Portland Trail Blazers' strategy is to leave the Nuggets wide open and shout at them.

The Portland Trail Blazers are underemployed in their efforts to defeat the Denver Nuggets and reach the finals of the Western Conference. With the center Jusuf Nurkic absent with a fracture of fibia and tibula, the Blazers no longer benefit from the protection of the rim they had in the regular season. To make up, they created a three point corner shield using their … voices.

Let us explain. Led by assistant coach Nate Tibbets, Meyers Leonard and Enes Kanter, the Blazers used an ancestral tactic of shouting and bumping off the bench to divert the Nuggets' shooters from the risk of losing shots. otherwise open.

And it works! In two games, the Nuggets played 48 minutes in front of the Portland bench – the first half of every game. In the first game, Denver missed and missed just three points in the Blazers' bench quota area. The Nuggets ended up scoring 121 points in a win.

But in game 2, they were almost welcomed take off from the Portland bench. Portland allowed the Nuggets to take EIGHT attempts from the left corner. They made up each and every one.

Tibbets was the most lively participant on the court side. The five-year-old Blazers assistant coach got up on the Nuggets shots and sometimes seemed to reach out, as if he was about to play the defense himself. . It really had to be removed!

Tibbets was not the only one to interfere in this trio of Monte Morris. Discover Kanter, taking a few lateral steps in his bright red uniform, shouting lord-knows-what white towel clenched in an aggressive fist.

It was not the only bench of the Blazers. Watch Evan Turner rise from the abyss behind Gary Harris to make fun of him.

Look closer now.

The joint effort was also strong for this Harris three from the beginning of the first quarter, each being his par excellence.

Tibbets', the catalyst of the night, pointed to Harris, who lit the crowd of deep benches (Jake Layman, Anfernee Simons, Leonard) to get up and scream. Turner then screamed from his chair and Seth Curry whispered something from a sitting position on the wall (?)

Will this strategy work for a whole series? Probably not. There is no evidence to suggest that vocal boredom is a sustainable way to prevent elite basketball players from making open pitches. Also, in theory, it's completely ridiculous. If the seven-foot arms in the faces of these guys do not work, will shouts do it?

To avoid going to the super-nerd, corner turns are also the shortest distance from the depth basket. Teams should not leave these open!

But for now, whatever the reason, the screaming power of Trail Blazers' Monsters Inc. prevails. Do not question it.