Blazers beat up Spurs in San Antonio

[WhiteMamba]

Take notice Western Conference......

 

[Arizona_Sting]

Not an easy place to win

 

[Superdonk]

HUGE win in SA.


Portland continues to answer the doubters.


LaMarcus needs the national media to recognize what he is doing. He is gunning for the MVP.

 

[bksballer89]

They have SAS number so far this yr. This road trip is tough though as they still have to play in Dallas, Houston, and Oklahoma city

 

[Lone Granger]

Great win tonight.

 

[WhiteMamba]

this is the one I wanted to see the Blazers win the most on this roadie.

Wes Matthews

" We got one comin for Dallas. We owe them one."

Bulletin board material. Dirk has been red hot. Going to be a dandy as it always is when Portland and Dallas match up.

God, the Spurs. I have the Most respect possible for Pop, Duncan, and that entire franchise.

 

[ThruTheEyesOfRuby]

Pretty impressive win. I'm taking notice.

 

[RobToxin]

I dunno what it was but the Spurs were just sloppy last night on offense. Pop got tossed too.

That was the 150th all-time game between the two. Had the Spurs won, the all-time series would be 75-75.

Instead it's 76-74 Portland.

 

[Clayton]

Spurs 9 losses: Portand, OKC, Houston, Indiana, Clippers, OKC, Houston, Knicks, Portland

Outside of the Knicks, those are all good teams. But still....it kinda looks like they are a team that will sweep its first round opponent and then get beat in 5 in the 2nd round. They match up poorly with Portland, OKC and Houston. Ouch.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Aldridge wants to be know as one of the best in the league, and he is making a statement this year mote than ever.

 

[bksballer89]

What a dominant win by Portland.....They won by 16 but that was only because Dallas outscored them by 18 in the meaningless 4th

 

[WhiteMamba]

yes it was a great performance tonight.

38 point lead at one point.

They have officially become a Western Conference contender.

2 down 2 to go on this Texas Triangle + OKC road trip.

 

[Lone Granger]

yes it was a great performance tonight.

38 point lead at one point.

They have officially become a Western Conference contender.

2 down 2 to go on this Texas Triangle + OKC road trip.

GOD...DAMN!

 

[BOTSLAYER]

Before you guys go licking nuts you find blazing down the trail they beat a SA team who has a horrible record against the Elite teams.

Vs POR, OKC, LAC, HOU, GSW, IND and MIA (have not played them yet) they are 3-9. 2 of those wins came vs GSW who is the weakest record among them and early in the season before GSW were on this run. GSW was 4-1 (GSW in SA) and 14-12 (GSW home but way underachieving) going into their games against SA.


SA is NOT this all powerful team you think they are. Injuries, great coaching and "creative" reffing made them look twice as good as they were last year, and this year their big 3 is a year older.

Please remember that the year before they went to the finals they won 2 home games vs OKC to lose 4 straight on OKC's way to losing the finals 4-1. They did sweep Utah and the Clippers on their way to that WCF.

Their team from then until now has not changed that much. SA is not this buzzsaw teams who beat SA want to make them out to be. They are a great regular season team with great coaching who will not beat a healthy OKC and probably not a healthy GSW. LAC and HOU are in the air right now pending coaching scheme implementation and trades.

 

[bksballer89]

Before you guys go licking nuts you find blazing down the trail they beat a SA team who has a horrible record against the Elite teams.

Vs POR, OKC, LAC, HOU, GSW, IND and MIA (have not played them yet) they are 3-9. 2 of those wins came vs GSW who is the weakest record among them and early in the season before GSW were on this run. GSW was 4-1 (GSW in SA) and 14-12 (GSW home but way underachieving) going into their games against SA.


SA is NOT this all powerful team you think they are. Injuries, great coaching and "creative" reffing made them look twice as good as they were last year, and this year their big 3 is a year older.

Please remember that the year before they went to the finals they won 2 home games vs OKC to lose 4 straight on OKC's way to losing the finals 4-1. They did sweep Utah and the Clippers on their way to that WCF.

Their team from then until now has not changed that much. SA is not this buzzsaw teams who beat SA want to make them out to be. They are a great regular season team with great coaching who will not beat a healthy OKC and probably not a healthy GSW. LAC and HOU are in the air right now pending coaching scheme implementation and trades.

Excluding SAS, they're 1-0 vs Indy, 0-1 vs MIA, 2-0 vs OKC, 1-1 VS Houston, and 1-0 VS the Clippers (they have yet to play GSW. So excluding their 2-0 record against the team tied for the 2nd best record in the league, they're 5-2 against the other 5 top teams in the league. People are not just bragging about Portland just because of 2 wins against the Spurs.....They have consistently beaten the other top teams in the league

 

[BOTSLAYER]

Excluding SAS, they're 1-0 vs Indy, 0-1 vs MIA, 2-0 vs OKC, 1-1 VS Houston, and 1-0 VS the Clippers (they have yet to play GSW. So excluding their 2-0 record against the team tied for the 2nd best record in the league, they're 5-2 against the other 5 top teams in the league. People are not just bragging about Portland just because of 2 wins against the Spurs.....They have consistently beaten the other top teams in the league

Thread title is misleading.

Indy was on 2nd day of back to back both away, POR was on a B2B but at home for the 2nd leg where POR won a close one.

OKC lost in POR on the 2nd day of a 2 away game B2B and the 2nd time with out Westbrook.

HOU played both times in POR and split, 1st game (they won) was the 2nd day of a B2B and 3rd of a 3 away games in 4 nights.

LAC were on the 2nd night of a 2 away game back 2 back.

The game POR lost to MIA was with out Lebron and Wade, Bosh did hit a long 3 in the closing seconds to win...



but I think my point has been made. POR is not the contender we are making them out to be. Their run is lasting far longer than the 76ers's did but in the end, it won't be much different.

 

[bksballer89]

Thread title is misleading.

Indy was on 2nd day of back to back both away, POR was on a B2B but at home for the 2nd leg where POR won a close one.

OKC lost in POR on the 2nd day of a 2 away game B2B and the 2nd time with out Westbrook.

HOU played both times in POR and split, 1st game (they won) was the 2nd day of a B2B and 3rd of a 3 away games in 4 nights.

LAC were on the 2nd night of a 2 away game back 2 back.

The game POR lost to MIA was with out Lebron and Wade, Bosh did hit a long 3 in the closing seconds to win...



but I think my point has been made. POR is not the contender we are making them out to be. Their run is lasting far longer than the 76ers's did but in the end, it won't be much different.

So basically what you're saying is no team in the NBA should win on the 2nd night of a B2B. Tonight Portland destroyed Dallas on the 2nd night of a B2B and will handle HOU monday when they will be playing their 3rd game in 4 nights in a different city. Miami beat Portland on a 2nd night of a B2B also so using that lame excuse for OKC, Indy, and Houston is complete bullshit

 

[BOTSLAYER]

So basically what you're saying is no team in the NBA should win on the 2nd night of a B2B. Tonight Portland destroyed Dallas on the 2nd night of a B2B and will handle HOU monday when they will be playing their 3rd game in 4 nights in a different city. Miami beat Portland on a 2nd night of a B2B also so using that lame excuse for OKC, Indy, and Houston is complete bullshit

I am saying that in their games against those elite teams they had a huge situational edge*. Did they capitalize? Hell yes they did, it does not change the fact they had a huge scheduling advantage.


*Being on the 2nd night of a B2B is a huge disadvantage, especially when both games are away. Think about it, they are professional athletes but they are not robots. They are flying between cities (cutting in on recovery time and also with a decreased oxygen level which reduces recovery), sleeping multiple nights in a bed that is not their's, waking up to food that is not their breakfast and in time zones which they are not accustomed to.

The fact that MIA beat them on the 2nd night of a B2B more shows MIA's dedication to beating the other elite teams**. No matter what, POR's inadequacies are more than apparent when breaking down the schedule.

**Please see MIA's record against the other elite teams in the league.

 

[bksballer89]

:rollseyes:

 

[BOTSLAYER]

:rollseyes:

Nice rebuttal I have to say it is fun debating with you, not used to being on this side of your argument.