Blazers @ Jazz Game Thread

[MickZagger]

What kinda Mormon honkey's they got running the telecasts down there in Momo land? Cant even get all the preseason games?

 

[THE HCP]

What kinda Mormon honkey's they got running the telecasts down there in Momo land? Cant even get all the preseason games?

Ahhhh shit...... that mormon dude from the OT page is gonna' be pissed!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This new undrafted SG of theirs Burks is a very active good shooter. Have they found their next Matthews?

Burks was a lottery pick for them last year.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

SIX TOs for Aldridge - going for the triple-double.

 

[jlprk]

Oh, I thought he was undrafted. Sorry. Our starters came back in late in the 2nd and blew our lead down from 5 to 2. We have a giant foul problem at Center. 4 Hickson, 3 Freeland, Leonard out, 2 Aldridge.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Why the fuck won't Stotts play Claver?

 

[THE HCP]

Glad that we can count of Lillard being able to hit FTs. Don't know how many games THIS season it will matter in, but for the future anyway.

 

[THE HCP]

Lillard is 2-10 from field, has 5 pts, 4 assts.

 

[THE HCP]

Nic- 26 min/ 7-12 for 17 pts/5 reb/2blks/2 stls/1 dime

 

[jlprk]

3rd quarter: Hickson got 2 fouls and 1 turnover in the 1st minute and didn't play again in the quarter. That gave him 4 fouls and really hurt us, since Brenda can't replace him. Jefferson and Millsap just pile up the assists. Someone's got to get between that love match. Lillard continued to stink up the shooting but took fewer shots finally. We fell behind that quarter. I like what Pavlovic does. He's selective like Batum, invisible until he does something good.

 

[THE HCP]

I said this a month ago......I think LA/Nic/Wes/Lillard will be among the league leaders in minutes played. We just can't afford to not have those guys on the court... EVER!

 

[THE HCP]

Wes with back to back huge 3s!

 

[THE HCP]

24 for Wes

 

[Nikolokolus]

Now that preseason is about to be over, I think I'm finally actually truly excited for basketball for the first time in over a year.

 

[THE HCP]

Now that preseason is about to be over, I think I'm finally actually truly excited for basketball for the first time in over a year.

What are you most looking forward to this year?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Seeing if Lillard can be the real deal and if Nic can sustain aggressive and high level play ... also, I'm anxious to see what Stott's offense looks like when it finally does get clicking.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Nic with a decent game:

17 pts || 10 rebs || 3 stls || 2 blks || 50 FG%

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The bench was atrocious:

8 pts on 18 FG%

 

[Nikolokolus]

Also, I wasn't particularly good this year, but I went ahead and asked Santa Claus for a normal injury year -- not zero injuries, just no more god-damned career enders

 

[THE HCP]

Get used to this FAMS.........

Jazz's bench outscored #Blazers bench 54-8.

 

[jlprk]

4th quarter: If we had a clutch scorer like Roy we would have pulled out the win, but Aldridge and Batum are sad replacements who can't score when it matters. Lillard finally made a couple in a row early in the quarter, but reverted to jacking up missed 3s. Lillard is the goat of the game (he also had many turnovers and few assists). Batum's box score stats overstate his influence. Kanter and Favors made shot after shot in the 4th, while Tinsley piled up assists. Utah's system produces a lot of assists for their big men, while our system doesn't produce assists leading to Aldridge and Matthews buckets. Those two aren't great dribblers and would be greatly helped with some catch and shoots.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Kanter is going to be a problem.

He went from rookie dud to a legit starter.

 

[Blazinaway]

Get used to this FAMS.........

it won't be this ugly every night (I hope), but we can't expect much from da bench

 

[Blazinaway]

4th quarter: If we had a clutch scorer like Roy we would have pulled out the win, but Aldridge and Batum are sad replacements who can't score when it matters. Lillard finally made a couple in a row early in the quarter, but reverted to jacking up missed 3s. Lillard is the goat of the game (he also had many turnovers and few assists). Batum's box score stats overstate his influence. Kanter and Favors made shot after shot in the 4th, while Tinsley piled up assists. Utah's system produces a lot of assists for their big men, while our system doesn't produce assists leading to Aldridge and Matthews buckets. Those two aren't great dribblers and would be greatly helped with some catch and shoots.

for a rook Lillards been good, he'll have some stinkers, but overall I like

 

[Nikolokolus]

Get used to this FAMS.........

Doesn't surprise me at all. On the plus side, if the starters can play well together and develop some kind of cohesion, they may lose a helluva lot of games in the short term, but they'll have something to maybe build on when Olshey finds them some reinforcements in next year's draft or in free agency.

 

[MickZagger]

Kanter is going to be a problem.

He went from rookie dud to a legit starter.

Kanter has had good player written all over him since he was an amateur.

 

[jlprk]

Tyrone Corbin's system turns his big guys into overachievers.
Turnovers: 7 Aldridge, 5 Hickson, 5 Lillard.
Turnovers: 25 Jazz, 17 Blazers.
Steals: 5 Millsap, 4 Tinsley, 4 Carroll.
Assists: 23 Jazz, 14 Blazers.
Steals: 18 Jazz, 10 Blazers.

Why the fuck won't Stotts play Claver?

Also, Barton didn't enter until late and played 5 minutes.

 

[jlprk]

Enes Kanter looks like Gheorghe Muresan.

 

[MickZagger]

Highlights of this game? Anything?

 

[Natebishop3]

Highlights of this game? Anything?

There's no highlights... what do you think this is, the 21st century?