Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - APRIL 19, 2018, THURSDAY, 6PM PDT, NBATV & NBCSNW

Something is telling Turner was doing more for Dame than people are giving him credit for.

 

That doesn't really explain the 1st two games though.

 

Yeah, I don't get his angle here at all.

 

TBH Nah not really even a 4 game sweep to the warriors next series and we still would have exceeded expectations. No one and I mean absolutely nobody besides Pels fans that felt the Blazers we're our best matchup expected us to win this series. Not one "expert analysis" picked us to beat the Blazers.

 

Let me put it this way. The Pels are the 6th seed even tho only one game separated us from the 3rd seed blazers. But we were not expected to win. Just like we are not expected to beat the 2nd seed warriors so no matter what happens from now. We exceeded expectations so yes it is an accomplishment no matter how down you might be on your team at this moment. I'm sure most here felt the same as the rest of the experts. And in a season when we lost our second best player and everyone wrote us off after that. Just making it was something to build on. But advancing is a positive no matter what happens in the next round.

 

Likewise. The Blazers and Spurs are the only other teams in the West I pull for. Fuck Houston, GS and Okc

 

Awww, so close. Fuck the Spurs too and that fucking traitor Benedict Aldridge.

 

Yeah I can see how you guys would feel about that situation. But watching them cook the Rockets last postseason was the best.

 

Well there is a huge difference between being in the game for the last possession and getting blown out by 30. This series could be 2-1 Blazers if a few shots fell.

 

We were down by at least 19 in Game 1. In Game 2 Turner was horrendous (0-6, 0 points) and the guy he was guarding most of the night (Jrue Holiday) had a monster game. I don't think this had anything to do with Turner.

 

Game one we were also down 1 with dame in the lane with the ball in his hands taking a shot he makes 9 out of 10 times.
Game two they go to the last possession.
Guess it’s all perspective

 

Not a huge fan of Turner but he did seem to handle the traps, blitzes and pressure without being as rattled, and seemed a little more poised than Lillard. Lillard looked very overwhelmed and sloppy with his ball handling and decision making, 8 TO's. And even his post game interview he seemed like a man defeated already.

 

Did they comeback because of Turner? No, Turner was absolutely dreadful in the 2nd half of Game 1 and the entire Game 2. He's practically the top reason they got blitzed in the 3rd quarter of Game 2. He wasn't in the game when they came back in that game either. Also, the game absolutely did NOT come down to the last possession. They took the lead with 3 minutes left and completely shit the bed after that. They lost by 9.

 

Huh? Who in their right mind would trap or blitz Turner? He had a complete mismatch in Games 1 and 2 and couldn't do shit other than a few buckets at the beginning of Game 1. No team, including the Pelicans would double team or pressure Turner. You want Turner with the ball if you're on defense.

 

We didn't necessarily double team ET but we absolutely used the same switching and big guys hard hedge. It's our defensive scheme. The difference between him and Lillard is we kept our bigs up on Dame longer and took our chances on someone else beating us. Either way it's kinda complexing. Because we didn't have to pressure as hard with ET handling the ball more and taking some pressure off of Dame but that allowed the blazers to get some better looks that just didn't fall. And the game was not as sloppy. Without ET it made the Blazers even more predictable and had one less ball handler to worry about. And the results were more to's than asst. For rip city.