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波特兰开拓者Blow Lead, Chance for Homecourt Against L.A. Clippers

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开拓者build a big lead then fritter it away.

克雷格·米切尔迪(Craig Mitchelldyer-Usa)今天的运动

有些人喜欢愚人节。笑话,恶作剧,曲折和tomfoolery让我们不知道该相信什么。

“不知道该怎么信仰”也描述了波特兰开拓者当他们跌倒126-122时洛杉矶快船tonight after holding a 19-point lead midway through the second period. Are the Blazers the team that dominated at nearly every position in the first half or the team that lost its composure, its defense, and its rebounding ability in the second? Does the answer to that question matter when the standings now have the Clippers leading the Blazers by a game, poised to snatch homecourt advantage should the two teams meet in the playoffs?

This was the worst of April Fools. An experience that was supposed to be fun instead left the Portland faithful scratching their heads, looking around uncomfortably, and wishing that it had never happened.

游戏流程

The first half of this game read like a Greatest Hits album cover for the Blazers. They started out punishing the Clippers inside, used paint scoring to set up open threes, and sprinkled liberal doses ofLaMarcus Aldridge始终。Aldridge证明是不可阻挡的,他的队友仅少了。L-Train在第一阶段为16分为他的球队总计33分。Robin Lopez把他的体重around against a seemingly-haplessDeAndre JordanDamian Lillardsliced and diced Chris Paul. Portland led by 7 after one.

故事在第二阶段同样出色。经常被引用的西装外套的长凳令人失望无处可寻克里斯·卡曼(Chris Kaman)和客座明星Arron Afflalo撕毁快船的防守。卡曼在董事会上也证明了不可阻挡的力量。当利拉德返回餐具热蛋糕等翻转助攻时尼古拉斯·巴图姆(Nicolas Batum)开始像喷火器一样射击,当晚的比赛似乎不再公平。快船需要从保罗和布雷克·格里芬just to crawl back within 13 at the half, 68-55.

Everything that could go Portland's way, did. It was like they lifted Monday's second-half performance against the凤凰太阳并将其粘贴到了这场比赛的上半场。他们不仅看起来像季后赛球队,而且还strong季后赛队。

在第三季度,快船提醒开拓者队也是季后赛队。尽管巴图姆(Batum)继续向篮网打火炬,但这次是在超级sub cj McCollum的帮助下,这些观点使波特兰漂流而不是向前推进。洛杉矶的半场调整和波特兰自身的自满情绪结合在一起,使防御能力削弱,在船上造成了多个漏洞,并需要法国生命保存者。

快船队在上半场获得了55分,但开拓者将他们限制在中距离尝试中……在洛杉矶的熟练程度范围内,但开拓者可以忍受。第三阶段为游客带来了似乎无尽的上篮,扣篮,短镜头和三分球。他们转过了波特​​兰对他们的攻击,然后将其提高了一个档次。保罗和格里芬在此期间合计19分和7助攻。奥尔德里奇(Aldridge)和利拉德(Lillard)在他们之间获得了5分和5助攻。波特兰在三场比赛后仍以92-85领先,但差距迅速缩小。

As a side note, the 25-second mark of the third quarter saw Kaman draw a Flagrant 1 foul for shoving Paul out of bounds, an incident which started a multi-player scuffle. [在这里观看]在赛后访谈中 - 毫无疑问,在许多游戏中的媒体记载中,推荐和Scrum被称为转弯点,Paul和Paul和快船被开除的那一刻。作为我们刚刚引用的第三阶段统计数据,事实并非如此。CP3和他的队友在整个时期的高水平生产,而不仅仅是在过去的25秒内。

瞬间的意义更为微妙,尽管同样重要。快船队以自己的身体和出色的表现对开拓者的出色表现做出了反应。开拓者们回应了快船队的出色表现。此举是公然的,大多是无效的。随着报复和反退休的开始,不仅是在比赛的其余部分,而且身体的剩余时间都提高了洛杉矶的强度,但分散了波特兰的注意力。推挤并不是要抬起快船。取而代之的是,它表明开拓者正在接近破裂点,几乎没有其他选择。

Returning to the action, the fourth period was an unmitigated disaster for Portland. Their offense went so far south penguins were asking for autographs. 8 points from the Blazers in the first 7 minutes of the fourth opened the door wide for L.A.

They didn't just walk through it, they ran a parade.

在此期间,每个快船的射门尝试都是罚球或三分球。洛杉矶在第四名中击中了三个20英尺的20英尺和2杆,总得分。他们从弧线和慈善条纹中得分31。开拓者故意犯规迪安德尔·乔丹(Deandre Jordan)占了他在此期间尝试的10次犯规投篮中的8次。他错过了这10个中的5个,但开拓者无法避免这些错过的篮板。在玻璃上占据主导地位是打小球的副作用……这是表现不佳的副作用,需要覆盖三分弧,并且需要迅速将积分放在板上。波特兰的耻辱螺旋正在加深。每个提议的解决方案将它们进一步推向了地面。

开拓者队在比赛中确实距离距离很晚,这是由几次阿尔德里奇罚球和几个麦考卢姆三分球提供的,但他们从来没有把比赛拿到一场比赛中。保罗和快船队在钟伸出时,将他们伸直。马特·巴恩斯blocking Afflalo's final desperation three-point attempt in the corner then talking trash to him provided the exclamation point for the proceedings. A 19-point lead hadn't been enough for the Blazers. Good three-point shooting hadn't been enough. Wanting the game so badly and hating the opponent so much that they'd resort to physical tactics hadn't been enough. Most importantly, a couple good quarters of play followed by sustained mediocrity (at best) hadn't been enough. The Blazers got a bright, neon "L" pinned on them in a game they needed to win, leaving everyone in red and black frustrated and shaking their heads. A night that started out well ended horribly.

Analysis

我不超过便宜的插头,但这不是其中之一。如果你听本周的开拓者边缘播客,我和菲尔·纳森斯(Phil Naessens)和我在这个早晨发行了,我谈到了这件事。播客帖子上的促销线条上写道:“开拓者的表现好还是不好?”正如节目中解释的那样,答案是“两者”。他们在Spurts中表现出色,这足以赢得胜利,但是除了Aldridge在上周五的凤凰城的比赛中表现出色,还有比周一的返回比赛中的下半场比他们的纪录不符。

我们特别质疑两件事:

1. Will the Blazers be able to sustain their defense?

2.当季后赛球队出现在时间表上时,对犹他州,丹佛和凤凰城等球队的“足够好”会保持足够好吗?

今晚给快船队损失的126分意味着对这些问题的回答。而且他们不漂亮。

开拓者有才华。开拓者had连续性和诚信...自从他们一直在努力重新获得的属性Wesley Matthews受伤。后两个特征的缺乏不会让它们充分利用第一个特征,至少不会长时间。波特兰仍然是季后赛球队,但此时他们看起来并不像一个很好的季后赛球队。

从拉姆罗德(Ramrod)到滑肖(Slipshod)的幻灯片并没有在一夜之间发生,但现在对肉眼可见。今晚对手的开放投篮,扣篮和进攻篮板的冰雹与开拓者队越来越停滞不前的进攻与越来越停滞不前的进攻,因为他们在滚滚而来的混乱阳ot云云中努力工作,作为证词。在赛季初,开拓者没有任何领先优势。4月1日,没有线索是安全的为了the Blazers. The gap between those two states is significant. Until Portland puts together 3-4 focused, effective quarters per night, they're not going to be able to bridge it with scoring and individual brilliance.

As the podcast concluded, we opined that this week would show plenty about Portland's mental state. If the Blazers are confident and riding high, games against the湖人在路上,在家中,新奥尔良都可以很容易地获胜。动摇和怀疑,每个人都拥有自己的潜在背叛品牌。与快船队的比赛是解锁一扇门或另一扇门的关键。只有一个傻瓜才能预测湖人和篮网的损失,甚至是对房屋的损失Pelicans。但是开拓者不仅需要本周带来胜利,还需要它来带来easywins. Starting off with a game that was neither easy nor a win is a concern.

伤害报告

为侮辱增加了伤害,多雷尔·赖特(Dorell Wright)在这场比赛中摔断了手

个人笔记

具有讽刺意味的是,许多开拓者队在本赛季的最大努力中都表现出色。最终毫无疑问。在成就中:

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 in the first half alone. He ended up with 29, which shows you something about Portland's second-half offense.

尼古拉斯·巴图姆(Nicolas Batum)在本赛季中表现最好,积极进攻进攻,尽最大努力为防守大火。他最终在下半场经常带保罗。高镐和滚动杀死了他,就像利拉德一样,但他追随了。7-11射击,距离为5-7,21分,3次抢断。无论胡须对他所做的一切都在起作用。每天晚上从现在开始需要这个。

达米安·利拉德(Damian Lillard)从地板和弧线投篮命中率为50%,但他的10助手超过了18分。

罗宾·洛佩兹(Robin Lopez)花了第一季度与快船队玩耍,然后似乎疲倦并完全失去了它。3-9射击,8个篮板。

Arron Afflalo picked his spots and shot 6-11 for 14 points. It was a solid enough night for him on offense. ContainingJ.J.Redick成为开拓者的紧迫次要问题。他们从未解决过。利拉德(Lillard)和阿弗拉洛(Afflalo)不要做出最好的防守组合,但利拉德(Lillard)和麦考勒姆(McCollum),利拉德(Lillard)和布雷克(Blake)等也不是。

说到CJ McCollum,他在5-6命中率上得到13分,弧线为3-4,并成为比赛后期的小球。当快船有意在弧线上覆盖利拉德时,麦考勒姆给了他的球队所需的罢工。这个家伙已经准备好了。

克里斯·卡曼(Chris Kaman)再次表现出色,在19分钟内得到7个篮板和8分。他看起来焕发青春。

开拓者队在周五晚上在斯台普斯中心(Staples Center)扮演洛杉矶湖人队。

Portland remains in 4th place in the Western Conference playoff bracket by virtue of their division lead, though they technically have the 6th-best record in the West right now. They'd need to make it to 3rd to improve their seeding position. They trail the 3rd-placeHouston Rocketsby 2.5 games, 2 in the loss column. They'd need to leapfrog the Clippers and the圣安东尼奥马刺to get there.

提醒您,第四个种子凭借分区的胜利并没有带来主场优势。如果第五种子的记录更好,他们会要求开拓者的主场。

波特兰的魔术数字可以在俄克拉荷马城雷霆站在1.波特兰的下一场胜利或OKC的下一个损失将使开拓者西北分区冠军成为冠军。

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