This team simply wasn't built for a long playoff run

[Natebishop3]

First of all one must define deep playoff run, then consider the log jam that seperates the top 9 teams in the western conference, then realize we're playing the # 1 seed in the league and have a chance to even the score at home. We've got a minimum of 10 playoff games if we lose the next two which is not too shabby, I think we'll split the 1st 4 which gives us a chance at the game 7 win. Defense is part of the picture but not the whole picture, we have not shot the ball well or protected it on offense. We can beat the Spurs if we play our game well. Phoenix under D'Antoni didn't get a ring but went pretty deep in the West back in the day. I think we're better than that team was. It's not the all or nothing show here, we've had a run that put us in a position to win and we still can. Sure we can improve defensively. Support starts here with the fans. Go Blazers and to hell with the doubters and gloom folks. I'm enjoying this post season for what it is, a historical return to great basketball.

Deep, in my opinion, is the conference finals. To get to the conference finals is an accomplishment for almost any team. There are only a small number that would consider the conference finals a disappointment. The problem is, to get to the conference finals, you have to beat two good teams. In the west, you have to beat two really good teams. The problems we're seeing right now is that our bench can't keep up with the Spurs. This would get even worse in the next round against the Clips or the Thunder. If we shore up our bench this summer, I think we could really make that jump to legit contender.

 

[riverman]

Deep, in my opinion, is the conference finals. To get to the conference finals is an accomplishment for almost any team. There are only a small number that would consider the conference finals a disappointment. The problem is, to get to the conference finals, you have to beat two good teams. In the west, you have to beat two really good teams. The problems we're seeing right now is that our bench can't keep up with the Spurs. This would get even worse in the next round against the Clips or the Thunder. If we shore up our bench this summer, I think we could really make that jump to legit contender.

I don't think I've ever seen the western conference as deep as it is this season and I'm old as dirt. There's a fraction seperating the top teams in the west. To win a series at all is an accomplishment. We can beat the Spurs, Clippers and Thunder if we play to our strengths. The media might not think so but that's the same media that didn't think we'd win 40 games this season.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't think I've ever seen the western conference as deep as it is this season and I'm old as dirt. There's a fraction seperating the top teams in the west. To win a series at all is an accomplishment. We can beat the Spurs, Clippers and Thunder if we play to our strengths. The media might not think so but that's the same media that didn't think we'd win 40 games this season.

The problem is, as I see it, the Spurs can rest their starters because they have a solid bench. We can't. At least not consistently, because some games the bench shows up and some games they give us a donut. That's really hurting us in the playoffs.