The Blazers match up well with the Spurs. Dame can match up with Tony Parker easily(Looking at their past H2Hs), Wes has already done a good job on a flopper and I think he does much better against this flopper. There really is no matchup between the two teams that I am scared of other than how their bench is a bit better than ours due to Danny Green and Patty Mills.
Ya I predicted them trying to hinde parker in the other thread. But I think they will hace a tougher tine at hiding parker than we will of hiding Dame. He can stick to Danny Green
It'll be a good series, but I see the Spurs advancing in 6. Portland is like a younger Mavs team, which is a huge compliment to y'all (considering they're a few years removed from a championship). Portland is a year away imo provided they add another good bench piece (Mo Williams will kill the Spurs like usual, but overall he chokes in the postseason). The bench isn't extremely important, but having 7-8 great rotation players is mandatory to win it all.
Mavs did that with Calderon the entire series and Green figured it out by Game 6. Hiding Lillard on him won't work like it would've had the Spurs advanced quickly. Also, Green will be on Lillard, not Kawhi; Pop learned his lesson with Ellis this series. Tony will be hidden on Matthews, but I fully expect that to fail as well. The winner of this series will be determined by who plays their mismatches better and bench play. Spurs' bench has been awful most of the postseason so far, but has begun to awaken. If they become a nonfactor again and Williams does his thing when he sees a Spurs jersey, Portland will win in 5 or 6.
Mo plays really well with TRob and Barton as they probably practice on the same team most of the time.
He's got potential (wanted the Spurs to trade for him last year), but I think he'll be abused in this series by Diaw. Guy just doesn't strike me as a smart player at this point. Does Macullum or w/e still get regular minutes? Liked him the couple times he played the Spurs this year.
Reading Spurstalk They're not taking the Blazers lightly. Multiple posters predicting the Blazers will win.
The Spurs playing a tough 7 game series vs Dallas is certainly a factor imo And it's a quick turnaround to play Portland on Tuesday Game 1 will be huge in this series. Get a win before any big adjustments can be made.
