p(。在赛季开始之前，大多数球迷都期望在47胜52负之间，获得第7位或第8位种子。很少人预期我们必须赢得更多的比赛，或者赢得一个季后赛系列赛。这支球队出乎我们的意料，不仅赢得了54场比赛，而且还确保了主场优势。尽管有主场优势，我们还是和火箭打成平局，火箭被认为是我们第二难对付的对手，仅次于湖人。果然，我们3-1落后，现在到处都是批评。这支球队是否受到了不公平的期望，或者没有发挥出他们的能力，应该受到批评?我在体育运动中经常看到这种事情发生。例如，UW的罗玛教练带领哈士奇队连续三次参加锦标赛，然后在接下来的两年里，我们在联盟中排名倒数三分之一。部分粉丝开始喊他的头。去年，他超越了预期，赢得了大会的冠军。这支球队从21胜到32胜，41胜，连胜54胜。 First playoff game they are clearly playing scared and get blown out. Since then, they won convincingly at home (a late flurry of 3's made it look closer but the game was pretty much over,) and lost two games on the road at Houston by a combined total of 4 points. Regardless of what happens this series I'm excited about our prospects. I believe the faults with this team are obvious and if those are corrected, the Blazers will see the WCF next year. -Oden needs stop fouling, I'd like to see him play 30-32 minutes a game next year. If he gets that time, he'll be effective. -Late game lineup needs to be shifted if Blake & Outlaw are going to make silly mistakes. I like our 'big' lineup with Roy and Rudy as our guard and either Martell or Batum at SF. -LA needs to play the game in clutch situations and not think too much about his shot. I'd also like to see him be more aggressive. I think those three things will be better next year. Blazers will win about. 60 games and have playoff experience. Watch out league.