Game Thread GAME# 18: BLAZERS @ BULLS - JANUARY 30, 2021 - SATURDAY, 5:00, NBCSNW

[Darkwebs]

2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
9 - 8
(4-3 Road)
CHICAGO BULLS
7 - 10
(2-5 Home)


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PG

DAMIAN LILLARD VS COBY WHITE

SG

GARY TRENT Jr. VS ZACH LAVINE

SF

ROBERT COVINGTON VS PATRICK WILLIAMS

PF

CARMELO ANTHONY VS LAURI MARKKANEN

C

ENES KANTER VS DANIEL GAFFORD



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WHEN: 5:00 PM (PST), SATURDAY, 1/30/2021

WHERE: UNITED CENTER, CHICAGO, IL

TV BROADCAST:

RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------RESERVES--------------
- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -

SIMONS , BLEVINS

ELLEBY , HOOD

LITTLE , GILES


- CHICAGO BULLS-

DOTSON , ARCIDIANCONO , TEMPLE

VALENTINE , MOKOKA , SATORANSKY

HUTCHISON , PORTER Jr. , YOUNG

FELICIO , KORNET



INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Robert Covington (concussion): QUESTIONABLE
Derrick Jones Jr. (left foot sprain): OUT
C.J. McCollum (left foot fracture): OUT
Jusuf Nurkic (right wrist fracture): OUT
Zach Collins (left ankle stress fracture): OUT
BULLS
Luke Kornet (nose): QUESTIONABLE
Otto Porter Jr. (left foot): QUESTIONABLE
Wendell Carter Jr. (thigh contusion): OUT



HEAD COACHES

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TERRY STOTTS --- BILLY DONOVAN

OFFICIAL BULLS' GAME NOTES
OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

• Portland's Jan. 30 game against Chicago is the second of two matchups between the Trail Blazers and Bulls during the 2020-21 season.

• LAST MEETING: The Bulls narrowly edged out the Trail Blazers, 111-108 on Jan.5 at Moda Center. CJ McCollum led Portland with 26 points (10-21 FG, 6-14 3-PT), five rebounds, four assists and three steals while Coby White paced Chicago with 21 points (8-19 FG, 2-7 3-PT, 3-4 FT), 10 rebounds and five assists.

• Damian Lillard added 24 points (6-17 FG, 3-11 3-PT, 9-11 FT), five rebounds and nine assists in 37 minutes of work on Jan. 5.

• Robert Covington finished with his highest scoring total as a Trail Blazer against the Bulls on Jan. 5, recording 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting (4-9 3-PT) to go with six rebounds, one assists, one steal and one block.

• Otto Porter finished with 19 points (7-14 FG, 4-7 3-PT, 1-2 FT), a season-high 13 rebounds and one assist on Jan. 5.

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 65-62
PORTLAND HOME: Trail Blazers lead, 38-26
CHICAGO HOME: Bulls lead, 36-27

 

[Darkwebs]

Two frustrating losses in a row. Got to stop the bleeding here.

You gotta win these games against the inferior teams. I bet that's the exact same thing Chicago is saying too.

 

[Chris Craig]

Can we add a neither to the poll

 

[Chris Craig]

Loss

 

[Darkwebs]

Can we add a neither to the poll

That would be too easy.

I prefer hard polls.






That's what she said.

 

[illmatic99]

I'll be in chicago on saturday. hm

 

[TBpup]

That doesn't look very much like Gary Trent…

 

[Darkwebs]

That doesn't look very much like Gary Trent…

Thanks for catching that, TBpup. You get an assist, which is 1 more than Ant got last game as the backup PG.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Think I read Carter is out four weeks.

 

[Chris Craig]

LaVine is going to torch us again.

 

[Darkwebs]

Think I read Carter is out four weeks.

 

[DDolla]

L

 

[Scalma]

Terry when LaVine has 37 in the 3rd

 

[Tince]

Terry when LaVine has 37 in the 3rd

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I'll bet he doesn't score 37... though I don't feel confident about it!

 

[Scalma]

I'll bet he doesn't score 37... though I don't feel confident about it!

you’re right, he might score 40.

 

[Tince]

you’re right, he might score 40.

Lol... You got me! Ok, I'll be he doesn't score 40 or more. Deal?

 

[Chris Craig]

Maybe we can beat the Wizards on Tuesday

 

[PHXBlazer1]

 

[BigGameDamian]

This is definitely a game we should win!

 

[Chris Craig]

This is definitely a game we should win!

No its not. The Bulls beat the Blazers when the Blazers were healthy. Blazers going to have a hard time.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Phoenix is really fun to watch aren't they?

 

[BlazerBeav]

Well our 9-8 record sucks, so no, I wouldn't think their 9-8 record is a lot of fun either.

 

[blazerkor]

I think we need RoCo back in order to win this one. That's with or without DJJ. I like the idea of Dame and Gary flame throwing against LeVine and White doing the same obviously Dame and Lavine a different levels than the other two. I just think with RoCo back we will out rebound them and be a more disruptive defense and that would be the difference. If RoCo is still out then a win would be a pleasant surprise.

 

[Chris Craig]

I think we need RoCo back in order to win this one. That's with or without DJJ. I like the idea of Dame and Gary flame throwing against LeVine and White doing the same obviously Dame and Lavine a different levels than the other two. I just think with RoCo back we will out rebound them and be a more disruptive defense and that would be the difference. If RoCo is still out then a win would be a pleasant surprise.

How hard did RoCo get hit?

 

[BlazerBeav]

How hard did RoCo get hit?

It sure looked pretty hard - and caught him right on the jaw. Julius Randle is a very powerful human being.

 

[Tince]

I bought this game simply because of the title. Boy, it was horrible!

 

[blazerkor]

How hard did RoCo get hit?

It didn't look that hard and he shot his free throws afterwards. Remember it was at the end of the game while boxing out during a free throw, Enes hooked Randle's arm and that swung it with Randle's wrist or hand hitting RoCo in the face.

The one concerning thing is that I think RoCo has had at least one other concussion in his career that caused him to miss games and then last season he got hit but didn't miss any games, so it was not called a concussion and he didn't go into the protocol. ESPN has him listed as day to day but when I just searched the Washington Post had him listed as out for the Bulls game but we'll see. I would trust ESPN first but who knows.

 

[stampedehero]

LaVine is going to torch us again.

Billy Donovan is going to out coach Terry again.

 

[kjironman1]

This is exactly what we watched last year with Melo. He is no longer a STARTER!
They need RoCo back badly.
Melo is starting to wear down again. SIT HIS ASS DOWN. Reduce his minutes and even give him minutes/game restrictions.
Melo coming in and playing a good 12-15 minutes is what they need. Not Melo stinking the freaking court up for 30 minutes a damn game. When the guy can't even provide a corner spot up three he is absolutely useless for this team.

I understand the team is dealing with injuries. But ABSOLUTELY do not change Melo's role with the team.
If RoCo cannot play then it's time to move Little into a starting role and keep Melo on the bench. Last game the Bench provided nothing at all. At least this MIGHT help that problem out?

 

[kjironman1]

It didn't look that hard and he shot his free throws afterwards. Remember it was at the end of the game while boxing out during a free throw, Enes hooked Randle's arm and that swung it with Randle's wrist or hand hitting RoCo in the face.

Wasn't it at the beginning of the game when he collided with Jones? Afterward he got up holding the back of his head? I thought @THE HCP made a video on this?