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We're back at it again boys. Game 2 starts tomorrow night at 7:00pm as the Spurs look to take a 2-0 series lead over the Guests.
Damian Lillard remains OUT for Portland. Jordan McLaughlin remains OUT for the Spurs. Everyone else is expected to be available for both teams.
Blazers are currently ranked:
- 19th in Net Rating
- 21st in Off. Rating
- 12th in Def. Rating
- 9th in Pace (at 101.63 Possessions per 48 min)
- 17th in PPG at 115.5
- 29th in FG% at 45.3
- 22nd in eFG% at 53.4
- 28th in 3PT% at 34.3
- 3rd in 3PT FGA per game at 42.2
- 14th in 3PT FGM per game at 14.5
- 9th in FTA per game at 25.2
- 22nd in TS% at 57
- 7th in Reb. % at 51.7
- 4th in Off. Reb.% at 35.4
- 18th in Ast.% at 61.6
- Dead last in Ast/TO Ratio at 1.46
Will be interesting to see what adjustments Tiago and the Guests make tomorrow night now that they've seen Wemby and have some tape on him. I imagine they'll send more doubles his way to try and get the ball out of his hands to force his supporting cast to beat them. Hopefully he saved some made 3's for this one as well after going 4/5 from beyond the arc in Game 1.
Will be equally interesting to see how Mitch and the Spurs counter that, as well as what adjustments we make on Deni, who dropped an efficient 30/10/5 game on us in his first career Playoff game too. Portland started putting Clingan on Steph in the 2nd half yesterday so I assume Spurs will make adjustments to this as well (this should be an easy fix tbh). Hopefully Scoot Henderson also cools off in this off after dropping 18 pts on 64% shooting on Sunday.
Steph will also be looking to bounce back after not shooting it well in Game 1 (4/13 for 31% FG, 3 TO's, and a team worst -2). I know he'll be eager to redeem himself. Hopefully he does (and hopefully he gets a better whistle in this one too tbh). Their game plan was in the last one was to leave him open from 3 and force him to beat us from beyond the arc.
I thought Fox quietly had a pretty solid game in Game 1 for us (17/5/8 on 47% shooting) and was a steadying hand for our guys throughout the game. We'll need another solid performance from him in this one.
That's all I got. Let's take care of business so our young guys can head north for their first road Playoff games with a 2-0 lead.
Let's get it.
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