Game Thread GAME# 35: KINGS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 4, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

[Darkwebs]

Dame is the only PG on that list; and the only guy under 6'6

Ooooh, good call.

My turn: Dame is the only one on that list who............

Spoiler

drinks like a fish.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Yeah, I think that he'll again be the top vote getter on the second team. It will be Harden and Curry on the first team and Dame and Doncic on the second team. Anything else would be a huge surprise, regardless of the way the second half goes... unless of course we win like 80% of our games... then Dame could make it.


CJ making an all-nba team isn't just almost impossible because he's not that level of player it's because these all-nba teams are almost set from the beginning of the season. We'll see though. Maybe CJ comes back and plays like he was before the injury, sustains that play through the end of the season and the biased media changes their ways.

CJ played All NBA level in the 13 games he’s played. Like All NBA FIRST team. If he keeps playing like that, 3rd team is a certainty.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Seeing how doncic has been anointed I put nothing past the joke that is the NBA.

Media picks All NBA. Media likes Dame over Doncic.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Why is steph a lock over Dame? I don't get it. The score the same, Dame gets more assists , Steph gets more rebounds. Dame has a higher Per. Blazers are ahead of the Warriors? Why is Steph looked at as being better than Dame this season? Why does he deserve first team ALL NBA over Dame? What am I missing?

You are 100% correct. Not sure why everyone considered Curry an All Star starter lock either. Dame is flat out the best guard in the NBA this season.

 

[Tince]

For 2020-21 NBA basketball, this game was surprisingly close from start to finish. Almost never happens anymore.

 

[Tince]

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Nope. All game long I think, we'd be 15 behind if not for Kanter's nonstop scoring flurries

Don’t forget Melo. His shot creation has been critical without CJ.

 

[AldoTrapani]

You're good man, you've been predicting these wins and losses like a pro lately. I just hope we don't see Dame deferring to CJ as much as he was at the start of the season, when CJ comes back in a week or whatever.

I think we’ll be better when Cj gets back. It’s going to be rusty at first but I think it’ll start clicking

 

[SIeepwalker]

Kanter for DPOY !

 

[kjironman1]

so I have to slap HIS low-hanging fruit.)

Be very careful here....

 

[kjironman1]

I'm disturbed that riverman likes this.....

#justsayin

Everyone who liked it just ran back up and un-liked it....

 

[kjironman1]

Brooke also brought up that Lillard not only didn't have any turnovers this game but didn't have any turnovers in all three games against the Kings.
I'm betting Kings fans really dislike Damian Lillrad.

I know a number of fans of other teams that absolutely despise Lillard. Kind of the way we hate Westbrook and Harden.

 

[James lamphear]

Played with us into the conf finals while fasting and with one arm....the dude doesn't foul out when we need him.he's a beast in his own right..you know how fast Zach would've fouled out of this game?

The problem is Zach doesn't foul out that much but does he foul yes but majority of the time trying to protect the rim the whole game not wait until the last 2 minutes of the game. But don't get me wrong Kanter was big and so was Covington down the stretch.

 

[James lamphear]

only read the last page of the game thread...away from internet for the game...sorry if what I say has been said already

* I wonder what Dame's clutch stats look like now....he was #1 in most clutch categories a couple of weeks ago. What is higher than 1? I like stats, but when I see that Dame has only been credited with 5 wins, according to winshares, I know the winshares accountant hasn't watched Blazer games

* I'll say again, Kanter is a flawed big man, but he does a few things at an elite level, and those few things are critical for the Blazer cause

* Zach is still in a damn walking boot?

* CJ being out was a big opportunity for Simons, but he's showing he's apparently 2 years away from being 2 years away

* Jordan Kent is really getting on my nerves

Let face it Zach is not coming back this year let the kid heal properly so maybe he won't have any problems with that ankle.

 

[James lamphear]

Kanter for DPOY !

Not even close.

 

[kjironman1]

Not even close.

Not sure that needed Green Font but maybe it did?

 

[DDolla]

Enes Kanter need an Appreciation thread. That boy is ballin

 

[Chris Craig]

So Lillard is the next Jordan? You heard it here first from ESPN.

I swear he threw a bad pass that got picked off

 

[Darkwebs]

I swear he threw a bad pass that got picked off

Hmmm, if Dame did throw a bad pass, I'm sure Aldo would've posted about it and gone on his turnovers.

Maybe we have some Dame-biased scorekeepers in Portland that gave the turnover to someone else.

Or maybe you're thinking of the game against the Warriors (Dame had 5 turnovers), since these were back to back games.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Hmmm, if Dame did throw a bad pass, I'm sure Aldo would've posted about it and gone on his turnovers.

Maybe we have some Dame-biased scorekeepers in Portland that gave the turnover to someone else.

Or maybe you're thinking of the game against the Warriors (Dame had 5 turnovers), since these were back to back games.

Yes I would have certainly noticed

 

[stampedehero]

Both teams are on the 2nd night of a back-to-back. The Blazers have the advantage of not traveling, though.

Sacramento has lost 10 of their last 12 games, so this game is there for the taking.

This is the final game before the All-Star break, so it'd be extra sweet to get the victory.

Otherwise, we will have to stew over the loss for a week.

Sacramento Kings @ Portland Trail Blazers - Thursday, March 4, 2021 - NBA Game Center - MSN Sports<<<<<

 

[Darkwebs]