The third time's the charm - First Round Series vs Portland

Pillendreher · Post #261 » by **Pillendreher** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:53 pm

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Post #262 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:13 pm

Even if we win four in a row, I’m sick of Presti and his “go against all trends (common sense)” mentality.

acheema0 · Post #263 » by **acheema0** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:30 pm

I wonder if Presti can work on raising an "expected eFG%" banner.

Post #264 » by **Dadouv47** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:41 pm

I would like to blame Donovan but I don't blame him for this game. It's all on PG13, Schroeder, Ferguson and Presti.

PG13 and Schroeder couldn't make a shot. Ferguson was doing an ''ok'' job defending CJ but as always he made stupid fouls.

Was pretty clear at the trade deadline that we needed a shooter. We would have won this game with Abrines (and I'm not high at all on Abrines)

Dmagic · Post #265 » by **Dmagic** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:51 pm

Portland was defending George well. Hopefully he gets out of his own head combined with better team ball. If Durant couldn't do it neither will George. It= too much.

Dmagic · Post #266 » by **Dmagic** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:53 pm

I also believe in coach to make some good adjustments

Dmagic · Post #267 » by **Dmagic** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:55 pm

Shout out grant shout out Noel.

Post #268 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:00 am

Dmagic wrote:Portland was defending George well. Hopefully he gets out of his own head combined with better team ball. If Durant couldn't do it neither will George. It= too much.

Yeah u right. Paul George looked great but he couldn't overcome Westbrook's stats padding.

Enjoy your team only win in the playoffs this decade. You will have to wait some years to see another one.

Dmagic · Post #269 » by **Dmagic** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:11 am

Dadouv47 wrote:
Dmagic wrote:Portland was defending George well. Hopefully he gets out of his own head combined with better team ball. If Durant couldn't do it neither will George. It= too much.

Yeah u right. Paul George looked great but he couldn't overcome Westbrook's stats padding.

Enjoy your team only win in the playoffs this decade. You will have to wait some years to see another one.

Ahhhhh hahaha...no

Post #270 » by **slick_watts** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:23 am

Pillendreher wrote:

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we did what i suspected we'd do-- paid a lot less attention to kanter than we usually do nurkic. i also thought the defense was mostly good.

the problem is portland is defending our pnr just like utah did. kanter is a far cry from gobert but we're going to have to make threes at a much better rate for the offense to work.

Post #271 » by **slick_watts** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:25 am

stark difference between the playoff games from d.j. augustine and dennis schroder this weekend. does this board still prefer schroder? jeez he's bad.

Post #272 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:47 am

slick_watts wrote:stark difference between the playoff games from d.j. augustine and dennis schroder this weekend. does this board still prefer schroder? jeez he's bad.

Well not really fair to compare DJ best game ever to Schroeder's game tonight. I wouldn't pay that much money for either of them and don't think they are starters on average/good teams. But yeah of course DJ is better because his BBIQ is higher and he's a way better shooter.

Pillendreher · Post #273 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 5:21 am

slick_watts wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:

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we did what i suspected we'd do-- paid a lot less attention to kanter than we usually do nurkic. i also thought the defense was mostly good.

the problem is portland is defending our pnr just like utah did. kanter is a far cry from gobert but we're going to have to make threes at a much better rate for the offense to work.

They tried to defend it that way but actually couldn't do it. Lillard has no chance staying in front of Westbrook and Kanter could drop all the way back to Canada but it still wouldn't matter.

Pillendreher · Post #274 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 5:26 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Even if we win four in a row, I’m sick of Presti and his “go against all trends (common sense)” mentality.

Those teams with a higher 3P% are 8-0 so far.

RunOKC · Post #275 » by **RunOKC** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:50 am

Reminder: It's game 1 on the road. We ran good offense, played good defense, but couldn't make a 3 to save our life.

SecondTake · Post #276 » by **SecondTake** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:54 am

Pillendreher wrote:
Jstock12 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:I am. I'm just not am impressionable idiot.

You forgot to log out of Pillendreher before posting as a NaturalThunder. I don't remember talking to you
Frankly my dear I don't give a damn.

It's too bad that you're watching but not understanding what's happening on the court. Now go watch some Kanter highlights.

Kanter just cooked your boy Adams. I'm not an Adams hater, but when you get outplayed by Kant-play-Kanter, the guy we traded to make room for you, well you gotta take a moment in that locker room to reflect on your career as a ball player.

SecondTake · Post #277 » by **SecondTake** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:55 am

slick_watts wrote:stark difference between the playoff games from d.j. augustine and dennis schroder this weekend. does this board still prefer schroder? jeez he's bad.

PG is absolutely trash from range but kept chucking anyway. Lets blame Schroder for that.

SecondTake · Post #278 » by **SecondTake** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:58 am

Osirus89 wrote:Before anyone feels doom and gloomy, if Portland loses gm 2 they will still lose HCA. As long as the team doesn't get lit up in the first quarter like they did today, they will be just fine in the series going forward.

Portland pretty much will have the production that was seen today. Some combination of Dame, CJ, and Kanter will basically carry the team. If any of those guys gets limited in any way, it becomes very difficult for that team to hold OKC off. Lillard will probably get his, not at the level he did today probably, but still... Measures need to be taken to faceguard Kanter and prevent him from giving them second chances. If Lillard penetrates into the lane, you have to live with it. This team can't live with giving up second chance points and offensive putbacks.

Having said that:
PG is going to be problematic this series because you can't just remove him but if he shoots like this it dooms the team. That shoulder isn't going to get better playing every other day and even if they get through this series, it will just be a lingering problem that carries over into the next series. Partially why I don't care if they win this series or not. It would be nice to win, but do any of us feel good about having Raymond felton in the rotation going into a WCSF series or even a WCF series. The horrid way this team is constructed will catch up with the team at some point. Round 1, 2 , or 3 is anyone's guess, but it feels like we are just playing a waiting game.

Every team is playing the waiting game - waiting to get knocked out by GSW. At least enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Revived · Post #279 » by **Revived** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:38 am

Dadouv47 wrote:I would like to blame Donovan but I don't blame him for this game. It's all on PG13, Schroeder, Ferguson and Presti.

PG13 and Schroeder couldn't make a shot. Ferguson was doing an ''ok'' job defending CJ but as always he made stupid fouls.

Was pretty clear at the trade deadline that we needed a shooter. We would have won this game with Abrines (and I'm not high at all on Abrines)

Why was he released in the first place?

sleestak33 · Post #280 » by **sleestak33** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:33 am

Looks like "can't play Kanter" doesn't really hold true. 20 points and 18 rebounds (7 offensive) in 34 minutes and he outplayed Adams. Like I said the entire time he was here in OKC...the guy was massively underplayed. This game is the Thunder season in a nutshell. The continued bizarre insistence on shooting 3s when they suck at it (they were 5-33) bit them in the ass again and the continued starting of an incompetent offensive shooting guard (16 minutes 3 points for Ferguson) plus a huge lack of respect for shot selection costs them another loss. At least their defense got better after the 1st qtr. where they gave up 39 points. That's about the only bright spot.