Game Thread GAME# 31: SPURS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 20, 2017 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

[Strenuus]

Maybe...just maybe we've been calling out the wrong guard all along for drinking like a fish

:MARIS61:

 

[H.C.]

I would have liked to see Noah on LA. He bodies up better than anyone on our team. LA was hitting tonight though.

After 16 points from both Aldridge & Gasol in the first half(32 combined).
Most posters claimed Stotts doesn't adjust, and Aminu can't guard Aldridge.(this Aminu thing was before the game started)
However in the second half Aminu shut down Aldridge, holding him to 6 points in the second half.

Aminu is Portland's best defender regardless of position and it's not close.

 

[ripcityboy]

Wonder what Allen is going to say at the All-Star break. He's as active as any owner in the game (minus Cuban) and this team is going nowhere and it's built to go nowhere. He's fired GM's for A LOT less. Olshey's shtick will wear out if the team doesn't grow. Doesn't matter how many news reporters he freezes out.

 

[Scalma]

I have to believe PA is getting bored

We’ve had pretty much the same team for like three years. Dame Nurk and Collins are the only ones that I wouldn’t listen on. Everyone else is available.

 

[H.C.]

Regardless if Portland is a playoff team or a lotto team. One thing is for certain.
Lillard needs help. Can't be playing 37 minutes a night and expect him to not get injured.

 

[BrunoSOC]

We will have a update on Lillard just twomorrow. Another heartbreak lost... things go to well to trash very fast in the league. Shabazz should have more playing time, Lillard shouldn't comeback. He needs to stay healthy

 

[julius]

I'm not sure Crabbe would've been the SF they need, but he would be better than the SF's they're using now.

 

[Kaydow]

Well, I'm taking a couple weeks off of the Blazers. Going to a show on Friday and traveling on Saturday. Busy with the family after Christmas. I can't believe we lost that game. I didn't think 7-9 was possible.

True fans like us don’t get to take a couple weeks off. The losses sting so bad that we want to, but we can’t. There’s always the next game, and for that we always come back.

 

[A$AP Meyers]

Turnovers

Blazers: 9
Spurs: 22

Points off Turnovers

Blazers: 11
Spurs: 26

Offensive rebounding was also 9-12 despite the fact we took 16 more shots than SA.

 

[GrandJury]

Another tough loss... getting used to. I hope Dame is alright...

Yup. We always lose at home too

 

[HailBlazers]

Yup. We always lose at home too

Yup. Just like your family that hosts you for the holidays.

 

[DreamKillah]

After 16 points from both Aldridge & Gasol in the first half(32 combined).
Most posters claimed Stotts doesn't adjust, and Aminu can't guard Aldridge.(this Aminu thing was before the game started)
However in the second half Aminu shut down Aldridge, holding him to 6 points in the second half.

Aminu is Portland's best defender regardless of position and it's not close.

Aminu was driving aldridge crazy; it was really funny to watch . . .

 

[Strenuus]

Turnovers

Blazers: 9
Spurs: 22

Points off Turnovers

Blazers: 11
Spurs: 26

Offensive rebounding was also 9-12 despite the fact we took 16 more shots than SA.

Holy shit, 26 points off 9 turnovers. God damn.

 

[Labinot41]

I like Collins potencial, but we could have drafted also these guys:

 

[HailBlazers]

Holy shit, 26 points off 9 turnovers. God damn.

Things we could really learn from the Spurs: proper ball movement and how to fast break.

 

[ripcityboy]

I like Collins potencial, but we could have drafted also these guys:

I thought Olsheys speciality was drafting? Oh well.

 

[GrandJury]

Yup. Just like your family that hosts you for the holidays.

Loool

 

[BrunoSOC]

Im very uncomfortable with this Lillard injury. It doesn't feel good. I hope he's ok...

 

[ripcityboy]

Regardless if Portland is a playoff team or a lotto team. One thing is for certain.
Lillard needs help. Can't be playing 37 minutes a night and expect him to not get injured.

Yeah. He's getting manhandled. Hope he's alright tonight. I love the dude so much. He's literally the whole franchise.

 

[Darkwebs]

Yup. Just like your family that hosts you for the holidays.

 

[GrandJury]

Hahahahaha

 

[Jade Falcon]

This team is stuck in a different era. That's the problem. GS basically gave this league the blue print as to where it was headed, and most teams adjusted to a standard.

Except Portland.

We're still stuck in old, slow, traditional iso basketball. And that's not where the league is anymore. It has changed so much in the past 5 to 6 years, and the Blazers organization never adjusted to it.

That's the problem. And I see no end to it any time soon, unless Allen gets serious, cleans house, and brings in some proper people like GS did, who can build this team in such a way as to compete with the big teams. And one which is in with the current times of how basketball is played today, instead of 10 years ago.

I don't get it. Allen built a monster team in Seattle with the Seahawks, and as much as I hate that team, I have to give that FO credit where due: they've been contenders almost every year since Wilson was drafted. Allen also found the right GM in John Schneider, who put the proper DC in place, and drafted an amazing Defense. Schneider also manages to find gold in the draft almost year after year.

....why not Portland? Why is Allen lagging on his basketball team? What the hell is wrong with him? He sits on the sidelines almost every home game....surely he HAS to see what's wrong here.

I don't get it. I don't understand how you can be so successful with one sports team, yet be an absolute failure with another. I don't get that.

I understand they're two different sports, but if you built such a dominate football team, how can you fail at building a dominate basketball team? What the fuck?

Fix this shit, Paul! You're wasting Dame!

 

[stampedehero]

Another step backwards!

 

[THE HCP]

Wow. People are "taking time off from the Blazers" huh? Such great fans. Thru thick and thin huh?

 

[Shaboid]

Well I didn't watch the game but *insert opinion here*

 

[Jade Falcon]

Wow. People are "taking time off from the Blazers" huh? Such great fans. Thru thick and thin huh?

I was in California for 4 days this past weekend, spending time with my father and our local 49er Faithful fanclub. It was my first trip anywhere outside of Vancouver in 4 years. I was able to watch the Blazers take on Orlando, but our schedule didn't provide me the time to watch any other games, and I didn't have a computer or tablet that I could use to log on to the forum.

Tonight I helped my mother, who volunteers at our local humane society in the Cattery section, and who volunteers as a foster mom for kittens. Our Humane Society has an annual holiday party where they help animals from those families who are less fortunate by providing them with free medical screenings and basic care. While she was attending to that, I was taking her usual place by helping in the Cattery; cleaning cages and feeding the cats.

Is that okay with you? I mean, you know....I don't ultimately CARE about your opinion of when I do or don't watch a basketball game.....but you obviously seem offended by my lack of presence as of late. I'm sure you're QUITE BUSY yourself doing.....whatever it is that you do.

 

[Shaboid]

I was in California for 4 days this past weekend, spending time with my father and our local 49er Faithful fanclub. It was my first trip anywhere outside of Vancouver in 4 years. I was able to watch the Blazers take on Orlando, but our schedule didn't provide me the time to watch any other games, and I didn't have a computer or tablet that I could use to log on to the forum.

Tonight I helped my mother, who volunteers at our local humane society in the Cattery section, and who volunteers as a foster mom for kittens. Our Humane Society has an annual holiday party where they help animals from those families who are less fortunate by providing them with free medical screenings and basic care. While she was attending to that, I was taking her usual place by helping in the Cattery; cleaning cages and feeding the cats.

Is that okay with you? I mean, you know....I don't ultimately CARE about your opinion of when I do or don't watch a basketball game.....but you obviously seem offended by my lack of presence as of late. I'm sure you're QUITE BUSY yourself doing.....whatever it is that you do.

I think he is actually throwing shade at Kingspeed, because that is his MO.

 

[Strenuus]

Wow. People are "taking time off from the Blazers" huh? Such great fans. Thru thick and thin huh?

To me it sounded like KS was just saying he's taking a couple weeks off because of prior engagements and other stuff...

 

[BonesJones]

Geezus. No he isn't.

Yes he is. Horrible defender, average 3pt shooter, no mid-range game, can't dribble, no length, can't finish... he's awful and shouldn't even be in the league.

 

[BonesJones]

Yeah, Hinkie spent 5 years to create a sub. 500 team with injury prone "stars."

Lmfao. His team has the brightest future in the league. We're a .500 team with no future. Big difference.