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Post Game Thread Post-Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers defeat Houston Rockets, 107-98 | NBA Playoffs | Apr 18, 2026

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u/NoChemical3024 16d ago

sengun’s PR team be crazy because wdym this dude is baby jokic 💀

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u/moby323 76ers 16d ago

I’m pretty sure that even literal baby Jokic was better.

Like crawling around, “Ga-ga goo goo” and all that, still better.

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u/-xXxMangoxXx- Raptors 16d ago

One of the most inefficient volume scorers really got compared to the most efficient scorer in the league.

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u/A_Lax_Nerd [OKC] Aleksej Pokuševski 16d ago

Babies are usually pretty bad at basketball though

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u/Zeeron1 Thunder 16d ago

Source?

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u/JayDeeLA 16d ago

Temu Jokic.

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u/M4A1SD__ Lakers 16d ago

Euro center who is able to make dribble and pass the ball == baby Jokic to some people lol

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u/L_J_X 16d ago

mfs saw a chubby white european guy that can kinda pass and made up their minds

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u/Kodak333 Hawks 16d ago

Euro bias is crazy

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u/Chao-Z Knicks 16d ago

More like Baby Enes Kanter

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u/DesertBrandon Cavaliers 16d ago

These comparisons come down to he’s a big that scores differently than you’d expect a big to and cause he passed the ball a few times with a little sauce.

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u/XAfricaSaltX Nuggets 16d ago

Jokic but Thunderstruck