Worried that the Blazers have suddenly become OVERrated

[Orion Bailey]

Overrated?!?

I didn't even know we were rated.

Shit. Were rated? Its over.

 

[42N8Bounce]

I like the national exposure. Overrated? Hell, look at what Dame and this team have done recently. They're playing at a very high level. They deserve this praise.

And listening to Dame's post game comments, and just looking at their reaction after game one, they're focused. They're not out to win just one game.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Maybe this is just a sign that I am psychologically incapable of enjoyment (it's called anhedonia) but it seems to me that the media have wildly overreacted (I know, shocking, right?) to the game 1 win, and that they've decided that Dame is God. Well, they're right about the second one, I guess, but even God struggled to lift this team at times during the year, and our defense is still atrocious.

Our defense is atrocious? Don't you mean the #1 defense in the 2020 NBA Playoffs?

 

[Orion Bailey]

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!


Some peoples takes...

best defense in the 2020 playoffs....


Hahahahahahahaha


Oh man. The comedy is gold!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I guess we took care of the overrating issue...

 

[riverman]

jinx thread

I repeat myself....the power of negative affirmation raises it's head again....call me superstitious but this buzzkill thread cursed the game damnit!

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

I think our defense is absolutely perfect for the Lakers. Nurk and Hassan bring solid interior defense. Our perimeter defense is still as porous as a colander, but that’s great against the Lakers. An invitation to shoot an open 3 pointer by anyone but LeBron is pretty much the same thing as a turnover.

Nurkic ,Whiteside, Mello and Gabriel
were out- hustled and must box out and rebound. Second and third shots by LA killed us.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

And what did CJ and Dame combine for tonight?

Ouch!

 

[LayneStaley]

Whiteside is Soft and Nurk seemed to let the early physical play of Howard throw him off his game a bit. The thing this team has missed for years is an enforcer. Zach is as close as we got to someone who won’t take any shit and who will get in there and mix it up.

 

[oldmangrouch]

You know what the worst part of this situation is? Feeling like I owe Skip Bayless an apology!