Blazers Biggest Mismatch Advantage

[MARIS61]

Don't forget how well OUR defense has played recently.

I haven't noticed that our starters have played any better defense lately than earlier in the season. They had improved their offense by pushing the tempo quite a bit.

Our bench stepped it up considerably on defense in the last few games of regular season though.

Nate didn't give them a chance to continue that trend as he always had Roy or Blake in there playing the point and they walked it up the court rather than pass.

The only time we didn't get outscored was the 3 minute stints when Sergio had the ball.

 

[MARIS61]

I'm quoting myself, because, well I was right....

Brooks a 2 year PG killed us. Destroyed our defense. How can this be?.... But it happened last time we played and it happened again...

Lets hope we can stop him Tuesday.

It is odd, as Blake is far better than Brooks in every single stat and quite a bit stronger than him also.

 

[MARIS61]

You're right. In hindsight, I was waaaay too optimistic!

Hindsight (snicker)...I get it.

 

[alex42083]

trying to establish that greg oden guy to force yao to worry about his man defensively might help the blazers as well.

Yes... but LaMarcus has been our horse all season long as our No. 2 scorer behind Brandon. No way can we afford to have him not dominate his matchup and score just seven points, and think we have a chance of winning.

 

[rocketeer]

It is odd, as Blake is far better than Brooks in every single stat and quite a bit stronger than him also.

not true.