How was it more than a bad loss? How can a loss be even worse than bad? I remember beating Lakers 106-77 in Game 2 of 2000 WCF and the L.A. papers had them all for dead. Well look who won the series that year. I guess I just have more experience watching playoff basketball than you do.
No brother. Lillard shot very poorly tonight. 18 points total and only 1 assist. He had multiple turnovers.
But he was better than Melo, Jesus Christ. Melo had 2 points and 3 turnovers. It was a bad game for all but don't sell out Dame altogether. Learn the game, then post.
You don’t get an assist if the player bricks their shot.
I was not the only one that didn’t like the way they were playing.
Good point. But you also don’t get an assist if you get the ball stripped from you or you brick 6 straight 3’s.
Yeah. I agree.
Well yeah. Let's see how they play on Game 3. That's the attitude to take. Not your doom and gloom, it's over, because we lost one game. It's not your typical 1/8 series. More like 1999 where there was a shortened season and Knicks got hot at the right time, reaching the NBA Finals as an 8 seed. We've been playing the most clutch basketball in the league in the bubble and our star has been the best player in the bubble. We lost one playoff game. It happens. Jordan got smoked twice by the Sonics in the 1996 NBA Finals. Guess who won the series? Like I said, if you think the series is over, you simply haven't watched much playoff basketball.
Yep
What do you mean the Lakers didn't play well? They played terrific D, they shot better from 3, and Davis played at his best. It was a solid win for the Lakers.
Let’s put it this way. This Lakers team doesn’t have an idiot like Rasheed Wallace on their team that will allow a complete 4th quarter meltdown in a game 7
What are you talking about? I know all there is to know about the NBA playoffs. I watch all the games. Not just Blazers. Rasheed Wallace was a talented player who, with the right teammates, won an NBA Championship in 2004 and both Billups and Coach Brown said Rasheed was the #1 reason they won it. Rasheed was also the best player in that Game 7 you refer to. And he scored 7 of his 30 points in that fourth quarter. Where were Sabonis and Brian Grant? They were the idiots who allowed the meltdown. Sabonis shot 2 of 6 from the field for 6 fucking points in the biggest game of his life. That's the whole game. 6 points. Brian Grant shot 0 of 2 for 0 points. Sheed wasn't the problem. It was his idiot teammates.
The weird thing was some of those misses simply didn’t fall. I understand the Lakers defense was on point tonight but the Blazers really didn’t make shots at all.
It would make sense that they were tired being that they had just won 5 straight close games that requited every ounce of energy that they had. I think it's good they got to sit in the 4th quarter. I'd rather a blowout loss than a close game where you had a chance to win and blew it. We'll bounce back and win the series. I'm sure of it. And we'll win the second round too. Not sure about WCF but we'll see.
I'll tell you. The Blazers got their butts kicked by the Sixers by 18 points. Then they won 4 straight. I'm keeping track of who the quitters are on this forum and making notes. NateBishop quit after Game 5 of Denver series. Scalma quit before we had even played a home game in the WCF. We lost the series, yes, but you don't quit like that. It's disgusting.
He counted us out after the scrimmages. Hilarious.
