It was a great night for the Lakers and a terrible one for the Clippers, with today mirroring both franchise’s long-running stories.
Here’s how NBA players and NBA Twitter in general reacted:
CLIPPERS GO DOWN 2-0
Can’t blow a 3-1 lead if you go down 0-2. pic.twitter.com/OXeER29o6S
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 26, 2021
Luka big bucket on Pat Bev late, has words for him all the way down the floor pic.twitter.com/lPAwTADLdb
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 26, 2021
Luka just savagely screaming shit at Pat Bev all the way down the floor after scoring on him is straight Larry Bird shit. It’s so good.
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) May 26, 2021
the mavs hunting that beverly switch so much you’d think It be extinct by now
— jason c. (@netw3rk) May 26, 2021
Stephen A's gonna have to make up new words to describe the Clippers effort today
— Seerat Sohi (@seeratsohi) May 26, 2021
Y’all really tanked to play the Mavs pic.twitter.com/chd1w0Jqer
— 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓸 🥀 (@mario_salazqr) May 26, 2021
Tim about to get paaaaaaidddd 💼
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) May 26, 2021
move the clippers to San Diego brah pic.twitter.com/MJOoR1HSJB
— Not Russ Markey (@thisisnotruss) May 26, 2021
The Clippers wanted this, remember. This will make five straight losses in the playoffs if they can't drag themselves out of a 14-point deficit.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 26, 2021
it seems as though the entirety of the World Wide Web has mobilized to kick us while we're down and there's nothing we can really say about it so that's fun
— Isaac K. Lee (@IsaacKLee) May 26, 2021
LAKERS BEAT SUNS TO TIE SERIES 1-1
high level 🔥
LA/SUNS— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) May 26, 2021
Book a smooth criminal
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) May 26, 2021
Love Crowder game. Big signing for the Suns. This game coming down to the wire. Playoff basketball at its finest.
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) May 26, 2021
He may not get a lot of love but Dennis Schroder played great tonight in the @Lakers 109-102 victory!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 26, 2021
I’m not a fan of this 2 games going on at the same time! 😒
I want to watch them all LIVE. #NBAPlayoffs— Thon Maker ™ (@ThonMaker14) May 26, 2021
Lakers fans after taking homecourt advantage from the Suns pic.twitter.com/hBzEjfxkxG
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) May 26, 2021
why did the NBA schedule game 2 of Lakers-Suns and Mavs-Clippers at overlapping times… pic.twitter.com/v07IKxvStd
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) May 25, 2021
"I wanted to make sure that I made a statement this game."
AD talks with @ChrisBHaynes after his 34-point performance in Lakers' Game 2 win. pic.twitter.com/rlYI0EiKcB
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 26, 2021