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

[Chris Craig]

or......cough, cough....both

Coughing? Rookie

 

[Dubsfan]

Harden and Paul will have a lot of time to make more commercials.

 

[MarAzul]

All right!
Looking like Champs now!!!

 

[LuckyShot]

I think we should keep Meyers for next season, don’t trade him. We need all the big man depth we can get.

Well without Nurk, of course. And Kanter isn't a certainty either.

 

[DDolla]

Win the 3rd quarter!!!!!!!!!

 

[James lamphear]

23 points by the bench that half.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

This is still driving me crazy. We absolutely pissed that game away.

I forgot who said it, but it was something along the lines of “this kind of thing doesn’t happen in Portland, home teams find a way to close tight games out.”

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Well without Nurk, of course. And Kanter isn't a certainty either.

I still think attaching our first with ET is the go to rn.

 

[twobullz]

Meyers has been setting some great screens. The guards are getting free and finding the right guys.

 

[riverman]

You getting a cramp from the bench or something?

Legs can fall asleep from sitting too long

 

[MarAzul]

I think we should keep Meyers for next season, don’t trade him. We need all the big man depth we can get.

Send the memo.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Why do we keep letting Green sprint right to the fucking hoop

Because it’s Draymond Green and not Steph or Klay ... its almost like a good strategy is to find the most psychologically fragile player on the other team, give him free reign so he feels invincible, then let him shoot his team in the foot.

 

[HailBlazers]

Dame will figure it out, I personally think he needs to go to the midrange shots off screens. He’s open for a split second there and if he pulls up it’s there for the taking.

Agreed. Leonard is THE best screen setter for Dame.

 

[Aussie Blazer!]

Playing big is forcing GSW to adjust to our team instead of the other way around. And our bigs are better then their bigs. Go Blazers!!!

 

[LuckyShot]

Refs are going to hammer us this half. Not necessarily with phantom calls, but they are going to let the warriors get away with murder on defense like last game.

 

[Chris Craig]

Harden and Paul will have a lot of time to make more commercials.

They should schedule filming this time every year

 

[brooklynballer]

So happy for Meyers

I’m probably the biggest Stotts critic on this forum but I’ll give props to Coach Stotts for the brilliance of putting Meyers into the starting lineup today. He’s quicker than Kanter in switching the screens, a better all around screen setter, and stretches the defence with his 3pt shooting. A nice counter move to GSW going with their small ball lineup. Well done. I never thought I’d be saying this in the WCF, but hope Meyers can keep it up in the second half! Where @swish3 at?!?!

 

[riverman]

Coughing? Rookie

that's like getting carded for beer when you're 65...I'll take it!

 

[DDolla]

Our bench are playing well and giving their all, they just need their leader to close this out. Let’s Go Dame!

 

[Dubsfan]

Blazers defense is to clamp on Curry and Klay and let the others try to beat them. Working so far. Kerr is great at adjustments which is why the 3rd quarter has always been good for us. Let's see how it goes.

 

[Chris Craig]

Refs are going to hammer us this half. Not necessarily with phantom calls, but they are going to let the warriors get away with murder on defense like last game.

Blazers will be ready for it

 

[Darkwebs]

Am I really watching Meyers Leonard dominate a WCF game?

 

[Orion Bailey]

My phone is about to die. I recorded the entire intro for people not able to make a playoff game. Ill load it up tomorrow.

 

[KingSpeed]

Because it’s Draymond Green and not Steph or Klay ... its almost like a good strategy is to find the most psychologically fragile player on the other team, give him free reign so he feels invincible, then let him shoot his team in the foot.

In the one game we beat Warriors in playoffs (2016), Dray hit like 8 threes.

 

[RonBrewer]

For the first time everytime Lillard touches the ball I feel that it's going to be a turnover or a brick - the same feeling one gets when Turner is on the floor.

He's playing like he's intimidated.

IMO He's playing like a converted Muslim that's fasting all day long.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

You know, whenever I get down on our team... I think, hey... we are in the final 4, no matter what happens this is something we can build on as a team. Stay positive, folks.

 

[BlayZa]

if meyers can base his game around D, high energy, activity, good solid screens, mastering a pick n roll, learning how to block, n continue to box out n contest things, im happy to keep him at 5-6 per

 

[KingSpeed]

My phone is about to die. I recorded the entire intro for people not able to make a playoff game. Ill load it up tomorrow.

We become the storm!!!!

 

[rotary111]

They won't give up like most teams. They just won't.

The second half is going to be a war.

 

[LuckyShot]

For the first time everytime Lillard touches the ball I feel that it's going to be a turnover or a brick - the same feeling one gets when Turner is on the floor.

He's playing like he's intimidated.

I think he's letting their trapping speed him up too much. Just slow down and read the floor and make them pay. Don't have to run into the trap full speed and try to split it every time. You can pass before the trap gets there and catch them mid rotation. It's what they do to us. But he needs his teammates to be moving sooner than they are off the ball. If they just stand there the defense can deny them 1 pass away or recover to stop them.