On Sunday, Steve Nash played outstanding against Portland, but Andre Miller played better. Not only that, but Jerryd Bayless used his strength and athleticism to earn baskets in the lane and get to the free throw line. The Blazer guards were truly game changers.
Despite being wrong about this matchup on Sunday, I have to recycle the same logic and prediction for this game. Nash had a great game on Sunday, his teammates just missed a lot of open looks and missed opportunities to capitalize. Nash is good for 20 and 10 while I'm not so confident about Miller or Bayless matching their numbers from Sunday. Although, someone has to right? Still, Dragic will be better and Nash is so consistently good I have to give him the edge.
The one real weak spot in the game for Portland on Sunday was at shooting guard. Rudy missed most of his open looks and Martell seemed lost up until those two huge blocks, of course.
Not only that, but Leandro Barbosa was deadly in the first half, hitting open threes in the half court set, something he almost never does. Richardson struggled with his shot but ...
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