Game Thread Game #15 - BLAZERS VS RAPTORS - NOVEMBER 15, 2021 - MONDAY 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

[Chris Craig]

That was a fun game

 

[Tince]

It's so much more fun to win... we should do it more often!

 

[illmatic99]

CJ with the "fuckin'" on-air, lol!

fcc fine incoming.

 

[DDolla]

Btw… Nurk got bench tonight

 

[DDolla]

The real test is if we can beat the BULLS

 

[Scalma]

Nurk with 14 boards and 0 turnovers in 18 minutes. He needs to pick it up LOL

 

[SheedSoNasty]

That was an exciting win. After the first quarter I was thinking, “here we go again” and was expecting another letdown. Good to see them fight back and take control in the second half. Great energy from out bench guys and the guards shot well.

 

[MickZagger]

Btw… Nurk got bench tonight

Raptors went small so we did too

 

[James lamphear]

Billups made the right decision leaving this unit and if it hurt some egos so be it Billups there to give the team best chance to win.

 

[blazerkor]

Btw… Nurk got bench tonight

I don't think Nurk got benched tonight, the Raptors just weren't playing guys that he could match up with... so Billups adapted. Now RoCo on the other hand doesn't have the same excuse.

 

[Scalma]

Except for Zeller (-5), all the bench guys had plus. Nice to see.

Zeller is another guy that low key should see fewer minutes. Nance is better against most second unit centers. A lot of teams don’t even have a real backup center.

 

[FlashWad]

The + we beat a team with our same record in a close game.
The - I still see a lot of the same problems with this team and good teams will make us pay.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Good win.

 

[speeds]

Lillard blew by Barnes and then the two of them started jawing. After that Lillard and McCollum took a few bad shots and opened the door a crack for a Toronto comeback. Not sure what spurred that. Took a few trips to get it out of their system.

Larry Nance has room for improvement but he's already looking like a big positive for the team.

Nassir Little travelled every time he tried to dribble. I can't believe he was only called for it once. But his shooting was very good.

Nurk blasted one or two screens tonight. Bone rattling.

 

[illmatic99]

Nassir Little travelled every time he tried to dribble.

sure you're not thinking of trent jr?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[speeds]

sure you're not thinking of trent jr?

We were practically wearing the same uniforms...

 

[MickZagger]

Smart by Billups playing Nance at center to finish the game. The last thing we needed was Nurk trying to defend the 3 pt line against their small ball lineup

 

[blazerfan11]

Dame and CJ need to unlearn their end of game ISO prevent defense instincts. They get terrible shots and give up fast breaks.

Especially when you've got the other team

Good team win and great to see CJ raising his trade value. For the record I think CJ is great at what he does... I just want him traded for someone that fits better with the other talent we have.

Nurk was great tonight. They just rode Nance, as they should’ve.

Nurk was great? Great compared to what?

 

[wizenheimer]

good win for Portland and finally a nice balance of RoCo and Nance

I tell you what though, if the Blazers had made all the bonehead plays the raptors made in the last 2 minutes this place would have gone nuclear. I don't know how young the Raptors are, but that was some head-shaking shit

 

[illmatic99]

We were practically wearing the same uniforms...

and gary did wear #9 for us his rookie yr.

that said, who decided this jersey combo for these teams tonight? absolutely no contrast.

we had a similar game at ATL last yr. surprised we didn't have more turnovers

 

[DDolla]

Can we beat the Bulls? Man they are trashing the Lakers

 

[blazerfan11]

Nurk with 14 boards and 0 turnovers in 18 minutes. He needs to pick it up LOL

He also has zero assists.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Raptors went small so we did too

I think Billups tried to stay big but it really wasn't working, so he adjusted.

 

[wizenheimer]

Dame & CJ both with 40 minutes tonight, on 2nd of a B2B. Glad it's early in the season

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Was wondering if we were going to see the energy to get a win in this game. They showed some fight tonight. Lots of excuses could have been used.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Dame & CJ both with 40 minutes tonight, on 2nd of a B2B. Glad it's early in the season

Dame didn't play last night.

 

[wizenheimer]

I don't know if anybody else saw it this way, but Toronto spent the first 3 Q's doubling Dame at every screen and pick. But Dame was passing really well out of the doubles and I though Portland was pretty efficient after those doubles. Toronto abandoned that 'double-and-trap-Dame' defense in the 4th Q, although some of that could be Dame was off the ball so much

 

[blazerkor]

Dame & CJ both with 40 minutes tonight, on 2nd of a B2B. Glad it's early in the season

To be fair Dame wasn't on the second of a back to back.