Blazers vs. Clippers Game Thread

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I do not know if it is coincidence or not, but the Blazers went back to starting slow when Blake was in the lineup tonight. The last few games the Blazers had got off to good offensive starts and tonight, they struggled in the first quarter. Secondly I would point out that was Blakes guy, Freddie Jones who ripped us a new one in the first quarter.

It was nice to see Rudy break out of his slump, he had a good game tonight.

Sergio had a nice game, he played very well. 5 assist 1 turnover, I'll take that ratio any day.

Bayless looked like he is starting to hone his PG skills. 6 assist and one turnover. That one play where he fouled a 3 point shooter was pretty bonehead though. You can tell he thought he was fast enough to recover, but is still learning that NBA players can release a shot much faster than he anticipated. But you have to love any time a guy is on the floor and the team is +25 while he is out there. I know +/- can be easily not telling what is going on in the game, but at +25 you are doing a lot of right things.

Outlaw looked comfortable tonight, he wasn't rushing anything. He got lost a lot on defense though, that was his man, Novac, that was ripping us from 3 point land. Travis was there on maybe one out of those shots, he has to get better.

Last but not least. Greg Oden is getting in better shape, you can see it every game. His quickness and reaction is getting better and better. Now, the question is, how can we get him the ball more? Many times tonight the passes were just behind him, or frustratingly, Batum several times failed to throw him the ball after he reposted. I don't care if it is the 3rd repost, you throw him the damn ball.
 
Oh and I am also happy that when Sergio bumped chests with Greg, that it didn't crush his whole ribcage in. I was worried for the little guy. :crazy:
 
MARIS61 said:
Because he's only had one decent game all year?:dunno:
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He had a 23 point game. He had a 14 point game. Those are two decent games. He had an 8 or 10 point game. He had a higher +/- than Sergio in the first two games without Blake. He's only played a few games. Sergio has played MANY more games and has probably only had about 3 decent games.
 
And that 23/3/3 game was way more than decent and way better than anything Sergio has done all year with way more chances. When has Sergio gotten 11 free throws in a game?
 
Roy for take off... watch out down below Chiekh Samb!

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Wow... great shot. Now it just needs the "after" picture with Samb flat on his back!
 
Here is a clip of that dunk from youtube


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Ok, Al, that's high enough! Go ahead and set me down now.

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^^^Hey Alex, I must be getting old . . . but I actually had an older version of that poster in your avatar which had (I think) Buck Williams, Drexler and one other Blazer (Kersey, Porter or Uncle Cliffy - I can't remember which one). That was one of my favorite Blazers posters when I was "a kid"; glad to see they did a revision of it. But shit, I'm old!!!
 
I was wondering if anybody else actually noticed the comment by Mike Barrett that he thought the Clippers would compete for a playoff spot after they got Zbo? Was he serious? He doesn't really believe that does he? :crazy:
 
MIXUM said:
dude...we are tied with a team whos starting a rookie pg, skinner and fred jones?


u want me to be excited about beating them? what happens when we play nba starters?

batum can clank 50 more threes? hes simply noot a starter. ive said it since november. u cant win vs good teams when ur small sf cant avg 8 points a night
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And yet we have beaten the Suns, Rockets, Magic, Heat (twice), Spurs, Hornets, Pistons (twice), and the World Champion Celtics (and we didn't have Roy).

Learn the game, then post.
 
ucatchtrout said:
Here is a clip of that dunk from youtube


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That's such a superstar move. I can't believe how good Roy has become. A "merely good" player pump fakes to get past the first defender at the three point line, attacks the paint and, seeing the help defender, either attempts a pull-up mid-range shot/tear drop shot, or passes it. Roy just elevates and hammers it home over the defender who was in a good challenge position.

It's not amazing for Roy, but sometimes I'm freshly blown away by how lucky the Blazers are to have such a good player.
 
alex42083 said:
Roy for take off... watch out down below Chiekh Samb!

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Looking at that it looks like the ball should go flying off his hand. I don't see how he controls it and jams in.
 
I know that if folks were actually following the league, they would note, that even though this short handed Clippers team has been losing, and had some players throw up some huge numbers against them, they have been pretty competitive in the games they have played, several of them being close even with the short handed squad. You just have to remember that a lot of players in this league have a lot of pride, and some of them, are getting what might be their only shot to make it in the league. That, can provide some amazing level of play from guys you would expect nothing from normally. So when it takes a while to put a team like this down, it doesn't surprise me. :devilwink:
 
yenniedn said:
^^^Hey Alex, I must be getting old . . . but I actually had an older version of that poster in your avatar which had (I think) Buck Williams, Drexler and one other Blazer (Kersey, Porter or Uncle Cliffy - I can't remember which one). That was one of my favorite Blazers posters when I was "a kid"; glad to see they did a revision of it. But shit, I'm old!!!
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I had that poster too when I was a kid, I still do have it laying around somewhere. It was Porter, Buck and Kersey. There was no Clyde since it was a mainly Nike poster, and Clyde was an Avia guy back in the day.
How old are you? I was around 7 or 8 when I got that poster, and if you were a kid back in that time, you can't be THAT old now!
And they didn't do a revision on it.. it was just a made up image only from bustabucket.com.
 
I'm assuming this is after Roy's dunk, but what's Prunty doing? "You gotta calk that more Brandon!" and Monty's thinking, "What's the big deal.. I did that tons of times in high school."

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alex42083 said:
I had that poster too when I was a kid, I still do have it laying around somewhere. It was Porter, Buck and Kersey. There was no Clyde since it was a mainly Nike poster, and Clyde was an Avia guy back in the day.
How old are you? I was around 7 or 8 when I got that poster, and if you were a kid back in that time, you can't be THAT old now!
And they didn't do a revision on it.. it was just a made up image only from bustabucket.com.
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I still have this poster, and recently got it framed. It is still to this day, my favorite Blazer poster of all time.

Uh Oh...
 
alex42083 said:
I had that poster too when I was a kid, I still do have it laying around somewhere. It was Porter, Buck and Kersey. There was no Clyde since it was a mainly Nike poster, and Clyde was an Avia guy back in the day.
How old are you? I was around 7 or 8 when I got that poster, and if you were a kid back in that time, you can't be THAT old now!
And they didn't do a revision on it.. it was just a made up image only from bustabucket.com.
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Yeah, you're right about Clyde and Avia of course - I was thinking that as I typed the original post but threw it out there anyways. At least I got Buck right :)

I've got 11 years on you, which in itself isn't so bad. It's these last 5+ yrs with our three little kids that have aged me about 30 yrs in that time ;)
 
PapaG said:
For a mod, you personalize things way too much. You set the "teams", Ed.

Just saying...
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Yeah, I've been reading your garbage for a while now and its official *edited: No personal attacks*. Go start your own message board if all your going to do is bitch about how the moderators don't do their job.
 
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PapaG said:
Minstrel, you've actually grown on me. You have the calm demeanor that I'd expect from a mod of a very active board. Plus your English spelling of certain words always is a plus.
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You're so damn passive aggressive it's painfull. Your personal crusade against the mod(s) really needs to go away.


and back to the topic at hand, the Roy dunk was "money!". :ohno: :ohno:
 
It was pretty funny. DirecTV had the Clips feed. About 5 minutes to go in the 4th, Blazers up 13, the announcers said something like it's not over yet. Get a couple of stops, and a couple of scores, and it's a game. No sooner wwere the words out of his mouth than Travis hits a 3. He says, well, that hurt a little, in a feeble voice.

BTW, I have never seen a commercial for bail bondsman on an NBA game before. Does make me wonder a bit about the demographics of Clippers fans!

I know their defense stinks, but still good to see Roy & Rudy get their shooting touch back.
 
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