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- The Lakers were officially eliminated from the play-in tournament on Tuesday night.
- fans have begun calling this Lakers team The ‘most sisappointing team In NBA history’.
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The 2021-2022 Los Angeles Lakers have officially missed the playoffs, and NBA fans are having a field day.
The Lakers were eliminated from the play-in tournament when the Spurs clinched the 10th seed when they beat the Nuggets on Tuesday night.
The Los Angeles Lakers are officially eliminated from the NBA Playoffs pic.twitter.com/QgDkueL7KG
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 6, 2022
The Lakers are currently sitting in the 11th spot in the western conference with a 31-48 record, which is absurd considering the team’s championship aspirations at the beginning of the season.
Since preseason title favorites were first announced before the 1984-85 season, the top two teams have never failed to make the playoffs.
The Lakers (no. 2 favorites) are the first team to do so. pic.twitter.com/UeEDn0haHs
— StatMuse (@statmuse) 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
Fans immediately began calling this Lakers squad ‘most disappointing team in NBA history.’
Most Disappointing Team in NBA Historypic.twitter.com/JmJyHOEe3X
— LakeShowHoopsᴾᴴ (@LakeShowHoopsPH) April 6, 2022
LeBron & Melo are teammates of maybe the two most disappointing teams in basketball history:
– 2004 Team USA
– 2022 Lakers pic.twitter.com/AjqeU8n6IF— Slam (@slamstudios) April 5, 2022
Most dissapointing team not only in Lakers history but also in NBA history😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/J9ICXwxvJl
— wgxter (@wgxter) April 6, 2022
most disappointing team of all time? pic.twitter.com/qPQAW8aNO7
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) April 4, 2022
Let’s all remember that tonight, the most disappointing team in the history of the NBA, is going to miss the playoffs.
LOLakers
— Carmichael Dave (@CarmichaelDave) April 6, 2022