Game Thread 2026 PLAYOFFS RND 1 - GAME #5 - BLAZERS @ SPURS - APRIL 28, 2026 - TUESDAY - 6:30 - ESPN (5 Viewers)

[ehizzy3]

lol oh now they want to review

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Can someone please for the love of god explain to me why were letting Castle have a wide open 3 where no one was within 10 to 12 feet of him ??

I could understand if the Spurs played that on the Blazers right now since they cannot hit the broad side of a barn but no excuse for the Blazers to leave anyone that wide open.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I mean that flurry to end the second gives me some hope.

Supposedly hope is the thing with feathers, but I think mine's been plucked

 

[Chris Craig]

Can someone please for the love of god explain to me why were letting Castle have a wide open 3 where no one was within 10 to 12 feet of him ??

I could understand if the Spurs played that on the Blazers right now since they cannot hit the broad side of a barn but no excuse for the Blazers to leave anyone that wide open.

Because Clingan refuses to play defense

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Ooh we almost cut it to twenty - better call a timeout, Spurs!

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Wrong -- he is the one that should be on Wemby not Jrue at least in the paint

but again this comes down to coaching and on the floor communication

 

[Chris Craig]

It's funny, out of OKC and San Antonio, my intuition is to side with the Spurs.

BUT: the Spurs have 4 titles and those teams and this one are built around generational players that they lucked into. Meanwhile, apart from Holmgren, does OKC have another player taken in the top 10? And they put their roster together the right way, building patiently without luck and in a small market. Plus I like the fact that SGA is low-key. I even like the fact that he went with Converse for his signature shoe.

But better either of them than the fucking Lakers or Warriors, amirite?

I'd rather anyone but the Spurs win. Fuck them.

 

[BBert]

Trying to avoid Wemby is suicide. Go into his body

 

[Sedatedfork]

If there is some way the Blazers win this game it would demoralize the spurs. It is the only silver lining I can find and I have been searching for 30 minutes

 

[twobullz]

Because Clingan refuses to play defense

I think it is more he doesn’t have the speed to get out there.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I was going tosay, that's a fragrant. Not close to a basketball play.

You mean he farted at the same time he put his shoulder into him?

 

[Chris Craig]

If there is some way the Blazers win this game it would demoralize the spurs. It is the only silver lining I can find and I have been searching for 30 minutes

There isn't one other than Tiago and support cast is gone. Cronin probably gone. Half this team, fucking gone.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

I think most of us were so sold on Splitter cause he is so much better then Billups that we kind of forgot Billups was so bad that anyone would have been better and we kind of talked ourselves into thinking Splitter was the answer and breaking news -- nope.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Guys. I don’t think we are winning the championship this year

 

[Ripcity4life77]

This team could not dress in drag and win the WNBA championship at this point -- LOL

 

[Rastapopoulos]

In crazy stats-o-the-day, Jerami is currently +11...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Guys. I don’t think we are winning the championship this year

Get that as a tattoo and you never need to get it lasered

 

[Chris Craig]

Get that as a tattoo and you never need to get it lasered

Ever

 

[BBert]

Scoot, Shae, Deni, Grant, RW. That's my lineup right now. Give Scoot the ball and put him in charge. He needs the experience.

 

[ehizzy3]

I hope the bench had a better angle than the one we saw before the commercial break. Plus the ball didn’t hit the rim if we win it we are going to have a few seconds to shoot?

 

[Ripcity4life77]

BBert -- I agree cept take out Williams for Yang

 

[HailBlazers]

simultaneous? the NBA loves trolling us

 

[BBert]

BBert -- I agree cept take out Williams for Yang

That just might work!

 

[riverman]

So... the keepers are the 35 year old and the guy with no knees?

That's a couple but watch them keep Love and Cidy and trade Scoot and Shaedon, Grant with the Milwaukee picks for an impact player. At least that's what I can see Dundon doing. I'd say Tiago is history at this point. I think they'll keep Deni and Toumani out of the young guys.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Get that as a tattoo and you never need to get it lasered

I never did say what my ass injection was for. I might already have that ass tat

 

[BlazerBeav]

Doris Burke is an absolute clown. Absolute clown.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

You know something -- this offense makes the Dame -- everyone stand around and let him shoot a 3 look good cause at least Dame could hit the shot more times the not. This offense is drive get stuck then hold the ball for another couple seconds then scramble around and hope someone can find a 3 point shot and more then likely miss the damn thing.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sadly, it's pretty underwhelming. Seriously, you'd be better off watching a couple of All The Smoke episodes. They didn't put much money or effort into it.

I watched it and liked it.

 

[BlazerBeav]

The only good thing about this is we can feel safe that Tiago won’t get the job.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I watched it and liked it.

But it hardly had any of the players in it! It was like a vanity project for Sheed, Bonzi and Stoudamire. I mean, I'm fine with Sheed, but where are Steve Smith? Scottie Pippen? Hell, I'd love to hear about what happened to JR Rider. And of course, SABAS!