Game Thread GAME# 71: BLAZERS @ SUNS - MAY 13, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, TNT & NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, May 12, 2021.

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In your opinion, who's the better coach?

Poll closed May 19, 2021.

  1. Terry Stotts

    9 vote(s)
    23.1%

  2. Monty Williams

    30 vote(s)
    76.9%
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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    oh for fucksakes...is your 'good-ship-lollypop' act so ingrained you have to even go after jokes people make?
     
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    9-1 is more impressive
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    These stats are more indicative of potential playoff success.

    We were winning squeakers earlier in the year that predicted our downfall against better competition. I put more stock in the per 100 poss stats than raw win loss record, especially for teams like ours where success will be determined in the playoffs, not regular season.
     
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  4. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    And yet, it's not as one sided as I was expecting. EVEN now??? People still on this Stotts stuff, I don't get it
     
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    We are tired and the Suns will try everything to help the Lakers out of the 7th seed.
     
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    I don't think Portland is that tired. More important is that Dame doesn't appear to be playing tired. He's Portland's bellweather

    look at the schedule, if the Blazers win this game, they not only get the week off for playoff teams, they get an extra day off before the season final. For a team that has been playing with a shortened rotation, those extra days could be important

    of course, they have their mojo working right now so maybe all that time off isn't all good
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    The Suns do not want the Lakers in the first round. They will pull out all the stops tonight. Brutal back-to-back man.
     
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    I picked up Crowder for daily fantasy today...
     
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    These are the blazers, you just know the playoffs are gonna come down to the final game against the Nuggets.

    Back to back, relatively healthy Suns team, the odds aren’t great.
     
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    I just don't buy the Suns - their record is a product of losing so few games to injury - and to their credit, taking advantage of those of us who did suffer through injuries:

     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    This doesn’t really consider WHO was injured, but the Suns for sure have had the least injury to key players.
     
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    Ayton now listed as QUESTIONABLE
     
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    Wouldn't that mean that what they have is more sustainable though, since they have worked with what they brought?
     
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    Fucking Comcast internet down. Hope it's up by tonight as all my TV is streamed.
     
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    Ayton questionable.......

    Is it JUST @THE HCP .........
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    No Nas. I guess DJ will be lonely in the doghouse now.
     
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    We absolutely need to win this game, absolutely. Biggest and most important game of the season. I think the Nuggets will rest their good players in our last game, i think they want us in the first round so they might help us. But we have to win this game first.
     
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    Denver will likely want to stay at 4 and avoid the LA side of the bracket. I'm thinking they rest everyone on the final game of the season. I think that's a Portland win, which puts us at 6, at the very least. Dallas also needs just one win to clinch a top 6 seed (TOR/MIN remaining), which appears likely.

    If Phoenix wins tonight it doesn't really help them avoid the Lakers, it only strengthens the likelihood of it happening.
     
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    You are always bringing the knowledge. You should do a podcast FAMS!
     
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