Series Thread: 6) New Orleans Pelicans vs. 3) Portland Trail Blazers

[tlance]

If it weren't for the super team of GS the NBA would be a blast this year. All teams, besides the Rockets within 2 games of each other, the conference could be anyone's to take.

This is the new normal. Just wait until LeBron and Kawhi team up this summer.

 

[Wishbone]

I gotta say this series has been very surprising to me.

 

[Heatles84]

I gotta say this series has been very surprising to me.

Yup. Series is over and it's not the Blazers that are going to win.

 

[bksballer89]

CJ & Dame with 76 points on 29-80 shooting. That's not going to cut it from your top 2 players

 

[bksballer89]

They also need to do something about Holiday. We know AD is going to get his but when you have Holiday outplaying your 2 best players then you're trying to get swept

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

This series is not the slightest bit surprising.
Portland was the weakest of all the western teams in terms of playoff style.

They were going to struggle badly.
I wasnt ready to pick New Orleans being so inexperienced, so I went with a very tepid Port in 7 maybe.

Lillard/McCollum are flawed for playoff style basketball.
--They don't use the pick & roll all that well or often.
--Neither plays any defense.
--McCollum doesn't get to the line.

You can win a lot of regular season games, but you need those 3 skills to win in the post-season if you are a guard dominant team.

 

[gordontrue]

Jrue Holiday is the real deal

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

I gotta say this series has been very surprising to me.

I'm not sure why. They finished the regular season one game apart. This isn't your normal 3 vs 6.

 

[Mecca]

Jrue Holiday is the real deal

Happy for him after all the injuries and what his family has had to endure over the last 2 years.

A brain tumor is no joke.

 

[Mecca]

I'm not sure why. They finished the regular season one game apart. This isn't your normal 3 vs 6.

For me, it's surprising because I expected the Fly, Pelicans Fly to fold up like a cheap tent when Boogie went down.

AD is showing the world why I was a assclown when I said I'd take the Freak and Zingers over him, before the Season started, and that KAT might be better than him down the line.

#BathSalts

 

[LogicMan]

Holiday and AD. Damn

 

[OregonDucks]

This is the new normal. Just wait until LeBron and Kawhi team up this summer.

In Houston

 

[msgkings322]

In Houston

Then the Ws get AD and we've got a rivalry!

 

[OregonDucks]

Portland winning tonight would be such a Blazer thing to do. Win to give just a little bit of hope that they can tie this series up on the road only to lose game 4 and then lose this series back in Portland.

 

[OregonDucks]

Wonder if Damian Lillard decides to show up and play tonight. Funny how he pulls a LeBron and says he should be on the NBA first team and then goes into a slump.

 

[OregonDucks]

Portland is done.

 

[msgkings322]

Portland is done.

Yep. Getting swept.

 

[bksballer89]

Embarrassing

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

Wonder if Damian Lillard decides to show up and play tonight. Funny how he pulls a LeBron and says he should be on the NBA first team and then goes into a slump.

That's a lebron thing? I figured if lebron did that then he probably went out and played like the best player in the league.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Embarrassing

You don’t need to watch basketball to have seen this coming

Tlance lmfao what a clown