Blazers @ Clippers Gamethread

[Entity]

Was that a Mallrats reference? If so, kudos.

Indeed.

 

[tlongII]

Huh?

 

[theprunetang]

Huh?

huh?

 

[Sinobas]

huh?

What?

 

[JDC]

4th game in five nights and we managed to win all of them.

 

[KingSpeed]

18-0 run, man where did that come from?

It started with a basket by Travis Outlaw. Why do people get so down on him? So he had a bad shooting night. EVERYONE does! He still hit the big shot when we needed it.

 

[KingSpeed]

This Clipper team reminds me of the 2003(ish) Blazer team.

The 2003ish Blazers team won 50 games and took the Mavs to a 7th game after trailing 0-3. The Clippers aren't a 10th of what that Blazers team was.

 

[BengalDuck]

It started with a basket by Travis Outlaw. Why do people get so down on him? So he had a bad shooting night. EVERYONE does! He still hit the big shot when we needed it.

That was his worst game of the season. He didn't just miss shots - he got beat on defense nearly every time, didn't rebound, and made no plays.

What would he have to do for you to criticize his play? Kick your dog? Beat you up?

 

[KingSpeed]

Sometimes people don't understand that Greg can't do much when 1. He doesn't get the ball. 2. He has two to three people boxing him out/hanging on him because Travis literally stands there and doesn't keep his man off the boards.

Sometimes people don't understand that a 7 footer can do a lot on the basketball court without being forcefed the ball. Rebound and play defense. Oden did not play well tonight. Do not look at the box score. The only thing he did well was stay out of foul trouble. Otherwise, he was pretty bad. Skinner blocked him and scored on him and he had very little impact on the game. It was embarrassing. Without Joel, we'd be a lotto team.

 

[KingSpeed]

That was his worst game of the season. He didn't just miss shots - he got beat on defense nearly every time, didn't rebound, and made no plays.

What would he have to do for you to criticize his play? Kick your dog? Beat you up?

I don't have a dog and he would never beat me up. Travis had an off game but it wasn't worth all the vitriol he got in here.

 

[mgb]

Sometimes people don't understand that a 7 footer can do a lot on the basketball court without being forcefed the ball. Rebound and play defense. Oden did not play well tonight. Do not look at the box score. The only thing he did well was stay out of foul trouble. Otherwise, he was pretty bad. Skinner blocked him and scored on him and he had very little impact on the game. It was embarrassing. Without Joel, we'd be a lotto team.

Oden have a off game and you go into bash mode as usual.

Oden gets up for big games, but does seem to have problems getting up for games that are not that big. Being inconsistent is a sign of being a rookie though.

While I love Joel and agree we would be doing a lot worse without him, Oden did play more mins in two of the previouos 3 games. Expect more of that when we get into the playoffs.

It is sweet though having both Joel and Oden!

 

[Natebishop3]

It started with a basket by Travis Outlaw. Why do people get so down on him? So he had a bad shooting night. EVERYONE does! He still hit the big shot when we needed it.

Eric, he took almost twice as many shots as Brandon freakin Roy, and only made 3. He was getting destroyed on the boards, his defense was horrendous, and he didn't know when to stop shooting. Personally, I blame Nate for not knowing when to take him out, but that doesn't change the fact that Travis was horrible last night.

 

[KingSpeed]

Eric, he took almost twice as many shots as Brandon freakin Roy, and only made 3. He was getting destroyed on the boards, his defense was horrendous, .

We held the Clippers to 72 points. Defense wasn't our problem last night.

 

[Natebishop3]

We held the Clippers to 72 points. Defense wasn't our problem last night.

The Clippers missed a ton of wide open shots. It had very little to do with our defense.

 

[KingSpeed]

When an opponent scores 72 points, it has a little to do with our defense, don't you think?

 

[MARIS61]

I don't get all the negativity.

We're on the road on a back-to-back and we've pretty much had control of this game all night.

I think that's amazing.

And we won by 15.

And still some people are whining a day later.