11. "high intensity Portland is a bench weapon away from being serious" In response to Reply # 0
they're good. their starting five is as good as any in the league. it's the bench, man...
and the extent to which the mixture of "five high bbal IQ" players works amazingly is the part that's downplayed. is it the shooting? yeah, the shooting helps. is it Aldridge? yeah, Aldridge is amazing. LA is also extremely intelligent on the offensive end, just like all his teammates.
obviously Indiana's good, too, but it took home floor to get by the 'zers tonight.
but mainly just an amazing basketball game, midseason playoffs stuff. lack of Stephenson cheapens it a bit, I suppose, but sure as hell made my Friday night.
14. "PDX lives & dies w/ jump shots " In response to Reply # 11
When their jump-shot is falling they can outscore anybody but when they are struggling it totally exposes their leaky defense because it leads to easy baskets via long rebounds/leak-outs. They are basically Nelly's Mavs w/ Nash/Finley/Dirk.
19. "7 or 16, raptors got 2 points back. FAIL." In response to Reply # 18
Lawler bringing the lols on Hansbrough "Former college player of the year, now only plays to intentionally foul DJ. Safe to say his career took a turn for the worse"