Game Thread Game #38 - BLAZERS VS HEAT - JANUARY 5, 2022 - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

[Chris Craig]

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STARTERS


Anfernee Simons Norman Powell

Nassir Little Robert Covington

Jusuf Nurkic



Kyle Lowry Tyler Herro

Caleb Martin PJ Tucker

Omer Yurtseven

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WHEN: JANUARY 5, 2022 - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)
WHERE: MODA CENTER, PORTLAND OR


TV BROADCAST



RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCH

BLAZERS


Tony Snell Dennis Smith Jr

Ben McLemore Greg Brown

CJ Elleby Trendon Watford

Keljin Blevins Reggie Perry

Brandon Williams Cameron McGriff

Jarron Cumberland CJ MCCollum

Cody Zeller

Damian Lillard Larry Nance Jr

MIAMI


Kyle Guy

Chris Silva Mario Chalmers

Victor Oladipo Markieff Morris

Gabe Vincent Duncan Robinson

Aric Holman Max Strus

Udonis Haslem Haywood HighSmith

KZ Okpala Marcus Garrett

Bam Adebayo Dewayne Dedmon

Nik Stauskas

Jimmy Butler


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INJURIES

MIAMI

Jimmy Butler (Leg) OUT
Bam Adebayo (Thumb) OUT
Victor Oladipo (Quad) OUT
Duncan Robinson (Covid) OUT
Dewayne Dedmon (Knee) OUT
Marcus Garrett (Covid) OUT
Gabe Vincent (Covid) OUT
Udonis Haslem (Covid) OUT
Markieff Morris (Neck) OFF

BLAZERS

CJ McCollum (Lung) OUT
Damian Lillard (Ab) OUT
Cody Zeller (Knee) OUT
Larry Nance Jr (Covid) OUT
Brandon Williams (Covid) OUT
Cameron McGriff (Covid) OUT


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COACHES


Chauncey Billups


Erik Spoelstra


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NOTES
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• This is the first of two meetings between the Blazers and Heat
• The two teams will face each other again on 1/19 in Miami
• The Blazers and Heat split the 2020-21 season series 1-1
• Nik Stauskas played for the Blazers during the 2018 -19 season

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TRIVIA

The Blazers last played the Heat losing 107 -98. Four Blazers shot 100% from the field off the bench. Name them.

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[TBpup]

Can Ant/Nas have back-to-back good games? Win or lose, that is what I want to start to see more of. That (and a good Lottery pick) will make this losing worth while in the long run.

 

[Chris Craig]

To Portland:

Luguentz Dort
Christian Wood
Kevin Porter
Eric Gordon

To Houston:

CJ McCollum
Larry Nance Jr

To OKC

Covington
Garuba
Pick

 

[Strenuus]

To Portland:

Luguentz Dort
Christian Wood
Kevin Porter
Eric Gordon

To Houston:

CJ McCollum
Larry Nance Jr

To OKC

Covington
Garuba
Pick

We lose this trade bro. Gotta keep nance.

 

[blazerkor]

For the poll question, yes if surgery is something that's on the table and would fix that injury for good then Dame should get it now. Now is really the best time. Then we should trade away most of this roster to try and get Dame some legit help going into next season and hope to get lucky in the lottery to make us an actual contender. That being said tendinopathy can have a tear with it and that can be fixed with surgery but I don't see anywhere in which tendinopathy is treated with surgery. It needs rest and certain rehabilitation exercises, it can be treated with different means to stimulate healing like cortisone injections or even platelet rich plasma injections but not surgery.

If people are saying that Dame needs surgery that means that he has a torn tendon in his abdomen that obviously would also have the damage on top of that caused by tendinopathy, since that's the only official diagnosis the team has put out there.

 

[blazerkor]

As far as this game goes, the Heat just gave the Warriors a run for their money so this should be a tough one. Probably going to get our asses handed to us but still... GO BLAZERS!!!

 

[TBpup]

Jimmy Butler with a severely sprained ankle tonight.....likely not to play on Wednesday night.

 

[blazerkor]

Jimmy Butler with a severely sprained ankle tonight.....likely not to play on Wednesday night.

Maybe we will have a win streak.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

We lose this trade bro. Gotta keep nance.

No way. Dort is exactly the kind of player who want playing with Dame. Nance is good but Dort/Wood/Gordon is better.

 

[BonesJones]

To Portland:

Luguentz Dort
Christian Wood
Kevin Porter
Eric Gordon

To Houston:

CJ McCollum
Larry Nance Jr

To OKC

Covington
Garuba
Pick

This makes no sense for Houston.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

This makes no sense for Houston.

You mean two teams have to agree to a trade?

 

[Scalma]

To Portland:

Luguentz Dort
Christian Wood
Kevin Porter
Eric Gordon

To Houston:

CJ McCollum
Larry Nance Jr

To OKC

Covington
Garuba
Pick

this isn’t the trades that’ll never happen and make no sense thread.

 

[Chris Craig]

this isn’t the trades that’ll never happen and make no sense thread.

Yeah, that was meant for the other thread

 

[THE HCP]

Jimmy Butler with a severely sprained ankle tonight.....likely not to play on Wednesday night.

Hmmm, is it just me?

 

[Minstrel]

Hmmm, is it just me?

Wonder who he voted for?

Wait, wrong one.

 

[e_blazer]

Hmmm, is it just me?

So, I assume this is in reference to your comment about the Blazers getting breaks because teams aren't at full strength when the play us? Pretty sure that applies to almost every team in the NBA throughout the league this season. Other than the Jazz, who so far seem immune to both injuries and Covid, I can't think of any teams that aren't missing players.

 

[Minstrel]

So, I assume this is in reference to your comment about the Blazers getting breaks because teams aren't at full strength when the play us? Pretty sure that applies to almost every team in the NBA throughout the league this season. Other than the Jazz, who so far seem immune to both injuries and Covid, I can't think of any teams that aren't missing players.

I think he's referring to the early season where the Blazers seemed to always get teams missing one of their top players, before the Covid outbreaks.

 

[andalusian]

Wonder who he voted for?

Wait, wrong one.

Learn the game, rook?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Learn the game, rook?

Then post?

 

[BlazerBeav]

Good news for winning, bad news for tanking.

 

[THE HCP]

Larry Nance out with Covid H&P

 

[riverman]

Larry Nance out with Covid H&P

Damn....I really wanted him to stay safe for his newborn baby.

 

[stampedehero]

Larry Nance out with Covid H&P

Well, He didn't score much in the Atlanta game. I hope he recovers fast.

 

[THE HCP]

Well, He didn't score much in the Atlanta game. I hope he recovers fast.

You know he was what I was most looking forward to this season. He obviously has skills and basketball IQ. Some of his passes this season have been very impressive. BUT HE IS SO GOD DAMN INCONSISTENT! He just can't put two good games in a row together it seems. Hope he sticks around though.

 

[Blazinaway]

want to see Nas and Ant have sold games, want to start seeing more game to game consistency from them

 

[wizenheimer]

Miami is a MASH unit right now:

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Miami is a MASH unit right now:

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They could sure use The Hammer......

 

[riverman]

They could sure use The Hammer......

The Hammer is shutting it down for ankle surgery ...he posted that he had a lot of calls from teams but needs to be Zach Collins for the foreseeable future

 

[Mr. Robot]

nba is not ready for unleashed nurk

disbelievers (or should i say haters) will be proven wrong

 

[riverman]

nba is not ready for unleashed nurk

disbelievers (or should i say haters) will be proven wrong

I'm ready for Nurk to beast...dominate and have another 5x5 game.....it's a contract year so he should be completely engaged.....he was great last game. Unleash the Beast! He's basically team captain with Dame and CJ out.