Should Lakers be excited about Pelicans win, facing the Nuggets in Round 1? | NBA | SPEAK

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-106 to become the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. Their reward? A first-round matchup against the reigning champion Denver Nuggets. However, head coach Darvin Ham is not scared, saying quote: 'We want all the smoke .. ain't ducking no fades.' Emmanuel Acho, Joy Taylor, Ric Bucher and James Jones debate whether Lakers fans should be excited over the win and later facing the champs.
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Should Lakers be excited about Pelicans win, facing the Nuggets in Round 1? | NBA | SPEAK
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[@ely578]

LAKERS IN 6 YOU ALL MF

[@escobarrizzay3599]

Acho is a smart dumb ninja 🤡

[@123shoshan]

Lakers would be 20 games under 500 without the refs lebron would have zero rings without the refs how does the nba keep getting away with rigging games ?

[@escobarrizzay3599]

@@123shoshan seek a mental therapist

[@marcioafonso5122]

@@escobarrizzay3599exactly

[@therealist2798]

As a true Lakers fan, I would rather play the Nuggets right now, in the 1st round, while AD and Lebron are well rested and not injured...having to play the Nuggets 2 or 3 rounds into the playoffs works against Lebron because of his age.

[@miguelguerrero323]

We have too lebron was gassed out last year father time was catching up so we have to play these foos I say lakers in 6

[@javarzshinall9396]

Me too because I had a feeling SAC town would be even harder​@@miguelguerrero323

[@jamalrashard9091]

Injury excuse!

[@robertboakye3297]

Cancun early 🫶🏽✌🏼

[@javarzshinall9396]

@@jamalrashard9091 it's facts if C Wood and Vanderbilt was healthy they would be even better than than 7 seed

[@martaviouspaul7117]

Acho is such a clown image thinking you should lose on purpose to play another play in game that you might lose

[@tchrisbass5650]

Wasnt someone else leading the show?

[@droskie5]

Acho is the funniest clown ever. He called angel reese a coward but now he's talking about lakers ducking the nuggets

[@ramonboston9092]

Facts 💯

[@mario6150]

The nuggets gonna destroy the Lakers tho

[@MediaSpyr]

They didn’t DLo was garbage and if he hit his average we would have won some games in my humble opinion

[@aa-.-477]

& still is. No hero ball last 3-5min of any game and if Dlo cant step up they wont win

[@guiseppejacobs2357]

Yea but that’s Dlo and how he plays in the playoffs so this doesn’t make sense

[@123shoshan]

The lakers have the highest free throw differential in nba history and yet no one in the media talks about it lakers would be 20 games under 500 without the refs what’s happening its worse than criminal millions of people are paying for tickets and the refs are literally calling fouls on purpose to help the lakers .

[@kingshabazz1310]

​@@123shoshanLakers have the 2nd most points in the paint. When you take more shots in the paint you get more free throws. Doesn't take rocket science smh

[@mayormccheese3786]

And Murray had the Series of his life and while DLo playing horrible and LeBron having the worst 3pt shooting season of his career and lost all those games by single digits

[@MikeJosey-vz5xt]

Joy Saves The Show 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@3825004]

Agreed

[@kclaflare]

Acho such a lame

[@123shoshan]

The lakers have the highest free throw differential in nba history and yet no one in the media talks about it lakers would be 20 games under 500 without the refs what’s happening its worse than criminal millions of people are paying for tickets and the refs are literally calling fouls on purpose to help the lakers

[@kclaflare]

@@123shoshan lol ok

[@James-jr8yo]

Why does Acho get to anchor this show? He has no idea what he's talking about. The Lakers have one shot to make the Finals and that's to face the Nuggets first. Not a good shot but it's a shot.

[@CreativeBigL]

James Because he backstabbed Marcellus Wiley!

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Reminds of when the avengers beat thanos. Only one way of beating him was giving him the time stone.

[@watchmesquatch]

Make no sense, bud. The Nuggets are more rested. Stop making up BS reasons for the Lakers. 😂

[@imgodsson8943]

Everybody don't have a heart and courage

[@wesleycuban8649]

@@CreativeBigLFacts. He’s a yes man for Fox. Big tap dancer energy and he’s been hating on Bron and the Lakers since he got his own show. He never talked about them like when he was on SFY. He’s just a well articulated hater now

[@SSJRome]

Never made sense to tank a game to avoid the team you probably have to see regardless in order to get out of the western conference

[@123shoshan]

The lakers have the highest free throw differential in nba history and yet no one in the media talks about it lakers would be 20 games under 500 without the refs what’s happening its worse than criminal millions of people are paying for tickets and the refs are literally calling fouls on purpose to help the lakers

[@SSJRome]

@@123shoshan it’s called defending without fouling

[@123shoshan]

@@SSJRome right so the lakers are the only team that magically defends without fouling it’s called refs purposely helping lakers

[@SSJRome]

@@123shoshan lol you right they helped them so much they ended up in the play-in tournament anyway 😅

[@123shoshan]

@@SSJRome if not for refs they finish in last place

[@neshiahoward]

I’ll never understand why some people think it would’ve been smart for Lakers to intentionally lose the first play in game to “avoid” Denver when they’re going to have to see them no matter what. How does that make ANY sense?? It’s brain rot

[@bloomscenenlp]

I agree that you shouldn’t intentionally lose a play-in game, but you’re assuming that Denver is 100% guaranteed to meet at the WCF.

[@billeh60]

Shady would’ve been perfect for this 😂😂

[@marijapetrovic3309]

Gentleman swep🧹🤣🤣🤣

[@denitrifi.gaming]

I was watched almost 10 minutes where no one said anything of substance except talk about the previous playoffs

[@travesotom6890]

Last year the difference in the series with the Nuggets was that DLo averaged only 6 points a game against them when he averaged about 18 points a game against the Warriors and Grizzlies, so DLo has to deliver 😂

[@lg3385]

DLo gotta face his fears. His drop off in the WCF was REAL bad. 6 PPG and got benched in game 4. He says he wanna be a Laker after the season, show it in this series

[@user-po2yt9pc4l]

This Laker hope is just hilarious

[@bogoljubdjordjevic7528]

Lakers can only win how they win refs will give them 30 free throw and Denver 7-8 and that's how they help them from time Lebron come to LA every game they have crazy amount of free throws over any other team how is that posible!?!?

[@ig6894]

Acho haters all out in full force, why watch his show if you hate this guy that much.

[@kinggkongg9694]

WHERE TF IS SHADY AT!?!?!?

[@cirolove4dking]

What about when the clippers had a long streak of beating the Lakers and all of a sudden they can’t deal with them

[@PrinceCortezJones]

It's like I'm the only one who remembers Lakers losing every game by single digits and Dlo + Dennis could barely average 10 points between the BOTH of them.....

[@vasquezalfred]

I called it last season….next year may the lakers play the nuggets AGAIN in this 1st round so that they can be SWEPT….AGAIN!! So that there’s no doubt!!…Who is and has been the Better Team!! SWEEP!!!…SWEEP!!!…BACK TO BACK!!!

[@otislandry6079]

acho this is the best time play the Denver nuggets and they can win in Denver and so don't say the Lakers can't beat the nuggets anything can happen yall forget they have the king and and the prince everyone play and step up they have a chance to beat the nuggets

[@mario6150]

It ain't like acho lying the Lakers can't beat the nuggets

[@jsilva7005]

If the Lakers can beat the Nuggets, why have the lost 8 straight to them? The fact that they haven’t even been able to win ONE game, shows that the Nuggets are clearly the better, more talented team. Lakers fans are delusion, and it’s hilarious.

[@rsdiegos]

@@mario6150 maybe, but there’s a better chance to knockout the champs early in the playoffs rather than playing meaningless games against other teams just to lose to Denver. Its a waste of energy and waste of the players time.

[@user-lt1fx2he5s]

@@jsilva7005Just let them talk

[@mario6150]

@@rsdiegos ok u got.yiur wish and your team will be gone in 5. Good luckn

[@coachweb101]

💪🏾We here now👑

[@PricefieldPunk]

Last year the Lakers were already outta gas entering game 1 cause they had to chase Steph Curry and Klay Thompson around for 6 games before facing the Nuggets. Idk why thats never taken into consideration

[@Snyper69]

Fair enough...we excited about how we playing so don't matter who we playing🤷🤷 We bringing Dlo this year😏😏

[@kingshabazz1310]

These same clowns said the Warriors had a better chance than the Lakers.

[@siler22]

Denver vs Lakers is nba version of superbowl, nobody cares to mention any other series outside this one

[@ZoSo_x]

Joy speaking facts and idk wtf Acho talking about.... Like what are the Lakers supposed to say or act like? Like they ducking or scared of the Nuggets?? Ffs its a whole new year and a whole new series and may the best team win 👊

[@PaulEdouardLouisPablo]

Acho keeps rambling about how everyone gave it their best shot but never mention DLO was averaging 6ppg in the series. Does this clown even think before opening his mouth?

[@EbonthePhenom]

If the lakers can beat the nuggets even if it takes six games, that’s the worst of it. Doesn’t get worse after that and I think they are aware of that. Everybody needs to suit up and show out this series.

[@tycox14]

We miss Marcelus

[@trentonspears5304]

This segment felt like a parody.

[@gwahighlights]

Lol Acho didn’t DLO for a reason😂

[@keithmarcus8638]

As a Lakers fans I don't see we getting past the Nuggets, but never say never. You'll never know what's gonna happen. Sometimes with a little luck, you might survive

[@travesotom6890]

The Lakers secret weapon, Vanderbilt is going to play and Vincent can be a difference maker we will see, Acho is captain obvious😆🤣

[@Turbolsvda9]

We play whoever lakers don't duck nobody magic, shaq,kobe we the team of legends we don't run from nobody

[@boedwards3629]

As a lakers fan since birth Acho said nothing wrong. But I’m still pulling for my guys to pull it off

[@daricolesliejr9616]

U sound crazy he sound like a straight bi**h

[@Ryyian]

​@@daricolesliejr9616the only b***tch here is you ,mad over entertainment on television

[@markocurcic2003]

The Nuggets lost to Phoenix when KD and Book shot like 120% from the field. That's it. Not that the Nuggets were bad, those two just didn't miss shots. But that's not sustainable im a 7 game series.

[@JuniorLewingKoo]

Lakers is fresh and hungry. Denver don't wanna face the Lakers in any first round. Believe that!.

[@foe._nigel]

Dlo played his absolute best ur right he averaged like 4 pts 😂

[@BarraganNathan]

Show is called speak?

[@threadripper3750]

no, it's about lakers getting proper rest(lebron and AD) in the 1st round vs. the nugs matches better.

[@jimbowaxo]

Nuggets played their best series all playoff long last year against the lakers. The nuggets needed to play their best to beat the lakers 4 straight games. Lets see if nuggets can do it again. I'm guessing highly unlikely.

[@joshuaisrael6117]

If Dwight Howard was on the Lakers Joker wouldn't have a chance!!!

[@Organized_Insanity]

I’m hearing a lot of Cope😂

[@booksrdevinkevin]

The disrespect to my suns

[@joshuafult84]

It's very simple if Jamal Murray plays bad the Lakers can win the series. If Jamal Murray plays great Lakers lose in 4/5

[@elliscain2023]

I don’t even think Acho believes what he’s saying lol

[@miguelguerrero323]

Never that lakers in 6

[@sirchi8731]

Facts Lakers in 6

[@corning1]

Venmo me. I doubt it lol

[@jamesroby2667]

Lol 😂 what makes yall think yall gone beat the nuggets in 6 .. mismatches all across the court

[@theg.o.a.ttrevor6640]

Nuggets in 4

[@sirchi8731]

@@theg.o.a.ttrevor6640 no trolling or I troll you. Lakers win in 7

[@user-vu7hg1sq4y]

No FAKE INJURIES FOR DAVIS AND JAMES DURING PLAYOFFS

[@anthonyd.5516]

Lakers in 6>>>

[@EEazyM0neySniper35]

LeBron is my favorite player all time.. that being said I hope LA wins but I don't think they will I think the series will go to game 6 or 7 with the nuggets winning.. but I think playing LA in the first round is gonna take a lot of energy out of the nuggets going forward

[@kwame2222]

If the Lakers beat the Nuggets a lot of people will sound so silly

[@bignamek]

How can buecher say how the nuggets played in Phoenix gave you pause about the nuggets? In order to barely win thise games, they beeded booker to shoot over 70% from the field two games in a row. The moment that got back to his average, nuggets beat rhem by gmdouble digits.

[@iamzo4113]

I’m tire of people acting like Denver the greatest team ever assembled. Every 5-6 years you get a anomaly team: 04 pistons, 11 Mavs

[@TheDaveish]

It's a little rough to let a fan boy dominate the show and speak over every one! Can we just call him Skip Jr to save me the time of learning more useless names?

[@rockafelladw]

Last year's Lakers team couldn't score. We can't compare this Lakers team with one of the best offenses in the league to last year. (Lakers have had a top 5 offense since the All-Star break.)

[@Theburksfam123]

He's lying LeBron AD was the only one stepping up in the Denver game last year this year they got a whole squad.

[@michaelforbes7683]

He forgot to mention D low has to score

[@QuintonRichardson]

8 is the number of new being yeah

[@acholambirago9480]

The Lakers gonna sweep them boys… yeah I said it!!!!

[@marcusaurelius5149]

AD is coming off an eye injury. We got everyone healthy right now. Other teams can be beat without AD but not the Nuggets. They're too big. The Lakers have to make their move now.

[@myredrumscold210]

Why do we care what Darvin says? We forget last year with all that yapping?

[@YungWoo11]

It's all up to dlo he play better last year they could have won this year he play better we can take the series n make it to the finals after that

[@manofaith75]

The Clippers owned the Lakers, beating them 11 games in a row. This season, the Lakers reversed the jinx and beat the Clippers 3-1. Who TF is to say the tables cannot be turned on the McNuggets, whom the Lakers already beat in 2020?

[@cheyennehendrix-porter8359]

Just from this segment you can tell acho don’t want ball.

[@ornettegray1164]

I love Ocho

[@Athraxes]

So if the Lakers wouldnt get every foul call and all those free throws and the opponent basically none... where would they be at? Truly?

[@poloqj4018]

Acho is a legit cornball

[@jimbowaxo]

lakers lost to clippers like 10+ in a row, until they beat them.

[@ReggieSamuel]

Show is so much better when Acho isn’t there!

[@ig6894]

That's a lie, the show had no direction when Acho is not hosting.

[@dominicvaldez8367]

Nothing but facts

[@QuintonRichardson]

8 is the number of new beinging

[@woodywoods3343]

Didn't win all those titles ducking.... remember the Titans.. Lakers 🌞🌴💪

[@jimbowaxo]

I'm sorry, but if you watched last year, lebron gassed out against the nuggets. He looked tired in game 1 and game 2. And he couldn't make a 3 to save his life (all season long). Not the case this time around.

[@kbdemonbain4568]

nuggets should be the favorites and have all the confidence but that being said, a few things that can give lakers hope is lebron is healthy, acho says lebron gave you his best punch but he didn't lebron was not healthy and it is evident just this entire season compared to how lebron looked post foot injury last year and all post season he was on 1 foot last year. 2 dlo averaged i think it was 6 ppg vs denver before getting benched so if dlo can bounce back and even play 80% of what he was in the regular season that is a massive improvement 3rd gabe vincent and even spencer imo can provide better defense and offense than schroeder did on JM. jokic is jokic lakers don't have the big depth like they did in 2020 to make jokic work yes nuggets swept the lakers but all but 1 game came down to the final possessions in the game and jamaal as great as he is had the series of his life he averaged i think it was 35ppg on insane efficiency his career is like 25ppg in the playoffs so if he doesn't play out of his mind, let jokic be jokic i think with everything else i written out gives lakers some hope to have a slim chance to beat the nuggets

[@jvwilli7]

🤦. That’s a LOT writing to convince us or yourself…?

[@williamwaheed1158]

Acho can get his back on against non Nigerian players, remember his gushing and giving the title to Giannis after Dame joined Bucs. Ain't heard nothing since then, now he can get back to Skip Bayless style hate on Bron.

[@antrob1225]

Lakers have to punch the Nuggets in the mouth first starting in Game one. PS: And don’t let Murray have his way like last year. DEFENSE PLEASE

[@ghostdini8372]

Nuggets bout to Sweep the Lakers again.

[@masonr5677]

Excited for what we been mediocre all season ! We bout to get swept

[@bradmodd7856]

Yeah the Lakers are depressed about beating the Pelicans, sad to be in the playoffs, bored to face the Nuggets 😆more serious nba talk at a bar than on this panel

[@kmoliere504]

I try to watch but Clowno is just insufferable

[@nathCO3023]

Lakers fans, Cowboys fans, are the most annoying people to listen to

[@threadripper3750]

lakers did whoop them chicken nuggets during the bubble

[@ig6894]

Yes they did with Dwight, but the guys did not want him in their lock room, because Dwight is so happy. The Lakers need a big to muscle inside, those skinny tall guys will not be effective.

[@beomancertv6889]

This is the first time I agreed with slick and disagreed with Achoo. What is the goal of the Lakers? Is it to win games in the playoffs only? Or win the championship? Then what better time to eliminate the competition now since AD & Lebron is fresh and Dlo is having a productive season. Why are we dismissing the fact that the Lakers beat the Nuggets in 2020 WCF 4-1? Roster changes, injury happens but they were there so Lakers have a chance.

[@user-lt1fx2he5s]

And the Nuggets swept the Lakers last year 4-0

[@lancehandy7487]

Lakers can beat the nuggets all it takes is a couple bad games from Murray.

[@brandonmcdonald5091]

Love joys hair she is my goat ❤

[@astronewton1995]

They need to smack denver in the mouth first game. Win by double digits and see if they get rattled. Most definitely Denver wins game 2 and the lakers must defend home court and if they do that then 3-1 down Denver. They will get game 5 but that game 6 they gotta close it most definitely and this playoffs it’s all up DLO he can’t disappear.

[@haroldbailey6675]

Ahco 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@beenz5]

Acho face voice haircut and beard annoy tf outa me and his takes and philosopher attitude blows me

[@bromajik5183]

Lebron will play 100 % in the Nuggets series and Finals others will have to step up in the next rounds

[@corwincurlinjr6690]

Let's go Lakers, time to seve up some Serbian chicken nuggets. 💪🏿 Going for 18 baby!!!

[@floridaboy7273]

Lakers n 6 !!!!

[@SANGAPRINCEJOHNOUMA]

0 and 8 narrative? do we really want to give this man Lebron more fuel?? still not over 2016 guys...please stop, you know he listening right??

[@OutKastTy]

I’m laugh if lakers pull through I honestly think they can

[@pitofitsique8566]

I love this show and cast. However, the improper grammar and vocabulary is crazy! Lol.

[@cholosinpolosgolf1856]

Look I've been a Lakers fan for almost 50 years, I'm not saying they're going to win because I'm a realistic person. But I'll be rooting for them all the way through, but if they do win, I don't want all these sports people who bet against the Lakers to lose to jump on the Band Wagon when they win, because they do it all the time.

[@315giants]

they will last year they all chose the lakers over the nuggets and once the nuggets won all the analysts were talking like they chose the nuggets

[@chavadosmiles3516]

Lakers in six