Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - APRIL 19, 2018, THURSDAY, 6PM PDT, NBATV & NBCSNW

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Do you believe the Blazers will steal (at least) one game in New Orleans?

Poll closed Apr 19, 2018.

  1. Yes

    36 vote(s)
    67.9%

  2. No

    17 vote(s)
    32.1%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    49 - 33
    (21-20 Road)
    NEW ORLEANSPELICANS
    48 - 34
    (24-17 Home)

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    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS RAJON RONDO

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS JRUE HOLIDAY

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    MAURICE HARKLESS VS E’TWAUN MOORE

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS NIKOLA MIROTIĆ

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS ANTHONY DAVIS

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    ------- JERSEYS -------
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    WHEN: 6:00 PM, THURSDAY, 4/19/2018

    WHERE: SMOOTHIE KING CENTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    NAPIER , BALDWIN IV , CONNAUGHTON
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    TURNER , LAYMAN
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    SWANIGAN , COLLINS
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    DAVIS , LEONARD , PAPAGIANNIS

    NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
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    DREW II , CLARK , COOKE
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    CRAWFORD , LIGGINS , HILL
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    MILLER , DIALLO , OKAFOR



    INJURIES
    BLAZERS
    Jusuf Nurkic (left leg contusion): QUESTIONABLE
    Evan Turner (right toe): QUESTIONABLE
    C.J. Wilcox (G LEAGUE): OUT
    PELICANS
    DeMarcus Cousins (Left Achilles Rupture): OUT
    Alexis Ajinca (Right Knee Injury): OUT
    Frank Jackson (Right Foot Fracture): OUT




    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS --- ALVIN GENTRY



    :reading:PELICANS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
    :reading:TRAIL BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES     ​


    PREVIOUS MEETINGS IN THE SERIES
    GAME #1: Loss 97-95



    GAME #2: Loss 111-102




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    Darkwebs, Apr 17, 2018
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  2. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Another loss
     
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    NO DUDE
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    If we wanna win this series we need to win this one
     
    BrunoSOC, Apr 17, 2018
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Blazers have lost 8 Playoff games in a row, and 10 of 11. It's so depressing.
     
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    Dame says he's "not down about it at all."
     
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    yes, not
     
    KingSpeed, Apr 17, 2018
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    He gets paid either way so yeah, makes sense.
     
    SportsAndWhine, Apr 17, 2018
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Can they steal a game? Sure. Will they? Well . . .
     
    Nikolokolus, Apr 17, 2018
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Good point. I've edited the wording for the poll
     
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    We can't fall behind 3-0. There has been no teams to ever overcome that. But there was a team just last year that overcame a 2-0 deficit. I think Harkless in the starting lineup can change this team a lot. Dame needs to be surrounded by good role-players, not guys that need the ball in their hands to do anything good. I hope we get another good game from Aminu and get the win!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Man, you guys must really like DarkWing..... you let him create ANOTHER game thread??
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    HCA is overrated anyway, let's win the next 2 !



    The next 4 actually
     
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    This is the first actual "MUST WIN" game of the entire season bro.
    There is no way they will come back from 0-3. It has never happened and it won't happen in this series either.

    In the past Blazer teams have said "Why Not Us". Well i'm here to tell you not this year. They absolutely need to win game three if they even think there is a chance at playing another game at Moda.
     
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    I voted 'Yes' because I find it hard to believe they would get swept as a #3 seed regardless of how close #3-#9 was. Then again, if the Blazers go just 10-3 during that 13 game win streak, they don't even make the Playoffs.....so maybe we shouldn't be that surprised.
     
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    This will be a painful summer for Dame.
     
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    Hopefully some hard questions are asked.

    1. Regardless that Stotts is the only NBA coach he has ever had, is it possible it's time for a change?
    2. I get he is besties with CJ....but that just doesn't work to have 2 smallish guards, neither of whom plays very good defense, does it?
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Since the winning streak, Dame has been playing like he's living with a newborn baby. I can't explain it.

    Getting out of town might be the best thing for him.

    And us.

    :cheers:
     
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    It doesn't work if the rules that govern the 82-game season no longer apply in the playoffs. Jrue said it clearly in his postgame interview - they're letting him be more physical in the playoffs, so he's always got a hand on Dame. There's no mystery here - they're fouling him and getting away with it.
     
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