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

    36 vote(s)
    48.0%

  4. Blazers' bench

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    1.3%

  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. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Terrible match-up, and our coach is shitty at making in-game adjustments?
     
    Nikolokolus, Apr 17, 2018
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    VenomXL Well-Known Member

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    Remember last time they had homecourt in a series and got eviserated by Yao Ming's Rockets ? Feels like that.
     
    VenomXL, Apr 17, 2018
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    KingSpeed, Apr 17, 2018
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    It's complete idiocy to ignore the causative effect of referees. Why even have refs if they perform no causative function?
     
    Paine Tablet, Apr 17, 2018
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    This
     
    Jason W Strickland, Apr 17, 2018
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  6. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    If Stotts doesnt get fines...
     
    BonesJones, Apr 17, 2018
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    They had more FTs at halftime than we finished the game with.
     
    LuckyShot, Apr 17, 2018
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Pelicans play harder than the Blazers and they do more work inside = recipe for getting calls.
     
    Nikolokolus, Apr 17, 2018
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    He won't say shit. Other than "gee, we just gotta make more shots."
     
    LuckyShot, Apr 17, 2018
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    Exactly. I blame Stotts for not coming up with a counter strategy. If Dame’s being doubled and tripled then, guess what, somebody on the team is being left wide open.
     
    brooklynballer, Apr 17, 2018
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Get some glasses. And if you have some, get a new prescription.
     
    BonesJones, Apr 17, 2018
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    They beat us much worse but we still made it go 6 games.
     
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    Rough couple of games.

    Blazers in 6!
     
    rotary111, Apr 17, 2018
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    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    Not to mention hitting every fucking shot they threw up. Every. Single. One.

    At this point, I want us to get swept. Because that's the ONLY thing that's going to drive it home to Paul Allen that there needs to be big changes.

    I don't envy Paul.....Seahags won't win 7 games next year, and his basketball team is a dumpster fire with no leadership.
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Well this is bad, but who knows. I mean I can't believe how this has gone. Dame is a shell of himself. He even cut his hair so you know he's pressing. I still believe it's possible, though not likely, for a comeback. Got to get 1. The trolls are happy. They can suck it. If Nurk can't play, it's over. Nurk is the key. Without him, the Blazers struggle in the paint, on both ends. I'm not giving up. I hope the Blazers don't either. I know for a fact, Dame won't go out with a whimper. Go Blazers!!!
     
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    Zach is really really going to be good.
     
    rotary111, Apr 17, 2018
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    KingSpeed Veteran

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    Yes, that person, in the fourth quarter, was Zach Collins and he didn't deliver when we needed him to. Not his fault. He played pretty well overall. But then that was NO's gameplan.
     
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    We lost the game in the third quarter. Our defense went to complete crap.
     
    trailblazer18, Apr 17, 2018
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    Yes
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I can see just fine. The Pelicans clearly outworked the Blazers on defense, didn't settle for as many bad shots, their guards locked down ours, and they got to the rim almost at will. Blaming the refs doesn't change any of what I saw.
     
    Nikolokolus, Apr 17, 2018
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  21. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    It won't matter if he can play since Stotts won't even play him.
     
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