The Los Angeles Lakers‘ extremely disappointing 2021-22 NBA season officially won’t feature a playoff berth.
The Phoenix Suns beat the Lakers 121-110 on Tuesday night to eliminate Los Angeles (31-48) from playoff — and play-in — contention in the Western Conference, and with three games still to go.
The Suns are good, and the Lakers are not. pic.twitter.com/0psgNeb6dP
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) April 6, 2022
On the other side, the Suns — owners of the NBA’s best record by eight games — set their franchise record for wins in a season with 63.
https://twitter.com/PHNX_Sports/status/1511566977277444096
The Lakers have lost seven games in a row. LeBron James sat out Tuesday night’s game with an ankle injury.
Basketball fans have had plenty of tweets — and jokes — on the Lakers officially being eliminated. Here’s a sampling of the social media reaction:
Careful out there everyone. I had two Lakers-Thunder tickets in my car for Friday and someone broke in and left four more. pic.twitter.com/mU3tpcWcIZ
— Steph Noh (@StephNoh) April 6, 2022
— jack maloney (@jackmaloneycbs) April 6, 2022
The Los Angeles Lakers have been officially eliminated from the West's play-in tournament & the 2022 playoffs.
– LeBron James has appeared in 25 wins this season, the lowest win total for any season during his 19-year career. pic.twitter.com/31UGvkegeZ— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) April 6, 2022
The Lakers have 48 losses this season.
The most by a LeBron James team ever. pic.twitter.com/S2YV3T6PrA
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 6, 2022
LeBron is averaging 30.3 points at age 37.
His team didn’t even make the play-in. pic.twitter.com/3lqL5Z3XrF
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 6, 2022
@KendrickPerkins pic.twitter.com/fEQzz8rXA6 — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 6, 2022
Lakers streaks: Lost 7, Lost 8 of 9, Lost 11 of 13, Lost 18 of 21, Lost 21 of 25
— 3030 (@jose3030) April 6, 2022
Lakers fans right now.
pic.twitter.com/gekfNlzKlm — theScore (@theScore) April 6, 2022
Russell Westbrook: "Don't worry bro, we'll be back next season."
LeBron: pic.twitter.com/72zj2Vr4Yq
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) April 6, 2022
— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) April 6, 2022
[Photo Credit: NBATV]
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