I'll say this and it doesn't necessarily feel right since NO is close to +200 to win the series and their 2nd best player is out but I think if they lose then Brow's reputation will take a a hit.
He should easily be the best player in this series and it isn't like Portland crushes NO on talent after you get past him and Dame. I just feel like if Por gets to 4 wins, you'll see people in this thread questioning how good Brow is. Maybe he struggles in crunch time, maybe he gets injured again, whatever but I do think if he has a 2 weeks like he had a last 2 months of the season then NO got a really good chance to take it.