Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MAY 27, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:30, NBATV & NBCSNW

i really dont undestand how people say stupid things so easily like its a fact

you cant say jokic scored 34 & 38 on nurkic, when thats clearly not the case, jokic scored 34 & 38 on the blazers, but he scored 16 & 13 on nurkic, 12/23 for total 29 pts on 52.2% efficiency

nurk won their matchup in the game 1, jokic won their matchup in the game 2, well see how the rest of the series goes, but as of now, if you consider that jokic is extremely good offensive player, top 10 player in the nba and most likely mvp, those stats look like nurk is doing really solid job on jokic... for gods sake, you cant shut down a player like jokic for the entire series, maybe you can do it for a game or two or three, like nurk did in game 1, but he will bust your ass too, but that being said, i would like to see hows nurk doing against rest of the nuggets team, but i dont know where to find it, so if someone could do it, id appreciate it

when it comes to offensive end, its the coaching thats the problem, not nurk, were not using him like we should, were not playing enough pnr, were not posting him up, were not giving him the ball at high post to make plays, were using him to set screens and thats the main thing hes doing... what the fuck people want from nurk, when the guy doesnt have possessions, when he doesnt have ball in his hands... its kinda difficult to make an impact on the offensive end, if youre not touching the ball enough

if you want more from nurk on the offensive end, then you need to use him more, use him as one of your main scorers and not as a role player

 

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Overreacting in both win and loss, by the fans. When we won game 1, there was comments like we do not know how can we lose aganist them, its imposibile. Now after defeat there is no belief at all in the team no offense, no deffense, we are already out of the series...

Truth is somewhere in the middle IMO. We can and will win again and we will lose again in this series. Who will reach first 4 wins? we are tied now. They are dangerous they have mvp its not easy but we can. X factor can decide on both sides, hot shoting night by us, cold shooting night by them etc but please have belief in our team, they are capable to win this. And oponent is not Detroit, its Denver with MVP in their team. Through the history, all mvps torched their matchups, thats why they are mvps after all. It doesnt mean that deffenders are bad players, but those mvps are simply better.

I have belief. Somebody will win in game 7. I already wittnesed few years ago that Portland won. I will still believe in deja vu.

Go Blazers!

 

Does anyone know how many people they're letting in for the game tomorrow?

 

LMAO. what a tool.

 

what game tomorrow?

 

What I don't want to see is another example of Denver playing harder and with more urgency than the Blazers. They are down 2 of their top 4 scorers. We have the better players but they played like the better team in Game 2

 

denver was really aggressive from the get go of the game 2, it would be nice if portland would return them a favour from the get go of the game 3

 

If we're cool with Nurk's lack of mobility because he is a true big then there aren't any other fatal flaws with his game. The guy gets up and finishes with authority just fine when he wants to. So you don't have to go out and look for another C. You have to get a coach that will not put up with him finishing weak in the paint ever let alone most of the time, a coach that doesn't think the term accountability is outdated. You also need a coach that realizes how much better the guy is when he is engaged in facilitating the offense and doesn't go away from that a game after having great success with it.

In other words you don't give up on Nurk, you move on from Stotts.

 

Going to be 8,000 fans for Game 3.

 

I 2 times last Night Dame totally miss Nurk on a PNR back to back possission you have Nurk involved when he out there or he doesn't perform like he should. Dame must get him going because enthusiastic Nurk is a very good player.

 

it absolutely baffles me that he doesnt know how to use nurk

nurk is the fucking player that can be a difference maker if you know how to use him, but using him as a role player aint gonna do it

 

What about Game 1?

 

game 1 was anomaly

 

What about the 10 of 12 before that?

 

I just really need to know who gets credit for wins and blame for losses. There needs to be some sort of consistency here FAMS!

 

also anomaly, theres no consistency at all, they cant put consistent effort and consistently share the ball, move their bodies etc, theres always one period when they do and then they give up on that

go look at how utah jazz and phoenix suns play, one can wish blazers play like that too

 

If someone gets credit for winning why do they have to automatically get blamed for losing too? Or vice versa? Strange logic.

 

Oh the clownery.