Game Thread GAME# 25: BLAZERS @ PACERS - DECEMBER 10, 2016 - SATURDAY, 4:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

[DUB]

Whatever Dame did before the game, CJ did the same at half time. This is great fun!

 

[LuckyShot]

Damn it, Ed. The dude is having a career shooting night and you just stared at him.

 

[BonesJones]

Why do we keep leaving him wide open??? I don't understand.

 

[BonesJones]

McLillard has potential for for 40 a piece tonight.

 

[BonesJones]

Aminu would've come in handy against Young.

 

[BonesJones]

We get burned by stretch 4s too much. We need to trade for a mobile backup PF that can close out on guys like Love, Anderson, Young, etc. Plumlee and Davis should be our centers with Leonard picking up the scraps.

 

[DUB]

Whatever Dame did before the game, CJ did the same at half time. This is great fun!

The only problem is if they cool off, no one else has had a chance to get things going.

 

[Darkwebs]

Dame is pretty decent defending in the post.

 

[EGame]

It sucks to see us doing so well on offense only to be ahead by 6 lol

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Is a 100 points before the fourth quarter a NBA thing or just a Blazer thing? I don't watch other teams games.

Edit:

 

[Natebishop3]

Man... Indy has zero bench.

 

[LuckyShot]

Survived our usually dreadful 3rd quarter.

 

[Darkwebs]

Survived our usually dreadful 3rd quarter.

We won the 3rd by a point, so by our standards, it was a resounding success!

 

[LuckyShot]

Who is going to step up in the 4th? I have a feeling CJ will go cold. Will Dame get it going again?

 

[BBert]

Davis fits well with Plumlee. Why didn't we think this could work last year?

Because neither can shoot outside, which is apparently a Stotts requirement.

 

[BonesJones]

We've led wire to wire so far. Our defense is what it is, and I'm thinking we can close this out if we rebound well and take care of the ball.

 

[BonesJones]

Who is going to step up in the 4th? I have a feeling CJ will go cold. Will Dame get it going again?

I have confidence CJ will continue to hit any open 3s he gets. Thing is, will he continue to get them?

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Who is going to step up in the 4th? I have a feeling CJ will go cold. Will Dame get it going again?

Turner.

 

[LuckyShot]

Because neither can shoot outside, which is apparently a Stotts requirement.

It's a modern basketball requirement. If you have 2 guys who have to be right next to the hoop to score, it clogs up the paint and makes the defense's job much easier. If they at least were capable post scorers you could justify keeping them in together for long stretches, but they are both terrible at it. They hamstring our offense, and they aren't big punishing bruisers on the defensive end that protect the paint at an extremely successful rate.

 

[Tunchi]

Blazers defense sooooo fun to watch

 

[BonesJones]

Meyers playing great D today.

 

[BonesJones]

FUCKING GUARD YOUNG

 

[Tunchi]

Indiana bout to take this

 

[BlayZa]

our little guys vs. their big guys.

 

[Tunchi]

FUCKING GUARD YOUNG

30th ranked defense Bones

 

[Scalma]

So how many more does young have to hit for Stotts to realize Davis can't guard him

 

[BonesJones]

Great....

 

[LuckyShot]

I want to slap Crabbe after that possession. He was all over his man forcing him to retreat, then he fucking slacks off a few steps and gives him plenty of daylight to drive by him and put Leonard in a shitty position, which of course means he's going to foul.

 

[BonesJones]

Why is the ball in Turner's hands right now? CJ's been on fire...

 

[DUB]

Dame is pretty decent defending in the post.

He certainly has the desire, the fight to be a good post defender for his size. And he looks to me to have added both upper body and core strength over the summer, which can only help.

Your observation makes me wonder if Dame could develop a decent post offence when he gets older, and slows down. Maybe Dame should try to organise some workouts with Andre Miller.