Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #55 BLAZERS VS NUGGETS - FEBRUARY 23, 2024 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

[Chris Craig]

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STANDINGS

BLAZERS 15-39 NUGGETS 39-16

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STARTERS


Anfernee Simons Mattisse Thybulle

Toumani Camara Jerami Grant

DeAndre Ayton


Jamal Murray Kentavious C Pope

Michael Porter Jr Aaron Gordon

Nikola Jokic

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WHEN: FEBRUARY 23, 2024 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM PST

WHERE: MODA CENTER PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST


RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Jabari Walker Duop Reath

Delano Banton

Kris Murray Rayan Rupert

Ibou Badji* Justin Minaya*

Ashton Hagans*

Robert Williams° Shaedon Sharpe°

Malcolm Brogdon° Moses Brown°

Scoot Henderson °

* 2 Way Player
° Injured Player



Reggie Jackson DeAndre Jordan

Zeke Nnaji Justin Holiday

Christian Braun Julian Strawther

Jalen Pickett Tyson Hunter

Peyton Watson

Colin Gillespie* Jay Huff*

Braxton Key*

Vlatko Cancar°

* 2 Way Player
° Injured Player

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COACH



Chauncey Billups


Michael Malone

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Robert Williams - Knee - Out
Shaedon Sharpe - Core - Out
Malcolm Brogdon - Elbow - Out
Moses Brown - Wrist - Out
Scoot Henderson - Adductor - Out
Jabari Walker - Ankle - Quest

NUGGETS

Vlatko Cancar - Knee - Out
Hunter Tyson - Finger - Out

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS VS HORNETS 2/25 6:00 PM

BLAZERS VS HEAT 2/27 7:00 PM

BLAZERS @ GRIZZLIES 3/1 5:00 PM

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GAME NOTES
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• Chauncey Billups is 2-8 against the Nuggets and coach Michael Malone
• The Nuggets defeated the Blazers 120-108 on 2/2 in Denver
• The Nuggets defeated the Blazers 112-103 on 2/4 in Denver
• The Blazers will face the Nuggets again 3/23 in Portland
• Jerami Grant played for the Nuggets from 2019-20

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[Chris Craig]

Back to business

 

[BigGameDamian]

Back to business

 

[blazerkor]

Back to business

Our business these days seems to be losing, so even though it feels really really bad... business is good.

 

[kjironman1]

Weird things happen on the first game back after the All Star break. Sometimes teams are still mentally checked out.

 

[BassPlaya]

Getting through All Star Break.............

 

[B-Roy]

Ashton Hagans is back!

 

[Samuel]

Scoot Henderson isn’t!

 

[Chris Craig]

Scoot Henderson isn’t!

Somehow hurt himself in 10 mins of play at the Rising Stars game?

 

[wizenheimer]

great...Sharpe and Scoot and maybe Walker out. Time for the Ant/Grant duo to jack up 50 shots

 

[Whyachi]

Hornets toppled the Jazz. Grant Williams had 24 big ones. Charlotte only 2 games behind Portland. Blazers better not screw this up and beat the Nuggets.

 

[THE HCP]

Hornets toppled the Jazz. Grant Williams had 24 big ones. Charlotte only 2 games behind Portland. Blazers better not screw this up and beat the Nuggets.

2 games BEHIND Portland or AHEAD?

 

[Whyachi]

2 games BEHIND Portland or AHEAD?

that's Memphis, they're slightly AHEAD of Portland in draft percentages. Grizzlies hit a bunch of lucky shots and beat the Bucks last week. Then everyone did Doc Rivers sucks podcasts.

There's 28 games left in the Blazers "stretch run". The problem with ping pong balls is they're hard plastic, not flexible. Too much pressure and that little ball might crumple. Then unfortunately it won't bounce at all anymore.

 

[stampedehero]

Six players are out and we play a solid team at their house. You know what to expect.

 

[Whyachi]

Six players are out and we play a solid team at their house. You know what to expect.

 

[Chris Craig]

Six players are out and we play a solid team at their house. You know what to expect.View attachment 63202

We are playing here in Portland, but yeah

 

[TYDame]

Scoot just came back from ASG and now he’s hurt lol. Tank City Baby!

 

[ant]

I don’t think we needed any help losing to the Nuggets. It’s the next game (Hornets) that I expect Ant or JG to be out with a sore toe.

 

[blazerkor]

2 games BEHIND Portland or AHEAD?

Yeah, after tonight we'll almost certainly be 1.5 games behind them in the lotto standings. We play them the next game and then again on April 3rd. Just seeing how our team has managed things the last third of the season the two seasons previous to this one, I just can't see us ending up anywhere lower than the 4 spot in the lotto. Even if this draft is supposed to be weak, I think you do what you have to in order to give a front office with a guy like Schmitz the best chance to have the most options to pick from.

 

[Whyachi]

check out play #4 of Jokic highlights last night. I think we can beat this team, no problem

 

[Tince]

 

[illmatic99]

do we really need to do all this bullshit to tank? we suck pretty bad as is

 

[OneSport3]

Rick Adelman and Geoff Petrie in the building tonight.

 

[Chris Craig]

Rick Adelman and Geoff Petrie in the building tonight.

Too bad they have to sit and watch this

 

[illmatic99]

0 interest in watching this. Congrats Cronin/Jody. This is your legacy.

 

[Cugel]

Banton is doing ok. Nice to have a long tall ball handler out there.

 

[Tince]

Banton is doing ok. Nice to have a long tall ball handler out there.

Dollar Tree Shaun Livingston

 

[illmatic99]

Not even in the same league.

 

[Whyachi]

halftime update:
Jokic has lots of stats.
Blazers not losing by 20
... it's a great day to be a Blazer fan

 

[Tince]