LeBron Knocks Pelicans Out Of 7th Seed | Lakers Pelicans 2024 NBA Playoffs FULL Highlights

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Coach Nick broke down this intense game that decided which team would get the 7th seed in the Western Conference Playoffs. While Zion Williamson scored 40, he couldn't finish, and the experience of LeBron James took over.
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[@bballbreakdown]

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[@tlxxlt4745]

Lebron is 39 and keeps improving. His playmaking is amazing as usual, but his shooting has been amazing off the dribble and catch. Changing his mechanics really helped. Dude is just an anomaly.

[@victoroba3340]

All the while smoking ez layups

[@PoyntFury]

@@victoroba3340 bro just hop off at this point, the dude could have scored 50 points with a triple double and you'd still be like "but what about the 2 missed free throws in the second quarter? Washed 🤓"

[@7770robi]

dude had 11 asssits in the first quarter in the final game of the season to win the 8th seed vs pelicans , dominating while not scoring. Been watching him for 15+ years and Lebron just.... keeps evolving somehow. Amazing career and he keeps adding to it. "Mr 40k" would be a good nickname for "the king"

[@5cottjohnson]

hes just gonna keep finding ways to play without having to run that much, he might be a center in his mid 40s

[@finnishview2933]

Yeah, so awesome LeBalco. 6/20 30%, so awesome? :D You LeBalco boys are so hilarius and delusional. Without refs huge help, they would lose again. But hey, give refs MVP reward. They always are best players in LA Fraudsters.

[@-13eNnY-]

Yeah... Reggie Miller was a little high on that last play. Even knew what the right play was cuz he said: "If you make them both. Be up 4. Game is over." The game being over is obviously better than even a miniscule chance that the game isn't over. If you're up 4 with less than 3 seconds left in the game, all you have to do is not foul basically and it doesn't really matter what the opponent does. If they score a quick bucket, just successfully inbound the ball and the game is over. If you're only up 3, they can still knock down a full court heave even with no timeout and bring it to overtime. It probably won't happen so you'll likely be fine but you don't put yourself in that situation on purpose just for kicks.

[@peewee0224]

There are scenarios where it works but I think he was so excited to talk about it he didn’t think it all the way through lol 😂

[@VKED23]

Yeah that shit made no sense lol

[@ThatsPety]

yeah he corrected himself almost immediately after

[@-13eNnY-]

@@peewee0224 It makes sense if you're only up 1 and making the last free throw wouldn't better your situation.

[@luiszapata513]

I've ever seen Bron miss so many layups before,father time is inevitable

[@200machine8]

shut up he had one bad game. He just had 28 17 and 11 the other day

[@nicholasjohnson8428]

@@200machine8he’s been otherworldly post all star break. Literally the 3rd best offensive player in the NBA behind Luka and Jokic. He had 1 bad shooting game

[@kwamehall3004]

​@@nicholasjohnson8428 SGA: "what am I, a joke to you?"

[@VincentVincent_89]

@@kwamehall3004the guy who relies on freethrows??? Yeah no. Players that rely on FTs fall off hard in the playoffs.

[@BOSSDONMAN]

@@200machine8 Have you noticed that LeBron has sat out of so many games when they're playing a premier team?

[@savagehcr2232]

nice work Coach 🍻

[@7770robi]

As a Laker fan everybody keeps telling me Nuggets will sweep us again. People seem to forget, while Nuggets beat Lakers 4-0 on the way to a title.... the Lakers also defeated Denver 4-1 on the way to a title. Lebron and AD are healthy so BRING IT ON 🔥🏆

[@victoroba3340]

Delusional. One was in 2020, the other was a year ago. Ad and Bron were both healthy last year. Yall gonna get A Gentlemans Sweep

[@7770robi]

@@victoroba3340 Lebron was not healthy, his foot was badly injured and required surgery, he was hobbled entire last month of season and during the playoffs affecting his speed and his shot a lot (YET they still made it to WCF as a play in team). Im happy to be delusionally optimistic rooting for my team, what u expect me roll over and give up? Lakers as a 7th seed beat the Grizz as a 2nd seed in 2021. Miami went to the finals as an 8th seed in 2023. Being the underdog and beating heavy favorites is what sports are all about. SO BRING IT ON 🔥🔥

[@CrazyxEnigma]

​@@victoroba3340You forgot LeBron tore a tendon in his foot and multiple people were saying the Lakers season was over since he'd need season ending surgery.

[@_jizl_]

my boy shot poorly lastnight man wth....missing point blank layups just like last year smh he looks tired

[@CrazyxEnigma]

7:52 😂 Yes we were.

[@erix4erix]

thanks

[@remigiochilaule1961]

Drop coverage should be eradicated. We've all watched Awful Coaching's videos by now 😂

[@bballbreakdown]

Lmao, he’s entertaining. But he also demands completely outdated coverages that don’t work well in the NBA

[@Joshua_23]

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[@r.mcdonnell8614]

@@bballbreakdownI watch both football and basketball, and I will say the college and high school levels are much more interesting to watch the strategy of. For example in football there's something called Country Cover 3 (a single high zone defense) that works great in high school and college, but can't be played in the NFL. Unfortunately, a lot of college and high school teams try to copy the NFL and run man free (a single high man defense) which ultimately just leads to giving up a lot of big plays in high school and college

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

Oh wow, already playoffs!!! Kinda fearful for the old stars next year

[@ColtYohn]

D-Lo, with his mouthpiece hanging out of his mouth in the final minutes of a close, important game 😂😂 Got that steal and the three though

[@user-dm8oi4tx7z]

Please do a video post game 1 vs. Nuggets

[@adityavarshney6690]

Lebron deserves credit here for his performance and for ensuring that the role players stayed motivated. Many times the stars can lose the game just due to body language, anger at the refs, or disagreeing with the coach. Looking at the tape, it's clear that the secret lineup brought necessary energy and defense, even without AD in during that span.

[@devonmitchell1058]

Great game 00:54 crazy crazy tho lol

[@bryand8879]

Lol Reggie's comment. Damn I miss van gundy

[@wranx]

just as expected, lakers and bron got their freethrows... the nba gave their all to help a really good team that was struggling, give them a hand

[@No_Iceee]

You just revealed that you didn't watch the whole game 😂😂😂

[@sloanNYC]

They could have easily called 2x more fouls on NO too. I was impressed how much more motion Lakers were playing with. It really forces every defender to be active... it wears teams down. LeBron tried to go one-on-one too much. The motion was working.

[@deandrepage1048]

Small Forward Taurean Prince is hated by Laker fans, but the SPOT-UP SHOOTER that 2-Guard Austin Reaves is not. Shot 39.6% for 3-pointers off 4.6 attempts this season. Great fit with fellow 2nd Unit player Gabe Vincent.

[@trebledc]

29 freethrows calls vs 15. You ain't winning against lebron lakerees.

[@VKED23]

Physical play gets call you dummy

[@thesupremekai1980s]

They are team that drives to the basket. Lakers also dont foul that much... always dont foul that much...

[@No_Iceee]

Cry more 😢😢😢

[@trebledc]

​@@No_Iceee 1-0 lebron stupifan!

[@trebledc]

​@@No_Iceee 2-0 lebron stupifan

[@arontotheleft]

Reggie Miller😭😭

[@RoBrinks]

I understand lebron gets the clicks but he was 6/20 coach …

[@r.mcdonnell8614]

He got to the line a lot though and made his free throws. The hard contact from repeated attacking of the rim explains the low percentage and the high free throw numbers

[@Dreicaba]

The guy is guarding Zion too.

[@cjvos4516]

if you were watching the lakers were a different team with him on the floor

[@DmadPs]

@@Dreicaba im on your side, but zion got 40 bro... lebron didnt guard that much then

[@deandrepage1048]

Exposed

[@jinopresbitero9690]

Lebron 0:55 spin, is that not palming the ball?

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Do you miss on purpose and make them go coast to coast up three or do you make it and make them go coast to coast up four? Hmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@levyyy9478]

LeBron Shoots Pelicans Out? or lakers

[@captainprivate3768]

LeBron was 6-20 lol. You put LeBron in the title and you get clicks, is what I think is happening.

[@pumelelabanca1442]

C. Nick is a Bron hater. So he had to give that jab.

[@TheJesseGladSaget]

"Lebron shoots Pelicans out of 7th seed" Shot 6-20 and needed yet another ref bailout to barely win. Nice

[@Nottceejay]

i love how you got a 13 minute explanation of the game and how it went down but still resorted to ignorance

[@bballbreakdown]

That long 2 at the end was a dagger 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@henryviiifake8244]

If your best player dropped 40 points and your team couldn't capitalise, that's not the refs fault. 🙄

[@TheJesseGladSaget]

@@bballbreakdown Absolutely not. The Pelicans tied the game again after that. If anything, DLo's 3 was the dagger

[@darnellwilliams8783]

​@@TheJesseGladSagetthe way these dudes cheerlead for Lebron James

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

LeGM need pursue Trae Young or pursue Paul George this coming off-season 😤😤😤

[@omnix6050]

He was 6 for 20 so he didn't knock anything out of the playoffs. That absurd free throw discrepancy sure did though.

[@travistravis7190]

Time to unsub from this channel, Lebron was trash in this game. 6 - 20 and 1 - 5 from the three. Bron didnt outshoot anything

[@husneiniqbal228]

10/19 from the freethrow line tho, keep coping, be a strong whiny little baby

[@peewee0224]

Goodbye 👋🏼

[@YunisRajab]

@@husneiniqbal228 sure if you want to celebrate making free throws. Or we can criticize a guy when he plays bad just a thought

[@husneiniqbal228]

@@YunisRajab its a difference between shooting bad and playing bad. he didn't shoot well, but I think he played well

[@khanglieu4384]

@@husneiniqbal228 Good idea, I'm gonna use this every time my favorite player shits the bed... too bad my favorite player right now is Jokic and he shoots well and plays well

[@fabianocostacoelho3591]

Double FT knocked them out!

[@RobustMustache]

LeBron was 6 of 20 from the field and 1 of 5 from three. And he air balled a critical shot in crunch time. He got most of his points from FTs and half weren't even fouls. Then he gets praised for a cherry picked dunk because he didn't get back on defense after he was blocked. ("back there recovering" lolololol) LeBron also had a clear offensive foul(charge) on Nance during a fast break(uncalled) and you showed the replay without even acknowledging the clear charge. LeBron screen with 3:40 left was an illegal screen. He literally didn't stop moving. LeBron was also guarding Zion who put up 40pts. And as usual, the Lakers had a 2:1 FT margin. Zion should have had at least 5 more FT attempts that were just not called. Literally every player on the Lakers out played LeBron, but somehow he gets the credit for the win.

[@brilliancewinz81]

Zion left the game like the mob had money on him…

[@jeccdog7584]

Stay off Reddit the conspiracy theories are silly. Zion is out for the rest of the playoffs

[@youtubewatcher6124]

Make a vid on Warriors vs Kings

[@SC2_WARRIORS]

If Zion did not leave the game, the outcome could have been something else. 😮

[@freaknature1774]

So crazy to watch this after seeing Awful coaching’s breakdown

[@Googoogagabanana]

As a pelicans fan i am straight embarrassed

[@dimelo58]

Was ingram injured? Felt like he was barely in the game.

[@matchakaw6603]

Dude you don't have to put that background music on.

[@sergeboyd9078]

At 2.27: I believe the Pels' plan was not to play drop coverage but to ICE the pick and roll. That is why JV is positioning himself between ball and basket. T. Murphy III should have directed D. Russel to his weaker right hand while the weakside reorganizes their matchups.

[@mikaeki5245]

Oh Reggie 😂. That was a classic case of over-analyzing situations.

[@BOSSDONMAN]

LeBron went 6 for 20 and the Lakers took almost twice as many FTs as the Pelicans did.

[@salty3069]

Cry somewhere else girly

[@7770robi]

Lakers have stressed all season long defend without fouling and since they shoot the 2nd least 3s in game that means they heavily attack the basket. People foul Lebron, AD and Reaves all the time when they drive. If anyone has such a problem with LA FTs..... dont foul then ✌️😆

[@BOSSDONMAN]

@@7770robi Dude lol. Look at their FT discrepancy vs opponent over the entire season, then look at what the next team's FT discrepancy is.

[@ivblizzard3616]

@@BOSSDONMAN every call was correct though

[@vatchebalian9420]

@@BOSSDONMAN yall always bring up the free throw discrepancy but cant back up the fact that the game was heavily called in lakers favor. Watch the games, thats literally how they defend. defending without fouling

[@CyNinjaNikka]

Le refs held em down

[@psycho_bear]

It was Scott Foster and Adam Silver who knocked the Pelicans out of the 7 seed, not Lebron. WWE basketball in action.

[@reynaldo1129able]

Finally someone calls out Reggie Miller he’s wrong on atleast 80% of the challenges they review on TV and says things that make me question why he’s commentating with Kevin Harlan

[@user-ww1go3hz7n]

So many no calls against the pelicans

[@No_Iceee]

Because they foul a lot. It's not hard to understand 😂

[@arizona_anime_fan]

6 for 20 and double the free throws. and they needed zion to go down with 3 minutes left to win.

[@brettboi3730]

It's so funny that LeBron is literally jogging in the majority of these clips lmao. Old head YMCA ball master

[@arguseyed9982]

You called out the one travel that didnt matter? Just in this video you have 3 where the Lakers scored crucial points with: 6:40 it is hidden but he actually takes 4 steps before contact 9:45 11:53 2x Bonus: 8:26 changing pivot, but no scoring

[@RobustMustache]

LeBron travels and commits fouls constantly and never gets called. Its unreal.

[@Bawitza]

Lakers woulda lost if Zion didn't get hurt

[@redspy6089]

Who knows anything could happen in that game

[@HoopEnthusiasts]

Maybe

[@wg5331]

We need to stop with these make believe “if” situations. I’m not a lakers fan but what happened is what happened. Injuries are a part of the game at any point of the season.

[@zayisthatguy]

Cap

[@blocblackboyblack9226]

They shouldn’t have even played each other the play in tournament is stupid and pointless why not give the teams that qualified rest instead of risking injury in a pointless game

[@meowkii_]

how did "Lebron" knock out the pelicans when he tried his hardest to let them come back in the 4th quater?

[@cassidydankochik3294]

BBallBreakdown: "Here's an example of defense coverage that doesn't make sense to me" Awful Coaching: "WILLIE GREEN SHOULD BE SHOT OUT OF A TREBUCHET ON FIRE"

[@user-qh3lw4xe4i]

Played thei worst and still won

[@deandrepage1048]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard play is horrible.

[@user-nw4ln6gr5v]

The amount of uncalled fouls on the Lakers is insane. The free throw differential in this game was insane

[@fredooogoated8335]

Keep crying bum

[@tonydeveyra4611]

Man, lebron was laying bricks in the 4th until he gave the ball to AR15, who promptly assisted on back to back buckets that gave the lakers the lead for good.

[@wheelzlv]

"By some luck" the key phrase here, which represents the NBA refs. As usual, Lakers shoot more free throws than the opposing team and don't get called when they're fouling (0 fouls for Lebron in 41 mins!). On top of that, not calling Lakers turnovers (Lebron as usual traveling all over the place) is what made a difference in this close game. At some point it seemed Lakers were trying to lose, since they didn't want to face Denver in the 1st round. Lakers getting carried by the NBA into the playoffs is pathetic. Unfortunately, Denver will have to face the same nonsense in their series.

[@SpursOn3]

If i was brainwashed man i be like "aw hes the 🐐 " but i actually watch the game and see through the bs

[@peewee0224]

He’s 40 lol 😂 the goat talk is based on primes he’s far out of his prime

[@SpursOn3]

@@peewee0224 😂

[@Commenting800]

What bs? dominating a game at 39? that BS? Scoring more than ANYONE EVER? that BS??

[@Chapa-pa-pa]

SLEEPER is the worst. Always interrupting my videos.

[@kuraudo1614]

refs giving them too many free throws that's why lakers win 🤣🤣🤣

[@Kookadooka]

The refs MADE SURE the Lakers would advance to playoffs.. shit is fixed , I can care a less what any thinks , it’s all fixed

[@CleanMusicLover229]

McCollum sold !!

[@mohsinkamal2468]

Forgot you are the biggest lebron fanboy coach, lebron didnt shoot out anything, the pelicans were on the verge of a big upset until zion got injured

[@anubis4032]

Upset😂😂 yall were the 7th seed and at home

[@IanLEAU]

Hurt? 😂

[@zayisthatguy]

Keep on crying 😂

[@Dreicaba]

Yes and they still lose twice at home too i wonder why?

[@michaelaksen8675]

coach is well known to be not a fan of LeBron. Just watch any of his other videos covering LeBron or the Lakers.

[@HoopEnthusiasts]

Nuggets in 6

[@awesomeninja234]

Nuggets sweep

[@HoopEnthusiasts]

@@awesomeninja234idk man, lebron looks healthy and he dropped a 40 point triple double on the nuggets in game 4 last year. Who knows

[@lexifelix8510]

You've shown more Lebron turnovers and misses than good plays and still call it HIS win? 😂

[@douglasbythehalfdozen4161]

I can’t watch this BS anymore. Pelicans had three times more drives than the Lakers and the Lakers shot twice as many free throws the lerefs aren’t letting the Lakers lose.

[@squeaky23]

Thats is why reggie miller never won a ring!!!

[@fayspinoza5087]

LeBalco LePeds LeSteroids whatever, federals need to start investigate this LeFraud Blames on how is using drugs during all his career and how he involved his teammates…. Like AD who’s now never get injured. And about the game, everyone’s know from the beginning this was an easy win for the Fakers, we know how the ref and Adam are carrying Fakers in the last two years.

[@NostalgikOne]

LeBron was awful, Zion torched him for 40 and he was atrocious in the 4th when the Pels almost came back and won… What a click bait video title

[@christiangavingale3349]

Lebron was 6/20 this game. Hardly deserves being in the title. The surprisingly good defense of the entire team was what shook NOLA pretty sure unless someone's only watching the highlights or trying to get Lebron fans to click the video

[@HenryBenaid]

Too good? He is been the GOAT the whole era. What in your Mama's life do you expect? MJ is the GOAT from the trolls. Just keep poking the GOAT. 😂 Can't be stop and won't stop.

[@maxlee8371]

If they beat the nuggets, they are the champion this year

[@davidk6656]

Man even this guy is now promoting gambling to stupid fans out there, smh...

[@-Bella972-CHECK-MY-PROFILE]

*Who likes to watch movies wrapped in a warm blanket in the evenings? 😏* 👇

[@yurimargarin11]

I just wanna leave it at this, 29 LA free throws vs 15 Pelicans free throws.

[@jackyparkchan7762]

Poor Zion...

[@AD3Basketball]

Coach, too funny. I didn’t understand what Reggie was talking about either 😂