Game Thread GAME# 10: RAPTORS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 11, 2021 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

[Scalma]

She is kind of like the new Scott Foster. It ain't just Portland.

i remember her from the g league. She was garbage there too.

 

[twobullz]

I saw only the final minutes, what happened to Nurk? He wasn't playing and I didn't see him on the bench...

Quad injury in the first.

 

[B-Roy]

I saw only the final minutes, what happened to Nurk? He wasn't playing and I didn't see him on the bench...

Bruised quad.

 

[bobf]

Not saying they made dumb plays, but missing A LOT of wide open shots is kind of a big deal in the NBA, and really limits what a team can do on offense.

I know but they have to keep taking them without hesitation. They will hopefully improve:

 

[kjironman1]

Blazers were 15 points better with Melo off the floor than with him in the game during the first half.

That is false.

 

[Tince]

I know but they have to keep taking them without hesitation. They will hopefully improve:

I agree with you (more with Trent and Roco than DJJ). They did not execute on the offensive end tonight and we found a way to win despite that.

 

[Pinwheel1]

3rd time with 8 turnovers in his career. Ties a career high.

They were all bad ones too. Dame will play better, that we know for sure. But he really needs to stop throwing up forced threes when he THINKS he is going to get fouled. The refs are not buying it.

 

[Titan]

We win, CJ was clutch and we had Melo as our center. Tonight feels good.

 

[kjironman1]

Melo playing center

I was actually impressed with his work at center.

 

[Tince]

I want to note, the offense we ran in the 4th was no better than the first 3 quarters, but we made more shots.

I thought we missed a bunch of good looks early, it was only right some of those went down.

 

[Tince]

I was actually impressed with his work at center.

He did ok... certainly has the footspeed of a center.

 

[Darkwebs]

This win almost makes up for the Chicago loss.

 

[Tince]

This win almost makes up for the Chicago loss.

Chicago has looked decent since that game.

 

[KingSpeed]

We are 6-4 and not even playing well. We don’t even have Bubble Dame yet.

C

I want to note, the offense we ran in the 4th was no better than the first 3 quarters, but we made more shots.

I thought we missed a bunch of good looks early, it was only right some of those went down.

and Toronto missed theirs

 

[bobf]

This win almost makes up for the Chicago loss.

Yeah but I only feel a bit better about this win than that loss. Mostly we played like crap today. We threw the ball away. We gave up loads of open threes. We let people drive past us. We willingly took low percentage shots. I feel like we just lucked out.

 

[Darkwebs]

Chicago has looked decent since that game.

Alright. You win. This does make up for the loss against Chicago.

 

[kjironman1]

That win did not feel deserved but we need it.

How did we win that one? Say what want about Melo but he is playing well this season

Run away with that win and don’t look back!

Pretty much the same win Golden State got from them last night. The Raptors are not a bad team. They have just been on the road most of the beginning of the season.

 

[Tince]

C

and Toronto missed theirs

Bingo!

 

[bobf]

Pretty much the same win Golden State got from them last night. The Raptors are not a bad team. They have just been on the road most of the beginning of the season.

They felt like a very good team to me.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Nice win but a couple of things bugged the hell out of me.

One was the traveling call on Covington after he stole the ball. NBA players travel all game long..... why call that one? There were about 50 other times in the game where traveling was more obvious.

The second was the last play of the game. Aren't those types of situations the perfect scenario for Jones to be in the game?
I don't hate Stotts as much as most, but he drives me crazy when he refuses to play his best 5 defenders in the closing seconds of a game.

 

[illmatic99]

Nice win but a couple of things bugged the hell out of me.

One was the traveling call on Covington after he stole the ball. NBA players travel all game long..... why call that one? There were about 50 other times in the game where traveling was more obvious.

The second was the last play of the game. Aren't those types of situations the perfect scenario for Jones to be in the game?
I don't hate Stotts as much as most, but he drives me crazy when he refuses to play his best 5 defenders in the closing seconds of a game.

the last play of the game was lucky as hell. we signed Jones for that very kind of situation. why he wasn't there next to Cov is an absolute blunder that terry got away with. one among many other decisions that left me scratching my head tonight.

 

[kjironman1]

Not calling timeout on CJs winning shot turned out to be a great clutch decision.

Oh, and more credit to CJ for hitting the shot!

I was actually expecting a timeout to be called.

 

[kjironman1]

I want to note, the offense we ran in the 4th was no better than the first 3 quarters, but we made more shots.

I thought we missed a bunch of good looks early, it was only right some of those went down.

Dame started hitting a few as well as melo and then of course Roco hit one. The last 5-6 minutes they cleaned up the shooting and clamped down on defense.

 

[wizenheimer]

the last play of the game was lucky as hell. we signed Jones for that very kind of situation. why he wasn't there next to Cov is an absolute blunder that terry got away with. one among many other decisions that left me scratching my head tonight.

refresh my memory...was Melo in?

 

[bobf]

We actually won this game at the free throw line. We had 2 fewer made shots, 5 fewer made 3’s and the Raptors were a perfect 12 for 12 at free throws. But we went 22/25 from the line.

 

[Tince]

refresh my memory...was Melo in?

Yes

 

[Tince]

 

[BlazerBeav]

I want to note, the offense we ran in the 4th was no better than the first 3 quarters, but we made more shots.

I thought we missed a bunch of good looks early, it was only right some of those went down.

Agree with that - we had a lot of open looks on the wings all night. Felt like Chicago.

 

[kjironman1]

He did ok... certainly has the footspeed of a center.

Exactly what i was thinking. I wonder if it was just an experiment that worked for Stotts? We watched him put in Giles and that absolutely didn't work at all. so he went back to Melo and Roco with Trent. The funny part is Melo was getting his hands on passes and got a couple blocks from what i watched. He set pretty good screens for Dame and of course can hit a shot when asked.

 

[handiman]

It feels like the sky has fallen every other game, but we're only one loss behind the best record in the league.