Game Thread GAME# 23: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 2, 2017 - SATURDAY, 7:00 (PST), NBCSNW

[BrunoSOC]

Antony Davis Will not play this one. Suffer a injury tonight x jazz. Looks bad, but I hope he recovery quickly. And, must win game for us now.

 

[B-Roy]

Not sure if it's just luck or whatever but we seem to be playing everyone without their best players this season. This will be the second time this season we play the Pelicans without Anthony Davis.

Better take advantage of these situations.

 

[BrunoSOC]

Not sure if it's just luck or whatever but we seem to be playing everyone without their best players this season. This will be the second time this season we play the Pelicans without Anthony Davis.

Better take advantage of these situations.

Gotta win games. Wolves lost to the wizards at their home without wall. You gotta win, players step up and make things hard.

 

[riverman]

Boogie goes for 50 and they lose by 20....book it...Dame and CJ are not missing shots in this game

 

[theprunetang]

I hope I don't "trigger" anyone here, but expect to see Meyers in this game. Nurk and Vonleh will obviously get the bulk of the minutes, but that New Orleans frontcourt is going to draw some fouls. Front court will be a platoon unit. Maybe Meyers can draw a tech or two.

 

[BonesJones]

You have a good point here FAMS. I ain’t giving up on my boys, but it does concern me how we handled the favorable part of our schedule.

How? We were 2 games better than you predicted.

 

[BonesJones]

If we 14-8 instead of 13-9 over our early schedule would anyone be overly-concerned?

 

[stampedehero]

Curious about the poll question, regardless of how you feel about Cousins as a person, he is one of the best bigs in the game. Shit, even Nurk would trade himself for Boogie in a second.

He may actually have a "Boogie" poster on his entertainment room wall.

 

[stampedehero]

If we 14-8 instead of 13-9 over our early schedule would anyone be overly-concerned?

No. Either way. More Wins is scientifically better for any fan!

 

[BonesJones]

Thats just it!!! They DIDN"T! Just look at the Win Prediction Thread. It's comical.

I was one win against the Kings from being as close as you.

 

[BonesJones]

No. Either way. More Wins is scientifically better for any fan!

I'm just saying that winning one game were not supposed to in the upcoming couple of weeks is equivalent to that.

We take care of NOP, WAS, then take our 15-9 record and try our luck against HOU and GSW. Steal one of those and were at 16-10 after a more balanced schedule.

 

[BonesJones]

We’ve played the easiest stretch of our schedule. Anyone saying there isn’t serious reason for concern is delusional.

There's not. Our defense is great and are offense has underperformed and we've gotten unlucky in close games.

 

[stampedehero]

Antony Davis Will not play this one. Suffer a injury tonight x jazz. Looks bad, but I hope he recovery quickly. And, must win game for us now.

Your statement leads me to believe you are a rare Pelicans fan.

 

[Labinot41]

Not sure if it's just luck or whatever but we seem to be playing everyone without their best players this season. This will be the second time this season we play the Pelicans without Anthony Davis.

Better take advantage of these situations.

Remember the clippers series 2016? What happened? Cp3 and griffin got hurt and we won the series, i know it Sounds weird but we better lost that Series and we wouldn't have paid max contracts to mediocre players. That's happened when you play against teams who missed their best players

 

[Labinot41]

I watched the jazz vs Pelicans game last night. Every time Boogie got the ball, ricky rubio came to help Favors and double Cousins. Rubio could that because he was guarding Rondo (a non shooter). Quin Snider is really one of the Best defense coaches in the league. Lets see what's Stotts Plan is to defend Cousins

 

[TBpup]

Antony Davis Will not play this one. Suffer a injury tonight x jazz. Looks bad, but I hope he recovery quickly. And, must win game for us now.

Nice! We usually do pretty well when other teams have one of their top players out. Wall, Russell, Conley....Blazers win!

 

[Mr. Robot]

Curious about the poll question, regardless of how you feel about Cousins as a person, he is one of the best bigs in the game. Shit, even Nurk would trade himself for Boogie in a second.

No

 

[BrunoSOC]

Your statement leads me to believe you are a rare Pelicans fan.

My brother is Pelicans. I m Portland, but I like the Pels a little because of him. Wish them lucky always, but not against my Blazers.

 

[BrunoSOC]

Nice! We usually do pretty well when other teams have one of their top players out. Wall, Russell, Conley....Blazers win!

Fact. Wolves don't working well with that, they lost to the Wizards at home without wall. Fuck that we need to win games.

 

[Labinot41]

Fun fact: next two opponents a coming from a B2B without their franchise player. These 2 games are must wins. No ecxuse for a loss

 

[Scalma]

Who’s ready for Meyers??

 

[kjironman1]

Man Davis sure gets hurt a lot. Crazy.

 

[blue9]

Man Davis sure gets hurt a lot. Crazy.

Only reason I probably wouldn't trade CJ for him. Can never count on the guy. Injury-prone centerpieces are a horrible way to build a team.

 

[kjironman1]

Fun fact: next two opponents a coming from a B2B without their franchise player. These 2 games are must wins. No ecxuse for a loss

Well if the inexcusable happens there is a Meltdown thread ready and waiting. You can get free likes and totally blow the team up there.

 

[kjironman1]

Only reason I probably wouldn't trade CJ for him. Can never count on the guy. Injury-prone centerpieces are a horrible way to build a team.

It's just nuts. He has played 75 games in one year but the rest are all in the mid 60's. That actually isn't that bad but pretty consistently misses 20 games a year.

 

[stampedehero]

Who’s ready for Meyers??

Out of the blue, Meyers arrives and has the most phenomenal game of his life.

 

[THE HCP]

Game 23.....

 

[Strenuus]

Gonna suffer through Calabro as much as I can today... not a fan of the Pelicans broadcast.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Man Davis sure gets hurt a lot. Crazy.

He's the basketball equivalent of Andrew Luck. World Class Talent.....Glass Made Body.

This is definitely a must win tonight. No excuses. And yes, I'm looking forward to watching Meyers piss off Cousins.

Oh, and us too. Because he inevitably will.

 

[Labinot41]

So lets see how stotts lets defend Cousins