It was to be expected that Phoenix would throw everything that had at us in this game. We did what we had to do, which was setup the Rose Garden as the deciding location in the series.
I have to agree with this, I really hoped that we'd be able to steal this game. Portland needed to keep it close and this one got away from them. Portland now has home court, next two games are in the Rose Garden and it is going to be loud.....my concern is Batum, I'd hate to lose him now and Rudy needs to put up or shut up. Looking forward to game three, it's going to be a lot closer than this blowout me thinks.
Is there a hotline for Nate to call that might give him some pointers on how to make in-game adjustments?
Well he did leave Rudy out there, effectively making the Blazers play 4-on-5 for long stretches. Nate's a good motivator, but he never makes adjustments until the game is long gone.