Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - 4/17/16, SUNDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT & KGW

A dominant player enforces his will on the game. Other than when Houston game planned to let him, LA has not done that in the playoffs.

 

Not me; I did all my chores.

 

Well...

 

It's 1-0. The 20 point deficit does not carry over. Relax

This was a must win for the Clips to keep homecourt and they did it.

But they still have to win on Wednesday

 

When Plumee goes 1/6 from the field, Portland has no chance at countering their double on the pick and roll. He should pick it up in Game 2 and Davis and Kaman opened the floor up a *little* bit, but the reality is ... Portland needs either a 3rd scoring option on the wing or a better center to help negate the strategy the Clippers employed tonight on Lillard and McCollum.

 

You for not being here clearly

 

Hark was fine until those 2 bullshit fouls.

 

Since when did you become the voice of reason?

 

What a piece of crap.

 

I told u once the playoffs started I have no choice but to not complain anymore. Obviously I didn't want this as everybody knows and today's game was exactly why I found it pointless but hey now we're here so I might as well just go with it and start preparing for plan B

 

Well, we lost, but at least the refs were good and Aminu shot well, so that's a good sign for the next game

 

Good is being generous. Its weird, like they weren't horrible, but at the same time they made some of the worst calls I could imagine (like letting an opposing player make up your mind for you on an out of bounds, when you clearly weren't looking).

 

Sure they did. Game after game LaMarcus was absolutely the most dominant player on the court. They forced the pick and pop and the left block almost way too much. when the other team doubled which was usually the case they passed out to the 3 for Wes.
Defensively they forced teams to shoot the mid range consistently. They had strong perimeter defenders who ran shooters off the line.
Those things IMO are controlling a game. This team lacks those types of plays. Like him or hate him LMA was a worth a bucket when the team needed one quite often. Batum and Wes were very solid defenders and Lopez could alter shots at the rim.

 

Wait, what? They not only dared him to shoot, but they basically ignored him on the perimeter. And Aminu happily obliged, jacking up ugly 3's all game and over-dribbling into turnovers several times. His defense and rebounding were good, but his shooting was the main reason LAC could be so aggressive on CJ and Dame. Aminu needs to think "swing the ball" first and "shoot" second when he's left open like that. Drive and kick, learn the value of a couple dribbles and stepping in for a make-able shot, anything.

 

You just could not resist could you?

 

Come on, it was obvious sarcasm