Game Thread 2022-23 Game #37 - BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - JANUARY 4, 2023 - WEDNESDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

[wizenheimer]

Blazers struggling to beat Minnesota.

except of course for beating them twice already

 

[blazerkor]

Blazers struggling to beat Minnesota.

Who handled the Nuggets in their last game. There's so much parity in the league right now that any win is a good thing. It's not that this team is keeping up with us, it's the reasons why that are disappointing.

 

[Mr. Robot]

nurk, keep shooting 3-pointers

if others can chuck 3-pointers when theyre missing, you can too, theyre not special in any way possible

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Hart just decided not to take that open three?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

3 the old fashioned way.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

3 the old fashioned way.

Oops spoke too soon.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Have we even attempted a corner three tonight? I think it's something Billups puts emphasis on....

 

[TBpup]

Grant limping a bit on that bruised thigh. Looks like it is limiting his explosion/burst a big.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Man why ya like this shit? Struggling against a below .500 team like usual.. blow this shit up this is pointless

 

[BigGameDamian]

Blazers can’t buy a basket.

 

[PDXFonz]

Nurk was clobbered

 

[Cugel]

Some of the worst offense we have seen all year.

 

[DDolla]

This is another heart breaker

 

[illmatic99]

refs just swallowing their whistles on our end

 

[OneSport3]

They’re not running anything on offense right now. It’s just Dame going one-on-one then kicking it to Ant to go one-on-one.

 

[TBpup]

Nurk has 5 fouls, so he can't cover up for the perimeter blow-bys nearly as much.

 

[OneSport3]

refs just swallowing their whistles on our end

McDaniels just grabbing and holding the entire time.

 

[TBpup]

McDaniels just grabbing and holding the entire time.

I guess if you do it all game, they get used to it or figure they can't call it every time. If you do it infrequently, it stands out more and you get Billy Crystal blowing his whistle brains out in Jabbar's final game.

 

[Cugel]

why challenge this?
what do you get if it's sucessful?

 

[blazerkor]

McDaniels just grabbing and holding the entire time.

Not just him and it's this type of defense that is keeping us from running our offense but there should be something we can do about that.

 

[blazerkor]

Dude has been grabbing Dame all night and it finally caught up with him.

 

[TBpup]

why challenge this?
what do you get if it's sucessful?

No Gobert FTs and instead FTs for Dame.

That works.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Keep working hard Blazers. Road wins don’t come easy.

 

[DDolla]

I don’t want to lose another close game.

 

[wizenheimer]

this is one ugly game

it's entertaining only if frustrating = entertaining

 

[TBpup]

Nurk out. This is where I wish Badji had got some run somewhere for when they really need his size. Love Drewbanks hustle, but he is just so undersized.

 

[TBpup]

Lol...the refs could call a lane violation on EVERY single FT if they wanted.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Dame not hitting fourth quarter shots anymore is lame.

 

[Cugel]

cant make a shot and that's all she wrote

 

[BigGameDamian]

Toronto came back 21 down with three minutes left in the fourth to force OT.