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

A wager with KingSpeed... Will this end with you on ignore?

 

Key was setting screens closer to half court allow Dame a runway to go down hill. Then there was another play when CJ was trapped and Dame came over as the release guy using a sorta flare thing. And we sped it up before they got set. A lot of it was Dame's aggression ramping up but the slight changes facilitated it

 

FTFY

 

Journalists need to make a living

 

The problem for the NBA is the media (TV) is where they make their money. They want those guys in front of the camera talking. I get what you’re saying but they get paid millions of dollars and most of that money comes from the media they act like they hate so much. It isnt that hard to play nice for two minutes after a game.

 

So do basketball players. They’re both making a lot of money from each other.

 

Fair observation for sure. Gonna rewatch with an unbiased perspective.

Thing is, we shouldve been doing these things much more often, and from the start, so either way I still take issue with the coaching in this game.

 

I know this sounds like a weak statement coming off of a loss but watching George and Westbrook acting the way they did in the game and interview makes me so thankful for Dame above and beyond whatever happens in this series.

 

It's part of the job and every job involves doing things we don't like.

It's 10 minutes of someone's time...

 

check out some of those double screen sets with Zach and Meyers, that action was beautiful. I wish we played that in the fourth more.

 

No team can win 5-on-8.

 

I just dont feel all that bad for NBA players having to answer mostly stupid questions.

They dont seem to understand that while the media stinks at times, that the money train is from basically the media...

 

Still have a good feeling about this one.

Like Strenuus, I think it ends on Tuesday.

And a 15 hour round trip drive won't keep me from being there to witness it.

 

Pretty clear to me this goes 7. Line is already out for Sunday and OKC is -6.5. I think both teams hold at home and that game 7 will be incredible.

 

I hope I’m wrong and that we put these clowns to bed Tuesday.

 

I don't like those that much. Forces the action literally and to far towards to sideline, and makes it hard to turn downhill due to traffic (even though he was still able to do so once or twice).

 

Do you feel that way when members of the Blazers don't want to talk to Quick or Canzano? Most of these contentious relationships start on the media side.