Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - 4/22/17, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), KGW & ESPN

And the Red Sox are a Boston team... I mean, they have advantages.

 

Really too bad, they called the first half great.

 

The result wouldn't be any different of you traded Lillard for Curry.

 

Cavs had two 60+ win seasons with Mo Williams as 2nd best player under Mike Brown. With Kyrie and Love, they can barely win 50 under Lue. Maybe Brown can coach.

 

I've got nothing to say that NAS hasn't already written.

 

The problem with the RedSox/Yankees analogy is that the Yankees had won something like 27 World Series before that. The Blazers would love to have that problem.

 

Lebron was a physical specimen back in those days and went all out every game. Now, they coast in a lot of games during the regular season not to mention he sits out in quite a few games that usually mean losses. it wasnt brown, believe me.

 

They had 3 straight losses in NBA Finals last year and would've lost a 4th the way they looked.

 

We just blew a 17 point second half must win at home against a team missing 4 rotation players, one of which is a MVP top 5 player, and missing their coach. A game in which our stars totally disappeared, and our role players (a couple who are very well paid) completely dissapeared and/or completely shit the bed.

Spin it however you want because "it's the warriors", but that loss was fucking embarrassing and it's a reflection of the current state of this organization.

Call me a troll or a pessimist I don't give a shit frankly, because deep down we all know it's true. Worst part about it we are stuck with this shit hole roster. Who the hell do you think wants Allen Crabbe or Meyers Leonard attached with a coin flip first rounder after witness this the past two postseasons? Nobody.

 

Why doesn't portland pass it like GS? It seems that in the 4th quarter of games, their offense completly shuts down and it's iso ball. Turner in particular tried to take it himself a couple of times and ended up turning the ball over.

 

Great. They also played a better team. Take the rose colored glasses off.

 

That's your takeaway?

Dame showed up to this game. He can't carry the load the entire game.

Dame - 31 points off 10-23 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Curry - 34 points off 10-25 shooting, 8 assists, 4 rebounds

We don't have a supporting cast. Curry does. It's that simple. I am 100% sure that if you put Dame on the Warriors instead of Curry, they're still the same team.

 

I think you put Dame on the GSW and put Curry on the Blazers and results would be pretty much the same. GS is still a championship team not a one man show. They know how to win. It's not Curry bring better than Dame.

 

Holy shit.... BGD with the knowledge bomb.

 

We were forced to to play a lineup of Aminu, Turner, and Vonleh for what felt like eight straight minutes. The Warriors just dared them to do something, and they didn't. Stotts not calling a timeout didn't help.

Pretty disappointing that Nurk didn't close the game. The Blazers were a different team with him on the floor. I genuinely think the Blazers take this game if he had finished.

 

This is just a different team with a healthy Nurk. I thought everyone knew that we didn't stand a chance without him in this series?

 

Passing is a skill and a culture. Portland doesn't have a roster full of skilled passers like Golden State and very few teams have built the kind of culture where the stars whole-heartedly like moving the ball and hunting the best shots. The Spurs and Warriors are notable in that respect.