Blazers

[OregonDucks]

The Utah Jazz schedule for the rest of this month.

@ Memphis
@ NOP
VS ATL
@ GSW
VS WSH
@ SAC
VS CLE
VS PHX
@ CHI
@ MIL
@ HOU
@ OKC
@ MIN
VS LAL
VS GSW


Yeah Portland is fine

Good points

 

[bksballer89]

Good points

When haven't I made a good point since I been on SportsHoopla?

 

[gordontrue]

According to this (accurate as of yesterday morning)... POR does have among the biggest jumps in terms of SOS remaining. Dallas and Utah to a lesser extent.

 

[bksballer89]

Dame dropped 50 in a losing effort.

 

[OregonDucks]

much closer game then I expected, but Toronto is a beast team so to lose by only 2 to them in that effort isn't bad. Gotta beat Detroit though.

 

[bksballer89]

much closer game then I expected, but Toronto is a beast team so to lose by only 2 to them in that effort isn't bad. Gotta beat Detroit though.

Utah going to lose again so there's that

 

[The Derski]

Lillard shooting too much?

 

[bksballer89]

The end of this road trip was a disaster for Portland. Got destroyed vs Boston and Detroit and took a tough L vs TOronto

 

[OregonDucks]

Not good at all....home vs Wizards on Tuesday, that is a must win. The are sliding now.

 

[bksballer89]

Starting to think Portland is safe with the way Utah is playing now losing 9 of their last 12. I feel like the West playoffs teams are just about wrapped up

 

[Bolts]

Starting to think Portland is safe with the way Utah is playing now losing 9 of their last 12. I feel like the West playoffs teams are just about wrapped up

Probably, with teams 9 and 10 playing like crap. Of course the Rockets, Mavs, Grizz, and Blazers are all close enough to fight their asses off to avoid the 7th and 8th seeds.

 

[bksballer89]

Probably, with teams 9 and 10 playing like crap. Of course the Rockets, Mavs, Grizz, and Blazers are all close enough to fight their asses off to avoid the 7th and 8th seeds so there will still be a lot to fight for.

I think anyone catching the Grizz. Memphis is closer to the Clippers for 4th than seeds 6-8 are to Memphis. They're currently 6 games up in the all important loss column with a little over a month to go on the teams behind them.

 

[Bolts]

I think anyone catching the Grizz. Memphis is closer to the Clippers for 4th than seeds 6-8 are to Memphis. They're currently 6 games up in the all important loss column with a little over a month to go on the teams behind them.

I didn't actually know where they were, but I know they've been good since Gasol went down and Conley has been able to do more on offense. Those other 3 will really be fighting for the 6th spot then, not that any of them would beat OKC but compared to the other options you'll take your chances.

 

[bksballer89]

I didn't actually know where they were, but I know they've been good since Gasol went down and Conley has been able to do more on offense. Those other 3 will really be fighting for the 6th spot then, not that any of them would beat OKC but compared to the other options you'll take your chances.

Yeah pretty much. I think Houston would love to play OKC. I think they have a solid enough chance to knock off OKC in a series. The 2 teams both play uptempo and neither are good defensive teams. Would make for an exciting 6 or 7 game series IMO. Houston is the only one of the 3 bottom seeds who can make it a long series with at least 1 of the top 3 seeds. I think Portland and Dallas at best would win 1 game.

 

[Bolts]

Yeah pretty much. I think Houston would love to play OKC. I think they have a solid enough chance to knock off OKC in a series. The 2 teams both play uptempo and neither are good defensive teams. Would make for an exciting 6 or 7 game series IMO. Houston is the only one of the 3 bottom seeds who can make it a long series with at least 1 of the top 3 seeds. I think Portland and Dallas at best would win 1 game.

I could see the Blazers forcing a 6 or 7 game series against OKC, they have 2 players who can take over a game on offense just like the Thunder do. I'd still pick the Thunder to win, but don't think it'd be easy.

 

[bksballer89]

I could see the Blazers forcing a 6 or 7 game series against OKC, they have 2 players who can take over a game on offense just like the Thunder do. I'd still pick the Thunder to win, but don't think it'd be easy.

I don't trust Portland to win a game on the road with this roster in the playoffs. As much as I hate Dwight, he usually turns up his game another notch and plays better on both sides of the ball in the playoffs and Harden is Harden. My confidence level in Houston winning a road game in the 1st round is a 6. For Portland it is a 2

 

[Bolts]

I don't trust Portland to win a game on the road with this roster in the playoffs. As much as I hate Dwight, he usually turns up his game another notch and plays better on both sides of the ball in the playoffs and Harden is Harden. My confidence level in Houston winning a road game in the 1st round is a 6. For Portland it is a 2

I could still see them winning 2 or 3 home games before losing the series.

 

[bksballer89]

This is a really good game

 

[bksballer89]

Huge 3 for John Wall to put Washington up 2 with 15 seconds to go. Really good action

 

[Bolts]

Great block for Henderson to stop a layup for Gortat, OT coming up.