Notice Blazers VS Nuggets 2nd Rnd

[Chris Craig]

What do you guys think about the series? The matchups? Blazers in...?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Their bench is going to be a problem for us.

Their guard corps is good, but ours is better.

Our ability to contain Jokic is going to mean everything.

 

[BonesJones]

Their bench is going to be a problem for us.

Their guard corps is good, but ours is better.

Our ability to contain Jokic is going to mean everything.

Their ability to contain Dame is going to mean everything.

 

[Wade Garrett]

I'm happy.
Harris/Murray vs Lillard/CJ
Milsap/ that one dude vs Chief/Moe
Jokic vs Kanter
Bench
Coach
Advantage Portland all but one.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Their ability to contain Dame is going to mean everything.

True, and with Murray/Harris/Beasley, they have lots of looks to throw at him.

I'm not worried. If we get the same effort from Moe/Chief that we got in the first round, we might sweep.

 

[craigehlo]

Our ability to contain Jokic is going to mean everything.

His conditioning isn't great. Gotta run him on the break and make him play defense.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

His conditioning isn't great. Gotta run him on the break and make him play defense.

@Wade Garrett was saying that Jokic looked gassed at the end of tonight's game. If a tired Jokic is an ineffective Jokic, I hope Kanter makes him work hard.

 

[hoopsjock]

@Chris Craig, you didn't make the results of the poll viewable? Amateur!

 

[illmatic99]

Dwight Jaynes is asking questions in Denver.

 

[Chris Craig]

@Wade Garrett was saying that Jokic looked gassed at the end of tonight's game. If a tired Jokic is an ineffective Jokic, I hope Kanter makes him work hard.

He was gassed. He doesn't look like he is in the best shape. He was slow running the floor. When the Spurs got in front of him in the paint he got lazy and threw up one handed off balance hook shots that missed.

 

[wizenheimer]

@Wade Garrett was saying that Jokic looked gassed at the end of tonight's game. If a tired Jokic is an ineffective Jokic, I hope Kanter makes him work hard.

so then, it's fairly certain Kanter is playing?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

so then, it's fairly certain Kanter is playing?

Not certain at all. I said "I hope". Him playing is part of what I hope.

 

[Chris Craig]

@Chris Craig, you didn't make the results of the poll viewable? Amateur!

Thought I did. Fixed

 

[illmatic99]

 

[SIeepwalker]

Blazers in 5. Might sweep

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

That part where the guy is in a seattle shirt laughing I lost it lol, Im in a hotel in down town Seattle right now too.

 

[Chris Craig]

One thing that pissed me off was whenever the Nuggets would miss and the Spurs would rebound, Jokic would grab or smack the guy with the ball on his way down the court I guess to slow them down so he could get past them and down the court. Be prepared to see him do it to the Blazers too

 

[hoopsjock]

That part where the guy is in a seattle shirt laughing I lost it lol, Im in a hotel im down town Seattle right now too.

I love that he had an @BonesJones quote in there!!!!!!!

He said even he could make two buckets in an NBA game!!!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

 

[Boise Blazer]

I hope that the youth and inexperience that showed itself for the Nuggets tonight continues in that the Nuggets are more focused and satisfied with the first round win instead of moving on. Maybe they relax a little.

 

[Strenuus]

I hope that the youth and inexperience that showed itself for the Nuggets tonight continues in that the Nuggets are more focused and satisfied with the first round win instead of moving on. Maybe they relax a little.

Jokic is overrated and I have never been impressed by him. It's their guards that can give us some problems.

Blazers in 6. I want us to go to the WCF on our court.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I'm happy.
Harris/Murray vs Lillard/CJ
Milsap/ that one dude vs Chief/Moe
Jokic vs Kanter
Bench
Coach
Advantage Portland all but one.

Playing in the mile high can be tough.

 

[James lamphear]

Jokic great offensive player not great on the defensive end. I would our centers after controlling the rebound take off down court. Make Jokic run the whole game. There bread butter is the pick and roll with Jokic and Murray. If we play intense like against OKC we might just sweep them. I said in 5 Blazers. They have know rim proctecter when you bring Jokic out from the basket. I think all our bigs can bring him out.

 

[JDC]

We were the much better team towards the end of the year and were more impressive in our first round series vs a better team.

Talent is pretty even, kinda worried about the boards if Enes can't go. But ultimately, it'll come down to Jokic vs. Dame.

Think both teams don't have a great answer. They'll get aggressive with Jokic in pnr vs Dame and CJ and Millsap is savvy zoning up and playing 2 on the back line. Harkless and Chief's shooting/cutting (like always) will be very important. Nice thing about this year's Blazers though is that Curry and Hood give us options to both spread the floor and get a bit more play making out there if the offense slows. Hopefully Hood can find some confidence in his spot 3.

With Jokic, I think you force him to be a scorer. You live with his pnp 3. Not shooting it great this year. Don't think you even rotate to him with how well Craig is shooting it. Also can lay off a little in their 2 man game stuff to provide help on Murray/Harris. You can go under on them at times too. Decent shooters off the dribble, but not scary and normally not their first instinct. Very hot and cold, especially Murray. Takes a lot of Jokic's playmaking opportunities away.

If Zach and Meyers can shoot the 3 and make solid decisions out of pnr, I think we have a great shot. Makes us pretty tough to guard and I'm not sure Denver will be able to keep up. Their offense struggled the last stretch of the year and it carried over to the playoffs for large portions against a pretty poor Spurs defense.

Go Blazers.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Jokic is overrated and I have never been impressed by him. It's their guards that can give us some problems.

Blazers in 6. I want us to go to the WCF on our court.

Dont care what court its on, I want the WCF too.

 

[Jon]

Lmao. Thats awesome. So accurate with the blazers/okc. The seattle guy had me rollin.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Im mostly concerned about Style of play. Denver passes well, moves without the ball well and I think at times moe and aminu struggle in team defense and can get caught ball watching. We need them to be really locked in.

 

[James lamphear]

I think you could go under with Murray in the PNR because his strength is his mid range game. But Harris that might not be wise.

 

[FlashWad]

They will be much harder than the Thunder. They have respectful hardworking players that are undervalued a lot like us. Total opposite of the Thunder. I'm rooting for us but thinking it will go to game 7.

 

[OneSport3]

It will all depend on Kanter's shoulder. If he can go, he'll make Jokic work on defense. Spurs didn't make him work on D at all and Kanter's physicality should take a toll. Jokic's conditioning has always been a question.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I hope our guys get there a day or two early so that they can assimilate to the altitude.

I have no idea about who is gonna win this series, but the Nuggets are no joke. Certainly better than the Thunder.

Game 1 should be very telling about how the series is going to go. I hope we're ready.