Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MAY 27, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:30, NBATV & NBCSNW

[B-Roy]

The blazers played well enough to win this game. But still getting out coached because our coach is so stubborn. We should handle this team easily but Stotts shoots the team in the foot.

 

[calvin natt]

Who said that earlier. Me

Cringe

 

[Tince]

Yeah, their shooting should be much better but this three guard lineup is fucking stupid.

When 3 of your 4 best players are 6'3" or under, you've got to do abnormal things. Roster make-up has been and will continue to be the main issue.

 

[Phatguysrule]

You can't get to the line when the refs won't blow their whistle

There is a reason Dame stopped driving as much. He never got the critical call.

 

[illmatic99]

Yeah, I was just thinking that my prediction of Denver in 6 is out the window if we lose this next one. We'll be backdoor swept out of the playoffs for the second season in a row. I just hope that's enough to get both Terry and Neil shown the door.

That being said, I'm still not giving up and would love to see us catch fire and go on a run starting next game. Let the run take us all the way... I would love that and if the price for a chip is having Terry Stotts as the head coach until he dies, then so be it.

chip?

come on man

 

[LayneStaley]

I might be down for Becky Hammon. There are some serious basic fundamentals missing from the way we play. If Pop trusts her she’s most likely 100X better than Stotts.

 

[OneSport3]

It took 75 games for Stotts to realize that Kanter has tough minus stretches…

 

[illmatic99]

no shit you fucking moron. we were all screaming that kanter should be benched this series after game 1.



Took you three games, and EVEN THEN you brought him back in in the 2nd half. Were it not for his egregious flagrant, you would have kept the same rotation. goddamnit would someone please put this idiot out of his misery

 

[blazerkor]

chip?

come on man

I'm just saying, I'd love for it to happen. I haven't soured so badly on Stotts that I would rather not have a chip so I could see him go. Now, I want him gone really badly but if we could put together some Cinderella magic run shit, I'd be all for it.

My prediction stands at us losing this series in 6 and like I said, if we lose on Saturday we'll probably be gone in 5.

 

[Tince]

I might be down for Becky Hammon. There are some serious basic fundamentals missing from the way we play. If Pop trusts her she’s most likely 100X better than Stotts.

I want Becky Hammon to succeed... pairing her with a Neil Olshey roster seems like a horrible idea.

 

[HailBlazers]

Yeah, their shooting should be much better but this three guard lineup is fucking stupid.

Liked what RHJ brought but apparently he had minute restrictions..

 

[brooklynballer]

no shit you fucking moron. we were all screaming that kanter should be benched this series after game 1.



Took you three games, and EVEN THEN you brought him back in in the 2nd half. Were it not for his egregious flagrant, you would have kept the same rotation. goddamnit would someone please put this idiot out of his misery

Subbing in Kanter in the first half at the 5:00 mark is when everything went to hell. Guarantee he does the same thing in Game 4 again, thinking this time it’s gonna be different.

 

[Strenuus]

Yeah, I was just thinking that my prediction of Denver in 6 is out the window if we lose this next one. We'll be backdoor swept out of the playoffs for the second season in a row. I just hope that's enough to get both Terry and Neil shown the door.

That being said, I'm still not giving up and would love to see us catch fire and go on a run starting next game. Let the run take us all the way... I would love that and if the price for a chip is having Terry Stotts as the head coach until he dies, then so be it.

Any loss to Denver in any amount of games will get at least stotts fired. I'd want olshey fires too but he is a bit more insulated.

 

[Tince]

no shit you fucking moron. we were all screaming that kanter should be benched this series after game 1.



Took you three games, and EVEN THEN you brought him back in in the 2nd half. Were it not for his egregious flagrant, you would have kept the same rotation. goddamnit would someone please put this idiot out of his misery

I agree... he should've put in that other solid defensive big on our roster...

 

[OneSport3]

This is why Nurkic still plays hesitantly and tries to avoid contact at times. That injury was a catastrophic one that is more difficult to recover psychologically than physically.

 

[Tince]

You keep saying that. Doesn’t change the fact that Stotts is a God-awful coach. The roster is flawed

I only repeat my points to people who are repeating theirs. Seems fair to me.

 

[blazerkor]

Any loss to Denver in any amount of games will get at least stotts fired. I'd want olshey fires too but he is a bit more insulated.

I can hope that our perception of Neil's relationship with ownership is just as flawed as his approach to managing a team. I feel like it would make perfect since for Vulcan to call Neil whenever the season is over and when Neil says that he is ready to let Terry go McGowan tells him that if that's the solution now it should have been the solution after the NOLA sweep and McGowan fires Neil right then and lets the new GM fire Terry. I'll just keep that dream alive while I can.

 

[LayneStaley]

Stotts is gone. That I’m sure of, and that’s better than any first round win. I’d rather lose to jokic than watch Lebron and AD roll around on the court and go to the line 30 times a game.

 

[Haakzilla]

...can't make this shit up!

 

[riverman]

Tough loss....too many empty possessions, no free throws...foul trouble....get the next one! Dame and Melo made big shots....otherwise pretty much a clank fest shooting

 

[JoshuaHall]

Subbing in Kanter in the first half at the 5:00 mark is when everything went to hell. Guarantee he does the same thing in Game 4 again, thinking this time it’s gonna be different.

I hope he does this so we can fire him in middle of the series.

then probably win the series

 

[AldoTrapani]

Tough loss....too many empty possessions, no free throws...foul trouble....get the next one! Dame and Melo made big shots....otherwise pretty much a clank fest shooting

Imagine if denver was healthy

 

[LayneStaley]

Chauncey Billups would of got in someone face at halftime. Honestly I know the NBA is rated G now compared to the 90s and early 2000s but I really feel there is zero toughness on this team. Maybe that’s the biggest loss without Zach.

 

[blazerkor]

...can't make this shit up!

Holy shit!!! They shot 52% from three... not because of the Stottsism that their shots were just falling but because we are one of the worst teams in the game at closing out on three point shooters. I felt like we were giving them a lot inside that they just weren't taking advantage of too.

 

[OneSport3]

When does it stop being a coincidence that teams have their best 3pt shooting performance of the season or set franchise 3pt records against our defense?

 

[LayneStaley]

Holy shit!!! They shot 52% from three... not because of the Stottsism that their shots were just falling but because we are one of the worst teams in the game at closing out on three point shooters. I felt like we were giving them a lot inside that they just weren't taking advantage of too.

I thought that’s what DJJ was for?

 

[blazerkor]

I thought that’s what DJJ was for?

I know everyone else turned on him but I still love what DJ brought and I'm pretty sure he has the highest win percentage as a starter on the team.

 

[LayneStaley]

I think the plan of letting Jokic go apeshit is a bad one. I don’t think that plan took a lot of thought.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

We could really use Zach Collins in this series.

 

[Titan]

Man, that 19 to 4 run to end the first Q for Denver is what did it for them. We gave them the momentum and never truly recovered.