Game Thread GAME# 38: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - MARCH 14, 2021 - SUNDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

[illmatic99]

Yes, this is a very rational mindset. The goal of each possession is to get a quality attempt. If you're getting quality attempts and missing, don't change your strategy. If Dame missed 4 wide open threes, I'd still want him to take the 5th wide open threes because the 7000 previous attempts of his tell me it's a great shot for us.

it's not how basketball is played. lemme guess, you don't believe in guys being clutch either.

 

[Natebishop3]

How do we get Rubio in a blazers uni

He is making too much to be a backup for us.

 

[illmatic99]

i love kat, man. would trade both CJ and Nurk for a chance at this guy.

has a chance to be the best offensive big man ever if he can sustain this effort

 

[AldoTrapani]

Playoffs is going to be brutal for the Blazers

 

[Natebishop3]

Playoffs is going to be brutal for the Blazers

Most likely will be a first round sweep.

 

[James lamphear]

Very sloppy towards the end of the quarter.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Who the fuck is this Nowell for Minnesota hes fucking amazing

 

[AldoTrapani]

Most likely will be a first round sweep.

Oh I agree. Honestly I hope so we need big changes

 

[riverman]

KAT is an impact player...on this team he's the gold standard.

 

[Natebishop3]

KAT is an impact player...on this team he's the gold standard.

Let's be honest... he's going against one of the worst interior defending teams in the league.

 

[riverman]

really ugly qtr by both teams so far...get some momentum now

 

[James lamphear]

14 percent from this team is not good especially when you rely on the 3 as much as we do.

 

[illmatic99]

this team plays a really ugly brand of basketball on both ends. defense is a joke and not signing a backup big when Giles went down was downright criminal.

We look oK when shots go in, but we do absolutely nothing to get easy shots. Stats back me up. Amongst the leaders in the league yearly in fewest open shots.

 

[Tince]

it's not how basketball is played. lemme guess, you don't believe in guys being clutch either.

What "isn't how basketball is played"? When a teams best FT shooter has missed his last two FTs and there is a technical foul shot, they almost always still give their best FT shooter the attempt because the larger sample size means more than the smaller one.

You'd have to provide me your defintion of "clutch" for me to give you my thoughts. I typically don't get caught up in labels that can mean different things to different people.

 

[riverman]

Melo!

 

[Darkwebs]

Kind bounce for Ant two consecutive times. Shooter’s bounce

 

[riverman]

RODNEY!! HUGE BUCKET

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

We just don't have the instincts of when to collapse on a guy under the basket.

 

[riverman]

BENCH MOB!

 

[James lamphear]

The bench is coming through so far and looks like Melo is still hot. Simons don't look bad with couple basket and 2 assist.

 

[Tince]

We just don't have the instincts of when to collapse on a guy under the basket.

Not exactly what you're talking about, but I hate that we double on Stotts' whistle. One potential benefit of double-teaming is catching the offensive player by surprise; the team needing an audible command totally takes that away.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Hopefully we are finding our stride now. Would be nice to build a lead going into halftime.

 

[riverman]

BEST LOB PASS IN AGES

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Not exactly what you're talking about, but I hate that we double on Stotts' whistle. One potential benefit of double-teaming is catching the offensive player by surprise; the team needing an audible command totally takes that away.

I was talking about Reid down there and even the second time Reid pushed Anf to the basket. The first time Reid had the ball so low, no way he could pass, 2nd time could see in his eyes no way he will pass. It almost seems like our guys are thinking is this allowed within the rules we have been given?

 

[Darkwebs]

BENCH MOB!

BENCH LOB!

Melo to Nas!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Good thing we got Melo out he was playing well.

 

[JoshuaHall]

What’s Kanter even thinking on that foul

 

[riverman]

Dame got about 7 and a half minutes bench time so far in this qtr...load management

 

[illmatic99]

we'd be getting blown out if this was any other opponent.

 

[ehizzy3]

Booooolt twenty fo