Thoughts on 2 days of rest?

[Labinot41]

which team benefits more?

 

[TBpup]

Given this is Denver's 2nd 7-game series in a row, that would seem to be most needed for them. 2 days isn't long enough to acclimate to the higher altitude for Portland.

 

[Labinot41]

I Think it's better for us, we lost game 1 and game 5 when our players had just 1 day to acclimate, but our boys won game 2 After 4 days in Denver. But i'm not a player and i have never been in Denver, so i dont know if it's a big Deal or not

 

[Mediocre Man]

Road team

 

[joeBlazers]

The team with the bigger stars and the better coach wins. Dame + CJ + Stotts ... it is theirs to win.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Given this is Denver's 2nd 7-game series in a row, that would seem to be most needed for them. 2 days isn't long enough to acclimate to the higher altitude for Portland.

Perhaps not, but it's better than nothing. I hope they flew to Denver last night after the game.

 

[Chris Craig]

I like the 2 days of rest. Blazers will be fresh. The time off between rnd1 and rnd 2 was too long. 2 days is good. Let us get used to the air up there.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Not sure it helps Portland, but I don't think it hurts. This may be a stretch but ....many times on a back to back on a road trip, good teams quite often win the 2nd game after losing the 1st. For whatever reason the loss is so fresh in their mind and they are so pissed...they bounce back with more vengeance.

Maybe, just maybe, with two nights off, the Nuggets will relax just a little and the Blazers can stay close in the first half. If it is close in the 2nd half it just takes one player to go off. I expect Dame and CJ to play big minutes Sunday, so in that respect it may help us as well. The home team is usually the deeper team

 

[twobullz]

I know he won't be healthy, but I think a extra day for Kanter is good.

 

[HailBlazers]

Keep wondering when Denver would get tired and slow down from all the games they've played but it hasn't happened. To be young again..

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Interesting article about adapting to altitude for athletes:

https://sportsscientists.com/2010/0...ing_wp_cron=1557502454.2642879486083984375000

What has emerged are two models, which I’ve called:

1. The Smash and Grab
2. The Patience pays

Below is a figure that summarizes these models. But basically:

• In the “Smash and Grab”, teams believe that there are two optimal windows for performance, and that if you play very soon after arriving, or much later, you’ll achieve best performance. In this approach, performances will get worse before they get better, so you are better off arriving very late and thus playing almost immediately, or you arrive very early and allow for adaptation. This is what most of the New Zealand and Australian teams do – the idea is “get in, play, get out, and the altitude won’t affect us too badly.”
• In the patience pays theory, teams will perform worst on arrival, and then improve. In contrast to the late arrival, smash and grab theory, your performance doesn’t get worse before it gets better. It starts badly, and then improves steadily. Therefore, your best chance is to get in as early as possible and play only after allow full adaptation. This, incidentally, is what most of the 2010 World Cup teams have chosen to do.

I've heard the Timbers prefer the smash & grab model. The Timbers recently won in Salt Lake City. Hell yeah!

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

The rest helps both teams equally in my opinion.

 

[RonBrewer]

Lillard saw his shot go in last night. Bad news for Denver.

I hope Stotts gets in their asses about rebounding though. When Barton got his own miss due to 4 Blazers standing there looking around I lost my shit.

We were the more physical tram last night. Make our free throws, get some boards and we move on.

Line is Denver -5.5. I think it comes down and Blazers win outright.


We should be sitting and waiting on Houston/GS winner right now

 

[illmatic99]

Given my mad work schedule this week after these late games, I appreciate this rest as much as the teams

 

[PtldPlatypus]

We should be sitting and waiting on Houston/GS winner right now

After losing game 3 in 4OT's, Nuggets fans are saying the same thing.

Everything that has transpired to bring us to this point is now irrelevant. Sunday is all that matters.

 

[Rhal]

After losing game 3 in 4OT's, Nuggets fans are saying the same thing.

Everything that has transpired to bring us to this point is now irrelevant. Sunday is all that matters.

Both teams can argue that besides for Game 5 and game 6 that every other game could easily have swung the other way. These teams are matched up very well against each other.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Both teams can argue that besides for Game 5 and game 6 that every other game could easily have swung the other way. These teams are matched up very well against each other.

Ehhh...I think games 1 and 2 were pretty clearly owned by their victors as well. It's really just 3 & 4 where the loser felt it was left on the table.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I hope Stotts gets in their asses about rebounding though. When Barton got his own miss due to 4 Blazers standing there looking around I lost my shit.

Me too. That was ridiculous. We've gotta have better effort when facing elimination.

 

[Wade Garrett]

This could probably be its own thread, but I think we should spend the next 2 days bombarding Altitude Sports, the radio for the nuggs.with emails calling for a public apology from Scott Hastings for his " kick him in the shin" comment regarding Jusuf Nurkic.
I'm pretty fond of Nurk, and 20+ years ago when I lived in Denver, I enjoyed Hastings, hes usually pretty funny, and maybe he was trying to be funny, but he crossed a line and needs to be called out for it.

 

[crandc]

I think Portland. An extra day to acclimate to altitude. Extra day treatment for Kanter. Mentioned yesterday Dame has ankle hurting, gives him extra day to rest & get treatment. Not long enough for rust, unlike Game 1. A day to rest, a practice, and then ready to roll.

 

[Haakzilla]

This could probably be its own thread, but I think we should spend the next 2 days bombarding Altitude Sports, the radio for the nuggs.with emails calling for a public apology from Scott Hastings for his " kick him in the shin" comment regarding Jusuf Nurkic.
I'm pretty fond of Nurk, and 20+ years ago when I lived in Denver, I enjoyed Hastings, hes usually pretty funny, and maybe he was trying to be funny, but he crossed a line and needs to be called out for it.

 

[THE HCP]

Better for us. Acclimation once again to the elevation and more important, rest for Kanter.

 

[dviss1]

Me too. That was ridiculous. We've gotta have better effort when facing elimination.

Yeah, but for a team that's been killing us on the boards they only got 1 more than we did.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Just heard on the radio that the Blazers are practicing here Saturday morning, then flying to Denver after practice.

 

[THE HCP]

Just heard on the radio that the Blazers are practicing here Saturday morning, then flying to Denver after practice.

Duh, if SOMEBODY would have let ME create the game threads, this info would have been there.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Just heard on the radio that the Blazers are practicing here Saturday morning, then flying to Denver after practice.

That sounds incredibly dumb. Why not get assimilated to the altitude and practice there?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That sounds incredibly dumb. Why not get assimilated to the altitude and practice there?

I'm sure the Blazer trainers and players have a better feel for what will be best for them than us message board geeks.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

That sounds incredibly dumb. Why not get assimilated to the altitude and practice there?

 

[THE HCP]

I'm sure the Blazer trainers and players have a better feel for what will be best for them than us message board geeks.

Well your post is based solely on bullshit! You are a clown!

 

[RonBrewer]

I'm sure the Blazer trainers and players have a better feel for what will be best for them than us message board geeks.

Great post.