Semi OT: Memphis crushing NO

[tlongII]

Spurs have plenty of size. Duncan, Splitter, Blair, and McDyess is a deeper frontcourt than we have.

Duncan's 6-10. McDyess is 6-9. Blair is 6-6 and Splitter doesn't even play. They don't match up with us inside.

 

[maxiep]

The Lakers are the 2 time defending champs. If you can avoid them, you do. Doesn't mean the other teams will be easy. We will still be big underdogs to all of them. But common sense says the Lakers would be the toughest obstical to over come.

I would prefer Dallas, then OKC, then SA, then the Lakers.

That's my order of preference as well.

 

[barfo]

And if I'm being dishonest, I don't even think the Trail Blazers are an underdog to any team in the playoffs and are, in fact, the defending champions.

Of course they are. We've won every championship since '77. There's a reason the Larry Portland Trail Blazers O'Brien trophy is named the way it is.

I want Dallas, SA, OKC, Lakers.

barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

Dallas is on their way out, and Stern hates Cuban. I think if we play OKC or LA it will be a contest of who can shoot the more free throws... Kevin Durant or the Portland Trail Blazers as a whole.

 

[Minstrel]

I think if we play OKC or LA it will be a contest of who can shoot the more free throws... Kevin Durant or the Portland Trail Blazers as a whole.

In that case, I hope we play LA. I don't think Durant will get many free throws in a Portland-LA match-up.

(Maybe only 4-5.)

 

[Masbee]

If we're honest, we're going out in round 1 whatever happens (barring sudden massive injuries to the two best players on the other team), so why not go out fighting the Lakers? Maybe we can take out a couple of their players in the process. Dallas does seem weak at the moment, and have an unfortunate history in the playoffs, but Dirk Nowtizki has been kicking this team's ass for a long time.

Right.

And for that time, how many games have we had Gerald Wallace D'ing up on Dirk?


Dallas is a great matchup for the Blazers in the first round.

 

[magnifier661]

Who owns the tiebreaker between Denver and Portland? Because Portland would have to win both their remaining games and Denver lose theirs to TIE. And with Denver playing Golden State at home and Utah at Utah... yeah, not happening.

We would have a better division record than Denver and we have tied the regular season series. So if we both ended up with identical records; we would be 5th seed.