Game Thread GAME# 1: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 18, 2018 - THURSDAY, 7:30 (PDT), TNT

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How far will the L*kers advance in their 2018-19 campaign?

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HCP said:
WEEEAAAAKKKK!
The Lakers shoes are current and correct as of last week. The Blazers are at least two years out of date! C’Mon!
Pretty lame for the Blazers official forum. We can do better than this right? Who’s with The HCP?
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kjironman1 said:
Season Opener!

Blazers vs Lakers
Always an important game. Not only the opener but we get the Lakers and the winning streak on the line. I wonder if Paul Allen hated the Lakers like all Blazer fans? My bet is the answer is YES!

Can't really break this down any more than it has been already. We all have pretty much looked at every angle. I question again the Harkless injury? @Darkwebs has this as an ankle injury again. But many times it has been said this is lingering knee problems. I really have a bad feeling about this knee problem with Harkless. First of all lets hope i am wrong and this truly is just "Discomfort". However this injury happened last March and he had arthroscopic surgery on it shortly after. We all watched him come back and play on it in the playoffs. This has all the shades of BRoy on it. I just don't like the way this is going.
Looks like Layman is gonna have to run against LeBron a bit. That or they are going to Turner who seems to be listed as "Probable" into that position. Maybe move Aminu into that position and try going big? Nurk and Collins? I always like the Blazers playing bigger for some reason? I know they are set for three guard lineups but they just seem to play better bigger at times?

This being the first game of the season and having little actual results to go on with any team because the pre games are always hit and miss. Reading Stotts mind isn't too tough because we have quite the track record. Look for him to run Lillard and CJ and keep one of them on the court at all times. Moving in Curry and Stauskas for breaks. Nurk will get 28-30 mins and Collins and Leonard will have to make up the slack that losing Ed Davis has created. Terry Stotts did say something about letting Nurk play more but we all know getting terry to change is a tough thing to do. You most likely will not see any players from the end of the bench. We very seldom do. I doubt we see Simmons, Trent Jr (Questionable injury) or Swanigan. Seeing Baldwin is a maybe? To me Terry just doesn't play that deep into his bench.

Winning the first game of the season and the home opener is always an important game. We all know winning early and often is in this teams best interest. This is a game the Blazers can win on their home court. So go get one!

Go Blazers!
Kjironman is a fan!!!
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I've missed these.
 
Maybe Paul will pull a The 6th man and come back in ghost form to help the Blazers smash the Lakers.

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Either way he will be there in spirit. Go Blazers! Beat the crap out of the Fakers.
 
Darkwebs said:
Are you pumped about this game? If not, you must have no soul (either that or you are a Lakers fan, which I guess is redundant since they are essentially the same thing).

This is the season opener for both the Lakers and us, not to mention our home opener as well! This is our first game since the passing of our great owner, Mr. Paul Allen (the best owner in all of sports).
This will be on national TV, against LeBron and his regular season debut for arguably the most storied and celebrated franchise in NBA history. Ptui! (I had to spit after typing that last part)

This will be like David versus Goliath. The overlooked/underrated small-market team versus the media darling, big-market glamour team who will get the most national televised games in the league, despite not winning anything yet. The press and media will be all "Lakers, Lakers, Lakers." But we in Rip City know it's Portland who is the better team.

Our 15-game winning streak against the Lakers is on the line here, folks.
Our 17 consecutive home-opening win streak is on the line, as well. You heard that right, brah! We haven't lost a home-opening game since the beginning of the new millenium (year 2000 for those that can't do math). And guess who beat us that year? Yup, you guessed it: the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad* Flakers . But can you believe 17 in a row since then? Our franchise has gone through at least a couple of rebuilds and retools, yet somehow still managed to win the season-debut games in Portland. These two winning streaks can't come to an end just yet, dammit!

In addition, this will be the widely-anticipated (said nobody ever) rematch of the NBA Las Vegas Summer League championship game! C'mon folks, it doesn't get much better than this.

All eyes of the NBA and its fandom will be on this game. You have to assume this will be the highest-rated NBA game of the week, if not the season (obvious hyperbole, but don't mind me, I'm on a roll). All of America will be watching. Nay, all of the WORLD will be watching (other than the third world countries that don't have TV's, like Canada, I think).

So in conclusion, the stakes for this game are so very high. Higher than Linsday Lohan on a Friday night, as hard as that is to believe!

To say this is a monumental game would be a vast understatement (note to HCP: that word means of great importance, size, or magnitude).

We must seize victory in honor of Mr. Paul Allen (R.I.P.)
WE MUST "BEAT LA!" Otherwise, the terrorsists win.


*"terrible, horrible, no good, very bad" is in reference to their character, not the talent of that obvious stacked team. Ptui! (I hate having to say good to neutral things about the Lakers)
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The best post i've ever saw on sportstwo!
 
Yeah. My guess Dame doesn't even have to sit the guys down fof this one. It'll all be there on the court.
 
who is ready to watch this on TNT and listen to the announcers dick ride LeBron and the Lakers?
 
Darkwebs said:
Are you pumped about this game? If not, you must have no soul (either that or you are a Lakers fan, which I guess is redundant since they are essentially the same thing).

This is the season opener for both the Lakers and us, not to mention our home opener as well! This is our first game since the passing of our great owner, Mr. Paul Allen (the best owner in all of sports).
This will be on national TV, against LeBron and his regular season debut for arguably the most storied and celebrated franchise in NBA history. Ptui! (I had to spit after typing that last part)

This will be like David versus Goliath. The overlooked/underrated small-market team versus the media darling, big-market glamour team who will get the most national televised games in the league, despite not winning anything yet. The press and media will be all "Lakers, Lakers, Lakers." But we in Rip City know it's Portland who is the better team.

Our 15-game winning streak against the Lakers is on the line here, folks.
Our 17 consecutive home-opening win streak is on the line, as well. You heard that right, brah! We haven't lost a home-opening game since the beginning of the new millenium (year 2000 for those that can't do math). And guess who beat us that year? Yup, you guessed it: the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad* Flakers . But can you believe 17 in a row since then? Our franchise has gone through at least a couple of rebuilds and retools, yet somehow still managed to win the season-debut games in Portland. These two winning streaks can't come to an end just yet, dammit!

In addition, this will be the widely-anticipated (said nobody ever) rematch of the NBA Las Vegas Summer League championship game! C'mon folks, it doesn't get much better than this.

All eyes of the NBA and its fandom will be on this game. You have to assume this will be the highest-rated NBA game of the week, if not the season (obvious hyperbole, but don't mind me, I'm on a roll). All of America will be watching. Nay, all of the WORLD will be watching (other than the third world countries that don't have TV's, like Canada, I think).

So in conclusion, the stakes for this game are so very high. Higher than Linsday Lohan on a Friday night, as hard as that is to believe!

To say this is a monumental game would be a vast understatement (note to HCP: that word means of great importance, size, or magnitude).

We must seize victory in honor of Mr. Paul Allen (R.I.P.)
WE MUST "BEAT LA!" Otherwise, the terrorsists win.


*"terrible, horrible, no good, very bad" is in reference to their character, not the talent of that obvious stacked team. Ptui! (I hate having to say good to neutral things about the Lakers)
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Quality post right here! Well done DW! Beat LA! Go Blazers!
 
We win...... “Oh snap, we are cruising to the Finals!” “Stotts coach of the year!” “I told you!”
We lose...... “Trade everybody!” “Fire Stotts!” “Season over!”
 
Let it be known the @SlyPokerDog is voting lottery for this season.

Wondering if he has been moved to a dog house?
 
HCP said:
We win...... “Oh snap, we are cruising to the Finals!” “Stotts coach of the year!” “I told you!”
We lose...... “Trade everybody!” “Fire Stotts!” “Season over!”
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I know i'm not supposed to quote you but IDGAF!

This is sooo true.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Who is ready to watch this on TNT starting about 8 minutes into the first quarter because the early game takes too long...?
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"And we now continue the game in progress."

"Welcome to the Moda Center in Portland, Or. Where we just finished a moving tribute to Paul Allen, owner of the Trail Blazers who just passed away."
 
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