9 point quarter

[Fez Hammersticks]

This deserves its own thread - how did this happen?

This is where Nurk should've gotten a few plays ran through him on the block.

Kanter would be a possible answer here just to get a few quick points to end the drought and help swing the momentum.

Aminu/Harkless as the starting forwards don't help much either. Both are absolute liabilities on the offensive end. This, at the very least, is 100% on Olshey.

 

[beast blazer]

Blazers are losers. Watch them fall out of the playoffs.

 

[KingSpeed]

Nurk fouled out

 

[KingSpeed]

Blazers are losers. Watch them fall out of the playoffs.

Watch them get 3 seed

 

[beast blazer]

Watch them get 3 seed

Even if they get the 3rd seed, they'll get swept in the first round.

 

[illmatic99]

These things happen. We are not a top team. Bring down those expectations and youll feel a lot better

 

[Chris Craig]

Watch them get 3 seed

They will be lucky to keep 4th

 

[Chris Craig]

Stotts should be fired, thought he could win by keeping the game going rather than call a timeout, even with all the momentum on the Mavericks side. What a terrible coach. The worst Portland has had.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Stotts should be fired, thought he could win by keeping the game going rather than call a timeout, even with all the momentum on the Mavericks side. What a terrible coach. The worst Portland has had.

The worst? Come on...

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We pulled a similar stunt against the spurs but we won. Team sucks and should have fired stotts and traded CJ after that last playoff performance. You are getting the same team from the past few years.

 

[illmatic99]

We pulled a similar stunt against the spurs but we won. Team sucks and should have fired stotts and traded CJ after that last playoff performance. You are getting the same team from the past few years.

Agreed, but these are fixable mistakes

 

[illmatic99]

Now this.... Is not good



Coming from Casey, this is worrisome

 

[trailblazer18]

Stotts should be fired, thought he could win by keeping the game going rather than call a timeout, even with all the momentum on the Mavericks side. What a terrible coach. The worst Portland has had.

When did you want him to call a time out? Mavs called one at 6:40 and then Terry called one at 5:10.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Agreed, but these are fixable mistakes

No they arent.

Same loser team that got eviscerated last playoffs (well, last several playoffs).

The fix is trading CJ and firing stotts

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Now this.... Is not good



Coming from Casey, this is worrisome

He has asked for help for years and Olshey had sat on his thumb.

 

[Stevenson]

Stotts should be fired, thought he could win by keeping the game going rather than call a timeout, even with all the momentum on the Mavericks side.

I mostly like Terry as a coach, but his complete refusal to call a timeout at the end of games to set up a play infuriates me. Phil Jackson could do that, but he had Kobe and Shaq. Dame and CJ ain't that.

It's coaching malpractice.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

He has asked for help for years and Olshey had sat on his thumb.

Nonsense. Olshey got him enough talent to beat the Mavericks. It's on Stotts to get the W. Not Olshey. We have as much talent as most teams, if not more. Nobody put a gun to Stotts' head to start Harkless and Aminu, contracts be damned. Hood and Layman should be getting the majority of the PT.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Nonsense. Olshey got him enough talent to beat the Mavericks. It's on Stotts to get the W. Not Olshey. We have as much talent as most teams, if not more. Nobody put a gun to Stotts' head to start Harkless and Aminu, contracts be damned. Hood and Layman should be getting the majority of the PT.

What big moves has Olshey made to Dame's request?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Trollers gonna troll.

 

[twobullz]

Nonsense. Olshey got him enough talent to beat the Mavericks. It's on Stotts to get the W. Not Olshey. We have as much talent as most teams, if not more. Nobody put a gun to Stotts' head to start Harkless and Aminu, contracts be damned. Hood and Layman should be getting the majority of the PT.

Explain to me how Layman outplayed Harkless tonight? Yeah he had 4 more points, but fewer boards, steals, blocks. Layman did have more assists, but also had more turnovers. What did Jake do that was so much better then Moe? Moe playes good defense, Jake does not.

 

[Natebishop3]

The ATL GM should be fired for trading Doncic.

 

[illmatic99]

So it was about the non call

 

[Chris Craig]

He has asked for help for years and Olshey had sat on his thumb.

Not surprised.

 

[BonesJones]

I mostly like Terry as a coach, but his complete refusal to call a timeout at the end of games to set up a play infuriates me. Phil Jackson could do that, but he had Kobe and Shaq. Dame and CJ ain't that.

It's coaching malpractice.

Not only that, but it also would've saved us time bringing the ball up where we could've called time to advance and leave enough time for a putback or at worst, we could foul them.

 

[beast blazer]

Refs are always fucking up games. They are one reason why I've soured on sports.

 

[James lamphear]

One thing is they need to split Dame and CJ apart more likely trade CJ in the off season. Plus I am not a big fan of CJ. We need a new coach will coach the game how the flow going in the game. Like tonight CJ had bad shooting night and due he not very in any other category then you go with someone else. Hell you just traded for a guy that can play the 2 that is 6'8" that can exploit other 2 guard in low posts. Stotts think the only can pull a game is by Dame and CJ. The problem is both those players agrees with him.

 

[THE HCP]

The worst Portland has had.

Kevin Pritchard on Line 1........

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Kecin Pritchard on Line 1........

Blazers never lost a game after leading at the end of the 3rd quarter UNTIL YOU WENT TO HAWAII!

The loss is on you!

 

[TBpup]

The Blazers looked terrible/uninterested against Miami at home and now give away this game against that Mavs. That is 2 games they should have won an it will likely cost them at the end of the season.

 

[ripcityboy]

One thing is they need to split Dame and CJ apart more likely trade CJ in the off season. Plus I am not a big fan of CJ. We need a new coach will coach the game how the flow going in the game. Like tonight CJ had bad shooting night and due he not very in any other category then you go with someone else. Hell you just traded for a guy that can play the 2 that is 6'8" that can exploit other 2 guard in low posts. Stotts think the only can pull a game is by Dame and CJ. The problem is both those players agrees with him.

Yeah. I can't see any point where Dame doesn't demand major changes after this season. Even if we get a decent team to play in the first round, most coaches know how to disrupt Terry's flow offense and he never adjusts. Somebody will come up will be able to take advantage of mismatches Terry can't counter. It's sad because the bench is actually coming together. But you can always count the team to go on dry spell at some point against a top opponent and we just fall apart.