Game Thread GAME# 72: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MAY 16, 2021 - SUNDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

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KSF-ERIC said:
If the NBA rigged games, why wasn’t there Lakers/Clippers last year? Clips had three chances to make WCF and blew all 3 despite big leads.
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Because the Clippers are playoff chokers and beyond the refs help
 
Zach Collins Enthusiast said:
If the double teams come he passes to CJ
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that's exactly who he has been passing to when he's been doubled in the playoffs. And CJ has responded so well to being the outlet, this is Portland's record when the opposing team has leaned really hard into the 'double/trap-get-the-ball-out-of-Dame's-hands' defense in the playoffs:

3-24
 
twobullz said:
If the Blazers win today, they get a week off to rest and recover. Why would they want to sit their starters and have to play multiple games when they could have a week off. Makes 0 sense not to play the starters get the win and rest for a week.
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ya not sure why anyone would think that.

if there's ever a time to play dame 40+ mins, this game is it. Even last game, i was a bit on the fence, but ultimately, it made sense to run dame into the ground. this is about as much of a must win as that game against BK was to end the reg season last year. We won that game by 1 pt.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202008130BRK.html

Dame and CJ played 44 minutes each.
 
Portland is favored by 10 to win the game. Looks like the Nuggets will be tanking this game.
 
that win against the Lakers is looking even bigger now than it was 8 days ago. Blazers would be locked-in as 7th seed right now if they had lost that game
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
Have to disagree with you here. It's a one and done game and anything could happen. I'd rather be locked in for the playoffs even if it means playing against a tougher opponent.
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But it’s not one and done. It’s two home games to win one vs. the Warriors, Grizzlies or Spurs. If you can’t get one home game from one of these teams then how do you expect to compete with the Clippers?
 
OneSport3 said:
Portland is favored by 10 to win the game. Looks like the Nuggets will be tanking this game.
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The Nuggets may be tanking the PDX game. But, it is out of their hands because if the Clippers tank against OKC, Denver gets the #3 seed anyway. It is all up to the Clippers. My guess is that since the Clippers tanked on Friday against Houston, they will tank again on OKC in order to insure they get the #4 seed and can avoid the Lakers. The Clippers are just chicken shit ballerinas. I hope that George and Leonard get long rests this offseason, especially the latter who takes a rest whenever he wants and fakes an injury just as often.

What will be just as interesting will be whether the Mavs will be tanking against Minnesota to try for the #6 seed and the chance to play the depleted Nuggets rather than a full squad of Clippers in a 4/5 matchup. By the way, OKC may be tanking also so the Clipper/Thunder may beat the record for worst FG percentage in a regular season. After all, this is just typical NBA bs in a league that makes a travesty of professional sports every time one of its games get played.
 
garbagetime said:
The Nuggets may be tanking the PDX game. But, it is out of their hands because if the Clippers tank against OKC, Denver gets the #3 seed anyway. It is all up to the Clippers. My guess is that since the Clippers tanked on Friday against Houston, they will tank again on OKC in order to insure they get the #4 seed and can avoid the Lakers. .
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I read where OKC might want to tank as well so they can be no worse than tied for 3rd. (In the lottery)
 
I think I am going to tank too, setting up a cage match with @THE HCP, except he will win because I am a puss. But then I will sue him, so my tanking strategy will bear fruit in 2-4 years!
 
Scalma said:
And it’ll be 0% if they tank tonight and then choke two games in the tournament. Why not try and avoid that possibility?
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Why would we choke two games in the tournament?
 
RoCo makes those FTs last game and this game wouldn’t matter, we would actually wanna lose it to play Den in a 3-6 matchup. Now if we win it’s a 3-6 matchup with the Clippers. Damn why didn’t he make at least one.
 


So if we win and Clips win, we'll be facing LA in round one. Gotta root hard for OKC i guess, but prolly not gonna happen.

I hate that we will be 2 Roco FTs away from playing Denver in round one instead. That's super frustrating.
 
illmatic99 said:


So if we win and Clips win, we'll be facing LA in round one.

I hate that we will be 2 Roco FTs away from playing Denver in round one instead. That's super frustrating.
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Not necessarily. If, in your scenario, Dallas loses, we would be 5th, facing Denver.
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Not necessarily. If, in your scenario, Dallas loses, we would be 5th, facing Denver.
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i think it is a foregone conclusion that dallas will win against the tanking timberwolves. But sure, let's be pedantic and consider that scenario.
 
illmatic99 said:
i think it is a foregone conclusion that dallas will win against the tanking timberwolves. But sure, let's be pedantic and consider that scenario.
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There are no foregone conclusions in the NBA. Minnesota has played well since getting healthy. They've been 6-5 in their last 11 games and climbing the standings so they aren't tanking. Towns, Edwards, and Russell have been playing at a high level. I think you absolutely have to consider that scenario.
 
By the way, illmatic, Lakers would have to lose too for us to get 5th so that def seems unlikely but you never know and SVG has said he is trying to win every game.
 
KSF-ERIC said:
There are no foregone conclusions in the NBA. Minnesota has played well since getting healthy. They've been 6-5 in their last 11 games and climbing the standings so they aren't tanking. Towns, Edwards, and Russell have been playing at a high level. I think you absolutely have to consider that scenario.
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Depending on what Orlando does, Minny could either enter a coin flip for 50% odds of keeping a top 4 lottery pick, or lose it altogether to GS.

They would be incredibly stupid to not tank tonight.
 
illmatic99 said:
Depending on what Orlando does, Minny could either enter a coin flip for 50% odds of keeping a top 4 lottery pick, or lose it altogether to GS.

They would be incredibly stupid to not tank tonight.
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We're talking about Minnesota here. If they wanted to tank, they would've lost more over these last few weeks. They have been climbing the standings. Why would they tank tonight when they could've tanked long ago?
 
By the way, illmatic, Minnesota has beaten Utah twice (home and away) and Golden State over these last few weeks. That doesn't look like a tanking team.
 
wizenheimer said:
that's exactly who he has been passing to when he's been doubled in the playoffs. And CJ has responded so well to being the outlet, this is Portland's record when the opposing team has leaned really hard into the 'double/trap-get-the-ball-out-of-Dame's-hands' defense in the playoffs:

3-24
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Woah...

Where did you get that number? How did they define "leaned hard into the 'double/trap-get-the-ball-out-of-Dame's-hands defense"?
 
illmatic99 said:


So if we win and Clips win, we'll be facing LA in round one. Gotta root hard for OKC i guess, but prolly not gonna happen.

I hate that we will be 2 Roco FTs away from playing Denver in round one instead. That's super frustrating.
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Or you could say we are Dame's one missed FT away from Winning that game, Or Maybe if Nurk doesn't get a tech they don't get that point and we are one Nurk Tech away from a win. how about Nurk gets one offensive rebound in the entire game and put's it back and now we are one Nurk Offensive Rebound from winning. Lots of reason they lost that game besides RoCo missing 2 FT's.
 
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