Game Thread WESTERN FINALS, GAME 2: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - 5/16/19, THURSDAY, 6PM, ESPN

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, May 14, 2019.

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If there was only one thing you can change, what would it be?

Poll closed May 21, 2019.

  1. Change the starting line-up

    3 vote(s)
    5.1%

  2. Change the rotation (e.g., increase/decrease minutes for certain players, add/subtract players)

    4 vote(s)
    6.8%

  3. Change the defensive schemes (e.g., against the pick-and-roll, defensive assignments, etc.)

    44 vote(s)
    74.6%

  4. Change the offensive schemes

    2 vote(s)
    3.4%

  5. Other

    1 vote(s)
    1.7%

  6. Nothing. We'll be fine

    1 vote(s)
    1.7%

  7. I have no idea

    4 vote(s)
    6.8%
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    I do believe that I'm smelling a Blazers win today.

    GO BLAZERS!!
     
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    All I can hear all day is "can Warriors win the Finals without KD". No-one thinks we can beat them. They are favourites, but I hope our guys can heear al this noise and disrespect.
     
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    They actually play great without him. They are good. You can see how fluid they are. Their bench guys stepped up. .
     
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    KD still out
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I hope that's a Blazers win and not Blazers wind. For your sake.
     
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    Yes, and evidently "not even close" to returning. Hasn't even set foot on a court and in pain according to Kerr. PDX needs to seize the upper hand.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I'll be at the game. Hoping for a win regardless of what happens.
     
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    REP-RE-SENT!
     
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    I see GS without Durant as a team of players who compliment each other and are fluid as a unit.

    I see GS with Durant as a team of players who compliment each other, plus one great player who fits awkwardly into the unit, and mostly does his thing solo.

    One criticism of Durant joining GS was that they didn't need him.

    They still don't. Durant's absence isn't as big a deal as one might think.
     
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    having the best offensive player in the league is never a bad thing
     
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    History of Game 2s in biggest series in franchise history:

    1990 NBA Finals: lose game 1, win game 2
    1991 WCF: lose game 1, win game 2
    1992 NBA Finals: lose game 1, win game 2
    1999 WCF: lose game 1, lose on Elliott 3 in gm2
    2000 WCF: lose game 1, win game 2 (106-77)

    Of course, we lost all those series though. The only other big Game 2 we’ve played was 1977 when we lost games 1 and 2 in NBA Finals but won championship.
     
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    This postseason 2-0 in Game Two
     
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    I agree. Adding Durant to that team was simply not fair.

    My opinion though is that removing Durant from GS does not diminish GS in remotely the same way it would diminish literally any other team in the league.
     
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    I actually like their play w/o him too.
     
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    We got this tonight as long as we see some changes and don't roll with the same D we had game 1.
     
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