GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

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  1. Darkwebs

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    STARTING LINEUP


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    CONLEY , LEE , ALLEN , RANDOLPH , GASOL








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    LILLARD , MATTHEWS , BATUM , ALDRIDGE , LOPEZ







    WHEN: 7:00 PM, FRIDAY, 11/28/2014


    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:

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    BENCH

    MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
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    UDRIH , CARTER , PONDEXTER , PRINCE , LEUER , KOUFOS


    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    BLAKE , BARTON , CRABBE , FREELAND , KAMAN




    INJURIES
    GRIZZLIES
    NONE
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    CJ McCollum (fractured right index finger): OUT




    HEAD COACHES
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    DAVID JOERGER--- TERRY STOTTS




    :reading:BLAZERS' GAME NOTES




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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Blazers vs. Memphis Game Preview (11/28/14):

    Them: 13-2, best record in the league

    Our Last game: @ CHA 11/26/14
    Their Last game: @ LAL, W 99-93 11/26/14
    Changes to their roster:
    Injury Updates Portland: CJ McCollum (out). MEM: Nick Calathes (out). Fun fact to know and tell: ESPN’s matchup shows up with “no significant injuries” (even though CJ is out) while putting Nick Calathes on their list. Lazy reporting? Inattention to detail?

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    Matchups:

    PG: Damian Lillard v. Mike Conley, Jr.(16.4ppg, 6.2 apg) Fun to think that some people wanted a swap of Conley for Lillard after the rookie year, when Dame is on his way to following up his 3rd Team All-NBA with something even better this year. Conley is scoring efficiently (as a lefty, homeless-man’s Nash) and is always among Top 5 in steals, but MEM’s gameplan will not let him chase Dame out farther than Dame’s willing to shoot. If he’s not completely off, he can have a big game tonight.

    SG: Wesley Matthews v. Courtney Lee (13.5ppg, 53% FG%), SF: Nic Batum v. Tony Allen (9.9ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.6apg). A tale of two wing positions. Tony Allen is your consummate 3-and-D (but mostly D) guy, and Courtney Lee can fill it up from all over the court. Wes and Nic won’t have their hands full, but with the expectation that the bigs will go off a bit, they have to make sure that they don’t leave Lee/Allen open because they’re focusing on Gasol and Z-bo.

    PF: LaMarcus Aldridge v. Zach Randolph (16.1ppg, 11.6rpg, 47% FG%) The student becoming the master is kind of trite, but this matchup is one that it seems to be going LMA’s way more often. They’re 7-7 against each other all time, with Z-bo having the edge on stats (21/11 vs. 19/7.5),but LMA’s outscored Z-bo every game since 2010. Unfortunately, the Blazers are 2-3 in those games.

    C: Robin Lopez v. Marc Gasol (19.8ppg, 8.3rpg, 3.1apg, 50% FG%) Gasol has slimmed down a bit, but his profile has never been bigger. He’s scored 30 in 2 games in the last week after doing so twice in his entire career before that, all while facilitating offense and playing his normal outstanding D. He’s garnering MVP attention early, and he’s putting the Grizzlies on his back and winning while doing it. Don’t expect that Lopez gets a lot today unless they put Gasol on LMA, in which case RoLo can out-quick Z-bo (though he’ll have his hands full on the boards).

    Give-a-Rip (City) Factor—a.k.a. why you should watch: After a road trip where the team went 3-0 against 3 bad E-League teams by playing about 5 good quarters out of 12, it’s time to come back to home holiday cooking against the best record in the league. A frontcourt easily on par with ours, as well as a rest of the starting lineup that has talent, defined roles and has played together for a while. Their tough D against our amazing offense (at least at home). Our league-leading rebounding against MEM’s frontcourt. Oh yeah, and trying to extend the league’s longest winning streak to 10-games.

    Current Power Rankings:

    RipCityTwo (PtldPlatypus): (6) Vince Carter is going to be a busy, busy man chucking 3's in Memphis. I forsee many 90-85 games in their future

    ESPN: (2) Jealous of how svelte Marc Gasol looks every time I turn on the TV! He's slimmed his way right into the heart of the MVP race ... if we're allowed to discuss such things before Thanksgiving. Playing the grit-grindy D they always play, with this Gasol and a reborn Courtney Lee, Memphis is a major threat.

    NBA.com (2) Pace: 94.3 (23), OffRtg: 106.0 (6), DefRtg: 97.9 (4), NetRtg: +8.1 (5)
    We can get caught up in the matchups at power forward and point guard when the Grizz face the Clippers. But on Sunday, L.A. had no answer for Marc Gasol (30 points and 12 boards), who has won his last seven games against the Clips and is an early MVP candidate as the anchor on both ends of the floor for the team with the league's best record.

    covers.com (2) The Grizzlies remain unbeaten at home and in the conference. They've covered four in a row, starting with a destruction of Houston, and are five points away from still being unbeaten overall.

    Link to Grandpa Blaze's Prediction Game
    Link to MediocreMan's Over/Under game

    Links to other team’s site(s) NBA.com

    ESPN

    Final Thoughts They have 121 steals on the year, and with how the Blazers tossed the ball around on the road trip there’s danger if they keep playing loose. And MEM defense is very, VERY good. But this isn’t the L*kers they’re playing tonight, it’s Portland at home. I think the Blazers burn the nets down from 3, that LMA gets off the 3-18 schneid and takes the jumpers MEM gives him, and that the team overcomes good games from Gasol and Z-Bo to win relatively handily.

    Blazers 119
    MEM 104
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Hmmm...shouldn't the Grizzlies motto be, "We was the north"?
     
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    No prob. :cheers:
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    • HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
    ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 42-38
    IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 22-13
    AT THE GRIZZLIES: Trail Blazers lead, 20-15

    42-28*?
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Yes, good catch. Fixed. thanks and repped
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    This game is for Western Conference supremacy.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Lot of reasons to worry about this game. (First game back from a east coast trip, home game after a holiday-Road teams seem to be more focused when playing after Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years)

    The Blazers need to treat this game like the 4th game of a road trip. I doubt we practice today though, and I bet Memphis does. Hopefully the strip joints are open late tonight for Zach.........
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Hopefully he treats his whole team for a night out on the town. He knows all the hot spots of course.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Yeah. The Best in the West vs the hottest team in the West (and the entire NBA). The Grizzlies haven't lost to a Western Conference team yet this season
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Can't wait for this game. I think we're the better team.
     
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    I feel we are the better team too. Hopefully our players believe that as well and kick em in the balls
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    doubt any team scores 100.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    I think we will. Our offense is hard to stop for 4 periods.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    98 - 96 is my guess. we win, of course... but we have to play all 4 quarters, unlike this road trip we just came off of. We can't afford big deficits against this good of a team defensively.

    That's my biggest concern.
     
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    Of course you do. ;)
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    Grizz stayed over in LA...... Flew up tonight. Huge game! If anybody had to be worried its Memphis. You can shut down one of our starters, but you have to deal with the other four.


    Sent from my Baller-Ass 5.5" iPhone 6+......... FAMS
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    That sucks, a Hoops Family Thanksgiving Reunion would have been special.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 28, 2014 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSN

    This should be a great game!
     
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    Going to this game! Section 102 baby! Jeah! HCP!
     

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