Game Thread 2023-24 Game #38 - BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - JANUARY 12, 2024 - 5:00 PM PST - ROOT

[Chris Craig]

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STANDINGS

BLAZERS 10-26 TWOLVES 26-10

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STARTERS


Scoot Henderson Anfernee Simons

Toumani Camara Jerami Grant

Duop Reath



Mike Conley Anthony Edwards

Jaden McDaniels Kyle Anderson

Karl Anthony Towns

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WHEN: JANUARY 12, 2024 - FRIDAY - 5:00 PM PST

WHERE: TARGET CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS MN



TV BROADCAST


RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Malcolm Brogdon Shaedon Sharpe

Matisse Thybulle Kris Murray

Rayan Rupert

Ibou Badji* Justin Minaya*

Robert Williams° DeAndre Ayton°

Jabari Walker° Moses Brown°

* 2 Way Player
° Injured Player



Naz Reid Leonard Miller

Nickeil A Walker Shake Milton

Josh Minott Wendell Moore Jr

Jordan McLaughlin Troy Brown Jr

Luka Garza* Jaylen Clark*°

Daishen Nix*

Rudy Gobert°

* 2 Way Player
*Injured Player
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COACH


Chauncey Billups


Chris Finch

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Robert Williams - Knee - Out
DeAndre Ayton - Knee - Out
Jabari Walker - Knee - Quest
Moses Brown - Wrist - Out
Shaedon Sharpe - Adductor - Out

TWOLVES

Rudy Gobert - Hip - Quest
Jaylen Clark - Achilles - Out


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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS @ SUNS 1/14 6:00 PM

BLAZERS VS NETS 1/17 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS PACERS 1/19 7:00 PM

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GAME NOTES
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• Chauncey Billups is 3-5 vs Chris Finch and the Timberwolves
• The Blazers play the Timberwolves again 2/13 and 2/15 in Portland and 3/4 in Minnesota
• Luka Garza played for the Blazers summer league team in 2022
• Shaedon Sharpe left last night's game after once again straining his right adductor.
• DeAndre Ayton is gearing up to return, but will likely do so once the Blazers return to Portland from their road trip

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[Chris Craig]

Minnesota is #1 in the west. Blazers going for #1 worst loss in NBA history tonight?

 

[kjironman1]

Blazers only 15.5 point dogs in this. Easy money right?

 

[blazerkor]

I hope most of you...

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

i wonder if we have really missed Jabari a lot? Seems like this terrible streak has coincided with his absence.

 

[illmatic99]

i wonder if we have really missed Jabari a lot? Seems like this terrible streak has coincided with his absence.

rebounding is nonexistent without him or ayton available.

but we have bigger problems than just that.

 

[HansenYang]

rebounding is nonexistent without him or ayton available.

but we have bigger problems than just that.

Agreed that there are bigger issues. But it makes all the others more difficult to deal with if you can't secure the rebound

 

[beast blazer]

Blazers average net differential over the past 5 games is -27. That has to be a record.

 

[blazerkor]

Shaedon is out with the same adductor injury. I hope he is just actually getting rest or that we keep him out until it's really back to 100%. Looks like Jabari will back which should help on the boards but might mean less PT for Kris and/or Ibou.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Anthony Edwards just watching the Blazers warm up:



Thinks: "Oh yeah, we can beat these motherfuckers by 70!"

 

[Mr. Robot]

scoot better play well tonight, the same goes for sharpe

 

[Whyachi]

the spread went from 14 to 17 before tipoff. The assumption is T-Wolves will manhandle the Blazers. I wonder why anyone would think that?

 

[Cugel]

Duop taking first two 3s? Come on Chauncey got to do better than that for fucks sake

 

[OneSport3]

It’s a wrap.

 

[illmatic99]

2 open shots for their best shooters.

0 scouting.

0 preparation.

After a 62 pt blowout loss. This is not ideal.

 

[Whyachi]

11-0 Minnesota first 2 minutes

 

[Mr. Robot]

reath dont give a fuck, he will take every shot he can

hate players like that

 

[Whyachi]

a Blazer got fouled! We scored a point !!

 

[TBpup]

62 point blowout? Currently on pace to be behind 44-1 after the 1st quarter.

 

[Cugel]

Down by 20 in under 8 mins?

 

[Whyachi]

Scoot passing it to a variety of people not named Blazers

 

[BigGameDamian]

Pathetic!

 

[noknobs]

I don't ask for much, after all I'm a Blazer fan. But at least having a professional team would be nice.

 

[Tince]

Scoot passing it to a variety of people not named Blazers

A fine line between getting him PG experience and putting him in a position so far over his head that it could hurt his growth.

 

[B-Roy]

Please for the love of god, bring Scoot off the bench. He was making good strides playing against second units.

 

[blazerkor]

Will we score 10+ in this first quarter?

 

[OneSport3]

Much respect to all us sickos who are actually watching AND posting in here.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Mr Robot -

Really out of all the BS happening on the court you want to focus on Reath taking a bad shot -- glad to know you have your priorities straight. -- LOL

- How bout the fact Grant looks like he does not give 2 shits about losing since he got BANK this summer.
- How bout the fact Billups sucks and does jack shit when the shit hits the fan unlike the Raps coach who will stick up for his team.

This is just the top 2 things I give a shit about cause a Reath bad shot is like dead last on my list of things to be annoyed about -- LOL

 

[illmatic99]

0 defense

 

[illmatic99]

How does a team go down 20 in 7 minutes?