Yes, the chances are good there will be game 7. I'm serious(ly hoping). In the Game 4 prediction, my statement was, all I know is we will win Game 5. I expected that we would lose game 4... but I didn't expect we lost it that way (would have been sweet if we have won that game). If we won game 4, we won the series. We still would win G5 and one of G6 or G7. If we lose game 4, I expect we will win game 5. 3-2. Game 6 is a do or die for us. We are still the better team. So I expect we not just win game 6, but this time, we win it pretty comfortably.
Why do people keep saying we have the better team, just because we beat them 4-0 this season, does not mean we are better!! Just because we look good on paper, does not mean we are the better team. I would say Aldridge, Lilliard, Batum, Wright and Mo Williams have outplayed Asik, Beverley, Parsons, Garcia and Lin. That leaves Harden over Matthews, Jones over Trob and Daniels stands on his own basically. Coaches are also part of the team and Stotts clearly has that advantage so honestly, Portland is the better team, plain and simple. And the main reason is actually because they ARE a team! They get many assists, have a clear offense, are unselfish and play together. We on the other hand play ISO ball, get mad at each other, do not have clear plays, very little assists and are still not a team.
We can't win Harden iso ball which is basically 50% of our game plan. We can't win with Harden's lack of defense and effort. We cant win with Beverley not 100% or Lin at 100%. We cant win with Mchale as the head coach. But maybe something changes.
Dwight is Prepared. Chandler is Prepared. James is Prepared. Pat is prepared. Troy is prepared. TJones is prepared. Omer is prepared. I think that's all though. Kevin McHale is lost. Lost. I think we can pull it out if the guys just play ball and forget Kevin exists on the sidelines.
Just take care of game 5 at home. Game 6 Portland will have all the pressure in the world to close it out. Game 6 is a BOGO (Buy one get one) Game 7 we win by 20+. Raining 3's all over the place (Lin included). If there ever was a time to show what this team is made of it's now. I hope the players and coaches understand this. Please believe!!!!
All I'm saying is that if we win this series, I will be happier than a mother****er and take back everything I said about McHale
Me too. It's obvious this team is more talented as we've had double digit leads in the fourth quarter in almost every game. It just comes down to late game execution. And if Portland can not make every clutch shot down the stretch, that'd be nice too
Take care of game 5, n we'll see what happens game 6. Portland will run outta luck eventually. If we do end up winning our next two games, there's no doubt in my mind that we'll win the series. As it as right now, I'll give us 20% chance
It'll helps that we could of been up 3-1 now, i mean all of these games came down to the wire. Hopefully the tables will turn. Now we're facing elimination, they have to close us out, every chance they let slip, our chances grow.
Charles is right. This is not a typical 1-3. The games have been so close. Each game could have gone either way. Harden is the X factor. If Harden's offense comes around than chances are pretty high that Rockets win it in 7. That is unlikely though because Blazers have a good defensive plan against Harden. So it really looks like the series will remain close and Blazers have the mental edge being up 3-1.
