Blazer's Edge

On this episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast, Danny Marang goes rapid fire with a lookback at Portland's win in Game 1 vs the Denver Nuggets - what went right, what went wrong, shout outs to top performers, Damian Lillard's continued excellence, Jusuf Nurkic's contribution, whether or not to be worried about Norman Powell's performance, potential adjustments heading into Game 2, and a handful of listener questions to get you ready for Monday's match up and Game 2 of the series! Intro Opening comments Game 1 takeaways 2:00 Good, bad and the ugly Portland shines in Game 1 - no ball stopping! 4:00 Carmelo Anthony, have a game Damian Lillard is THAT guy, shocking 6:00 Jusuf Nurkic delivers 7:00 Game plan was incredibly solid 9:00 Playing Nikola Jokic heads up 10:00 Anfernee Simons and Melo leading the bench charge 11:30 Quick thoughts on rotations 14:30 Game 2 adjustments for Denver 15:00 Getting Jokic in the middle of the floor 17:30 Bad shooting luck 18:00 Does Denver play less aggressively 20:00 Listener qu