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

[H.C.]

I’m surprised the blazers kept their cool. I mean, those were obvious calls.

Lillard stared down the ref after the last continuation 3 he got in the 2nd half.
Sheed would've got a tech for the look Lillard gave.

Looked like Lillard also started to get annoyed with the refs failing phantom fouls on Collins also.
He let one go and just told him 'big man that's great defense'.
Next time it happened though he went straight to the ref.

 

[julius]

Stephen A. Smith talking about trading CJ or Dame on SportsCenter and trashing Portland as a city...

What was he saying

 

[James lamphear]

The key was the 2nd unit with 51 points. Plus we better defense in the 2nd half. Collins was great defending the rim and he took away all those in paint points and force Lakers to start shooting outside. Between Aminu and Harkless they held LeBron to 8 points the 2nd half. Nik was huges in the 1st half especially when we was kind of struggling on offense. Big win Blazer!!!

 

[tykendo]

Nurk was real good after a slow start. Collins stayed in at the end because he was on a roll , both sides of the court. Nurk will average a double double and dominate in many games. Any hate towards his performance tonight is asinine.

 

[Chris Craig]

Lebron 4 debuts with new teams, 4 losses

18 straight home opener wins for Portland

 

[hoopsjock]

Lillard stared down the ref after the last continuation 3 he got in the 2nd half.
Sheed would've got a tech for the look Lillard gave.

Looked like Lillard also started to get annoyed with the refs failing phantom fouls on Collins also.
He let one go and just told him 'big man that's great defense'.
Next time it happened though he went straight to the ref.

When Lillard said "big man that's great defense" it was the Meyers Leonard play on Brandon Ingram, not Collins.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

If the Blazers beat the Lakers on opening night on national tv... does it make a sound? Apparently not.

 

[H.C.]

When Lillard said "big man that's great defense" it was the Meyers Leonard play on Brandon Ingram, not Collins.

Certainly looked to me like it came after Collins standing up LBJ driving to the left and blocking his shot clean.
Only to be called for a foul.
Only for Zach to yell 'How'.

 

[TBpup]

Who is game 2 against? NO LET DOWNS!!

Hosting the Spurs Saturday night.

 

[James lamphear]

Oof

The problem is the hold starting 5 was in the minus. Nurk play 17 minutes and had 16/9.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Im of the opinion Collins has like basically 0 offensive game, but is more of a game changer defensively than Aminu is, Collins best role is center in small ball line ups or playing next to Nurkic in the starting line up.

Collins showed potential, and I think
they should rip that band aid off. Im still not sold on Zach in a lot of ways but his ceiling is higher than Aminu’s.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Oh and shoutout Evan Turner. That was the Celtics version. He’s really just an oversized point guard.

yep. he had 2 passes that were stupid but other than he kept the 2nd unit aggressive. And he didn't miss one 3ball tonight. No reason for he, and Nurk to shoot any. Aminu, Collins, Hark maybe on occassion. But when you have Dame, CJ, Nik, Curry, and Jake on the floor..feed them

Meyers did a great job of finding the open 3 ball shooters. He gets it

 

[James lamphear]

PatCon had 24 in last year's opener also haha

But that was against Phoenix.

 

[TBpup]

But that was against Phoenix.

...with no CJ.

 

[dviss1]

The MF on ESPN just said Luke Stauskas....

Bruh...

PUT SOME RESPECK ON HIS NAME!!!!!

STEAK SAUCE!!!!

 

[Labinot41]

Wow, congratulations guys! You all look pretty stupid now. It's really quite pathetic how some of you act during a game where a player makes one mistake and he should be cut or sucks or whatever.

Collins once again showed a glimpse of his potential. He plays better when he is playing with the starters/closers. That way he can focus on defense and contributing when he can on offense. It's not his game to be the go to guy like in summer league style basketball. Let him develop, his skillset is a perfect match with Dame.

Wtf are you talking? In the 1st half he was completely invisible, have you watched the Game? Sure he was good in the 2nd half, but in the 1st half he was completely useless. It's allways easy to quote someone after the Game, where are your posts ???

 

[Pinwheel1]

Oof

When Nurk goes out with foul trouble in the 4th, no reason to bring him back late in games when he has been sitting a while. That is why Ed played late in games last year. Stay with the hot hand.

 

[tykendo]

What was he saying[

If the Blazers beat the Lakers on opening night on national tv... does it make a sound? Apparently not.[/QUOTEIt is was it is.

 

[tester551]

If there was anyway to trade CJ straight across for Butler, I'd do it in a heart beat.

CJ may score a lot of points, but he just doesn't seem to make very many impactful plays

 

[dviss1]

Steven A has officially lost me...

You BITCH ASS....

Said he liked Seattle better and that we should never get an NBA All Star Game.

FUCK YOU....

 

[Labinot41]

Steven A has officially lost me...

You BITCH ASS....

Said he liked Seattle better and that we should never get an NBA All Star Game.

FUCK YOU....

Do you have a Link please? And fuck that loudmouth btw

 

[tykendo]

Neil ,Ducky,Everett pulling for rip city to get the Allstar Game but Screamin' A Smut poo pooing the idea because he likes the taste of the cheese under LeBron's sack and the smog of LA to wash it down, better.

 

[Natebishop3]

God the Lakers new uniforms are fugly. They look like a crappy middle school version of their old uniforms.

 

[hoopsjock]

I want to preface this by saying I don't think Nurk played great or anything but I feel like people that are being hard on him have both unrealistic expectations and don't understand the game.

The problem isn't that Nurk is slow and can't guard quick and athletic big men like McGee. The issue arises from penetrating teams that also have a quick finishing big man. What is Nurk supposed to do when Rondo is allowed to just stroll right down the lane time and time again. If he helps too much McGee has a dunk. If he doesn't come out far enough, the penetrator has a lay-in. This is a break down of the perimeter defense, not the interior defense. How about going under picks against a poor 3 point shooting team instead of letting them pound the paint all game. Nurk's gotta play better but his teammates also have to stop leaving him on an island against 2 players.

 

[tykendo]

Do you have a Link please? And fuck that loudmouth btw

Smith is a total Punkarse. Always has been.

 

[Cippy91]

Wouldn’t the bench being better literally be game changing?

technically yes, I guess I am referring to that 3rd player we are looking for.

 

[hoopsjock]

Wtf are you talking? In the 1st half he was completely invisible, have you watched the Game? Sure he was good in the 2nd half, but in the 1st half he was completely useless. It's allways easy to quote someone after the Game, where are your posts ???

I'm talking about your bitching negative posts about how everyone sucks whenever there is a turnover or a missed shot. If Zach was invisible to you in the first half it's because you don't pay attention to people's impact on the defensive end of the floor.

 

[Labinot41]

Btw i really liked the Line-Up of Turner-Currry-Stauskas-Harkless-Collins

 

[Labinot41]

I'm talking about your bitching negative posts about how everyone sucks whenever there is a turnover or a missed shot. If Zach was invisible to you in the first half it's because you don't pay attention to people's impact on the defensive end of the floor.

He had no impact on Defense in the 1st half, Lakers Scored 500 points in that half in The paint, but in the 2nd he was great. Watch the Games then Talk please

 

[ripcityboy]

If Layman can continue his shooting from the preseason. I really like the shooting of this team.