Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: BLAZERS @ THUNDER - APRIL 19, 2019, FRIDAY, 6:30 PM , ESPN & NBCSNW

We lost 2 at home in the playoffs last year, and 2 at home to Thunder this year. Do you remember?

 

he would have had to catch him first and Hibbert wasn't fast enough to catch frozen molasses

he was big enough to catch a max contract from Olshey though

 

he threw his headband at the scorers table

 

right?

 

must be such a pain in the ass to cover this OKC team if youre media for them.

 

If the refs are gonna call it like that, we have to adjust to that. I liked how he always said we, sharing the blame for Mo and Aminu missing shots even though he had nothing to do with it.

 

What adjustments did he make?

 

37 + 9 = 43?

please don't tell me you're counting pre-season

 

Tonight’s 3PM/A (%)
Portland - 12/31 (38.7%)
OKC - 15/29 (51.7%)

Season average 3P%
Portland - 35.9%
OKC - 34.8%

Apply the season averages to the three point attempts taken tonight and we still don’t win.

Portland - 11/31 (35.5%) or 10/31 (32.3%)
OKC - 10/29 (34.5%) or 11/29 (37.9%)

So reduce Portland’s score by three or six points, and reduce OKC’s score by 12 or 15 points.

Portland - 105 or 102
OKC - 108 or 105

Best case scenario, we force overtime.

So I don’t see three point shooting (by either team) as the reason we lost.

I think other factors played a larger part in our loss.

 

More wedge pnr, double drags, screens set higher on the floor....

 

The weird thing about this game was I thought the Blazers were fouling a lot and OKC deserved there FT's. I just also thought OKC was a fouling a lot too. Both teams were bodying, hip checking, holding grabbing, slapping away. They choose to call it fairly one-sided though. Which you know, that's how home court typically works. Role players play better at home, and refs tend to give you more calls too.

The Blazers need to go back to where Dame or CJ is on the court all the time, they have some decent players on the bench but none of them can really get their own shots (especially with as physical as things have been).

I think the Blazers are in pretty good shape for this series, you know OKC's 3 point shooting would go back towards the means, but they aren't going to shoot that well very often.

 

Yep. Counting all home games. I think it's very likely this series goes 7 and I think we will be triumphant at home.

 

He started out well, and I thought his defense was ok, but they were calling everything and I think it took him out of his game.

 

Thank you for being someone that I can actually discuss X's & O's with.

These are all things that I've been asking for, last year and before this series, but I "didnt" know what I was talking about when I asked for them.

I saw a few possessions with these actions, but still a lot of stagnant halfcourt offense with little to no player & ball movement, which relied on slow-deceloping basic PnR to bail it out, with which Dame had success due to insane play on his part.

 

I like you're thinking. I think it'll go 7 but we'll see.

 

I don't mind the loss too much, but dispite the offensive grinding to a halt with the second unit in second quarter Putting us in a big hole, OKC shooting lights out from three and an insane amount of free throws, we still could have had this game. We had taken the lead in the fourth, but went away from things that were working and didn't get very many stops in the middle of the fourth. I don't think OKC can much better from a team perspective, and they were really only a few calls and misses away from losing, so Portland is still in good shape.

 

Or they could avoid the problem by not forcing players to do interviews. I'm sure every team has players that enjoy shmoozing with the press, so turn them loose and leave the more private types in peace. Nothing meaningful is ever said anyway.