Finish this sentence: "If I were Stotts, for game 5 I would..."

[PtldPlatypus]

Bench Rolo? Start CJ over Afflalo? Elevate Frazier over Blake? Nothing different?

What changes would you make/not make to get this series back to Portland?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Fine with rolo starting and getting 19 minutes again.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Frazier over Blake would take some cajones but it could be worth trying

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Bench Lopez.

 

[MickZagger]

Draw some plays for Nards/

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Start Meyers and CJ over Lopez and Arron.

 

[Natebishop3]

Start Meyers and CJ over Lopez and Arron.

Yup. Do it.


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[B-Roy]

Start Meyers. Lopez 12 mins, Freeland gets backup PF minutes. CJ gets 36 mins.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Start Meyers and CJ over Lopez and Arron.

I'd rather start Crabbe and Freeland, and give CJ and Meyers big minutes of the bench still.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

A, B and C?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I forgot Aaron even played tonight.

 

[MarAzul]

Bench Rolo? Start CJ over Afflalo? Elevate Frazier over Blake? Nothing different?

What changes would you make/not make to get this series back to Portland?

Well, Meyers hit two threes off passes from Blake and one from Afflalo. Who is going to pass to him?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Well, Meyer hit two threes off passes from Blake and one from Afflalo. Who is going to pass to him?

Frazier and Crabbe, perhaps?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Moar Blakey.

 

[MarAzul]

To be fair, Batum has.

 

[riverman]

Do exactly what he did tonight except Freeland for Rolo and Frazier for Blake

 

[H.C.]

Bench Rolo? Start CJ over Afflalo? Elevate Frazier over Blake? Nothing different?

What changes would you make/not make to get this series back to Portland?

If I'm Stotts the only way I play Frazier being someone who has played very little in the NBA... It's for 2 minutes then I get him out of there.
He'll be nervous as fuck. Let him get his feet wet... But he'll be nervous.

If Rolo doesn't show out. I'd Start Freeland in the second half.
Rolo's play is terrible right now. How he's let Nards be the better rim defender in the playoffs is beyond me.

What I do beyond that though is I show the team a picture of when the starters were sitting on the announcing table in game 5 vs the Spurs last year.
I ask them what did they learn?

 

[MarAzul]

I would note, CJ and Meyers were 5 of 5 from three point range. The rest of the team was 3 for 20.
Introduce your starters to your shooters.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

You should know my answer by now, although if Lillard and McCollum ignore Meyers in Memphis like they did in the second half they won't be coming back home to play a game 6.

 

[KingSpeed]

Bench Rolo? Start CJ over Afflalo? Elevate Frazier over Blake? Nothing different?

What changes would you make/not make to get this series back to Portland?

Yes to the first three questions. I never want to see Blake on the court again.

 

[ripcityboy]

Yes to the first three questions. I never want to see Blake on the court again.

Did Blake even score today?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Read the ripcitytwo threads and take notes from the many scholars that post there.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Did Blake even score today?

Hasn't hit a shot from the field this whole series.

 

[ripcityboy]

Hasn't hit a shot from the field this whole series.

Maryland ' s NCAA drought must really be getting to him.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I am cool with CJ and Leonard coming off the bench. We need that energy. Rolo is due. I would still start him. If he struggles then start the 2nd half with Joel.

As for Frazier.......part of me says we have nothing to lose by playing him. And part of me says he will get abused by the refs just because he is a no name rookie. Beno is crafty at drawing fouls, but he is also killing Blake so let Frazier harass him for a few minutes in the 2nd qtr.

 

[PDXFonz]

...Make use of that hotel room bible.

 

[EGame]

Maybe it is just me but we need these guys scoring for us off the bench. We need to rely on LA, Dame, and Batum to keep us close in the game and than hope CJ and Meyers do there thing off the bench. Otherwise who is going to score off of our bench? IMO that would be disastrous but than again minus tonight this series has been just that so who knows.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I forgot Aaron even played tonight.

Man I didn't... that third quarter was PAINFUL.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Maybe it is just me but we need these guys scoring for us off the bench. We need to rely on LA, Dame, and Batum to keep us close in the game and than hope CJ and Meyers do there thing off the bench. Otherwise who is going to score off of our bench? IMO that would be disastrous but than again minus tonight this series has been just that so who knows.

Oh no, they're playing 48 minutes a game from now on until they fall over and we finally lose.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Maybe it is just me but we need these guys scoring for us off the bench. We need to rely on LA, Dame, and Batum to keep us close in the game and than hope CJ and Meyers do there thing off the bench. Otherwise who is going to score off of our bench? IMO that would be disastrous but than again minus tonight this series has been just that so who knows.

It's not just you.

I'd rather start Crabbe and Freeland, and give CJ and Meyers big minutes of the bench still.