Game Thread GAME# 72: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MAY 16, 2021 - SUNDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

Yep. They can’t afford a fluke injury in a meaningless game. I hope we’re prepared for Bol Bol.

 

Posting this over and over again doesn't make it true. Easily? Please.

 

Seriously. We have tiebreakers over both teams.

The team we saw tonight isn’t losing two play-in games.

 

Does that pig have wings?

 

Poll answer: Nurkic

 

It is nothing but facts besides the word "Easily".

 

Gotta lose this game and go to the Play in. I dont care what anybody says, the Clippers are really bad bad matchup for our little guards, i'm not sure that Dame would even average 25 Points against that Defense. You rather Play a 36 year old Chris Paul and a inexperienced Phoenix team than Kawhi, Paul George, Rondo, Beverley, Ibaka, Cousins, Batum etc. The team put himself in this situation, and now they have to deal with it.

Play Blevins, Elleby, RHJ, Leaf and Giles for 48 minutes and lose. Prepare for the Warriors and beat them, we are the better team no matter if they have Steph or not and you are on the better side of the bracket. It’s that easy

 

Been saying the same thing. That Phx loss was gigantically bad. Clippers will destroy us worse than the pelicans did. But I guess the good thing is major changes will come after

 

Nurk was definitely the reason for the loss - should've been a huge advantage and was not.

 

If that is true, that has to be on our training staff. There has been plenty of time for him to get in top-notch shape.

 

Yeah, i think we are pretty alone here with that take. It’s mind blowing to me just to even think that the Blazers have a chance against the Clippers, like you said it would be worse than what the fucking Pelicans did to us. When we play the Clippers, i can already see the double teams coming at Dame at half court, and how unprepared and how clueless the Players and that Motherfucker Stotts will be. Not to mention that nobody is gonna stop Kawhi on the other end. It will be a disaster on National TV again

 

For everyone saying lose to the Nuggets on purpose, I disagree and it has nothing to do with a potential matchup with the Clippers.

The way the schedule was set up for the final day of the season, Dallas will also be playing at that time. Now, I know they are playing the Wolves, but it is in Minnesota and, at last check, the Wolves are actually trying to play competitive basketball unlike these other bottom-feeders.

Hope Dallas stumbles against Toronto or Minnesota, Lord knows they love losing to sub-.500 teams, and take care of business against the Nuggets. There's still a chance to draw Denver in Round 1 and that's the avenue I would explore first.

 

You forgot one thing, if Dallas goes 1:1 and we beat Denver, then we have a 3 way tie, assuming the Lakers win both against Indiana and Pelicans, two sub 500 teams, they wont lose these games, that's not gonna happen or at least very very unlikely. A Dallas loss changes nothing as long as the Lakers go 2:0

 

this team has to win against the nuggets and then pray to god that wolves or raptors beat the mavs

if not, theyre gonna get fucked so hard by the la clippers in the 1st round

 

or they could lose against the nuggets, hope the lakers win at least one game and get into play-in in order to play the suns or the jazz

play-in is a calculated risk and i would much rather risk not getting into playoffs in order to face easier opponent, than face la clippers and lose for sure

 

But aren't we better off in the play in games?

 

Exactly. The phx loss was pretty much ur season right there. Denver wouldnt have been a bad chance. No Murray too.

Oh well. But major changes coming soon after the fast playoff exit. Just sucks we lost our pick for nothing