BLAZERS @ SUNS - GAME THREAD - 10/30/13 SEASON OPENER - 7 PM - KGW

[Darkwebs]

*WHEN: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, 10/30/2013​

*WHERE: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ ​

*TV BROADCAST:

*RADIO BROADCAST:

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STARTERS

PG

DAMIAN VS DRAGIC

SG

WESLEY VS BLEDSOE

SF

NICOLAS VS TUCKER

PF

LMA VS FRYE

C

ROBIN VS PLUMLEE




HEAD COACHES

- VS –

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Stotts -------- Hornacek
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BLAZERS' GAME NOTES



GO BLAZERS!!​

 

[magnifier661]

Yahoo!!!!! Now this is a proper game thread! Now we are gonna win a blow out victory!

 

[THE HCP]

meh.... #NotImpressed

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

What's different from the one Mags created earlier?

 

[magnifier661]

What's different from the one Mags created earlier?

I copied darkwebs post!

 

[THE HCP]

This one has it;s own mojo. I'm all for it being by itself.

 

[magnifier661]

^^^ agree with this slimy bastard

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I fixed the other one.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I wish to hell the Blazers where on Fox Sports One. Fuck Comcast straight up there ass's!!

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'm slightly confused...is this "official?"

 

[mgb]

It's only official if it doesn't say it's official.

 

[jlprk]

Ever notice Darkwebs only starts threads when it's dark? I think he looks like Batman.

 

[Rhal]

I am so AMPED to watch this game. Won't be able to watch it until late tomorrow night but i'll be listening to Wheels call it live.

 

[SpamKing]

Vegas says we win:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/las-vegas/

 

[BrianFromWA]

...

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Oh man, that Suns logo...

 

[Eastoff]

Yahoo!!!!! Now this is a proper game thread! Now we are gonna win a blow out victory!

 

[BBert]

Oh man, that Suns logo...

Without bothering to double check the other 29, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it has to be the worst.

Of course, the Blazers logo is the best. So, we win.

 

[BBert]

Too bad CJ is out. No doubt he'd get some burn in tonight's laugher. We may even have a Meyers "Human Victory Cigar" Leonard sighting.

 

[illmatic99]

I expected last night's LAC-LAL game to be a massive LAC win. Let's hope we don't shit the bed tonight against a far more inferior team like the Clips did.

 

[BBert]

Lopez, LaMarcus, Joel and TRob are going to come out with a mission to man up and show the Suns front court who the Alpha is. Lillard will be Lillard. Nico will shut someone down and have a few spectacular plays, but mostly facilitate for his team mates. Game, set, match. Our role players will be laughing on the court.

 

[mook]

That Suns logo reminds me of my first project in 8th grade shop class. It was supposed to be a plate.

 

[Eastoff]

I think it should read as follows:

show the Suns front court who is the Alpha.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Is that seriously the Suns logo now? That is hideous.

 

[magnifier661]

Lopez, LaMarcus, Joel and TRob are going to come out with a mission to man up and show the Suns front court who the Alpha is. Lillard will be Lillard. Nico will shut someone down and have a few spectacular plays, but mostly facilitate for his team mates. Game, set, match. Our role players will be laughing on the court.

I hope they put batum on dragic

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I hope they put batum on dragic

I bet that is a big part of the game plan. That guy kills us.
I want to see Batum on him at least in the 4th Q.

 

[magnifier661]

I bet that is a big part of the game plan. That guy kills us.
I want to see Batum on him at least in the 4th Q.

Batum should be the designated pg stopper. I never understood why Nate went away from that strategy. I hope Stotts realizes that Batum's long arms and quick recovery time will frustrate the hell out of the other PGs

 

[mook]

Nic usually looks pretty good against PG's. Even when they get around him, they know he's got those long arms and an open jumper or pass is always at risk of getting tipped from behind. It's the stronger swingmen that give him fits. He's an above average defender against quickness and a below average defender against strength, which washes him out as a pretty mediocre defender overall.

Lillard showed some pretty nice post defense in the preseason. Damian was so bad at defense last year that I can see why the coach didn't try having him guard a different position that often. But if he can not get posted up too badly while guarding 2's and even some 3's, it could be huge for Portland to have Batum focus on PG's.

 

[magnifier661]

Nic usually looks pretty good against PG's. Even when they get around him, they know he's got those long arms and an open jumper or pass is always at risk of getting tipped from behind. It's the stronger swingmen that give him fits. He's an above average defender against quickness and a below average defender against strength, which washes him out as a pretty mediocre defender overall.

Lillard showed some pretty nice post defense in the preseason. Damian was so bad at defense last year that I can see why the coach didn't try having him guard a different position that often. But if he can not get posted up too badly while guarding 2's and even some 3's, it could be huge for Portland to have Batum focus on PG's.

In this game, I think Lillard will have a better time against Bledsoe than Dragic. Batum is a little suspect against the stronger SFs, but I think disrupting the pg will take that advantage away. Usually the stronger SFs (excluding LBJ) aren't good ball handlers or passers. If you take away their flow by pressuring their ball handler, we can force their terrible ball handlers to win the game for them.

 

[THE HCP]

9 hours FAMS!