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

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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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    Yeah if Ayton would have been playing I'm sure we would have had open driving lanes all game long. I also think his 60+% shooting inside would have been a problem. As far as three point shooting goes, we know we're terrible at defending the three and the Suns are a top ten three point percentage team. Nothing fluky about the second best team in the league beating us... the only thing fluky is that we had control of the game and handed it to them.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Craig kills us all the time. Payne was a surprise though, but there was so much happening in this game.
     
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    FTFY
     
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    I made that comment after the Utah game that this place was like a ghost town but I think it just comes down to being happy when the team wins, so you make one post that says something like, "Great game! Go Blazers!" Whereas a game like this makes you think and post about all of the ways we ended up in an unhappy state. It makes logical sense but you're right it is an interesting phenomenon.
     
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Yep Ariza had two game winning steals on inbounds in the 2009 WCF.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    That's one difference. Another difference is that Nurk and Melo played like shit. And we still should have won.
     
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    But why don’t we break down all the good things Stotts and the players did when we win? To be fair, I think this thread would’ve been longer if Dame won it at the buzzer.
     
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    This game would have had a high count regardless. It was a fantastic game that had controversy and a quarter of a hundred lead changes.

    Playoff games are gonna have a ton of posts too. That's pretty much what this was.
     
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    I believe Dame was 9 for 9 from the field in the 4th quarter.
     
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    There's your answer. He doesn't do anything good in wins! Thanks for finally coming around! Woooo! Way to go Eric!
     
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    I think you’re right.
     
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    have any votes been changed in the poll?
     
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    EGame "You're the only one of these fools I trust"

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    Kanter too. Please add Kanter.
     
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    He missed a 3 late in the 4th iirc.
     
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    EGame "You're the only one of these fools I trust"

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    The answer should have been obvious even well before tipoff.
     
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    anybody know how many points Dame scored in the 4thQ?
     
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    Also true.

    Nurk struggling last night versus Gobert was one thing, but this was bad no-show.

    I'd really like to see Nurk shake his post-season struggles this year, regardless of the series outcome. Got to get that monkey off his back.
     
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    Right? I could not fucking believe Stotts replaced Nurkic with Melo for defense in that situation. And I let my TV know how I felt about it.
     
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    This game proves we are bad against good teams? We lost by one point!
     
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    Regardless of what Melo did on defense with Booker previously, you put nurk in there up 1. It's literally a no Brainer. I still can't fathom what he was thinking there.
     
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