Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #38 - BLAZERS VS HEAT - JAN 11, 2025 - SAT - 7:00 PM - CHARGE - KUNP - BLAZERVISION

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

(13) BLAZERS 13-24 (7) HEAT 19-17

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STARTERS


Anfernee Simons Shaedon Sharpe

Deni Avdija Toumani Camara

DeAndre Ayton°


Terry Rozier Tyler Herro

Jaime Jaquez Jr Haywood Highsmith

Bam Adebayo

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WHEN: JANUARY 11, 2025 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM PST

WHERE: MODA CENTER PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST



Antenna 2.2, Xfinity 302/1170, DTV 688



47.1

STREAMING



RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Donovan Clingan Robert Williams

Scoot Henderson Dalano Banton

Jabari Walker Duop Reath

Kris Murray Rayan Rupert

Justin Minaya* Bryce McGowens*

Tazé Moore*

Matisse Thybulle° Jerami Grant°

* Two Way Player
° Injured Player


Duncan Robinson Josh Richardson

Alec Burks Nikola Jokic

Kevin Love Keshad Johnson

Pelle Larsson Kel'el Ware

Josh Christopher* Isaiah Stevenson*

Dru Smith*° Jimmy Butler°

* Two Way Player
° Injured Player

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COACH


Chauncey Billups


Erik Spoelstra

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Matisse Thybulle - Ankle - Out
Jerami Grant - Face - Out
DeAndre Ayton - Calf - Quest

HEAT

Jimmy Butler - Susp. - Out
Jru Smith - Achilles - Out
Josh Richardson - Heel - Quest

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS VS NETS 1/14 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS CLIPPERS 1/16 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS ROCKETS 1/18 - 7:00 PM

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GAME NOTES

• The Blazers are 42-29 vs the Heat all time
• Chauncey Billups is 1-5 vs Erik Spoelstra
• The Blazers and Heat will meet again on 1/21 in Miami
• Kevin Love was raised in Lake Oswego

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[Chris Craig]

Home cooking!

 

[THE HCP]

Home cooking!

Is that a good thing or bad?

 

[blazerfan11]

Is it the same tv guy for this game ?

answer: no . It's back to the regular guy.

 

[jlprk]

This season, Miami's engine is performing on half its cylinders. It's not just Butler. Rozier has nosedived. Jaquez and Bam are less effective. Riley has gone senile. We can win this.

 

[blazerfan11]

This season, Miami's engine is performing on half its cylinders. It's not just Butler. Rozier has nosedived. Jaquez and Bam are less effective. Riley has gone senile. We can win this.

Miami has won its last two games.

 

[blazerfan11]

The radio guy says this starting lineup for the Blazers has only played 4 minutes together this season.

 

[Cugel]

Deni is fearless when he is going downhill.

 

[blazerfan11]

No minutes for Rupert? :/

Banton and scoot and Simons instead.

 

[Cugel]

Nobody can make a thing tonight.

 

[B-Roy]

Chauncey’s rotations make zero sense to me

 

[B-Roy]

These rotations are crazy. Everyone gets 3 minutes.

 

[JDC]

Tyler Herro is very fun and very good

 

[blazerfan11]

is Klingon on a minute restriction or what.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

How does Billups still have a job ? -- NM -- were tanking without it being super obvious like it's been the past couple seasons.


Cronin and / or ownership is either clueless or more likely do not care as long as the team makes some money and keeps the fans coming in.

We are in dark days as Blazer fans and if some fans are still behind Cronin and co. then i have some ocean front property to sell to you really cheap in Montana .

We fans need to stand up and boycott this team or something cause we have to force this front offices hands at some point or they will continue to walk over this fan base -- time to say enough is enough. --

 

[PCmor7]

I hate to see us get outhustled like this, especially at home. Our effort is so uneven in the Chauncey Era.

Our offense is so lazy. Billups' famous no-pass offense. Just dribble around and shoot with the occasional poorly executed pick and roll.

And then the defense. Ugh. We can't guard the 3-point line, but I guess it's understandable with the Heat breaking out those never-before-seen screens ... jk, obviously, we just have no clue how we want to play them and then we get caught out of position and the Heat, no matter what personnel they have on the floor, make open shots.

I'd really like to see more of other people on Chauncey's staff coaching this team, because his approach is blech.

 

[jlprk]

Halftime, 16 down. Miami has more physical energy than us. But the big difference is mental energy. We aren't anticipating. Was there a drunken party last night?

This season, Miami's engine is performing on half its cylinders. It's not just Butler. Rozier has nosedived. Jaquez and Bam are less effective. Riley has gone senile. We can win this.

I see that I should add, "and Spoelstra has grown a double chin."

 

[jlprk]

The only good news is that they outfouled us 10-4.

 

[B-Roy]

Deni tore his acl

 

[kjironman1]

Non contact injury. Looks like he is going to be okay

 

[jlprk]

No Ayton tonight, so the team isn't mentally motivated. Welcome to the brave new world if we trade Ayton. Many 60-point losses.

 

[B-Roy]

Clingan lol

 

[PCmor7]

Clingan LOL ... WTH?

 

[PCmor7]

It's getting to the point where the only time you want to see Clingan touching the basketball is when he's blocking a shot. Now he's not just losing the rebounds, he's scoring putbacks for the other team.

 

[kjironman1]

It's getting to the point where the only time you want to see Clingan touching the basketball is when he's blocking a shot. Now he's not just losing the rebounds, he's scoring putbacks for the other team.

I’ll bet you would be hard pressed to find a center that has not done that at least once.

 

[illmatic99]

what exactly is billups' offense? guys just going one on 5 every possession.

games like this make it more obvious how basic chauncey is.

 

[PCmor7]

Mentally lazy. This will not be a good loss, because we came out with no energy of any kind. We played dumb.

 

[PCmor7]

what exactly is billups' offense? guys just going one on 5 every possession.

games like this make it more obvious how basic chauncey is.

Yeah, it's worthless for development. We could still be a lottery team and develop good habits. This franchise's approach right now is just to lose. Nothing else. Just lose.

 

[Cugel]

A most frustrating situation for a fan. I just want to see a ray of light from this organization now and then. But there is no way this team makes the post season in less than 5 years. Nfw. There aren’t enough draft picks for Joe to acquire the necessary talent by 2030.

POR = WAS = DET from a few years ago.

The idea of a quick rebuild was utter bullshit. POR is clearly the worst org in the west and it ain’t close.

until I see otherwise the Vulcans, Cronin, and Billups don’t have the answers

 

[PCmor7]

Awful spacing. Awful ball movement.

I have no idea what our offense intends to be. It looks like a bad version of 2000 style.