Game Thread GAME# 1: KINGS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 20, 2021 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, ROOT SPORTS

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Loved the bench energy. Looks like Ant has been freed and Nas is a disruptor... if he can stay healthy. Cody was solid and Nance woul be better.

What's with the zombie, way too empty arena? That was a bit depressing.

Giving up 76 points between the 2nd and 3rd quarters... yuck. Another car high given up by this starting 5. #defensematters

Good Nurk is a presence. Flip Nurk is infuriating.

Dame was not good tonight. Shot selection, effort, recognizing teammates are way hotter than he is.

RoCo BETTER be amazing as a help defender because on ball, that was brutal.
 
THE HCP said:
Just so I know. Are we not placing any of the blame for Barnes’ career night on the new coach? Because Stotts would have been getting killed over it. Just want to know how this works.
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If it continues to happen without change, then yes the blame can be put on the new coach. But since it’s only this new coach’s first game, it’s to be determined.

Now you know.
 
Anyone else notice that Dame exited stage left directly after missing the shot. In previous years Dame got everyone together at center court. Also I felt there was tension between CJ and Nurk. Reading body language after plays and the way they looked at each other. Might be reading too much into it. The basketball will come around, but if the team ain’t together that’s a whole other problem.
 
South East said:
Anyone else notice that Dame exited stage left directly after missing the shot. In previous years Dame got everyone together at center court. Also I felt there was tension between CJ and Nurk. Reading body language after plays and the way they looked at each other. Might be reading too much into it. The basketball will come around, but if the team ain’t together that’s a whole other problem.
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the center court thing only happens on wins. i noticed nothing out of the ordinary
 
If Dame will play like this, he will be fresh for playoffs.
 
THE HCP said:
Just so I know. Are we not placing any of the blame for Barnes’ career night on the new coach? Because Stotts would have been getting killed over it. Just want to know how this works.
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Billups defense getting shredded in game 1 is much, much different than Stotts getting shredded in game 820. That’s how that works for me, maybe not for others?

Comparing year 1 game 1 is much different than comparing year 10 game 820.

Kinda like how I’ll accept rookie mistakes but I can’t accept rookie mistakes from a 10 year vet, such as blowing your last timeout on a dumb challenge instead of advancing the ball for a GW shot.
 
THE HCP said:
Just so I know. Are we not placing any of the blame for Barnes’ career night on the new coach? Because Stotts would have been getting killed over it. Just want to know how this works.
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Don't be silly. This week, Doc Rivers and Morey are the designated dead horses. Please proceed with your beating in a dignified, restrained, and quiet manner.

By the time Billups does something to actually earn chastisement, there will nothing for the rest of us but hooves and a few scattered teeth.
 
Predator said:
such as blowing your last timeout on a dumb challenge instead of advancing the ball for a GW shot.
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That was still a good challenge because they reversed the continuation and it saved us two points.

Edit: I thought it was dumb we lost a timeout because I figured Billups was challenging the continuation of the call not the call itself.
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...10 minute sample size
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Zeller has played more than 10 minutes in his career.

Driew said:
I feel like they could have a phoenix suns type season where they surprise people.
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Which team? Kings or Blazers?

Scalma said:
I like this team. They’re gonna be good eventually.
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Once they get Ben Simmons, yes. This game went perfect. CJ showcased his game for Morey and Dame told Morey "I'm not THAT good. Take CJ."
 
PessimisticMillenial said:
I lost $200 dollars tonight because of “Dame Dolla”.
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No. You lost $200 because you were stupid with your money and didn't watch this team for the last 2-3 weeks.
I figure you are actually a Philly fan that is trying to start some kind of movement but sorry that really work around here. You don't understand Blazer fans at all.
We actually understand the game.
 
We out-rebounded them by 6, only had 12 turnovers, and our bench looked really, really good.

It's so refreshing to have bench players come in and actually improve our defense.

And they knocked down 11 of 17 shots for 25 points. For people worrying about us losing out on the offensive production of Kanter and Melo, well, it certainly didn't show tonight. (Meanwhile, Kanter got a DNP in his Boston debut loss, and Melo put up 9 points on 33% shooting in his Laker debut loss.)

This one was on Dame. It's really hard for us to win when he goes 0-9 on threes. The good news is that I looked through the regular season game logs of his entire career, and it was literally the second worst three point shooting performance he's ever had. (Three years ago he went 0-10 against our old friend Jrue Holiday and the Pelicans. We lost that one too.) I don't know who this Davion Mitchell is, but he definitely made his mark as a defender in his rookie debut. Hats off to him. Tonight was completely out of character for Dame.
 
THE HCP said:
Just so I know. Are we not placing any of the blame for Barnes’ career night on the new coach? Because Stotts would have been getting killed over it. Just want to know how this works.
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C'mon man.
First off. Barnes was making freaking everything.
Next you got to look at the whole picture. Same to be said for those blaming RoCo.
Work in progress.
Lets look to some positives on this and move on because there were plenty of positives to look to.

To answer your question though. Yes i do believe some of the blame goes on Billups.
 
@THE HCP do you or anyone else still feel Zeller isnt a solid replacement for Kanter and we will miss him?

zeller had much better foot speed than i thought and i was really impressed with his ability to close out on the three point line on help defense and then get right back to the paint.
 
Tough loss. Nice to see us fight back imto the game and it was through the bench and defense.

defense is a work in progress but i saw alot of things i liked overall. The things i didnt, seem correctable.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Tough loss. Nice to see us fight back imto the game and it was through the bench and defense.

defense is a work in progress but i saw alot of things i liked overall. The things i didnt, seem correctable.
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Correctable by maybe the best player on the court having even an average game.
 
James lamphear said:
I watch the highlights I seen a lot thing that are correctable. Like contesting a shot just raising your arm 3 feet away don't cut it. Leaving your feet on close out doesn't work. The last thing be close to a hot shooter that didn't happen against Barnes. That just some things I seen.
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How many years do you have to have been playing basketball to know the things you mentioned? I have to assume every NBA player knows those things.
 
Bingo Bango said:
How many years do you have to have been playing basketball to know the things you mentioned? I have to assume every NBA player knows those things.
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They may know them, yet time after time, it is easy to spot a failure to execute those very things. So 'knowing' doesn't seem to be the issue.
 
South East said:
Anyone else notice that Dame exited stage left directly after missing the shot. In previous years Dame got everyone together at center court. Also I felt there was tension between CJ and Nurk. Reading body language after plays and the way they looked at each other. Might be reading too much into it. The basketball will come around, but if the team ain’t together that’s a whole other problem.
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Yeah I noticed him say $@!#! Because he just lost the game for us and was pissed at himself. At least he was kind enough to high five fans on his way to the tunnel.
 
BonesJones said:
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Certainly a positive stat. Obvoiusly there are more negative stats to balance that out as the final outcome as our result was not as good as our prvious matchups with a similar Kings roster.
 
HailBlazers said:
Yeah I noticed him say $@!#! Because he just lost the game for us and was pissed at himself. At least he was kind enough to high five fans on his way to the tunnel.
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I'm wondering if he went straight to the practice facility and put up a 1000 threes? I could see him doing that.
 
THE HCP said:
Just so I know. Are we not placing any of the blame for Barnes’ career night on the new coach? Because Stotts would have been getting killed over it. Just want to know how this works.
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Did we place blame on Stotts his first game of the first season?

If Billups is the coach for a long period of time and doesn't make obvious adjustments, don't worry he will get criticized plenty for it.
 
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