Okay now the series has started!

[KingSpeed]

Like they say once the road team wins. Let's play desperate on Wednesday and get this series back to Portland! Go Blazers!

 

[Sinobas]

It just started? Too bad the Warriors were spotted 3 games.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Somehow I have a good feeling for game 5, but even with a win I don't think we win the serie.

That would be a pretty big statement to win that game tho

 

[Sinobas]

Somehow I have a good feeling for game 5, but even with a win I don't think we win the serie.

That would be a pretty big statement to win that game tho

Winning game 5 would actually be worse, because then we'd have to think about how if we had won game 2 and 4 we'd have won the series.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I booked flights this weekend/next week with Game 6 and Game 7 in mind. Instead of flying back Monday night I'm taking a 5 hour flight on BUNK ASS SPIRIT AIRLINES at 6am on Tuesday Morning.

LETS FUCKING DO THIS.

 

[CommodoreG]

It ain't over till it's over. I mean, Curry could get worn out by the end of Game 5 after playing all those minutes tonight, but even then, it would take everything the Blazers have to win in their arena.

 

[ripcityboy]

It's over. It's the 1964 World Series and were facing Koufax and Drysdale on back to back days. But this season has been amazing. I can't waiting to see what happens if we can get another Tier 1 level player in here!

 

[yenniedn]

Yeah I'm fairly sure GSW will wrap it up on Wednesday...they don't want to come back up here for game 6. Hell of an effort tonight and for most of this series as a whole minus a bad 1st in game 1 and the 4th in game 2. GSW are the champs for a reason and that reason just put on a ridiculous show tonight, especially in OT. Not much you can do when the MVP goes off like that.

 

[Strenuus]

If we can get it to 7, we won the series. We may lose the series, but we won the series in terms of showing the league and potential free agents that we are real.

 

[SIeepwalker]

If we win more games we win the serie

 

[Mediocre Man]

Great effort by a team that shouldn't be here. Hopefully the Blazers can add another big piece this summer to take the next step.
Someonw tell Erik the series started May 1st and the Blazers are behind 3 games to 1

 

[stampedehero]

I couldn't believe what happened!!! We spread into a double digit lead in the first, get trapped into OT and Curry shows off how good he is. We're not done and it isn't over but got to wish for a miracle in game 5. Really proud of these guys!

 

[SIeepwalker]

It's actually pretty insane to think to we got up 15 in both game 2 and 4 (and 3, but i'm talking about practice losses)

 

[Minstrel]

Portland, since the start of 2016, has basically been an elite team...at home.

If they can adjust their roster and/or game such that their show travels consistently, that's when they'll vault up a level. Most likely, that will mean bringing better and consistent defensive effort. At home, they seem to feed off the crowd for crazy spurts of shot-making. That doesn't happen nearly as often on the road, so they need the defensive foundation.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

So if the series only starts when the road team wins, then basically there are completed series in the past, where the home team won all the games, that never started?

 

[Natebishop3]

Great effort by a team that shouldn't be here. Hopefully the Blazers can add another big piece this summer to take the next step.
Someonw tell Erik the series started May 1st and the Blazers are behind 3 games to 1

I think they proved that they SHOULD be here

 

[Minstrel]

So if the series only starts when the road team wins, then basically there are completed series in the past, where the home team won all the games, that never started?

To be fair, this "wisdom" was first put forth by Pat Riley. That was my reaction to it, too, though. I get his implication that nothing drastically reframes a series like a road win but, on the other hand, the team with home court advantage doesn't need a dramatic reframing to win the series.