If the Blazers can’t beat Memphis without Dame, who in here thinks they can beat a healthy Rockets? Let’s be real, we are 48-31 before Saturday game against the Spurs. That game is for the 3rd seed.
We could rest Dame until San Antonio game on Saturday. By then, we might clinch anyway and then he can rest the rest of the season. Otherwise, he and Ed come back and we destroy the Spurs. 3rd seed clinch. Week of rest for playoffs.
Shit happens. We could pull it off. We'd be the underdog but underdogs win in this league. They needed a buzzer beater to beat Suns the other night. If Chris Paul doesn't play, they are much more beatable.
We'd 15 point underdogs. Wed have a 5% chance of winning. If CP3 doesn't play that's different. I'm assuming that they'll be full strength.