What was the main reason the Blazers lost?

[Rastapopoulos]

Well?

 

[free_lafrentz]

Houston won 4 games faster than we did.

 

[Trader Ed]

We scored less than the opponent in the end of the game

 

[Wheels]

lack of consistent 3rd option to step up. But a main strength of our team this year was multiple guys stepping up on different nights.. we didnt even have that for 4 out of the 6 games this series.

 

[Pritchslap Madness]

Blazers bench didn't step up and Houston bench did.

 

[illmatic99]

1. Houston's starters matched up extremely well with ours.

2. Houston's bench outplayed ours. --> No way I would have predicted this.

3. Nate was outcoached (pretty blatantly) in Games 1 and 3.

4. Game 1.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Our so-called depth got exposed, but mostly I think Houston had the experience, the matchup advantages, and just wanted it a little more -- let's face it, after six first round exits in a row, the Rockets had that cornered bear look to them.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

We spotted them a 1-0 lead before we started playing.

The officials were hyperbiased in our two losses in Houston.

Travis Outlaw thinks Cliff Robinson is a role model.

We tried to avoid contact, the Rockets tried to create contact.

Oden was not a force at all.

......

there are many reasons.

 

[Minstrel]

Portland lacked poise. They came out unready for game 1, made a few key mistakes down the stretch of game 3 and threw away game 4 in the fourth quarter.

With no more talent but more experience, I think Portland wins at least two of those three games.

Hopefully, they'll have more experience and talent in future.

 

[Freshtown]

Steve Blake's lack of competency (yes, I know he averaged decent numbers KingSpeed)

 

[DaRizzle]

Luis Scola playing almost on par with LA. We had that thread before the series asking who was the best matchup for POR and by a landslide we said the LA/Scola matchup....we were wrong

 

[MAS RipCity]

untimely mistakes lost us this series
game 3...pull up 3 with 10 to go
game 4..przy's outlet pass over and back, steve blake pick pocketed from behind, roy gets a charge on the last play with outlaw open