The Blazers' D

[lefty]

Allowing Cleveland to score 88 points in 3 quarters :lol

[Reck]

Guesting fatigue tbh.

[Holden_Caulfield]

apologize to shit right now...

[AchillesHeel]

Holy shit Lillard is going for 40

[lefty]

apologize to shit right now...
Ok they have stepped it up in the 4th, but still :lol

[AchillesHeel]

Lillard 33 points 8 reb 9 ast

damn son

[lefty]

tlongII


We staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacked

[AchillesHeel]

Mike Br:lolwn

[AchillesHeel]

My nigga Irving going HAM

[lefty]

Irving is not a pussy tbh

[lefty]

Thats how you take a timeout, NY

[AchillesHeel]

Let's see if they can win it here

[lefty]

Holy fuck those cheerleaders are ugly

No wonder Lebron left

[lefty]

:lmao

[AchillesHeel]

holy shit

[lefty]

Jinx worked imo

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Lillard for 3! Dagger!

[lefty]

0.4 :D

[AchillesHeel]

like they'll even get a 3 off with .4

[Rogue]

true that those cheerleading bitches are ugly, no wonder my nigga ghazi would rather go to Iran for some cheap Asian bitches than buy any local ones.

[LkrFan]

0.4 :D

3TdZHffwOF8

Cracks me up every time tbh. :lol

[AchillesHeel]

3TdZHffwOF8

Cracks me up every time tbh. :lol

I still get mad as fuck when I think about that game...Timmy made an impossible fadeaway over Shaq, which would have been one of the biggest shots in his career, fuck Fisher.

[Otaku]

Allowing Cleveland to score 88 points in 3 quarters :lol


:downspin:

22-4

[lefty]

Bump :lol


Letting the Twolves score 122 pts :lol

[lil_penny]

Blazers :lmao

[jeebus]

Bump :lol


Letting the Twolves score 122 pts :lol
Non issue.

[Rogue]

Life dependent on 3 pointers is inconsistent by nature imho. There's a reason why people still don't take Blazers and the Lockets seriously despite their records. While the Lockets D might be the shittiest of the league (even worse than MDA's Lakers), it's unfair to call Blazers' D shitty just because they conceded 122 pts to the Wolves. Adelman just found out the weakest link in Blazers D and he exploited the hell out of it.

It's just the Blazers defensive strategy imho, especially their strategy in defending p'n'r. It's like, their bigs fall back to the paint too soon which allows the ball handler plenty of time to shoot a 3. So, the Blazers games don't just depend on their own shooting %, but also their opponents'. They need to shoot good % themselves to win games, meanwhile they also need the opponents to shoot bad from outside.

[Katherine Robinson]

High volume scoring and poor defense is a good way to rack in season wins. It falls apart in the playoffs, though.

[Seventyniner]

It's just the Blazers defensive strategy imho, especially their strategy in defending p'n'r. It's like, their bigs fall back to the paint too soon which allows the ball handler plenty of time to shoot a 3. So, the Blazers games don't just depend on their own shooting %, but also their opponents'. They need to shoot good % themselves to win games, meanwhile they also need the opponents to shoot bad from outside.

This could also explain why they can do so well against the Spurs. Parker is not a 3-point threat except maybe in the corners so sagging off him in the pnr is not nearly so damaging; at worst you're giving up an open long 2 which in today's NBA isn't that bad.


Some math about the "live by the 3 die by the 3" mentality:
Variance is the supposed killer of teams that shoot tons of 3s, where hot shooting = auto win and cold shooting = auto loss. I agree that 3-pointers are higher variance than 2s because 3s are always a lower percentage shot. However, shooting more 3s actually reduces variance. A team that averages 40% from 3 is more likely to finish under 40% for a game if they take 6 shots (54.432% chance) than if they take 12 shots (43.818% chance).

[Double-Up]

Blazers :lmao