Anyone wanna address the elephant in the room??

[The_Lillard_King]

I realize we win with offense but u can't hold 17 point lead vs the chuckers on Toronto??

Other thing is again... Beating raptors? Not quality opponents. Nets would be nice win.

Bump

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I saw the game. The nets shot insanely good in the first half and insanely bad in the 2nd. I don't think our defense really improved much. As for old age, who cares? They rolled the dice by signing extremely talented but very old players. So you're going to have significant injuries. They have had really bad luck right now, but it's likely they'll be very much improved later. Their problem even with all of the injuries isn't talent. If you'd have seen the game you would have seen one team playing gritty team ball while the other team basically played 1-on-1.

I didn't mean to offend; it's tough typing my thoughts on a phone while holding an infant. I'm uber-impressed with the resilience on display.

I'm starting to watch the replay now.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I thought Portland made a conscious effort in staying in front of their man in the third quarter and fourth quarter. And defensively, if there is a concern, it's a lil less so this evnieng.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I saw the game. The nets shot insanely good in the first half and insanely bad in the 2nd. I don't think our defense really improved much. As for old age, who cares? They rolled the dice by signing extremely talented but very old players. So you're going to have significant injuries. They have had really bad luck right now, but it's likely they'll be very much improved later. Their problem even with all of the injuries isn't talent. If you'd have seen the game you would have seen one team playing gritty team ball while the other team basically played 1-on-1.

All do respect. I have no idea what you were watching in the 2nd half. The Blazers made not only stayed in front of their man, but physically they were about as good as they have been all year on that end. Portland played a huge part into the Nets shooting woes in the second half.

 

[theprunetang]

All do respect. I have no idea what you were watching in the 2nd half. The Blazers made not only stayed in front of their man, but physically they were about as good as they have been all year on that end. Portland played a huge part into the Nets shooting woes in the second half.

This. The defense in the first half was...well...half assed. But, you could tell that they came out with a different energy level and determination in on the defensive end in the second half. I was actually really surprised by the tenacity of our guards on defense in the second half and especially Mo Williams of all people. He was being a complete pest to his man in the 4th quarter. I was impressed.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

This. The defense in the first half was...well...half assed. But, you could tell that they came out with a different energy level and determination in on the defensive end in the second half. I was actually really surprised by the tenacity of our guards on defense in the second half and especially Mo Williams of all people. He was being a complete pest to his man in the 4th quarter. I was impressed.

agreed mo was playing like a beast, im finally convinced he's not a felton/crawford dud, he wants to win.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Mo Williams with 2 blocks! 6th man of the year and 2nd team all-defense?

 

[Samuel]

A lot of teams play better defense without a great shot blocking center. So it's not just Lopez.

Here is an interesting stat for Lopez, it measures opponent FG% at the rim. I filtered it for players who average at least 1 block per game. Lopez is at 46.5% per game....the really elite defenders like Hibbert and Davis are at 34-35%. Lipez is 22 on that list, but higher than players like Drummond, Dalembert, Ibaka, Gortat, McGee, Jordan.... McGee and Jordan's % is particularly bad.

http://stats.nba.com/playerTracking...=FGP_DEFEND_RIM&sortOrder=ASC&filters=BLK*G*1

Glad the FGA stat is also there. Looks like teams are teeing off against Lopez with over 10 attempts per game. Will be interesting to see if Lopez can get that number down.

 

[mook]

Interesting to see people take 10 attempts a game at Hibbert. You would think people would get tired of trying. You're better off handing it off to Andre Miller and letting him take a three pointer than challenging Hibbert at the rim. lol

 

[Wizard Mentor]

They're hugging people on the perimeter to overplay against the 3 begging people to drive. Attempts at the rim are unlikely to go down.

Glad the FGA stat is also there. Looks like teams are teeing off against Lopez with over 10 attempts per game. Will be interesting to see if Lopez can get that number down.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Interesting to see people take 10 attempts a game at Hibbert. You would think people would get tired of trying. You're better off handing it off to Andre Miller and letting him take a three pointer than challenging Hibbert at the rim. lol

You attack and try to get the big guys in foul trouble, then it's open season.