Game Thread PLAYOFFS - ROUND 2, GAME 3: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - 5/7/16, SATURDAY, 5:30 PM (PDT), ABC

I didn't say that we have a bad offense overall. I said that we will struggle, at times, to score. That's the nature of our team. We seem to either be really hot, or really cold.

The 2000 team blew game 7 because they didn't have a go-to guy. If that team had Lillard, we wouldn't have lost that series.

 

EVERY team in the NBA struggles, at times, to score.

 

And you're right about 2000

 

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Sheed wasn't considered a go to scorer?

 

Plums is a pretty good facilitator, but he is not a scoring threat. Aminu is a rich man's T-Rob, and Harkless is hoping to get there. Vonleh is even worse, and Crabbe is a poor man's Batum. (consistently inconsistent)

When you actually break it down, it is amazing how far Dame and CJ have carried this crew.

 

Aminu.... T rob..... Crabbe.... Batum.... What?

 

Having Lillard as an upgrade over Stoudamire should have put us over the top, but Lillard's shooting percentages in the 4th haven't been that good. Also, never understood the thing about "go to guy". If you're offense is working throughout the whole game, why do you all of a sudden have to stop and force feed one player?

 

Dick! Makes me sad just thinking about it. Lillard on that team...ohhh the humanity.

 

Ummmmm, Lillard doesn't stand outside the line dribbling 15 seconds off of the shot clock like Damon did. He drove me crazy, couldn't make easy passes with his tiny arms.

Damian Lillard playing on that team with legit scoring options everywhere? He could average 12 assists a game easy if he wanted to.

 

One of the great debates of all time. He was and wasn't. It's like getting into quantum physics.

 

Thanks for posting these throughout the season. I have personally re-watched at least a dozen games thanks to you.

 

And they showed them approximately 20 times. Wtf?

 

Fricking awesome win!!! Dame was amazing but I give a lot of credit to Chief and Ed Davis in this one...Chief played a great two way game all night! We're now 5-4 in playoff games....WINNING!!!! The crowd at the Moda Center was rockin'! Go Blazers!!!

 

Yep. I love how quickly this team can learn from mistakes. We played just like game 2 in controlling the game, but made adjustments and kept the foot on the gas until the end. After the season, and this playoff run, where we get better and better each game against the same opponent, I have zero doubts about Stotts being our longterm coach.

 

This is my favorite season in decades! The Blazers are building something really special in Portland!

 

I know people have shared superstitions and I honestly have never had any. My brain just doesn't work that way. Thanks science. Ruining all of my superstitious fun. But, I didn't post in the thread during the game this time and I think I'm going to try it again.

Suddenly Denny hates superstition.......

 

I agree with your first part regarding scoring. We have to have a 3rd scorer or we struggle. People who say we have to have a center who can score are only partially right. We just need one of our front line players to be a consistent scorer. It could be a SF, PF or Center. We can't rely on Aminu being that guy though. We need him to be our 4th scourer if he is starting. We also can't rely on Dame getting 40.

Regarding the draft pick debate...... I would say 99.9 percent of fans know a draft pick has value. It's how much value that we question. We also know that playoff experience has value too. Again the debate is which has more.

I was just listening to Sirius radio last hour (Bleacher) and Desmond Mason was on talking about the Durant situation in OKC, and how it will be a snowball if he leaves. (If he leaves... Westbrook will leave) He said OKC will take years to recover. The comment that I found intriguing is when he said the lottery the last few years has "sucked". Not many player who can turn a franchise around. And for those who want to trade the lottery pick, the value of the pick has decreased as well.

Yes we need to build through the draft. The pick has value, but again how much value is the question, especially when looking at where we were going to pick. We can miss a year because Neil can find just as good of a young talent in FA then at #12 IMO.

 

It's funny that those drafts have that reputation, when you look at Dame (4 years ago), and CJ (3 years ago) in the playoffs again.

 

All the bandwagon Curry clones in their yellow t-shirts looked so disappointed after the loss! Reminded me of the years of smogshow fanz at the Rose Garden,LOL . . .