Game Thread 2022-23 GAME #52 - BLAZERS @ WIZARDS - FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - FRIDAY - 4:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

[Tince]

Pretty sure there are a bunch of Wizards fan’s asking “Who is Trendon Watford?”.

Washington message boards: "Why does it seem like we always make role players look like all-stars?"

 

[KingSpeed]

Last time we played Washington:

Hart had 44

Watford had 27

Well now....

I guess they had a good gameplan for them this time.

 

[OneSport3]

Ant with a great all around game. Not only shooting lights out, he had 5 reb and 6 ast.

 

[blazerfan11]

It would be nice to play like the Blazers did in the second half starting at the game and for the whole game and bury the other team.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Last time we played Washington:

Hart had 44

Watford had 27

Well now....

So they know who Watford is.

 

[BigGameDamian]

So impressed with Trendon tonight

I’d like to see him do this in consecutive games before I get too excited.

 

[Cugel]

Well Trendon really impressed me tonight. Some great passes, scoring, smart play.

 

[Idog1976]

That was a fun 2nd half

It's the only half I watched!

 

[riverman]

Scrappy win by the role players and the small vets tonight! I can't decide who to give the game ball to but Trendon hit the shot that sparked the run at the end. Josh and Ant were terrific....need 3 game balls tonight

 

[Idog1976]

Well Trendon really impressed me tonight. Some great passes, scoring, smart play.

Yeah Watford looked great tonight and like a keeper.

 

[PCmor7]

Seriously, though, fantastic performance. Love the guts and poise this team's been playing with the last couple of weeks.

Ant and Watford deserve big hands, but Hart was his usual do-everything self and Nas I thought played well even if it didn't show up a lot in the boxscore. Dame of course was Dame.

 

[blazerfan11]

I’d like to see him do this in consecutive games before I get too excited.

He deserves to get more playing time with the starters. I suppose at the expense of Eubanks.

 

[PCmor7]

Won by 8

So we got back into the game. Nice.

 

[PCmor7]

Won by 8

I was kidding. I watched the whole thing.

 

[OneSport3]

We’re only 2 games out for home court advantage. I can’t remember a crazier NBA season.

 

[riverman]

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That has to be baby CC right?

 

[noknobs]

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

i wAS nEVER wOrrIEd.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Maybe you should stay stepped away

Hey man

 

[Cugel]

I don't want to see Hart go.

 

[cheesehoff]

I don't want to see Hart go.

Agreed

 

[wizenheimer]

Man, I just don't think we can trade Simons unless it's for a borderline all-star forward. Sharpe, Simons and Lillard we just can't trade any of those guys.

I've gone back and forth about it. I said all summer and well into the season that I wanted to see a full year of Dame/Ant and the rest of the roster. But lately I've been thinking if Ant can bring back another close-to-all-star level wing, go for it

but of course games like tonight kind of put the kabosh on that. Still, Ant isn't going to be hot every game like this. What he's done over the first 50+ games of the season also factors in, and it hasn't all been good

 

[blazerfan11]

I would like to see Watford start the next game. He brings another dimension to the offense and the defense doesn't suffer much if any. Watford looks better defending the perimeter.

Tonight's game started horribly so a change is warranted.

 

[blazerkor]

I don't want to see Hart go.

I love his hustle but I want to see a lot of these guys go. I just hope the guys coming back make sense. If Hart wanted to stay and not make too much more money and know that it was only a matter of time before Sharpe got his PT, then yeah I'd want to keep him but Josh seems like a pretty smart dude... don't think he'll stick around.

 

[KingSpeed]

And just like that, we’ve passed the Lakers, Thunder, and Pelicans over the last 6 games.

 

[blazerfan11]

What makes or made Draymond Green so difficult on offense was that although he was not a three point shooter you could not fall asleep on him or he would dribble-drive to the hoop and score.
Watford brings that dimension that Eubanks or even Nurkic lack.

 

[KingSpeed]

Btw- who missed Nurk tonight?

 

[riverman]

And just like that, we’ve passed the Lakers, Thunder, and Pelicans over the last 6 games.

Following the standings in the west this season is dizzying. What an incredibly wobbly pecking order...that's why it's a good year to go for it.

 

[wizenheimer]

by the way, was I the only person that was frustrated with how passively Portland was in switching Dame & Simons onto Porzingis? That's what the wiards wanted and the Blazers gave it to them with very little resistance

 

[B-Roy]

by the way, was I the only person that was frustrated with how passively Portland was in switching Dame & Simons onto Porzingis? That's what the wiards wanted and the Blazers gave it to them with very little resistance

Blazers switched everything the whole game. Wizards should have went to it more