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 concepcion (@netw3rk) May 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/seeratsohi/status/1397419868064944128
Y’all really tanked to play the Mavs pic.twitter.com/chd1w0Jqer
— 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓸 🎈 (@SupahMariio) 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
— volume shooter (@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
https://twitter.com/IsaacKLee/status/1397425274803740673
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
— sreeky (@sreekyshooter) May 25, 2021
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1397414365553336322