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[Osman]

Whiteside turning into Dikembe Mutumbo decided the match, when rest of his teammates were on foul trouble (also kudos to undrafted rookie Weylen Gabriel, carried his weight first half). Pretty clutch late game defending.


Rest were predictable, Lakers cant shoot, Portland can.

 

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[ALC]

Whiteside turning into Dikembe Mutumbo decided the match, when rest of his teammates were on foul trouble (also kudos to undrafted rookie Weylen Gabriel, carried his weight first half). Pretty clutch late game defending.


Rest were predictable, Lakers cant shoot, Portland can.

I’m not the kind of person to say I told you so...


...but I told you so

 

[KB824]

I’m not the kind of person to say I told you so...


...but I told you so

Funny you should say that because I, as a Lakers fan, said it before you did.

 

[ALC]

Funny you should say that because I, as a Lakers fan, said it before you did.

not taking anything away from you. But osman’s bitch ass started questioning me.

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Jk @Osman luv u

 

[Osman]

I’m not the kind of person to say I told you so...


...but I told you so

Game one, not surprised Portland takes a game, I'm talking a whole series advantage Lakers. But I might underestimated how awful Lakers offense is, no shooting, missed every open 3, LeBron just keeps passing them because he doesn't have the speed to blow by as before. And AD basically only score on free throws and few transition buckets.



Look at the last 3 minutes of the match, Lillard deep 3s, CJ cooking Caruso, Melo and Trent Jr hitting their open 3s after they double Lillard.


For lakers, Lebron has the ball, AD is covered, the Blazers clogg the lane, he half hearted drives and passes Green, Kuz and Pope instead of try to score himself (he tried 3s but sucks at them). And they missed every single shot. That's defenitely a team with no offensive gameplan. When your superstar go to move in the clutch is pass open bums because he only knows how to attack the basket.

 

[KB824]

When your best on the ball back court defender sits out due to the pandemic (Bradley) they were going to be in trouble. The worst thing that could have happened for them was to have Portland win the play in game

 

[Osman]

Avery Bradley is not the difference. Unless his shooting is hot (they replaced him with better offensive player, even if he didn't play). And Caruso is decent enough in D to take his role. But generally just a very mismatch of a team with no shooting. AD sucking when you need him don't help either.

 

[zizinho]

Luckily didn't watch

 

[KB824]

Avery Bradley is not the difference. Unless his shooting is hot (they replaced him with better offensive player, even if he didn't play). And Caruso is decent enough in D to take his role. But generally just a very mismatch of a team with no shooting. AD sucking when you need him don't help either.

For on the ball defense, he is absolutely the difference. What are you talking about?

 

[zizinho]

Avery Bradley is not the difference. Unless his shooting is hot (they replaced him with better offensive player, even if he didn't play). And Caruso is decent enough in D to take his role. But generally just a very mismatch of a team with no shooting. AD sucking when you need him don't help either.

He brings shooting and perimeter defense, and he was a starter before going down. I think his absence will be felt

 

[KB824]

Their defensive rating is nearly 8 points worse without him in the lineup

 

[ALC]

There’s no defense that will stop Portland from scoring, you need offense to beat them.

Dame dolla was pulling in from 36 feet, ain’t no stopping him.

Osman’s right about Lebron and AD being the only consistent threat. If the rest of the starters/bench don’t get hot every game, they’re not making it past the first round. Lebron had a career night too.

 

[KB824]

There’s no defense that will stop Portland from scoring, you need offense to beat them.

Dame dolla was pulling in from 36 feet, ain’t no stopping him.

Osman’s right about Lebron and AD being the only consistent threat. If the rest of the starters/bench don’t get hot every game, they’re not making it past the first round. Lebron had a career night too.

Bradley's defense does matter, though. His on the ball defense allows the rest of the team to not have to switch over to double up whomever he is guarding, even if it is an elite PG. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that Dame won't still get his, because he will. But what it DOES mean is that other players on the wing for the Blazers won't be open for 3's.

And yeah, the offense is pretty lousy, and it has been ever since they got back. I don't know how that gets fixed, to be honest.

 

[Osman]

For on the ball defense, he is absolutely the difference. What are you talking about?

Lillard was quiet for like almost 3 quarters (between end of 1st til mid of 4th, he scored 2), CJ anonymous for most of game except last 4 minutes. You didn't lose because of lack of perimeter defense, but because you shot 14% from 3, and rest of team except Lebron were 32% from the field. It was close game until end, you lost because your offense is awful. You played catch up for whole game but were let down offensively by 4 of the 5 players on court at all times.


Unless Bradley would be shooting really well (or can stop Lillard from hitting couple of 37 feet bombs out of nowhere), not that detrimentally missed (but missed still, D role player allways useful), because KCP replaced his role when they moved Bron to PG, and KCP/Caruso took turns on Lillard adequately.

 

[zizinho]

There’s no defense that will stop Portland from scoring, you need offense to beat them.

Dame dolla was pulling in from 36 feet, ain’t no stopping him.

Osman’s right about Lebron and AD being the only consistent threat. If the rest of the starters/bench don’t get hot every game, they’re not making it past the first round. Lebron had a career night too.

Career night when he took just 20 shots and 7 FTs? Davis shot 8-24. The whole team shot less than 20% from 3. Dame was almost 50% from 3 on 13 attempts. And the team still lost by 7.

Bench was not the issue here (even though they didn't step up), James and Davis need to stop playing it cute and take over games. Because it's your stars that win you playoff series, not benches

 

[KB824]

Lillard was quiet for like almost 3 quarters (between end of 1st til mid of 4th, he scored 2), CJ anonymous for most of game except last 4 minutes. You didn't lose because of lack of perimeter defense, but because you shot 14% from 3, and rest of team except Lebron were 32% from the field. It was close game until end, you lost because your offense is awful. You played catch up for whole game but were let down offensively by 4 of the 5 players on court at all times.


Unless Bradley would be shooting really well (or can stop Lillard from hitting couple of 37 feet bombs out of nowhere), not that detrimentally missed (but missed still, D role player allways useful), because KCP replaced his role when they moved Bron to PG, and KCP/Caruso took turns on Lillard adequately.

Well, he was shooting almost 37% from 3 this year

 

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[Bianconero81]

Thank you Mavs. Made some money on the WNBA as well. I'm willing to bet The Bucks will win big tomorrow.

@ALC Time for Dem Ladyboys

 

[.zero]

Luka tying up the series at 1-1 puts the natural born fear into clips fans hearts

not sure how many folks would proudly call themselves clips fans before Kawhi signing last summer

 

[zizinho]

Watched the 1st half, Troy Burke put up a fine performance. Why did you guys let him go again @ALC ?

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And if Porzingis wasn't ejected in the 1st game, this could have possibly been a 0-2