Game Thread GAME# 14: BLAZERS @ LAKERS - NOVEMBER 14, 2018 - WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM, ESPN

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Pretty much this, I interpreted both as f1 fouls.
The second being worse, but I also didn't believe Nurk really played an outcome in the fall.
It was all CJ and Nurk made a basketball play coming over to help and went straight up.

I wouldve been ok with both being f1’s, but there were quite a few fouls they called for Lebron where no one even touched him. Also the Lakers got away with some pretty cheap shots to guys, a few goaltends. The Lakers apparently only commited one foul in the 2nd and it was an intentional foul...

 

[Chris Craig]

Lebron needs to grow up. I grew up playing street ball. Got bloody noses, black eyes, teeth knocked out, broken hands and fingers. Real hurt. I don't care to see the best player in the game faking the intensity of contact to get fouls called. Man the fuck up.

 

[Scalma]

Listen, hear me out, Melo would’ve helped tonight. When one or both of our guards struggle, we don’t have that third guy that can go off against anybody by himself. I still see the same issues I saw against New Orleans. The bench is better but late in games it’s still the same unit.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Listen, hear me out, Melo would’ve helped tonight. When one or both of our guards struggle, we don’t have that third guy that can go off against anybody by himself. I still see the same issues I saw against New Orleans. The bench is better but late in games it’s still the same unit.

With Melo LA mightve scored 130 instead though...

 

[Chris Craig]

Listen, hear me out, Melo would’ve helped tonight. When one or both of our guards struggle, we don’t have that third guy that can go off against anybody by himself. I still see the same issues I saw against New Orleans. The bench is better but late in games it’s still the same unit.

Did you see what he did to the last two teams he played for? No thanks

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Did you see what he did to the last two teams he played for? No thanks

I disagree about the Rockets. What they have is a case of the stupids. They lets almost all their glue guys this summer. Its not Carmelo’s that PJ Tucker became their only legit 3 and D player... Carmelo’s never been that.

 

[tykendo]

Listen, hear me out, Melo would’ve helped tonight. When one or both of our guards struggle, we don’t have that third guy that can go off against anybody by himself. I still see the same issues I saw against New Orleans. The bench is better but late in games it’s still the same unit.

They(Lakers) were hot from 3 tonight. That's not gonna happen everytime they play. They will probably be brick city their next game. Blazers bench let them down tonight, is what it is. But Nurk is showing great improvement so the Blazers will be alright. It just sucks because it was the Lakers on National TV. The bench is improved, and ET had an off night with the rest of the bench. This team is in a good place as long as the rip city "0"perative stays healthy.

 

[DollaBel]

Listen, hear me out, Melo would’ve helped tonight. When one or both of our guards struggle, we don’t have that third guy that can go off against anybody by himself. I still see the same issues I saw against New Orleans. The bench is better but late in games it’s still the same unit.

Nope. If you think our defence was bad tonight, thats Melo everynight. We’d lose games by blowouts regularly

 

[Scalma]

They(Lakers) were hot from 3 tonight. That's not gonna happen everytime they play. They will probably be brick city their next game. Blazers bench let them down tonight, is what it is. But Nurk is showing great improvement so the Blazers will be alright. It just sucks because it was the Lakers on National TV. The bench is improved, and ET had an off night with the rest of the bench. This team is in a good place as long as the rip city "0"perative stays healthy.

The bench actually did well in the first half. It was the starters that let the lead slip.

But yes, feed Nurk.

 

[tykendo]

The bench actually did well in the first half. It was the starters that let the lead slip.

But yes, feed Nurk.

Yes but during the 3rd quarter Laker run they were awful.

 

[Scalma]

The way we use, or don’t use Layman is baffling. The guy needs more touches. 2 shots? Seriously? Stop relying on two guys for fuuuucks sake. Same with Nurk. Fucking feeeeed him.

 

[theprunetang]

You need to stop. He wasn't faking. He got slapped on the face by an overzealous Layman. Then, CJ and Nurk MURDERED him on that drive.

Both of those fouls should've been flagrant 1s.

Whether or not the flagrant 1 rule should exist is the better question.

Jake slapped his head. He acted like he had a concussion.

Shit doesn't hurt that bad. That same play happens in every game. No one else takes 2 minutes to sulk behind the basket.

 

[Scalma]

I get why CJ played with the second unit tonight, but if Curry misses games I’d hope one of the rookies got a chance instead.

 

[Chris Craig]

I get why CJ played with the second unit tonight, but if Curry misses games I’d hope one of the rookies got a chance instead.

Really? The knee? It had to be the knee

 

[Scalma]

Nope. If you think our defence was bad tonight, thats Melo everynight. We’d lose games by blowouts regularly

There is no defense against Lebron. All you can hope to do is keep up on the other end. When we’re down 15+ against a rolling Lebron, I’d rather have Melo out there than someone like Aminu who teams completely ignore.

 

[tykendo]

Really? The knee? It had to be the knee

Damn that sucks.

 

[tykendo]

I get why CJ played with the second unit tonight, but if Curry misses games I’d hope one of the rookies got a chance instead.

Trent could see some minutes soon.

 

[tykendo]

Wade Baldwin, Trent and Simons gonna get some play. I know they're bringing them along slow, but the education is gonna have to speed up. Trent , I feel, could be ready now as well.

 

[BonesJones]

I think you put Layman on the bench unit in place of Curry. Sub Layman out for Turner at the 6 minute mark for Turner than dub Stauskas and Layman in at the 3 minute mark for Dame and CJ.

 

[tykendo]

Jake slapped his head. He acted like he had a concussion.

Shit doesn't hurt that bad. That same play happens in every game. No one else takes 2 minutes to sulk behind the basket.

The Hammy act was just as silly. It really is pathetic, then he's all good, no limp, no headache. ALL Hollywood.

 

[Haakzilla]

Fuck the Lakers. /

 

[oldmangrouch]

When a team scores 117 and loses, it is safe to say the problem is on the defensive end.

 

[jlprk]

What happened? I turned it off at halftime because I could see what was coming. Lillard had done nothing as usual, then in the last 2 minutes hogged all the shots for the glory and missed all, while LeBron made all his. We are poorly coached, so I turned it off.

 

[ripcityboy]

I saw what happened to us in the playoffs. We played a team hungry for a win tbat ratcheted up the defense on us and we fell to pieces. Not much else to say really.

 

[BonesJones]

What happened? I turned it off at halftime because I could see what was coming. Lillard had done nothing as usual, then in the last 2 minutes hogged all the shots for the glory and missed all, while LeBron made all his. We are poorly coached, so I turned it off.

If you could see what was coming, why are you asking what happened?

Yeah, the dude with 11 assists hogged all the shots. What a stupid claim.

 

[hoopsjock]

I am so tired of Nurk's shitty finishing against good teams. It costs us so many points. And he never addresses it

If your're going to take so many floaters around the basket, Nurk. Might want to finish a few.

Your displaced Nurk hatred is really, really, really fucking sad...

The guy had 21 points on 13 shots, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. He's been fantastic this season.

 

[ripcityboy]

Your displaced Nurk hatred is really, really, really fucking sad...

The guy had 21 points on 13 shots, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. He's been fantastic this season.

But getting back to what's really fucking sad.... Showing up in this forum over an hour after the game is over to collect anti - Nurk comments and then quote them back to me as if some great injustice has been done. Either show up when I'm into the game and point these out to me when he's actually playing or forget about it. We got our asses handed to us this game.... the mood was shitty ALL AROUND and got progressively worse. There are a lot of losses like that.

 

[hoopsjock]

But getting back to what's really fucking sad.... Showing up in this forum over an hour after the game is over to collect anti - Nurk comments and then quote them back to me as if some great injustice has been done. Either show up when I'm into the game and point these out to me when he's actually playing or forget about it. We got our asses handed to us this game.... the mood was shitty ALL AROUND and got progressively worse. There are a lot of losses like that.

You literally fucking said that Nurk costs us points and he never addresses his shitty finishing.

He's shooting 52% from the field and 80% from the line and you're in here acting like he never makes a shot or improves his game. I really have no clue what the fuck you are watching.

 

[ripcityboy]

You literally fucking said that Nurk costs us points and he never addresses his shitty finishing.

He's shooting 52% from the field and 80% from the line and you're in here acting like he never makes a shot or improves his game. I really have no clue what the fuck you are watching.

Did you hear a word I just said?! Talk to me during THE GAME. There's over 30 pages of posts in there. The only thing that's current is what is happening AT THE TIME. If Nurk is having a good game just point it out to me then. When the game is over I don't give a crap. The only thing I care about is that we won or lost. Posts in the Game Thread are TIME SENSITIVE..... If I saw Nurk is having a sucky year in a general thread then fine, point it out. But not off the cuff remarks when we are posting 5 times per second.

 

[Rhal]

LA has one person who played tonight that shoots over 36% from 3 for their career. They hit 15/31 3s, LA also hit 23/26 FTs something they have been one of the worst in the league st this year.
When a team smashes their normality in 3s and st the line with a ton of attempts it makes it incredibly hard to win. You need an almost flawless game to win and we clearly did not play flawlessly.