Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - APRIL 19, 2018, THURSDAY, 6PM PDT, NBATV & NBCSNW

[chris_in_pdx]

How 'bout them Mariners?

They suck too

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This is the worst the Blazers have ever played...I just don't get it. Pelicans are suddenly Gods and making practically every shot. How did the Blazers win 49 games?

I was thinking: Why did Pelicans not win 60?

 

[Lukee]

we are worse than last year when we got swept

 

[A$AP Meyers]

Pels are 50% from 3 and the shots are being contested. I still feel good. That won't hold up. Dame & CJ playing way better on offense tonight.

Damian is 3 for 10

 

[hoopsjock]

Rumor is stotts also gave them juice at the timeout and sung a kids song, patted them on the back and said good job guys

Don't forget the orange slices.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What time does the game start?

 

[Cippy91]

And that is somehow Olshey's fault?

Uhhhh olshey has one of the worst summers I have ever witnessed as a gm and somehow didn’t get fired. We dumped crabbe for nothing because we had to. Evan turner was even surprised by the contract we offered him. May I remind you of the 40 million we re signed Meyers for? His fuck ups have completely fucked with the ability to actually have assets and use them. The only assets we have are guys you probably want to keep like a harkless or aminu, Davis. Olshey also thinks we can keep Dame and cj together. That’s a joke. Get rid of cj. Go after kawhi with him, I don’t know. Something.

 

[LuckyShot]

I see people throwing particular players or Stotts under the bus for this playoff series so far. To me it appears to be a solid team effort all around. Stotts didn't allow 9 steals in the first half. There is only so much a coach can do. The Pelicans players are simply trying harder then the Blazer players... looks obvious to me.

Coach needs to put his players in position to succeed. Several of the turnovers are because players are marooned on islands and trying to make chicken salad out of chickenshit when the other team takes away our first option and we don't have a backup plan.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

What time does the game start?

October 3rd, 7pm.

 

[Chris Craig]

So are we going to be the only top-seed team that gets swept?

Yep

 

[LuckyShot]

I was thinking: Why did Pelicans not win 60?

They only got to play us 4 times.

 

[KingSpeed]

We're fine guys. Long series. Stay calm. We got this.

 

[julius]

What time does the game start?

In 6 months.

 

[KingSpeed]

We're fine guys. Long series. Stay calm. We got this.

 

[Blazinaway]

When did Mirotic turn into Peja?

he's playin us, we

NO has no choice but to blow this whole thing up this summer, right? This is as good as it gets with this group. We were the freaking 3 seed

Lets blow up NO, PA is the one who decides and if he does NO should be part of the fireworks show!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

What time does the game start?

CJ? Is that you?

 

[Chris Craig]

I was thinking: Why did Pelicans not win 60?

They should have

 

[BrianFromWA]

Historical quotation time:
"If you don't change your direction, you may end up where you're going"
-Lao Tzu

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

They suck too

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

We're fine guys. Long series. Stay calm. We got this.

4 games only SEEMS long.

 

[Drttimmy]

The Pelicans are playing at 100% and Portland looks to be playing at about 60%.

I don't think it's an effort thing. Pretty sure that's what a more talented team looks like vs a lesser one. The better team looks faster. This is what the playoffs are supposed to be about. Pelicans are raising their play and I just don't think the Blazers have another gear in them. We only have two guys who can keep up with this intensity and even they look overwhelmed at times. Why isn't Nurk playing more? Try and slow the game down. Gonna require moving and passing more though, something we've seemed to have forgotten how to do.

 

[A$AP Meyers]

I was thinking: Why did Pelicans not win 60?

They haven’t had Mirotic all year.

 

[Cippy91]

Also I refuse to shit on dame. Yes he hasn’t played great. He hasn’t taken some bad shots but remember he also is getting schemed against on the defensive end. It all revolves around him. That’s why his playoff performances haven’t been great, teams have been doing this every year and stotts has no adjustment to it which also has to do with the talent on our roster. Dame is the only reason why we are in the playoffs. Remember that. Dude is 1st team all nba so don’t start that dame hate shit. Jrue holiday isnt getting doubled and swarmed.

 

[Chris Craig]

Funny thing is Pelicans are gonna look like the Blazers next series against the GSW. Gonna get spanked.

 

[theprunetang]

I think Nurk was quoted wrong earlier in the year when he said "We want to be bad boys". The reporter forgot to add the important comma in that sentence. It should have read, "We want to be bad, boys".

 

[tykendo]

Alright, this is what the Blazers need to do. Surround Dame with the other four starters like offensive linemen. Form a semi circle around him so he can shoot. Let him shoot it 60 times in the second half. After he releases the ball, scramble hard to the hoop just in case a shot is missed. Like a battering ram if you will. Next, get a shaver, and split that ridiculous eyebrow right down the middle.

 

[tykendo]

Funny thing is Pelicans are gonna look like the Blazers next series against the GSW. Gonna get spanked.

True, cause all the contact they get away with in this series, will be called against them against those primadonnas.

 

[SynTax]

Ouch. Aminu is playing on par with Anthony Davis and we're down 19. How does that happen?

 

[Cippy91]

NO has no choice but to blow this whole thing up this summer, right? This is as good as it gets with this group. We were the freaking 3 seed

Yeah but it’s not like that 3 seed wasn’t close. A couple games separated us from the 3rd and being the 8th seed

 

[Chris Craig]

Alright, this is what the Blazers need to do. Surround Dame with the other four starters like offensive linemen. Form a semi circle around him so he can shoot. Let him shoot it 60 times in the second half. After he releases the ball, scramble hard to the hoop just in case a shot is missed. Like a battering ram if you will. Next, get a shaver, and split that ridiculous eyebrow right down the middle.