Series Over?

[Hoopguru]

My favorite band

Saw him at the Magical Mystic Ballon Festivle in Sunnyvale, along with Quicksilver, Moby Grape,
Buffalo Springfield, Steve Miller.
Morrison was arrested for bangin his monkey on stage.

 

[kjironman1]

Saw him at the Magical Mystic Ballon Festivle in Sunnyvale, along with Quicksilver, Moby Grape,
Buffalo Springfield, Steve Miller.
Morrison was arrested for bangin his monkey on stage.

Another reason to not like the doors I guess.

 

[deiondeion]

We can free up Dame by:
- Having him off the ball and running off screens - Having him run off of off-ball screens. Instead of running a pick n roll from the top, why don't we have him curl off of a screen towards the elbow, catch a pass from the top, and have the big (screen setter) roll baseline? Or run some variations of that from different spots on the court? It's a lot easier to double high pick n rolls than an off-ball curl. And there's actually a chance Dame could be open for a shot coming
- Running some dribble hand-off from the 2-4 spots to Dame - Running Dame off of dribble hand-offs (which can act like screens) makes sense, but keep it between guys that Davis isn't guarding. Yes, Rondo and Holiday are switchable, but who else do they have at the 2-4 spots? Mirotic? Moore? Hill? Miller? If NOP switches, let Dame ISO those guys to death. He can score easily against those dudes.
- ISO Dame more - Why does everything have to be high pick n roll? Let Dame build a rhythm in isolation. Let Dame iso with a properly spaced floor which allows him to make the right pass depending on which defender helps. Iso Dame early in the possession so that we have time to move the ball, and play off Dame's initial breakdown of the defense.. It's easier to read the floor with one defender on you at the top of the floor while standing still than it is to read the floor coming off a pick n roll into a hard trap.
- Set double-sided pick n rolls with a wing and big - This would allow Dame to start to use one screen, bring up the trapping big, reject that screen and go off the other one, causing the defense confusion. The big rolls, the wing pops, the other 2 players space in the corners to FT-Line Extended... We could run this with two guards if we have Aminu and Collins in to space in the corners (where they shoot well from), so that we don't have Davis trapping. This could cause switches that we could exploit, and we could run some exotic combinations of pick n flares (Say Dame goes right, the guy screening to his right would flare of the guy screening to Dame's left, and the guy setting the flare screen could then cut or pop behind Dame). Pick n flares would be deadly with 3-gaurd lineups (which will be used tonight due to Turner's injury). They could be defended with switching which would be likely due to New Orleans personnel, but as I stated in option 2, if we got one of Moore, Mirotic, Miller, or Hill on Dame, then Dame would have the advantage in isolation.

I like Aminu at C guarding Davis. Aminu shot very well last game, and has done a solid job on Davis defensively. These ideas would work GREAT if Aminu was able to keep Anthony Davis from fully committing to help-side defense by making Davis and the Pelicans pay with Chief 3s if AD does fully commit.

IDK man... I just don't understand why I can think of so many different things we can try but it seems like Stotts can't...
There's many other ways to free Dame up. How many will Stotts try? Will Stotts make the adjustments that are necessary?

I think the problems with the Blazers on offense is 3-fold. #1 they've lost confidence, #2 have abandoned each 'new' gameplan too quickly and #3 they have become predictable.

For #1, Game 1 was huge for momentum. I think since that close victory, Portland has tried to force too much instead of playing their game. You know, their game, the one that got them to the #3 seed in a very talented Western Conference

For #2, Nurkic was killing us in game 2 when him and Dame would run the 2 man game. I think he had something like 15 points in 13 minutes or something crazy like that. Idk why Stotts didnt stick with that game plan. They abandoned it too soon

For #3, iso is not what can get Portland back in it. It's predictable and it's what the Pels have defended so well. Classic idea of 'play smarter, not harder.' The Blazers can get back in the game with more off-ball movement, more screens, more passes/assists, and looking for more high-quality shots. Yall got a lot of good looks in Game 1, but couldn't hit. I felt like yall didn't need to change much going into Game 2 because those good looks would fall, but I think there was an overcorrection and again they lost confidence and abandoned their game plan.

I think Stotts needs to take a few things from each game and implement them if he wants to win in New Orleans. I think Portland can (even though I hope they don't).

 

[Chris Craig]

Saw him at the Magical Mystic Ballon Festivle in Sunnyvale, along with Quicksilver, Moby Grape,
Buffalo Springfield, Steve Miller.
Morrison was arrested for bangin his monkey on stage.

Is monkey slang for penis or did he actually have a monkey

 

[BonesJones]

I think the problems with the Blazers on offense is 3-fold. #1 they've lost confidence, #2 have abandoned each 'new' gameplan too quickly and #3 they have become predictable.

For #1, Game 1 was huge for momentum. I think since that close victory, Portland has tried to force too much instead of playing their game. You know, their game, the one that got them to the #3 seed in a very talented Western Conference

For #2, Nurkic was killing us in game 2 when him and Dame would run the 2 man game. I think he had something like 15 points in 13 minutes or something crazy like that. Idk why Stotts didnt stick with that game plan. They abandoned it too soon

For #3, iso is not what can get Portland back in it. It's predictable and it's what the Pels have defended so well. Classic idea of 'play smarter, not harder.' The Blazers can get back in the game with more off-ball movement, more screens, more passes/assists, and looking for more high-quality shots. Yall got a lot of good looks in Game 1, but couldn't hit. I felt like yall didn't need to change much going into Game 2 because those good looks would fall, but I think there was an overcorrection and again they lost confidence and abandoned their game plan.

I think Stotts needs to take a few things from each game and implement them if he wants to win in New Orleans. I think Portland can (even though I hope they don't).

You don't watch the team often enough. These are problems that are ongoing. Stotts hasn't emphasized ball movement all year. His sets don't accomplish enough and he doesn't have enough of them. Nothing will change.

Dame can score in isolation though. Ius better than constantly getting him trapped.

 

[Lanny]

No. Close backbreaking wins. Save big win for Game 7.

A close back breaking game for us is a close back breaking game for them.

But forget about that, I want to win the next 3 by wide margins. Game 7? Yeah, it can be close and we can still pull it out at home.

Did I say I like dreams?

 

[Hoopguru]

Is monkey slang for penis or did he actually have a monkey

You got it right!