Forum Game Down the stretch they go!

[wizenheimer]

To be fair, that's about the position this roster, given the injuries, should have been expected to be in all along. Thinking top 4 would've been way over the top.

yeah, that's fair. But I was reacting to somebody trashing people for predictions of the last dozen games and claiming a prediction of a winning streak was realistic. Portland was 10-2 over the last dozen games. But coming into today's must win game, they were 11-11 over the last 22. So, 2-9 over the last 11 games when the predictions were made

 

[KSF-ERIC]

yeah, that's fair. But I was reacting to somebody trashing people for predictions of the last dozen games and claiming a prediction of a winning streak was realistic. Portland was 10-2 over the last dozen games. But coming into today's must win game, they were 11-11 over the last 22. So, 2-9 over the last 11 games when the predictions were made

I posted a song here when we had gone 2-9. “When the odds are sayin you’ll never win, that’s when the grin should start.” You can’t quit on your team cuz they have some adversity. We had started to play better and only lost to Clips and Nuggets by one point. 10-2 is the reality. If you said 4-8, you were being unrealistic.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

12-0!

I clearly had the best prediction.

 

[julius]

I clearly had the best prediction.

And that obviously shows you're a truer, better and more loyal fan than the rest of us. Wear it with pride, sly, it's like a brand new collar for a dog.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I clearly had the best prediction.

I made my prediction with 10 games left and said 8-2 so I had beat prediction.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I made my prediction with 10 games left and said 8-2 so I had beat prediction.

You predicted the team would lose. In other words, you called our team losers!

I'm the only one who called them the winners that they are!

 

[Chris Craig]

I made my prediction with 10 games left and said 8-2 so I had beat prediction.

I predicted with 14 games left...11-3 and the Blazers finished 10-4

 

[julius]

I predicted with 14 games left...11-3 and the Blazers finished 10-4

I retroactively made my prediction and I predicted they'd go 10-2!

 

[wizenheimer]

I posted a song here when we had gone 2-9. “When the odds are sayin you’ll never win, that’s when the grin should start.” You can’t quit on your team cuz they have some adversity. We had started to play better and only lost to Clips and Nuggets by one point. 10-2 is the reality. If you said 4-8, you were being unrealistic.

I don't recall if I said anything or made any prediction. Maybe, but not only don't I recall, I don't care

but what happened couldn't be more obvious: Portland went 2-9 when Dame was having one of the worst stretches of his career. Then, in the 2nd Q of the Indiana game Dame asked to guard Brogdon, worked real hard, shut Brogdon down, and used that as a catalyst to not only turn around his season, but the Blazer season as well

this has been another Dame-fueled late season hot streak where he puts the team on his shoulders and leads other players into playing better and with more cohesion. That's pretty apparent

where it will lead, I don't know. I do know Portland could not have gotten a more favorable 1st round matchup than Denver. Blazers should be favored in that series for a variety of reasons

 

[e_blazer]

I don't recall if I said anything or made any prediction. Maybe, but not only don't I recall, I don't care

but what happened couldn't be more obvious: Portland went 2-9 when Dame was having one of the worst stretches of his career. Then, in the 2nd Q of the Indiana game Dame asked to guard Brogdon, worked real hard, shut Brogdon down, and used that as a catalyst to not only turn around his season, but the Blazer season as well

this has been another Dame-fueled late season hot streak where he puts the team on his shoulders and leads other players into playing better and with more cohesion. That's pretty apparent

where it will lead, I don't know. I do know Portland could not have gotten a more favorable 1st round matchup than Denver. Blazers should be favored in that series for a variety of reasons

I'd say that there are several differences between this year's "hot streak" and years past that should bode well for the playoffs:

1. The team has a better and more veteran roster than previous iterations.

2. A big component of the "hot streak" was the change to playing better defense. The Blazers not only raised their defensive rating from the cellar of the league to middle of the pack for the past 10 to 11 games, they did it against opponents who were largely playoff teams.

3. Unlike previous versions, where we've seen Dame go supernova and produce games of 50 or more points, the scoring load has been much more evenly distributed. Yes, Dame has raised his output, but so have CJ, Norm and Nurk.

4. Probably most importantly, the produce of the "hot streak" is achieving the 6th seed and avoiding the play-in games. That means a week of rest and practice leading into the the playoffs instead of showing up exhausted.

 

[Chris Craig]

With 18 games left I predicted an 11-7 finish.

We won't finish 13-5. Maybe 11-7

The Blazers finished 11-7

At 14 games left I felt a little more optimistic and predicted Blazers would finish 11-3.

Blazers can still stay in 6th or even get 5th.

That's 11-3 to end the season. It's coming

Blazers finished 10-4 on par with my 1st prediction

 

[julius]

With 18 games left I predicted an 11-7 finish.



The Blazers finished 11-7

At 14 games left I felt a little more optimistic and predicted Blazers would finish 11-3.



Blazers finished 10-4 on par with my 1st prediction

no one likes a braggart Chris.

 

[THE HCP]

The interesting thing is, all you hear is how we are a small market team who never gets any respect. Interesting how anything and everything I’ve heard or read in the past 24 hours seems to have a positive spin about us. Giving the team and Stotts a ton of respect for finishing so strong. We seem to get more respect from everybody but OUR fan base.