Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 2: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 17, 2018, TUESDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT & NBCSNW

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What/who was the primary reason for Game 1's loss?

Poll closed Apr 22, 2018.
  1. Olshey

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  2. Stotts/Blazers' coaching staff

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  3. Blazers' starters

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  4. Blazers' bench

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  5. Alvin Gentry/Pelican's coaching staff

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  6. Anthony Davis

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  7. Jrue Holiday

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  8. Pelicans' players in general

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  9. Referees

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  10. Portland crowd/fans

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  1. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Hopefully Baldwin learns from his mistakes but Jrue Holiday isn't a guy you want to get up in his face with on the perimeter. He just went right by Baldwin 3 plays in a row leading to easy baskets.
     
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    Pelicans aren't a very good home team. We can absolutely win there twice.
     
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    What happened to free throw guy?
     
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    I would be more in line with Baldwin on Rondo. But yeah, there are players that will make Stotts pay dearly for playing Wade Baldwin. Rondo however isn't much of a scorer.
     
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    As i understand it he hit on some guys girlfriend and he got beat up pretty bad. Might be a rumor?
     
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    Lillard & CJ didn't come to play in game 1 & AD did.
    I'd say that's 100% the reason why we lost.
     
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    I think we'd be wasting Baldwin's abilities if we put him on Rondo or Holiday because we WANT them to shoot outside. Maybe we should put him on Ian Clark. Fuck that guy! Why does he shoot like 99% in his career versus us?
     
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    Here is why Mike Rice ain't working the games any more.
     
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    You could be right on that. But my thinking is covering Rondo's length with Baldwin and just making him work harder. Rondo doesn't shoot well so jamming him and absolutely put him on the line more.
    17 Assists is crazy.
     
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    who was quickest to the hoop last night? Shabazz is the man!
    Baldwin did nothing last night...
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Nurk has a lot to work on this summer. Like basic moves in the paint WITHOUT putting the ball on the floor in traffic.
     
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    I disagree. It's a matchup issue and I think that each game will be a little bit different. First, I think Harkless changes the series for the Blazers. The Pels have to respect him if he's out there unlike Turner so I hope he doesnt come back any time soon. Second, as I said yesterday, I expect to see more Aminu and Zach Collins (maybe even Meyers Leonard) because AD & Mirotic roam everywhere. And Nurkic cannot keep up. If I was yall, I'd toy with the idea of playing big, i.e. Dame, CJ, Aminu, Collins, and Nurkic/Meyers Leonard. Or something to that effect because it'll keep the Pels out of the lane and force them to beat you on the perimeter, which won't happen. Not only that but yall would control the offensive & defensive glass and neutralize the Pelicans fast pace.

    Or you can go small and start 3 guards along with Collins (I was really impressed with that prepubescent teenager) & Aminu/Nurkic. But that might play into the Pelicans hands because it would neutralize a strength of yalls (rebounding) and force yall to play with the pace New Orleans likes.

    Each game is going to be a chess match.
     
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    I wouldn’t be against starting a 3 guard lineup with Baldwin or Napier in instead of ET until Moe is back. Our guards can match up with their SF and those looks ET was getting all night could go to an actual shooter or at the very least make the Pels have to guard on the perimeter opening it up more for Dame
    And CJ. Or in Baldwin’s case putting him on Rondo and making it harder for them to execute their sets.

    And I’m not saying ET had a particularly bad game I just think NOP is going to exploit his weaknesses on offense all series if he is playing that much with Dame and CJ. Which is ironic because Olshey signed him to try and achieve the opposite affect.
     
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    exactly. that changes the entire game. Rondo/Moore/Jrue helped each other out a lot last night switching on Dame and CJ while leaving Turner. By sticking 3 guards out there, you counter that gameplan and add a threat in Bazz that cannot be ignored
     
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    Blazers need to win this game. I'm going to guess that the plan will be to bring Harkless back by game 3, at the earliest. If we can be 1-1 entering that game, I like our chances. Harkless is a big game changer for us. The system the Blazers run is SUPER dependent on 3 point shooting from the 3/4. Right now we have ET and Aminu at those positions. Aminu has been in an awful funk for a month, and ET was getting dared to shoot. The Pelicans were hardly even closing out on him.

    I don't think it's coincidence that the Blazers started playing bad basketball when Harkless got injured. The guy took a huge step forward from February on despite playing with a sore knee, shooting the three 27/52 over eighteen games from February the fourth on. A healthy Hark changes the series.
     
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    Is Rondo a bad free throw shooter?
     
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    is water wet?
     
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    Here's a little tidbit that might make people feel better going forward. Let's hope we hit our shots!

     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I was gonna say "No shit, Sherlock" but I got chewed out for saying that earlier so I'll refrain. And it wouldn't have been meant in a disrespectful manner. We used to say that as kids when we agreed completely with what someone else was saying. I guess some in here take it differently.
     
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