Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - MAY 22, 2021 - SATURDAY, 7:30, ESPN

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What do you predict to be the final outcome of this series?

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blazerkor said:
He's really quick to go negative but unlike most of the extremely negative posters on here, he admits when he's wrong... usually just to go knee jerk negative again. He is a lot of fun though, when the team isn't making his negativity correct.
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Thanks man one thing about me I admit when I’m wrong! But I’ll keep the negativity down! Just tell the team don’t piss me off! Lol
 
garbagetime said:
There's another 3 for Lillard right after the other two by McCollum and the three by Powell. The Nuggets seem to have no answer for the Blazer's three point shooting guards. This looks like it will be a very short series. There's another time out by Malone. On second thought, he waived it off and threw a white towel out on the floor.
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See, what did I tell you all? I don't understand all this bs about Denver still being a good team. They totally suck and cannot hope to even win one game against the Blazers. Not because the Blazers are so good, but because the depleted Nuggets are so bad. This is probably the biggest mismatch in the playoffs first round and that includes Philly v. the Wizards. The Nuggets ain't got nothing that can stop the Blazers three point barrage. The Nuggets would look better to just forfeit the series than to get their collective asses whooped four games in a row. They are plain awful.
 
SIeepwalker said:
Man MPJ is a chucker. If he played for us he would have caught a lot of shit in here this game
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MPJ is just another Denver fiction. Posters here and article writers have to say some good things about him and the Nuggets to not tell the truth about how much of a mismatch this series is. The Nuggets got nothing. Porter sucks, so does Gordon as well as Compizza. Jokic is great, but a team can't win in the NBA with only one player. The Nuggets should be embarrassed to even show up. I wonder if the Nuggets will even be able to lose one of the four games (if they don't forfeit the series before four are played) by less than 10 points. That is one sad, unqualified team. It ain't there fault, but it is what it is and they are just awful. I doubt that they would have won the NCAA championship if they were in that tourney. Maybe they should see if they can enter some other tournament late this spring in a place like Iran, or Latvia, or Sierra Leone.
 
c'mon, Denver is good. MPJ had a terrible night from long range, Compazzo (sp.?) did well too I thought. They are missing their second best player and they lost Grant and Plumlee. Grant was/is a MIP candidate IIRC.
 
Cugel said:
c'mon, Denver is good. MPJ had a terrible night from long range, Compazzo (sp.?) did well too I thought. They are missing their second best player and they lost Grant and Plumlee. Grant was/is a MIP candidate IIRC.
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Denver is good, if they have all their players. But, they don't, so Denver sucks. I don't care what MPJ did in the regular season. They need him now to step up and make up for what they are missing with Barton and Murray gone. Since he can't do it, he sucks at playoff basketball. Gordon is a lost cause in any season. Why do you think he was available to Denver? Because he is a great player? Guess again. They'd get more respect to just forfeit than to play and expose how awful they all are except for Jokic.

Face it, the Blazers got lucky that the gutless Clippers decided to manipulate their positioning and tank their last two games to give the Blazers the inept and depleted Nuggets. The NBA is a joke to allow tanking to determine seeding. I am more and more liking the idea of the top four seeds getting to choose their first round opponents. Then, tanking will not be rewarded and it would be punished. But, such a good idea would never be adopted, since the refing in this joke of a league is so bad, the management might as well be also. I don't know how Malone kept his composure since he knew he was going to lose and still had to deal with some horrible calls to make his night even worse. I would have gotten two quick technicals so I could go to the locker room and not have to watch the slaughter.
 
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wizenheimer said:
from the front page of the Denver Post:

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https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/23/nuggets-blazers-game-1-broom-kiszla/
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Whoever wrote that has some common sense. As I have been telling you all here, this series was over before it even started. There is no sense in Denver mouthing the inevitable we have do this or change that bs. They are simply overmatched and have nothing except Jokic. I think it would better if they would just forfeit the series rather than be embarrassed. At least, they could tell the world that they recognized the inevitable outcome and didn't want to risk anyone else getting injured in the remaining three games of their season, unless they forfeit. The only weird thing about this article is that the Nuggets had championship dreams to begin with. Even with Murray and Barton, they just don't have the pieces to win any championship except perhaps a Colorado AAU tourney.

To illustrate how bad Denver is, I can understand not being able to defend Lillard. If you try to stop his outside shot, he just goes right around you. But, not being able to defend Anthony is atrocious. Christ, all the guy can do is hit the open shot and he had plenty of 'em. Did I say Denver should forfeit the remaining 3 games? If not, I'll say it now.
 
Stotts was genius last night......Most teams would have doubled the Joker and he would have picked it part with crazy ass passes, thats one of his HUGE strengths. Terry elected to play him straight up and take away his passing which we did for the most part. Now thats what you look for in a change up strategy going into the playoffs. Even Jokic mention we made it tough for him to pass. Props to coach!
 
Hoopguru said:
Stotts was genius last night......Most teams would have doubled the Joker and he would have picked it part with crazy ass passes, thats one of his HUGE strengths. Terry elected to play him straight up and take away his passing which we did for the most part. Now thats what you look for in a change up strategy going into the playoffs. Even Jokic mention we made it tough for him to pass. Props to coach!
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Most teams don't double Jokic from what I've seen. And Stotts never calls for doubles on anybody unless he's desperate because some star is shredding his defense constantly
 
wizenheimer said:
Most teams don't double Jokic from what I've seen. And Stotts never calls for doubles on anybody unless he's desperate because some star is shredding his defense constantly
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Ive watched them numerous times this and many teams do throw doubles at him and thats when he's dangerous with passing.
 
Wonder what the Denver Post were saying when the Nuggets looked dead in the water against Utah last year.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Was anyone else, who watched it on ESPN, annoyed as well when they focused the camera on Murray...in the middle of the action?
One time I get it, but multiple times was ridiculous, especially for as long as they stayed on him.
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Yep. You weren't the only one. I thought it was strange to linger on him for about a full minute. Then they kept going back.

I thought Doris Burke might be handling the camera.
 
wizenheimer said:
Most teams don't double Jokic from what I've seen. And Stotts never calls for doubles on anybody unless he's desperate because some star is shredding his defense constantly
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Though the Portland Trail Blazers are the weaker team on paper, NBA fans know how upsets are very much possible in the NBA Playoffs. Nikola Jokic has been the main man for the Denver Nuggets for the past few years. However, Nuggets coach Mike Malone will be missing the services of Jamal Murray. The Trail Blazers should grab the opportunity to exploit this. But they should remain wary of the rest of the Nuggets.

With that in mind, here are three ways the Blazers can stop Jokic and the Nuggets to win their first round duel.

Communicate and Rotate Diligently on Defense
Double-teaming the opposing team’s star player has been the usual remedy to contain him. But Nikola Jokic is such a special player that double-teaming him means giving up the easy two points. By now, it’s already been established that The Joker is the best passing big man in the NBA, and Malone has done a good job at integrating every little detail of his playbook around Jokic. So much so that the Nuggets offense involves tons of off-ball movement meant to confuse the defense. Jokic is such a good playmaker that more often than not, he’ll spot the opening—no matter how small—for the easy points.

The Trail Blazers’ only way to stop this is through constant communication on defense. Robert Covington, a former NBA All-Defensive Team selection, needs to take command on defense. Apart from possibly guarding Jokic, Covington should shout out the proper defensive rotations on the fly. This is a very big responsibility. But he’s the best and smartest defender on the Trail Blazers.
 
Hoopguru said:
Stotts was genius last night......Most teams would have doubled the Joker and he would have picked it part with crazy ass passes, thats one of his HUGE strengths. Terry elected to play him straight up and take away his passing which we did for the most part. Now thats what you look for in a change up strategy going into the playoffs. Even Jokic mention we made it tough for him to pass. Props to coach!
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How genius is it to just let Jokic dribble around for a half hour while positioning himself for two points when every one of the players to whom he could have passed the ball to would have choked the shot anyway. Rather than using genius to devise that strategy, it seems to be mere common sense. Jokic and the four jokes means just let Jokic shoot, while the rest of the clowns do nothing like they did last night. Game two will be more of the same, which is why I say Denver should simply wave the white flag and give up. It is hopeless. They have nothing to counter the Blazer onslaught. Can't believe that anyone would think that the Nuggets could win even one game.
 
Hoopguru said:
Though the Portland Trail Blazers are the weaker team on paper, NBA fans know how upsets are very much possible in the NBA Playoffs. Nikola Jokic has been the main man for the Denver Nuggets for the past few years. However, Nuggets coach Mike Malone will be missing the services of Jamal Murray. The Trail Blazers should grab the opportunity to exploit this. But they should remain wary of the rest of the Nuggets.

With that in mind, here are three ways the Blazers can stop Jokic and the Nuggets to win their first round duel.

Communicate and Rotate Diligently on Defense
Double-teaming the opposing team’s star player has been the usual remedy to contain him. But Nikola Jokic is such a special player that double-teaming him means giving up the easy two points. By now, it’s already been established that The Joker is the best passing big man in the NBA, and Malone has done a good job at integrating every little detail of his playbook around Jokic. So much so that the Nuggets offense involves tons of off-ball movement meant to confuse the defense. Jokic is such a good playmaker that more often than not, he’ll spot the opening—no matter how small—for the easy points.

The Trail Blazers’ only way to stop this is through constant communication on defense. Robert Covington, a former NBA All-Defensive Team selection, needs to take command on defense. Apart from possibly guarding Jokic, Covington should shout out the proper defensive rotations on the fly. This is a very big responsibility. But he’s the best and smartest defender on the Trail Blazers.
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How can the Blazers be the "weaker team on paper"? It is Jokic and whatever four yokels, or jokels, as you prefer, they put out there. Meanwhile, the Blazers have Lillard, McCollum, an unguarded Anthony and on and on and on. Denver has nothing. I suggest they look into getting into the G League tournament. There is no need for detailed analysis. The Blazer can simply shoot their way out of any problem. The Nuggets can't stop them on defense and can't score. The Nuggets suck and the Blazers are the far better team on paper and on the floor.
 
garbagetime said:
How can the Blazers be the "weaker team on paper"? It is Jokic and whatever four yokels, or jokels, as you prefer, they put out there. Meanwhile, the Blazers have Lillard, McCollum, an unguarded Anthony and on and on and on. Denver has nothing. I suggest they look into getting into the G League tournament. There is no need for detailed analysis. The Blazer can simply shoot their way out of any problem. The Nuggets can't stop them on defense and can't score. The Nuggets suck and the Blazers are the far better team on paper and on the floor.
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They have a few players that can be more productive. Porter 3 FG's % was terrible and he shoots normally a very high percentage. Maybe he gets hot. Monte Morris is decent. Milsap has always given portland trouble inside out but he is a year older.
Portland played well enough to win easily but they won because they shot nearly 50% from the three, It will be interesting to see if they can keep it up. J Green and Gordon are not scrubs by any means and Green has been a thorn in our side before. But the key will be BOL BOL for them....jk
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Was anyone else, who watched it on ESPN, annoyed as well when they focused the camera on Murray...in the middle of the action?
One time I get it, but multiple times was ridiculous, especially for as long as they stayed on him.
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....”FUCKIN’ ESPN BROADCAST PEOPLE WITH THEIR CRAZY CAMERA ANGLES!!!!!”.........
 
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