Game Thread GAME# 80: BLAZERS @ SPURS - APRIL 7, 2018 - SATURDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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Though he's not 100% healthy, Lillard says he plans to play this game. Should Dame play?

Poll closed Apr 7, 2018.

  1. Yes

    28 vote(s)
    60.9%

  2. No

    18 vote(s)
    39.1%
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  1. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

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    Anyone notice how Zach Collins plays without Ed?
     
    DDolla, Apr 7, 2018
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Exactly.
     
    tykendo, Apr 7, 2018
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    Whichever one you pick. We all agreed to let you win every argument tonight.
     
    SportsAndWhine, Apr 7, 2018
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Good call. He's not even close to the player he's been beside Ed. Dooky play by the youngster the last few.
     
    tykendo, Apr 7, 2018
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    Not really :ghoti:
     
    SportsAndWhine, Apr 7, 2018
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    I very rarely complain about the refs but tonight we truly did get jobbed......
     
    UncleCliffy'sDaddy, Apr 7, 2018
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    I kinda think this should be Stotts "Van Gundy or Gentry game". Rip the refs. But I doubt he does, and hopefully those refs appreciate it, cause they sucked.
     
    tykendo, Apr 7, 2018
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    Lets just say i never said they ever had an outside chance to win a championship. That is kind of crazy talk right there. But i had thought for a bit they were a solid second round team. Now that it is looking like Spurs in the first round i just don't know about that.
    The last team in the conference we want to play in the first round is the Spurs IMO.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 7, 2018
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Time to go to the optometrist.
     
    tykendo, Apr 7, 2018
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    A 3 seed that wins 48-50 games always has a chance at title. As for our first round opponent, how is it likely the Spurs? The standings are going to get shuffled a lot in the next few days. That said, with HCA, I think we can beat the Spurs. They are horrible on the road. They got swept in L.A. When we get Ed and Mo back, we match up with them very favorably.
     
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    That isn't the point and it certainly isn't what i said.
    Dame is hurt. Confirmed not only by reports but from an interview we all watched tonight. He should have rested. It showed in the way he played from what i watched. Then they lost anyway. IMO bad decision to even play him.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 7, 2018
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    Totally disagree.
     
    tykendo, Apr 7, 2018
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  13. Chris Craig

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    The Blazers face and have faced more adversity than any other team in the league. I still believe.
     
    Chris Craig, Apr 7, 2018
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    I wasn't saying you were saying that. I was asking you if you said all the NEGATIVE stuff while we looked like a third seed with outside chance. Did you come in with all this negative talk during the win streak? Or have you been saving it for now?
     
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    Well you are optimistic. That is for sure.
    That is the San Antonio Spurs. Not the Jazz or Nuggets or Pelicans. There is a difference.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 7, 2018
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    The Spurs.....
     
    kjironman1, Apr 7, 2018
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    I understand you didn't say i said that. But you did say that. I was never that optimistic. Like i said yes my expectations are taking a hit. I felt they were a solid second round team. Now? Not so much.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 7, 2018
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  18. kjironman1

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    Are you talking about this year?
     
    kjironman1, Apr 7, 2018
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  19. tykendo

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    C'mon KJ. The Spurs got away with so much BS tonight. Plus, Ginobli had his 1 good game per pay period tonight.
     
    tykendo, Apr 7, 2018
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    I just wanted to point something out really quick. Someone got on to KJ for being negative, calling them a "bottom half playoff team", when earlier, in response to this:

    They said this:

    So, "as it sits" is without ED and Mo... and KJ said they are a bottom half playoff team. Then the person who said "seems to me you're over-reacting" had said (before the game, 2:27 PM PST) something comparable (or even worse) about the same team.

    Oops. I don't think that's quite fair.
     
    Strenuus, Apr 7, 2018
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