Game Thread PLAYOFFS - ROUND 2, GAME 3: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - 5/7/16, SATURDAY, 5:30 PM (PDT), ABC

Crabbe hit timely run stopping shots and played great switching defense, he played the 3&D roll to perfection. (Let's also not forget he drew a 3 point foul shot too that gave us a lead in the second, right after that we cought fire.

 

Crabbe shoots with a lot of confidence, even in pressure situations. I like him in there in crunch time for sure.

 

Crabbe needs to play more against GS. He's played them well going back to preseason and we need all the shooting we can get. He'd be ahead of Henderson in my rotation.

 

What happened to Harkless? Did he get hurt? Was it serious?

 

I was impressed with this win. Even though I had voted in the poll that we would win two against GS, after that game 2 I though we might get swept/
I offered the lady I work for on Saturday nights $10 if I could watch the 2nd half on her tv and put off my chores for an hour, but she let me do it for nothing.

 

Sitting here waiting for League Pass to archive the game...

 

The LED bracelets they handed out at the game tonight were cool!

 

Not injured, I think Stotts finally figured out that putting a legit 3pt threat in Henderson/Crabbe would require the Warrior defense to play honest.

 

Ask and ye shall receive

 

I wonder if Nikoloklokas still thinks that the playoffs were a bad idea. I personally think this kind of playoff experience for a young team like this is invaluable. We can still find a way to nab a mid grade 1st rounder if we want. PA will open up the pocket books.

 

This playoff experience sure will help sign a big name free agent like Durant.

Not saying it's going to happen, just saying the chances absolutely have gone up since the start of April.

 

He didn't get hurt, as far as we know. Stotts just said Harkless looked uncomfortable out there and he wanted to see a different look so Henderson started the second half.

Good question. Nik said it would be "an unmitigated disaster" if we made the playoffs. Also, before the season started, he went on and on about how we were going to struggle to score and some, like Nate, still think that's an issue, but we just scored 120 in a playoff game against the champs. Scoring is not the problem. Defensive consistency is the key. When we defend, we win. Period. Every time against any team.

 

Good point.

 

He got hurt in G2 and was held out of practice the past couple of days. He said he felt ok at the start of the game tonight but quickly realized he wasn't able to move as smoothly as he hoped and said it began to hurt like a mofo so Stotts pulled him.

 

It IS still an issue. We should have won game 2. We went ice cold in the 4th quarter, blew a double digit lead, and lost the game.

Aminu has had two good games in the playoffs. We have dominated in both of those games. But that's just 2 games out of 9. Scoring is an issue when you start three guys who aren't consistent scorers. I'm not sure what that has to do with whether it was good to make the playoffs or not.

My fear at the beginning was that we would barely squeak into the 8th spot and then get swept in the first round. We didn't get the 8th spot, and we didn't get swept, not even in the second round. That's a win in my book. I still disagree with people who talk as though a draft pick doesn't have value.

 

Where did you hear this? Stotts didn't mention it in the press conference.

 

Harkless was interviewed in the lockerroom.

 

Aminu has had a good playoffs overall. Two SENSATIONAL All Star level games and 7 other games in which he still did a lot to help the team. Just because you have a bad quarter like we did doesn't mean our offense isn't good overall. The 2000 team had a ton of scorers and we still blew Game 7. This current Blazers team is a juggernaut. Offense is not the issue.

 

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