Your not going to win these types of games where are offensive schemes consist of Roy Iso and shooting jumpers all night with our fingers crossed. It may work against mediocre teams, but Nate is getting abused tonight, just like last night, and I'll put money the same thing happens on Sunday.
I agree on their offense. Their defense has always been built on being allowed to grab, hold and shove to an absurd degree. Remember the Bad Boys of Detroit?
Honest and realistic? I think it's more like flighty and pessimistic. Being a fan means that you support your team until the final buzzer. Calling it over with a 10 point deficit at the start of the 4th is not only mathematically and statistically foolish, it's bad fandom.
I'm trying to figure out how the Blazers seem to make most games close, and do most of their damage in the 4th. I can't recall a team this "young" (gasp) play like such shit the first 3 quarters, and then have a light turn on in the 4th on a nightly basis.