Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - AUGUST 22, 2020 - SATURDAY, 5:30, ABC

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Who's the better overall coach?

Poll closed Aug 22, 2020.

  1. Frank Vogel

    14 vote(s)
    45.2%

  2. Terry Stotts

    17 vote(s)
    54.8%
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  1. Sedatedfork

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    I’m not going to be able to watch tonight’s game unfortunately. I know I’m going to have an eye in the score. Blazers need to find their mojo. Go Blazers!
     
    Sedatedfork, Aug 22, 2020
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    I notice Mike Malone and Doc Rivers are talking about defense after playoff losses. I'm not sure if Stotts has; has anyone heard? I do know that in the playoffs every guy on the team has to play balls-out D and I stand by my comment that in the last game only Gary Trent was doing that; no one else close.
     
    UKRAINEFAN, Aug 22, 2020
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    There was absolutely no urgency on defense. I don't even get it? They go out and play a solid defensive game in game one and then come out like they have the series won? It's like they were thinking they could just start playing when ever they wanted to. Even worse it's like they all believed Chuck and his sweep theory.
     
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  4. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    How are people getting on the virtual fan thing? I need to get on and help our team today--we're at home
     
    illmatic99, Aug 22, 2020
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Pretty sure that after taking a glance at our game threads, the Blazers have instituted a "No Virtual RipCity2 Fans, Ever" policy.
     
    e_blazer, Aug 22, 2020
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    Big Bucks? Season ticket holders? Good question....
     
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  7. riverman

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    GO BLAZERS!!!!!! Get Trent more shooting touches in this one...find his stroke early
     
    riverman, Aug 22, 2020
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  8. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    none of us are like this in real life.

    at least i hope not.

    @SlyPokerDog get us the hookup
     
    illmatic99, Aug 22, 2020
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    Season ticket holders were given a chance to sign up (each person could only get onto one game). I can't sit still in front of a camera during a regular game and definitely not a playoff game, so I didn't bother signing up.
     
    BlazerBeav, Aug 22, 2020
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Shit. Show. That is all.
     
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    Hung over from all the wine i drank last night.
     
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Well, the Blazers have had 4 days off since the last game they showed up to play, and it's only been 2 days for LA, so I figure the Blazers have the rest advantage for this one.

    Go Blazers!
     
    42N8Bounce, Aug 22, 2020
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  13. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Well the Blazers didn't expend much energy in game 2. That's for sure
     
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    Are you suggesting the 2020 playoffs are more performance art that real basketball?Not saying you are wrong.
     
    Buffalo Custard, Aug 22, 2020
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    with the lockdown and virus I'd say it's a mecca for frustrated addicted gamblers....finally something to lose money on!
     
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    He doesn't have a sister bro. That was his brother #BAM
     
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    What coaches do affects results so that's why people evaluate based on results, but there isnt anywhere near as direct of a correlation between results and coaching.

    I try to evaluate things from A to B, with A being what coaches do and B being the result.

    Too many people view things from B to A, and that usually becomes a conversation that's not even focused on anything on the court (ex. "He made to WCF and Dame likes him so..." or "His team overachieves") and it makes me wonder "Okay, what does he do specifically in a coaching sense that helps his teams overachieve...?"
     
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    Was listening to Fox Sports radio. They already saying this series is over. I hope that’s what Dame is hearing too. Lol. It’s 1-1. They ain’t even giving us a chance. It’s moments like this where Dame proves them wrong. Hope that finger is ok.
     
    Sedatedfork, Aug 22, 2020
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    Why would you judge a coach based on Ws and Ls? Nobody judges a salesman on how many units he moves, or a plumber on whether his pipes leak, or a pilot on whether his plane crashes.
     
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