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

[AldoTrapani]

I’m telling you unless your an obvious powerhouse and can sleep thru preseason. Preseason games always translate

 

[PessimisticMillenial]

And he want to have a bigger role this year lol. Dude is soft

We are 24 minutes into the season

 

[Sean.ivity]

Don't know why people are surprised... there's going to be early season struggles while the team gels and learns a whole new system. It's the first half of the first game, lol. Y'all trippin.

 

[riverman]

Did they take some points from us?

3....went from 50-47

 

[B-Roy]

This is rough. When the defense starts slipping it REALLY starts slipping. It seems like they can only keep up the intensity for 1.5 quarters.

RoCo and Nurkic in particular look rough. The three guards are struggling with rotations and providing any sort of resistance. We need size at the wings it's pretty obvious, but trying to give four 6'3 guards 25+ MPG is not going to end well.

 

[wizenheimer]

Cant believe people thought kanter is better than zeller

lol...10 minute sample size

 

[BlazerBeav]

I am not having a good time.

 

[Labinot41]

Lmao

 

[James lamphear]

10 turnovers not good 30 percent from the 3 not good especially a team likes the 3 and 8 assist.

 

[illmatic99]

lol...10 minute sample size

Well ive been screaming this since August

 

[Hoopguru]

Brooklyn giggly as ever! Lol

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Oh my!
This is worse that I was expecting.
Can’t score 50 in a half and still giving up over 60.
Bad days coming.

 

[Hoopguru]

Kings playing a faster pace than we are comfortable with.

 

[OneSport3]

Not surprising, the defense was much better when CJ was out of the game.

 

[riverman]

Simmons and Nas looked pretty good tonight

 

[Natebishop3]

Neil: it’s not the roster.

Narrator: it was the roster.

 

[Haakzilla]

Lmao

...best odds for watching a Portland victory tonight!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Lmao

Awesome

 

[wizenheimer]

blazers 8 assists on 19 baskets and 6 of those by Dame. That looks pretty familiar

and remember when Billups said he wanted fewer minutes for Dame this season? Well, the offense fell apart without Dame so he has 20 minutes already

 

[LuckyShot]

I am starting to think Nurk will never be an efficient finisher... Drives me nuts watching him sometimes.

 

[Chris Craig]

Player of the half is CJ?

Lol

 

[Chris Craig]

I am starting to think Nurk will never be an efficient finisher... Drives me nuts watching him sometimes.

Dude is as soft as melted butter

 

[Labinot41]

blazers 8 assists on 19 baskets and 6 of those by Dame. That looks pretty familiar

and remember when Billups said he wanted fewer minutes for Dame this season? Well, the offense fell apart without Dame so he has 20 minutes already

Yeah it still looks like a Stotts Team most of the time. Makes me wonder if the team is just uncoachable

 

[riverman]

Lmao

Drinking like a fish! True Portlander!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

So many empty seats

Neil killed Blazermania

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Don't know why people are surprised... there's going to be early season struggles while the team gels and learns a whole new system. It's the first half of the first game, lol. Y'all trippin.

Who is surprised? Who is trippin'?

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah it still looks like a Stotts Team most of the time. Makes me wonder if the team is just uncoachable

Dame got benched by Pop. That says it all.

 

[B-Roy]

Why did Nance play only 7 minutes? Our big acquisition can barely get on the floor.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Dame so he has 20 minutes already

Not good.

 

[riverman]

So many empty seats

Neil killed Blazermania

Look...he's just "retooling" Blazermania....!