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Natebishop3

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If the NBA wants to have seven game series, fine, whatever...... but having game one on Sunday, game two on Wednesday, and game three on Saturday is just absurd. They don't need two days inbetween games.

It should be:

Game one - Sunday
Game two - Tuesday
Game three - Friday
Game four - Sunday

One day off between the first set of home games and then two days between the next set of home games. This is just way too drawn out.
 
Natebishop3 said:
If the NBA wants to have seven game series, fine, whatever...... but having game one on Sunday, game two on Wednesday, and game three on Saturday is just absurd. They don't need two days inbetween games.

It should be:

Game one - Sunday
Game two - Tuesday
Game three - Friday
Game four - Sunday

One day off between the first set of home games and then two days between the next set of home games. This is just way too drawn out.
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I concur. Im going nuts.
 
From here on out, there is a game every other day (1 game in between). The first 3 games are really drawn out because of TV and being able to show all the games. They shorten the rest days after game 3 because they know some series will not last more than 4 games.
 
Another reason why I was not too concerned about the need to rest our players for the last couple of games of the regular season.
The Playoffs are not as tough as the regular season from a travel standpoint. 5 days in LA and now 5 days in Portland. (4 games in around 10 days)
 
The NBA has really nothing to compete with right now. They are going to milk this for as much as they can.
 
I thought they needed the rest too, but it doesn't seem to have done them any good going into the playoffs. Not sure its a good thing at this point. Wondering if we lost our rhythm with too many days off in between games the last two weeks of the season and playoffs.
 
It's fine, Nate. It's a 2 week long series. Nothing wrong with that.
 
e_blazer said:
If the Blazers don't improve dramatically, after the next two games we're going to have to wait a lot longer than 3 days for more Blazers basketball.
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Yeah, but then comes my favorite time of the year..... the offseason!

For a few glorious months, anything is possible and on paper we could be the best team in the league. And then real life sets in and the league and the refs and the players ruin everything.
 
wait. I liked that and then unliked it. Favorite time of the years is the offseason? Doesnt that get a Kingspeed badfan stamp? ;)
 
Orion Bailey said:
wait. I liked that and then unliked it. Favorite time of the years is the offseason? Doesnt that get a Kingspeed badfan stamp? ;)
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My favorite time ever was when we had acquired Pippen and Smith and Detlef, and for a while we were considered the best team in the league. For a while we were the paper champs. That was so much fun. And then the league and the Lakers ruined it.
 
Natebishop3 said:
My favorite time ever was when we had acquired Pippen and Smith and Detlef, and for a while we were considered the best team in the league. For a while we were the paper champs. That was so much fun. And then the league and the Lakers ruined it.
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Yeah but in all fairness didn't that paper last through to the playoffs? I live on the east coast then so didn't get much Blazere info, but I'm pretty sure we were one of the couple of best teams all season long?
 
Orion Bailey said:
Yeah but in all fairness didn't that paper last through to the playoffs? I live on the east coast then so didn't get much Blazere info, but I'm pretty sure we were one of the couple of best teams all season long?
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Yeah, we definitely were. I think for me, the dream of winning can sustain me through the summer, and the anticipation.... and then I watch the games and all the BS that goes with the NBA just ruins my buzz.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Yeah, we definitely were. I think for me, the dream of winning can sustain me through the summer, and the anticipation.... and then I watch the games and all the BS that goes with the NBA just ruins my buzz.
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Was Tunchi here saying we need to retool then as well? lol
 
Natebishop3 said:
If the NBA wants to have seven game series, fine, whatever...... but having game one on Sunday, game two on Wednesday, and game three on Saturday is just absurd. They don't need two days inbetween games.

It should be:

Game one - Sunday
Game two - Tuesday
Game three - Friday
Game four - Sunday

One day off between the first set of home games and then two days between the next set of home games. This is just way too drawn out.
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They don't want to have 4 game nights during the week. That's the way it is. It's not all about us.
 
The two things I dislike are that we are always the last team to play and all the games start at 7:30....wtf
 
I'm fine with it...it's spring in Oregon..I actually have sunburned feet for the first time in a year...as the playoffs wind down..so does the season. It's actually working out in my favor and I've enjoyed the breaks between games..I think the time off should contribute to better basketball in the end
 
Natebishop3 said:
They don't need two days inbetween games...This is just way too drawn out.
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tester551 said:
The first 3 games are really drawn out because of TV and being able to show all the games. They shorten the rest days after game 3 because they know some series will not last more than 4 games.
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Yes, TV decides frequency of games. As the number of series still continuing decreases, the duration between each game in a series decreases.
 
riverman said:
I'm fine with it...it's spring in Oregon..I actually have sunburned feet for the first time in a year...as the playoffs wind down..so does the season. It's actually working out in my favor and I've enjoyed the breaks between games..I think the time off should contribute to better basketball in the end
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You mean like the last 2 games where we had 3 days off?
 
riverman said:
sure..stands to reason
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What's the reason? We've had 4 (now 6) days off and those two games were real stinkers.

Or I just missed something completely in that sentence of "I think the time off should contribute to better basketball in the end"
 
Strenuus said:
What's the reason? We've had 4 (now 6) days off and those two games were real stinkers.

Or I just missed something completely in that sentence of "I think the time off should contribute to better basketball in the end"
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well, we lost...if it helped anyone it helped the team that won. I think you missed my point but I get that a lot..I don't think playing a quicker schedule is better. Ask any player who's injured...I'm sure Curry wants the time off when he can get it. Less jetlag...just makes sense to me.
 
riverman said:
well, we lost...if it helped anyone it helped the team that won. I think you missed my point but I get that a lot..I don't think playing a quicker schedule is better. Ask any player who's injured...I'm sure Curry wants the time off when he can get it. Less jetlag...just makes sense to me.
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I am really, really tired... so I think you and I are agreeing, I just can't see it. lol.
 
Another thing to remember about scheduling is that there were hockey games in LA and our series had to be scheduled around them.
 
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