Game Thread 2025-26 GAME #46 - BLAZERS VS RAPTORS - JANUARY 23, 2026 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION (1 Viewer)

[Chris Craig]

Grant has also been terrible. Stupid loss with a road trip ahead.

That's what $25 million a year gets you? Embarrassing

 

[BlazerBeav]

We are now going to be 5-9 against the East. Just can’t be losing these games.

 

[julius]

You guys do realize Toronto is a better team than Portland, right?

 

[Irish Trader]

This game was lost in the first quarter.

 

[julius]

Aand that's ball game.

 

[Cugel]

cant win 'em all. shots just wouldnt fall tonight

 

[BlazerBeav]

You guys do realize Toronto is a better team than Portland, right?

Nah. Certainly not on the road. All those gimme wins vs tanking eastern teams doesn’t make you good. We played horribly and still had the lead in the fourth.

 

[Quatro44]

Well that 2nd challenge is a bad one

 

[BlazerBeav]

Losing a home game where the other team only makes nine threes. Woof.

 

[Chris Craig]

You guys do realize Toronto is a better team than Portland, right?

Nah, this is on the Blazers. They played for shit tonight.

 

[MickZagger]

Giving up the offensive rebounds are the reason they lost.

 

[blazerkor]

This is a frustrating loss because we had so many of the stops we needed where we just couldn't grab the board. We also didn't make enough shots tonight.

 

[PCmor7]

Kind of a minor miracle the Blazers were up in this game in the 3Q considering no one played particularly well and two guys in the Blazer rotation (Rupert, Yang) were major negatives.

 

[MickZagger]

Scottie Barnes is legit. We didn’t really have an answer for him. Oh well. Can’t win them all. I’m not going to sit here and finger point. The Blazers have hardly lost in their past like 20 games.

 

[blazerkor]

Scottie Barnes is legit. We didn’t really have an answer for him. Oh well. Can’t win them all. I’m not going to sit here and finger point. The Blazers have hardly lost in their past like 20 games.

I'm going the other way. Trade all of them, who cares if they've overachieved this season and are all trending in the right direction.

One serious complaint though and I know there's nothing we can do about it but goddamn am I sick of watching Jerami not grab rebounds that go straight to him. Usually his offense and the rest of his defense makes up for it but no tonight.

 

[Everything Beagle]

We are now going to be 5-9 against the East. Just can’t be losing these games.

Doesn't bode well for the finals...

 

[Everything Beagle]

This game was lost in the first quarter.

When Clingan missed four tip-ins on the same play, I had a suspicion it wasn't our night

 

[1 Eye Jack]

You guys do realize Toronto is a better team than Portland, right?

When half your team is made up of guys who should be getting some run in g league and the other half of your team is injuried

 

[1 Eye Jack]

I'm going the other way. Trade all of them, who cares if they've overachieved this season and are all trending in the right direction.

One serious complaint though and I know there's nothing we can do about it but goddamn am I sick of watching Jerami not grab rebounds that go straight to him. Usually his offense and the rest of his defense makes up for it but no tonight.

Seeing him in person was eye opening he really looked bad tonight, his dribbling was autrocious.

 

[THE HCP]

If you are in the arena the broadcast on FM 98.1 is live.

In Boston?

 

[THE HCP]

Hard to believe I am watching the same team that played last night.

You WEREN’T watching the same team. One of them had their best player and backup center out.

 

[Everything Beagle]

You WEREN’T watching the same team. One of them had their best player and backup center out.

We need to get Deni and RWIII alternating games in these back to back situations. The energy level without both of them is not good.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hard to beat a team that’s better than you without your best player

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Well at least Grants only under contract until 2028....

 

[illmatic99]

Toumani was fantastic.

Otoh, these kinda games will make it near impossible to send Grant out in a trade. Defeating the purpose of hid earlier showcasing

 

[1 Eye Jack]

Couple of observations from the good seats that Bobobrewski seats that he gave me last night
1. Clingan gives everything he has every minute he’s on the court he is 100% all about winning. Down side he really struggles covering outside the key. We really missed RW tonight
2. Sharpe reminds of watching Gary Payton play back in the day at OSU. He looked disinterested at times and then he’d go for 10-12 points in a span of 1-2 minutes.
3. Jrue is so flipping good, guy has a counter move for every offensive move that he has and he’s so controlled
4. YH didn't look that bad to me I can definitely see he has potential but he’s young and still figuring it out. Team doesn’t really run anything that would make his skillset standout. Give him time
5. If we trade RW and don’t get a mobile defensive center back we are going to struggle against certain teams. Last two games are great example. Bam last game exposed Clingan’s defense and the guy from Toronto just sat at 3 point line daring Clingan to come out and guard him. I can’t see how we keep both YH and Clingan and expect that center rotation to work.
5. I expected Deni to be much bigger he’s skinnier than expected.

Last comment I don’t think Toronto is better than us. Full strength we have better team. Toronto is similar to us in that they rely heavily on playing harder then their competition and are pretty athletic.

Toronto players who stood out to me
Quickly he’s pretty good pg
Grady Dick was better than I expected

 

[PCmor7]

When Clingan missed four tip-ins on the same play, I had a suspicion it wasn't our night

Clingan set an awful tone to this game by cosplaying as Nurk. His unwillingness to go up strong and dunk a couple of times early in the game was a big reason we were playing uphill most of the night.

 

[1 Eye Jack]

Clingan set an awful tone to this game by cosplaying as Nurk. His unwillingness to go up strong and dunk a couple of times early in the game was a big reason we were playing uphill most of the night.

Watching a guy who can almost touch the rim miss over and over was tough to watch, not only miss but at times miss the rim while standing next to it, lol. That said he plays hard and to win so accept he’s not perfect.

Btw- Sharpe has to start getting pissed about getting fouled on some of those drives so he gets the attention of the refs. Maybe it’s getting a tech or two or maybe it’s Tiago getting a couple for him. He deserves more calls

 

[Cugel]

POR could use a very athletic, quick big that isnt stuck in drop coverage like DC. Some nights DC just doesnt match up well.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Couple of observations from the good seats that Bobobrewski seats that he gave me last night
1. Clingan gives everything he has every minute he’s on the court he is 100% all about winning. Down side he really struggles covering outside the key. We really missed RW tonight
2. Sharpe reminds of watching Gary Payton play back in the day at OSU. He looked disinterested at times and then he’d go for 10-12 points in a span of 1-2 minutes.
3. Jrue is so flipping good, guy has a counter move for every offensive move that he has and he’s so controlled
4. YH didn't look that bad to me I can definitely see he has potential but he’s young and still figuring it out. Team doesn’t really run anything that would make his skillset standout. Give him time
5. If we trade RW and don’t get a mobile defensive center back we are going to struggle against certain teams. Last two games are great example. Bam last game exposed Clingan’s defense and the guy from Toronto just sat at 3 point line daring Clingan to come out and guard him. I can’t see how we keep both YH and Clingan and expect that center rotation to work.
5. I expected Deni to be much bigger he’s skinnier than expected.

Last comment I don’t think Toronto is better than us. Full strength we have better team. Toronto is similar to us in that they rely heavily on playing harder then their competition and are pretty athletic.

Toronto players who stood out to me
Quickly he’s pretty good pg
Grady Dick was better than I expected

Agree about Clingan; he needs to anticipate better when he might need to race out to contest the three point shooter; even Yang seems to do that better. And if a doctor says Williams can stay healthy, yes definitely need to keep him. Would need to know if he would consider re-signing here and what kind of salary he might get.