Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - 4/25/15, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM (PST), ESPN & KGW

[Strenuus]

Define "distance shots". In his entire 12 year NBA career, Chris Kaman has not made a single 3-pointer. He is a collective 0-20 in the regular season and 0-0 in the playoffs. Robin Lopez is equally futile from "distance". In his entire 7 year NBA career, he's 0-3 on 3-pointers during the regular season and matches Kaman's 0-0 from downtown in the playoffs.

Perhaps you haven't been paying attention, but Meyers Leonard lead the team in 3FG% the year and was 4-5 on 3-pointers in the first 2 games of this series.

I'm not proclaiming Meyers as our savior, but to claim Gasol "would have done the same with Leonard" doesn't add up. At the very least, Gasol would have had to guard Leonard out to the 3-point line, something he doesn't have to do with Kaman or Lopez, and that would have opened up the paint more for our other guys. Again, not claiming we would have won the game if Meyers had played more, but his ability to hit the 3, would have definitely changed the way MEM in general and Gasol specifically, played defense.

BNM

It's too logical. This is ALL TOO LOGICAL!!!

 

[Boob-No-More]

BNM this game is what I mean by being worried Calathes would hurt us.

13 pts (4-9), 4 reb, 3 ast, 1blk, 0 to

Calathes stepped up at a key moment when his team needed him.

The 2-4 3-pointers was very uncharacteristic. The 3-6 FTS wasn't. We should have fouled him more. We should have went with the Hack-a-Calathes strategy - seriously. No one thinks to intentionally foul the other team's PG, becuase most PGs are good FT shooters. Calathes is not. As I mentioned in the series thread, Calathes' season and career free throw percentages are almost identical to Dwight Howard's. Every time Calathes touched the ball and we didn't foul him was a wasted opportunity to cut the Grizzlies lead.

BNM

 

[ChadWick]

Dame did so much talking before the series. What a joke. "It's hard to beat a team 8 times" "I'm gonna show up, just watch. I'm gonna show up." Dude got shit on by fucking Calathes.

 

[KingSpeed]

Dame did so much talking before the series. What a joke. "It's hard to beat a team 8 times" "I'm gonna show up, just watch. I'm gonna show up." Dude got shit on by fucking Calathes.

Not over yet.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Dame did so much talking before the series. What a joke. "It's hard to beat a team 8 times" "I'm gonna show up, just watch. I'm gonna show up." Dude got shit on by fucking Calathes.

I get that all the cool kids are bashing Dame these days, but did you actually watch the game? Most of the shitting Calathes did was on Blake and C.J. He only scored once (a 3-pointer) when Lillard was guarding him.

BNM

 

[stampedehero]

WTF Lopez looked like a liability everywhere with his plodding feet and hands of stone, and Kaman was clearly hurt, no excuse IMO

Plodding feet..Hands of Stone Thats' great.

 

[stampedehero]

Blazers are no longer on the trail as they are on the Beaten path Damn!!!!!