Game Thread PLAYOFFS - ROUND 1, GAME 2: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - 4/20/16, WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT & KGW

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Have you watched any of the other NBA PlayoffS series?

Poll closed Apr 24, 2016.

  1. Warriors-Rockets

    16 vote(s)
    41.0%

  2. Spurs-Grizzlies

    6 vote(s)
    15.4%

  3. Thunder-Mavs

    14 vote(s)
    35.9%

  4. Cavs-Pistons

    8 vote(s)
    20.5%

  5. Raptors-Pacers

    11 vote(s)
    28.2%

  6. Heat-Hornets

    9 vote(s)
    23.1%

  7. Hawks-Celtics

    12 vote(s)
    30.8%

  8. None

    16 vote(s)
    41.0%
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  1. LuckyShot

    LuckyShot Well-Known Member

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    Agree, we made a few nice changes on offense. Players just kept fucking up and didn't stay patient enough for most of the game. Defense still sucks though.
     
    LuckyShot, Apr 20, 2016
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Can you please stop? Or eat a snickers or some shit...does it work like that?
     
    PDXFonz, Apr 20, 2016
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    That'll take 10 seconds. Call Indy, they say no. Exploring done.
     
    Draco, Apr 20, 2016
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Eh...
     
    BonesJones, Apr 20, 2016
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    I have to look at the numbers again but CJ is playing worse D than James Harden in the playoffs.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Apr 20, 2016
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    I like this a lot... Hendo can actually go on stretches of good shooting... itd give us a good 3rd scorer if he's on. Otherwise, it's gonna make it worse... but Aminu is too, so...
     
    Strenuus, Apr 20, 2016
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    Yeah CJ has to be the worst defensive player I've ever seen
     
    Chris Craig, Apr 20, 2016
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    Damn. I can't even put up the Phil Hartmann photo for this game. We weren't even plucky.
     
    ripcityboy, Apr 20, 2016
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    CJ just needs to not be asked to play PG anymore. He hit some shots in the first half playing SG.
     
    LuckyShot, Apr 20, 2016
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    Then who guards CP3? I'd probably go:

    Harkless > CP3
    Dame > Reddick
    CJ > A Moute
    Aminu > Griffin
    Plumlee > Jordan

    But then Dame gets tired out too quickly. Gotta switch Dame/CJ on Reddick/A Moute so that neither spends the whole game chasing JJ. This is one area where I think Stotts (finally) made the right call.
     
    blue9, Apr 20, 2016
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    Yeah I'd definitely take their roster. But no I meant because Thibs is their coach.
     
    Draco, Apr 20, 2016
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    It's not that uncommon for him to have little/no impact.
     
    blue9, Apr 20, 2016
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    I think Redick is in better running endurance shape than most NBA players. Our team needs to find a way to stop him and we might have a chance at winning the next couple of games.
     
    Hobbesarable, Apr 20, 2016
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Key to the series: hit some fucking shots.

    Beyond that, were screwed.
     
    B-Roy, Apr 20, 2016
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    Aminu has just looked shell shocked the entire series. Hendo hasn't at all. He can handle the ball better. Is a slightly more reliable shooter. And he can defend and rebound well enough to hold his own at the SF spot. I mean, if we're putting Aminu on Griffin we aren't really getting anything out of him defensively anyway, and he's absolutely killing our offense. Might as well slide Harkless over on Griffin if we're just going to concede that matchup. Our offense has just been so atrocious with Dame pissing down his leg and everyone else following suit.
     
    LuckyShot, Apr 20, 2016
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    Aminu-Hark-Plumlee need to learn how to pull off the quick 3-2 play if we want a chance. We need to score when Dame gets the pass out of a double.
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Apr 20, 2016
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    Great idea. Let's put Harkless on Redick, Aminu on Griffin, have Plumlee do his best on DeAndre, and put Harkless on CP3. If Stotts finds a way to do that I guarantee we win.
     
    Draco, Apr 20, 2016
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    It's actually defense.

    And it all begins/ends at SG.

    CJ has been lit up by all their guards - Redick, Crawford and even Rivers.

    This is also getting the bigs in early foul trouble.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Apr 20, 2016
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  20. LuckyShot

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    Dame needs to man the fuck up already and play some defense instead of us always trying to hide him.
     
    LuckyShot, Apr 20, 2016
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