Game Thread 2022-23 Game #42 - BLAZERS VS MAVERICKS - JANUARY 14, 2023 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

[Chris Craig]

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STARTERS



Damian Lillard Anfernee Simons

Josh Hart Jerami Grant

Jusuf Nurkic




Luka Doncic Spencer Dinwiddie

Tim Hardaway Jr Christian Wood

Dwight Powell

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RECORDS

BLAZERS - 19-22 - 11th W

MAVERICKS - 24-19 - 4th W

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WHEN: JANUARY 14, 2023 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)

WHERE: MODA CENTER, PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST



RADIO BROADCAST




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BENCHES


Gary Payton II Justice Winslow

Nassir Little Drew Eubanks

Trendon Watford Shaedon Sharpe

Jabari Walker Keon Johnson

Greg Brown III John Butler Jr

Ibou Badji



Reggie Bullock Davis Bertans

Maxi Kleber JaVale McGee

Dorian Finney Smith Josh Green

Theo Pinson Frank Ntilikina

Jaden Hardy McKinley Wright IV

AJ Lawson


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COACHES



Chauncey Billups


Jason Kidd

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Nassir Little - Hip - Out
Justice Winslow - Ankle - Out


MAVERICKS

Maxi Kleber - Hamstring - Out
Dorian Finney Smith - Hip - Out
Josh Green - Elbow - Out
Dwight Powell - Hip - Questionable

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NOTES
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• This is the third of four games between the Trail Blazers and Mavericks this season
• The Blazers lost narrowly to the Mavericks 117 - 112 on 11/12 in Dallas
• The Blazers were trounced 130-110 by the Mavericks on 12/16 in Dallas.
• The two teams meet again 1/15 for the second of a back to back
• The Dallas Mavericks swept the 2021-22 season series 3-0

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[Chris Craig]

Welcome to Hell

 

[TBpup]

Play Badji. #WhyNot?

 

[Chris Craig]

Play Badji. #WhyNot?

Might as well. And Butler.

 

[illmatic99]

Play Badji. #WhyNot?

we have enough players who have no idea what they're doing off our bench.

 

[KingSpeed]

Change the record, Chris. We are 19-22 now. A flat horrible team. 9-18 since our 10-4 start.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Time to start The Boys Of Summer League.

 

[FlashWad]

I hate watching this team right now but can’t stop. What’s wrong with me? Buckling in for another one come game time.

 

[AldoTrapani]

GUARANTEED loss

 

[Mr. Robot]

one can see two losses against the mavs incoming

 

[blazerkor]

one can see two losses against the mavs incoming

That's the most likely outcome but the most likely outcome when we played the Thunder was us winning both games. I mean if I had to bet money on it I would take the Mavs in both games but we did just play a really competitive game against a team with a better record than Dallas.

 

[Hoopguru]

We are not going to win many games with the bench we have now.
Bring Simons off the bench like Westbrook is doing and allow him to be himself, a volume shooter/score.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Blazers can win this. Keep the faith.

 

[Labinot41]

Doncic about to drop 80

 

[Sloth]

Doncic has made every team look awful so unfortunately I don't think these two games will be any different. Hope I am wrong of course.

 

[Cugel]

Seems Luka and Kidd are a lot for Billups to deal with. I guess Portland could win it but nobody will predict it other than Blazers' fans.

 

[DDolla]

Mavs 120
Blazers 109

Luka 30pts, 12 Rebs and 13 Assist

Christian Wood 25 points

Dame 44 points

 

[tlongII]

I'll be in the suite for this one. Hopefully I don't regret it.

 

[Chris Craig]

Looks I will be at this one.

 

[Chris Craig]

Blazers can win this. Keep the faith.

What faith.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

The only chance we have in this game is if SlyPokerGillooly gets his pipe and meets Luka in the tunnel.

 

[BassPlaya]

Let's get a dubbyah!

 

[Strenuus]

Only 2 games out of 6th. Nothing to be concerned about. Many more games to be played.

 

[illmatic99]

Our last 11 games, these have been our rankings while we have gone 2-9.

27th in offense
8th in defense

This team has yet to find a reasonable balance in success on both ends of the floor at the same time. A Dame-led team should not be 27th on offense, but the top 10 defense is encouraging.

For the entirety of the season so far, we have had the 14th best offense and the 19th best defense.

 

[Mr. Robot]

Our last 11 games, these have been our rankings while we have gone 2-9.

27th in offense
8th in defense

This team has yet to find a reasonable balance in success on both ends of the floor at the same time. A Dame-led team should not be 27th on offense, but the top 10 defense is encouraging.

For the entirety of the season so far, we have had the 14th best offense and the 19th best defense.

we need two things:

a) consistent effort, which has nothing to do with talent or size or athleticism or bball iq, meaning any player can do that
b) production from the bench unit (scoring, first and foremost), itd be great if we can get one scorer and one defensive player

lets see what trader joe & chauncey do, im sure they see what we all see and thats that our bench is awful

 

[Fairly-Hard]

The only chance we have in this game is if SlyPokerGillooly gets his pipe and meets Luka in the tunnel.

I have lots to say about this but I will refrain.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

we need two things:

a) consistent effort, which has nothing to do with talent or size or athleticism or bball iq, meaning any player can do that
b) production from the bench unit (scoring, first and foremost), itd be great if we can get one scorer and one defensive player

lets see what trader joe & chauncey do, im sure they see what we all see and thats that our bench is awful

Funny? A needs B and B has pretty much everything to do with talent, size, athleticism and bbiq.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Tank for Wemby!

Granted we’re good at losing on our own without tanking but let’s go!

 

[Chris Craig]

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 

[42N8Bounce]

Updated after the Cleveland game -



I know there's always chatter about how to improve the team, but in my opinion, Dame needs to retire as a Blazer.