Bulls @ Blazers Game Thread

[chris_in_pdx]

Yeah, sophisticated fans don't do that sort of stuff. They arrive late, leave early, and have to be told when to cheer, when they can be bothered to cheer. In Canzanos world, fans should basically be puppets. And John knows all about being a puppet, complete with someones arm up his backside.

To be fair, Rose Garden crowds today don't hold a candle to the nightly riots that happened in the MC in the late 70s, 80s, and early 90s.

That being said, Portland crowds are immensely more intelligent and knowledgable about the game than many other cities.

 

[jlprk]

Aldridge was so hot, he was laughing his way through the last couple of minutes. Every shot he took went in, inside or outside.

 

[julius]

Only 8 boards? Kevin Love got 17!

It's crazy to think that the Twolves beat the Hornets, in New Orleans. For their 3rd overall win on the road.

 

[B-Roy]

Boozer's "defense" is pretty laughable though. The guy gives up layups like crazy.

 

[Rhal]

Only 8 boards? Kevin Love got 17!

If you add Loves rebounds to his points he has 44, got LA by 2 then.

 

[MIXUM]

What a great moment... Roy greeting la at games end with Wes jumping on la. Nice night.

 

[MIXUM]

Btw.. I followed hollinger during game on twitter, and the fucker was crying bout how many free throws we got. It was like he had a bulls jersey on. Holy shit he was bias.

 

[illmatic99]

@JBay_5

happy for l.a. he deserves to be an all star...

@JohnHollinger

Memo to future Blazer opponents: If you don’t get fouls and get into their bench, they can absolutely beat you with six players.

 

[Darkwebs]

Btw.. I followed hollinger during game on twitter, and the fucker was crying bout how many free throws we got. It was like he had a bulls jersey on. Holy shit he was bias.

Like my philosophy professor use to say, "HATERS GONNA HATE!"

 

[BBert]

Standing ovations are too Portland, Canzano said. Sit down

Yeah, we certainly wouldn't want to show appreciation, or respect, or give thanks to someone for their performance or for entertaining us. That would be too Oregonian of us. We need to be more like Canzano. Where's Canzano from, Fresno California, right? 'Nuff said.

 

[MIXUM]

I don't think canzano could stand if he wanted too

 

[RoyToy]

The Blazers could easily win their next 4 games.

3 after that to end March will be tough but at least they'll be at home.

 

[Darkwebs]

The Blazers could easily win their next 4 games.

3 after that to end March will be tough but at least they'll be at home.

Yeah, I can't wait to get our 30-year olds back, Camby and Roy.

 

[jlprk]

something i have never seen before - 16 teams in action and 2 blazers in top 3 performers

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/scoreboard

2. Aldridge
3. Miller
6. Rose

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailyleaders/_/date/20110207

 

[illmatic99]

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[illmatic99]

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[MIXUM]

Batum on Rose.... (not good for next time we meet)

johnhollinger
Whoa. RT @blazerbanter Batum, on Derrick Rose: "He's a great offensive player...he can't play defense."
1 minute ago via web

 

[Darkwebs]

Batum on Rose.... (not good for next time we meet)
johnhollinger
Whoa. RT @blazerbanter Batum, on Derrick Rose: "He's a great offensive player...he can't play defense."
1 minute ago via web

Maybe Rose has a short memory. We won't play them until the Finals.

 

[MIXUM]

sam smith... bulls long time beat writer on la as all star.....


I've mentioned it before, but it's pretty amazing Love is an All Star over Aldridge as Love doesn't have a fraction of Aldridge's game
ab

 

[B-Roy]

Aldridge's postgame is hilarious.

 

[MIXUM]

question of the night....

WHERE IS KINGSPEED??????????????????

 

[illmatic99]

Well Nic was right about Rose's defense tonight.

 

[illmatic99]

LA is on twitter now, if you guys didn't know.

BEdge, Dante, and Patty all confirmed.

To bad DC didn't give you'll an appearance in the game with his Ray Charles looking face mask. Lol

Those were 2 of the hardest free throws of my life! Thanks fans for helping me make them!

I want to thank the city of Portland and all my fans for the support for the allstar game.

http://twitter.com/aldridge_12

 

[MIXUM]

Sean Marks, Patty Mills, and Luke Babbitt were the only other boxscore names, combining for 13 minutes of time that was largely forgettable outside of a nice Marks jumper at the top of the key. Nobody wanted to see the Blazer bench tonight except Chicago.

 

[andalusian]

Back from the RG. Fantastic game.

 

[THE HCP]

WOW! LA killed the Bulls tonight! Victor and Tyrus for him? What a joke! Congrats LA!

 

[Ed O]

WOW! LA killed the Bulls tonight! Victor and Tyrus for him? What a joke! Congrats LA!

It was an incredible trade--even at the time, IMO--and it's only getting better!

Ed O.

 

[Boob-No-More]

2. Aldridge
3. Miller
6. Rose

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailyleaders/_/date/20110207

The "ESPN Game Ratings" are just a weighted version of the EFF formula the NBA uses. For tonight's game:

LaMarcus Adridge - EFF = 43
Andre Miller - EFF = 42
Derrick Rose - EFF = 25

Rose may have scored more points (36 vs. 27) than Miller, but it took him 27 FGA to do it vs. 11 FGA for Miller's 27 points. Miller was incredibly efficient tonight. It may have been his best all around game as a Blazer - and yes, I'm including his 52-point game against Dallas last year. Miller shot incredibly well from the floor (7-11) and the line (13-13), and he had almost twice as many assists as Rose (11 vs. 6), more rebounds (6 vs. 1), more steals (4 vs. 0), more blocks (1 vs. 0) and fewer TOs (3 vs. 4).

BNM

 

[jlprk]

The criticism of efficiency points or effectiveness points or whatever the eff EFF means, is that they aren't weighted like PER, which is by proportion of the team's total stats, and also by pace.

But EFF is useful to compare players within one game, since the above two criticisms are then irrelevant, viewing stats only within that one game.

So your comparisons meet the official jlprk standards for an efficient EFF.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The criticism of efficiency points or effectiveness points or whatever the eff EFF means, is that they aren't weighted like PER, which is by proportion of the team's total stats, and also by pace.

But EFF is useful to compare players within one game, since the above two criticisms are then irrelevant, viewing stats only within that one game.

So your comparisons meet the official jlprk standards for an efficient EFF.

Yep, EFF is a simple stat (no calculator or spreadsheet necessary), but good enough to compare players production within the same game, or even cumulatively on the same team.

BNM