Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 2: THUNDER @ BLAZERS - APRIL 16, 2019, TUESDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT & NBCSNW (1 Viewer)

[Reep]

Kanter straight up 250
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kanteen01.html

Adams 265
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/adamsst01.html

Collins 235 (but he has put on 5 pounds this year) easy 240 now.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/colliza01.html

I don't trust any reported weights, but the eye test says Adams is significantly heavier than Kanter. But Kanter is deceptively strong.

 

[Labinot41]

If Paul George gets hot, you immediately throw double teams on him and make other players beat you. The pelicans did it last year and they had huge success, but Terry would never do that, he's so afraid of double Teams, thats why so many players have had career or season highs against us

 

[DDolla]

Just Win Baby!

 

[GhostOfPGA]

I’m hoping we see Layman over Leonard tomorrow, just makes sense as the Thunder don’t go big often.

 

[riverman]

I'm hoping Rodney Hood has a good offensive game for the 2nd unit as well as Seth..the bench needs to dominate their bench in this game

 

[Propagandist]

There's this undercurrent in the posts in here that we somehow got away with something in Game 1. Like somehow PG is going to don a cape and save the day. Or that they are going to wear us down. wtf. That shit is laughable. We are just getting started. It's not as if we shot lights out. It's not as we overachieved. There is plenty of room for us to improve and we will. OKC should be scared. We are the better team.

 

[handiman]

There's this undercurrent in the posts in here that we somehow got away with something in Game 1. Like somehow PG is going to don a cape and save the day. Or that they are going to wear us down. wtf. That shit is laughable. We are just getting started. It's not as if we shot lights out. It's not as we overachieved. There is plenty of room for us to improve and we will. OKC should be scared. We are the better team.

It's just the perpetual hand-wringers.

 

[Pinwheel1]

If Paul George gets hot, you immediately throw double teams on him and make other players beat you. The pelicans did it last year and they had huge success, but Terry would never do that, he's so afraid of double Teams, thats why so many players have had career or season highs against us

Funny because I often get pissed when Aminu or Harkless leave a forward wide open in the corner because they do double. I get what you are saying but I don't mind if a star gets a career night because they tend to tire out at the end of the game. It's the role players I hate seeing going for career nights.

 

[crandc]

Need to keep the pressure. Lower seed wants to win one road game. No one must be allowed to win on Blazers' court.

No joke - went to Macy's today and saw a sign reading "Blazers". Took a minute to remember Blazers are also a clothing items

 

[riverman]

Need to keep the pressure. Lower seed wants to win one road game. No one must be allowed to win on Blazers' court.

No joke - went to Macy's today and saw a sign reading "Blazers". Took a minute to remember Blazers are also a clothing items

I get that from Google search all the time...Ads show up on my homepage for Blazer Jackets which is proof they're reading what I search for.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Off Topic Question..
Don't know anywhere else to ask:
Tomorrows game is on TNT...it's also on locally, NBCSNW...confusing..
Usually when TNT has the game the local guys are off..and...when ESPN (ABC) has it, the local guys are on..so it's backwards in the playoffs?
I get ABC is a "network" so maybe there's a stipulation of sorts, but that still doesn't explain the TNT reversal.
There's a question in there somewhere..
Thanks..

 

[KingSpeed]

I answered OKC for the poll, not specifically because I wanted to play OKC but because I wanted to be the 3rd seed and on that side of the bracket. There is a world in which we have HCA the whole playoffs. By round: OKC, Spurs, Rockets, Celtics. OKC did not scare me because they went 4-0 over us. We went 4-0 over them last year and we had the better overall record this season. We're the better team.

You do realize even players like Ben Simmons, Ed Davis, Robin Lopez, etc can hit threes in practice right?
This isn't 'weird' for nba players.

Hell back when Miller & Korver were teammaters Miller beat Korver in a 3 point contest in practice.

Exactly. PG13 hit three after three in the shoot around before the game yesterday too.

There's this undercurrent in the posts in here that we somehow got away with something in Game 1. Like somehow PG is going to don a cape and save the day. Or that they are going to wear us down. wtf. That shit is laughable. We are just getting started. It's not as if we shot lights out. It's not as we overachieved. There is plenty of room for us to improve and we will. OKC should be scared. We are the better team.

Yep. We were 53-29 for a reason. OKC has been godawful since the All Star break. This is a mismatch in our favor.

 

[Bruno_Sabino]

His shoulder still hurt... I don’t care about. Crown needs to be a factor. Win.

 

[THE HCP]

Off Topic Question..
Don't know anywhere else to ask:
Tomorrows game is on TNT...it's also on locally, NBCSNW...confusing..
Usually when TNT has the game the local guys are off..and...when ESPN (ABC) has it, the local guys are on..so it's backwards in the playoffs?
I get ABC is a "network" so maybe there's a stipulation of sorts, but that still doesn't explain the TNT reversal.
There's a question in there somewhere..
Thanks..

Good question. I was wondering the same thing. Is there an expert on here that can give us an answer?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Good question. I was wondering the same thing. Is there an expert on here that can give us an answer?

I heard CJ posts on here once in a while. heh

 

[kjironman1]

Good question. I was wondering the same thing. Is there an expert on here that can give us an answer?

Whats even worse is i hear when ABC has the playoff game the locals are out and some of our local guys lose a bit of money. No paycheck if you don't work.

 

[SIeepwalker]

There's this undercurrent in the posts in here that we somehow got away with something in Game 1. Like somehow PG is going to don a cape and save the day. Or that they are going to wear us down. wtf. That shit is laughable. We are just getting started. It's not as if we shot lights out. It's not as we overachieved. There is plenty of room for us to improve and we will. OKC should be scared. We are the better team.

THANK YOU

 

[tlongII]

Good question. I was wondering the same thing. Is there an expert on here that can give us an answer?

Yes. I could give you an answer.

 

[hoopsjock]

Whats even worse is i hear when ABC has the playoff game the locals are out and some of our local guys lose a bit of money. No paycheck if you don't work.

ABC also messes with the crowd noise, lol.

 

[wizenheimer]

I wasn't arguing that George isn't playing to his full capabilities, but he still scored 26 points. The Thunder are getting at least 50% production out of him, which is better than getting nothing out of Nurk.

what's funny about that is the excuses about how PG shooting poorly really hurt OKC because he's such a big part of their offense and his shooting drug the offense down. PG scored 26 points on 24 shots. CJ scored 24 points on 24 shots, even worse than PG and he's coming off a knee injury. Yet nobody is talking about CJ's injury as a drag on Portland's offense

 

[kjironman1]

ABC also messes with the crowd noise, lol.

Good thing we have an expert that knows otherwise because i hear the crowd was the reason they let the Thunder back into the game.

 

[wizenheimer]

In some alternate universe we are the 1 seed playing the Clippers tonight with a starting lineup of...

Nurk
Chief
PG
CJ
Dame

that's Olshey's alternate universe where somehow he can trade for a guy like PG13 using non-lottery draft picks and players Like Turner, Harkless, and Meyers

 

[kjironman1]

that's Olshey's alternate universe where somehow he can trade for a guy like PG13 using non-lottery draft picks and players Like Turner, Harkless, and Meyers

Sure.... And Tiger is gonna win the masters again....

 

[BonesJones]

Off Topic Question..
Don't know anywhere else to ask:
Tomorrows game is on TNT...it's also on locally, NBCSNW...confusing..
Usually when TNT has the game the local guys are off..and...when ESPN (ABC) has it, the local guys are on..so it's backwards in the playoffs?
I get ABC is a "network" so maybe there's a stipulation of sorts, but that still doesn't explain the TNT reversal.
There's a question in there somewhere..
Thanks..

I camt remember a time when weve been on ABC in the regular season.

Reg Season:
ESPN: Yes Local
TNT: No Local

Playoffs:
ESPN: Yes Local
TNT: Yes Local
ABC: No Local

 

[BonesJones]

Good thing we have an expert that knows otherwise because i hear the crowd was the reason they let the Thunder back into the game.

Lmao

 

[BigGameDamian]

ABC also messes with the crowd noise, lol.

 

[riverman]

PG shooting poorly really hurt OKC because he's such a big part of their offense and his shooting drug

PG is a junkie...you heard it here first!

 

[Propagandist]

Who's going tomorrow? I just got tickets... I plan on again being part of the quietest crowd in the nba. Go Blazers!

 

[riverman]

Zen and the art of basketball watching 1.01

 

[hoopsjock]

Who's going tomorrow? I just got tickets... I plan on again being part of the quietest crowd in the nba. Go Blazers!

We'll be lucky if you even show up. Apparently like 75% of the seats were empty last game. No wonder it was so quiet.

I wish I could go but you might hear me in the Moda Center screaming at my TV from North Plains. Seriously though, I know you'll bring it.