Doc’s Sports

Golden State is playing some of their best basketball of the season right now. Maybe some of these players hate Kevin Durant and want to win in spite of him, but they have rallied around each other and things have been working out great. Portland, at the end of Game 3, reminded me of the old Clippers team when they would be close in the playoffs at the end of a game. They just completely fell apart and had no control of the ball. They were just hoisting prayer shots up. They were basically panicking with their season on the line and the Warriors were cool, calm and collected. Portland needed that Game 3 to have any chance in this series. They are sunk now. And with a good chance to win heading into the fourth and with the way they played (and something isn’t right with Lillard right now), we don’t see how they can pick themselves up and be competitive here in this elimination game.

5-Unit Play. Take #955 Atlanta over San Francisco (9:45 p.m. Monday, May 20)

Atlanta had a long flight to stew about dropping the final game of a three game set to the Brewers, but I think they will be able to bounce back in the first game of this series against the Giants. Mike Soroka has been everything the Braves could of asked for and more so far this season. Soroka has allowed more than 1 run in just one of the six starts he has made this season and he is 2-0 with a 0.96 ERA in three starts on the road. As good as Soroka has been on the mound, I'm sure he would like a little more run support as they Braves offense has averaged only 2.8 runs in his starts. I think Atlanta's offense could be more productive tonight against scheduled starter Andrew Suarez who will be making his first start in the majors this year. Suarez went 7-13 with a 4.49 ERA last year for San Francisco but he has an ERA over 6 in Triple-A this year and I think he will have his hands full tonight with the Braves dangerous lineup.

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