Game Thread GAME# 15: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - TUESDAY, 5:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

[illmatic99]

As someone who has studied statistics and work with data for a living, I dunno, I really can't help but laugh.

So you are clearly familiar with the difference between causation and correlation. Yet you're incredulous and my assertion is ridiculous. Alright then.

 

[B-Roy]

So you are clearly familiar with the difference between causation and correlation. Yet you're incredulous and my assertion is ridiculous. Alright then.

Yeah. It is.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

IT'S MELO'S TEAM NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BlazerBeav]

I hate this season.

 

[DDolla]

this is why you rest Dame on a blow out Stotts... ugh! smh. Then he plays again next game and Bucks will blow us out. lol

 

[Scalma]

I hope Trent gets minutes and not in the just stand around and watch CJ variety.

 

[THE HCP]

Better damn win...NOP will be missing 5-9 players

Is it just me, or does it seem like we always play teams who are missing key players?

 

[Orion Bailey]

We are on Central time FAMS.

But East coast fans of Melo are on the East coast. Has nothing to do with where the game is played, but who is watching from where.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Good for Simons. Hezonja though, that's scary. Like Aminu with the ball in his hands scary.

Am i the only one calling Hezonja - "Vegetable Lasagna'?
I don't want to...it just comes out.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Is it just me, or does it seem like we always play teams who are missing key players?

Only fair given that every team we play gets to miss 40% of our starting lineup every night.

 

[wizenheimer]

over/under on the number of shots CJ gets tonight?

 

[Reep]

over/under on the number of shots CJ gets tonight?

35

Any bets that CJ takes more than double the shots of the next closest player?

 

[DDolla]

Load Management Dame on games we can’t win like the next game against the Bucks then play him again against the Cavs and Bulls.

 

[THE HCP]

But East coast fans of Melo are on the East coast. Has nothing to do with where the game is played, but who is watching from where.

He said Melo fans are going to “stay up late” to watch him tonight. We are only an hour later than eastern time.

 

[Strenuus]

He said Melo fans are going to “stay up late” to watch him tonight. We are only an hour later than eastern time.

Earlier.

/kingspeed

 

[Strenuus]

The tank is on.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I understand what you're saying. I understand you're trying to tie two things that happened at the same time together to try and make sense of things. You should understand how utterly ridiculous your assertion is. Dame is not the first player in the league to get doubled on a consistent basis. If everyone got back spasms every time they needed to work a little harder on the court there would be a lot more guys out with back spasms at this moment.

As someone who has studied statistics and work with data for a living, I dunno, I really can't help but laugh.

Nobody is saying that physical defense ALWAYS leads to back spasms. @illmatic99's contention was that it probably (ie, more likely than not) contributed to them. Your derisive response seems to suggest that physical defense CANNOT contribute to back spasms. "As someone who has studied statistics and works with data for a living", this seems like the less statistically probable stance to me.

 

[hoopsjock]

I've been saying since the 1st game. You can't run your franchise player into the ground this early. Especially when it's been proven he needs to be fresher for the playoffs.

Our "great" coach just a few days ago mentioned a study in which he claims said that Dame would be fine playing big minutes. So down 20+ points last night in the 4th quarter this fucking guy puts Dame back in? We all can see what is happening. If Dame has been experiencing back spasms since the Toronto game, how can anyone defend Stotts on this?

Dame never comes out in the 1st or 3rd quarters. It doesn't even matter what the game situation is. Why not try different rotations some games? We're 5-9 so it's not like running Dame into the ground got us wins or something.

Fuck, I'm so pissed.

 

[Labinot41]

Stotts is a fucking Clown.

 

[DDolla]

Suggest for Stotts: Load Management Dame and CJ or even Melo next game against the Bucks please.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Suggest for Stotts: Load Management Dame and CJ or even Melo next game against the Bucks please.

Can we put Stotts on load management ?

 

[JoshuaHall]

35

Any bets that CJ takes more than double the shots of the next closest player?

not with Melo playing

 

[hoopsjock]

Can we put Stotts on load management ?

While Gasol is in a suit we should just let him be the coach.

 

[blazerfan11]

35

Any bets that CJ takes more than double the shots of the next closest player?

Last season against Atlanta, McCollum took 23 shots and Curry took 13 shots. CJ had a triple double that game. Curry was 8-13 and McCollum was 10-23.
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401071407

 

[Darkwebs]

 

[hoopsjock]

Hopefully the Blazers win and he scores 20!

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[hoopsjock]

Reset bot settings to check threads for the same Tweet prior to posting.

 

[PDXFonz]

WOJ Tweets that he may start, which means he’s starting.

 

[JoshuaHall]

20 shots in 20 minutes seems about right