If Stotts started CJ and Leonard, we would've won.

We got off to horrible starts in each half. Otherwise, we completely dominated them.

 

Possibly

 

They played almost the entire second half. IT wouldn't have made much of a difference.

 

We needed more than just CJ and Leonard to step up. We got very little from Nic, LA, and Dame. We got almost nothing from AA and Lopez.

Kaman was..... out there?

 

The other way to look at it is that if the starters had shown up in this series the Blazers would have won. Who would have thought going in, given all of the injuries, that the bench would have been the stars of the series?

 

Everyone on our bench was + and everyone in the starting lineup were -

 

I know. It's crazy. Leonard and CJ were fuckimg fantastic. I really believed there would be a Game 6.

 

CJ is better suited to come off the bench as our microwave. I could see starting Meyers though.

 

10-0 to start the 1st half, 6-0 to start the second. Our runs coincided almost exactly with when CJ and Meyers came in. We may still have lost, but it's worth noting.

 

The thing is, CJ kept us in it. The starters basically just completely checked out and Memphis pulled away. We had them reeling, but CJ cooled off. Nobody else was hitting. That was the ball game. Starting CJ wouldn't have made a bit of difference.

 

We'll never know.