this season
— Jon B. (@j0nnb_) April 3, 2022
The Los Angeles Lakers are a bad basketball team.
— butch (@martdon41) April 3, 2022
LeBron James, knowing his team is going to miss even the play-in tournament, is sitting out today … to validate his ankle/knee excuse. I will miss him in the playoffs … but he just can’t close.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 3, 2022
Dear lakers , please stop playing lebron and AD for the rest of the szn . They deserve a better coach than frank vogel . Just give up and get them time to recover
— proxnoooy (@proxnoy) April 3, 2022
Since preseason title favorites were first announced before the 1984-85 season, the top two teams have never failed to make the playoffs.
The Lakers (no. 2 favorites) are the first team to do so. pic.twitter.com/UeEDn0haHs
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 6, 2022
We all agree that the Lakers 2020 bubble ring doesn’t count right?
— Guru (@DrGuru_) April 6, 2022
Lakers have now missed the playoffs in 7 of the last 9 seasons.
— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) April 6, 2022
Let’s take a look at the teams that beat the Lakers for play-in spots:
Wolves: One playoff berth in 17 years
Clippers: No Kawhi all year, only 29 games from Paul George
Pelicans: No Zion all year, started 1-12
Spurs: Were sellers at this year’s trade deadline TWO MONTHS AGO
— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) April 6, 2022
LeBron’s four years with the Lakers:
Year 1: No playoffs
Year 2: Championship in bubble
Year 3: First round exit
Year 4: No playoffs— Farbod Esnaashari (@Farbod_E) April 6, 2022
Playoffs dos Lakers pic.twitter.com/hZ5sAWoo33
— rapmais (@RapMais) April 6, 2022
The Lakers were the preseason favorite to win the West and didn’t even make the playoffs
— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) April 6, 2022
Lebron missed the playoffs twice since joining the lakers
— ²³ (@PlayoffDraymond) April 6, 2022
