Colin Cowherd: “I actually thought Portland winning Saturday was a wakeup call, and maybe I’m being way too high on Portland. Let’s be honest, the Lakers mailed it in this Bubble. They're just sitting there getting hydrated and playing XBOX with their veterans rested and ready to go. Portland and Damian Lillard have played nine-straight playoff-level games. Lillard averaged 41 minutes a game at the Bubble, and LeBron averaged 31 a game. He’s played 112 more minutes than LeBron, which is almost three full games… They are exhausted and they are shot… This is a lousy defensive team even on their good days. ‘Melo is their best wing defender at 36, I’m not joking. I watched that Grizzlies game and they couldn’t close out Memphis and they couldn’t stop Memphis. I have to revisit my prediction on this one.” (Full Segment Above)
Listen to Colin Cowherd explain why he’s jumping off the Portland Trail Blazer bandwagon just a few days after boldly proclaiming that the eighth-seeded Blazers would upset the top seed Lakers in the First Round that begins Tuesday night.
Check out the video above as Colin details why he already sold all his stock with Portland after their narrow and underwhelming play-in game victory over the harmless Grizzlies.
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