THE BLAZERS HAVE MADE THE PLAY-IN!

Peeps in Plaid

The Blazers finished the last 5 games 4-1 to go 6-2 in the seeding games and just barely make it to the play in with the 8 seed! Damian Lillard is setting records and tying his career high of 61 to somehow squeak out wins and will his team to the play-in against the Memphis Grizzlies! Tara Bowen-Biggs joins us as we discuss how stressful and intense that final game against the Brooklyn Nets was, how we feel about the Blazers chances going forward, how this team struggles despite Dame's dominance, we also discuss the hall of fame, 100 Percent Trent and more! What questions do you have? Comment and hit us up on Twitter! Peeps in Plaid | @PeepsInPlaid | https://www.twitter.com/peepsinplaid Christian Gmelin | @ChristianGmelon | https://www.twitter.com/christiangmelon Austin Kaphammer | @AKaphammer | https://www.twitter.com/akaphammer And you can find this episode’s guest: Tara Bowen-Biggs | @tcbbiggs | https://twitter.com/tcbbiggs Huge thank you to Tara for joining us especially late and after a mentally taxing game! And to our musical contributors, Ziggy Zay and Mashonibeats for the intro and outro music. Check out Ziggy wherever you stream your music and Mashoni on Soundcloud! Episode Timeline: :26 – The Blazers win, and welcome Tara! 1:50 – Reviewing Blazers-Nets, and the stress that came with watching it. 4:47 – Are we worried about these close games? 6:09 – Could you imagine if this was the last game of the season? 7:02 – Dame is garnering ALL the attention. 17:24 – What were the Blazers chances going into the seeding games? 18:54 – The Nets are mirroring the Clippers last year, and the Blazers should have beaten them more easily. 20:25 – CJ has a broken back??? Tara's research comes to the rescue as we try to understand. 24:20 – Christian predicted all 5 final games correctly, we summarize those games. 25:35 – Christian retells the tragedy of failing to secure $61 Dames. 27:15 – How do we feel going into the Grizzlies Play-in and potential Lakers Playoff games? 31:51 – Has Zach Collins been overhyped? Can he continue to improve and impress? 39:45 – For the Blazers, the best defense is THE BEST offense. 40:30 – Let's talk Hall of Fame! Do the Blazers have hall of famers on their team? Tara describes her experience at the Naismith Hall of Fame. 47:25 – Brief discussion on Dame and the haters/Skip Bayless. S/O @GoldnerPDX 49:05 – Damian Lillard cares, and he leads, and he is involved... and we are lucky to have him. 52:40 – Christian explains his gripe with the Hall of Fame by dropping a bomb of sadness. 58:00 – Discussing the WNBA, Seattle Storm and Brittney Griner. 101:21 – #100PercentTrent is a perfect nickname for a guy who give it his all every play.