Spurs-Blazers Preview: Victor Wembanyama TOO MUCH for Portland | The Dime With Josh and Kwab
Josh and Kwab preview the 1st round series between Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs and Deni Advija and the Portland Trail Blazers
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00:00 Intro
00:37 The Blazers win if…
02:43 The Spurs win if…
03:58 PrizePicks
05:31 Blazers X-Factor
08:44 Spurs X-Factor
11:03 Series Predictions
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29 Comments
Do the Blazers have any shot to upset the Spurs?
Blazers wonāt beat them but they sure are going to wear them down
No chance. Spurs in 5.
As a Spurs fan Iām not underestimating the Blazers. Talented team with spirit. But I am so glad we do not have to face Dillon Brooksā¦who would make it his personal mission to make Wembyās night a living hell and maybe even go over the line once or twice. Much happier to play Portland š
Spurs winning the series in 5, I'll give Portland 1 game which comes on their home floor in game 3 or 4
This Spurs fan appreciates small market teams and even more so when those teams only have one pro sports franchise , like SA, (Portland, Sacremento – not OKC).
Spurs in 5. Portland will play competitively all series
I say spurs in 5-6, I donāt underestimate the blazers. Theyāre coming off a hard fought play in tourney win and morale might be high. Spurs HAVE to win both home games to avoid a drawn out series. But I think we win both and steal one in Portland and close it out back here in SA.
Blazers thrive in the CAOS !!
Bring on wemby .. we want all the challenges!!
This is why we fans.
My brain says spurs in 5 .. but my heart goes Blazers in 7 ..
WE BELIEVE ā¤ļø
Blazers are gonna be a team the spurs donāt want to underestimate. Spurs 4-0.
As a blazers fan, I wouldnāt be surprised if we got swept, but I also wouldnāt be surprised if we push it to 6 games and make it competitive. But I think people are writing off the Blazers too soon. It probably wonāt be a sweep. The blazers are great at defense, and their roster if finally healthy for the first time this season and are on a small win streak. We have momentum and I think thatās underrated. If shots are falling for the blazers, it might be closer than people are giving the blazers credit for.
I just donāt see how the blazers are gonna stop the spurs guards. We saw how the spurs guards basically beat up okcs perimeter defenders who Iām sure weād all consider to be better perimeter defenders than the blazers. I also donāt see how the blazers score on this team. Just shooting good from 3 isnāt going to win a game against the spurs. Your not gonna hit 30 3s your gonna eventually have to go into the paint and we all know whose in that paint. I also think the spurs have a deeper bench
As a Spurs fan I hope the squad comes out and calms down to play their game. Once they get into rhythm I believe we can take the series in about 5 games. I am really glad we won't be facing brooks and the suns, that guy's is just an annoying pest and I don't like him as a player.
I donāt think it is a mismatch at all. It will be 4-3 Spurs. Avdija is super legit and when he goes down hill he will get the calls. Blazers also play high tempo and they play defense.
"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."
Spurs win the regular season 2-1 and Wemby have not play in any of them.
Blazers are coached Tiago splitter who was on the 2014 spurs. This is gonna be interesting
Some love spread from Marseille, France ā¤ Watching every content, keep up the great job mates and… gentleman sweep from SAS incoming in this serie imo, the alien is coming for all of them š½š½
AP says #2 Spurs will win.
#1 OKC will win.
Spurs @ Thunder in WCF coming soon…
Spurs fan. Of course picking the Spurs but I like the Blazers team. Of course we love our former Spur/Blazer guys like coach Tiago, Kersey, Porter, Strickland, Smitty, Kerr. Derek Anderson, not so much. šš
You need to have 5 shooters on the floor at all times that can hit shots vs the Spurs or you will get blown out.
Portland is going to be a challenge. They play hard and defend well all game. We cannot take them lightly at all because they will beat us if we do.
We win if we figure out how to defend Clingan at the 3 point line without Wemby having to leave the paint to contest his shots. You can bet they will try to use Clinganās shooting ability to try to draw Wemby out of the paint like Denver does with Jokic. Or they will go to their small ball lineup they used against Phoenix in the play-in to also test that. We need to counter that look well too to win.
There an obvious big gap in overall ability and quality of the two teams. But beyond that, the Spurs are a bad matchup for the Blazers. Portland's scoring relies a lot on slashing to the rim and second-chance points, and both of those things will be extremely difficult against a Wemby-led team. Wemby didn't play vs Portland at all this season, so this will be their first time facing him since 2024. It won't end well for them.
Tiago is still really close to the Spurs organization so he will some Intel on what we like to do that he can draw on.
Totally agree. Portland has always been a tough place to play. They have a real home court advantage there during the playoffs because their fans are awesome.
Go SPURS Goš„š„š„š„š„š„
Spurs in 4 wont be no driving to the lane now
Analyst: "Well, I've never really seen the Blazers play. I'm ignorant of their 3 point shooting. And Wemby hasn't played them all year, but I already know the Spurs are 'just better'" LOL
X-factor matchup Dylan Harper versus Scoot Henderson. I like Harper to outperform Scoot.
Spurs in 6