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

[LayneStaley]

What's our next two games?

A b2b against the warriors right? lol.

A pissed off warriors team coming off a nationally televised embarrassment....easy wins.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Fair enough, but calling him an embarasment seems a bit far... Also Im not sure if he has you on ignore or not lol.

Oh, but he is. It's alright to be a homer if you're REASONABLE and RATIONAL about it.

But making poetic stats and outlandish arguments without substance to justify that we're somehow the best team in the league.....sorry, it's embarrassing. Enormously so.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I wish the Blazers would at least TRY something new... Like Baldwin and Layman instead of ET and Stauskus or Curry. Or Play through Zach more. Or stop platooning in your bench like its a HS JV game.

 

[KingSpeed]

They go sweep the home/away 2 game series against weak Warriors. We can pull within one loss of them!

 

[KingSpeed]

And they're below .500. We're the laughing stock of the league

They’ve played 21 road games and only 14 home games. They will climb standings.

 

[Strenuus]

They go sweep the home/away 2 game series against weak Warriors. We can pull within one loss of them!

lol. The next road game we have a viewing party, I'll buy all the pizza and drinks again if we sweep the two games.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

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...

I get it, but considering some of the crap that gets posted here at times I think its a stretch to call him worse than a lot of it. Also the doomsday crowd isnt any more realistic than the always happy homers.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

They’ve played 21 road games and only 14 home games. They will climb standings.

And we will drop

 

[DUB]

Well, back to watching the cricket. India are on top, but it’s still close, and only the first day of a five day match.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I get it, but considering some of the crap that gets posted here at times I think its a stretch to call him worse than a lot of it. Also the doomsday crowd isnt any more realistic than the always happy homers.

If the doomsday crowd is one that says "we need a new coach and GM or we are never going to make it past the 1st round", verses someone who tries to make up some rational that we're better than Golden State........I'll take the Doomsday Crowd every time.

 

[tykendo]

Well, that was a nice lump of coal in the shape of a turd for Blazers fans.

Yes that was. Other than Dame, a pathetic performance of epic proportions. This team is scuffling. The Blazers need help at forward. That position doesn't bring enough firepower on a consistent basis. Maybe time to see if Jake can bring some scoring to the starting 5. Or maybe try Zach in the starting 5 next to Nurk. Try something Stotts.

 

[wizenheimer]

The Raptors are a 1 seed at best and we are better at every facet of the game.

I haven't been around here much, so maybe I missed the memo...are you some kind of contrarian-joke poster?...just saying ridiculous shit to get reactions?

I mean, this good-ship-lollypop has to be an act...right?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

If the doomsday crowd is one that says "we need a new coach and GM or we are never going to make it past the 1st round", verses someone who tries to make up some rational that we're better than Golden State........I'll take the Doomsday Crowd every time.

Have you read some of the posts in the fire olshey and fire Stotts threads. Im all for making some changes but theres so much in there that doesnt actually work with reality...

 

[BonesJones]

I haven't been around here much, so maybe I missed the memo...are you some kind of contrarian-joke poster?...just saying ridiculous shit to get reactions?

I mean, this good-ship-lollypop has to be an act...right?

You would think.

 

[BonesJones]

Have you read some of the posts in the fire olshey and fire Stotts threads. Im all for making some changes but theres so much in there that doesnt actually work with reality...

Oh yeah? What exactly?

 

[e_blazer]

Well, back to watching the cricket. India are on top, but it’s still close, and only the first day of a five day match.

Wish I understood that game and then I would join you. This Blazers team is like watching an endless stream of groin hits on America’s Funniest Home Videos, but without the laugh track.

 

[Strenuus]

Oh, and this is why that silly 14-3 Christmas record is so dumb.


But just for giggles, we've lost 3 out of our last 4 Christmas games. lol.

 

[oldmangrouch]

They go sweep the home/away 2 game series against weak Warriors. We can pull within one loss of them!

Dude, seriously - do you intend this to be a positive, cheer-people-up post? Because it sounds like a GSW fan taunting Blazer fans.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Have you read some of the posts in the fire olshey and fire Stotts threads. Im all for making some changes but theres so much in there that doesnt actually work with reality...

Don't get me wrong.....I'm not for hiring just any ol' bum off the street. But yes, it's glaringly obvious that we need a new coach and GM.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

The Blazers ruined my Christmas

 

[wizenheimer]

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

that's right....SOS baby!!!

 

[James lamphear]

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.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Dude, seriously - do you intend this to be a positive, cheer-people-up post? Because it sounds like a GSW fan taunting Blazer fans.

My father is a life-long GS Warriors fan. He would die laughing at some of the shit King posts.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Thing is, that Utah team is incredibly flawed too - and yet we managed to make them look really good twice in a week.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Well, back to watching the cricket. India are on top, but it’s still close, and only the first day of a five day match.

A 5 day cricket match? Dude - I wouldn't even watch the same porn film for 5 days!

 

[Jade Falcon]

Thing is, that Utah team is incredibly flawed too - and yet we managed to make them look really good twice in a week.

If they somehow face us in the first round, they'll sweep us in 4 games.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Can we honestly say we're better than any team in the West besides Phoenix?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Oh yeah? What exactly?

Like the posts that want to ignore anything even somewhat decent thats happened while NO or Stotts were here, and only blame them for the bad things. Everything that happened that was good was pretty much because of someone else. If it was bad it was all them!
Im all for letting both go especially Stotts.

 

[tykendo]

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.

Man You are missing all the shots missed off Dame passes. Blame CJ, YES, he sucks at passing, but I saw so many quality passes by Dame that went freakin' EMPTY. Game Over man.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Can we honestly say we're better than any team in the West besides Phoenix?

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But can you honestly say we are worse than anyone besides Golden State and a healthy Houston? I am as pissed as anyone about how we're playing - but the entire conference is playing this way.

That's what's so maddening - we could be better.