Game Thread WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - 5/14/19, TUESDAY, 6:00 PM, ESPN

Lillard hasn't been himself since the OKC series.

Getting roasted by Steph -- hopefully this will be a motivator to get him out of this mini-slump.

 

Let me tell you about Terry Stotts: FUCK Terry Stotts!

 

Denver was at home. Was our flight from Denver to Oakland a 90 minute flight?

 

Turner had his one good game for the Playoffs. Back to being....Turner.

Aminu must playing himself out of a contract offer this summer.

 

Aminu becoming more affordable at least lol

 

Damn. I get what some of you are saying but fuck..have you not been watching ball long enough to know its a 7 game series? The level of panic at this point is amusing. We played like shit and were still in the game with 6 minutes left..

 

It team lost tonight. I am not going after Stotts until I see the adjustments he makes for Thursday game. Some you guys think we should not go after Dame I say your right because I know he probably knows he didn't play well. But I will point out when a player isn't playing sound basketball as leaving your feet while passing. Every watch Turner run the offensive he dribble to the top and know ones move until it's almost to late. Now Golden State is precised on offensive in solid screens Curry and Thompson running real close to the screen so the defensive player can't get through and they get open shots. That about a team that was coach well.

 

Denver was at home.....really? Thanks for that new there Cap'n Obvious. So if the flight is less than 90 minutes (never had reason to fly from DEN to OAK), then even less of a reason the travel was an issue. The point is, Denver handled coming off a Game 7 much better than the Blazers did.

 

Remember the 2016 Finals when every game was a blowout until game 7? Lol

 

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

 

So i'm gonna go ahead and say what i think should be the starters and the rotation. Disclaimer!!!! I am not an NBA coach. I probably don't know shit!

I was watching and thinking the Blazers have a couple problems with the starting unit against GS. I think it's Kanter and Aminu on the floor together.
I'm thinking it might be worth a try to play bigger with Kanter and Collins on the floor to start.
Then start using Meyers with Aminu with the second unit.
Staying bigger and making Kerr have to play Loony and Bogut/Jerebko.
Counter the small ball with big balls.... So to speak.
Yes i understand they will have some ball handling advantage. But the Blazers might be able to set better screens for Dame and keep a big out to force Curry to shoot contested threes instead of wide open ones?
Also maybe get a few lob passes to bigger guys at the rim? Layman might be an adjustment also?
The point is to make them play bigger. Slows the game down a bit? Plays into the Blazers hands?

 

You won't see until next year though. Stotts doesn't like to change his lineups.

 

It seemed like Draymond was almost trying to hold back laughter when asked about how the Blazers were guarding (not guarding) Steph/Klay coming off of picks. #pathetic

 

Look at how he's being guarded.

 

Olshey will have to let Kanter walk in order to make that happen.

 

Not a bad idea, but we have to do something about guarding screens. At this point, I think you go with a Hood / Harkless / Collins frontcourt (CJ on Iggy, Hood on Green, Harkless on Klay, and Collins on their C). Then you blitz / trap on screens and try to force turnovers (which GS is somewhat prone to) and then get out and run in transition to get easy looks.

 

Playing like shit in a winnable game agains GSW in the WCF is not excusable.

 

Fuck affordable. That MFer needs to GTFO!

 

Stotts postgame quote smfh.