Game Thread PLAYOFFS - ROUND 2, GAME 5: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - 5/11/16, WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT

Darkwebs · May 10, 2016

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WHEN: 7:30 PM, WENESDAY, 5/11/2016

WHERE: ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA

TV BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

ROBERTS , HENDERSON , CRABBE , MONTERO

CONNAUGHTON , VONLEH , DAVIS , KAMAN

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

CLARK , LIVINGSTON , BARBOSA , RUSH

IGUODALA , SPEIGHTS , EZELI , VAREJAO

INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Meyers Leonard (dislocated left shoulder): OUT
WARRIORS
Kevon Looney (left hip surgery): OUT

HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TERRY STOTTS --- STEVE KERR

WARRIORS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

PREVIOUS MEETINGS IN THE SERIES
GAME #1: Loss 106-118

GAME #2: Loss 99-110

GAME #3: WIN 120-108

GAME #4: Loss 125-132

Natebishop3 · May 10, 2016

I will passively root for whomever plays against San Antonio.

Ultimately, I want Cleveland to win.

Darkwebs · May 10, 2016

Darkwebs · May 10, 2016

Natebishop3 said:
I will passively root for whomever plays against San Antonio.

Ultimately, I want Cleveland to win.

That pretty much sums up how I feel.

PDXFonz · May 10, 2016

Darkwebs said:

Darkwebs the GOAT

jlprk · May 10, 2016

I may skip this game, since I know the outcome. As of 2 minutes left in regulation in the last game, I thought we would win the game. If Curry had stayed away, we would have repeated our Clipper performance (lost 2, won 4 in a row). We came close to making the Finals.

Tunchi · May 10, 2016

So LaMarcus Aldridge gave up guaranteed extra 30 million dollars the Blazers offered him to ironically be one game from elimination in the 2nd round just like, you guessed it, the Portland Trail Blazers? He left Damian Lillard, CJ Mccolloum AND 30 million dollars extra to be in the same position the Blazers are??

Irony at its finest

KingSpeed · May 10, 2016

Hope this isn't our last game.

Dubsfan · May 10, 2016

jlprk said:
I may skip this game, since I know the outcome. As of 2 minutes left in regulation in the last game, I thought we would win the game. If Curry had stayed away, we would have repeated our Clipper performance (lost 2, won 4 in a row). We came close to making the Finals.

To be fair, with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin out, it was unlikely that the Clippers would have went on. And winning 4 in a row including playing at Oracle after getting beat there easily 2 times without Curry? You may have been overestimating their chances. Home court matters and the Warriors only lost 2 games at home all season.

BonesJones · May 11, 2016

Tunchi said:
So LaMarcus Aldridge gave up guaranteed extra 30 million dollars the Blazers offered him to ironically be one game from elimination in the 2nd round just like, you guessed it, the Portland Trail Blazers? He left Damian Lillard, CJ Mccolloum AND 30 million dollars extra to be in the same position the Blazers are??

Irony at its finest

This is a great post.

You're being ironic to explain irony hahaha

BonesJones · May 11, 2016

But yeah LA is an idiot.

SIeepwalker · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
To be fair, with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin out, it was unlikely that the Clippers would have went on. And winning 4 in a row including playing at Oracle after getting beat there easily 2 times without Curry? You may have been overestimating their chances. Home court matters and the Warriors only lost 2 games at home all season.

If you really believe game 2 was an easy win, I guess you fully embraced the warriors mentality

Strenuus · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
To be fair, with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin out, it was unlikely that the Clippers would have went on. And winning 4 in a row including playing at Oracle after getting beat there easily 2 times without Curry? You may have been overestimating their chances. Home court matters and the Warriors only lost 2 games at home all season.

lol.

I guess easily is winning by 11 after being down 11 with one quarter left. Go figure.

Subtle, but nice. Good effort.

kjironman1 · May 11, 2016

Alright. The Portland Trail Blazers not only have the talent but obviously they have the will to win this game! Not gonna come on here and act like this is their last game. We have all seen it and we all know that this series could very likely be 3-1 Blazers right now. Something tells me they will not roll over and simply give up tonight. They have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and they have nothing to lose.
Dame will lead this team and they will respond. Time to leave it all out on the floor. Get this game and bring it back to Portland!
Go Blazers!
Kjironman is a fan!!!

P.S of course i'm going to watch they playoffs. Win or lose i am still a basketball fan.

MARIS61 · May 11, 2016

Tunchi said:
So LaMarcus Aldridge gave up guaranteed extra 30 million dollars the Blazers offered him to ironically be one game from elimination in the 2nd round just like, you guessed it, the Portland Trail Blazers? He left Damian Lillard, CJ Mccolloum AND 30 million dollars extra to be in the same position the Blazers are??

Irony at its finest

It's even funnier than that. Had his replacement Meyers Leonard not been injured we'd likely be wrapping up this series and moving on to the 3rd round tonight, despite playing 5 on 8 every game.

MARIS61 · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
To be fair, with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin out, it was unlikely that the Clippers would have went on. And winning 4 in a row including playing at Oracle after getting beat there easily 2 times without Curry? You may have been overestimating their chances. Home court matters and the Warriors only lost 2 games at home all season SO FAR.

FIFY.

Dubsfan · May 11, 2016

Strenuus said:
lol.

I guess easily is winning by 11 after being down 11 with one quarter left. Go figure.

Subtle, but nice. Good effort.

Watching the DUBS all season, being double digits down in the 4th quarter and coming back and winning by double digits isn't an enigma. For some reason they save their best ball for the 4th. You'd be hard pressed to say that any team double digits up on the the DUBS, even in the 4th are comfortable with that lead.

illmatic99 · May 11, 2016

Starting to mentally prepare for this to be our last game this year.

Sigh.

Really want us to stay competitive tonight.

MARIS61 · May 11, 2016

Getting up at 2am for flight home so may not get to see the game tonight.

Strenuus · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
Watching the DUBS all season, being double digits down in the 4th quarter and coming back and winning by double digits isn't an enigma. For some reason they save their best ball for the 4th. You'd be hard pressed to say that any team double digits up on the the DUBS, even in the 4th are comfortable with that lead.

Right...

kjironman1 · May 11, 2016

illmatic99 said:
Starting to mentally prepare for this to be our last game this year.

Sigh.

Really want us to stay competitive tonight.

I am looking for a different look from Curry. He did not play for over 2 weeks but then had to pull 36 mins. His average throughout the season was 25. I will be looking for how his shot hits the rim on misses. If he comes out hitting the front of the rim then i believe the Blazers need to keep him running as much as they possibly can.

Dubsfan · May 11, 2016

kjironman1 said:
Alright. The Portland Trail Blazers not only have the talent but obviously they have the will to win this game! Not gonna come on here and act like this is their last game. We have all seen it and we all know that this series could very likely be 3-1 Blazers right now. Something tells me they will not roll over and simply give up tonight. They have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and they have nothing to lose.
Dame will lead this team and they will respond. Time to leave it all out on the floor. Get this game and bring it back to Portland!
Go Blazers!
Kjironman is a fan!!!

P.S of course i'm going to watch they playoffs. Win or lose i am still a basketball fan.

They aren't going to roll over. You just have to go by the statistics to make a decent logical decision. While anything could happen, the stats are that the Warriors have only lost 2 games at home all season, Curry didn't play the first 3 games, and the Trailblazers went 15 and 28 on the road with the majority of wins against losing teams.
With the OKC/Spurs series at least going 6, Kerr will want the DUBS to finish this series and rest, so they will have a good plan tonight. Not to mention that with Curry's return, Portland's defense has to play much differently than the first 3 games.

Strenuus · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
They aren't going to roll over. You just have to go by the statistics to make a decent logical decision. While anything could happen, the stats are that the Warriors have only lost 2 games at home all season, Curry didn't play the first 3 games, and the Trailblazers went 15 and 28 on the road with the majority of wins against losing teams.
With the OKC/Spurs series at least going 6, Kerr will want the DUBS to finish this series and rest, so they will have a good plan tonight. Not to mention that with Curry's return, Portland's defense has to play much differently than the first 3 games.

The Spurs lost 1 home game all year and OKC beat them..

So...

Dubsfan · May 11, 2016

Strenuus said:
Right...

I guess setting NBA history isn't enough for you?

Strenuus · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
I guess setting NBA history isn't enough for you?

It isn't.

Dubsfan · May 11, 2016

Strenuus said:
The Spurs lost 1 home game all year and OKC beat them..

So...

So based on that 1 win, within the last minute of the game, you're throwing out logic on statistics? Stats don't lie.

Strenuus · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
So based on that 1 win, within the last minute of the game, you're throwing out logic on statistics? Stats don't lie.

If stats didn't lie, then SAS would have won.

Play the games.

Dubsfan · May 11, 2016

I'll commend Portland for playing much harder than the Rockets did. I'm baffled by how some want Dwight Howard on the Trail Blazers. Dude has no heart and hasn't really helped any team very much based on his contracts. Ask the Lakers.

Strenuus · May 11, 2016

Dubsfan said:
I'll commend Portland for playing much harder than the Rockets did. I'm baffled by how some want Dwight Howard on the Trail Blazers. Dude has no heart and hasn't really helped any team very much based on his contracts. Ask the Lakers.

The rockets don't play hard because of Harden, not because of Howard.

Dubsfan · May 11, 2016

Strenuus said:
If stats didn't lie, then SAS would have won.

Play the games.

Not saying there aren't probabilities. Just stating that based on statistics, the likelyhood of a visiting team playing in Oracle and winning are VERY VERY LOW. Would you have bet that OKC would win in San Antonio last night or did you think like most that the Spurs would have won? I'm guessing the latter.

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