HCP, YOu are very close to the Blazers.. Closer than any of us obviously. Have you heard anything at all about who we will put on Crawford and Riddick? I think they are the two X factors for them I think we can match up against everyone else fine, but these two we will have to figure something out. I made comment elsewhere that I thought CJ would be the better of the two and take Crawful out of the series, but I forgot about Riddick. CJ cant contain both simply because of the minutes alone. What are your thoughts and have you heard anything on the inside about this?
Key to the series? As a very talented but utterly unlikable Clips team scatters us across the bloody landscape like a possum caught in a wood-chipper - show some spunk and dignity. We may not win, but we don't have to repeat last season's embarassment. Show some fight!
At some point in the game the Clippers will turn up the pressure and double our PG. I wonder if they wait until either CJ or Dame are out of the game. I think we need two PG's in at all times. Roberts might get important minutes.
I really think it comes down to swish1's. They will TAKE more than us, due to Hack-a-Jordan, Paul's flopping, Blake's superstar status and Doc's bitching, but the key is, we need to MAKE more. I hope tonight's refs have the same backbone as the crew that called the GSW/HOU game last night and don't reward flopping and flailing. I also hope they don't give into CP3's constant whining and Doc bitching and moaning and riding the refs from the opening tip off. In general, the refs in the playoffs are better and more experienced. Hopefully, tonight's crew will have the balls to stand up to Doc and his anointed superstars and call the game fairly, not fall for the blatant flopping, and not give Blake and CP3 too many superstar calls. What we really want is Jordan taking a LOT of FTs and Paul and Griffin taking below their regular season averages. If that happens, I like our chances. BNM
