Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: BLAZERS @ THUNDER - APRIL 19, 2019, FRIDAY, 6:30 PM , ESPN & NBCSNW

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Which other Playoffs series have you been watching?

Poll closed Apr 23, 2019.
  1. Warriors vs Clippers

    11.9%
  2. Rockets vs Jazz

    10.4%
  3. Nuggets vs Spurs

    14.9%
  4. Bucks vs Pistons

    1.5%
  5. Celtics vs Pacers

    4.5%
  6. 76ers vs Nets

    13.4%
  7. Raptors vs Magic

    7.5%
  8. All of them

    20.9%
  9. Just bits of others, here and there

    44.8%
  10. None of them

    17.9%
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  1. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Up 3-0, up 20 in the 4th--clearly on the verge of a massive in-game collapse which will lead to the first ever 0-3 NBA comeback.
     
  2. LuckyShot

    LuckyShot Well-Known Member

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    True, but we were extremely pumped for our first home playoff game, and to prove last year was a fluke. I worry that the second round might be a different situation, especially if we sweep a team that everyone picked to beat us easily. Yes, I know, I worry about this team a lot. But when it comes to playoffs recently, they've given me a lot of reason to worry. Especially when it comes to coaching and being prepared as a team.
     
  3. LuckyShot

    LuckyShot Well-Known Member

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    I hope Dame and the rest of the team stays in prove it mode.
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    And therein is the problem in this line of thinking. Any dose of reality would say that what happened in the past, say the Blazers' meltdown in 2000 vs. the Lakers, has zero influence on what happens in this year's playoffs. BUT...to the tinfoil hat wearers, all things painful in Blazers' history simply point to the "fact" that the basketball gods are out to get us and it's just a matter of time before they reach out and pull the wings off the current team just to watch us writhe in pain.
     
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  5. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    THANK YOU. Its not hard to think about.
     
  6. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    He is The King of the Virgin Mouthbreathers.....
     
  7. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Wow!
     
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  8. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    What would we do without our leader?
     
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  9. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    That dude has almost 180,000 posts! What in the fuck?
     
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  10. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Thats probably a handful of guys using that account?
     
  11. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    You would know about handfuls of guys...
     
  12. TorturedBlazerFan

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    The only requirement mrs HCP has, gotta post on that account before you leave.
     
  13. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Look, I told you about that weekend in complete confidence and now you throw all my biz out on the streets like this? STRIKE 3!
     
  14. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    We just need to stay close until the fourth quarter. The pressure on them is going to be immense.
     
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    In my dream world we put Collins on Westbrick at some point in the game and tell him to let Russ shoot anything beyond 20 feet, but nothing at the rim. Russ gets frustrated, sees Collins as punchable and goes at it.

    Watching the last game, I wondered if Vanterool yelling at the guards to back off Westbrook was theater to try and get Russ to take the long shot. Dame should already know to let Russ shoot outside. Wondered if that was just to get under his skin.
     
  16. Cugel

    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Hoping Zack can contribute bigly on Friday. We need his attitude and swagger to confront this crowd. Time for a breakout defensive Game for Zack. 10-10 and 5 blocks. There I said it.
     
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    Fuck it, I’m calling a win in game 3, a loss in game 4 to a desperate OKC team, and then a series clinching win at home in game 5.

    Go Blazers
     
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    That is the ideal situation, IMO. The gentleman's sweep.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I’m in!
    Nice knowin’ you clowns. Finally going to get the recognition I deserve. Say hi if you are over there!
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  20. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Hey, didn't realize that "TheSebastianExpress" is a mod over there.

    Be nice to her--she's awesome.
     

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