Game Thread WEST FINALS, GAME 3: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - MAY 18, 2019, SATURDAY, 6PM, ESPN (1 Viewer)

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Should the Blazers move Seth into the starting line-up?

  • Absolutley. We need more shooters in the starting line-up.

    Votes: 3 5.9%

  • Sure, why not.

    Votes: 6 11.8%

  • No, but he should get at least 30 minutes a night

    Votes: 8 15.7%

  • No, we need his scoring punch off the bench.

    Votes: 24 47.1%

  • No, he makes our starting unit too small.

    Votes: 8 15.7%

  • Heck no! He's not consistently good enough

    Votes: 2 3.9%
  • Total voters
    51
  • Poll closed .
Shaboid said:
Anybody else in just a really bad mood today?
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Need a distraction in the worst way possible. I'm sick to my stomach.

Finally got power back at like 3 AM after losing it during game time last night. I had to listen to the game on radio. Was planning on watching it after getting home today but that won't be happening.
 
Reep said:
My biggest concern with this is that playing the W's in the WCF (Warrior's Conference Finals) involves being within a small number of degrees of perfection. Putting a "better" starting lineup on the floor may help that, but taking players out of their normal rotation, minutes and positions, would move the opposite way.

Blazers were 0.01% off of stealing a game at Oracle. I'm not sure you make wholesale changes in that situation. If they lose the first game in Portland, then I would make those changes, but obviously it would likely be too late.
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Another way to look at it is this....

If you need to play a perfect game with your regular gameplan to even win a single game, there's no way you can hope to win the series with it. Try to find something that may give you a better shot at winning the series...
 
BlazerBeav said:
You think? Maybe that's why the rest of the league and the people who cover it talk so highly of him. Some of you people are insane. The Blazers, without their center, are in the WCF - and your thought is that's in spite of Stotts? Insane.
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2 words:

WHO CARES.

3 teams:

Golden State. Toronto. Milwaukie.

All of which fired their coaches after having GREAT seasons and are now having the most success those franchises have had in some time.

Warriors became a dynasty. Toronto and Milwaukie are Poised to play for a championship.

Terry has been here 7 years.

He is who he is.

We have'nt played that type of defense ALL SEASON and suddenly we're supposed to do a good job trapping in the 2nd game of the WCF?

COACHING.....
 
yuyuza1 said:
Need a distraction in the worst way possible. I'm sick to my stomach.

Finally got power back at like 3 AM after losing it during game time last night. I had to listen to the game on radio. Was planning on watching it after getting home today but that won't be happening.
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I'm driving up to Atlanta with the girlfriend after work today, so that'll be my distraction. Looking at these spreadsheets all day hasn't helped my mood at all though, that's for sure.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Need a distraction in the worst way possible. I'm sick to my stomach.

Finally got power back at like 3 AM after losing it during game time last night. I had to listen to the game on radio. Was planning on watching it after getting home today but that won't be happening.
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Sick to mine too. Chest pains. My blood pressure is terrible I bet
 
dviss1 said:
2 words:

WHO CARES.

3 teams:

Golden State. Toronto. Milwaukie.

All of which fired their coaches after having GREAT seasons and are now having the most success those franchises have had in some time.

Warriors became a dynasty. Toronto and Milwaukie are Poised to play for a championship.

Terry has been here 7 years.

He is who he is.

We have'nt played that type of defense ALL SEASON and suddenly we're supposed to do a good job trapping in the 2nd game of the WCF?

COACHING.....
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The biggest adjustment to Toronto and Milwaukee is that they somehow convinced Lebron to leave the East. Further, the coaching change isn't what helped Toronto - they literally traded their best player for a former MVP.
 
dviss1 said:
How is that a reality when it hasn't happened yet? It can't be.
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The Warriors are the champs. They have won 3 of the last 4 championships. It's their time. We are down 0-2. What chance do we have of winning this series now?
 
BlazerBeav said:
The biggest adjustment to Toronto and Milwaukee is that they somehow convinced Lebron to leave the East. Further, the coaching change isn't what helped Toronto - they literally traded their best player for a former MVP.
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I don't know if you're being serious re: Milwaukee. Budenholzer definitely changed the way that entire Milwaukee team plays. And even if LeBron was in the east, one of these teams would still probably be in the ECF. Maybe both.
 
Chris Craig said:
The Warriors are the champs. They have won 3 of the last 4 championships. It's their time. We are down 0-2. What chance do we have of winning this series now?
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Seriously bro... These are garbage posts.

Doom and gloom. Go put a bag on your head if you're gonna post this. It's a defeatist's attitude. I will not take part in it.
 
BlazerBeav said:
The biggest adjustment to Toronto and Milwaukee is that they somehow convinced Lebron to leave the East. Further, the coaching change isn't what helped Toronto - they literally traded their best player for a former MVP.
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Your logic is flawed when it comes to the team that won a championship with the same squad after hiring Kerr.
 
Reep said:
My biggest concern with this is that playing the W's in the WCF (Warrior's Conference Finals) involves being within a small number of degrees of perfection. Putting a "better" starting lineup on the floor may help that, but taking players out of their normal rotation, minutes and positions, would move the opposite way.
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That's a fair point, but my counter would be that when you're a heavy underdog (or trailing in a game/series, which obviously also now applies here) pumping up the volatility helps. The more status quo things are, the more that benefits the team expected to win--that status quo is what established them as the big favorites, after all.

That's not an argument to do any silly thing one can imagine, but I think it argues for trying something different if that something is rational and carries potentially a higher risk and reward. We can certainly argue over all of those things when it comes to my suggestion--whether it's rational and whether it ups the risk and reward, but my opinion is that it fits all three. There's good reason to want to be quicker and switchier against Golden State, there's risk to it that you identified (and also that Collins is relatively inexperienced and has been up and down) but I think there's also the potential for that lineup to improve the team on both ends of the court--a substantial reward.

When you're behind, both in terms of expectations and in the reality of the series score, up the risk and the reward.
 
The first game was hair pulling but no one realistically expected us to win it to begin with. It only counts as one loss.

I went into the second game thinking we'd pull it out like we did the first two rounds. All during the second half I thought that game was ours to win.

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Conclusion: I'm more disappointed in the outcome of the second game than the first.

:(
 
Game 2 was very deflating along with some of our players who I won't bother naming because I've repeated myself over and over again on how I want them gone next season (No it is not Dame or CJ). If we want to try and win this series it starts at game 3. Lose that and were essentially cooked and going fishing for the summer. This team hasn't given us any reason that they are just going to lie down and quit and I believe that game 3 is ours until proven otherwise.
 
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