GAME THREAD: Round 1, Game 5 - Blazers @ Mavericks, 4.25.11, 5:30 PM

[Mediocre Man]

It's funny how suddenly we are getting more calls after the game has been decided

We are attacking the defense more as well. Wallace has taken it to the chest of the defense a few times. The team in the first half wasn't "seeking contact"

 

[DUB]

It's funny how suddenly we are getting more calls after the game has been decided

It's not funny, it's the NBA.

 

[MadeFromDust]

Now watch the fouls start to mysteriously even out now that the game is decided

Oh what do you know!

 

[FlyinSouth]

TurtleBlazers! This team acts like they are just happy to here. No testicular fortitude. Batum and Mathews act too young and that they will have many more opportunities. Rudy just too Euro. Camby and Dre too old. Crash just acts content to be the FNG. BRoy and Lma are the only ones who act like they are embarrassed by being erased the last two years. No urgency. We pissed away a golden opportunity and rendered Roys last game heroics just an ironic footnote.

 

[geraldwallace]

Such an atmosphere
peoples almost forgot gw big block

 

[illmatic99]

Wonder why Nate didn't go to the big lineup in the second half. Shoulda put CJ in for Camby, insted of Roy in the third quarter.

 

[geraldwallace]

lol
gw coming

 

[magnifier661]

Wow at least they have a chance to get it to single digits, like that means anything!

 

[maxiep]

This loss is on Aldridge. When did he decide to play like it was 2008 again?

 

[julius]

Actually, I would definitely call that a blessing in disguise.

Yeah, but it's not a terminal tumor. Who else just said that as Arnold?

 

[illmatic99]

Why didn't we do this earlier?

 

[RoyToy]

Game 7 it is

 

[Natebishop3]

This loss is on Aldridge. When did he decide to play like it was 2008 again?

What's more disturbing is why Wallace has been unable to get going. Is it the foul trouble?

 

[magnifier661]

Why didn't we do this earlier?

Because the refs aren't calling it tight on Portland any longer.

 

[julius]

why the hell would you foul someone like that, late in the game, when your team is going to win?

That's pretty stupid.

 

[maxiep]

I'd like to see one of our scrubs go get a flagrant foul. It's playoff basketball and you just got embarrassed. Time to put some blood on the floor. Actually, that time was in the third quarter, but better late than never.

 

[Mediocre Man]

This loss is on Aldridge. When did he decide to play like it was 2008 again?

When Roy became "The Man" again after game 4. Not Roy's fault at all, it's something in LA's head

 

[magnifier661]

Wow their fans are pathetic. The Rose Garden would be erupting right now. How embarrassing!

 

[maxiep]

What's made this loss even more painful was having to listen to the Mavs announcers on NBATV.

 

[geraldwallace]

I think we need GW more
he need to attack more
he style easily to get foul
and then we can see LA is cold
so we need gw

 

[ehizzy3]

wow nice screen jackasses...would've liked to see someone hit brian cardinal back

 

[TripTango]

No doubt about it -- we played like shit in the 2nd half, and didn't deserve to take this one on the road.

That said, fuck the home-cooked, half-baked officiating in this series. "Home court advantage" is one thing -- the numbers of these past 5 games are something else.

 

[maxiep]

When Roy became "The Man" again after game 4. Not Roy's fault at all, it's something in LA's head

I don't think that's it. I think Aldridge has stopped trying to force the post the past two games.

 

[illmatic99]

This is going 7.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

We didnt deserve to win tonight. Our effort on the offensive boards was beyond pathetic. Our defensive intensity was horrible. I'm pissed!

 

[illmatic99]

I don't think that's it. I think Aldridge has stopped trying to force the post the past two games.

He's dead tired. He's admitted as much in every interview/twitter update.

 

[magnifier661]

This is going 7.

Does it matter? I mean it's absolutely obvious that the refs in Dallas swallow their whistles for Portland and blow em like a canary on Dallas's end. How disappointing!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Because the refs aren't calling it tight on Portland any longer.

Were you one of the ones commenting on how Dallas fans were complaining about the officiating? Refs rewarded the aggressive team. Portland should have recieved more calls, but in the end, Portland played like shit anyway.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm waiting for Magnifier's thread entitled "I just booked a ticket for Saturday to Dallas for game 7...we got this"

:MARIS61:

 

[maxiep]

This is going 7.

Not if we don't change our ways. We've gotten our asses kicked the past two games. We got lucky in Game 4. Dallas has gotten physical and we haven't matched.