Game Thread GAME# 31: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 23, 2019 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

[BonesJones]

Torey- cut it out. You're embarrassing yourself. No one is with you on this.

I'm embarrassing myself by acting like you?

I got hundreds, maybe thousands of people with me.

 

[Labinot41]

I thought we would have a better shooting team this year?

 

[H.C.]

That was poor recognition by CJ. Melo came to help there against Ingram to prevent the block iso mismatch. Soon as Ingram passed it to Holiday. CJ should've went to find a man and give Ingram to Melo.
Instead he forces Melo to close out the guard in the corner. Which he can't do cause old and slow.

 

[wizenheimer]

Portland messing around in this game and it might bite them if they aren't careful

 

[BonesJones]

That was poor recognition by CJ. Melo came to help there against Ingram to prevent the block iso mismatch. Soon as Ingram passed it to Holiday. CJ should've went to find a man and give Ingram to Melo.
Instead he forces Melo to pick up the guard in the corner. Which he can't do cause old and slow.

We don't know how help and recover properly.

 

[BonesJones]

I thought we would have a better shooting team this year?

Losing Hood hurts in that regard.

 

[James lamphear]

That wasnt at the end of that quarter. Need get focus coming out of the locker for third.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

It's more than just that. The starting lineup had problems defending.

I mean, we're the best defensive team since the Bad Boy Pistons, except we're better!

lol, I know you're messing around. This is my opinion and I may be just being overly critical but the Blazers play really bad team defense. They rely on great plays in one on one defense to get stops. I always watch defense as it's more my thing than offense, but look at how teams guard the Blazers it's all team defense, funneling the guards into shot blockers or help defenders. The way they trap and all that it's all team defense, the Blazers don't really do that type of stuff, when they run Zone they're constantly out of position there too which I mean it's a zone you guard the zone you're in, but it doesn't work if your big goes to the weak side and is guarding air.

I will say, I'm kind of impressed with Simons defense though, he moves his feet really well, he gets hung up on screens, but that's something that comes with experience. They just play an "interesting" style of defense then what many other teams play.

 

[Chris Craig]

I'm embarrassing myself by acting like you?

I got hundreds, maybe thousands of people with me.

Though it sounds better than your negativity, stop mocking King.

 

[BonesJones]

That wasnt at the end of that quarter. Need get focus coming out of the locker for third.

I hate when we play down to our opponents. I could understand it a little bit if we were 20-10, but were 14-16.

 

[BonesJones]

Though it sounds better than your negativity, stop mocking King.

He came at me first get your facts straight before being obviously biased for your buddy. I'm simply trying to save the forum.

 

[DUB]

Halftime
Us - 56
Them - 54

3PM/A(%)
Us - 1/12 (8.3%)
Them - 6/18 (33.3%)

FTM/A(%)
Us - 11/12 (91.7%)
Them - 10/14 (71.4%)

Points in the Paint
Us - 32
Them - 20

We're still shooting poorly from deep, but now NOLA is getting worse too. Great free throw shooting from the best free throw shooting team in the NBA has us the lead.

 

[kjironman1]

Okay.

That does not say to ISO dame.
That was in response to getting Dame open looks.
But go ahead and live your world bro. Keep doing you.

 

[Chris Craig]

He came at me first get your facts straight before being obviously biased for your buddy. I'm sinply trying to save the forum.

You ran KJIronman out of the thread. He commented on it and asked KJ to join him in PM. Your running people out of here. No bias at all. I would have called you out no matter who you were aping.

 

[kjironman1]

Blazers with the lead shooting 1 of 12 from 3?
Gotta figure that will improve.

 

[H.C.]

lol, I know you're messing around. This is my opinion and I may be just being overly critical but the Blazers play really bad team defense. They rely on great plays in one on defense to get stops. I always watch defense as it's more my thing than offense, but look at how teams guard the Blazers it's all team defense, funneling the guards into shot blockers or help defenders. The way they trap and all that it's all team defense, the Blazers don't really do that type of stuff, when they run Zone they're constantly out of position there too which I mean it's a zone you guard the zone you're in, but it doesn't work if your big goes to the weak side and is guarding air.

I will say, I'm kind of impressed with Simons defense though, he moves his feet really well, he gets hung up on screens, but that's something that comes with experience. They just play an "interesting" style of defense then what many other teams play.

I mean it was sort of expected right?
Harkless & Aminu were good to great defenders in both help defense and on ball.
Some of the loss from those two was supposed to be mitigated by Collins & Hood.(While neither are as good defensive those two were. They're better offensively, in Hood's case... Far far far far better)
But they're gone.
Bazemore for as quick and long as he is, he bails out the other team far too much with stupid fouls.
Simons while being young isn't the offensive nor defensive player Curry was/is.

Lillard & CJ aren't good defenders. They're not bad defenders, they're just below average.
Defense was always going to be an issue with this team. playing on that imaginary string was always going to be learnt as you go.
It's just worse with Collins & Hood down.

Personally as soon as Collins went down this team is where I thought they'd be. Hovering around 500.
Hopefully Nurk & Collins both come back and are able to contribute. But with Hood going down and Simons not ready to stretch the floor like Curry was last year. It'll be rough sledding unless they can trade for a shooter.

 

[kjironman1]

You ran KJIronman out of the thread. He commented on it and asked KJ to join him in PM. Your running people out of here. No bias at all. I would have called you out no matter who you were aping.

It’s okay Chris. I just take breaks bro.
I don’t take things personal here.
Just don’t like to argue mundane stuff.

 

[Darkwebs]

Our transition D is atrocious

 

[Darkwebs]

Great flop by Baze

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I mean it was sort of expected right?
Harkless & Aminu were good to great defenders in both help defense and on ball.
Some of the loss from those two was supposed to be mitigated by Collins & Hood.(While neither are as good defensive those two were. They're better offensively, in Hood's case... Far far far far better)
But they're gone.
Bazemore for as quick and long as he is, he bails out the other team far too much with stupid fouls.
Simons while being young isn't the offensive nor defensive player Curry was/is.

Lillard & CJ aren't good defenders. They're not bad defenders, they're just below average.
Defense was always going to be an issue with this team. playing on that imaginary string was always going to be learnt as you go.
It's just worse with Collins & Hood down.

Personally as soon as Collins went down this team is where I thought they'd be. Hovering around 500.
Hopefully Nurk & Collins both come back and are able to contribute. But with Hood going down and Simons not ready to stretch the floor like Curry was last year. It'll be rough sledding unless they can trade for a shooter.

Actually you'd think that if you lost close two "elite" wing defenders you'd make your defensive style more team defense-oriented. I actually think Zach and Whiteside were going to make an awesome defensive tandem, pretty disappointed we didn't get to see them form some chemistry together.

 

[Darkwebs]

Melo's court vision is underrated

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I mean it was sort of expected right?
Harkless & Aminu were good to great defenders in both help defense and on ball.
Some of the loss from those two was supposed to be mitigated by Collins & Hood.(While neither are as good defensive those two were. They're better offensively, in Hood's case... Far far far far better)
But they're gone.
Bazemore for as quick and long as he is, he bails out the other team far too much with stupid fouls.
Simons while being young isn't the offensive nor defensive player Curry was/is.

Lillard & CJ aren't good defenders. They're not bad defenders, they're just below average.
Defense was always going to be an issue with this team. playing on that imaginary string was always going to be learnt as you go.
It's just worse with Collins & Hood down.

Personally as soon as Collins went down this team is where I thought they'd be. Hovering around 500.
Hopefully Nurk & Collins both come back and are able to contribute. But with Hood going down and Simons not ready to stretch the floor like Curry was last year. It'll be rough sledding unless they can trade for a shooter.

good post btw, I enjoy the conversation.

 

[Chris Craig]

Come on Blazers

 

[kjironman1]

I believe this team would be better and would produce more wins with Nurk. Collins, and Hood playing.
Just my take.
They would be deeper and would have more options on both defense and offense.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Bout time we hit a 3!

 

[Labinot41]

Man imagine if Lillard was a good 3point shooter

 

[James lamphear]

We 2-16 from the 3 if not hitting them you have do something different with the offense this one reason this is close.

 

[H.C.]

Actually you'd think that if you lost close two "elite" wing defenders you'd make your defensive style more team defense-oriented. I actually think Zach and Whiteside were going to make an awesome defensive tandem, pretty disappointed we didn't get to see them form some chemistry together.

IDK personally I think Aminu covered up a lot of the defensive mistakes Stotts' system has.
A decent portion of last year I was complaining about Aminu and his lack of being in the right spot and defensive lapses.
I never really cared about his offensive production because I could see how productive he was on the other end.
But with that gone.... I just don't think Stotts and co really knows how to coach defense.
This zone thing to me is proof of that as either the players are usually out of position. Or he doesn't know how to put them in position in the zone properly.
With the history Stotts has. I go more with him being at fault than the players.

 

[Darkwebs]

Melo creates something out of nothing

 

[Labinot41]

We about to lose to this fucking garbage pelicans team?