Game Thread GAME# 12: PACERS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 14, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

[Tince]

These shots they’re taking have no chance of going in

We missed 4 wide open ones to start the 2nd quarter. You think they had no chance because of who was taking them?

 

[calvin natt]

Nurk: body by Tarzan, game like Jane

 

[Tince]

8 bench pts that half....

Best bench in the NBA, so I've been told!

Granted, it's WAY better than last years.

 

[julius]

Well, I'm done watching the game tonight.

 

[Titan]

Damn, the first 5 mins of the 2nd was just brutal. That lineup should never play together, EVER!

 

[Serbian]

Simons is not nba player. Worst scrub i have ever seen

 

[B-Roy]

This is not the difference between making shots and missing shots lmao.

 

[riverman]

Best bench in the NBA, so I've been told!

Granted, it's WAY better than last years.

They've been pretty good...Kanter especially led the league in double doubles..

 

[DDolla]

We are losing to a team who don’t shoot 3s and getting blown out. Smh

 

[TBpup]

This is why squeaking by garbage teams means so little to me. How are we going to measure up against an even decent Playoff team? So far, a complete, epic fail. And Indy is dealing with a post trade roster that doesn't have all their players yet.

On the bright side, if the Blazers played D like the Pacers, we would actually be contenders.

 

[Chris Craig]

Embarrassing half. Blazers continue to play like shit. They go down 20+ and Stotts just stands the fuck around and does nothing. Nurkic can't keep a ball in his hand.

 

[B-Roy]

We missed 4 wide open ones to start the 2nd quarter. You think they had no chance because of who was taking them?

The shots in question are the ones with the first unit in the second quarter.

 

[bobf]

Nurkic 1/6, how does a NBA Center shot that bad every time?

I think he crouches and brings the ball down. By the time the shot gets up there are 6 hands swatting the ball.

 

[B-Roy]

Covington played one of the worst 17 minutes I’ve seen so far this season. Yikes.

 

[Tince]

They've been pretty good...Kanter especially led the league in double doubles..

They typically can score pretty well.

Ant, Melo, Kanter, and Hood are all career negative defenders, so it would be hard for me to say a one sided group (excluding Trent) could be the best in the NBA. I could be wrong though.

 

[TBpup]

Damn, the first 5 mins of the 2nd was just brutal. That lineup should never play together, EVER!

Nurk/Melo ride again....with plenty of inept help.

Simons is not nba player. Worst scrub i have ever seen

'Best player I've ever drafted.' Neil Olshey

 

[TBpup]

Covington played one of the worst 17 minutes I’ve seen so far this season. Yikes.

And we still owe a 1st round Draft pick for him. Ugh!

 

[Darkwebs]

Covington played one of the worst 17 minutes I’ve seen so far this season. Yikes.

Yeah, at least Rodney has an excuse.

 

[wizenheimer]

my first half thoughts:

* the game fell apart for Portland when they sat both Dame and CJ to start the 2nd Q. Obviously, that was because of the game last night. But I remember hearing incessantly how great the depth was on this team and they can't survive a back to back without looking like boiled owl shit?

* Portland has a 4 game win streak against lottery teams. I was looking forward to this game because this was a gauge of how much progression the Blazers have made against good teams. If the 1st half in an indication, not much

* Myles Turner is only 18 months older than Zach. Sabonis is only 16 months older

 

[Serbian]

I just wish we could trade sorry shit Nurkic. Absolute pathetic. What kills me is that other teams score so easy in paint no resistance but our offense cant create nothing in paint

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Hood and Simons playing...

Neither are rotation players — Simons isn’t even NBA caliber and yet here we are.

Sabas is a monster!

 

[wizenheimer]

So this is the 3rd straight game that the Blazers have been down 15+ against an inferior team and some people act like the Blazers are playing great basketball.

Indiana is not the inferior team

 

[OneSport3]

Hey whadya know, the Pacers fired Nate McMillan, after just extending him, to hire a new coach. They did a proper coaching search and hired Nate Bjorkgren. They didn’t just sit on their hands and say, “if we fire Nate McMillan, who’s gonna replace him?”

 

[riverman]

The hole started widening when Ant was given enough burn to go about 4 minutes without a bucket...then everybody went cold from deep...Trent couldn't make one, Covington couldn't, Hood couldn't Kanter missed a couple bunnies, Melo missed a couple....ugly half of hoops

 

[riverman]

Indiana is not the inferior team

thank you.....they play really good defense

 

[B-Roy]

Hey whadya know, the Pacers fired Nate McMillan, after just extending him, to hire a new coach. They did a proper coaching search and hired Nate Bjorkgren. They didn’t just sit on their hands and say, “if we fire Nate McMillan, who’s gonna replace him?”

I’ve watched a few Indy games this season. They play completely different than when they had Nate. They’ve always played defense, but Bjorkgren changed their offense to fit the 21st century.

 

[James lamphear]

They typically can score pretty well.

Ant, Melo, Kanter, and Hood are all career negative defenders, so it would be hard for me to say a one sided group (excluding Trent) could be the best in the NBA. I could be wrong though.

Trent is not playing like he did in the bubble on defense either so that whole group together are not good at all.

 

[Cugel]

Turner and Sabonis are in a whole different league than zach. Waste of pick, same with Simons and swanigan and probably cj mach 2. And for the life of me I have no idea how good or bad Nas is. No one will ever know because stotts chooses to go with a guy that is at like 25 percent of what he once was before injury.

 

[illmatic99]

I’ve watched a few Indy games this season. They play completely different than when they had Nate. They’ve always played defense, but Bjorkgren changed their offense to fit the 21st century.

he has unlocked myles turner

 

[BlazerBeav]

Indiana is not the inferior team

not in this particular performance but overall, absolutely.