{"id":10798,"date":"2016-04-20T08:02:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/hornets-pistons-blazers-look-to-avoid-0-2-deficits\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T08:02:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:02:37","slug":"hornets-pistons-blazers-look-to-avoid-0-2-deficits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/hornets-pistons-blazers-look-to-avoid-0-2-deficits\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets, Pistons, Blazers look to avoid 0-2 deficits"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI<\/strong> \u2014 Heat star Dwyane Wade often can be heard saying at playoff time that a series hasn\u2019t truly started until somebody wins on the home floor of its opponent.<\/p>\n

Charlotte, Detroit and Portland probably can appreciate that sort of thinking.<\/p>\n

A two-day break between their Game 1 road losses on Sunday and the Game 2\u2019s that await when three series resume tonight \u2014 Charlotte is at Miami, Detroit goes back to Cleveland and Portland visits the Los Angeles Clippers \u2014 means the Hornets, Pistons and Trail Blazers all have ample time to make adjustments.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo days in between games kind of helps to at least look at the game a few more times and decide what you want to do,\u201d Portland coach Terry Stotts said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to reinvent ourselves in two days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, it also means the Heat, Cavaliers and Clippers have plenty of time to anticipate what\u2019s coming as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you have to think ahead and try to see what, if you were in their position, what adjustments you would make and be prepared for that,\u201d Wade said.<\/p>\n

Expect great urgency from the road teams Wednesday, since it\u2019s clear what an 0-2 deficit means in the postseason. Since 2008, 53 of the last 55 teams to win the first two games of an NBA playoff series have ultimately prevailed. No team has advanced after trailing 0-2 since Memphis against the Clippers in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Hornets at Heat, Miami leads 1-0. 3 p.m., NBA TV.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte has been exceptional at bouncing back from losses over the last three months or so, going 9-1 in the games immediately following a defeat since the end of January.<\/p>\n

That resiliency will be put to the test in Game 2.<\/p>\n

Not only was Sunday\u2019s series-opening loss the Hornets\u2019 worst of the season, but it was the franchise\u2019s 11th straight playoff defeat overall and the most points given up by Charlotte in any of its last 115 non-overtime games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe things we made mistakes on are correctible,\u201d Charlotte\u2019s Marvin Williams said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t so much what Miami did \u2014 take nothing away from how they played, they played extremely well, they did what they\u2019re supposed to do. But we didn\u2019t play our best basketball. We know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luol Deng scored 31 for the Heat in Game 1, and Hassan Whiteside scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in his playoff debut. But Heat coach Erik Spoelstra doesn\u2019t want his team thinking anything came easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the mental discipline,\u201d Spoelstra said. \u201cThat is the playoffs, staying present and realizing reality versus a lot of noise. That\u2019s what we have to manage right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pistons at Cavaliers, Cleveland leads 1-0. 4 p.m., TNT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Detroit went home to work Monday and Tuesday, choosing the comforts of familiarity over hotel living for two extra days (and it\u2019s only about a 30-minute flight, so it\u2019s not like the extra travel grind would wear anyone out).<\/p>\n

Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said his team would have some different wrinkles in Game 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I\u2019m not smart enough to come up with anything real complex,\u201d Van Gundy said. \u201cIt\u2019s just different from what we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Detroit had a chance to steal the opener, leading by seven with 11 minutes left. Then LeBron James checked back into the game, and Cleveland outscored the Pistons 30-18 the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

James has played on 15 teams that took 2-0 leads in playoff series. Those teams won all 15 times, six of those coming in sweeps.<\/p>\n

Kyrie Irving (31), Kevin Love (28) and James (22) combined for 81 of Cleveland\u2019s 106 points in the opener. The other six Cavs that played shot 10 for 25 from the floor, scoring 25 points combined. And further making it seem like it was a Pistons\u2019 opportunity missed, Detroit fell to 13-2 this season in games where it shot 49 percent or better.<\/p>\n

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Trail Blazers at Clippers, Los Angeles leads 1-0. 6:30 p.m., TNT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It might sound silly, but Portland lost by 20 and found a lot to like about the game.<\/p>\n

The Blazers missed 50 of their 83 shots, and 20 of their 30 tries from 3-point range \u2014 and go into Game 2 thinking that if the same opportunities present themselves Wednesday, the outcome could be different.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey played as good a game as they\u2019ve played in a while,\u201d Portland guard Damian Lillard said of the Clippers. \u201cWe just have to understand that the things we saw on film, if we clean up some of those things offensively and defensively, then we\u2019ll have a chance. We know we\u2019ll have a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blake Griffin had his best game since returning from injury for the Clippers, finishing with 19 points and 12 rebounds in Game 1. Los Angeles is 6-0 with Griffin since he returned to the lineup.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to get his game going,\u201d Clippers coach Doc Rivers said.<\/p>\n

And Chris Paul simply controlled Game 1, the Clippers outscoring the Blazers by 29 points in Paul\u2019s 33 minutes of play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey go as Damian goes,\u201d Clippers guard Austin Rivers said. \u201cOur focus was to stop him and limit everybody else as well. And I still think we can do a better job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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