Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 2, GAME 3: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MAY 3, 2019 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM , ESPN

Awesome!

 

I would take 11 of the next 16

 

Is this Evan Turner????

 

Yes, and they don't have to necessarily do that yet!


Lets' get nerdy: (Edited since I noticed I messed up calculations earlier.)

Portland has an estimated win probability of 55% at home and 30% away against Golden State

So the probability of home stand and take one from them : (0.55)^3*4*0.30*(0.7)^3*100%= 6.85%
Lose one at home but win 2 over there: (0.55)^2*0.45*3*(0.30)^2*(0.70)^2*6 =10.81%
Lose 2 at home win 3 away =2.52 %
Loss all home and win all away = 0.07%

So we have about 20.2% chance of making it to NBA finals if we were to be paired with Warriors.

Funny how our chances of advancing is actually higher than a Golden State sweep but people would believe that to be more likely and don't question as much.

Chances of Warriors sweep = 0.7^2*0.45^2*100%= 9.9%

 

Is this why some posters come on here and call us Nerds?

 

We will get to hear Reggie Miller call Aminu Amino tonight.

 

Refs tonight.

Denver @ Portland Mike Callahan (#24) Eric Lewis (#42) Rodney Mott (#71) Kevin Scott (#28)

 

I was thinking the same thing earlier, and decided the best thing that can happen is for the fans to realize what's coming, and get on the refs early and often for their bullshit. I mean heavily on them. It might not keep them from fucking us over, and over, and over, but we have to at least let them know we see what they are doing, and it's not right.

 

I know. How hard is it really to say "Aminu"?

 

I have nothing against Doris, but I HATE the Doris announcing team. They talk and talk and talk about what's not going on in the game, until I'm ready to shoot myself.

 

Hubie announces blind. He has for years.

 

I got you, 'Bert... my friend and I are sitting in Sec. 230, Row C, Seats 1 & 2.

Those poor bastards will be subjected to my verbal abuse ALL night long (like Lionel Richie)!

 

Did you forget how the NBA refused to allow that douche bag to get another T a few years back, and he was absolutely unhinged because he could get away with anything and everything? And he did.

 

"I was told there'd be no math....."

 

My suggestion is to only get on the refs when they have clearly fucked us. And do it loudly, first time and every time. Just haranguing the refs continually does nothing but piss them off.

But thanks. I appreciate you going to battle for the team.

 

I think what Kidd is saying is (1) don't sleep on the Blazers, and (2) The Blazers have as good or better chance of beating the Warriors than any other team in the NBA. Not that the Blazers would be favored, which they obviously would not be.

I concur with that.

 

I know you think Stotts doesn't have much talent to work with but I could also make the argument that the team's success this year is more due to Dame taking yet another step in his evolution as a basketball player and the team being a little deeper than it has in the past. This isn't meant to bash Stotts but if the Blazers lose this series then the question marks are going to come right back up.

 

Mike Callahan has probably been the best ref we've had so far. Was very fair in the OKC game.

 

Does anyone listen to Chad Doing?

Can someone explain to me why he yells "SHOW ME YOUR BLAZER!"

I get wanting to have your own thing.... but this just doesn't make any sense to me, and it seems dumb and annoying when he screams it.