The LA Lakers will miss the playoffs for the second straight year after ‘King James’ and his team fell to the Phoenix Suns.
On Tuesday, the Lakers lost to the Suns 121-110, with LeBron on the bench with an ankle injury.
The last time the Lakers won the Finals was in 2020. Now the team will miss the playoffs for the seventh time in the last nine seasons. Specifically, this is the second time the Lakers have been kicked out of the playoffs in LeBron James’ four seasons with the team.
After the game, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said he was “extremely disappointed. Disappointed for our fanbase. Disappointed for the Buss family.
The loss sent many on Twitter to mock “King James” and mock the Lakers for their ignominious retirement from the playoffs:
The NBA playoffs are better without LeBron James.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) April 6, 2022
LeBron James has now missed the playoffs twice as often as Michael Jordan.
— BossHogg (@6Hogg6) April 6, 2022
The Los Angeles Lakers were knocked out of the playoffs…
“Anthony Davis is getting older, LeBron will be in his 20th year and Westbrook is down… No adjustment is going to solve this problem.” — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/SSoPf3EWTL
– Herd with Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) April 6, 2022
The Lakers have 48 losses this season.
Most by a LeBron James team ever. pic.twitter.com/S2YV3T6PrA
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 6, 2022
Lebron goat??? pic.twitter.com/71tObbx1AZ
– 13ὁ (@OwnHimPG) April 6, 2022
Skip Bayless rips Lebron’s legacy tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/zj4f1lsiPl
— SSB🏴☠️ (@SSBurner_) April 6, 2022
Stephen Curry led his team to a 37-26 record and the 8th seed with a roster consisting of eight g leaguers and had Kent Bazemore as his starter.
Lebron James couldn’t even make the play-in with a team that was favorite to win the title heading into the season. pic.twitter.com/WO1xECUJkd
— StephMuse (@stephmuse30) April 6, 2022
LeBron and the gang next week pic.twitter.com/C5qwQGSd1X
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) April 6, 2022
LeBron had enough pic.twitter.com/16bcTaDoOY
— Overtime (@overtime) April 6, 2022
LeBron since joining the Lakers:
2019 – MISSED PLAYOFFS 😂
2020 – MICKEY MOUSE “RING”
2021 – LOSES IN THE FIRST ROUND 😭
2022 – MISSING THE PLAYOFFS..YET ὈLadies and gentlemen… the “King of LA” 👑 pic.twitter.com/xkob49RSMG
—Miguel Jordan (@PettyAirJordan) April 6, 2022
LeBron thought he was Steph 😭 pic.twitter.com/Pe7mIWUkMH
— Guru (@DrGuru_) April 6, 2022
The media: “LeBron left the building”
*checks the game* pic.twitter.com/vHLToPfmBW
— Masked 🎭 (@MaskedLBJ) April 6, 2022
LeBron’s first 4 years in Los Angeles:
2018-19: Missed playoffs
2019-20: Bubble ring
2020-21: Exit from the first round
2021-22: Missed playoffsIt becomes increasingly clear as the seasons pass that the bubble was nothing more than an aberration and a fluke and should be treated as an outlier season. pic.twitter.com/V13jwXxXgj
— DeAndre Williams (@PrimeDree) April 6, 2022
.@King James this is the longest april fools joke ever man
– GoldenKnightⒸ (@GoldenKnightGFX) April 5, 2022
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