Game Thread GAME# 21: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - DECEMBER 5, 2015 - SATURDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), KGW

[THE HCP]

2015-16 Regular Season Record
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
8 - 12
(3-7 Road)
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
8- 10
(2-7 Home)




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---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

PG

DAMIAN LILLARD VS RICKY RUBIO

SG

C.J. McCOLLUM VS KEVIN MARTIN

SF

AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS ANDREW WIGGINS

PF

NOAH VONLEH VS KEVIN GARNETT

C

MASON PLUMLEE VS KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS


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WHEN: 5:00 PM, SATURDAY, 12/5/2015

WHERE: TARGET CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

TV BROADCAST:

RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

FRAZIER , HENDERSON , CRABBE , HARKLESS

CONNAUGHTON , LEONARD , ALEXANDER , DAVIS

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES

MILLER , LaVINE , MUHAMMAD , PRINCE

RUDEZ , PAYNE , BJELICA , DIENG



INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
NONE
TIMBERWOLVES
Nikola Pekovic (right Achilles tendon): OUT


HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TERRY STOTTS --- SAM MITCHELL



TIMBERWOLVES' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES ​

• Saturday marks the second of four matchups between the Trail Blazers and Timberwolves in 2015-16. It is also the second time that these teams have met in Minnesota this season.

• Portland defeated Minnesota, 106-101, at the Target Center on Nov. 2 behind a game-high 34 points from Damian Lillard (14-25 FG, 4-9 3-PT).

• The Trail Blazers also overcame a 17-point first quarter deficit in the first quarter of their win against Minnesota on Nov. 2 That come-from-behind victory represents Portland’s largest overcome deficit this season.

• Dating back to 2007-08, the Trail Blazers have gone 12-4 on the road against the Timberwolves (8-0 from 2007-08 to 2010-11).

• Portland and Minnesota split the season series (2-2) in 2014-15, with each team winning its two home contests. The Trail Blazers had previously won the season series in 2012-13 (4-0) and 2013-14 (3-1).

• Damian Lillard has scored 30 or more points in two of his past three games played against the Timberwolves. Lillard has reached the 20-point mark in nine of his 13 career games against Minnesota.

• The last time Minnesota won two games against Portland in the regular season (2011-12), the Trail Blazers swept the four-game season series the following year (2012-13).

• A win over Minnesota would eliminate the possibility of the Timberwolves winning the season series over Portland in 2015-16. The Timberwolves haven’t won a season-series over the Trail Blazers in a full four-game slate since 2004-05 (4-0).

• Minnesota is 2-7 at home this season, including an 0-3 mark against the Western Conference.

• The Timberwolves are 21st in the NBA in three-point shooting at 32.4%, while the Trail Blazers have limited their opponents to 33.2% shooting from beyond the arc (9th in NBA).

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 74-29
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 41-11
AT THE TIMBERWOLVES: Trail Blazers lead, 33-18

 

[BBert]

HCP game thread....

HELLO BEN SIMMONS!!!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Nice job! It's perfect for the Timberwolf forum. I'll move it there.

 

[THE HCP]

HCP game thread....

HELLO BEN SIMMONS!!!

See, YOU know how we do things!

 

[BBert]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@Darkwebs just edit @HCP stuff out of there and add your normal awesome game thread stuff. I'll edit the thread title so it's formatted the correct way.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[THE HCP]

@Darkwebs just edit @HCP stuff out of there and add your normal awesome game thread stuff. I'll edit the thread title so it's formatted the correct way.

Thread lightly DarkWing.......thread lightly.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Fuckin great...... Jinx thread. Where are the stick figures?

 

[THE HCP]

Fuckin great...... Jinx tard thread. Where are the stick figures?

Lighten up there Francis, go back and look, my winning % is way above the other guys'.

 

[THE HCP]

VS

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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Now that is awesome!

Can you move that up to your first post and give us the starting line ups and benches for both teams?

 

[THE HCP]

Nope! And quit trying to boss me around. When I signed my contract here at S2, Denny gave me free reign on how I can make my Official Game Threads! You change this, I'll walk. This forum will crumble.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Nope! And quit trying to boss me around. When I signed my contract here at S2, Denny gave me free reign on how I can make my Official Game Threads! You change this, I'll walk. This forum will crumble.

I wasn't bossing you around, I was asking.

The Blazers are tweeting the game threads now, just trying to give all the future rookies you get to harass a good game thread.

 

[riverman]

Nope! And quit trying to boss me around. When I signed my contract here at S2, Denny gave me free reign on how I can make my Official Game Threads! You change this, I'll walk. This forum will crumble.

I'm not worried about anything crumbling because we have this guy

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Lighten up there Francis, go back and look, my winning % is way above the other guys'.

I don't like nobody touchin my stuff.........touch my stuff.....and I'll kill ya.
And I don't like nobody touchin me. Now.....any of you Emmy winners try to touch me.........and I'll kill ya.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Is this you mowing someone's lawn?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Worst.

Game.

Thread.

Ever.

 

[e_blazer]

Man, that photo of Wally Szczerbiak looks like he is trying to pass a cannonball out of his butt.

 

[Darkwebs]

@Darkwebs just edit @HCP stuff out of there and add your normal awesome game thread stuff. I'll edit the thread title so it's formatted the correct way.

Okay, done. And I've edited the title also.

Btw, I'm not sure why, but I'm not receiving an alert for the @ tag. I looked at my alert preferences and the box for "Tags you in a profile post or comment" is check-marked, so I don't know what the problem is. Not a big deal, though.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Whew............thanks DW for absorbing the remedial thread.

 

[PDXFonz]

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[KingSpeed]

So crazy that the Wolves are 2-7 at home. Big game. If we win, we pass them in the standings. And if Rockets lose, we tie them for 8th seed. They have tiebreaker though.

 

[Strenuus]

So crazy that the Wolves are 2-7 at home. Big game. If we win, we pass them in the standings. And if Rockets lose, we tie them for 8th seed. They have tiebreaker though.

Does tiebreaker even matter if we still have games with them left?

 

[riverman]

We should destroy the Wolves tonight

 

[Strenuus]

We should destroy the Wolves tonight

They'll probably win........

 

[Strenuus]

We're 3-7 on the road, their 2-7 at home. We both suck!

 

[Denny Crane]

Nope! And quit trying to boss me around. When I signed my contract here at S2, Denny gave me free reign on how I can make my Official Game Threads! You change this, I'll walk. This forum will crumble.

You get bossed around enough in the truck, eh?

"Go get me a donut."

"Go get me a sandwich."

"Go get my dry cleaning."

 

[THE HCP]

I wasn't bossing you around, I was asking.

The Blazers are tweeting the game threads now, just trying to give all the future rookies you get to harass a good game thread.

Are you implying that my thread is not "good"?

 

[riverman]

Are you implying that my thread is not "good"?

It was an epic selfie of you with that snowblower...give you credit for that....is that the December shot of the HCP Christmas calender?