Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - MAY 22, 2021 - SATURDAY, 7:30, ESPN

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What do you predict to be the final outcome of this series?

Poll closed May 23, 2021.

  1. Blazers win 4-0

    8 vote(s)
    10.1%

  2. Blazers win 4-1

    8 vote(s)
    10.1%

  3. Blazers win 4-2

    38 vote(s)
    48.1%

  4. Blazers win 4-3

    14 vote(s)
    17.7%

  5. Nuggets win 4-0

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%

  6. Nuggets win 4-1

    2 vote(s)
    2.5%

  7. Nuggets win 4-2

    7 vote(s)
    8.9%

  8. Nuggets win 4-3

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%
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  1. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Fire Stotts!
     
    Labinot41, May 20, 2021
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  2. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Luka and the Clips got a game on NBA tv as well. I think the problem is the Knicks. Theyre always gonna get high exposure.
     
    illmatic99, May 20, 2021
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  3. chris_in_pdx

    chris_in_pdx OLD MAN

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    I am at a point this year where I have zero expectations of the Blazers. They could win, they could lose, I'd believe both. They could get swept in the 1st round, they could make the WCF. The team has been a total roller-coaster ride this season, Dame and the team is saying all the same shit they say every year (underdog, special feeling about this year, no one believes in us, yadda yadda). Too many similar seasons where the team lands a somewhat respectable 5th-7th seed in the playoffs after an injury-plagued year, and either flames out or sometimes claws to the 2nd round. I'm really done putting emotional currency into this franchise. If they win, great, if they lose, big deal. It sucks that I'm there in my fandom of this team, but it is what it is.
     
    chris_in_pdx, May 20, 2021
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  4. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Surprising that this series and the Mavs/Clippers series got the NBA TV treatment. These are probably going to be two of the more competitive series. There's star power on every team. Hell, the Clippers are in LA.
     
    B-Roy, May 20, 2021
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  5. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Before game one?
     
    BigGameDamian, May 20, 2021
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  6. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Yes!
     
    Labinot41, May 20, 2021
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  7. garbagetime

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    I just read a post by a guy who says the teams should be matched up in the first round by being able to pick their opponent starting with the #1 seed and so on through the #4, which would get the team that is left out of the top 8 by default. He says it would stop the tanking bullshit that the Clippers pulled off in order to avoid the Blazers and get the Mavs. I tend to think he is right Anyone have any opinion as to why it would not work, if the league were truly interested in integrity and encouraging teams to win and not tank. There would be no incentive to tank under the system and nothing would be lost, in my opinion. But, I wonder what any of you might see as a problem with this idea.
     
    garbagetime, May 20, 2021
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  8. Cugel

    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I have heard that idea thrown around before informally. I like it. Tanking games are a waste of everyone's time. Every game has to have something worth winning for.
     
    Cugel, May 20, 2021
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    crandc Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately my cat isn't black.
     
    crandc, May 20, 2021
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    crandc Well-Known Member

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    It's the playoffs. There is no shoo-in. Deadly assumption
     
    crandc, May 20, 2021
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  11. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    I’m not following you. Only Thursday’s Blazers/Nuggets game is on NBA TV. Saturday’s is on ESPN and the other two that are scheduled are on TNT. One weeknight game on NBA TV seems about what you’d expect if you’re not an LA team.
     
    e_blazer, May 20, 2021
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  12. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Has anybody played the Blazers and Nuggets game one on NBA 2K yet to give us an update on how this game might go?
     
    BigGameDamian, May 20, 2021
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    I wonder if some players and coaches might not like this option because they have to choose a weak opponent which makes it seem like their afraid of the best. Maybe players or coaches prefer to just be assigned an opponent. The other downside is people wanting to stay with tradition or resisting change.

    Otherwise I agree with you. I'm not sure how or if at all those are major downsides.
     
    SharpesTriumph, May 20, 2021
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  14. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Assuming in the playoffs is just flat out dumb.
     
    Strenuus, May 20, 2021
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  15. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    The Clippers also have an NBATV game.
     
    B-Roy, May 20, 2021
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Ugh. So annoying when people respond to a post they haven’t read. As everyone said, Clips and Luka are also on NBATV.
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 20, 2021
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  17. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    On Nuggets board, their poll has one vote for Blazers in 4 and 0 votes for Nuggets in 4. Interesting. Nuggets in 6 won the poll.
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 20, 2021
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  18. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I dont think it's far fetched for this series to go 6 or 7 and either team winning it.

    What's annoying is when people already talk about their team already being in the 2nd round before a game is played. I'm saying that in a generality, not towards you.
     
    Strenuus, May 20, 2021
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Because that’s what’s going to happen kid.
     
    THE HCP, May 21, 2021
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  20. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    And yet I can pretty efficiently predict who the refs want to win based on which star is on the other team.
     
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