Game Thread GAME# 34: SUNS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 30, 2019 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

[James lamphear]

Until we figure out how to play team defense we will continue have these results.

 

[tlongII]

Tank!

 

[Darkwebs]

 

[beast blazer]

Good thing I’m already emotionally dead to this season or this would really piss me off.

Same. I give 0 shits right now.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I think almost all of us would agree the Blazers have more talent than the Suns.
....and we are playing at home.

So what gives?

I wouldnt.

 

[PCmor7]

You guys notice how the Suns run actual offense? It’s pretty refreshing. DHO’s , back cuts, floppy. I wish we could do that. Instead of half-assed blocker/mover flare action into isolation every possession.

I think we have the worst system in the entire league.

Pretty much everybody in the NBA but us.

We run 1980s-style offense. Get the ball to your star and get out of the way. No one else does that anymore. No one.

 

[DUB]

This loss is very disappointing, we had it, and just threw it away.

No one other than Dame seems to have another gear.

 

[bobf]

It's tough to win when our defense is soft as cottage cheese, has more holes than Swiss cheese, and stinks worse than Limburger cheese.

Nice one, but now I’m hungry. Do we get McNuggets at least?

 

[DDolla]

OMG... glad I did not watch the game

 

[Serbian]

Until nurkic gets back and we do a trade we will stay 12-th -8th seed through out next 3 months

 

[Chris Craig]

Lol called it

Amazing loss by the Blazers. Way to let this one slip. Bravo

 

[Five Second Violation]

There really are very few guys on this team that I care to see back next year.

 

[PCmor7]

I find this team's lack of chemistry disturbing.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Should've played Trent instead of Melo in 4th.

 

[VenomXL]

This team isn’t very fun to watch this year on the whole. Maybe I should use my time better.

Oh, who am I kidding? See you next game.

 

[OneSport3]

Because we've never stepped on an opponent's throat with Stotts as coach. We just figure we have a big lead and then guys start chucking and before you know it the lead is gone.

Is there a database that tracks double digit or 20 point leads given up? Stotts teams have to be league leaders in this category.

This results from lack of discipline and focus.

 

[Cugel]

I will say it again: someone should be held accountable. If not the players then Stotts or Oshley. Someone has to say "no more".
Then again if the team is making money then why would anyone care?

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Literally 4 players watching Damian Lillard go one on one over and over and over again. If I was an NBA team I'd want to play the Blazers every night. They are so predictable and easy to defend.

Terry Stotts is trash at this point.

 

[TBpup]

Suns had lost 8 in a row.
They come into Portland and get down 38-19.
Ayton doesn't start.

....doesn't matter.

 

[Tince]

Pretty much everybody in the NBA but us.

We run 1980s-style offense. Get the ball to your star and get out of the way. No one else does that anymore. No one.

Houston runs over twice as many ISO sets a game than us.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

You mean tonight or...

It's no longer fun rooting for this team and Nurk won't make a difference. Maybe a trade would but at this point, we can't afford to trade Whiteside. He's been our second best player. This sucks. I'm done.

 

[3putt]

Can’t believe that I could barely hear the boos tonight. Yeah injuries and all but you keep telling us we have one of the best backcourts in the league. Wtf.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Can somebody start that thread again that show where we might be in the lottery?

 

[kjironman1]

He’s horribly inefficient, takes a lot of shots compounding it, and is a bad defender.

Yeah he was supposed to fill in. Not be one of the main cogs.
Melo is Melo. He ain’t gonna change at this point.

 

[Neil O. Shyster]

It’s sickening that this team is stealing fans money and no one is held accountable.

 

[PCmor7]

Is there a database that tracks double digit or 20 point leads given up. Stotts teams have to be league leaders in this category.

This results from lack of discipline and focus.

Definitely lack of discipline. Doesn't seem like we have coaches. It's like the players run everything.

 

[julius]

When you juxtapose it with expectations, it's up there

Even when you juxtapose unrealistic expectations, no.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Well, if the Knicks give me free tickets to the game on Wednesday, I'll go to that but I'm becoming less interested in driving to DC on Friday.

 

[kjironman1]

Can somebody start that thread again that show where we might be in the lottery?

They gonna be in the lottery don’t worry.

 

[Wade Garrett]

They (blazers) got no dogg..
Dame cares and tries, but he aint a dogg..
Little will be..Zach thinks he is...
But other teams have guys who "i wouldn't want to meet in an alley" whereas the Blazers have guys who are out selling girl scout cookies.
No dogg....