Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #49 -BLAZERS VS SUNS - FEB 1, 2025 - SAT - 7:00 PM - CHARGE - KUNP - BLAZERVISION

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

(13) BLAZERS 19-29 (8) SUNS 25-22

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STARTERS


Anfernee Simons Deni Avdija

Toumani Camara Jerami Grant

DeAndre Ayton



Tyus Jones Devin Booker

Kevin Durant Ryan Dunn

Nick Richards

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WHEN: FEBRUARY 1, 2025 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM PST

WHERE: MODA CENTER PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST



Antenna 2.2, Xfinity 302/1170, DTV 688



47/16

STREAMING


RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Scoot Henderson

Shaedon Sharpe Donovan Clingan

Robert Williams Dalano Banton

Jabari Walker Kris Murray

Rayan Rupert Duop Reath

Justin Minaya* Bryce McGowens*

Tazé Moore*

Matisse Thybulle°

* Two Way Player
° Injured Player


Grayson Allen Bradley Beal

Monte Morris Royce O'Neale

Mason Plumlee Jusuf Nurkic

Damion Lee Bol Bol

Oso Ighodaro

Jalen Bridges* Collin Gillespie*

Ty Ty Washington*


* Two Way Player
° Injuries Player

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COACH


Chauncey Billups


Mike Budenholzer

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Matisse Thybulle - Ankle - Out
Jerami Grant - Ankle - Quest

SUNS

None

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS VS SUNS 2/3 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS PACERS 2/4 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS KINGS 2/6 - 7:00 PM

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GAME NOTES
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• The Blazers are 112-133 all time vs the Suns
• Chauncey Billups is 2-6 vs Mike Budenholzer
• The Blazers are 4-9 against the Suns during Chauncey Billups tenure
• The Suns defeated the Blazers 103-97 on 11/2 in Phoenix
• The Suns defeated the Blazers 116-109 on 12/15 in Phoenix
• The Blazers will play the Suns again on 2/3 in Portland
• Jusuf Nurkic played for the Blazers from 2017-23
• Mason Plumlee played for the Blazers from 2015-17

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[KingSpeed]

Let’s win these next two.

 

[ehizzy3]

Taking my wife to her first game tonight!

 

[SharpesTriumph]

My favorite part of playing Phoenix was rooting against both Nurk and Ayton.

Nurk is out of the rotation so don't know what to do now.

Guess I'll root for Camara to drop 40.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Taking my wife to her first game tonight!

I initially read that as, "Taking my first wife to the game tonight!"

 

[HailBlazers]

I'm taking my mistress @Chris Craig

 

[Chris Craig]

I'm taking my mistress @Chris Craig

Don't tell your wife

 

[Cugel]

Nurk doesn’t play in garbage time.

 

[THE HCP]

Scoot to the bench……Grant starting.

 

[Cugel]

Scoot to the bench……Grant starting.

Nooooooooooooooo.
Tank commander reporting for duty

 

[blazerfan11]

Scoot to the bench……Grant starting.

What the holy hell. Taking 30 minutes away from other players.

Thank you again Chaucey Billups.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Scoot to the bench……Grant starting.

Well, I was thinking about watching...

 

[illmatic99]

idiotic. the kids are not allowed even an opportunity to build on success.

cronin is a fucking idiot and billups is complicit too.

 

[blazerfan11]

idiotic. the kids are not allowed even an opportunity to build on success.

cronin is a fucking idiot and billups is complicit too.

I would say the reverse. Billups is the idiot and Cronin is complicit.

 

[illmatic99]

I would say the reverse. Billups is the idiot and Cronin is complicit.

this roster build is 100% on cronin.

billups is just playing whoever is given to him.

 

[blazerfan11]

this roster build is 100% on cronin.

billups is just playing whoever is given to him.

Nobody is telling Billups he has to start Jerami Grant over Scoot Henderson or Shaedon Sharpe.

 

[illmatic99]

Nobody is telling Billups he has to start Jerami Grant over Scoot Henderson or Shaedon Sharpe.

you sure of that?

 

[blazerfan11]

you sure of that?

No, I'm not sure of it.

however, at the end of last season Cronin said his goal for the next season is development and Billups said that his priority is winning games.

 

[illmatic99]

No, I'm not sure of it.

however, at the end of last season Cronin said his goal for the next season is development and Billups said that his priority is winning games.

just working through the logic here... if chauncey is going against cronin's wishes, then cronin still holds all the cards and is fully within his rights to fire billups. and with just half of one season remaining on his contract, even the financial repercussions of letting chauncey go are meaningless.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

The intro was hype. Is that how it's been all season?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Scoot to the bench……Grant starting.

Don't worry everybody - Grant's contract ends in 2028, so Scoot can start after that.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

LMAO just saw Scoot not start wtf

 

[SharpesTriumph]

LMAO just saw Scoot not start wtf

Scoot is in the way of our Grant Ayton Ant big 3 and needs to sit on the bench.

 

[HailBlazers]

Tou is so good around the rim.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Tou is so good around the rim.

He's so nice. What a great foundational piece.

 

[THE HCP]

The intro was hype. Is that how it's been all season?

Wonder who edited that piece FAMS!!??

 

[illmatic99]

even on his lefty finishes, scoot jumps off his left foot.

this is clearly his biggest hurdle to lefty finishing around the rim. footwork has to improve

 

[HailBlazers]

He's so nice. What a great foundational piece.

Thx phx.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I hearth Scoot.

 

[MickZagger]

Which one of you bastards ratted me out about my methstreams link?

Them’s fighting words