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

[Dadouv47]

Someone confident about PG13 ability to still play a game at an ''all star'' level this year? I don't see this happening.

[Kizz Fastfists]

Naw, PG is cooked. Game 3 was a lot like Game 1 against Utah. It took a great 3pt performance that they won't be able to repeat again to get the win. OKC won't shoot 50% from 3 again and won't win again in this series.

[SecondTake]

USG% of all rotation players so far:

1.Russ - 30.9
2.George - 27.9
3.Schröder - 19.0
4.Morris - 18.0
5.Noel - 17.7
6.Adams 16.3
7.Ferguson - 12.9
8.Grant - 12.3
9.Felton - 10.4

Adams is playing 35+ minutes a night vs the worst Center rotation in the Playoffs and he's getting fewer shots when he's on the floor than in the regular season (16.4 in the regular season).

Other teams play to their strengths. We help those teams hide their weaknesses.

portland's on their heels in pick and roll. adams isn't a guy who is getting shot attempts aside from off orb and assisted off pnr. are you suggesting they should isolate him?

They should post him more. And play way more PNR with him. Guy is shooting at 70%, need to milk him way more.

[Kizz Fastfists]

They should post him more. And play way more PNR with him. Guy is shooting at 70%, need to milk him way more.

Everyone outside the organization said they should exploit Kanter and feed Adams before the series started. No one in the organization that is involved with the game play, which I think is just Russ and PG, care about exploiting that advantage.

[SecondTake]

Naw, PG is cooked. Game 3 was a lot like Game 1 against Utah. It took a great 3pt performance that they won't be able to repeat again to get the win. OKC won't shoot 50% from 3 again and won't win again in this series.

OK Buddy. I've confirmed that we're going to the WCF. This series is going 7 now, but nothing changed in the outcome.

[Dadouv47]

Naw, PG is cooked. Game 3 was a lot like Game 1 against Utah. It took a great 3pt performance that they won't be able to repeat again to get the win. OKC won't shoot 50% from 3 again and won't win again in this series.

OK Buddy. I've confirmed that we're going to the WCF. This series is going 7 now, but nothing changed in the outcome.

Stop dreaming. I don't know about game 4 or the outcome of this series but damn both Spurs and Denver are definitely playing on another level. And I'm only saying this because I think PG13 is screwed, otherwise we would have a shot to win this round and maybe go the WCF.

[RunOKC]

Make shots = win
Miss shots = lose

Pretty simple

[SecondTake]

Naw, PG is cooked. Game 3 was a lot like Game 1 against Utah. It took a great 3pt performance that they won't be able to repeat again to get the win. OKC won't shoot 50% from 3 again and won't win again in this series.

OK Buddy. I've confirmed that we're going to the WCF. This series is going 7 now, but nothing changed in the outcome.

Stop dreaming. I don't know about game 4 or the outcome of this series but damn both Spurs and Denver are definitely playing on another level. And I'm only saying this because I think PG13 is screwed, otherwise we would have a shot to win this round and maybe go the WCF.

I only spit the facts. Spurs are winning their series, and we're going to beat them 4-2. We're just a nightmare match up for them every time. PG is improving, I haven't even seen him icing these past 2 games. A 7 game series is just what he needed to get his rythm back. He'll be dropping 40 by game 7 and will be cooking by the second round.

[Dadouv47]

Make shots = win
Miss shots = lose

Pretty simple

Agree but we will need more making shots from PG13. No way Grant/Ferguson/Schroeder combined will be that effective again.

And some defense on CJ would be nice too.

[Dadouv47]

OK Buddy. I've confirmed that we're going to the WCF. This series is going 7 now, but nothing changed in the outcome.

Stop dreaming. I don't know about game 4 or the outcome of this series but damn both Spurs and Denver are definitely playing on another level. And I'm only saying this because I think PG13 is screwed, otherwise we would have a shot to win this round and maybe go the WCF.

I only spit the facts. Spurs are winning their series, and we're going to beat them 4-2. We're just a nightmare match up for them every time. PG is improving, I haven't even seen him icing these past 2 games. A 7 game series is just what he needed to get his rythm back. He'll be dropping 40 by game 7 and will be cooking by the second round.

He was a ghost yesterday.

[petros93]

Let's not forget pg was pretty good on game 2 though. If we get game 1 and 3 Russ and game 2 pg the series is over.

[Pillendreher]

Make shots = win
Miss shots = lose

Pretty simple

I still think that simply playing good defense on their backcourt for the full 48 minutes is just as important. We have kept them well below their regular season average 75 % of the games so far, but have allowed them to blast us for at least one quarter a game. That needs to stop. Portland has been riding their ridiculous shot making all series long, but at some point those shots are not going to continue falling like that. And at that point I trust our ability to grind out games more than theirs.

[ducler]

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[Dadouv47]

Hope it's not the last game at the peak tonight...

[SecondTake]

Stop dreaming. I don't know about game 4 or the outcome of this series but damn both Spurs and Denver are definitely playing on another level. And I'm only saying this because I think PG13 is screwed, otherwise we would have a shot to win this round and maybe go the WCF.

I only spit the facts. Spurs are winning their series, and we're going to beat them 4-2. We're just a nightmare match up for them every time. PG is improving, I haven't even seen him icing these past 2 games. A 7 game series is just what he needed to get his rythm back. He'll be dropping 40 by game 7 and will be cooking by the second round.

He was a ghost yesterday.

22/6/6 with good defense is being a ghost?

[Dadouv47]

I only spit the facts. Spurs are winning their series, and we're going to beat them 4-2. We're just a nightmare match up for them every time. PG is improving, I haven't even seen him icing these past 2 games. A 7 game series is just what he needed to get his rythm back. He'll be dropping 40 by game 7 and will be cooking by the second round.

He was a ghost yesterday.

22/6/6 with good defense is being a ghost?

3/16 and far from being an average defensive performance for him. Would be very happy if Schroeder was able to play that kind of defense though.

[SecondTake]

He was a ghost yesterday.

22/6/6 with good defense is being a ghost?

3/16 and far from being an average defensive performance for him. Would be very happy if Schroeder was able to play that kind of defense though.

Playoff Schroder has arrived like I was always saying he would. PG shot poorly, but I just chalk it up to lack of rhythm at this point. He hasn't shown much indication of pain, etc these past few games. He's attacking the rim aggressively and getting to the line which I don't think he'd be doing if his shoulder was still a problem. I don't think he's 100%, but 94% by the end of the series? I think so.

And luckily we have two other stars in WB and Schroder that can carry us home. Adams has been decent the past 2 games. The Grant on center game plan has worked wonders. Dame and CJ aren't going to be cooking forever. We're going to smack POR tonight. I wouldn't even be surprised if we win the next 3 but I'm cautious and going 7.

[Dadouv47]

22/6/6 with good defense is being a ghost?

3/16 and far from being an average defensive performance for him. Would be very happy if Schroeder was able to play that kind of defense though.

Playoff Schroder has arrived like I was always saying he would. PG shot poorly, but I just chalk it up to lack of rhythm at this point. He hasn't shown much indication of pain, etc these past few games. He's attacking the rim aggressively and getting to the line which I don't think he'd be doing if his shoulder was still a problem. I don't think he's 100%, but 94% by the end of the series? I think so.

And luckily we have two other stars in WB and Schroder that can carry us home. Adams has been decent the past 2 games. The Grant on center game plan has worked wonders. Dame and CJ aren't going to be cooking forever. We're going to smack POR tonight. I wouldn't even be surprised if we win the next 3 but I'm cautious and going 7.

[Kizz Fastfists]

OKC shoots 31% from 3 tonight and loses to go down 3-1. Last game in OKC this season.

[NaturalThunder]

Adams misses a dunk, McCollum comes down and hits a three.

Five point swing.