Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 2, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - APRIL 29, 2019 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

I really like this statement. Make the shots and control the game by not making bad passes and turning the ball over. make the free throws you do get and you keep the refs out of the final score.

 

You need scoring outside of Dame, Kanter and CJ

 

Jokic is going to get his, but most nights Dame will match him. Slowing down Milsap and Murray is the key.

 

BTW, man I missed the local coverage. Listening to McHale’s blather will make you dumber by the minute.

 

There are no more local broadcasts.
Hopefully we'll get Haarlan or Albert from now on because McHale is torture.

 

ET scored as many points tonight as I did

 

No question there. Tonight they got some from Hood. Would liked to have seen some from Curry. They usually get more from Aminu. and Harkless has been scoring better also.
There is another issue. Kanter scored very well tonight but you can tell he is not the same on the boards. While the Blazers still out rebounded the Nuggets they missed a few of those put backs they usually get.

 

ok then...I'll play the optimist: this game reminded me a lot of the 1st game in OKC. The opponent was knocking down shots all over the floor, getting plenty of home-cooking whistles, and getting all the breaks.

but Portland corrected things in the next game and won going away in the 4th. Wasn't close.

will history repeat?

 

He hard 8 boards, 4 assists and 1 block. You?

 

I wish Aminu would just play straight up and keep his feet connected to the ground without jumping for blocked shots. He got caught a couple times where Milsap pumped fake from a position on the court where you let him shoot a contested jumper and live with the results but instead got an easier shot because Aminu fell for it or fouled him.

 

1. Game was tied all the time till end of 2nd q, when refs kicked us in the balls and set momentum for them.
2. "Mountain factor" was there for sure. Even Dame looked like he wasn't thinking clear. Moe just could not catch the ball in his hands.
3. Terry's rotation is a mistery for me (but I'm not complaining)
4. Again and again from me - Curry factor. First shot he took was after team almost lost the ball and there was no one else to pass it to. Lillard (I think) wanted it, Seth decided to take it and he hit the 3. Second time it was missed 3pointer with a foul. You wrot he suck cos of missing ft. I call BS. How can you be confident on the ft line when your team ignores you in offense. He's just running the floor all the time, playing defence and then just stays in the corner in offense. No one pass the ball to Curry and surely there is no fuckin single play for him in Terry's book. We talking about 50% 3poin shooter. It's really hard to watch. Maybe no one likes him, maybe his bb iq is too low to set the play for him. Either way, if you gonna play him like this Terry, you better put Layman in.

edit: I forgot to write that I'm not worried about game two. No way refs can put shitshow again and Blazers will be ok with breathing till Wed.

 

The 8 is rebounds. He was very effective on the boards and he got 4 assists. Turner played just fine. All in 10 mins.

 

Yup. He definitely was jumpy tonight.

I expect that to improve in game 2 though. Can't get much worse offensively either.

 

Denver’s offensive rating when Jokic and Kanter were both ON: 128

Portland’s offensive rating when Jokic and Kanter were both ON: 106


Kanter is a problem , folks. He played his ass off tonight. But him matched up with Jokic is a nightmare. Don’t let his scoring fool you.

 

Wow!

 

Thats not good enough for a 18 million guy

 

Never seen a contract make a big contribution in a game yet.

 

No sense even bringing that up right now. When the season is over bitch about that all you want.

 

Exactly.