Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - AUGUST 22, 2020 - SATURDAY, 5:30, ABC

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Tince said:
I thought the Lakers did a nice job of deciding they were going to stay on Trent and use their length to make Wenyen/Whiteside make plays. The luxury of their length and depth.
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we need a better gameplan then that’s 2 defenders on dame and 1 on Gary..so 2 guys to guard our 3 players

should be easy pickings
 
don't care what anyone says, if dame doesn't dislocate his finger, he drops 45+ tonight, and blazers win the game, and this series would go 7 games. You can see dame wasn't right tonight. Lakers are so damn lucky
 
Dametime61 said:
don't care what anyone says, if dame doesn't dislocate his finger, he drops 45+ tonight, and blazers win the game, and this series would go 7 games. You can see dame wasn't right tonight. Lakers are so damn lucky
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I agree with this.
 
twobullz said:
The fact that Trent didn't take a shot in the quarter is not good. Need to get him some open shots to open up the floor for others. Instead Ant is 0-4.
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He was wide open for an open look lots of times. They just didn't get him the ball. I really don't understand them not trying to get him rolling? It would open everything up.
 
kjironman1 said:
The bench is better when they have Collins, Ariza and Hood.
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ok...just to quibble because I'm irritated after watching that game

but you're dipping into an alternate universe a little there

Portland never had Ariza and Hood at the same time. Maybe they would have if Hood would have stayed healthy. Or maybe the Blazers wouldn't have made that trade (although to me, it's a no-brainer dumping Bazemore for Ariza)

and Portland never had Ariza and Collins at the same time. Again, that's alternate reality

and we don't know what the future holds. Will Portland keep Ariza; especially if the cap drops 25 million? How poorly will Hood play over the next season? Will he ever be close to the same player? Wesley Matthews never was. Will there even be a season if the owners exercise force majeure and smart money seems to point to that happening?

the bench was much better last season, but the changeover engineered by Olshey was a major downgrade in talent. This year's bench has sucked right from the beginning...well before the injuries. I think there a real possibility last season was the high-water mark for the Dame/CJ teams
 
Nurk had 10/10/3 in the first quarter of this series. Can we get that Nurk back on Monday?
 
Serbian said:
My biggest problem is how. How . How do the lakers get so many offense rebounds???? How is that possible??? How!!!!!
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Because they shoot so poorly they expect them. This has been discussed to extent. Watch the way they react to a shot then watch the way the Blazers react to a shot. The Blazers immediately turn and head back on defense. The Lakers crash the boards with their bigs and send the guards back.
 
ehizzy3 said:
we need a better gameplan then that’s 2 defenders on dame and 1 on Gary..so 2 guys to guard our 3 players

should be easy pickings
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When you have 2 of Nurk/Whiteside/Wenyen on the floor at the same time. The Lakers are choosing to give up a mid-range shot to one of them or play them 2:1 for 1 pass using AD/McGee/Howards length to buy that extra second. It's a great gameplan given the limitations of our roster.

The Lakers length on our wing players prevent that intitial pass from being crisp and on-point, so we can't just make a bang-bang play.
 
wizenheimer said:
the bench was much better last season, but the changeover engineered by Olshey was a major downgrade in talent. This year's bench has sucked right from the beginning...well before the injuries. I think there a real possibility last season was the high-water mark for the Dame/CJ teams
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Agreed with this... but remember most of the changes were directly related to the tax situation.
But of course, it was NO poor decisions that put them in that finacial predicament
 
Chris Craig said:
You know Neil will have some shitty excuse for why we didn't
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What bodies worth anything in this series were available? Seriously. Has any player added to any roster going into the bubble made any contribution for any team? Maybe someone on the Nets?
 
wizenheimer said:
the bench was much better last season, but the changeover engineered by Olshey was a major downgrade in talent. This year's bench has sucked right from the beginning...well before the injuries. I think there a real possibility last season was the high-water mark for the Dame/CJ teams
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I agree with you!

Let's not forget, many people on here wanted a big change in the supporting cast, and A LOT of people thought our roster heading into the season was an upgrade from last season. Olshey was wrong and so were all the people here who thought that as well.
 
BigGameDamian said:
Maybe if Shitside plays better and picks up some slack.
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Shitside is 1 of 6 functional players on this roster, like it or not, we wouldn't even be playing right now w/out him and we'd be down 0-3 in this series without him as well.

The Lakers are better than us.
 
Dame just doesn't have enough help. Probably never will.
 
kjironman1 said:
I certainly asked the same question. Pretty sure it was one of the very few three pointers he got a chance to take.
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Again he uses all his energy on defense now
 
Tince said:
When you have 2 of Nurk/Whiteside/Wenyen on the floor at the same time. The Lakers are choosing to give up a mid-range shot to one of them or play them 2:1 for 1 pass using AD/McGee/Howards length to buy that extra second. It's a great gameplan given the limitations of our roster.

The Lakers length on our wing players prevent that intitial pass from being crisp and on-point, so we can't just make a bang-bang play.
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It's great because we settle for those midrange shots. You need to get an open 3, a shot at the rim, or a foul.

If you aren't going to attack and at least draw fouls, you might as well just hold up the white flag. And let's be honest, we attacked the rim in those situations maybe 50% of the time, and that's not going to cut it.
 
PCmor7 said:
It's great because we settle for those midrange shots. You need to get an open 3, a shot at the rim, or a foul.

If you aren't going to attack and at least draw fouls, you might as well just hold up the white flag. And let's be honest, we attacked the rim in those situations maybe 50% of the time, and that's not going to cut it.
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I agree. And often Nurk and Whiteside flip crap up when they do take it at the Lakers size. So we're not discouraging them from forcing that 2:1 action.
 
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