Game Thread 2026 NBA PLAY-IN #1 - BLAZERS @ SUNS - APRIL 14, 2026 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM - PRIME - SIRIUS XM (4 Viewers)

[PCmor7]

It was a flagrant. Flagrant fakery. TV guys said Clingan pulled Brooks to the floor. LOL. What happened was, as soon as Brooks felt contact to his neck he wisely fell to the floor.

He didn't even fall to the floor. He staggered back like he was going to fall but righted himself. I couldn't believe the ref said he pulled him to the floor.

 

[PCmor7]

The Google implies it's a plastic toothpick, so maybe you're correct.

Admitting I'm right is good for the soul.

 

[THE HCP]

Blazers are giving their best punch and can barely lead. That tells u right there phx will run away with this

Look who showed up!

 

[Everything Beagle]

I will say I think Donovan got the Flagrant as a makeup for *not* getting a foul for dunking and nearly curb stomping Brooks when he was on the floor in the 2nd. That was a bit of a goonish play.

 

[PCmor7]

I will say I think Donovan got the Flagrant as a makeup for *not* getting a foul for dunking and nearly curb stomping Brooks when he was on the floor in the 2nd. That was a bit of a goonish play.

Best way to counter a goon is with a bigger goon.

 

[Natebishop3]

I still can't believe we won this... it really really bleak there.

 

[noknobs]

Just going to say this: I love the draft, and I love this draft.

But to see this team play the way it did down the stretch when it got healthy, to go on the road in the play-in, to get down double-figures in the fourth quarter after leading by double figures in the first half, to not play its best game and to gut it out and win at the end, I'm more than thrilled. If they had won that game any other way, I might be disappointed, but they won tonight like a good team wins. I don't see how you couldn't at least give the benefit of the doubt to how this team has been built and be excited for what it's capable of next year with Lillard back and so many young contributors who presumably would be better.

If you can't find a way to enjoy this, man, what are you alive for?

Absolutely. This is why I wanted to make the playoffs as opposed to keeping the pick. You don't really know what you have until the post season when everything is on the line. That's where players are made. And tonight, at least, this team showed they have some guts and can win on the road in a hostile environment and down double-figures in the fourth quarter. Now they know they can do it.

 

[Everything Beagle]

I'm not above saying I will laugh if the Suns lose their next game.

It would be the first time #7 loses the play-in

 

[Everything Beagle]

Could really use some Dame time.

Maybe Sunday lol

 

[Everything Beagle]

Avdija is a magician

Il Mago!

 

[PCmor7]

Absolutely. This is why I wanted to make the playoffs as opposed to keeping the pick. You don't really know what you have until the post season when everything is on the line. That's where players are made. And tonight, at least, this team showed they have some guts and can win on the road in a hostile environment and down double-figures in the fourth quarter. Now they know they can do it.

Some other things that are getting overlooked right now ... look at what our young guys did tonight.

Shaedon: 12 pts on 7 FGA. +19.
Scoot: 9 pts on 6 FGA in 17 minutes. 2 steals. 2 assists. 3 reb. +8.
Murray: +10 in 12 minutes with 3 assts and a blocked shot.
Donovan: +8 and 11 reb.

Toumani didn't have his typical game but made 4 steals and drew a big offensive foul later in the game.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I think our young guys really showed up.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

He was limping at one point

Yeah in the first half. Then he played after and started the second half.

 

[THE HCP]

So nice to see an actual HD broadcast for once.

 

[THE HCP]

I have no idea why so many ppl picked blazers lol

“lol”? That’s funny to you?

 

[Sheldon Shape]

“lol”? That’s funny to you?

You two have something in common. You can't admit when you're wrong.

 

[blazerkor]

“lol”? That’s funny to you?

I think most people including you and me thought the Suns were favored but it obvoiusly wasn't crazy to think our team was a live dog.

 

[blazerfan11]

When do tickets go on sale?

For Game 4 Sunday the 26th I have 6 seats in the 300 level I have to sell. 4 seats together and 2 seats together.
And the same seats available if there is a game 6.

 

[Chris Craig]

It would be the first time #7 loses the play-in

Has a #7 lost to a #8 before us?

 

[Everything Beagle]

Absolutely. This is why I wanted to make the playoffs as opposed to keeping the pick. You don't really know what you have until the post season when everything is on the line. That's where players are made. And tonight, at least, this team showed they have some guts and can win on the road in a hostile environment and down double-figures in the fourth quarter. Now they know they can do it.

Exactly this! Learning who shines and who shrinks in the playoffs is huge when you’re not done making moves.

I get the play-in now, and I really like it. The 7/8 matchup is a premium grudge match, a fantasy playoff series boiled down to its game 7 essence.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Has a #7 lost to a #8 before us?

I don’t know; i just remember the stat that 100% of 7’s have made it to the playoffs so far.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I don’t know; i just remember the stat that 100% of 7’s have made it to the playoffs so far.

Yes. Lakers won as a #8 in 2024.

 

[KingSpeed]

Has a #7 lost to a #8 before us?

I believe Miami lost to #8, won the next game, and then went to the NBA Finals.