Anyone else concerned we couldn't pull away and blow them out in Game 5?

This has probably been asked already, but isn't 10+ points considered a blowout?

 

In this series, it is.

 

It was a good experience for the guys to win in clutch time.

Never did they look rattled when POR made their run. I'd say that's progress.

 

Portland is playing with fire right now.

You can kind of compare them to a DAM with holes in it.

At some point, the hole is going create a total breach.

The Rockets keep jumping out to these double digit leads and are followed with Portland's ridiculous three point shooting.

Law of averages suggest that Houston will eventually keep up there strong play and run Portland out of the gym.

Something concerning for Portland, is that Houston's defense has started to rotate really well.

 

Harden needs to be in his "lemme just hit seven baskets in a row" mode. That's what seems to trigger a rout.

 

I keep thinking the same thing. There's no WAY Portland can continue shooting so far over their average while Harden is so far below his, right? Isn't Lillard something like 45% from three so far? LMA came back down to earth, maybe Harden will rise up. Or it could be that he's just not adjusting to the playoff defense. Either way we need him to snap out of it fast while the other pieces step up.

 

This is the playoffs, the entire 1st round across most of the NBA has been heavily contested.

You should actually be referring to last night's NETS v Raptors Game where brooklyn scored 44pts in the 4th. While the Raptors narrowly won.