Game Thread 2022-23 Game #33 BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - DECEMBER 23, 2022 - FRIDAY - 6:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

[blazerfan11]

NBA refereeing has been hard to predict/figure out this season.
I've seen so many clear fouls that don't get called.

 

[Tince]

why the hell do you need flexibility here? such an obvious challenge that woulda been successful.

And as discussed in previous games... the challenges that seem obvious to some, still won't get overturned.

Gets back to why burning timeouts too quickly in the middle quarters is reckless.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

How is it that we seem to have less of an idea what we’re doing than at the start of the season? Generally execution improves with repetition, we’re doing the opposite.

Injuries fatigue scouting

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Blazers right now not making 3s and that’s what they need .

 

[Labinot41]

The first games of the season were so fun. Since that, i completely lost interest in this Team, and it sucks

 

[Cugel]

well the good news is they might be able to beat the hornets. That's about their speed

 

[Fairly-Hard]

That’s game

 

[Freshtown]

I don’t want to make the playoffs.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

And as discussed in previous games... the challenges that seem obvious to some, still won't get overturned.

Gets back to why burning timeouts too quickly in the middle quarters is reckless.

Didn’t matter. We were never in this in the 4th anyway. Jokic is incredible.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I don’t want to make the playoffs.

Either do I after this bullshit.

 

[MickZagger]

Can’t have our “2nd best player” shoot 6-21 and 1-9 for 3 and give us hardly any other kind of contributions and expect to win

 

[blazerkor]

Three game losing streak. Pretty rough.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Thanks for the Christmas present, Blazers. Fucking losers.

 

[Cugel]

The answer is to blow it up, fire chauncey, cronin, everything. Trade everyone you can. Dame is not getting a title in Portland. 0.0 chance

 

[B-Roy]

Don’t worry, Gary is coming in two weeks.

 

[Tince]

Didn’t matter. We were never in this in the 4th anyway. Jokic is incredible.

Correct... my statements were as much about past/future gripes regarding wanting earlier timeouts and more challenges as they were about this game.

Jokic is great. Denver is a tough place to win.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Don’t worry, Gary is coming in two weeks.

Hahahahaha!!

 

[Chris Craig]

The Blazers put shit in our stockings this year. I guess we can't expect any less.

 

[riverman]

Ant....shoots 27.3 % for the game...worst of the team. Hart shot 75% and didn't get touches when we needed them. I'm having a hard time watching Ant trying to shoot himself out of slumps and not succeeding

 

[MadeFromDust]

Well the Blazers are who we thought they were, they just got us a little excited to start the season. Would be cool if we could somehow get Victor Wembanyama!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Well the second half of the second quarter was fun.

I think we're currently out of the playoffs, right?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

West playoffs will be wild this year. We won’t be a part of it though.

 

[OneSport3]

The first games of the season were so fun. Since that, i completely lost interest in this Team, and it sucks

It’s not all the time when someone admits to being a fair weather/bandwagon fan. Good for you.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I’m going to become a Magic fan. They’re a great story this season.

 

[Tince]

The obvious things that kept this from being closer:

1. Getting outscored in the non-Jokic minutes
2. Ant's horrid shooting
3. Nurk's 4 turnovers & 6 fouls in 21 minutes.
4. Overall poor 3pt shooting.

Having said all that, we've played 20 games on the road, tough early schedule, Dame missed a few weeks, and we're still near .500. Could certainly be worse!

 

[FlashWad]

Well the second half of the second quarter was fun.

I think we're currently out of the playoffs, right?

We can still make the play in! Wouldn’t that be fantastic!

 

[Chris Craig]

Can’t have our “2nd best player” shoot 6-21 and 1-9 for 3 and give us hardly any other kind of contributions and expect to win

Yeah, Simons is trash

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Well the second half of the second quarter was fun.

I think we're currently out of the playoffs, right?

Strenuus, where are you?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I wish we had somebody on this team who would get in Nurk's face and say You really hurt us with two stupid fouls!

Both of those were ridiculously ticky-tack. Also: when you're that large, momentum is a real issue.

 

[Chris Craig]

Well the Blazers are who we thought they were, they just got us a little excited to start the season. Would be cool if we could somehow get Victor Wembanyama!

We arent getting Wembanyama. The Blazers don't get nice things.