Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 4: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - AUGUST 24, 2020 - MONDAY, 6:00, TNT & NBCSNW

yup this is what I was afraid of. I’d rather have the late lottery pick imo and not be embarrassed like this. Now Skip is happy, dame rep takes a huge hit, just bad bad bad all around


BUT in the bright side HOPEFULLY this causes positive changes !

 

I wouldn't...they need to make this game respectable and own the second half right now in my view...after 3rd qtr maybe trot out the end of the bench if they can't get it done

 

Reminds me of Phoenix series in 2010. We won Game 4, but mostly we got killed after winning Game 1. How did we beat these guys?

 

Conley, Allen, Prince, and Gasol are great man defenders though.

 

I did a poor job of asking that question. A team full of bad 1:1 defenders that are a good team defensive team. Not a team with 1 bad defender that was still good at defense.

 

Maybe if we apologize for winning game 1 they'll stop bullying us?

 

Better than Dame, CJ, Ant, and Melo?

 

nobody ...which was the sarcasm of my post...bark at another tree

 

What do you expect man? He’s getting double and triple Teamed and no one is moving to help him/get open. This is 100% stotts.

 

Green font? Lol

 

I know a bunch of you don't like Collins but this team was 7-2 with him and has pretty much stunk up the court without another Power Forward that plays defense and can make a shot from 3.

 

we have been getting killed ever since they moved to a different hotel

 

I remember a game where Lakers led by 30 at half in the Shaq days and Mavs cut it to 27 after third quarter and then won the game in the 4th. I remember a game where Clippers came back from 27 down with 8 minutes left against the Grizz. And last year, the Clippers came back from 31 down to beat the Warriors.

 

What a low scoring game. Only 80 points in 4 qtrs. Night y'all!

 

he doesn't play defense, he fouls.

and he can't hit threes.

he wouldn't make even an ounce of difference in this series.

 

Why do we guard a guy so close with a bad defender? We get beat off the dribble every time and that’s the end of our defense. When I watch the Celtics it seems like their prime directive is to stay in front of their guy even if that means having less contest on the 3. I know they have better defenders but they have an entirely different defensive philosophy.

 

That's fundamentally the problem though because the coach clearly prioritizes three point shooting over defenders. He's given little to no minutes to Wenyen Gabriel and Nassir Little because he wanted to play future Hall of Famers Anthony Tolliver and Mario Hezonja.

He has the tools. It's his priorities.

 

Sure. You keep thinking that.

 

I agree... People are super hard on him for some reason. I would prefer he was our backup 4/5, but the notion that losing him was no big deal seemed crazy to me.