Event Blazers (#3) vs Thunder (#6): Revenge!

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Who wins?

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  1. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Paul George is still averaging 26 points after the All Star break, and lets not forget russell Westbrook played extremely good against us in all 4 games. I'm so scared of both, and their long athletic defenders
     
    Labinot41, Apr 13, 2019
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    I’m taking the lazy prediction, should lose 4 to 2. Love our boys but alas, Adams should smash, pg rw etc etc
     
    DaLong, Apr 13, 2019
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    On 40% from the field and 33% from 3.

    Quit being "scared" bro. You should never be "scared" of another team.
     
    BonesJones, Apr 13, 2019
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    Nah man, OKC is the 1996 Bulls disguised as the 2019 6th seed in the West. They're unbeatable.
     
    hoopsjock, Apr 13, 2019
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    So the betting line has the Blazers -3 in game one.
    Thunder +3

    So the line is very even. This should be a fun game to watch.

    I found a sec 122 row E right behind the Blazer bench cheap. Gonna try to work the schedule and get there. Five rows back ought to be pretty good.

    Edit- It's actually six rows after the VIP row.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 13, 2019
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  6. TBpup

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    How bad they have been? I would have liked to have beaten them at least once while they were being so pathetic then.
     
    TBpup, Apr 13, 2019
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    The Blazers are going to need one or two players to step up outside of Dame/CJ. Doubtful it is the same player every game so a couple of players are going to need to step up. Whether that is Zach, Jake, Curry (not as much of a surprise) or a real surprise like Simons.

    Even with that, Dame is going to have to step up. 18.5 ppg on .352 shooting and .300 from '3' like last year just will not do. In the last 3 playoff series that have been 1st round losses, Dame is shooting .247 from '3' on 23/93 shooting. That is a big enough sample size to be of concern. That is a drastic fall off and Portland is going no where unless that reverts back to his more normal production.
     
    TBpup, Apr 13, 2019
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    @Darkwebs is there a game thread?

    PS Not trying to rush your masterpieces! I appreciate all the work you do!
     
    hoopsjock, Apr 13, 2019
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    You know what is incredibly interesting is that one of these teams is going to lose in the 1st round again.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Apr 13, 2019
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    Blazers should have won that last one. If Nurk hadn't let Paul George get to him, and not gotten that tech, I think they would have.
     
    Chris Craig, Apr 13, 2019
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    Gonna be tough without our Beast but there's no team I'd rather send packing in the first round.
     
    HailBlazers, Apr 13, 2019
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    What worries me about OKC is that I don't think we can match the fierceness and toughness of Westbrook, George and Adams. We will have to execute more smoothly and intelligently than them, to counter this.
     
    UKRAINEFAN, Apr 13, 2019
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    In the eternal words of Arron Afflalo, it's championship time !
     
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    Thunder lost 13 of 19 games at one point. They've been awful since the break.
     
    KingSpeed, Apr 13, 2019
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    They got pretty bad after we played them last actually. Lost 13 of 19 games.
     
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    Dame averaged 35 ppg against Thunder in regular season.
     
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    Kanter? But, yeah Curry, Chief, Hark, Hood, Jake, Zach all need to come to play
     
    Chris Craig, Apr 13, 2019
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    We are done! ESPN all the guys picked OKC to get to the conference finals.
     
    DDolla, Apr 13, 2019
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    We handled those same three guys when we swept them 4-0 last year. And we have a better team this year.
     
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    Remember we have the Beast last year.
     
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