The swagger is gone

Lillard looks ordinary. Aldridge can't hit the side of a barn. Batum isn't anywhere near a triple double anymore. We're making bad passes and bad decisions. We can't win a close game. Can't close teams out. Can't get a break.

Man, oh, man. Where did our magical season go?

 

Yes, we beat them twice when we were playing well, but that's a long time ago.

 

We're 2-0 against them With Swag. But 0-2 Without Swag. Of course, not beating them is why we lack swag... but anyway.

 

I am sure we are the only team that has already had 4 shots at them though.

 

Early season success was fool's gold. We shot lights out from distance, which covers a lot of warts in your game. Now the FG% has come back to earth, this team looks like they may be lucky to win more than one game in the 1st round.

 

:MARIS61: :MARIS61: :MARIS61:

 

To be fair, the stretch of games we've played in the past month have been pretty brutal. Now we must pray to the basketball Gods that we get a good matchup in the playoffs.

 

Basically right, but not entirely true. The following teams cannot get 2 wins against OKC:

San Antonio (currently 0-3)
Minnesota (1-3)

OKC has two wins already against: Denver, Golden State, Houston, Memphis, Sacramento, Utah.

 

Yay for Charlotte.

 

If we can't beat OKC at home, on three days rest, when they're missing Westbrook, it's pretty pathetic. This is the kind of game we were winning earlier in the season.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings/_/sort/sosL10

Yep, and it's not even close; our strength of schedule is way harder than any of our contemporaries in the last 10 or so games.

 

OKC IS BETTER WITHOUT WESTBROOK. EVERYBODY EXCEPT RUSSELL AND HIS MOM KNOW THIS.

 

One rebound away from beating Indiana and a bucket away from being 3-1 against OKC. Lets not start drinking the kool-aid just yet. I'd like for us to add a person before the deadline that can create high percentage shots. Being a jump shooting team does have drawbacks, but we'll win some too.

 

The bad news is we don't have a draft pick.

 

We're all (me included) clawing at each other to be first in the "I knew we'd fail all along" line. Such is the life of a Blazers fan. It's not how much you enjoyed the season but when you finally gave up and curled into the fetal position because they broke your heart again.

 

Then lets trade LA to OKC for Westbrook. I'd take him any day over LA the loser.