Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 14, 2018, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM PDT, ESPN & NBCSNW

♪♫♬My pre-game playlist is getting me hyped.

Playoffs give me a level of hype that I would only get before games of my own. It's a nostalgic feeling that I miss, and only Blazer post-season basketball is able to give me that.

 

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Just take care of home court one game at a time!

 

So.... im watching harkless shooting around. Is he playing tonight?

 

I don't think Zach will guard Anthony Davis. They've been playing AD at center a lot recently. I think Zach is a good defender to put on Mirotic. Zach has the height advantage as well as the footspeed to stay in front of Mirotic. If not, he'll probably guard someone like Cheick Diallo or whoever the hell they play at PF (Cunningham...? Miller...?). They have no bench. Zach would possibly be the best player on their bench. They play Emeka Okafor for crying out loud.

 

Nope. He's been ruled out for Game 1, but his return to practice has me thinking a return for Game 2 is possible. Would love to get him back at home, since we'd have a little more leeway with HCA for him to knock off the rust. Plus, he's someone who feeds off the home crowd, and it could help him get re-acclimated more quickly that returning on the road.

 

Same. I'm rocking "Get it" by Run The Jewels. It always gets me going.

 

I'm listening to rap. I'm a millennial. Haha.

 

♪♫♬Run it up, run it up, Ima get the squad and I'm gon' run it up.

Oh wait, that's the Lil Wayne part... He's from Nawlins.

♪♫♬They was hatin' on me now it's all love.

Much better. And was Dame foreshadowing with that line? That shit applies to the media's opinion on him during the past year.

 

1/4 Time Commonwealth Games Men's Basketball Gold Medal Game
Australia - 20
Canada - 10

 

Did we make the playoffs?

 

Run the Jewels is rap.

 

Hopefully you all getting hyped can keep it in perspective if the Pelicans get off to a quick start.

 

Are they old school? I don't really listen to old school rap even though I dig it.

 

Pizza ordered......Lillard shirt on.........nipples erect..........

I am ready.

 

Nah. It's the best stuff from the last 10 years. Killer Mike and El-P together

 

Is this a dream? I know I've dreamed up the 3-seed for us before.

AGH! When will it actually be real...?

 

Having home court advantage is so strange to me... It's weird. Before, if we started a series off tied 1-1, we'd be in good shape. Now, if we start off tied 1-1, it's a horrible thing!

 

Easier to do without the Lillard shirt on

 

That won't happen but even if it did, we've been watching basketball all year. We know how it goes, lol.

 

It's not horrible but we want to win both for sure. We know we can win in New Orleans.