Interested to hear the Lillard/McCollum excuses by this board

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  1. A$AP Meyers

    A$AP Meyers Well-Known Member

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    This team just blew 3 consecutive 17+ point second half leads

    Just wasted a 25 point Meyers Leonard 1st half

    I'm not sitting here saying we should have won the series....but how do you lose all 3 of those games? Especially this one? They need more help? Meyers had 25 points in the f-ing first half.

    Inexcusable.

    Lillard wants superstar respect. I've never seen a superstar do what he just did.
     
  2. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

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    Do what?
     
  3. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Why is that interesting to you?
     
  4. A$AP Meyers

    A$AP Meyers Well-Known Member

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    Lose 3 consecutive games where his team led by 17+ in each second half..

    Has that ever happened, ever? Not just in the playoffs, but in the regular season? Shit, has that ever even happened in the summer league? Embarrassing.
     
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    Trash brothers in 4th quarter form tonight
     
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    I really want to know why you even post on this board? Your post history shows your not a Blazers fan because all your posts is bitching about them and when the Blazers are good you disappear.
     
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    Bruno_Sabino From Brasil (Belem-PA)

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    He’s gotta a point
     
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    Five Second Violation Well-Known Member

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    I love Dame but it felt like his basketball IQ was about 25% of what it normally is during this whole series.
     
  9. A$AP Meyers

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    Because Houston (Harden) was clowned to the moon and back for losing to Golden State in 6 games, 1 1/2 without KD.

    We just got swept by the same team (tonight they didn't even have Iggy). We had 17 point second half leads in games 2 3 and 4.

    But the majority of this board allows ZERO Dame or CJ criticism.

    What is it? Is Dame a superstar or not? Because a superstar doesn't lose 3 straight games where he has a 17 point 3rd quarter lead. So either he's a superstar and deserves criticism or maybe we're a cinderella who had an easy road and we should just be happy to have made it this far.
     
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    Trash brothers slogan is lame as fuck.

    They were exposed by the best guard tandem in the league. No shame in that.
     
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  11. A$AP Meyers

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    I haven't hardly posted during any of the games this series. Are post game opinions not allowed? Do I not make any legitimate points? Are you seriously okay with what you just witnessed?
     
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    Dame was not right. He was clearly hurt. It you can't see that then I don't know what to tell you.

    CJ on the other hand missed key shots late in Game 2 and Game 4 that could have made it 2-2 going back to Oakland.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    None.

    CJ and Klay were at least on the same tier with each other in this series.

    Curry is just that much better than Dame.

    Aminu and Mo on the other hand....
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Yes, Lillard and McCollum suck, they got us to the Western Conference Finals, those bastards!
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I am not going to excuse or blame anyone. Its not productive. I choose to take the loss like a good sport.
     
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    I'll feed the troll, but first, I've got to say your premise is on shaky ground. The board has been critical of CJ for years, it is likely only his strong showing against Denver that is keeping the pitchforks and torches at bay.

    Overall though, the duo gets a little bit of a pass because they are largely responsible for the culture of overachieving on the Blazers, and even on a "bad" series they've put together solid stat lines. Disappearing is 20+ points and other activity. There are other spots on the roster, particularly among the starters that are much easier to point at. Also, the work both Dame & CJ put in the off-season work and expand their game each year.
     
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    Four teams got to conference finals. One of them was Portland. Without Dame and CJ that would not have happened.
     
  18. BonesJones

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

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    Dame has 2 to 3 bodies constantly thrown at him and plays for a coach that isn't creative enough to use him in ways so that he doesn't have 2 or 3 bodies constantly thrown at him.

    Bashing his performance is ridiculous. Pay attention to the defensive scheme used against him. Pay attention to our forwards. Pay attention to our basic ass offense.
     
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    Without Anfernee Simons, that would not have happened. They would have lost to the Warriors in the Semis without Simons screwing up Stotts final game shenanigans and getting us the #3 seed.
     
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    I don't believe anyone will make excuses. Warriors played better. Hoping the team comes back with the passion and hunger to make another deep playoff run next year.
     

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