Game Thread GAME# 29: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - DECEMBER 17, 2016 - SATURDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), NBATV & CSNNW

[Darkwebs]

2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
13 - 15
(5-11 Road)
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
23 - 4
(10-2 Home)

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

PG

DAMIAN LILLARD VS STEPHEN CURRY

SG

C.J. McCOLLUM VS KLAY THOMPSON

SF

MAURICE HARKLESS VS KEVIN DURANT

PF

NOAH VONLEH VS DRAYMOND GREEN

C

MASON PLUMLEE VS ZAZA PACHULIA


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WHEN: 7:30 PM, SATURDAY, 12/17/2016

WHERE: ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA

TV BROADCAST:

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RADIO BROADCAST:

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

NAPIER , QUARTERMAN , CONNAUGHTON

CRABBE , TURNER , LAYMAN

LEONARD , DAVIS

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

CLARK , LIVINGSTON , McCAW

IGUODALA , LOONEY , McADOO

WEST , VAREJAO , McGEE


INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Al-Farouq Aminu (back contusion): DOUBTFUL
Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT
WARRIORS
Zaza Pachulia (wrist): PROBABLE
David West (right hip contusion): PROBABLE



HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TERRY STOTTS --- STEVE KERR



WARRIORS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES ​

• Saturday marks the second of four regular season matchups between the Trail Blazers and Warriors in 2016-17.

• LAST MEETING: Golden State defeated Portland, 127-104, at the Moda Center on Nov. 1. Three Warriors scored 20+ points (28-Curry, 22-Clark, 20-Durant), while Damian Lillard scored a game-high 31 points.

• Evan Turner scored 14 points (5-6 FG, 1-1 3-PT) vs. Golden State on Nov. 1.

• Golden State has won seven of its past eight regular season games against the Trail Blazers.

• Portland is 3-17 in its past 20 games against the Warriors at Oracle Arena (lost four straight).

• Damian Lillard has scored at least 30 points in four of his past five games against Golden State (35.4 ppg). Lillard scored 30+ points once in his first 10 career games against the Warriors.

• Last season, Damian Lillard averaged a team-high 36.5 points in four games against Golden State. That represented his highest scoring average against any Western Conference opponent last season (2nd among NBA teams).

• Warriors guard Stephen Curry has scored at least 20 points in 12 consecutive games against the Trail Blazers. He has scored 30+ points in eight of those 12 contests.

• Damian Lillard and Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the only players in NBA history to made 900 three-point field goals in their first five seasons (Lillard accomplished that two games ago on Dec. 13 vs. OKC).

• Damian Lillard scored a career-high 51 points on 18-of-28 shooting (9-12 3-PT) against the Warriors on Feb. 19 (W, 137-105).

• The Trail Blazers and Warriors met in the 2016 Western Conference Semifinals, with Golden State winning the series 4-1. It represented the fi rst ever postseason meeting between Portland and Golden State.

• In that playoff series, Damian Lillard averaged 31.8 points against Golden State to record the highest scoring average by any Trail Blazer in a playoff series, all-time (31.4-Clyde Drexler, 1992 vs. Phoenix).

• CONNECTION: Trail Blazers center Festus Ezeli spent his first three NBA seasons with the Warriors from 2012-13 to 2015-16, averaging 4.2 points and 4.3 rebounds in 170 games (61 starts).

• CONNECTION: Warriors head coach Steve Kerr played for the Trail Blazers during the 2001-02 season

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 121-98
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 80-29
AT THE WARRIORS: Warriors lead, 69-41

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[jlprk]

HCP caught sleeping AGAIN.

I voted 17%. 1 out of every 6 times in this situation, we will win.

 

[THE HCP]

Fuck this kid! I think this would have been a game I should have been able to do the thread. If he keeps this up, The HCP will be forced to take his talents elsewhere!

 

[riverman]

The HCP will be forced to take his talents elsewhere!

They've been waiting for you!
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/kobe-bryant

 

[THE HCP]

Beautiful off day down here in the bay......

 

[riverman]

That's a great photo! I used to spend about 3 days every 6weeks in the city back in the 70s on the road ...love North Beach for espresso and cannolis

 

[Blazinaway]

I'll be happy if we can keep it under a 20 deficit

 

[jlprk]

Darkwebs: misspelling in the poll question.

 

[illmatic99]

We bout to get demolished

 

[MAS RipCity]

I'd be lying if I said I was looking forward to this one ... our defensive woes against the most explosive offensive team in years? Uhhhh ...

 

[Chris Craig]

What a bunch of faithless pricks

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[riverman]

Golden State is overdue to get blown out...hopefully we can destroy them for a change

 

[Chris Craig]

Just beat the Warriors 108- 106 on 2k16

 

[BBert]

Fuck this kid! I think this would have been a game I should have been able to do the thread. If he keeps this up, The HCP will be forced to take his talents elsewhere!

That would be a rare "win-win".

 

[BBert]

That's a great photo! I used to spend about 3 days every 6weeks in the city back in the 70s on the road ...love North Beach for espresso and cannolis

Odds that HCP took either of those photos?

 

[Tunchi]

We bout to get demolished

Your so negative

 

[riverman]

Odds that HCP took either of those photos?

He's a great photographer....when it comes to the HCP.....a picture is way better than a thousand words!

 

[BBert]

He's a great photographer....when it comes to the HCP.....a picture is way better than a thousand words!

Look at the color saturation.

Sorry, not buying it.

Those are stock photos.

 

[riverman]

Look at the color saturation.

Sorry, not buying it.

Those are stock photos.

He's got a whole portfolio of these in OT under the Random Shit thread....sorry...the dude sees well through a lens...it's kind of what he does. If he ever prints a book of his work I want a copy

 

[BBert]

He's got a whole portfolio of these in OT under the Random Shit thread....sorry...the dude sees well through a lens...it's kind of what he does. If he ever prints a book of his work I want a copy

OK. I believe he's a good photographer. No reason why he wouldn't be. Those still look like stock photos, not something he snapped today. And I'm pretty sure I've seen them before. If he took and processed those, I hope he is selling them on line. I have a friend who has an online portfolio of stock photos he's taken, and he makes pretty decent money at it.

 

[KingSpeed]

Golden State is overdue to get blown out...hopefully we can destroy them for a change

GS was blown out by Memphis a few days ago.

 

[riverman]

GS was blown out by Memphis a few days ago.

They've been overdue for years now....I'm hoping we get to knock them out too!

 

[THE HCP]

OK. I believe he's a good photographer. No reason why he wouldn't be. Those still look like stock photos, not something he snapped today. And I'm pretty sure I've seen them before. If he took and processed those, I hope he is selling them on line. I have a friend who has an online portfolio of stock photos he's taken, and he makes pretty decent money at it.

Ah you question my greatness with the iPhone? Ha, that's cool.
But I did take 'em....... head on over to my Instagram page FAMS.......... @bigjohnNEP
I actually have had a few of my pics used before. Some black and whites in NYC. Wish I had a real camera though.
Go check out our random picture thread on the OT page here, a few of us have been sharing our road pics.

 

[THE HCP]

Start following FAMS

 

[THE HCP]

He's a great photographer....when it comes to the HCP.....a picture is way better than a thousand words!

Thank you sir

 

[THE HCP]

OK. I believe he's a good photographer. No reason why he wouldn't be. Those still look like stock photos, not something he snapped today. And I'm pretty sure I've seen them before. If he took and processed those, I hope he is selling them on line. I have a friend who has an online portfolio of stock photos he's taken, and he makes pretty decent money at it.

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/the-official-random-picture-thread.293963/

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Hey guys, look at the pictures I just took in San Fran!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[THE HCP]

Sly, you're killing me. How bout these guys questioning my image capturing skillZ!