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

[Dadouv47]

Also, if PG is healthy and a dpoy candidate why isn't he on that guy?

Paul George is healthy and Felton is a skinny guy

[NaturalThunder]

It was almost too little too late, but have to tip my cap to Donovan for his defensive adjustment. Putting Grant on Leonard/Kanter to defend the pick-n-roll really paid dividends in the 4th quarter.

[NaturalThunder]

We're still not winning this series unless PG gets out of this funk.

I know he's playing hurt, but he's been really bad in this series.

[spearsy23]

We won a game against Utah too.

[spearsy23]

Also, if PG is healthy and a dpoy candidate why isn't he on that guy?

Paul George is healthy and Felton is a skinny guy

Can't claim it and not act like it. Although he was on Lillard down the stretch, which means we may actually just be stupid enough to believe only the last two minutes matter.

[spearsy23]

The ridiculousness of the 'we're an over team' really showed when DS literally went over a screen two steps inside half court allowing Lillard to go one on one with a big 30 feet from the basket.

[Pillendreher]

A win is a win, but man our offense is still so incredibly spotty and unless we bring our best defense, their backcourt had made everything

[Pillendreher]

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Lol

[spearsy23]

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Lol

Bruh, you got torched for 25 in a quarter and you ain't got a mvp trophy backing you up.

[Dadouv47]

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Lol

I still love the fact that Schroeder is fearless. Well, it's the only thing I like about him tbh

[Dadouv47]

We will need our role players to be efficient like tonight in order to win game 4.

And the only way I see us winning a game at Portland would be if Westbrook goes on attack mode during 40+ minutes

[Dadouv47]

Somehow I feel less confident about winning the series than before the game. It's pretty clear that PG13 is done.

[NaturalThunder]

The ridiculousness of the 'we're an over team' really showed when DS literally went over a screen two steps inside half court allowing Lillard to go one on one with a big 30 feet from the basket.

The way we defended the high ball-screens in the 3rd quarter was just beyond stupid. Like, it was our stupidest moment of the entire season. It took Donovan until midway through the 4th to realize he could just put Grant on whoever the Blazers had at center, too, because the Blazers were obviously going to just keep trying to cheese the pick-n-roll over and over and over and over and over again the rest of the game.

And, to your point, the reason the pick-n-roll worked so easily is because not only was it Adams or Noel constantly being switched onto Lillard, whoever was guarding Lillard kept going over every ball screen...even though it kept working for the Blazers over and over.

[Dadouv47]

The ridiculousness of the 'we're an over team' really showed when DS literally went over a screen two steps inside half court allowing Lillard to go one on one with a big 30 feet from the basket.

The way we defended the high ball-screens in the 3rd quarter was just beyond stupid. Like, it was our stupidest moment of the entire season. It took Donovan until midway through the 4th to realize he could just put Grant on whoever the Blazers had at center, too, because the Blazers were obviously going to just keep trying to cheese the pick-n-roll over and over and over and over and over again the rest of the game.

And, to your point, the reason the pick-n-roll worked so easily is because not only was it Adams or Noel constantly being switched onto Lillard, whoever was guarding Lillard kept going over every ball screen...even though it kept working for the Blazers over and over.

Is PG13 so damaged that he can't defend anymore? I would be ok if PG13 doesn't score a point anymore if he's able to make an elite defensive job on Lillard or CJ.

[spearsy23]

The ridiculousness of the 'we're an over team' really showed when DS literally went over a screen two steps inside half court allowing Lillard to go one on one with a big 30 feet from the basket.

The way we defended the high ball-screens in the 3rd quarter was just beyond stupid. Like, it was our stupidest moment of the entire season. It took Donovan until midway through the 4th to realize he could just put Grant on whoever the Blazers had at center, too, because the Blazers were obviously going to just keep trying to cheese the pick-n-roll over and over and over and over and over again the rest of the game.

And, to your point, the reason the pick-n-roll worked so easily is because not only was it Adams or Noel constantly being switched onto Lillard, whoever was guarding Lillard kept going over every ball screen...even though it kept working for the Blazers over and over.

Is PG13 so damaged that he can't defend anymore? I would be ok if PG13 doesn't score a point anymore if he's able to make an elite defensive job on Lillard or CJ.

He did shut Lillard down over the last few minutes. It coincided with the grant switch, but George being able to get over screens helped a lot.

[Dadouv47]

lol at PG13 saying ''next question'' when asked about why he made that dunk.

[CROklahoma]

Schroder was really good at hustling and pressing Dame in their backcourt for the whole game.
Dame found a stroke later in 3rd, but I cannot complain about Dennis losing his lungs chasing him for whole game.

Schroder was defending the best player, and he was our main guy when we bullied Kanter in p&r in 4th.

I dont exactly know why Westbrook cant do spread p&r against Kanter, cause our first thing to do should be get him out of the game, he is probably their 3rd main piece in making their offense work.

All props to DS, his best all around game this whole season !

Westbrook has got to be more poised, he is jumping before making passes in p&r's, he still aint hiting mid range, he is still the x factor for this team. We need him on 2016 level.

[CROklahoma]

Outside all of that, Russ still took too many dumb 3s, which he made this time, guess when he comes back to his average statistic how is that gonna pan out for us.

We didnt make any big adjustments, Adams took only ONE post up for a whole game, he was still used as a battering ram for us.

Is this what you guys really wanna settle for ?
This still is a terrible mismanagment of out roster.
We still have Felton on the floor used as some kind of a defender of the bench where he is chasing guys around the screens as a 38yr or so veteran. What is all that nonsense about ? Dont we have some younger legs on the bench to fill that role ...

Win is a win, but oh boy if we're settling down for this against depleted PTB roster ...

[RalphSampsonJr]

lol at PG13 saying ''next question'' when asked about why he made that dunk.

I dont think its funny at all. Makes OKC look like a bunch of dickheads.

Portlands media have made quite alot of comments on how hard OKC has been to deal with

[Pillendreher]

Portlands media have made quite alot of comments on how hard OKC has been to deal with

So their media is as whiny as their team? Imagine my shock.