Game Thread GAME# 17: BLAZERS @ KNICKS - NOVEMBER 20, 2018 - TUESDAY, 4:30 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

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Which Blazer is the most underrated by Blazers fans?

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jlprk said:
I read somewhere on this board that the players took him out for drinks. Someone posted that it might affect him in this next game.
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Maybe not just drinks. Millionaires man MILLIONAIRES!
 
kjironman1 said:
Maybe not just drinks. Millionaires man MILLIONAIRES!
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Isn't it a right of passage for anybody that turns 21 for your friends to take you to as many bars as possible and get you mindlessly drunk? I mean, that's what I did. Wouldn't be surprised if that's against the law now.
 
ripcityboy said:
Isn't it a right of passage for anybody that turns 21 for your friends to take you to as many bars as possible and get you mindlessly drunk? I mean, that's what I did. Wouldn't be surprised if that's against the law now.
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Nah it's still just fine as long as you don't do it and then drive home like was pretty much customary when i turned 21.
 
Scalma said:
He can. Just not with Leonard.
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I disagree! The strongest scoring threat from the bench is when Meyers is at 5, Zach at 4, Nik at 3, and Jake at 2, with Evan or CJ at 1. Zach should be moving actively off the ball like Meyers is doing, with Meyers, Zach, Nik, and Jake rotating through sweet spots on the arc, especially including the corner spot. If Zach had been moving tonight, the triple or quad swish3 scoring threat would have been better maximized, and more open swish3s would result. Meyers was again very productive scoring 15 points in only 17 min. Nurk scored 13 points in 31 min for comparison.

In this game, Meyers should have had another 6 or 7 min and taken more swish3 attempts, and this is what I would prefer to see the Blazers do for a better chance to win over the Bucks and Warriors in the next 2 games. The Blazers need to realize the 16-24, or even 30 points that Meyers scoring expertise can bring in these games. Wouldn't it be great to see 52/52/100 shooting Meyers score more than 30, perhaps 40+ points in a game?

Basketball-reference shows that the best 2 man pairing for Zach is with Meyers, now showing +14.6 points.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
If Nurk brings the ball down one more time... man. No big man fundamentals being taught at all
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And what's worse is when he catches and dribbles under the basket with three defenders around him. Maddening.
 
ripcityboy said:
Ugh. Forget that. No way would my friends have let me drive home.
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The world has changed my friend.
On this point for the better. We used to drink and drive like it was nothing. We also buried a few friends every year.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
With the way Vonleh was choking those free throws I was wondering if he was cheering for them... :)
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Thank goodness he bricked those last 4 FT's....and that Sauce banked in a shot from halfcourt. That's 5-6 points that are quite unexpected.
 
TBpup said:
Thank goodness he bricked those last 4 FT's....and that Sauce banked in a shot from halfcourt. That's 5-6 points that are quite unexpected.
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Dame missed some ft’s too and missed some shots he could make. It never felt like they were going to lose at least to me, it just felt like it was closer than it shouldve been.
 
Scalma said:
But with Leonard there’s never even any rolling. Most of the times he just stands there waiting for his brain to click. Collins could pop and roll, but we rarely ever utilize it. We’re going to get smoked in the playoffs again, and it’s frustrating because this offense could be so much more dynamic.
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With Terry there has never been a P/R - it's ALWAYS been a P/P. Think back to LA standing there waiting for an 18' jumper at the top of the key while Dame got double-teamed because nobody cared about defending a 42% jump shooter.
 
blue9 said:
With Terry there has never been a P/R - it's ALWAYS been a P/P. Think back to LA standing there waiting for an 18' jumper at the top of the key while Dame got double-teamed because nobody cared about defending a 42% jump shooter.
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Nurk and Dame make up one of the better pnr’s in the league I thought?
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Nurk and Dame make up one of the better pnr’s in the league I thought?
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Nurk was doing that before his first training camp under Stotts, and it seems like he's doing less and less the longer he's played here. I missed a couple weeks of games while on vacation, so maybe he was consistently scoring off P/R during those couple weeks? I doubt it, but I'll keep an eye out for it.
 
blue9 said:
Nurk was doing that before his first training camp under Stotts, and it seems like he's doing less and less the longer he's played here. I missed a couple weeks of games while on vacation, so maybe he was consistently scoring off P/R during those couple weeks? I doubt it, but I'll keep an eye out for it.
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Hope you had an amazing vacation!
 
blue9 said:
With Terry there has never been a P/R - it's ALWAYS been a P/P. Think back to LA standing there waiting for an 18' jumper at the top of the key while Dame got double-teamed because nobody cared about defending a 42% jump shooter.
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Do you watch the games? Nurk and Dame run P/Rs over and over.
 
blue9 said:
Nurk was doing that before his first training camp under Stotts, and it seems like he's doing less and less the longer he's played here. I missed a couple weeks of games while on vacation, so maybe he was consistently scoring off P/R during those couple weeks? I doubt it, but I'll keep an eye out for it.
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They’ve been doing it all year. Last night, they ran it over and over again in the first quarter.
 
hoopsjock said:
One thing I've noticed is that since Zach is still kind of lanky/skinny if a defender runs into him it kind of looks like he's moving because he gets bumped off his spot. He also spreads his legs a little too much so that the defender can make contact with the knee sticking out and it looks like he's sticking out his leg. It's probably easy to clean up but he's got to take an extra second to make sure he's set.
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Are we talking about on ball screens? I think the guard needs to do a lil bit better off a job waiting for him to get set.
 
dviss1 said:
Are we talking about on ball screens? I think the guard needs to do a lil bit better off a job waiting for him to get set.
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Yes, on ball screens. I was going to mention the guards doing a better job too but Meyers and Nurk aren't having as much trouble so that made me think that it's something Collins is doing.
 
blue9 said:
With Terry there has never been a P/R - it's ALWAYS been a P/P. Think back to LA standing there waiting for an 18' jumper at the top of the key while Dame got double-teamed because nobody cared about defending a 42% jump shooter.
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Lol wut? All Nurk does is pick and roll.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Dame missed some ft’s too and missed some shots he could make. It never felt like they were going to lose at least to me, it just felt like it was closer than it shouldve been.
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And nurk missed 3 of 4 at one point
 
CupWizier said:
Thanks to MADD it made drinking and driving a serious offense and woke many of us up.
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Tough drunk driving laws appear to have put thousands of bars and live music dance clubs out of business. There used to be a half dozen in the area I live, now there is one. And it's a dive.
 
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