Blazers @ Denver Game Thread

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cmon nate take out the stars, they need the rest, this one is all but done
 
how exactly are blake and bayless being in at the same time helping?
 
This wasn't even competitive.

Not to belabor the point, but KP's unwillingness to make a deal doomed our season. He better pull off a huge deal in the summer or he'll lose his luster as a GM.
 
The goal was the playoffs. We're still in the running. Next game is at home against Minnesota. We'll be fine.

Who do you root for tomorrow? Utah or Denver? I'm going to root for Denver.
 
omg, are you still fucking hung up on the trade thing? Vince or jeff is not taking this team to the next level!!!!! And they certainly weren't worth Batum or Bayless (Personally, speaking, I'd have given up Rudy for Butler)
I do think we should have made a minor deal to net Salmons..he's a good SF and doing very well in Chi
 
From 4th to 7th place. What a huge drop from just one game.
 
craigehlo said:
This wasn't even competitive.

Not to belabor the point, but KP's unwillingness to make a deal doomed our season. He better pull off a huge deal in the summer or he'll lose his luster as a GM.
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That's ridiculous. We are 38-23 if we lose this game. That is a huge improvement from last season. We are 5th in the league in point differential. We have, what, the 3rd best home record in the league? And while we haven't been great on the road, we've been much better than last season.

We don't need a move. Just more time to grow. If we were playing the same as last season, I'd be with you. But they're CLEARLY getting better as they grow older.
 
KingSpeed said:
The goal was the playoffs. We're still in the running. Next game is at home against Minnesota. We'll be fine.

Who do you root for tomorrow? Utah or Denver? I'm going to root for Denver.
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Until we show we can win a damn game on the road, I think scoreboard watching outside of Phoenix is pointless
 
There are 3 weak players in our rotation - "stevie" Blake, Sergio and Frye. Now that every game counts we need to play all off them much less. give their minutes to Bayless, Rudy, Batum, Joel and Outlaw.
 
Fuck Steve Blake. He's an NBA backup. No, we don't really have all that much better of an option right now. I'd rather live with Bayless' rookie mistakes than Blake's I'm an extremely mediocre to below mediocre player mistakes.
 
Yep, there was no way you could win this, due to Portland being back to back and Carmelo playing like he used to and J.R. Smith getting the start.

Here is a small consolation though: you will make up 1/2 a game on these Nuggets tomorrow night. The Nuggets are most likely going to be utterly decimated in Utah against the 9 in a row Jazz tomorrow in a back to back road game of their own. That one could get very, very ugly for these Nugs.

Good luck getting a playoff win.
 
Just not enough in the tank tonight. 2nd on the back-to-back in Denver. The best teams in the league have a hard time winning those games. Anyone who takes tonight's game as an indication of the Blazers "not being good enough" or that "drastic changes need to be made" needs to calm the F down and shut the hell up.
 
We are SOFT! There is no fight, no toughness...not enough to win on the road. We does our NASTINESS come from? The only one I can think of is Joel. Who is going to intimidate the home team? Who is going to get locked up with someone and shove somebody?

On the road...someone has to let the officials know we are here to win...let the other team know we are here to win...let the other coach know...let the crowd know...and so on. Where is it going to come from? We need a bad ass!
 
B-Roy said:
Right.
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You must be thrilled that we lost because it means you get to throw my previous posts in my face and be right. Congratulations! You win. The Blazers lose. You must be so happy.
 
No. it's not just tonight. the 3 players I mentioned are below average players. In a long season you have to conserve yourself but when it's down to the last 20-or-so games there's no need to play them much. Blake, Sergio and Frye really hurt us. Without them and with Oden Back, we're much stronger.
 
chris_in_pdx said:
Just not enough in the tank tonight. 2nd on the back-to-back in Denver. The best teams in the league have a hard time winning those games. Anyone who takes tonight's game as an indication of the Blazers "not being good enough" or that "drastic changes need to be made" needs to calm the F down and shut the hell up.
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Yup, I expected a loss, but i can not stand for getting down by 14 or more for the 7th straight road game..simply unacceptable
 
KingSpeed said:
You must be thrilled that we lost because it means you get to throw my previous posts in my face and be right. Congratulations! You win. The Blazers lose. You must be so happy.
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I was simply being realistic. Didn't expect a win on the 2nd of a BTB on the road against a WC elite team.
 
KingSpeed said:
The Blazers lose. You must be so happy.
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Nobody on this board wants the Blazers to lose.

People need to see this team w/o rose colored glasses though. We are horrendous on the road and not making any improvements on defense.
 
craigehlo said:
Nobody on this board wants the Blazers to lose.

People need to see this team w/o rose colored glasses though. We are horrendous on the road and not making any improvements on defense.
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This season, we are MUCH better on the road than last season and MUCH better on defense than last season.
 
MAS RipCity said:
Until we show we can win a damn game on the road, I think scoreboard watching outside of Phoenix is pointless
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That's ridiculous. Win the home games, win the games we're supposed to on the road and we'll be right where we want to be at the end of the regular season. No matter where the wins and losses are coming, everyone else is losing as many games as we are.
 
MAS RipCity said:
Yup, I expected a loss, but i can not stand for getting down by 14 or more for the 7th straight road game..simply unacceptable
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Young Team.
Plays Great at Home.
Struggles on the Road.

Sound familiar?

Yeah, it's every other good/great team in the history of the NBA when they are young and putting the pieces together. It happened to the Pistons, the Bulls, the Rockets, the late 90s Lakers, the Spurs, etc. etc. etc.

When the average age of the team is 28 and they are still doing this, you have a right to bitch. 24? Not so much.
 
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