Spurs-Blazers Prediction: CLOSER than expected but Wemby & Fox too good for Deni Avdija
Jason reacts to the Portland Trail Blazers beating the Phoenix Suns in the NBA play-in game for the right to play the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. He breaks down every angle of the series including how Victor Wembanyama and Deni Avdija will fare in their first playoff runs.
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Gentleman’s sweep, spurs lose game 4 cuz they don’t do play well in early afternoon games.
Broooooo why you cut your hair??? Long hair suits you so well!!!!
Overrating the spurs massively
Portland going to try and get creative to get Wemby out the paint or cause delay responses with movement.
Grant, Williams and Clingen will get 3 point looks.
Deni vs Castle he had triple double vs Castle but it was struggle for Deni and that was without Victor on the floor.
Also, Deni in 3 games averaged 31 vs spurs.
But Fox averaged 28 vs Portland Camara, Dru had tough time guarding Fox.
Good matchup. Wemby factor is real for 29 teams.
Won't be any driving in the lane in this series I promise u spurs 4-0
Great Take! Very interesting what you said about that Portland lineup.
I think people don’t know how good blazers hadn’t played in full roster all season until last game! It’s gonna be an entertaining Series for sure! Blazers in 7! 🔥
Lol Spurs can't beat suns while Trailblazer beat the suns in their homecourt so how the spurs can handle trailblazer ? this is so unfair trailbrazers will gonna sweep the weak spurs and send them to an early vacation hahahahaha
you need to learn that trailblazer is enough to sweep the spurs easily while the nuggets is overkill
Spurs defense is very different when Wemby is playing
"If they go to that lineup with Wemby on the floor, that's their best chance to be competitive'.
Jason, the Spurs are 2-1 vs the Blazers this year all without Wemby. There is no iteration of this Spurs team that isn't at least "competitive" against the Blazers 😂
probably doesn't go past 5 all things considered
tomatoes tomato, Spurs in 4
I have a hard time seeing this going more than 5 games, unless San Antonio comes out looking extremely unfocused and unprepared.
I like how people only think other teams against the Spurs will make adjustments. Like the Spurs are just gonna make no adjustments because they have no "experience". I think one of pros for the Spurs that's disguised as a negative is when Vic comes out the game, the other team readjust to playing "normal" basketball and when Vic comes back in, it's harder to unlearn what you've always known. So Spurs typically out play the other teams more for that reason. I'm actually more interested to see if extended minutes will be a good thing or not.
I don’t think it will happen if not one game but Blazers need to have a high shooting fg from the outside to beat them. But don’t think it will happen. Spurs in 4 😊
To hear the narrator describe it, you would think Portland was the team that won 62 games this season, not San Antonio! Sorry dude, the Spurs are a beast! No team has been able to keep Fox, Harper or Castle out of the paint. That includes better teams than Portland! Good luck with that!
Pretty much all you Talked about was the Spurs supposed " Weaknesses ”! guess you must have missed the 62 games they won this year despite those terrible weaknesses, huh??? I If the Spurs have exploitable weaknesses with their record and their ability to stomp and steamroll team, including the defending champs, what kind of Exploitable weaknesses does Portland, who only won 42 games and lost 40 games have??? I guess you didn't do your homework and find that the Spurs have the best record by about five games against all the other playoff teams?
4-2 Portland
blazers can bully the Spurs and attack Wemby to get him in foul trouble. The game is gonna slow down and Portland can be more physical. They can win this series, taking that +900 all day.
Its playoff basketball it will be physical. hopefully wemby skinny frame can last because blazers gonna go at him hard
It doesn't look close at all.
Portland is clearly one of the teams most affected by Wemby's presence at the rim.
Liked your take about Blazers lineup .. it could work
Blazers in 6!
Probably spurs in 6. I think Stephon castle can be a liability, especially against a defense that has so much size and length and defensive prowess. I can see Portland try to put a lot of pressure on Wemby to produce and get him winded come end of games. The X factor in this series is Clingan. If he can contain wemby’s effectiveness and get physical with him, it’s going to be a long series.
Blazers in 6
Spurs in 5
Blazers can guard the perimeter against the Spurs. That's where the advantages end. They don't shoot nearly well enough from three to counter the fact that deni's inside game is basically totally taken off the table by a 7'6" alien. Clingan is the key. Spurs are going to dare him to shoot. If he can make them, now we're talking.
I just hope nobody injures Wemby
Predicting the Portland terrorist to win 2 whole games is actually shocking. Disappointing, considering the source. 5 games at most, but have bet on a Spurs sweep personally! #PorVida
Comparing the suns to the spurs is like comparing a house cat to a fucking Tiger
Spurs in 5
only reason deni averaged 32 against the spurs is that whenever he got thru his initial opponent, nobody is guarding him anymore. he ain't having those open looks with wemby on the floor. i can see him struggling in the series, with holiday having to take way more shots than they expected and bricking a lot of them. i see portland getting a game, but spurs in 5
My number 1 rule with going vs the spurs
If you can’t make pull up jumpers you can’t beat the spurs
What are you doing with your hair man
Castle and Bryant about to do unspeakable things to Dani. Sorry to dissapoint but we "got #5 on it"
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