Game Thread PLAYOFFS - ROUND 1, GAME 3: CLIPPERS @ BLAZERS - 4/23/16, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), ESPN & KGW

[Darkwebs]

2015-16 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
44 - 38
(16-25 Road)
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
53 - 29
(29-12 Home)




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---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

PG

CHRIS PAUL VS DAMIAN LILLARD

SG

J.J. REDICK VS C.J. McCOLLUM

SF

LUC MBAH A MOUTE VS MAURICE HARKLESS

PF

BLAKE GRIFFIN VS AL-FAROUQ AMINU

C

DeANDRE JORDAN VS MASON PLUMLEE

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WHEN: 7:30 PM, SATURDAY, 4/23/2016

WHERE: MODA CENTER, PORTLAND, OR

TV BROADCAST:

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RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

PRIGIONI , RIVERS , CRAWFORD , JOHNSON

PIERCE , GREEN , AYRES , ALDRICH

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

ROBERTS , HENDERSON , CRABBE , MONTERO

CONNAUGHTON , VONLEH , DAVIS , KAMAN



INJURIES
CLIPPERS
NONE
TRAIL BLAZERS
Meyers Leonard (dislocated left shoulder): OUT



HEAD COACHES

- VS –

DOC RIVERS --- TERRY STOTTS



CLIPPERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES ​

PLAYOFF SERIES NOTES

• This will be the first ever meeting between the Trail Blazers and Clippers in the NBA Playoffs. Los Angeles is one of three Western Conference teams that Portland has never matched up against in the postseason (Golden State, New Orleans).

• By earning the fifth seed, the Trail Blazers have finished in the top-5 in the Western Conference in three consecutive seasons for the first time since doing so in four straight seasons from 1989-90 to 1992-93.

• The Clippers represent Portland’s closest geographical postseason opponent since the 2002 NBA Playoffs, when the Trail Blazers played the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round. Since then, Portland has matched up with Dallas (twice), Houston (twice), San Antonio (twice), Memphis and Phoenix.

• In NBA postseason history, teams that lost the regular-season series versus their playoff opponent are 158-387 in those postseason series (45-140 in the opening round since 1983-84).

PREVIOUS MEETINGS IN THE SERIES
GAME #1: Loss 95-115



GAME #2: Loss 81-102

 

[Orion Bailey]

maan. Again. Neither. lol.

Give me other. Or I dont drink carbonated drinks or Fruit juices all the way or. fuck soda gimme a beer!!!!
lol.

 

[HailBlazers]

maan. Again. Neither. lol.

Give me other. Or I dont drink carbonated drinks or Fruit juices all the way or. fuck soda gimme a beer!!!!
lol.

IPA or Regular Pale Ale?

 

[TBpup]

A MUST WIN game for Portland. Down 2-0 is historically daunting. Down 3-0 is historically impossible. Dame is going to have to make open looks when he gets them and Aminu/Harkless are just going to have to make shots. If not, it's too late to continue statues quo. Try anything. That means Vonleh, Crabbe, Montero.....CJ wasn't hitting until late in the Memphis series either. It might not turn it around but you might find someone who can step up if those Amikless can't.

Last year it was CJ and Meyers stepping out of the shadows. The year before against the Spurs, the only game they won was when The People's Champ stepped up.

 

[kjironman1]

I'm going....This will be a win!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I think this is a nice piece by Dave at Blazer's Edge, on what each Portland player needs to do tonight.http://www.blazersedge.com/2016/4/2...-2016-nba-playoffs-cj-mccollum-damian-lillard

 

[oldmangrouch]

IPA or Regular Pale Ale?

The Blood and Tears of mine enemy!!!!

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

RC or Shasta.

 

[42N8Bounce]

I'll be going to the game with my son tonight. With all of the discussion regarding whether it would have been better for this franchise to have not made the playoffs, I'll tell you right now, I'm glad we have the opportunity to watch and root for our team again tonight! This is what being a fan is all about. Playoffs!!!

 

[BBert]

RC or Shasta.

Fresca

It's Fresh!

 

[Eastoff]

Fresca

It's Fresh!

Jones soda.

 

[-Ace-]

I predict the Portland Trail Cokers will smash the LA Pepsis. Too bad, though....I enjoy the Wild Cherry Pepsi made with real sugar. I may enjoy the Mexican Coke in glass bottles even more.

 

[Chris Craig]

I predict the Portland Trail Cokers will smash the LA Pepsis. Too bad, though....I enjoy the Wild Cherry Pepsi made with real sugar. I may enjoy the Mexican Coke in glass bottles even more.

Does Mexican coke come in powdered form?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

On this date five years ago...

 

[santeesioux]

Mexican Coke is the best, you can get a can of that and Mexican Sprite for a dollar each at Fred Meyer down here.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Mexican Coke is the best, you can get a can of that and Mexican Sprite for a dollar each at Fred Meyer down here.

A can?! A CAN?!?!

The only way to drink cane sugar Mexican Coke is out of the 16oz glass bottle. There is a difference in taste.

 

[santeesioux]

A can?! A CAN?!?!

The only way to drink cane sugar Mexican Coke is out of the 16oz glass bottle. There is a difference in taste.

They're in glass bottles, I misspoke. Calm down, you're hysterical.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

They're in glass bottles, I misspoke. Calm down, you're hysterical.

Next you'll be telling us you snort your coke with a rolled up $1 bill. #DenominationMatters

 

[santeesioux]

Next you'll be telling us you snort your coke with a rolled up $1 bill. #DenominationMatters

I live in K Falls bro, we don't have anything fancy like that here, just meth.

 

[-Ace-]

 

[Strenuus]

So I no longer have plans (I had to back out, it's been a super rough day anxiety wise at work), so I can at least listen to the game tonight while I relax!

 

[Haakzilla]

Section 307, Row H

 

[Darkwebs]

maan. Again. Neither. lol.

Give me other. Or I dont drink carbonated drinks or Fruit juices all the way or. fuck soda gimme a beer!!!!
lol.

Hey, I haven't drunk any soda in the past 10+ years, but I still remember that I preferred the taste of Coke over Pepsi.

 

[KingSpeed]

I have a work thing tonight. I have to record it. I-yi-yi.

 

[Tunchi]

Damian Lillard's first 6 playoff games: 26ppg, 46.8%FG, 48.9%3pt


Damian Lillard's last 12 playoff games: 20.4ppg, 39.6%FG, 17.6%3pt




Interesting

 

[kjironman1]

Damian Lillard's first 6 playoff games: 26ppg, 46.8%FG, 48.9%3pt


Damian Lillard's last 12 playoff games: 20.4ppg, 39.6%FG, 17.6%




Interesting

And then there was 4-23-2016....

 

[BonesJones]

MY ADJUSTMENTS:

OFFENSIVE:
-Set on pick n pops with gaurds. (CJ on Dame, vice versa). If they trap Dame, it opens up CJ. Put the 2 Forwards in the corners (shorter 3s). If the forwards defender goes to the wide open guard who got the ball off the pick n pop, the forward needs to cut baseline for a dunk, dishoff the the big on the opposite block, or to the opposite corner to the other forward, who could shoot or proceed to rotate the ball around the arc as the defense scrambles.

-Run the court harder. We need easy buckets. Some of those will come off better defense.

-Crash 3 guys to the offensive glass every shot. Again, we need easy buckets. The Clippers aren't beating us off of running the break, as our halfcourt defense has been so bad that they don't even look to push.

DEFENSIVELY:
-Take the fastest route around off-ball screens, instead of always trailing. You have to get in front of Redick to bother his shot which makes me wonder why we trail. If we can beat him to the spot he won't get shots off.

-Bring the big up on pick n rolls. There was countless times in game 2 where Rivers, Crawford, and Paul got easy, wide open looks from the midrange, add the big sagged to protect the rim.

-Bring the big up on off ball screens. While Redick runs around DeAndre screens, Plumlee sits under the basket doing absolutely nothing. He should be denying the pass to Redick. The Clippers counter to this is DeAndre slipping the screen for backdoor alley-oops. I think we could defend this, as Aminu and Harkness are both lengthy and athletic enough to rotate back and tip the pass. The pass on this Redick pin-down is usually coming from the 3pt line, so it's a longer and thus, easier pass to tip.

HUSTLE:

-We've lost almost every 50/50 ball this series.

-We've been out hustled on contested rebounds.

-There's been multiple times where weve jogged back on defense which resulted in its being out of position for first and especially secondary breaks. Dame has almost walked back on defense multiple times. Can't have that from your leader.

 

[BonesJones]

Damian Lillard's first 6 playoff games: 26ppg, 46.8%FG, 48.9%3pt


Damian Lillard's last 12 playoff games: 20.4ppg, 39.6%FG, 17.6%3pt




Interesting

What analysis! Posting stats you surely found from some some source other than yourself, then, merely copied it to this thread, and followed with the deep, insightful quote of "Interesting". How original!

 

[Cippy91]

Damian Lillard's first 6 playoff games: 26ppg, 46.8%FG, 48.9%3pt


Damian Lillard's last 12 playoff games: 20.4ppg, 39.6%FG, 17.6%3pt




Interesting

AND IT BEGINS! Game hasn't started and the negativity flows

 

[PDXFonz]

Tunchi trying to do his best to jinx the Blazers... Stupid Rockets fans.