Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 2, GAME 5: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - MAY 7, 2019 - TUESDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

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If not the Blazers, whom would you want to win the Championship this year?

Poll closed May 12, 2019.
  1. Warriors

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  2. Rockets

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  3. Nuggets

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  4. Bucks

    51.7%
  5. Celtics

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  6. Raptors

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  7. 76ers

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  8. Any team in the West

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  9. Any team in the East

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  1. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Haha.
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Serious answer: it's the play-offs. I expect every team to play well. More to the point, I expect every team to play hard.
     
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    Put Kanter out. He should stay home prepering for the next game. This was no brainer.
     
  4. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Well, if Stotts coaches the way he did tonight, it won't get tied up.
    If Stotts coaches well I'll give him props. If he coaches poorly, I'll criticize him. That's how it's always been with me. Can't say the same about others.
     
  5. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    I honestly think this series is kind of over, it seems like the Blazers hit their mental / physical limit and just have nothing in the tank. Would love to be wrong but my gut says this one even if it makes it to game 7 is kind of out of reach. Still a heck of a run without Nurkic and with Kanter playing with one arm.
     
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  6. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Without Nurkic, I still think we have the more talented team than Denver. We have the best player, the best sidekick, the better #3, the better bench...
     
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    Just an observation.

    The losses in games 1 and 4 were disappointing, but did not trigger the anger seen tonight. Some folks clearly don't understand the difference. I admit I don't know how to make it any clearer to them.
     
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    There was some good hustle in the first half. And even though we were down i thought we still had a chance. By the middle of the third the body language of our guys wasn't looking good so i turned it off and it doesn't look like i missed much. If the nuggets end up advancing I'm gonna be rooting for them to beat golden state and take the title. There is no shame in losing to the eventual champions.
     
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    VanillaGorilla Well-Known Member

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    Holy shit dude get over yourself.
     
  10. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Tell this to me in person Saturday when we ball.
     
  11. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I think the reason why is because the game tonight felt like the sweep from last year. Completely outclassed.
     
  12. kjironman1

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    Yeah he shot 3
    But he fumbled one and passed up a shot on another. This is after being in Foul trouble (Also Not Stotts Fault) and only played 7 mins in the first half.

    You are not making any kind of reasonable argument trying to cherry pick the one guy (CJ) to make a point about shooting. Yes CJ was 2-5 from 3 -40%. That still isn't great. Very easily he could have been 3-5 or even 4-5 because his looks were good. The rest of the starters are 3-13. They did that also with good looks. I consider a Dame open 25-26 ft shot a good look. Lillard was 2-9..... What can i say?
    Not gonna do this with you.
    I don't want to waste my time picking through stats to argue with a guy that only wants to see things from a perspective that supports his narrative that he has gone all in on for far too long.
    There is no winning this argument. For every Stat monkey percentage you want to pull up i guarantee you i can pull up one that will counter it because it's STATS.
    I watched the game. The offense was fine. Shots didn't fall tonight. Free throws did not fall tonight. When players got in the game that made shots using the exact same offense the Nuggets had to put their starters back on the court.
     
  13. TorturedBlazerFan

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    Its matchups. The only guy on our team left who is physically even sort of comparable to Jokic is Meyers, Kanter doesnt make it tough on him (to be fair he’s got one good arm..) Aminu / Harkless cant guard Milsap. So the paint has been dominated by their bigs because the Blazers dont match up. This has led to what feels like an infinite amount of offensive rebounds, but defensively they have to give so much attention to those two that their guards play 1v1, Its almost impossible in the NBA to play a guard 1v1 who can score, so Murray’s killed them. It all basically starts with our PF/C combination just cant stop it. Nurkic would be our answer, he could play Jokic straight up and he wouldnt get bullied. He’d make him work on both ends. The Blazers might have better bench pieces, but Bartons killed them in a couple games.

    Nurkic makes a huge difference against a team like Denver. Not saying his health guarantees a win, but it sure changes a lot of things to me.
     
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    Will do.
     
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    CJ looked like he was dissappointed and embarased, at least at some point.
     
  16. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    It's always an excuse. Last year it was "Oh, Aminu's shooting" when he shot 43% on three 3s a game. Defensively, sure, but Stotts needs to try something different on Millsap (Kanter was definitely not the answer). Try doubling, fronting and trying to intercept the over the top pass... Try something. It's his job to figure that out, not me.

    The bigger issue I have is the offense getting shut down every postseason by the same defensive scheme. Last year it was "Anthony Davis"... Now it's... Nikola Jokic? 6'8 Paul Millsap?Seriously?
     
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    One thing that was clear when the bench players came in is we need more ball movement. The bench moved the ball much more effectively and as a result got better looks. The bench also did a much better job setting screens to free the ballhandler on ball screens.

    On defense Stotts is a complete idiot if he does not change the starting lineup. Milsap and jokic are destroying kanter and aminu. Zach has to play big minutes guarding Milsap and Aminu will be more effective subbing in for harkless and guarding Murray than getting a steady dose of Milsap.
     
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  18. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    BS. I just gave Stotts a ton of props for the first 7 games of this post-season. When have you ever criticized him? EXACTLY. Bye.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    How much do we have to lose by for these guys to criticize Stotts (even just a little bit)… 60? 70? 200?
     
  20. Jade Falcon

    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    I'm not sure about that. Denver was 3-1 against us in the regular season, and the last game they played against us, Nurk got straight up outplayed and embarrassed by Jock Itch. To be fair, I think he took the game too personally, because of their history. But still.....3-1.

    I think we need to face the fact that Denver is just a better all-around team. They have an even balance of talent. We have Dame, Nurk.....and then a fall-off. A BIG fall off. CJ shows up sometimes, but not consistently to even that out.
     

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