Blazers @ Pistons - GAME THREAD

[ChadWick]

Anyone have a video of the fight?

 

[Minstrel]

Sure, the close games are more "exciting"..but I'd like us just to blow by somebody one of these times..

With the litany of injuries, I'm not asking for any blowouts...I'm just amazed and pleased that they keep winning games and playing even top teams (like Cleveland, Boston) so competitively that the games were essentially toss-ups.

 

[RoyToy]

OT, but Tolliver has 16/10 for the Warriors and they're still in the 3rd.

 

[oldguy]

Fourth best in the west at the end of a long roady. WHOOO!

Go Blazers

 

[southnc]

Good, tough win tonight.

Both Miller and Blake had a double-double. Now that's impressive!

Webster was lights-out tonight.

 

[handiman]

Both Miller and Blake had a double-double. Now that's impressive!

Has the team ever had two PG's with points/assists double-doubles in the same game before? Seems like an unusual statistic.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

No team can use injuries as an excuse for tanking anymore. The NBA should investigate such shenanigans should they happen in the future.

 

[Nikolokolus]

No team can use injuries as an excuse for tanking anymore. The NBA should investigate such shenanigans should they happen in the future.

pffft. Tanking doesn't guarantee anything; even the team with the worst record is only assured a top 4 pick and only has a 25% chance at the number one overall.

If a team can sell losing to ticket holders and advertisers, as a shot at getting a good draft pick then that's between them and their supporters. Truly successful franchises built to last have bigger fish to fry, like trying to add useful players through free agency and using their scouting to add useful players later in the draft.

And sometimes for those successful franchises that reach the end of their runs, 'tanking' is a perfectly acceptable method of getting back to their winning ways. The only real crime in the NBA is stringing together years and years of mediocrity, with no hope of a championship or deep playoff run in sight.

 

[Uther TheGardener]

it does if you are the spurs, lakers and boston

 

[BlazerCaravan]

it does if you are the spurs, lakers and boston

"Oh no, we lost David Robinson" *tank* "Oh look, we got Tim Duncan! Yay!"

 

[ABM]

FWIW....

http://blog.mlive.com/fullcourtpress/2010/01/game_thread_43_portland_trail/869/comments.html