Game Thread 2022-23 Game #77 - BLAZERS VS KINGS - MARCH 31, 2023 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

[MickZagger]

Man, what an exciting women’s final four. Catilin Clark is unreal. Back to Back 40 points

Blazers need to draft her

 

[blazerfan11]

I wish someone could set a pick for Sharpe.

 

[blazerfan11]

Eubanks is a very bad pick-setter.

 

[blazerkor]

Lillard was better than Sharpe at 19

Is this a joke?

 

[blazerkor]

Far less entertaining with Shae sitting.

 

[TBpup]

Too many turnovers, but otherwise, another good evening for Shae. Showing a lot of little things that he is improving on to go with the ridiculous athleticism.

 

[maxiep]

The Pacers and Magic won! If we lose out, we're set at #5.

 

[maxiep]

Shaedon has ridiculous passing ability for someone so young. I also like how he jumps the passing lanes.

 

[MickZagger]

Is this a joke?

Obviously…

 

[wizenheimer]

We don't want the Knicks to win any more. They're all but in the playoffs.

looks like their pick is pretty well locked in at 23rd. They are 2.5 games out of 24th, and 2.5 games out of 22nd

 

[Tince]

The Pacers and Magic won! If we lose out, we're set at #5.

And it doesn't appear we'll play another team who has an incentive to lose

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Tince]

Crazy to think our best road win of the season was on opening night, against the Kings.

Best home win was October 24th.

 

[wizenheimer]

And it doesn't appear we'll play another team who has an incentive to lose

San Antonio will have no incentive to win other than being at home in front of their fans. Should be enough but you never know

if the Warriors are locked in their seed that final game they may trot out a really bad lineup....that could be a danger

 

[Tince]

Yikes

 

[Tince]

San Antonio will have no incentive to win other than being at home in front of their fans. Should be enough but you never know

if the Warriors are locked in their seed that final game they may trot out a really bad lineup....that could be a danger

There is a big difference from having no incentive to win and having an incentive to lose.

Unless we play a team actively attempting to lose to improve their playoff matchup (unlikely), there is zero excuse for us to accidently win a game.

 

[Strenuus]

And it doesn't appear we'll play another team who has an incentive to lose

Spurs still ain't trying to win. So thatll be of the strangest games ever lol.

 

[wizenheimer]

Crazy to think our best road win of the season was on opening night, against the Kings.

Best home win was October 24th.

opening games are tricky for everybody

I think the best road win was at Memphis on Feb 1. Nurkic only played 2 minutes and Hart didn't score, but the Blazers outscored Memphis by 16 in the 4th and won by 10

 

[Strenuus]

Yikes

Who would have thought that a guy who went 41-100 is a vastly better coach than Stotts but those are the facts of this.

 

[Tince]

Spurs still ain't trying to win. So thatll be of the strangest games ever lol.

However, they don't mind if the win. So they can play all their guys.

 

[Tince]

opening games are tricky for everybody

I think the best road win was at Memphis on Feb 1. Nurkic only played 2 minutes and Hart didn't score, but the Blazers outscored Memphis by 16 in the 4th and won by 10

Fair. Memphis was probably a better win.

 

[blazerkor]

The Pacers and Magic won! If we lose out, we're set at #5.

looks like their pick is pretty well locked in at 23rd. They are 2.5 games out of 24th, and 2.5 games out of 22nd

And it doesn't appear we'll play another team who has an incentive to lose

San Antonio will have no incentive to win other than being at home in front of their fans. Should be enough but you never know

if the Warriors are locked in their seed that final game they may trot out a really bad lineup....that could be a danger

There is a big difference from having no incentive to win and having an incentive to lose.

Unless we play a team actively attempting to lose to improve their playoff matchup (unlikely), there is zero excuse for us to accidently win a game.

Spurs still ain't trying to win. So thatll be of the strangest games ever lol.

The cool thing is that the Magic play the Pistons on Sunday. I really think that looks like a Magic win to me. If the Magic win that game and we lose to all of the playoff teams that we play for the rest of the season, we'll have the cushion to win the Spurs game and still be in the 5th lottery slot by ourselves.

 

[Tince]

Who would have thought that a guy who went 41-100 is a vastly better coach than Stotts but those are the facts of this.

Exactly... Crazy to think people actually thought this was a good move, at any point.

Facts be damned.

 

[wizenheimer]

who says the Blazer games aren't entertaining:

 

[OneSport3]

The cool thing is that the Magic play the Pistons on Sunday. I really think that looks like a Magic win to me. If the Magic win that game and we lose to all of the playoff teams that we play for the rest of the season, we'll have the cushion to win the Spurs game and still be in the 5th lottery slot by ourselves.

Key aspect of the San Antonio game is that it’s being played in Austin. The Spurs have been looking to expand their fan base into Austin and take advantage of the city’s booming growth in the last couple of decades. I think they would want to put on a show for the Austin fans and win the game.

 

[THE HCP]

San Antonio will have no incentive to win other than being at home in front of their fans. Should be enough but you never know

But they won’t be….. we play the game in Austin FAMS….. HA!

 

[Samuel]

Shaedon has ridiculous passing ability for someone so young. I also like how he jumps the passing lanes.

He looked way more comfortable in the PnR with Eubanks and was able to slide his passes through way more accurately than just a couple of nights ago—when it was his first time running PnR for the most part.

 

[SIeepwalker]

We knew the scoring was there but some of the passing I see from Shae is a nice developement. Promising !

 

[julius]

that guy is kind of a clown. how many wins would stotts get with Damian being a shell of himself and then missing 53 games?

How many games would Stotts win having to rely on Little, Winslow, Sharpe and Eubanks as your backups? Especially with Little missing games and Winslow barely even playing.

And then you have 1 player on the roster over 6'9"

It's kind of ironic that there is only 2 players on the team who has a chance at playing 80 games this year, and one is a 19 year old rookie that had no college experience.

It can be true that Billups has been a bad choice as the coach and also be true that Stotts wouldn't be a better choice and needed to go. I would bet the chances of him ever coaching in the league again are slim.

 

[blazerkor]

We knew the scoring was there but some of the passing I see from Shae is a nice developement. Promising !

Just his overall feel for the game has been great to watch. I honestly think if he works hard this off season that next season he will be the most complementary SG Dame has ever played with... as long as Dame is still here.