Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - MAY 22, 2021 - SATURDAY, 7:30, ESPN

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What do you predict to be the final outcome of this series?

Poll closed May 23, 2021.

  1. Blazers win 4-0

    8 vote(s)
    10.1%

  2. Blazers win 4-1

    8 vote(s)
    10.1%

  3. Blazers win 4-2

    38 vote(s)
    48.1%

  4. Blazers win 4-3

    14 vote(s)
    17.7%

  5. Nuggets win 4-0

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%

  6. Nuggets win 4-1

    2 vote(s)
    2.5%

  7. Nuggets win 4-2

    7 vote(s)
    8.9%

  8. Nuggets win 4-3

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%
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  1. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    If only CJ or Melo would pass him the rock
     
    HailBlazers, May 22, 2021
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  2. EGame

    EGame "You're the only one of these fools I trust"

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    Great win. Joker only getting 1 assist was big, perhaps I was wrong saying double him, we should make him shoot and limit his great passing ability. Keep up the intensity, don't want another repeat of last years playoffs.
     
    EGame, May 22, 2021
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    James lamphear Well-Known Member

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    We gave only 2 points on 2nd chance points in the 2nd half.
     
    James lamphear, May 22, 2021
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    DDolla Well-Known Member

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    Be GREEDY and get another one.
     
    DDolla, May 22, 2021
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    JoshuaHall Well-Known Member

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    Broooooooms
     
    JoshuaHall, May 22, 2021
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    That might be true but they can't continue to try and stop him with single coverage, he will just continue to slaughter them.
     
    blazerkor, May 22, 2021
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    Phatguysrule Well-Known Member

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    Good thing the players are reading this forum to learn about that. Lord know Stotts didn't have anything to do with it...
     
    Phatguysrule, May 22, 2021
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    Great coaching by Stotts!
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 22, 2021
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    75% chance the Blazers win the series now.

    Step on their throats. Show no mercy for their depleted condition in this case.
     
    TBpup, May 22, 2021
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    Dame with 34 and 13 dimes… amazing
     
    DDolla, May 22, 2021
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    Jesus I'm glad you're not the coach. We win a game by 14 and you want to shake things up?
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 22, 2021
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    Jokic really doesn’t get much assist playing us. The blazers must be in his head because he tends to just do it all himself and not setup and make plays for others.
     
    Titan, May 22, 2021
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    Listen I owe everybody an apology. I panicked.

    I called the blazers out. But if anybody reads this forum I expected this from the blazers but I panicked early. But good wim!!!! Let’s go!!!!
     
    AldoTrapani, May 22, 2021
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    Ball movement and assists don’t matter! LMFAO. When the team plays unselfish ball like they did tonight with the GREAT passing, they can literally beat anyone! Anyone!
     
    brooklynballer, May 22, 2021
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    Very good win. I doubt we will keep shooting the three that well but it looks pretty obvious that Denver does not have the firepower to keep up with us. Their defense might be worse than ours and that's saying something.
     
    MadeFromDust, May 22, 2021
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    They tried at the end. Dame hit Nurk and Powell to make them pay.
     
    Phatguysrule, May 22, 2021
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  17. Fairly-Hard

    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    That is what i was looking for! Blazers taking care of business!
     
    Fairly-Hard, May 22, 2021
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    You don't want to double Jokic. You want him to shoot 25 shots per game and play defense, because that takes more out of him than taking 18 shots and standing still and dishing out 7 assists.

    There was a sequence near the end of the game. Nurk got the ball down low and had four Nuggets around him. Jokic was the fourth, coming in from behind. He was walking in. Nurk lost the ball, got it back, scored and was fouled while Jokic stood and watched from 2 feet away.

    You make Jokic get up and down the floor, have to exert energy making offensive moves and make him have to exert energy on defense. He's not in the kind of physical condition to be THAT player. He needs possessions that he can take off and just survey the court and make backdoor passes.

    You make him shoot. A lot.
     
    PCmor7, May 22, 2021
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  19. Chris Craig

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

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    No Murray. He has to do it himself
     
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    Yeah, all he needed to do was tell Dame to keep taking if they are going to give him everything with single coverage in the offensive half court. He also just needed to tell the guys to keep their defensive intensity up and they did. It was the perfect type of game for Stotts to coach... we needed a cheerleader in a game without adversity.
     
    blazerkor, May 22, 2021
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