What do you even do at this point?

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I think we should get more physical with Parker. The Spurs have been beating up Dame all series. It's time to lay some wood on Tony.
     
    Natebishop3, May 11, 2014
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    I think what you do at this point is take it one game at a time and make a hell of an effort to win 4 in a row
     
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    Not play a game 4 seems to be attitude on this board.
     
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    Can we sign him? Does he play defense?
     
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    The team is just not deep enough. Our bench, especially with Mo out, is really really bad.

    This isn't news to anyone, but it IS something that can be improved in the offseason--Portland can use salary exceptions to sign solid players to flesh out the bench and/or younger guys like McCollum will improve.

    The hard part is getting star-level players and starter-level guys... Portland has that.

    Unfortunately, even if we add two solid guys to help with the bench next year, I don't think we'll have the kind of luck we did with (lack of) injuries this year.

    Ed O.
     
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    The number one problem to me is clearly defense. We're fucking awful. If the Spurs hadn't just missed a bunch of open shots tonight they would have scored 150. I don't know if it's our scheme or our effort, but the defense just sucks. We have no chance to win against the best team in the league playing like that.

    Lopez is who has been pissing me off. I haven't seen him play any good defense in this series.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Talent. Old or young, the blazers need more of it.
     
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    IMO we have 2 options. Overhaul the D, or bolster the Bench. Assuming we stick with Stotts it would be futile to put a lot of emphasis on defensive players as the players abilities wouldn't be maximized. Also our team wasnt the worst defensive team in the NBA, just about average middle of the road... but we did have the least productive bench in the NBA.
     
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    I've been bewildered at how Stotts hasn't even given Freeland a chance this series. It must be because he actually plays defense and we can't have any of that going around.
     
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    A scared animal? Kind of like fish in a barrel?
     
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    Blazer fans unite. Pussies can go to the spurs board and swing from their nuts.
     
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    I love that we aren't Blazer fans because some of us see little hope after leading in the entire series for a grand total of 33 seconds
     
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    Stotts has been quoted as saying "Defense is a hell of a drug. I run a drug-free environment around here."
     
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    Quitter
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I plan to drink beer right until the bitter end. Nobody calls me a quitter.
     
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    Where were you for rockets series?
     
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    I don't think it's just us. San Antonio has been shooting out of their minds. That's impossible to beat unless we shoot outof our minds too. We made a run in the second half because San ANtonio finally started missing. We didn't do anything different. They just stopped making every shot. Our only hope over the next four games is that their shooting comes back to earth. It's happened before (2011). And as El Presidente pointed out, the Spurs choked last year so there is a choking gene inside them. But we have to shoot well. Lillard should come out really aggressively. Look to score right away, build a lead and confidence.
     
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    What is there to lose by having hope? It hurts too much if we lose? Suck it up and have hope! Go Blazers. Believe harder.
     
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    I hear Meyers can make a lot of 3 pointers. Why not send him out there to jack up 3s, if he's hot, he might score 100 points.
     
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    In the hospital.
     
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