Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - 4/22/17, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), KGW & ESPN (1 Viewer)

[blue9]

Time to drop kick Tater Totts this summer. Bring in someone new to build the Dame/CJ/Nurk era from scratch.

 

[BlayZa]

fuck, so they had

no KD
no Kerr
no Livingston
no Barnes

must be nice to able to miss that much n be killers still.

 

[ripcityboy]

Well. That's that.

 

[LuckyShot]

Sucks being a blazer fan...im done

We will never win in this league. Maybe that's why some want us to tank every year, because they get enjoyment out of possibly winning the lottery so they can feel like we won something.

 

[trailblazer18]

That sucked..On to Monday night.

 

[DUB]

Fulltime
Us - 113
Them - 119

FTM/A (%)
Us - 22/27 (81.5%)
Them - 27/35 (77.1%)

League average is 23.1 FTAPG, so this game was called tight; which is strange for a playoff game.

Turnovers
Us - 16
Them - 7

Points Off Turnovers
Us - 21
Them - 12

Fast Break Points
Us - 6
Them - 22

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Not surprised.

This team is still a few tiers below the Warriors.

When Harkless and Vonleh are your starting forwards you're not going to go far.

Evan Turner is such a shitty fit with this core.

 

[EGame]

when you coach gets outcoached by mike brown, you know it is time to move on. That really is gross.

 

[ripcityboy]

Once upon a time, the Yankees dominated the Red Sox (as usual) three times. Dominance. 3-0 series. Guess who won that series. It wasn't the Yankees.

The Red Sox were put together by the greatest General Manager in sports, Theo Epstein. Olshey isn't worthy to lick the sweat from Theo's nut sack.

 

[Chris Craig]

I wish Dame was as good as curry

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The Red Sox were put together by the greatest General Manager in sports, Theo Epstein. Olshey isn't worthy to lick the sweat from Theo's nut sack.

And the Red Sox are a Boston team... I mean, they have advantages.

 

[HailBlazers]

FTM/A (%)
Us - 22/27 (81.5%)
Them - 27/35 (77.1%)

League average is 23.1 FTAPG, so this game was called tight; which is strange for a playoff game.

Turnovers
Us - 16
Them - 7

Points Off Turnovers
Us - 21
Them - 12

Fast Break Points
Us - 6
Them - 22

Really too bad, they called the first half great.

 

[Sinobas]

I wish Dame was as good as curry

The result wouldn't be any different of you traded Lillard for Curry.

 

[Chris Craig]

There's always next year, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that.....

 

[KingSpeed]

when you coach gets outcoached by mike brown, you know it is time to move on. That really is gross.

Cavs had two 60+ win seasons with Mo Williams as 2nd best player under Mike Brown. With Kyrie and Love, they can barely win 50 under Lue. Maybe Brown can coach.

 

[PDXFonz]

I've got nothing to say that NAS hasn't already written.

 

[TBpup]

The problem with the RedSox/Yankees analogy is that the Yankees had won something like 27 World Series before that. The Blazers would love to have that problem.

 

[Chris Craig]

Cavs had 60+ win seasons twice with Mo Williams as 2nd best player under Mike Brown. With Kyrie and Love, they can barely win 50 under Lue. Maybe Brown can coach.

That win had nothing to do with Brown

 

[EGame]

Cavs had 60+ win seasons twice with Mo Williams as 2nd best player under Mike Brown. With Kyrie and Love, they can barely win 50 under Lue. Maybe Brown can coach.

Lebron was a physical specimen back in those days and went all out every game. Now, they coast in a lot of games during the regular season not to mention he sits out in quite a few games that usually mean losses. it wasnt brown, believe me.

 

[KingSpeed]

baseball and hockey aren't basketball. you rarely see the better team have 4 bad nights.

They had 3 straight losses in NBA Finals last year and would've lost a 4th the way they looked.

 

[A$AP Meyers]

We just blew a 17 point second half must win at home against a team missing 4 rotation players, one of which is a MVP top 5 player, and missing their coach. A game in which our stars totally disappeared, and our role players (a couple who are very well paid) completely dissapeared and/or completely shit the bed.

Spin it however you want because "it's the warriors", but that loss was fucking embarrassing and it's a reflection of the current state of this organization.

Call me a troll or a pessimist I don't give a shit frankly, because deep down we all know it's true. Worst part about it we are stuck with this shit hole roster. Who the hell do you think wants Allen Crabbe or Meyers Leonard attached with a coin flip first rounder after witness this the past two postseasons? Nobody.

 

[Sinobas]

Why doesn't portland pass it like GS? It seems that in the 4th quarter of games, their offense completly shuts down and it's iso ball. Turner in particular tried to take it himself a couple of times and ended up turning the ball over.

 

[EGame]

They had 3 straight losses in NBA Finals last year and would've lost a 4th the way they looked.

Great. They also played a better team. Take the rose colored glasses off.

 

[Chris Craig]

They had 3 straight losses in NBA Finals last year and would've lost a 4th the way they looked.

But this year they are flawless. They will win the trophy in a month and it will suck horribly to see.

 

[Natebishop3]

I wish Dame was as good as curry

That's your takeaway?

Dame showed up to this game. He can't carry the load the entire game.

Dame - 31 points off 10-23 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Curry - 34 points off 10-25 shooting, 8 assists, 4 rebounds

We don't have a supporting cast. Curry does. It's that simple. I am 100% sure that if you put Dame on the Warriors instead of Curry, they're still the same team.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I wish Dame was as good as curry

I think you put Dame on the GSW and put Curry on the Blazers and results would be pretty much the same. GS is still a championship team not a one man show. They know how to win. It's not Curry bring better than Dame.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think you put Dame on the GSW and put Curry on the Blazers and results would be pretty much the same. GS is still a championship team not a one man show. They know how to win. It's not Curry bring better than Dame.

Holy shit.... BGD with the knowledge bomb.

 

[SynTax]

We were forced to to play a lineup of Aminu, Turner, and Vonleh for what felt like eight straight minutes. The Warriors just dared them to do something, and they didn't. Stotts not calling a timeout didn't help.

Pretty disappointing that Nurk didn't close the game. The Blazers were a different team with him on the floor. I genuinely think the Blazers take this game if he had finished.

 

[Natebishop3]

This is just a different team with a healthy Nurk. I thought everyone knew that we didn't stand a chance without him in this series?

 

[Minstrel]

Why doesn't portland pass it like GS? It seems that in the 4th quarter of games, their offense completly shuts down and it's iso ball. Turner in particular tried to take it himself a couple of times and ended up turning the ball over.

Passing is a skill and a culture. Portland doesn't have a roster full of skilled passers like Golden State and very few teams have built the kind of culture where the stars whole-heartedly like moving the ball and hunting the best shots. The Spurs and Warriors are notable in that respect.