Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ LAKERS - AUGUST 18, 2020, TUESDAY, 6:00, TNT & NBCSNW

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Predict the outcome of the series as if your life depended on it (i.e., don't be a homer)

Poll closed Aug 18, 2020.

  1. Lakers 4-0

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    4.5%

  2. Lakers 4-1

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    14.9%

  3. Lakers 4-2

    18 vote(s)
    26.9%

  4. Lakers 4-3

    1 vote(s)
    1.5%

  5. Blazers 4-0

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    4.5%

  6. Blazers 4-1

    2 vote(s)
    3.0%

  7. Blazers 4-2

    16 vote(s)
    23.9%

  8. Blazers 4-3

    14 vote(s)
    20.9%
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  1. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Please. Lakers aren’t that good.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Aug 17, 2020
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Neither are we. All they have to do is trap/pressure Dame (like every other team in the play-offs) and our horrible defense will do the rest.
     
    oldmangrouch, Aug 17, 2020
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Trap/pressure Dame and Melo/CJ/Nurk go off like they did at end of play-in game. Or Dame will shoot from half court before the trap comes. Lakers can’t guard us. We’ll see how good a coach Vogel is.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Aug 17, 2020
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    The Lakers are a poor 3 point shooting team. And I don't think you can beat us without making a lot of 3's. I like our chances.
     
    tlongII, Aug 17, 2020
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    They are poor shooting team which means they will hit every 3 against us like every other team in the NBA
     
    Labinot41, Aug 17, 2020
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    They cant guard us!!!!



    The rest of the nba teams......
    “Hahahahahahahahahahhaha!!!!”
     
    Orion Bailey, Aug 17, 2020
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    Zach is out. Hopefully his ass doesn’t return. Im sick to my stomach how weak and pathetic zach is on defense and offense he offers nothing except fouls. Gabriel is 10x better. Never seen a player take 20 steps back in development.
     
    Serbian, Aug 17, 2020
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    To be fair we scored at a high clip.
     
    Strenuus, Aug 17, 2020
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    I tell myself that every time I realize I've been arguing with my wife for 38 years and haven't won once
     
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    it's funny how many ways Blazer fans have for beating the trap-Dame defense, but how often Portland gets crushed in the playoffs by the same defense

    now maybe the Lakers don't have the defensive chops at guard the Warriors and Pels had. Those two teams had good guard defenders with length. But the Lakers have 6'5 KCP, 6'5 Caruso, and 6'6 Danny Green. They also have Lebron who has often switched onto Dame at crunch time. And they might have Rondo who has always played Dame tough
     
    wizenheimer, Aug 17, 2020
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    they are #1 in the league in FG% and #3 in 2ptFG%....and Portland sucks at defense, so it isn't all clear sailing
     
    wizenheimer, Aug 17, 2020
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Zac is twice the player Gabriel is. On both ends.
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    This sucks. Now I want to change my prediction. ☹️
     
    tlongII, Aug 17, 2020
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    That's fine, it means that our rotation won't really change from what it was in the games where Wenyen didn't play. He's the most athletically gifted option we have to defend AD maybe he can limit him without needing help every time Davis touches the ball.
     
    blazerkor, Aug 17, 2020
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Darkwebs, Aug 17, 2020
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Am I missing something? LeBron aint no where on there.
     
    Strenuus, Aug 17, 2020
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    Neither is Anthony Davis. That means we have the two best players in the Lakers-Blazers series.

    Dame and Melo.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Aug 17, 2020
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    that may be, but for the Blazers this season:

    PER: Zach 9.9....Gabriel 10.3
    TS%: Zach .538....Gabriel .606
    Reb%: Zach 12.4%....Gabriel 12.6%
    Block%: Zach 1.5%....Gabriel 2.5%
    winshares/48: Zach .052....Gabriel .075
    BoxPM: Zach -3.4....Gabriel -3.8

    obviously there's a sample size issue with Zach....and with Gabriel for that matter. And Zach had the injury; and he's a starter so tends to play more against 1st unit opponents than Gabriel

    but if Zach was twice the player, those stats above, which tend to gauge impact and efficiency, would probably not show Gabriel leading in all but one metric

    Zach has Harkless level impact, at best. But I'd agree that Gabriel is not at that level.

    it's going to be a baptism of fire for Gabriel going against AD.....yikes!! I think we know where the Lakers will go on offense quite often
     
    wizenheimer, Aug 17, 2020
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