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zyzz said:
Yeah I was listening to the Duncd On podcast and before this injury they said the Jazz are a terrible matchup for Portland because Utah runs a ton of pick and rolls and Kanter would be getting minutes. Leonard, Kanter, and Collins are all pretty rough in the playoffs. Collins might be their best bet against the Jazz and I don't think he's ready.
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eh i figured Kanter's minutes would be limited in a playoff series and they even had the option to bench him for Leonard or Collins if they needed to.

Now they have to play him regardless and he'll be absolutely target on the defensive end night in and night out for the Blazers in the playoffs.
 
Portland will do well to hold off San Antonio for the 4/5 matchup. If we do draw Portland, they're going to have a hard time containing our bigs. I was thinking they could play Aminu at the 5, but Rudy would just destroy him and Aminu wouldn't create enough offense.

It's going to be the Enes Kanter show
 
vegas said:
This year feels the opposite of last year. The other playoff teams couldn't lose, but neither could we. This year, we are getting tons of chances, but dropping games here and there that we didn't last year. Maybe we need to start rooting for the nuggets to take the 1 seed.

I also don't like the idea of facing Lillard in the playoffs, feels like he always has our number.
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He can't do it all by himself.
 
The Jazz also likely need to win 6 or 7 more games to hold off OKC and San Antonio. We need to match OKC win for win from here.
 
According to the interwebs, McCollum is not traveling with the team on their upcoming 4-game road trip. With Nurk's unfortunate injury, you might assume they'd struggle, but they're playing Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, and Minnesota. Only Detroit have a winning record, and that's by one game. I can't see them doing any worse than 3-1.
 
UTA will face POR in R1 and if they advance the winner of GSW vs SEED8 in R2.
GSW will take #1 because DEN has a brutal schedule. HOU may have a chance to take #2 too, which doesn't concern UTA because they will be either 4 or 5.

R1 Matchups
1. GSW vs LAC
2. DEN vs OKC
3. HOU vs SAS
4. UTA vs POR

R2
GSW vs UTA
HOU vs OKC

CF
GSW vs HOU
 
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