Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 2, GAME 5: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - MAY 7, 2019 - TUESDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

How many times do you have to see it to understand they will not make that call with 5 fouls. Jokic fouled out no less than 3 times in game 3 and Milsap no less than twice?
With Five Fouls the Refs are not going to call it in this series. The only player to foul out at this point has been Harkless.

 

I want Dame to get players involved. Like with Aminu in game 4 I want him to make sure Harkless gets a bucket or two to start him off, Kanter even if he can't move needs to be fed the ball in the post, time and time again if needed, no excuses.
Dame shouldn't come out trying to assert his offense, let the game come to him, take the right shots, take it to the hole even if it's not his game, not to get fouled, to get going. But even more important to me is spreading the ball around, getting players involved, once Harkless, Aminu, Kanter, are feeling it, they'd be feeling it on defense more, which is the key reason I make it an emphasis.
They're playing several minutes in every half with both Jokic and Plumlee, countering that with just one of Kanter or Zach is almost impossible, even if you stop the bucket they get the offensive board. There's almost no other option than to use if not both Zach and Kanter than Meyers Leonard. I wish it didn't have to happen for the first time in the series because it'd take him a few possesions at least to get into it but these are simply undermanned possesions.
Harkless not playing in the final minutes of game 4 simply cost us the game. He's our best defender and this is one of the two reasons we were getting No stops.
The other reason is when Zach or Kanter are on Jokic, and both are doing amazing jobs defensively, it's almost impossible for them to help defend. Jokic is a handful, he can score from anywhere, you can't leave him open anywhere on the floor but if our center doesn't help defend, we almost can't get stops. If they need to switch, they need to switch, if they need to cover on a player going to the basket they can't not cover on him. They simply have to make the right decision every time and if it means switching off Jokic then hope Aminu or Harkless rotate to cover him but they have to make the right decisions to help defend no way around it.
One last minor but still important thing. Aminu has this tendancy that costs us at least one 3-pointer against us per game when he goes out to the shooter, say Millsap, and he doesn't really goes out at him. He just puts his arm up, shows he's gotten to him, but he's only hoping he misses, not making sure. Even if it's Milsapp or Barton and not Murray, this is one or two 3s they make a game. I want him to close out on Any shooter like he'd make sure it's a miss, like it's the deciding 3 of the game, like how he closes a player inside, I understand Chief himself often time misses the 3 but he doesn't defend himself. I don't want even once to see an half assed closed out, this is not some regular season game, this is the biggest game in a long time, every shot counts.

 

I vote "who gives a fuck" in the poll. Once the Blazers are out, I'm done watching NBE.

 

No fucking shit. But if they haven't learned after 4 games, I'm not sure they will learn now...

 

Same. I haven't watched a non blazers game all playoffs, I'm not gonna start if/when we're eliminated.

 

Succinctly, you've got to make your free throws.

With everything that went wrong yesterday, they still would have won without all the missed free throws. Can't blame Denver, refs, league, Stotts or even Trump. This is on the players. When games are close, they can't give away points.

Go Blazers. I still say Blazers in six.

 

It always baffles me that people on here don't watch other NBA games. For people that are so passionate about a team, they don't just like watching the game itself. Didn't you guys grow up watching all the Celtics/Lakers/Sixers ...... Bulls/Pistons battles? Fuck that was my life as a kid. I used to record those on VHS and watch em in the summer. I'll watch all the way thru the finals and record and watch every Orlando and Vegas summer league game.

 

Why does it baffle you that people are different than you?

 

It baffles you that people are different than you?

I used to watch the whole league. At least every nationally televised game I could. Just got tired and bored of it. When it comes down to it, I love the Blazers, not the NBA.

 

Lol, you trying to tell this to @TBpup is hilarious.

 

THAT'S what you got from that entire post?

 

Bro I live my life engrossed and surrounded with people different than me.

 

Oh god, we said almost exactly the same thing.

 

I'm not the only one.

 

I watch a lot of basketball, but Im a Blazer fan way more than I am a fan of the NBA. I watch quite a few non Blazer games, but its not nearly the same for me when I dont like any other team out there. If the Blazers move someday it wont be hard for me to stop watching the NBA.

 

Thats all you got form my entire post? You actually think I took the time to post that I'm amazed people think differently than me? That's what you think? Are you that bored man?

 

Maybe you need to re-read and rephrase your post.

 

I can respect that. I just always assume people on here are hoop junkies. Makes sense though.....I don't watch baseball or hockey.

 

Paraphrasing- "It baffles me that people don't watch other games. Didnt yall grow up like me (watching Celtics/Lakers/Sixers, etc.)? I'll watch every game."

That's how it came across.

 

Bad analogy but I find it funny so Im rolling with it heh. I love playing with my girls, jumping on the trampoline, watching terrible kids movies, board games, running around the backyard, etc. Doesn't mean I find other little kids to do that stuff with.