Game Thread WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - 5/14/19, TUESDAY, 6:00 PM, ESPN

[DDolla]

This game is there for the takin and we are playing stupid basketball.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

If any adjustments are made they should be on going big, get Dame some bodies to pass to down low when he drives.

 

[Road Ratt]

Blazers need to start hitting their 3 point shots, a few more of them and we'd would be right in this game at halftime instead of down by 9

 

[LayneStaley]

9 is our lucky number at half

 

[Natebishop3]

Say what you want about gsw, they are good for a reason and their defense is underappreciated.

I don't even think it's good defense. It's just piss poor decision making.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

13 turnovers in the first half, and 20 points off those turnovers........ fuck.

Yet within 10, clean things up and we can win this.

 

[Chris Craig]

Damian sucks tonight

His passing fucking sucks

 

[trailblazer18]

We are plus 11 at the line and down 9, eek. Take care of the ball and start making some shots and we can be there at the end. Need to get the fourth foul on Klay early in the third.

 

[KingSpeed]

That's most likely their rotation....... and has been for the whole time.

No it hasn't been. They weren't playing those guys at all til Game 6 of second round.

 

[Serbian]

Curry is coocking lillard tbh

Well duhh thanks to genius Kerr. Scotts doesn’t trap steph whatsoever they do pick n roll all day while lillard can not even get a shot off that’s because Scotts is a terrible coach

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Our best lineup needs to play more together. Dame/CJ/Hood/Collins/Kanter. When they play we have the size advantage and our spacing improves.

 

[KingSpeed]

Aminu is the only player that isn't a negative.

 

[LuckyShot]

The problem is we are not trapping Steph and klay whatsoever and lillard is always trapped thats coaching. Scotts doesn’t know how to set up traps

We can't trap because they have competent players that we would be leaving open. They know basic shit like how to space the floor, move to the open areas, and can handle the ball well enough and can make a fucking basket. We have Harkless and Aminu standing around in useless areas and dropping the ball or stepping out of bounds when they get it.

 

[Darkwebs]

Oh yay more Curry family talk.

More Curry talk than at an Indian restaurant.

 

[A$AP Meyers]

I really expected us to play havoc defend and blitz Steph and Klay. We’re trailing screens and sagging our bigs against the two best shooters in the NBA. Incredibrl

 

[BonesJones]

Lol at sagging the big against Steph.

 

[hoopsjock]

Serious question for people who think posters shouldn't criticize Stotts, that deserves it's own thread...

When Looney sets a pick for Curry, why do we drop our big 10 feet back so Curry (or Thompson) get a wide open 3 look? All you have to do is see how they trap the pick on Dame to see something that would work. Are we actually worried about guys like Looney and Bogut rolling to the basket?

 

[LuckyShot]

Whoever on the TV just said we have tired minds tonight is 100% correct. Probably tired bodies too.

 

[andalusian]

I don't even think it's good defense. It's just piss poor decision making.

Disagree. They are so quick with their rotation you got to admire it. The blazers can and should play better but gsw is great at team defense

 

[A$AP Meyers]

We can't trap because they have competent players that we would be leaving open. They know basic shit like how to space the floor, move to the open areas, and can handle the ball well enough and can make a fucking basket. We have Harkless and Aminu standing around in useless areas and dropping the ball or stepping out of bounds when they get it.

Who cares if you leave Draymond and Iggy? Let them shoot. Let them beat you. If you give up a few easy alley oop or lay ups along the way, who cares? Would you rather have that or have Curry and Klay make 6 three pointers in the first half?

 

[Chris Craig]

More Curry talk than at an Indian restaurant.

Must suck to be Seth

 

[Wade Garrett]

This game is there for the takin and we are playing stupid basketball.

It's a series not a game.
We gotta remember that.
This series is there for the takin for sure.

 

[James lamphear]

We are playing tight that all our players we need to loosen up in the 2nd half. Remember this team hasn't been here before and the 1st half sure shown it.

 

[kjironman1]

They don't have to guard 2 of the guys on the floor with Dame, but we have to guard all the guys playing with Steph.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[hoopsjock]

9 is our lucky number at half

Except I doubt Stotts changes the starting lineup in the 2nd half of this one.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Whoever on the TV just said we have tired minds tonight is 100% correct. Probably tired bodies too.

Well, halftime should help. Warmed up bodies, time to readjust mentality.

 

[twobullz]

Halftime Report: We have 11 more FTs than them and we are out rebounding them. Problem is Jerebko has 7 points and Dame has 5 turnovers.

and CJ is 3-11 Zach is 1-5 and Curry is 0-4.

 

[Shaboid]

I respect his game and everything, he is a good person, and all that. Why do I still feel like punching Steph Curry? If that's jealousy, I'm guilty..

 

[B-Roy]

Team better learn quick that the lazy passes that worked against Denver won't work here.

 

[LuckyShot]

I don't even think it's good defense. It's just piss poor decision making.

They are overplaying just about everything and they leave stuff open, we just have been too sloppy with the ball to take advantage. That is making their aggressiveness pay off.