Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #79 - BLAZERS VS PELICANS - APRIL 9, 2024 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

[Whyachi]

Pelicans
+21 FTA
+10 steals
+15 fast break
+18 points off turnovers

New Orleans joins the list of teams that swept Portland. The ping pong broom might be close to double digits.

 

[Whyachi]

Zion didn't get a double double, decent work by Blazer bigs slowing down the Williamson buffet line.

 

[Whyachi]

Alvarado missed all 5 of his wide open 3 pointers. Blazer fans earn the credit, I heard at least 2 fans yell "off!" from the upper deck.

 

[THE HCP]

Maybe, but it's magnified with Scoot. First, because he's the future of the franchise. Second, because his highs and lows vary to a much greater degree (and he's had more lows than highs). Third, for 2.5 quarters he did a great job just letting the game come to him and was rewarded for doing so, then he seemed to go into this mode where he wanted to try to win it all himself on every possession, lost his cool, started rushing his shots and throwing bad passes and did a complete 180 in the course of a few minutes.

That might now be fair, but it's what happened.

Who gives a fuck…..he just turned 20.

 

[kjironman1]

Who gives a fuck…..he just turned 20.

Yeah he played pretty good tonight. No need to nit pick.

 

[wizenheimer]

Yeah he played pretty good tonight. No need to nit pick.

Dame would score 45 with 11 assists and yet there'd be posters nit-picking about his defense or his turnovers or his deep three's

nitpicks-r-us

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

We need to find a shooter like Brandon Miller to pair with Scoot.

I was thinking last night, if we had a shooter like Murphy or Jones, we would have been right in that game.

 

[kjironman1]

Dame would score 45 with 11 assists and yet there'd be posters nit-picking about his defense or his turnovers or his deep three's

nitpicks-r-us

Okay. You got me there. I'll be better.

 

[kjironman1]

I was thinking last night, if we had a shooter like Murphy or Jones, we would have been right in that game.

Or maybe one like Simons or Grant or Sharpe?

 

[wizenheimer]

I was thinking last night, if we had a shooter like Murphy or Jones, we would have been right in that game.

3ptFG% this season:

Jones .416
Brogdon .412
Grant .402
Murphy .368

 

[THE HCP]

Yeah he played pretty good tonight. No need to nit pick.

Last night games means as much as his 9 point, 3 assists, 7 turnover games from two weeks ago. Means nothing. This is a KID learning the game! Only way he does that is by time on the court!

 

[THE HCP]

3ptFG% this season:

Jones .416
Brogdon .412
Grant .402
Murphy .368

Yeah our two games that would help this kid don’t play.

 

[THE HCP]

Imagine the growth of scoot if the other team actually had to honor shooters on the wings.

 

[wizenheimer]

Yeah our two games that would help this kid don’t play.

I guess I need to go to google translate to figure out what that means

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I guess I need to go to google translate to figure out what that means

Substitute "guys" for "games" and I think that will do it.

 

[wizenheimer]

Substitute "guys" for "games" and I think that will do it.

well yeah...that's logical....but it is an HCP post so I'm not making that leap

 

[blazerfan11]

We need to find a shooter like Brandon Miller to pair with Scoot.

The Blazers already have a forward who shoots better than Miller, at least from the 3-point line. 40% vs 37%.

 

[Strenuus]

Just next door, the Winterhawks won 8-2 in the opening game of the 2nd round of the playoffs. Boys are buzzin.


Game 2 tonight. And this was against the 5th best team in the league points wise. (We were 3rd).

Now that the NBA season is over (none of the other teams matter) it's playoff hockey time!!!

 

[THE HCP]

Just next door, the Winterhawks won 8-2 in the opening game of the 2nd round of the playoffs. Boys are buzzin.


Game 2 tonight. And this was against the 5th best team in the league points wise. (We were 3rd).

Now that the NBA season is over (none of the other teams matter) it's playoff hockey time!!!

Wrong thread

 

[Strenuus]

Wrong thread

It's always the right thread when talking about PLAYOFF HOCKEY!!!!!

 

[THE HCP]

It's always the right thread when talking about PLAYOFF HOCKEY!!!!!

Stop now before I lose what little respect I have for you. Hockey and Baseball talk should be in OT next to the How to take care of your plants and CrockPot recipe threads.

 

[Strenuus]

Stop now before I lose what little respect I have for you. Hockey and Baseball talk should be in OT next to the How to take care of your plants and CrockPot recipe threads.

The fact I even have a little respect from you is amazing! Thanks for the pick me up!