Game Thread GAME# 68: CAVALIERS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 15, 2018 - THURSDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), NBCSNW

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Biases aside, who do you think deserves MVP this season?

Poll closed Mar 20, 2018.

  1. Harden

    47 vote(s)
    54.7%

  2. LeBron

    5 vote(s)
    5.8%

  3. Anthony Davis

    3 vote(s)
    3.5%

  4. Dame

    26 vote(s)
    30.2%

  5. Durant

    3 vote(s)
    3.5%

  6. Kyrie

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Westbrook

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Steph Curry

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. DeRozan

    2 vote(s)
    2.3%
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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I am very happy that we are in third right now, but I was told the schedule is going to get tougher.
     
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  2. 42N8Bounce

    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    For any team playing the Blazers it will.
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    If Nurk keeps up the stellar post play then we'll roll the Cavs. I mean it's still LeBron but his team is worse than ours. Dame and CJ will have strong performances with little resistance from the opposition. You know our guys will be up for a game against LeBron even this year. Overall, I'd be very disappointed with anything but a win.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    A tie would just piss me right the hell off!
     
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  6. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Neutrons attract neutrons because mass attracts mass. It's just the electric force is stronger. And don't get me started on the Strong force. Mostly because I don't understand it.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Also I would argue jinxes only exist in the athletes' minds.
     
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  8. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Anytime you take the court against this man, nothing is going to be easy.

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    Agreed, IF the rest of his team comes to play. But the Lakers and Clippers BOTH just beat his team by 14 points each. They made it look fairly easy.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Agreed. Just hoping our players aren’t looking at this game as an “easy win” like I’ve seen a few on here post.
     
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    I'll be FLOORED if we hold the 3rd spot.
     
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  12. KeepOnRollin

    KeepOnRollin Well-Known Member

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    Who do you expect to grab it from us?

    I can't see us dropping lower than 4th.
     
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    I haven't looked at other teams schedules (and I probably should), but I could see both MIN and OKC passing us. Now let me go take a look at their schedules!
     
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  14. KeepOnRollin

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    @PtldPlatypus has been tracking this pretty heavily. I don't remember his updated predictions but he can chime in.
     
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  15. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    http://www.sportstwo.com/posts/4397352/

    MIN's won a couple games they weren't supposed to, but they've still got a couple left in their brutal stretch. OKC has a very tough B2B coming up in a few days.

    I expect the Blazers to stay ahead of them, but they need to win tomorrow night.
     
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    KeepOnRollin Well-Known Member

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    So if you were projecting 3 through 8 right now how do you expect them to finish at the end of the season? I didn't see that in your post. And of course we will all be wrong. No worries.
     
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    Most of the analytical predictions have Portland as the 3rd seed.

    Here we have almost a 50% chance to get third seed: http://www.playoffstatus.com/nba/westernstandings.html

    These two predict 49 wins, good for third seed:
    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/BPI-Playoff-Odds/espn-nba-basketball-power-index-playoff-odds
    https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/playoff_prob.html

    Nothing is a sure thing, but it appears to be a very reasonable outcome.
     
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    I'm not saying it's not reasonable. As I said, I like our chances against any team individually. But I'm always wary of living and dying by the 3. With how close things are we have no margin for error.
     
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  19. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Right now, I've got:
    • 3--POR (49-33)
    • 4--MIN (48-34)
    • 5--OKC (47-35)
    • 6--NOP (46-36)
    • 7--UTA (46-36)
    • 8--SAS (45-37)
    What's amazing is how much will come down to the final day of the season, with UTA @ POR, SAS @ NOP, & DEN @ MIN all being crucial games for seeding. That's gonna be one crazy Wednesday night.
     
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    chris_in_pdx OLD SCHOOL

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    Dat gonna be one hot first round series.
     
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