Event Blazers (#3) vs Thunder (#6): Revenge!

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Who wins?

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  1. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    I like this draw for the Blazers. They got worked last year we all know that. They have something to prove. The noises are telling them they have no shot in this series. They have something to prove.
    This team has shown all year they're going to keep fighting, and they've got way more "dog" in them then they did last year. PA's death, CJ's injury in the last weeks of the season and then a week later Nurk's injury. The team has continued to fight. OKC's going to be very full of themselves. I think this is the year we finally see Dame go off in the playoffs.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Apr 11, 2019
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    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    I'll take a chance to make the Thunder feel like we did last year.
     
    hoopsjock, Apr 11, 2019
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Look Stotts played the hell out of the bench and ground them into the court and they still won. You can't ask a team to throw a game by intentionally missing shots and creating turnovers. That's just wrong. Stotts gave Sac every chance to win that game and they didn't.
     
    Cugel, Apr 11, 2019
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    We'll miss Nurk for this. Nurk blasts people on screens.
     
    tlongII, Apr 11, 2019
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    You saying "we" seems pretty insincere.
     
    Propagandist, Apr 11, 2019
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    For the record, OKC has lost in the 1st round the last two years too.
     
    hoopsjock, Apr 11, 2019
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    Yeah, OKC was dominant this year. I can't believe they finished higher than the Warriors!

    Wait, they barely got the 6th seed on the final night of the season?
     
    hoopsjock, Apr 11, 2019
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    I catch myself saying "we" about the Blazers all the time. Even as delusional as I can be I know I'm not actually a part of anything, it's just a bad habit. :)
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Apr 11, 2019
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I see it only slightly differently:

     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Been reading the Tao Te Ching again?

    :cheers:
     
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    I predict that those who are all ‘ra-ra-ra go team’ are going to be the ones who are most negative about the team, Stotts and/or Olshey once we get eliminated.
     
    noknobs, Apr 11, 2019
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    We need to make Westbrook think he can win the games himself. I say we double PG to reduce his shots and increase RW's shots. Make him shoot 30 times and chances are we win the game.
     
    Hoopguru, Apr 11, 2019
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    Meh, for me it's kind of difficult to judge this season without the big fella. However, I will be negative towards Stotts if Dame gets double teamed this whole series and we continue to play into the traps. I'm expecting the team to fight.
     
    hoopsjock, Apr 11, 2019
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    Almost NOBODY nationally is giving Portland more than about a 1/3 of a chance to win this series. Usually you hear a few that will argue just for the sake of making a discussing interesting, but this is almost unanimous.

    #ShockTheWorld
     
    TBpup, Apr 11, 2019
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    I dislike OKC. Westbrook irritates me and I hope he does a series choke. I wonder if Skal, Simons and Trent could get minutes and this last season game wasn't a charity scheme by Stotts.
     
    stampedehero, Apr 11, 2019
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    I’m not scared of Russ or PG13, is that other Morris I’m scared of.
     
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    Respect is Earned, for the past 2 season we just choke. Winning can fix all that.
     
    DDolla, Apr 11, 2019
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    I agree with making RW beat us, double PG and lay of Russ’s jump shot, don’t let him take to the rim. If OKC wins a 7 game series on RW’s jump shot so be it.
     
    LayneStaley, Apr 11, 2019
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    I’ll take Kanter vs Adams over Kanter vs Gobert.
     
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