Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 6: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - JUNE 3, 2021 - THURSDAY, 5:00, TNT & NBCSNW

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In your opinion, was Lillard's performance in Game 5 the best ever in an NBA Playoff game?

Poll closed Nov 28, 2021.
  1. Yes, not even close.

    14.5%
  2. Yes

    25.5%
  3. No, but if the Blazers would've won the game, my answer would've been a "yes"

    38.2%
  4. No

    21.8%
  5. No, not even close

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Back with vengeance eh?
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Nurk is low key pissed at stotts.

    Nurk was just asked if he wanted to be back on this team and he said "in the right situation".

    STOTTS IS GONE.
     
  3. bobf

    bobf Well-Known Member

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    Blazers won this series by +54 points with Nurk on the floor. We lost by -51 with Nurk off the floor. And that’s with Jokic on the floor at the same time as Nurk.
     
  4. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Why would he?
     
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    Many times this season I felt the team had quit on Stotts. It was like a war between that and Dame's awesome leadership that kept us afloat.
     
  6. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    "What is the right situation"

    "I don't know, but this is not it"

    WOW.
     
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    Exactumundo. He’s trash. Fools gold with a smooth release.
     
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    Nurk is a better than average player. But he sure fs up a lot.
     
  9. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yeah. big changes are coming. And if they trade nurk and keep stotts.......
     
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    The final Blazers Uprise Postgame Show of the season is upon us because the Blazers had a complete meltdown in the 2nd half and are now eliminated from the playoffs. Come join us to talk about the game and the season as a whole:
     
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    I'd like to see him play under a a different coach that focuses on the fundamentals
     
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    I think the logic was, and I agree with it... Nurk will foul out way to soon guarding Jokic, protecting the paint AND picking up offensive fouls (like he did today on one of his few rolls to the hoop). And we can’t survive defensively without Nurk on Jokic. But I do love having the offense flow through Nurk a lot.
     
  13. PCmor7

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    I could understand that. I'm not sure he's coachable, first of all. Second of all, if the changes happen in the front office and coach, I'm not sure the new guard will want him. Does he give you enough to be worth the uncertainty? I think probably not.
     
  14. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Dame was godly, CJ was atrocious. Nurk's raw stats weren't mind-blowing, but his impact was huge when you look at +/-
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Wow, Nurk said at least 3 times in that post game presser that he's going to talk to his agent about things. Sounds like Nurk wouldn't mind a change of scenery if Stotts is still coach.
     
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    he’s right. And it applies to pretty much everyone
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yep. Changes are coming. About damn time.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    We also got annihilated on the boards. Every time we were lucky enough to get a stop we allowed a rebound.
     
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    Hmmm, perhaps a competent backup Center would have been worth investigating? But of course Olshey has cornered the market on 6’3” guards.
     
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