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

[BonesJones]

We still look like we have no plan whatsoever for stopping them.

Because we don't. Our coach is an "offensive genius" that has an offense that's last in assists per game.

 

[DDolla]

Ok guys... have a good summer, we’re done

 

[BonesJones]

I wouldn't mind if we benched Nurk for the rest of the game.

 

[BonesJones]

So Stotts gameplan?

Have Aminu go 1v1 against Davis and try to carry us offensively.

 

[BonesJones]

That last Dame turnover is my problem with us so far this series. DIVE TO THE RIM AMINU.

 

[BonesJones]

Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot

 

[julius]

this game has "over by half" written all over it.

 

[kingslayer]

Jesus I didn't think it was possible to look even worse than the first 2 games.

 

[KingSpeed]

Grrrrr Mirotic

 

[Five Second Violation]

They look like they've given up completely.

 

[Rhal]

What really sucks is the pelicans are just so hot that even when we play great D their shots are going in.

 

[BonesJones]

Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot Jumpshot

Jumpshot.

 

[riverman]

Go blazers! Get a win....make a run!

 

[BonesJones]

They look like they've given up completely.

But we shouldn't give up on them or we're not true fans!

 

[BonesJones]

Go blazers! Get a win....make a run!

Shoot a layup!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This is not looking good; they seem smarter and tougher and more athletic and more skilled.

 

[Cippy91]

Feels like we are down 20. This is just crazy. Blazers came to this series absolutely unprepared for anything yet again and new Orleans looks dialed in, they have guys like mirotic stepping up and they know what they are doing.

 

[A$AP Meyers]

Thought Dame would be ready to go but aside from a couple of wide open shots he made he looks terrible. He’s made 3 jump passes all turnovers trying to force him self to the rim. And CJ is a ghost, put him on a milk carton. Aminu is the only one who doesn’t look afraid and that’s only because he doesn’t know any better , he thinks he’s Michael Jordan

 

[Rhal]

But we shouldn't give up on them or we're not true fans!

If you give up on a team then how can you call yourself fan?

 

[BlazerBeav]

Nice to see them come out ready to fight this time....er, well, ugh.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

ok we're toast

 

[VenomXL]

The Pelicans are so dialed in. I'd love to see the Blazers look like this sometime.

 

[illmatic99]

Defense is so pathetic. So many mistakes. This team has given up

 

[LuckyShot]

Yep. After we lose this, I want Stotts fired before we get to the team bus.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This is not looking good; they seem smarter and tougher and more athletic and more skilled.

But we're more earnest.

 

[LuckyShot]

Because we don't. Our coach is an "offensive genius" that has an offense that's last in assists per game.

Genius. LOL. He just hands the ball to his best player.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[BonesJones]

Those possessions just suck the life out of you. And they often lead to easy runouts

It's pathetic coaching. Stotts has been worse than I've ever seen him this series. I want him gone so bad. Our offense is pathetic. It's so easy to defend.

We have Aminu trying to 1v1 dribble against Anthony Davis, C.J. McCollum shooting early-in-the-clock 3s while being double-teamed, Nurkic shooting mid-range bricks and we've shot 12 threes in the first 10 minutes.

Counting the two Nurkic mid-range shots, that's at least 14 of our 19 shot attempts that are jumpshots. It's probably more.

 

[BonesJones]

Take a sip of Jack everytime we shoot a jumpshot and you'll be dead by halftime!

 

[kjironman1]

Just keep letting Aminu shoot 3s. That will get them the win.