Event Blazers (#3) vs Thunder (#6): Revenge!

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  • Blazers

    Votes: 59 76.6%

  • Thunder

    Votes: 18 23.4%
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Dame joked and said they get more playoff bonuses for being the 3rd seed vs 4th. I looked it up and it's true!

How have I followed the NBA for so long and never realized this?


From last year:

Regular season achievements:

  • Best record in NBA (Rockets): $576,843
  • No. 1 seeds in each conference (Rockets, Raptors): $504,737 each
  • No. 2 seeds (Warriors, Celtics): $405,684 each
  • No. 3 seeds (Trail Blazers, Sixers): $302,843 each
  • No. 4 seeds (Thunder, Cavaliers): $238,001 each
  • No. 5 seeds (Jazz, Pacers): $198,317 each
  • No. 6 seeds (Pelicans, Heat): $135,263 each
Postseason achievements:

  • Teams participating in first round (all playoff teams): $298,485 each
  • Teams participating in Conference Semifinals (Rockets, Warriors, Jazz, Pelicans, Celtics, Cavaliers, Sixers, Raptors): $355,159 each
  • Teams participating in Conference Finals (Rockets, Warriors, Celtics, Cavaliers): $586,898 each
  • Losing team in NBA Finals (TBD): $2,346,947
  • Winning team in NBA Finals (TBD): $3,541,896
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George shooting .434 since coming back from injury. It seems like he was shooting better before that time off.
 
Paul George against the Blazers this Season: 30.4 PPG, 44.8 FG%, 44.5 3P%,

Russel Westbrook against the Blazers this Season: 29.5 PPG, 42.0 FG%, 26,4 3P% (at least one good stat for us)

Holy shit, and this was all with Nurkic.
 
Labinot41 said:
Paul George against the Blazers this Season: 30.4 PPG, 44.8 FG%, 44.5 3P%,

Russel Westbrook against the Blazers this Season: 29.5 PPG, 42.0 FG%, 26,4 3P% (at least one good stat for us)

Holy shit, and this was all with Nurkic.
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So....? Playoffs != RegularSeason
 
I preferred playing the Jazz, but I agree the regular season record is misleading. As someone else pointed out,
our two road losses were both on the end of a back to back. One home loss was by 2 points, and the other was in OT right after a 7 game road trip.

They did close out games against us better, but I prefer that we lost all 4 match ups vs winning all 4. Being 4-0 would be the kiss of death.
 
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I will say this: I think we stand a better (=slightly less awful) chance against the Thunder than the Jazz. Here's the second-half record of all the teams, and the Jazz have been pretty hot:

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The Thunder, meanwhile, have had the worst record of the West playoff teams. And it wasn't because they were missing key players - was it?
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I will say this: I think we stand a better (=slightly less awful) chance against the Thunder than the Jazz. Here's the second-half record of all the teams, and the Jazz have been pretty hot:

The Thunder, meanwhile, have had the worst record of the West playoff teams. And it wasn't because they were missing key players - was it?
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Yeah but that graphic also shows the Blazers as being hot as well (1 game difference from the Jazz with a lot more road games) Even without CJ and Nurk.

I just don't think it makes that much of a difference.
 
Another sweep projected? I couldn't handle that....especially to the Sonics.

Don't think they will get swept though.
 
personally, I think that Utah would have been a better match-up for Portland than OKC

but that's more of a general sense of things. When I look at factors:

* Gobert seems more capable of exploiting Kanter's weaknesses than Adams and more capable of defending Kanter's offense

* Utah is consistent in that they will rarely beat themselves. They are disciplined and rely on fundamental defense and offensive execution. On the other hand, OKC is prone to inconsistency and they can self-destruct in spectacular fashion. Obviously, Portland is capable of that too but they are much more likely to get gifts from OKC then from Utah

* Utah is healthy, for the most part, while there are questions about PG and Adams

Portland went 4-0 against OKC last season and went 0-4 this season. What was the difference? Well, no Melo for one thing. But the main difference is last season OKC had Paul George; this season, they had MVP-level Paul George, especially in Blazer games. Portland has no answer for that. If OKC brings regular PG13, Portland has a decent shot at winning the series. If MVP-level PG13 shows up it's turn out the lights
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I will say this: I think we stand a better (=slightly less awful) chance against the Thunder than the Jazz. Here's the second-half record of all the teams, and the Jazz have been pretty hot:

1b1e1b74-3762-4972-91e8-3fb5459d35e7.png

The Thunder, meanwhile, have had the worst record of the West playoff teams. And it wasn't because they were missing key players - was it?
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PG's shoulder injury has contributed to their shit record. As well as better competition.
 
I like this draw for the Blazers. They got worked last year we all know that. They have something to prove. The noises are telling them they have no shot in this series. They have something to prove.
This team has shown all year they're going to keep fighting, and they've got way more "dog" in them then they did last year. PA's death, CJ's injury in the last weeks of the season and then a week later Nurk's injury. The team has continued to fight. OKC's going to be very full of themselves. I think this is the year we finally see Dame go off in the playoffs.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I like this draw for the Blazers. They got worked last year we all know that. They have something to prove. The noises are telling them they have no shot in this series. They have something to prove.
This team has shown all year they're going to keep fighting, and they've got way more "dog" in them then they did last year. PA's death, CJ's injury in the last weeks of the season and then a week later Nurk's injury. The team has continued to fight. OKC's going to be very full of themselves. I think this is the year we finally see Dame go off in the playoffs.
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I'll take a chance to make the Thunder feel like we did last year.
 
Look Stotts played the hell out of the bench and ground them into the court and they still won. You can't ask a team to throw a game by intentionally missing shots and creating turnovers. That's just wrong. Stotts gave Sac every chance to win that game and they didn't.
 
I see it only slightly differently:

BoomChakaLaka said:
Portland will win games 1 and 2, lose game 3 in overtime on the road, lose game 4 by 7 points, where a big fight breaks out after Nards sets a hard pick on Westbrook and they get into a brawl with punches thrown. Only Nards is suspended for game 5. Upon returning to the airport at 1:25am, similarly to 1977, some 5,000 Blazermaniacs (all driven by Uber driver Kingspeed at no charge!) greet the Blazers back home to Portland. Game 5 is a blowout with Portland winning by 25 points. Game six is no different as the Blazers close out OKC on the road as CJ goes off for 39 points and Damian winds up with 23 assists. Blazers win game 6 in OKC 112-90.

Portland in 6

Next up, San Antonio
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