GAME THREAD: Round 1, Game 2 - Blazers @ Mavericks, 4.19.11, 6:30 PM

[PapaG]

This squad lacks a leader. Andre Miller hasn't won a 1st round series in his career for a reason. Hitching our playoff fortunes to him was a dire mistake.

Trading Miller/Camby/Batum is the only hope for this team to sniff the 2nd round.

Now I can't be accused of bringing this up!

I'm going to put the jinx on my Miller opinion, and say again that Miller will never win a first round series.

JINX IT!

 

[PapaG]

Give me a fucking break. Dude shot 6/11 after being knocked the fuck out. He wasn't great, but he didn't play nearly as crappy as you're making it sound.

You're a Matthews Basher, though. Ain't no real Blazers fan. Just like to troll.

Matthews played like shit, and has played like shit for two games. He had 8 points in about 1 minute of the first half. Other than that, he was a non-factor. He is underperforming statistically, and isn't passing the ball, closing out on shooters, or rebounding. That is a fact.

That said, I hope he goes off for 30 points on Thursday. He is a wildly inconsistent 2nd/3rd scorer, and he's due for some good games.

 

[Tince]

Matthews played like shit, and has played like shit for two games. He had 8 points in about 1 minute of the first half. Other than that, he was a non-factor. He is underperforming statistically, and isn't passing the ball, closing out on shooters, or rebounding. That is a fact.

That said, I hope he goes off for 30 points on Thursday. He is a wildly inconsistent 2nd/3rd scorer, and he's due for some good games.

I noticed this too. Rudy and Roy are getting a lot of blame, and rightfully so, but Matthews has been bad as well. Matthews hasn't figured out that every time he bodies up Dirk, they're going to call a foul. And he didn't do any better on Kidd than Miller did.

 

[PapaG]

I would believe this if a Blazers fan said it.

Oh, OK. You've moved from not understanding what a "strawman" is to now accusing me of not being a Blazer fan. Cute. Need a hug?

 

[PapaG]

So, Uncle Ty, a cynical poster may wonder why you've been on a posting spree during and after these losses.

Are you a true Blazer fan?

 

[PapaG]

Did I really?

I don't know what "accuse" mean, either.

I don't think you're a Blazer fan.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yeah, the refs handed the series to Miami. For some reason, I will not be expecting the same. That said, it's certainly possible to win this series - we were down 0-3 to a better Dallas team and forced a game 7 in 2003.

That Blazers team had Zach Randolph. The best the Blazers have done in the playoffs in the last 10 years was with ZBo leading us in scoring and rebounding (Games 4-7, 2003). Why did we trade him?

For Once i totally disagree with you....

Without miller, we would have lost by > 20 both games

Does it matter? It both scenarios, we lose.