Predict The Series: Trail Blazers Versus Rockets

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The winning team will be:

  • Rockets sweep

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Rockets in 5 games

    Votes: 4 8.9%

  • Rockets in 6 games

    Votes: 7 15.6%

  • Rockets in 7 games

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Blazers in 7 games

    Votes: 6 13.3%

  • Blazers in 6 games

    Votes: 19 42.2%

  • Blazers in 5 games

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • Blazers sweep

    Votes: 2 4.4%
  • Total voters
    45
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The First Round series between Portland and Houston kicks off this Sunday at 6:30 on TNT and KGW. Before the action begins, put your predictions in. Who do you have winning and in how many games?

For tiebreaker purposes, please list out each Game and who you have winning each game.

For Example:
Trail Blazers in 7
Game 1 - Trail Blazers
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Trail Blazers
Game 4 - Rockets
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Trail Blazers
Game 7 - Trail Blazers

In the event that more than one person correctly picks the series in the correct amount of games (IE: Trail Blazers in 7) and correctly predicts the same amount of individual games correctly (IE: Four games), there will be a random drawing.

The winner will take home this locally designed print by Justin Tigner. If you follow the Oregon Ducks, you're familiar with his Duck prints. Below is what the print looks like sans the watermark.

@trailblazers.jpg
 
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Game 1 - Trail Blazers
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Trail Blazers
Game 4 - Trail Blazers
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Trail Blazers
 
I'm throwing away my prescription glasses and replacing them with rose-colored ones. My head says Rockets in six, but fuck my head. I'm going with my heart on this one.

Game 1: Rockets
Game 2: Blazers
Game 3: Blazers
Game 4: Rockets
Game 5: Blazers
Game 6: Blazers

Rip City!
 
I know I only predicted two wins for us, and I still mostly feel that way. I just don't have any trust in LMA/Dame, even though I think Dame was built for high-pressure games. Lot's of conflicting thoughts about this team.

Game 1 - Blazers
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Blazers
Game 4 - Rockets
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Blazers
Game 7 - BLAZERS! No...Rockets. Dammit!
 
Rockets in 6
Game 1: Rockets
Game 2: Blazers
Game 3: Blazers
Game 4: Rockets
Game 5: Rockets
Game 6: Rockets
 
Kaydow said:
I'm going Blazers in 7 based on cbssports.com schedule showing PDX with home court advantage.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24530034/nba-playoffs-first-round-schedule-announced

Series2
DATE TIME SITE TELEVISION
Sun. April 20 9:30 ET Portland TNT
Wed. April 23 9:30 ET Portland TNT
Fri. April 25 10:30 ET Houston ESPN
Sun. April 27 9:30 ET Houston TNT
Wed. April 30* TBD Portland TBD
Fri. May 2* TBD Houston TBD
Sun. May 4* TBD Portland TBD
*If necessary
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Here's the snapshot before they correct it:

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I'll tell you what, what they say about Texas hospitality is true!
 
Trail Blazers in 6
Game 1 - Trail Blazers
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Trail Blazers
Game 4 - Trail Blazers
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Trail Blazers
 
maxiep said:
I'm throwing away my prescription glasses and replacing them with rose-colored ones. My head says Rockets in six, but fuck my head. I'm going with my heart on this one.

Game 1: Rockets
Game 2: Blazers
Game 3: Blazers
Game 4: Rockets
Game 5: Blazers
Game 6: Blazers

Rip City!
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Ditto
 
I hate myself.

Game 1: Blazers
Game 2: Rockets
Game 3: Rockets
Game 4: Blazers
Game 5: Rockets
Game 6: Blazers
Game 7: Rockets

:(
 
yuyuza1 said:
I hate myself.

Game 1: Blazers
Game 2: Rockets
Game 3: Rockets
Game 4: Blazers
Game 5: Rockets
Game 6: Blazers
Game 7: Rockets

:(
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Man, winning game one and then going to lose the series would be bad, real bad. Please be wrong ... :)
 
It's how we did vs PHX a few years ago. Won game 1 w/o BRoy when Dre went off, and we got destroyed in 4 of the next 5
 
GAME 1 - Houston
GAME 2 - Portland
GAME 3 - Portland
GAME 4 - Portland
GAME 5 - Portland
 
Houston sweep. Sorry, don't hate myself for being honest. Hope to hell I am wrong.
 
Blazers in 6

Game 1: Blazers
Game 2: Rockets
Game 3: Blazers
Game 4: Rockets
Game 5: Blazers
Game 6: Blazers
 
Blazers in 5.
Blazers
Rockets
Blazers
Blazers
Blazers
 
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Game 1 - Trail Blazers
Game 2 - Trail Blazers
Game 3 - Trail Blazers
Game 4 - Trail Blazers
 
Blazers in 6:

Game 1 - Trail Blazers
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Trail Blazers
Game 4 - Trail Blazers
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Trail Blazers
 
Portland in 6. We punch them in the nose for Game 1, and hold serve at home.

Game 1 - Portland
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Portland
Game 4 - Portland
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Portland
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Portland in 6. We punch them in the nose for Game 1, and hold serve at home.

Game 1 - Portland
Game 2 - Rockets
Game 3 - Portland
Game 4 - Portland
Game 5 - Rockets
Game 6 - Portland
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Expert Picks.JPG

3 Out of 18 ESPN Experts Agree With You
 
I need to come up with something different.....

Game 1: Portland
Game 2: Houston
Game 3: Houston
Game 4: Portland
Game 5: Portland
Game 6: Portland

I never hope for an injury, but if Harden came down with a case of Pneumonia, I wouldnt be too upset.
 
Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

What do you think Blazer fans??? I'm surprised so few of the national media are picking the Blazers. Is this similar to the pundits picks before the season when so many picked us well out of the playoffs? Or am I a Blazers homer with rose colored glasses?

Well what are your picks for this series?
 
Re: Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

Here are the ESPN experts picks

4 HOU game5 Doolittle, Haberstroh, Illardi, Strauss
5 HOU game6 Adande, Pelton, Stein, Thorpe, Windhorst
6 HOU game7 Abbott, Arnovitz, Broussard, Ford, Shelburne, Wallace
3 PDX game6 Elhassan, Gutierrez, Morris

So 15 of 18 ESPN analysis picked Houston. Nobody picked a sweep, and the only Blazer picks were in 6 games to close out at home.
 
Re: Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

The problem is that the Rockets have the big guys to wear Aldridge down we need Aldridge to win the series. Blazers fans will fault Aldridge for not going in the paint every time down court. So I hate to say it but the longer this series goes the longer it will be for the Blazers I'm afraid.
 
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Re: Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

If Batum can awake...we can sweep!
 
Re: Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

I picked the Blazers in 5. I think this Houston team is very overrated. Harden is not a superstar on the level of Durant, LeBron, CP3, Curry, Paul George. He cannot put a team on his back like those superstar players. He is very good on offense but you can game plan around him and live with his 25 points. He won't go nuts and hang 40+ on us. Then at the other positions Houston has a lot of players who are one dimensional, Beverly is a great defender but so so offensively, Lin is good offensively but terrible on defense, Asik is terrible on offense. Jones can't hit a shot past the free throw line. Who do the Rockets put on the court? If they go with the better defenders they won't be able to space the floor on the other end. If they go with offense as they did much of this season they'll get burned on the perimeter. Terrance Jones is a joke as a starting PF matched up across from Aldridge.

Comparatively look at the Blazers starters; Wes, Batum, Lopez and Aldridge can each play on both sides of the ball at a high level. The starters will play a ton of minutes and have rest days after every game. Houston's roster has talent at a few positions but there isn't the synergy and fit that a playoff team needs. Asik should've been dealt for a starter. He might be their third best player but he can't play alongside Howard and that makes him an 8mpg player in the playoffs.

So that is the reasoning behind me picking the Blazers in 5 games. Houston is a great matchup for us. They don't have a physical SF that gives Batum problems on defense while being taller than Matthews. They don't have an all-star PG that will burn by Lillard and collapse our defense. Matthews and Batum are great defenders to alternate on Harden. Even if Harden scorers on them the rest of the team won't have to help out and that will limit their role players from going wild.

The concerns I have is first if Howard plays out of his mind as when he was in Orlando. I don't think its likely; but if he turns back the clock could his quickness be too much for Lopez to handle? Lopez anchors our defense and is excellent when opponent guards get to the rim. But against teams like Phoenix with a quick center he struggles to recover and gave up easy dunks. Howard was able to dominate him in Houstons early season win in Portland this year. If Howard is way too quick for Robin and scoring 30+ ppg it could create opportunities for his Houston teammates.

The second concern I have is Nic Batum. Is he going to be able to take advantage of defenses cheating off him? In the playoffs against Phoenix the Suns had Steve Nash guard Nic, and Nic did nothing to take advantage. Houston will have to help defend our other starters, especially Aldridge, and Nic needs to capitalize on those opportunities when available.

So to recap, I think the Blazers are being vastly underrated by the national media, just as in pre-season, and will cruise to a comfortable series victory. But if Dwight really elevates his play to when he was in his prime, which I doubt will happen, then they could cause us, and everyone in the league, problems.

Enjoy the series Blazer fans, and if you want to be a doubter just as so many were in the pre-season I don't blame you. But this is the end of the 14 year drought!
 
Re: Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

As much as I would love to see the Blazers win, I think the Rockets will take it in 6. I hope I'm wrong.
 
Re: Your Predictions for the Blazers Rockets series

BigGameDamian said:
The problem is that the Rockets have the big guys to wear Aldridge down we need Aldridge to win the series. Blazers fans will fault Aldridge for not going in the paint every time down court. So I hate to say it but the longer this series goes the longer it will be for the Blazers I'm afraid.
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You do realize your boy Godfather is picking the Blazers in 6 right?
 
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