Blazers in 7th BITCHES

[LOTBfan]

you mean

those smilies are giving the horse mouth hugs

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

Magic number to clinch playoffs...2...

 

[maxiep]

I said it before and I'll say it again: I think we end up in the 6th spot. I think SA ends up in 7th and OKC ends up in 8th and is swept by the Fake Show.

My reasoning is that after two seasons of reaching for the playoffs, our core guys know what it means to increase your intensity at the end of the season. Not counting the WAS and PHX game which seemed to be a mini-slump where our shots weren't falling, we're playing some terrific basketball. Marcus is finding his place and our rotation is finally settling down. When I put myself in the shoes of the teams in slots 1-4, I look at Portland and think that's a team I want to avoid (unless I'm Jerry Sloan).

SA--despite last night's silly loss--knows how to close a season. I think they've been playing some "statement" games and tuning up for playoff basketball. I don't think they catch us because their schedule is more difficult, but I think they go into the playoffs strong.

OKC has played some really good basketball, but they're where we were two years ago. They have to learn the tough lesson of playoff-level basketball. OKC is best as a disruptive, open court, free flowing team. We ground them down Sunday night. They're going to have to learn the lesson that end of season basketball is a whole different animal. As a result I think they slip down to 8th.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

I said it before and I'll say it again: I think we end up in the 6th spot. I think SA ends up in 7th and OKC ends up in 8th and is swept by the Fake Show.

A Lakers/Thunder 1st round matchup would be a jizz-fest for ESPN.

KOBE!!!!

DURANT!!!!

NEXT!!!!!!

Oh wait, that was NBC.

 

[hasoos]

I am still optimistic about the Blazers moving up, again. Denver is only 2 games out in the loss column and we play them once more. We have tiebreakers vs OKC and San Antonio.