Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 2, GAME 5: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - MAY 7, 2019 - TUESDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

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If not the Blazers, whom would you want to win the Championship this year?

Poll closed May 12, 2019.

  1. Warriors

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    1.7%

  2. Rockets

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    0.0%

  3. Nuggets

    6 vote(s)
    10.0%

  4. Bucks

    31 vote(s)
    51.7%

  5. Celtics

    1 vote(s)
    1.7%

  6. Raptors

    13 vote(s)
    21.7%

  7. 76ers

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  8. Any team in the West

    1 vote(s)
    1.7%

  9. Any team in the East

    7 vote(s)
    11.7%
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  1. CupWizier

    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Hilarious. Now jonesy is arguing with one of his buddies.


    :smiley-violence:
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Hahaha. That's what I told my girlfriend last nigh during 3rd quarter. Whether we lose by 3 or 30, it only counts as one loss. That's about the time I was begging Stotts to rest Dame. I still can't believe he waited until 3 minutes left to clear the bench.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    So you're saying Stotts is an idiot....
     
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    Sigh... If Bones and I actually had a real issue, I would just text him and we would talk about it and work it out in person.

    Nice try in trying to create drama though. And your addition to the thread in this post was very relevant. Good Job on the contribution!!!!!
     
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  5. CupWizier

    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Lillard didn't even play in the 4th and the bench played pretty much all of the 4th. Even Simons came in with more than 5 minutes to go.
     
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    It's the closet the Blazers will get. Who knows what the roster will look like next year? We probably won't get to see this team make another run together. Two of three playoffs he has been here Nurkic has had a broken leg. Will he survive next season? The Blazers have the easiest path to the WCF's they have had. They likely won't get such a path again. It sucks that the year they decide to do something in the playoffs Nurkic is out and Kanter has one arm. The Nuggets are made to appear far better than they are and will get all the credit. They will be touted as a team of the future. One of the NBA's new darlings. The Blazers meanwhile will have gained no more respect than they get now. They will be treated with the same disrespect next year. As not good enough, never good enough.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Exactly
     
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    They don't get the respect of being good enough, until they win. Look where Denver came from they were a lottery team and all year no one really believed they were going anywhere even as the racked up wins. Then everyone said oh that's a weak bracket because Denver was in it. Denver's not gotten a ton of respect either. Blazers don't deserve respect as a legit contender until they prove they are. I think they get disrespected when people say they aren't a playoff team, but saying their a good team that's not quite there is a proper amount of respect... But hey maybe they go win the next 2 and get to the WCF, that'll get them some respect.
     
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    If the Blazers somehow get to the WCF's they won't be respected anymore than they are now. It will still be 24/7 how good the GSW/Hou are. Blazers will never get the respect they deserve. It's just the way it is.
     
    Chris Craig, May 8, 2019
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  10. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    Stop with the eulogies!
    We aint dead...yet.
     
    Wade Garrett, May 8, 2019
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Last night was a funeral man
     
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    Only for quitters. For me, it was one loss.
     
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    Quitter? No. I have been a Blazers fan for decades of anguish. I will be a fan for many decades more of it.
     
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  14. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    Sad but true.
     
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  15. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    I'll probably post this again, when and where it's appropriate but guys.....:

    Don't let a bad dessert ruin a fantastic meal.
     
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    We will not win the next two games. I would bet all my money this is not going to happen. Unfortunately i still attend college so i dont have much money xD
     
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    ok...probably...but you just named 3 guys that might not be back next season; 4 if you count Layman
     
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    Yep
    28 point game at the start of the fourth.
    Leonard, Collins, Turner, Hood, and Curry
    At 9:17 of the fourth Denver put Jokic and Murray back in.
    The score was down to 96-76 and the Second unit was rolling.
    The second unit had enough to keep up with Denver when Jokic and Murray were on the floor but they could not continue to cut into the lead.
    If they would have cut it down to 15 or 14 you can bet you would have seen Lillard get back into that game as well as CJ. Who also did not play the fourth.
     
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    Layman isn't back only by the Blazers choosing. Layman doesn't have a choice in the matter unless he wants to sit out a year and kill any chance of an NBA career.
     
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