Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

It’s basketball after all isn’t it? If this is the worst thing that affects your week then you’ve had a blessed life. There are many people who experience difficulties that grant them perspective; not being able to feed your family or keep a roof over your head or living in a destabilised country where tomorrow isn’t promised. When you go through things like that you remember it’s just a game with no real stakes apart from entertaining us.

As for how to deal with it, I’ve always enjoyed stoicism. Differentiating the difference between effort vs results - you can’t control the latter but you can the former. Taking it a step further, we can have no impact on either the effort or the results because we’re not playing, so you have no say in whether the team wins or loses and it’s all down to luck usually anyway.

Also remembering that what we perceive as no effort is usually a mistake on our part. We can’t discount the health of our players or our game plan or the effort and motivation of the other team - no defending champion is going to roll over.

Looking at base rates helps as well, 85%+ of the time the home team wins game 2 if they lose game 1. And lastly, just don’t get too high or too low, a big win doesn’t indicate we are going to win the series out just as a loss doesn’t indicate we are going to lose. Play the series not the individual ball game.

Just remember, it’s a game and doesn’t actually mean anything to our real lives.

 

Would be soooo sweet especially if it was against Boston. Even with health the odds are against it of course but puncher’s chance. Then we ‘d have to deal with this:

 

We will.

 

Game 2 was a must win game for the Dubs, they responded and smashed us. Game 3 is a must win game for us, let's see what we are made of.

 

If we win the Lebron goat talk will be insufferable

and he’ll lead the talk as the Lebron of playoff runs

 

Curry usually bricks at Staples

 

Season has been a success already IMO. Found pieces that fit well and should be able to resign. Losing to the defending champs who were favored with little time to get everyone integerated is no shame

They have two big holes a 3 and D wing and a backup big which should be correctable. One more shooter as well. Have assets left to move of they want to go all in.

 

Really bounced back and sent a message. Great win.

 

Nope. We simply don't have much of a window left. Imagine Bron next year?

 

We'll have no idea how they did this,: GS was playing well and the offense looked like a f***ing mess for most of the first.half.

I did like the AD/Lebron and the much hated 3 guard lineup. Lakers with DS and Reaves were able to switch everything on defense and DLo provided the shooting

 

Got to rest Bron and AD again.

Made more 3s than GS. I REPEAT, we made more 3s than GS.

Held them to 39% from the field.

Ham out coached Kerr.

 

Right. Looked like the Warriors were about to run us off the court but we rallied.