It's a new series

[maxiep]

We had our chance and blew it.

This sucker goes six or seven, and I don't know who wins.

 

[illmatic99]

Gimme a break. One game doesn't blow our chances -- especially one that was decided on a fluke play at the end.

We'll get Game 4 and they'll get down. We win this on the road.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

We win in 6.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Really frustrating. We had that fucking win. GOD DAMMIT. ALLAH AKBAR. :MARIS61:

 

[Rhal]

IF we win game 4 I think we take it in six. If we lose game 4 I think we win in 7.

 

[KingSpeed]

Nothing has changed, Maxie. We still have HCA. Win a couple home games and the series is ours. And we've shown we can win in Houston so we could win in 5. I'd rather be us than OKC and Indiana.

 

[Strenuus]

Gimme a break. One game doesn't blow our chances -- especially one that was decided on a fluke play at the end.

We'll get Game 4 and they'll get down. We win this on the road.

That's exactly how I feel. It kinda feels like the Miami game in the regular season. Just a couple bounces and a few inches and it's a different story... but, we still have a one game lead... and the way the mindset seems to be on the team, I'm not worried about any letdown or "oh no, here we go" mentality.

 

[HailBlazers]

Nothing has changed, Maxie. We still have HCA. Win a couple home games and the series is ours. And we've shown we can win in Houston so we could win in 5. I'd rather be us than OKC and Indiana.

Exactly, Relaxy Maxie.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Yes. I still think we win. It took me 30 mins for these feelings to come out. But Portland is the better team.

 

[riverman]

We just came a hair from winning this game, could of easily been our win. Houston played a great game, they earned it, they won 1..still we have the upper hand. Get em next time

 

[LuckyShot]

Feels like we just shot ourselves in the foot...

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Im not playing the emotional card till we are down 2-3 and I dont think they can do it.

 

[Prue]

Can we get Voodoo Doughnuts to make a "The Beard" doughnut for us to poke and defile as we chomp off his beard frosting and leave him powerless?

 

[Hobbesarable]

We had our chance and blew it.

This sucker goes six or seven, and I don't know who wins.

Our boys will move on from this loss and get ready to kick ass in the next game. It's times to take care of business!

 

[Sedatedfork]

Harden played his best game of the series, but shot a ton of shots to get there, and the only reason that Houston wins is because of some fluke play. The Blazers should feel confident going into game 4. The Blazers keep finding different ways to compete. Dame and Nico getting to the rim was nice to see. I would have liked to see a little bit more RoLo in crunch time, particularly when he is playing like that. Also, a little surprised they didn't try to ride Mo Williams a little longer in the 4th or in OT. The Blazers missed shots towards the end of the 4th and in OT that you expect them to make. They just got to shake it off and come out ready to play tomorrow.

 

[BBert]

We need to up our defensive intensity the way Houston did and REBOUND!

Houston played physical defense. That's why they fouled us more than we fouled them, and that's why they got away with so many fouls. The refs won't call all of them. That's playoff basketball, the kind McHale is used to.

As much as I think we got hosed on some critical plays, we still had a chance to win but our guys did not show their usual poise at the end.

We'll get 'em next time.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Gimme a break. One game doesn't blow our chances -- especially one that was decided on a fluke play at the end.

We'll get Game 4 and they'll get down. We win this on the road.

Fluke play at the end? Houston beat us in offensive rebounding 22-13 that led to 15 more shots for Houston. Your going to blame it on the refs? Oh and by the way Howard and Asik combined for 11 of those offensive rebounds.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Fluke play at the end? Houston beat us in offensive rebounding 22-13 that led to 15 more shots for Houston. Your going to blame it on the refs? Oh and by the way Howard and Asik combined for 11 of those offensive rebounds.

And yet, we were in the game and had a good chance to win. We win this game and you are not talking about the offensive rebounds of Howard and Asik.

 

[Blazinaway]

This is no surprise, the first 3 games were all so close and could have gone either way, IMO we should be very happy we are up 2-1 and still at home. Yeah last night was woulda-shoulda-coulda but we remain in a very good position, but obviously Game 4 is HUGE

 

[Prue]

As horribly frustrating it was a loss for us, it must have been 100x more for our guys. We didn't play nearly as great as we can...LA got tentative there in the 2nd half, Mo was good-mo and bad-mo, Houston went crazy and was playing as good as they really can against us ...AND we were still in there to have a chance to win it. Game 4, redemption. Bring it. (also i think they need to give out shirts or signs in a plaid pattern of red, black and white for Dr. Jack!)

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

honestly, if any team can be up 2-0 and still lose in 7 games... it's the Blazers.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

honestly, if any team can be up 2-0 and still lose in 7 games... it's the Blazers.

Get thjs man an iv line of latte and fill his mini van with new soccerballs stat

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Get thjs man an iv line of latte and fill his mini van with new soccerballs stat

Unless an IV filled with coffee and a minivan filled with soccerballs are two essential pieces of an elaborate cleansing ritual designed to rid the Blazers of their curse, I'm not interested.

 

[oldmangrouch]

How long has it been since the last home play-off game for the Blazers?

Friday was the night any other team would have been breathing fire. The Blazers were pissing indifference. That tells you all you need to know about this series, this season and this roster.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

It Is Not A Series Unless You Get Some Blood On YourHands.

 

[Blazinaway]

It Is Not A Series Unless You Get Some Blood On YourHands.

yep and frankly as we are already seeing ALL the Western conference teams are evenly matched enough that these series are all going to be dogfights, the quickest ome may be the GS vs Clips series

 

[rasheedfan2005]

The blazers played hard last night. The rockets found a way to get aldridge out of rythym. People forget these teams are so evenly matched. Time for stotts to adjust and go back to houston up 3-1. I called blazers in 6 to start. Im sticking to it.

 

[riverman]

We had our chance and blew it.

This sucker goes six or seven, and I don't know who wins.

This was a great game, like Dame said, they made one more play. If LA makes that jumper or Nic makes that 3 we'd be up 3-0. It's the playoffs and it's a helluva series. Enjoy the ride, I originally picked us to win in 7 although I did want a sweep, that was a low probablility wish. Credit the Rockets for not giving in and taking a tough game that went to the wire in overtime. We'll get the next one.

 

[BBert]

The shot that disappointed me was Lillard's fade-away. I thought he could have gotten a better shot. Make that play and we are having a completely different conversation.

 

[BBert]

Houston is a tough, tough matchup for us, we all knew that. Anything can happen.