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Tonite's matchup is like that of the Hotlanta Hawks of the West; young roadrunners.

Let's get into the starting lineups:






At SF

Martell Webster

At PF

Travis Outlaw

At SG

(do kids even know what an etch n sketch is now?)

At C

Lamarcus Alderidge

I personally prefer to sign on a female..
Like this guy

but she still ugly

At PG... Mr. O.P.P.

Jarret Jack

(Note: Pryz and Blake supposedly start... but these guys torch us)


Versus:


The Law...




At C-PF-SF-SG-PG

Biedrins-Pietrus-Jackson-Monta-Baron

Bottom
guy
CJ Watson



Al Harrington

Keys to the game:
-Portland swings A LOT; play zone
-Deny the block
-Clog the middle
Space floor on offense and pick guys apart one by one (avoid their help D)

Odds... like last time... coming soon

I think we win this one, they've been sitting around too long doing nothing

They might have the misfortune of Roy not playing, I understand he's a bit bruised, ouch.

I also am predicting a win. GS rarely loses to a team two times in a row these days. I think Portland caught them by surprise last time and this time will be very different. If Roy is out then it seems like a sure thing.

Good luck tonight ....sort of.

Roy has said he is going to give it a go, but then again he did that against the Jazz and only played 9 minutes.


And I agree, please play zone. Portland is one of the best perimeter shooting teams in the league.

Tonights matchup will be tough. GS is a really good team. Like I said good luck the rest of the way, just maybe not against us.

St.Nick wrote:I also am predicting a win. GS rarely loses to a team two times in a row these days. I think Portland caught them by surprise last time and this time will be very different. If Roy is out then it seems like a sure thing.

that's exactly what Utah was thinking

I think the Warriors realize this is a must win for them. I think that they need to establish dominance over Portland or else their playoff chances will be taking a big hit. Also, I believe Baron will be "gunning" for Roy (in a sense) as he continues his all star and MVP push. Portland is a big threat to the Warriors right now for playoff position (they're ahead of us (someone needs to "put them in their place" so to speak) and Roy is a big threat to Baron (in terms of where on the point guard list he belongs). If Roy's hurt, watch for Baron's killer instinct. If we lose a second time to Portland beats them again (the first time we can use the excuse that we were "surprised") then we've got problems as making the playoffs again will become that much harder.

wow... when did portland fans get this cocky? Someone stop the season and give these dipshats the damm trophy already?

Anyhow... YES. Zone normally would get killed against a perimeter team, but there is no way to close out in man against this team; ball moves too well and too quick.
Last time, it was pick n roll to death.
Who's played zone against Portland?

Get me a WHOPPER!

mistatwo mayn wrote:wow... when did portland fans get this cocky? Someone stop the season and give these dipshats the damm trophy already?

About the 11th win of our 13 game win streak. Or maybe around the time we had won 20 games a third of the way through a season when alot of people predicted we wouldnt crack 30. I think we have a right to be a bit cocky right now until someone puts us in our place.

Looking forward to a great game tonight. S.Jax was on our local radio show today and I have totally changed my opinion on him. Used to think he was a bad dude. But he was really accountable for his mistakes and overall intelligent and well spoken. Heres to HOU and UTAH not making the playoffs and us meeting up in the second round.

i love watching Travis Outlaw...hes going to be a star one day

Portland plays hard for 48 mpg. Portland will outrebound us tonight as well. Hopefully Martell doesnt go off and score 24 points in a quarter against us tonight.

Blazers in a blowout win; fueling Nellie's demands for trades and forcing Mullin to pull the trigger.

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Heres to HOU and UTAH not making the playoffs and us meeting up in the second round.

Well spoken

Portland is due for a loss at home. Are the Warriors the team to hand it to them? Probly not.

One thing that is different from the last game is that we have Monta this game. We sorely missed him last trip up to Portland.

Left*My*Heart wrote:Blazers in a blowout win; fueling Nellie's demands for trades and forcing Mullin to pull the trigger.

Hope not.

KR4 wrote:Portland is due for a loss at home. Are the Warriors the team to hand it to them? Probly not.

One thing that is different from the last game is that we have Monta this game. We sorely missed him last trip up to Portland.

I guess there are two things that are different because we didn't have LaMarcus Aldridge in the first game.

Bobcats fan good luck in the game . Kick some tail. Just wanted to comit on the game intro . Some body does some very nice work. Very nice

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I guess there are two things that are different because we didn't have LaMarcus Aldridge in the first game.

Beans is gonna school him.

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I guess there are two things that are different because we didn't have LaMarcus Aldridge in the first game.

Touche', but you won, so I can use that as an excuse.

I'd love to see Monta on Roy. Martell and Outlaw are gonna kill us this game. We do very bad against fast, lanky teams.

lol at pietrus pic for outlaw... if only that can mean us getting outlaw back...

im looking for monta to bounce back from a sub-par game against spurs tonight

barnes under 10 min of PT = win...book it

As a Portland fan I can tell you the way to beat our starting line-up is to send a 3rd man in to break-up the high-post pick and roll between Roy and Aldridge. Either can get past, or shoot over their oponent in a 1 on 1 situation with motion. Przybilla is the weak link offensively.

Play the starters as much as you can because the Blazers bench has a tendency to make the difference in games. Travis Outlaw especially has developed into a clutch player with several virtually unstopable moves in his arsenal. Deny him the ball and force him to move without the ball.

How does one beat the Warriors?