Game Thread GAME# 34: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - DECEMBER 25, 2018 - TUESDAY, 7:30 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

[wizenheimer]

Patience is a tough thing. .

 

[DUB]

looks like reddit is my best bet..until willow recognizes Hulu as a provider. Thanks!

No wuckers.

Translation for others:
No wuckers
No wucking forries
No fucking worries
No worries
Not a problem
You’re welcome

 

[Propagandist]

It’s so obvious this version of the blazers has gone stale. It’s the same inconsistent cycle over and over again and nothing ever changes.

It's as if the players are begging for Stotts to get the boot, but no one is listening...

 

[DUB]

It's as if the players are begging for Stotts to get the boot, but no one is listening...

I agree. And if that’s not how the players feel, then I don’t know what the hell they’re doing.

 

[tester551]

Patience is a tough thing. I do think Neil is contemplating moves to help further strengthen the team. The Ownership sitch could end up being a problem though.

Its beyond patience at this point. We've been patient for the last 3+ years

 

[KingSpeed]

Most unified we've been. Tired of this team. What's sad is you can feel that that's the dominant feeling when you set foot in the Moda.

I don’t feel that at Moda at all.

 

[KingSpeed]

Its beyond patience at this point. We've been patient for the last 3+ years

Dame said we’d go to Finals in his 11th season. Stay patient. I’m willing to wait.

 

[BonesJones]

I don’t feel that at Moda at all.

You're in your own bubble filled with rainbows and sunshine or whatever. The bubble isnt that permeable.

 

[BonesJones]

Dame said we’d go to Finals in his 11th season. Stay patient. I’m willing to wait.

LOL.

 

[KingSpeed]

I totally agree with wanting a new coach and GM. Im also more and more over the CJ and Dame experiment. Id like to see CJ!!!!moved for Otto Porter Jr or some wing that can shoot.

Edit meant to say CJ

Better idea: keep CJ and get Porter

 

[KingSpeed]

LOL.

He did!

 

[BonesJones]

He did!

I read that quote. Youre butchering it by the way in which you're using it.

 

[KingSpeed]

You're in your own bubble filled with rainbows and sunshine or whatever. The bubble isnt that permeable.

I’ve been to every game. Sit in 103. Might be different above. Granted there’s more buzz at a Lakers game than a Bucks game but I still hear a very fired up crowd that cheers throughout the game even if we are losing.

 

[KingSpeed]

We do need to make a trade, either an upgrade at the F position or some consistent bench scoring. We are basically counting on ETs ugly turnaround fading 12 footers to keep us in the game when the starters are out. I don’t like those odds.

I wouldn’t mind Kevin Love. He should be available next month.

 

[KingSpeed]

This is not a playoff team. Reasons the first unit plays no defense that has to be the worst defense I ever seen in NBA game from 1st unit. Defensely we have no concept what they want to do. Offensely there no ball movement. You got 2 guards either going iso or going around a screen then shoot. I think in the whole game there was one time they had more then 1 pass and that was beginning of the 2nd half that lead to a dunk by harkless. Then the last 4 games 3 of them we have scored less then 100 points.

After a difficult opening schedule, we are 19-15 and 6th in the West. Only 3.5 games out of first! So yes, we’re a playoff team.

 

[KingSpeed]

But we are the better team because we are ahead in the standings, right?

Unfortunately for the Jazz, yes.

 

[KingSpeed]

TBF. Dude might as well be a troll. Super unrealistic, lost in space fans are almost worse than doomsday fans. At least doomsday fans are based in reality...

Doomsday fans are not based in reality though that’s what they convince themselves. As Strenuus demonstrated, if we lose, it’s horrible but if we win, it’s meh. People don’t celebrate the wins as much as they bemoan the losses. And we have more wins than losses!!!

 

[tlongII]

My concern is that we’ve had a number of blowout losses this season already. That tells me we don’t compete every night. That’s bad and that’s on coaching. Stotts needs to go.

 

[KingSpeed]

My concern is that we’ve had a number of blowout losses this season already. That tells me we don’t compete every night. That’s bad and that’s on coaching. Stotts needs to go.

Should Warriors fire Kerr too? They’ve also had many blowout losses. Lots of teams have actually.

 

[BonesJones]

I’ve been to every game. Sit in 103. Might be different above. Granted there’s more buzz at a Lakers game than a Bucks game but I still hear a very fired up crowd that cheers throughout the game even if we are losing.

You really don't understand what I'm saying. You couldn't hear obvious boos that everyone else heard earlier this season.

Bottom line: people are tired of mediocrity.

 

[DUB]

I’ve been lying on the couch all day, watching the Boxing Day cricket test match (Australia v India), the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, and the basketball.

Now I'm watching the Australian Basketball League (outdoors at Rod Laver Arena), the Australian Big Bash 20/20 cricket league, and the A-League (Australian soccer) on three different screens at once. Boxing Day truly is the greatest day for the Australian sports fan.

 

[BonesJones]

Should Warriors fire Kerr too? They’ve also had many blowout losses. Lots of teams have actually.

Kerr gets leeway because, ya know, he's won 3 championships as a head coach.

 

[James lamphear]

After a difficult opening schedule, we are 19-15 and 6th in the West. Only 3.5 games out of first! So yes, we’re a playoff team.

Your right we are right now if we end the today we would be in the playoffs. But I can't say the same in the long run though.

 

[stampedehero]

Aftermath::::::::::

 

[kjironman1]

Better idea: keep CJ and get Porter

In a way i agree with this. The Blazers need a third player that needs to be defended and is a threat to torch a team that doesn't stay honest on defense.

 

[illmatic99]

My concern is that we’ve had a number of blowout losses this season already. That tells me we don’t compete every night. That’s bad and that’s on coaching. Stotts needs to go.

Losing to the same team by over 50 pts combined in 2 games is criminal. How does that happen? Not a good look for Terry

 

[kjironman1]

Just could not stay up and watch that last night. Just did not get the feeling the players felt good at all about playing that game. I know Basketball is an entertainment business but i have never seen the need to have a bunch of games on Christmas day. The Philly Boston game was good but even those teams didn't really start playing tough until the fourth quarter.

 

[kjironman1]

Couple of stats stick out. Lillard shot zero free throws. The Blazer BIG THREE got to the line a combined 6 times and made 3 FT's at 50%. Gobert/Mitchell/Rubio got to the line 16 times and made 7 ft's. Pretty ugly at best all around.

Blazers only had 12 Turnovers. CJ went for a third of them.

The Jazz shot 44% from three and the Blazers shot 39% from the field altogether. Think about that? Somebody has got to teach the Blazer Bigs to score the ball. Nurk/Meyers/Collins were 9 of 22 which actually is just over 40%. That is a good night for that bunch.

 

[stampedehero]

>Another horrifying loss!!!!!

 

[illmatic99]

Ya could do without the snake pics thanks. Ugh. Did not want to see that first thing in the morning