A pattern... ?

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  1. Ed O

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    Byron Scott:
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    I can't find them, but I would imagine there are quotes from Bulls and Heat and Kings about effort/energy, as well.

    Are the Blazers just getting lucky with all of these teams being indifferent? Or are the Blazers capable of MAKING other teams look like they don't have energy?

    It seems like the latter is more likely.

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    Biorhythmns. It must have something to do with that.
     
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    Until the Blazers are considered an elite team they are still going to take opponents by surprise much like the Hornets did last year. So I'm inclined to believe that we have benefited from our reputation as a lottery team and that some of our opponents aren't coming in with their A focus and effort. But once the league takes notice that they are for real that will change.

    It might not matter though, this team is so talented, deep, athletic, heady, balanced, and well coached that they should be a wrecking ball against the best effort from any opposition.
     
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    I'm not buying that. I think the rest of the league is well aware of who we are.
     
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    Read the post-game comments from the last few coaches. They're fully aware of what Portland's doing right now and have adjusted their game plans accordingly.

    Portland is NOT sneaking up on teams anymore. That was last season.
     
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    I don't think the Blazers are getting lucky, they're that good. And, they're getting better by the game.

    I didn't notice a lack of effort from the Pistons, but NO seemed sluggish. There were some extended periods where I thought the Pistons were making every hustle play. The guys played though it.

    The Blazers play reasonably fast, (and getting faster.) They play a fairly physical game. They don't let up much, and they don't get rattled. When the starters sit, there's hardly a letup at any position.

    Maybe they just suck the energy out of other teams?
     
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    After the very beginning Detriot really came at us hard. They played like crap... but it wasn't for a lack of effort. How they didn't get called for more fouls is beyond me. I think we'd have beat them by 30 at home. There are unfortunately a lot of games like that in the NBA... where the bail out the home team on reputation. Great win by the blazers though. If they can play through that... look out.
     
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    i remember remarking about this a year ago or so, but it seems like portland has a knack for holding other teams best players to low scoring/bad games. not sure if it is the gameplanning or what, but alot of other teams stars this year (yao/wade/iverson) have shitty days when we play them.
     
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    Paul was also below his season averages against us.
     
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    Haha... I hadn't heard that, but Capitol Hill is the most prominent gay neighborhood, so maybe that's what the cool kids are referring to it as these days (or maybe it's an old name, or maybe it's an un-PC name... I dunno).

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