After two brutal losses, where are your expectations?

[Strenuus]

These fucking sucked. This one hurt more than any other game this year, IMO.

Right now, I'm just happy if we get a playoff seed and take our chances...

I'm highly doubting that this year is a year we make a run.

Next year? I have more hope for that.

 

[B-Roy]

The team needs to find its identity again.

And for the love of god Batum, enough with the awful passes.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

yeah this loss is really hard to swallow. first round and out at this pace.

 

[Strenuus]

The team needs to find its identity again.

And for the love of god Batum, enough with the awful passes.

I wonder if there is a stat for inbound %... because he has to be one of the worst.... I know of 4 times this game he made a stupid mistake on an inbounds.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

No more wins. 42-40. No playoffs.

 

[RoyToy]

1 and done after one of the hottest starts in Blazers history is hard to take

 

[Strenuus]

No more wins. 42-40. No playoffs.

The houston game notes were correct. lol.

 

[Strenuus]

1 and done after one of the hottest starts in Blazers history is hard to take

Yep. I almost want the 7-8 seed and match up with SA... It's really the only team I feel comftorable facing.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

1 and done after one of the hottest starts in Blazers history is hard to take

Just prove Nik and MM right. It was a gimmick offense and if the playoffs means flopping fests like tonight, we don't belong in it.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The houston game notes were correct. lol.

I didn't see them.

 

[Strenuus]

Just prove Nik and MM right. It was a gimmick offense and if the playoffs means flopping fests like tonight, we don't belong in it.

There were some ATROCIOUS ones that really swayed the game tonight... I mean, it wasn't basketball, it was a night at the theater.

 

[santeesioux]

 

[RoyToy]

The blazers didn't make a FG in the final 7-8 minutes of the game

That's lack of execution on offense

As bad as the refs were, the Rockets/Harden took that game. Blazers just can't finish as we've seen numerous times this season.

 

[Strenuus]

I didn't see them.

Tried to get it to work on here, it failed.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The blazers didn't make a FG in the final 7-8 minutes of the game

That's lack of execution on offense

As bad as the refs were, the Rockets/Harden took that game. Blazers just can't finish as we've seen numerous times this season.

Rockets lived by the jumper.

 

[PapaG]

There were some ATROCIOUS ones that really swayed the game tonight... I mean, it wasn't basketball, it was a night at the theater.

It drives me nuts that Beverley is allowed to bump opposing PGs on the perimeter. He's the new Avery Bradley. He fouls every play, and figures the refs will start not calling the fouls because he does it every possession.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Blazers don't lose for the rest of the regular season, get number 1 seed, win the playoffs, championship!

 

[RoyToy]

Rockets lived by the jumper.

Harden being Harden

We need a real star player

I hate Harden, but there's no doubt he's going to get any shot he wants. It's just a matter if it goes in or not.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Time to ask what is happening in the locker-room.

Gimmick offense that has been exposed, or do the problems run deeper?

 

[Strenuus]

It drives me nuts that Beverley is allowed to bump opposing PGs on the perimeter. He's the new Avery Bradley. He fouls every play, and figures the refs will start not calling the fouls because he does it every possession.

It was funny. They called EVERYTHING in the 1st quarter, then just let them pretty much do whatever they want... then those 2 phantom calls in the 3rd.... it was wildly inconsistent... it was like Batum was refereeing!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Harden being Harden

We need a real star player

I hate Harden, but there's no doubt he's going to get any shot he wants. It's just a matter if it goes in or not.

We have one, but he gets shut down by scrub point guards because of WHO KNOWS.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Time to ask what is happening in the locker-room.

Gimmick offense that has been exposed, or do the problems run deeper?

I guess it's time for a Canzano vulture job.

 

[Strenuus]

Time to ask what is happening in the locker-room.

Gimmick offense that has been exposed, or do the problems run deeper?

If we lose the next two.... I wouldn't be surprised if we start hearing some rumblings.

 

[Hobbesarable]

These fucking sucked. This one hurt more than any other game this year, IMO.

Right now, I'm just happy if we get a playoff seed and take our chances...

I'm highly doubting that this year is a year we make a run.

Next year? I have more hope for that.

I think our team can still make it to the playoffs as a 5th seed. That's if they snap out of their current funk soon.

 

[Sean.ivity]

I think the Blazers will be fine.. fall somewhere in the 3 to 6 range... Aldridge needs to find his game though... maybe he needs a Bagger Vance.

 

[PapaG]

Time to ask what is happening in the locker-room.

Gimmick offense that has been exposed, or do the problems run deeper?

The offense scored 106 points in regulation tonight.

 

[Hobbesarable]

If we lose the next two.... I wouldn't be surprised if we start hearing some rumblings.

Bring in George Karl and revamp the defense.

 

[RoyToy]

The offense scored 106 points in regulation tonight.

It keeps being shut down in the final minutes, though.....

 

[Strenuus]

It keeps being shut down in the final minutes, though.....

This... it's starting to become a trend.

 

[santeesioux]

Fall down to 6-7th seed, take Spurs/Okies to seven games, fix team in offseason.