Game Thread 2022-23 Game #40 - BLAZERS VS MAGIC - JANUARY 10, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)

[B-Roy]

Holy hell Dame

 

[blazerkor]

Signs of life!

We better, the Magic have a lot of talent but it's young talent that has no clue how to play in this league and we're making them look like the veteran team.

 

[Cugel]

Could Bachero be any bigger? cripes

 

[julius]

Dame has made a lot of dumb passes.

 

[B-Roy]

Nurk is actually working his ass off on defense

 

[TBpup]

Dame with yet ANTOHER turnover. This is brutal.

 

[DDolla]

What is wrong with Dame?

 

[AldoTrapani]

Dame sucks my goodness. He’s a walking turnover machine

 

[twobullz]

Why is the game on delay? ESPN updates the box score about 20 seconds before plays happen.

 

[TBpup]

Whomever said it, might be right. Hart should be the PG until they absolutely have nothing, and then give it to Dame in the halfcourt.

 

[twobullz]

What is nice about Hart bringing it up is he pushes it up. Dame and Ant walk it up and give the teams a chance to set their defense.

 

[illmatic99]

kinda wild how invisible ant has been tonight. is it cuz we're playing his hometown team? just doesn't even seem like he's in the game mentally

 

[Shaboid]

Turnovers make me madder than anything else in basketball. Clean this shit up!

 

[Hoopguru]

Whomever said it, might be right. Hart should be the PG until they absolutely have nothing, and then give it to Dame in the halfcourt.

When they played well earlier this year they were pushing the ball more with Hart and Winslow.

 

[Cugel]

good time to remind myself that ORL is trying to lose games

 

[HailBlazers]

Could Bachero be any bigger? cripes

Should see Badji in person.

 

[illmatic99]

josh wtf was that foul? do these guys have no bbiq? why are you so aggressively going for that steal

 

[TBpup]

What is nice about Hart bringing it up is he pushes it up. Dame and Ant walk it up and give the teams a chance to set their defense.

So much this. It drives me nuts that they automatically give away any advantage they might have.

When they played well earlier this year they were pushing the ball more with Hart and Winslow.

....and that is when they were playing better. Of late, they seem to be playing very slowly.

 

[Irish Trader]

Payton. 7 minutes 2 turnovers two personal fouls zero points. Expensive player based on minutes played all season. I think he had a tek also

 

[OneSport3]

It is pretty evident that this team is at its best when Josh Hart is pushing the pace/ball instead of Dame walking it up the court.

 

[blazerkor]

Nurk is actually rolling and he's also getting a ton of defensive stops.

 

[BlazerBeav]

What’s wild is Nurk could easily have 6-8 more.

 

[illmatic99]

nurk/grant/hart are the main reasons why we are back in this game

 

[riverman]

Nurk is in beast mode tonight!

 

[Mr. Robot]

watch us go away from nurk in the second half, weve seen that movie countless times

 

[blazerfan11]

This backcourt is slowing down their teammates.
It shouldn't be like that.

 

[TBpup]

Nice come back. Nurk was 'huge' in bringing them back to respectability against this terrible team.

 

[Mr. Robot]

What’s wild is Nurk could easily have 6-8 more.

well, if he had a touch around the rim, hed be an all-star

it is what it is

 

[blazerkor]

It is pretty evident that this team is at its best when Josh Hart is pushing the pace/ball instead of Dame walking it up the court.

That's like a change up for a pitcher. If we threw that shit every time we would be even less efficient than we already are. I do love those possessions though, it's just not sustainable every time up the court.

 

[Hoopguru]

So much this. It drives me nuts that they automatically give away any advantage they might have.



....and that is when they were playing better. Of late, they seem to be playing very slowly.

Id try starting Shae at 3 with Hart and Lillard in-the back court and Simons off the bench. We need O off the bench too.