Game Thread GAME# 25: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 9, 2017 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

[Mediocre Man]

Was the green font really necessary?

It is disengenous and tediously predictable for him to criticize Meyers' defense in a game where Meyers didn't even play during the team's worst defensive quarter of the season.

The defense last night was actually worse with Meyers on the bench than when he was in the game.

If Meyers' defense was seive-like, what does that say about the guys who were on the floor during last night's 40-point 4th quarter layup drill?

Why did he chose to single out Meyers defense and not criticize those guys?

I think we all know the answer to that question. It doesn't fit his tired, long running narrative about WABCs in general and Meyers Leonard specifically.

The fact is Meyers played well last night, and as hard as it may be for some to believe, if Stotts would have played him in the 4th quarter, the Blazers might have actually won the game.

The sample size is still small, but the fact is, in his limited minutes this season, Meyers has played well and been productive. And that just irritates the shit out of the Meyers haters. They'd rather see him fail than prove them wrong.

BNM

I chose to "single out" Meyers because I was responding to someone else who brought him up.

Meyers played, and has played better this season...ON OFFENSE

 

[Labinot41]

I have read a little bit in the "clutch" City forum on the game thread and damn, these rockets Fans still hates the Blazers and especially Lillard. They are still salty as fuck because of 2014. Can't wait to see how Pop and Kawhi beat these wannabe champions

 

[GlydeMan]

I have read a little bit in the "clutch" City forum on the game thread and damn, these rockets Fans still hates the Blazers and especially Lillard. They are still salty as fuck because of 2014. Can't wait to see how Pop and Kawhi beat these wannabe champions

From HTown, and most of the fans respect Dame (he's a STUD) and the Blazers. No salt from 2014, there very few players who are still on the roster from that squad. Blazers going through a rough stretch but EVERY team will. Golden St. is the team that everyone has to beat and right now, no one is close. HTown included.

 

[riverman]

we go towards a youth movement

We're one of the youngest teams in the NBA.....this makes no sense....year 2 of a rebuild is where we are....going back to year 1 of a rebuild isn't going to bring wins faster...smh

 

[tester551]

We're one of the youngest teams in the NBA.....this makes no sense....year 2 of a rebuild is where we are....going back to year 1 of a rebuild isn't going to bring wins faster...smh

Youth isn't the question. It's primarily that the fit doesn't work going long term.

 

[riverman]

Youth isn't the question. It's primarily that the fit doesn't work going long term.

I was responding to this post...and I disagree with it...we need to upgrade the SF position, but not blow up the team and fire the coach to win

To be honest I am rooting for that. That way Stotts will be fired by the end of this road trip and we go towards a youth movement and gunning for a high lottery pick..

Tanking is for losers.....go Blazers!

 

[Boob-No-More]

62 point fist half. He was awful....AGAIN, defensively. Constantly out of position

I may not be a math major, but as bad as 31 points per quarter is, it's still better than a 40-point layup drill.

If the Blazers had "only" given up 31 points in the 4th, they would have won the game.

BNM

 

[riverman]

I may not be a math major, but as bad as 31 points per quarter is, it's still better than a 40-point layup drill.

If the Blazers had "only" given up 31 points in the 4th, they would have won the game.

BNM

Or if the Rockets didn't shoot 30 more free throws, we win

 

[SportsAndWhine]

I was responding to this post...and I disagree with it...we need to upgrade the SF position, but not blow up the team and fire the coach to win

Tanking is for losers.....go Blazers!

Losing is for LOSERS...
...Win Instead!

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Or if the Rockets didn't shoot 30 more free throws, we win

 

[riverman]

Losing is for LOSERS...
...Win Instead!

well...there's always that.....

 

[Boob-No-More]

I chose to "single out" Meyers because I was responding to someone else who brought him up.

Meyers played, and has played better this season...ON OFFENSE

He's not just playing better on offense than he has in the past, he's playing better on offense than his teammates.

Given the way this team has struggled on the offense this season, giving a little more PT to a guy with a TS% of .724 might not be a bad idea.

Against HOU, the Blazers offense, with Meyers on the court, matched the high powered HOU offense with 62 points in the first half. In the first 7 minutes of the third, with Meyers in the game, POR outscored HOU by two and was leading 80 - 78 when Meyers left the game.

He didn't return in the 4th quarter and the Blazers got outscored 40 - 19. Maybe they could have used a little more of that better offense from the guy who was 5 for 6 from the field.

BNM

 

[Mediocre Man]

I may not be a math major, but as bad as 31 points per quarter is, it's still better than a 40-point layup drill.

If the Blazers had "only" given up 31 points in the 4th, they would have won the game.

BNM

You win. He was great defensively. The opposing teams points say so.

It's like you don't watch the games, and just look to be an ass

 

[Mediocre Man]

He's not just playing better on offense than he has in the past, he's playing better on offense than his teammates.

Given the way this team has struggled on the offense this season, giving a little more PT to a guy with a TS% of .724 might not be a bad idea.

Against HOU, the Blazers offense, with Meyers on the court, matched the high powered HOU offense with 62 points in the first half. In the first 7 minutes of the third, with Meyers in the game, POR outscored HOU by two and was leading 80 - 78 when Meyers left the game.

He didn't return in the 4th quarter and the Blazers got outscored 40 - 19. Maybe they could have used a little more of that better offense from the guy who was 5 for 6 from the field.

BNM

Yes. Let's play him 48 a game. We'll win the title going away.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Or if the Rockets didn't shoot 30 more free throws, we win

Or if we score more than 19 points in the 4th quarter we win.

Going small was playing to HOU's strength. So, of course they're better at it than the Blazers.

In the 3rd quarter, the Blazers went big, with one of Leonard or Collins on the floor at all times. As a result, POR outscored HOU 36 - 22 in the 3rd. In the 4th, neither Leonard nor Collins set foot on the floor and POR was outscored 40 - 19.

Going small was definitely the wrong thing to do. It made Portland worse at both ends of the floor and resulted in a layup drill for Houston.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

Yes. Let's play him 48 a game. We'll win the title going away.

Yeah, because that's exactly what I said.

Your post is an asshole.

The guy was 5 for 6 from the field and the Blazers were winning when he left the game. They went on to get outscored 40 - 19 in the 4th. Maybe, just maybe, giving him 5 or 6 minutes in the fourth (like they did in the third, you know, when they were winning) might not have been such a terrible idea.

We all know you hate WABCs, so it must really irritate you that with our WABCs on the floor in the 3rd quarter, POR outscored HOU 36 - 22 and with them on the bench in the 4th, POR got outscored 40 - 19.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

You win. He was great defensively. The opposing teams points say so.

It's like you don't watch the games, and just look to be an ass

I watch the games and if stating my opinion on what I see makes me an ass, fine, I'm an ass.

Seriously, did you not watch the 4th quarter of that game? Did you not witness that 40-point layup drill?

We outscored HOU by 14 the third with Leonard and Collins in the game. With them on the bench in the fourth, we got outscored by 21. If pointing that out makes me an ass, that's a chance I'm willing to take.

BNM

 

[Strenuus]

You win. He was great defensively. The opposing teams points say so.

It's like you don't watch the games, and just look to be an ass

That's an interesting couple of sentences right there..

 

[Strenuus]

Or if the Rockets didn't shoot 30 more free throws, we win

One team went to the lane at will...

 

[riverman]

One team went to the lane at will...

a good way to get more freethrows!

 

[GrandJury]

I have read a little bit in the "clutch" City forum on the game thread and damn, these rockets Fans still hates the Blazers and especially Lillard. They are still salty as fuck because of 2014. Can't wait to see how Pop and Kawhi beat these wannabe champions

I wish we had their record

 

[BBert]

He's not just playing better on offense than he has in the past, he's playing better on offense than his teammates.

Given the way this team has struggled on the offense this season, giving a little more PT to a guy with a TS% of .724 might not be a bad idea.

Against HOU, the Blazers offense, with Meyers on the court, matched the high powered HOU offense with 62 points in the first half. In the first 7 minutes of the third, with Meyers in the game, POR outscored HOU by two and was leading 80 - 78 when Meyers left the game.

He didn't return in the 4th quarter and the Blazers got outscored 40 - 19. Maybe they could have used a little more of that better offense from the guy who was 5 for 6 from the field.

BNM

Terry's 4th quarter lineups were garbage. When Dame got injured, Houston smelled blood and Stotts did nothing to stop the bleeding. After the first three possessions after Dame got hurt, I told my daughter we were ahead by 14 points, but we were going to lose. It was clear as day. Note that I have not previously bashed him, but as bad as the players played, Stotts coaching was worse. Which was crazy, considering he'd been doing great through 3 quarters. Then the fourth quarter comes around, and more often than not, Stotts shits the bed. Like Saturday. He completely went away from what had been working. Incredible.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Terry's 4th quarter lineups were garbage. When Dame got injured, Houston smelled blood and Stotts did nothing to stop the bleeding. After the first three possessions after Dame got hurt, I told my daughter we were ahead by 14 points, but we were going to lose. It was clear as day. Note that I have not previously bashed him, but as bad as the players played, Stotts coaching was worse. Which was crazy, considering he'd been doing great through 3 quarters. Then the fourth quarter comes around, and more often than not, Stotts shits the bed. Like Saturday. He completely went away from what had been working. Incredible.

As much as I hate to say it, Stotts is falling into the old Nate McMillan bad habit of letting the opposing coach dictate the match ups. Rather than forcing mismatches that favor his team, Terry is trying to adapt to what the opponent does.

That's a losing strategy. Don't let a team like HOU force you to play small ball, force them to go big or get abused if they don't.

You know, kind of like we did in the third quarter. Why completely abandon something that was working and try to out small ball the Rockets? It makes no sense and is giving me unpleasant flashbacks to the most annoying habit Nate had as a coach here in Portland.

BNM

 

[Strenuus]

As much as I hate to say it, Stotts is falling into the old Nate McMillan bad habit of letting the opposing coach dictate the match ups. Rather than forcing mismatches that favor his team, Terry is trying to adapt to what the opponent does.

That's a losing strategy. Don't let a team like HOU force you to play small ball, force them to go big or get abused if they don't.

You know, kind of like we did in the third quarter. Why completely abandon something that was working and try to out small ball the Rockets? It makes no sense and is giving me unpleasant flashbacks to the most annoying habit Nate had as a coach here in Portland.

BNM

I said it earlier, I think Stotts may be the worst coach in the league that actually has talent to work with that he could use to the teams' advantage.

 

[MarAzul]

little more of that better offense from the guy who was 5 for 6 from the field

Stotts is falling into the old Nate McMillan bad habit of letting the opposing coach dictate the match ups

Keep it coming, people need to hear it.