On this week's episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang breakdown Game 1 of Trail Blazers v. Pelicans, diagnose what went wrong, how to adjust in Game 2 and the rest of the series, what happened to the Blazers offense, analyze the last two possessions of the game, discuss what happened to Jusuf Nurkic, try to figure out what happened to Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum and much more!

IntroTaking in the game while travelingHighlights from the first quarterLowlights the rest of the nightBlazers bench tries to save the dayBlazers trying to control the paceThe Pelicans almost make a fatal errorJrue Holiday steals the show on both ends of the floorPlayoff Nurkic wasn’t a thing yet, whyHow did Nurkic look in his first real playoff gameThe Blazers not getting Nurkic involvedThe disappearance of the pick and rollBlazers deep rotation v Pelicans short rotationOfficiating in Game 1-not badPortland failed to adjust and capitalize to NOPs game planBlazers offense disappears with the startersWill things look different with Maurice Harkless backBlazers bench v Pelicans benchBreaking down & understanding the final possessions for the BlazersJrue Holiday makes game saving playsWho was the Game 1 MVPWhy couldn’t the Blazers executeHow did the Blazers close the gapPelicans putting on the breaks too soonSilver liningsModa Center crowd, please do betterTaking a look around the leagueSurprises so farHow can the Blazers capitalize in Game 2Establishing your game planNurkic needs to show up big timeClosing commentsOutro

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