Game Thread Game #12 - BLAZERS @ SUNS - NOVEMBER 10, 2021 - WEDNESDAY, 6:00 PM (PDT) ROOT TV

[Chris Craig]

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WHEN: NOVEMBER 10, 2021, WEDNESDAY, 6:00 PM (PDT)

WHERE: FOOTPRINT CENTER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA



TV BROADCAST



RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCHES

BLAZERS


Cody Zeller Larry Nance Jr

Nassir Little Anfernee Simons

Tony Snell Dennis Smith Jr

Ben McLemore CJ Elleby

Greg Brown III Trendon Watford

Keljin Blevins


PHOENIX


Chandler Cameron
Hutchinson Johnson

Frank Kaminsky JaVale McGee

Abdel Nader Cameron Payne

Elfrid Payton Dario Saric

Landry Shamet Jalen Smith

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INJURIES

PHOENIX

DeAndre Ayton (Leg) OUT

Dario Saric (ACL) OUT


BLAZERS

NONE

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COACHES


Chauncey Billups



Monty Williams

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NOTES

LAST 5

PHOENIX

PHX - SAC
PHX 121 - ATL 117 W
PHX 123 - HOU 111 W
PHX 112 - NOP 100 W
PHX 101 - CLE 92 W


BLAZERS

POR 105 - LAL 190 W
POR 110 - HOU 106 W
POR 104 - CLE 107 L
POR 103 - PHI 113 L
POR 113 - CHA 125 L

• This is the 2nd of four matchups between the Trail Blazers and Suns. The Blazers beat the Suns 134 - 105 on OCT 23rd. The two teams will meet again December 14th in Portland and March 2nd back in Phoenix
• The Blazers 29 point win over the Suns on Oct 23rd is their largest margin of victory this season.

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TRIVIA

The Blazers defeated the Suns 127 - 120 on March 9, 2019. He led the Blazers bench with 22 points.

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[Chris Craig]

Thread locked till after Tuesdays Game

 

[Chris Craig]

Maybe road win #1 against the Suns

 

[AldoTrapani]

Another loss coming…

I’m going to continue to ask for a rebuild till we get it

 

[Chris Craig]

Another loss coming…

I’m going to continue to ask for a rebuild till we get it

And then complain that the team sucks once we rebuild

 

[AldoTrapani]

And then complain that the team sucks once we rebuild

No way lol

It’ll be fun though to watch and develop players. The draft will be the stressful part. Hopefully we find a star

 

[wizenheimer]

the Suns have won 5 in a row and are sure to remember that 30 point beatdown by Portland 3 weeks ago. Might be a major challenge for Portland to even stay in the game.

 

[TBpup]

Dame was grimacing again. At some point, he just needs to rest.

 

[THE HCP]

Just landed here in PHX. Thinking the guys won’t hop in bed until 3am…… gonna be a tough one tomorrow night.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Just landed here in PHX. Thinking the guys won’t hop in bed until 3am…… gonna be a tough one tomorrow night.

It would have been a tough one regardless of the back to back

 

[Mr. Robot]

first road win could be totally unexpected one, like this one for example

b2b, very good team, it makes total sense

 

[Fairly-Hard]

So at what point do they say Lillard is injured and needs to either rest or completely shut him down?
Does anyone really think he will be 100% for this game? How many starters across the league have we already seen take scheduled "Rest" days?
We went through this with Batum as well. Year after year watching him play all summer and never healing from nagging injuries he would try to play through for the entire season.

Seriously speaking. Having Damian Lillard on the court right now is not helping this team win games. 1 month out might fix this? If not? Have him go get the surgery he needs to repair the injury.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

This game is essentially a “Schedule Loss” so why not just give the second and third units a bunch of burn?
Make it a nice practice.

 

[Cugel]

This is a blowout loss.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Just landed here in PHX. Thinking the guys won’t hop in bed until 3am…… gonna be a tough one tomorrow night.

Its so stupid the NBA has back to backs. Players shouldn't be up until 3am traveling ever. Travel days should never be squeezed in at night after a game day.

The NBA should look at the NFL vs ML as an example, 16 important games and way more revenue than the NBA. MLB has 162 games and nobody cares.

If every regular season game had teams at full strength the quality of play would be so much higher, games would matter much more, the product would improve, we'd eliminate players taking off time for rest, and the league would eventually have much more revenue.

Instead we have a regular season where teams have major scheduling advantages/disadvantages, as well as a single game not significantly impacing the season.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Yikes. Told you guys Dame absolute peak value was this past summer. When we inevitably rebuild soon we’re going to regret the summer of 2021

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Aha, unlocked. At last I can nitpick Chris again. We have not played Houston yet so we could not have a victory over them in our past record. (Hey, at least you know I am really reading your stuff!)

 

[wizenheimer]

Yikes. Told you guys Dame absolute peak value was this past summer. When we inevitably rebuild soon we’re going to regret the summer of 2021

do you actually get enjoyment from your incessant trolling and monotonous anti-Dame bullshit? Post after post after post of the same tried garbage like some deranged parrot with insomnia cranked up on a meth suppository. Do you really think anybody likes that shit? It's irritating pollution, like plastic in the ocean or dog shit on the carpet or broccoli on pizza

I get that we all will return to out favorite narratives occasionally, I know I do at least, but for fucksakes you never give it a DAY OF FUCKING REST.

 

[illmatic99]

This ain't gonna be pretty. Second night of a b2b against a rested Suns team (tables turned in contrast to the last time we faced them) after Dame played near 40 mins last night.

The way we ended the game last night was brutal with so many missed rotations on D and shaky execution on O. Think that will carry over.

 

[illmatic99]

This game is essentially a “Schedule Loss” so why not just give the second and third units a bunch of burn?
Make it a nice practice.

I would generally agree, but I think Dame needs more reps and has to get into a better rhythm.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

They had 2 days off between the Lakers and Clippers games. Didn't matter one whit. I'm not convinced the schedule is their big problem right now.

 

[DDolla]

Might as well rest Dame as we are not winning this game.

 

[AldoTrapani]

They had 2 days off between the Lakers and Clippers games. Didn't matter one whit. I'm not convinced the schedule is their big problem right now.

Yup. Team is a broken mess. Time to rebuild

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I would generally agree, but I think Dame needs more reps and has to get into a better rhythm.

Dame doesn’t need reps. He needs to go to the doctor and get that injury fixed.

 

[Scalma]

Dame doesn’t need reps. He needs to go to the doctor and get that injury fixed.

says the non doctor.

 

[wizenheimer]

I'd imagine Dame has seen doctor(s) several times about his abdomen

 

[Fairly-Hard]

says the non doctor.

One thing is for certain. This is an assumption.

 

[Scalma]

One thing is for certain. This is an assumption.

Are you a doctor?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I'd imagine Dame has seen doctor(s) several times about his abdomen

Probably. I'm certain team trainers/intern and the team doctor. Jim is a pretty good doctor. I would assume he knows what the injury is. There is little question he is injured now. We all have seen it.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Are you a doctor?

Not medical. I do hold a PHD. So your assumption is correct, kind of.