Andrew Stricker

@DavidMacKayNBA One of the most apt tweets I’ve seen all series.

Shaedon Sharpe only getting six minutes in an elimination game because of his defense as a fourth-year player concerns me.

This game is over but Victor Wembenyama launching himself into a dunker and “blocking” the shot while slamming his body into Camara. Refs call nothing, Doris and company fawning over it. An egregious missed call. Yet the same foul on Wembenyama results in a review for a flagrant.

One this is for certain: the Blazers will not win if/when Jrue Holiday plays this bad.

Everyone commenting on Blazers inability to make threes. As it relates to this series, the problem is not making them. The problem is getting them. The number of open catch and shoot threes available is astonishingly one sided in the spurs favor.

Hard to say what’s worse: my golf game this weekend, or blazers second halves this weekend.

That was a really bad defensive quarter from Shaedon and Scoot. Will not look good on tape tomorrow.

Toumani: passing up layups. Still shooting sideways threes. Not a good series for him.

Wembenyama cleared protocol, I get it. But the eye test shows a lethargic, glass eyed, mis handling the bal and mis judging the speed of the game. Very out of character.

I think 90% of Toumani’s threes have come off immediately crooked, and I don’t believe Jerami Grant has hit the rim on roughly half the “attempts” he’s had in the paint.

That is a disappointing wilting. Conceding much too easily to Harper, not being able to hold onto rebounds on either end, horrible shooting behind both lines (many behind the three point line being ill advised looks)…that’s how you lose 15 point leads.

James Williams is a complete joke. Unserious, unethical official. Cannot referee anyone playoff game. Done.

Toumani is going to get some praise for his fourth quarter defense. Don’t overlook Deni on that end. Stout.

@DannyMarang Fouling up 3 when you’re not a good free throw shooting team, have hordes of great defenders, and have had trouble inbounding the ball all season. HORRIFIC strategy to be frank.

Oh man, heady play by Jrue but Tou maybe should’ve taken the points there….MAYBE 😂🫠

Fouling up 3 when you’re not a good free throw shooting team and have had trouble inbounding the ball all season. HORRIFIC strategy by Tiago.

So far this is Scoot Henderson’s best career game. I hope I’m not jinxing this.

Would really like to see Shaedon do less swiping for steals when on ball defending. Constantly getting himself out of position when I believe he has the foot speed and length to stifle ballhandlers by just being fundamentally solid and staying in front.

@CHold lol 🤝 I think we can agree that THAT was a foul on Kornet right? Haha. Angry Tiago!

@DrewStricker Nah, more driving out of control in an attempt to sell the call

Absolutely not a foul either but the game is the game

@CHold Jrue sideswiped his planted right leg in the middle of the spin move, causing the imbalance and subsequent face plant fall.

@DrewStricker He literally spins and falls and lands on his chin, isn't upended in the slightest and the concussion is completely outside of the play.

@CHold I’d argue incidental contact doesn’t often end in an upending/concussion 😂. It’s similar to Victor slamming Deni on the first poss. of game 1. You cant pull the chair or attempt a shot block like that if the process results in that level of contact, without a should be foul.

@DrewStricker I watched it dozen times, regular old pull the chair, what little contact there is is incidental. Go Blazers!

@CHold How convincing. I’ve watched it a half dozen times. It’s a foul - not a big deal. It’s good karma to acknowledge when your team is officiated properly even when it goes against them. Go Blazers!

@DrewStricker No, it wasn't