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

[Darkwebs]

This isnt even the biggest loss... We lost Tunchi's optimism! It didnt even last 2 days! :MARIS61:

At least he tried his hardest, right? Like the Blazers are trying their hardest on D right now.

 

[Trackjack]

I will continue to support this team but what I need to see everyone doing there jobs from GM down to our 15 player. So if got to make a trade to get better than you do it very simple. Don't get caught up on players that you thought was good and have great upside and if there not you try to trade them for a better player to up grade your team. Now the coach if have to change thing up to get a spark then you do it that means if you have to bench someone and try someone else in his place then you make the change. In some ways I think our GM and Coach is set in there ways and that a bad thing for a team.

 

[Strenuus]

I HOPE THIS TEAM DOES NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE THEY DON'T DESERVE IT. THEY ARE TRASH!

File this under "bgd and tunchi very well could be the same person."

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Well if I can hang on and beat @HAAK72 in fantasy basketball this week will salvaged.

 

[Trackjack]

I think we make the playoffs because there some really bad teams underneath us right now so we should still make the 8th seed.

 

[Jade Falcon]

We should not lose a game when Dame n CJ are that hot

I didn't see the game, but I looked at the box score. The problem is that they had 5 guys in double-digit scoring, and we had 2. That's the difference folks.

And I imagine there were missed FTs as well. Something which, like last year, we still suck at.

 

[LuckyShot]

Not that the refs were the reason we lost, but we did get called for about 10 fouls in the second half to Indiana's 2 or 3. That's kind of annoying. Happens in every single game and seems to just add to our melt downs.

 

[LuckyShot]

I didn't see the game, but I looked at the box score. The problem is that they had 5 guys in double-digit scoring, and we had 2. That's the difference folks.

And I imagine there were missed FTs as well. Something which, like last year, we still suck at.

We were 15-16. We got like 12 of them in the first half though.

 

[Darkwebs]

Not that the refs were the reason we lost, but we did get called for about 10 fouls in the second half to Indiana's 2 or 3. That's kind of annoying. Happens in every single game and seems to just add to our melt downs.

We're actually getting fair calls early in the game. You know what that means? We're gonna get screwed hard by the refs in the 2nd half.

Dude, I SO called that on the first page!

 

[illmatic99]

I didn't see the game, but I looked at the box score. The problem is that they had 5 guys in double-digit scoring, and we had 2. That's the difference folks.

And I imagine there were missed FTs as well. Something which, like last year, we still suck at.

The problem had nothing to do with our offense.

 

[LuckyShot]

Dude, I SO called that on the first page!

Well it's a Blazer game....

 

[LuckyShot]

The problem had nothing to do with our offense.

We did have a problem with turnovers, but yeah. We still scored enough to win.

 

[Cippy91]

Meanwhile the Grizzlies beat the warriors by 21...wish we could see some effort like the Grizzlies give their fans

 

[illmatic99]

Meanwhile the Grizzlies beat the warriors by 21...wish we could see some effort like the Grizzlies give their fans

You mean defense . Effort is there. Just not smart effort. This team is fucking stupid on that end. They want to switch Dame onto PG sometimes. wtf

 

[Cippy91]

You mean defense . Effort is there. Just not defensively. This team is fucking stupid on that end. They want to switch Dame onto PG sometimes. wtf

True. Offensively it's all there. Defense is just something beyond. Tired of watching guards being switched on guy a much bigger. Dame usually does a good job on those switches but it hurts still

 

[jlprk]

I missed the game...THEY'RE SHOWING IT AGAIN.

http://goatd.net/178409/watch-portland-blazers-vs-indiana-pacers

 

[PCmor7]

I missed the game...THEY'RE SHOWING IT AGAIN.

http://goatd.net/178409/watch-portland-blazers-vs-indiana-pacers

This is as offensive a post as anything Tunchi's posted.

 

[Jade Falcon]

The problem had nothing to do with our offense.

We did have a problem with turnovers, but yeah. We still scored enough to win.

I agree and disagree. I agree that, normally, this would be enough to win, when your SG and PG score 33 and 34 respectively.

However, I disagree that it was enough in this case. When the other team has 5 guys who score double digits, including one who scores 37, and you only have 2 who do, then that is going to have a major effect. Our Offense Strategy should have been, in hindsight, to be to pass the ball and get more people scoring, rather than just Dame and CJ.

However, all of that being said, like the other 13 losses so far this year, it's our lack of Defense which is the biggest factor here. Not the Offense.

 

[jlprk]

We're up 26-11. We got it made!

Couldn't get enough? Watch it again, with me! Two pleasures for the price of one!

When you click on that link, you have to wait a minute for the game to come on.

 

[jlprk]

Lillard has made several amazing long shots! This will be a night to get drunk with happiness!

 

[jlprk]

Leonard in the rare miss! Keep shooting, big guy! It will come!

 

[jlprk]

2 stops in a row. We got the defense going tonight!

 

[jlprk]

Up 37-21. Lillard has 19 in the 1st quarter. This will be a yawner!

 

[jlprk]

The Pacers just missed about 4 shots on that possession. We have our defensive mojo going tonight!

 

[Sinobas]

Why does Stotts continue to play Meyers over Vonleh? The only logical answer is that Neil's trying to showcase him. Otherwise, it makes no sense.

For all the narrative that's out there about Meyers "being a shooter", it's simply untrue. He passed up a WIDE OPEN look late in the 4th from 3 because he was so ice cold. He's also not really that good defending bigger centers. He got that rep for playing Boogie Cousins tough one game last year in Portland, but nearly every other time since, he hasn't been that stopper in the low post.

Vonleh is a better perimeter defender, rebounder, and he can finish around the rim.

Meyers is shit. Being a big man that can shoot is only an advantage if you can also do the things big men are supposed to be able to do. Otherwise you may as well just play another wing.

 

[jlprk]

Why are they showing the game again in Indiana? It's 10:00 at night there and it's not like they have anything to celebrate after what will be a big loss for them. Can't figure it out. We are playing great!

 

[jlprk]

Vonleh dunks! 42-19, 1st quarter almost over. Pacer play by play guy is very impressed with Lillard.

 

[jlprk]

44-31, end of 1st quarter. We shot 63%. Too easy. Maybe I should turn it off and get drunk with happiness.

 

[jlprk]

No, getting drunk would be a sacrilege to a blowout like this will be. I think an acid trip would be appropriate! Would Emily's Rules of Etiquette approve?

 

[jlprk]

I'm glad we finally won't be embarrassed this game. They're talking about former Pacer greats like Jermaine O'Neal. I've heard that name before.