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Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by 4pointshot
Easy? They play GS in the second round!
Just saw that. I guess there's no easy roads in the West. First round should be fun though.
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Not airballing my layups anymore
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by bigkingsfan
They would have to play them either way, maybe CP stays fresh in the 2nd round.
Right, the Rockets should have tanked to the no. 8 seed, so CP would be really fresh.
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Brooklyn
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by RoseCity07
Nah. But Warriors are going to take a giant triceratops sh*t on the Rockets.
Portland rested their ENTIRE team in fear of Oklahoma City. They've already been beaten mentally.
Could be back-to-back swept years for y'all.
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Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by LoneyROY7
Portland rested their ENTIRE team in fear of Oklahoma City. They've already been beaten mentally.
Could be back-to-back swept years for y'all.
They don't have Nurkic. The Thunder have Steven Adams. This is more about how they are going to survive with no defense in the paint.
The Blazers have a better backcourt than OKC they are going to get crushed in the paint.
We know what's going to happen to the Rockets. Cp3 gets hurt. Harden scores a lot. They lose. Rinse and repeat.
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Brooklyn
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Russ loves facing Lillard too. Gonna be a monster series for him.
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Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by LoneyROY7
Russ loves facing Lillard too. Gonna be a monster series for him.
Lillard going to average 30ppg against Westbrook. So what.
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Brooklyn
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by RoseCity07
Lillard going to average 30ppg against Westbrook. So what.
Not a chance.
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Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by LoneyROY7
Not a chance.
He averaged 35ppg vs Westbrook this year alone.
He dropped 51 on him.
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Brooklyn
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by RoseCity07
He averaged 35ppg vs Westbrook this year alone.
He dropped 51 on him.
That's fine. OKC's defense is going to be much more difficult in the playoffs with more allowed physicality. And we know Lillard doesn't do very well with that.
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Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by LoneyROY7
That's fine. OKC's defense is going to be much more difficult in the playoffs with more allowed physicality. And we know Lillard doesn't do very well with that.
I don't know about that. Certain coaches are better at doubling him than others. Doc Rivers being one of the best. He has looked better prepared for that this year.
The Blazers have nothing to lose. Nurkic went down and the expectations are 0 now. Westbrook on the other hand hasn't done a damn thing his entire career. OKC needs to win this series. What would this season be if OKC loses this series?
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Brooklyn
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by RoseCity07
I don't know about that. Certain coaches are better at doubling him than others. Doc Rivers being one of the best. He has looked better prepared for that this year.
The Blazers have nothing to lose. Nurkic went down and the expectations are 0 now. Westbrook on the other hand hasn't done a damn thing his entire career. OKC needs to win this series. What would this season be if OKC loses this series?
What??
He's done a helluva a lot more than Lillard.
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NBA Legend
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by LoneyROY7
What??
He's done a helluva a lot more than Lillard.
Westbrook:
Lose in the Finals with 2 MVP teammates.
Blow a 3-1 lead to the Warriors.
Lose every other year he's ever been in the playoffs.
Lillard has played with one all-star in his entire career. Lillard lost 5 starting quality players and made the playoffs the next season. Lillard just led a team with no all-stars to the third seed.
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Brooklyn
Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by RoseCity07
Westbrook:
Lose in the Finals with 2 MVP teammates.
Blow a 3-1 lead to the Warriors.
Lose every other year he's ever been in the playoffs.
Lillard has played with one all-star in his entire career. Lillard lost 5 starting quality players and made the playoffs the next season. Lillard just led a team with no all-stars to the third seed.
Russ has a Finals appearance and an MVP. Two things Lillard will likely never see in his career.
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Re: Portland afraid to meet the Thunder in playoffs losing on purpose. 90 pt 1st half
Originally Posted by LoneyROY7
Russ has a Finals appearance and an MVP. Two things Lillard will likely never see in his career.
Lillard didn't have Kevin Durant and James Harden on his team.
Westbrook has underachieved his entire career.
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