![]() Both teams lack a true star at the forward spot. Steve: Welcome to a matchup featuring defensively-flawed teams from “small” markets. But Portland and Denver can fence with each other continually. I mean, the Lakers, it’s going to be, “What do you do about LeBron and AD” every night. I love that about this particular matchup too. There are so many moves and counter-moves. Operation “find Michael Porter Jr.” is fully underway for the Blazers’ offense.ĭave: This is what I love about the playoffs. Along with Norm’s promising start, it looks like the Blazers have re-discovered the value of ball movement. After going 1-for-7 from distance in the first two games, an early three-pointer has to provide a confidence boost. Steve: Love to see Powell getting off to this hot start. McCollum, Norman Powell, and Robert Covington are all contributing. McCollum has regressed in that department and there wasn’t a lot of progress to being with.ĭave: “G” for “Good Defense”! The Blazers are moving the ball through the “other three” starters right now. Definitely a welcome sign after the side-to-side movements that dominated Game 2. Steve: Deliberate offense from both McCollum and Lillard to start. Good sign! He also scored right away on the other end. ![]() McCollum played tight and hard, disrupting the play. The Blazers are getting Joel Embiid?ĭave: Hoooo! The Nuggets came out trying to drag CJ McCollum into a screen play defending. Yes, he has torched the Blazers through two games, but now is not the time to bring extra help and leave someone else open.ĭave: Wait. Steve: Outside of the Gordon-Lillard matchup, I am hoping that the Blazers will trust the process with Nikola Jokic. If Portland stays close in the first (or ends up ahead), they should be fine. The first quarter should be key, as usual. But I also think the series will be mostly venue-agnostic. I’m not too worried, as I think either way there’s a good chance at a split in Portland. I also think Damian Lillard will barbeque Aaron Gordon if the Nuggets keep Gordon on him. ANYWAY.I think the Blazers will pull this out. We’ll see if they can flip the switch back on in the Moda Center.ĭave: Not the first time Blazer’s Edge and “awful content” have been associated. Portland looked awful content after Game 1. To be honest, I am a little nervous about this game. That said, I am confident that the hot air in this post could lift the Blazers above the Nuggets on its own. Steve: It’s true, the A Squad was not available. Before it starts, how are you feeling about this one? Unfortunately, Marlow Ferguson and Dia Miller weren’t available, so the people get you and me. Feel free to read their musings from tip-off to the final horn and beyond!ĭave: So Steve, we wanted to get the two greatest minds at Blazer’s Edge together to chat about this game as it happens. If you ever wanted to know how Steve and Dave think during games like this, here’s your chance. Blazer’s Edge had our usual quarter-by-quarter recap and extended analysis, but as a special treat, Steve Dewald and Dave Deckard also chatted during the game, taking a more casual, but hopefully also insightful, look at the evening. The Portland Trail Blazers played a spirited, but ultimately futile, Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets in their best-of-seven playoffs series on Thursday night.
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