Game Thread GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - DECEMBER 30, 2020 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

[julius]

clean look, straight buttah?

What the hell, is this 1989 in New York?

 

[Sheldon Shape]

"You know, we got some new faces we're trying integrate and we got good shots we just didn't make."

 

[Freshtown]

He’s gonna wait until there’s 3 minutes left and we’re down 40 to put Giles in, huh.

 

[B-Roy]

Melo is literally like playing 4 on 5 on defense.

 

[MickZagger]

If we can cut this to 20 by the end of the 3rd

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Melo the set up man! Haha

 

[Titan]

Melo can’t guard Kawhi, like why even have him out there

 

[B-Roy]

If we can cut this to 20 by the end of the 3rd

Then we may lose by 18!

 

[TBpup]

Melo the set up man! Haha

Melo has an assist!! There goes the bottle...

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Right now? This the same offense that Stotts has run for his entire tenure in Portland. Just let players iso every time down the court. That’s not an offense despite what all his fanboys on this forum keep bleating. The defense is beyond a joke and the dimwit clearly has no answers... none. He isn’t even willing to try something different.

"It was a hard decision to change the defense."

We were 27th in defense last season.

You can't make this stuff up.

 

[B-Roy]

"It was a hard decision to change the defense."

We were 27th in defense last season.

You can't make this stuff up.

We are 27th so far this year as well.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

At least Melo gets some reputation calls when he gets his shit swatted clean

 

[Titan]

So Stotts puts a short leash on Trent and Ant, but Melo gets whatever he wants. Yeah I am sure the players are feeling good about that.

 

[PCmor7]

Steph Curry might hit 20 of them. Not over the 2 games, mind you. Just the first one.

He might. But the Warriors have a lot of the same problems as the Blazers and don't even have the Blazers' talent.

I don't see the Blazers imploding like a nuclear explosion. I see the Blazers imploding like the water torture. They beat the bad teams on sheer talent. They'll knock off a couple of good teams. And they'll get crushed against pretty much every real contender, if this is the effort we're going to see consistently.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Alright we're back to the halftime deficit!

 

[blazerkor]

Dame trying to turn it on to finish the third.

 

[OneSport3]

Dame, CJ and Stotts is just not gonna work. When your 2 best players and coach are defensively inept, you will not be a contender.

A change needs to be made from one of these three. You’re obviously not trading Dame so you either fire Stotts or trade CJ. You can’t maintain the status quo and expect to win.

 

[beast blazer]

I'm just waiting for an announcement that says james harden to Portland

 

[PHXBlazer1]

I can't stand Kawhi

 

[B-Roy]

Kawhi Needs a new nickname after this mask business.

Hannibal. He’ll eat your shit for lunch.

 

[TBpup]

I can't stand Kawhi

Would LOVE him in Portland.

 

[B-Roy]

It’s so hard playing with 2-3 defensive liabilities at all times.

 

[Darkwebs]

CAn we waive the white flag?

No need to waive him. We already traded Meyers away.

 

[Titan]

If it’s not an open three, it’s a layup that we give the clippers, WTF.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Would LOVE him in Portland.

Well ya..I used to like him but the past few years his true colors have shown through

 

[TBpup]

All that comeback....and we actually lost 3 points in the quarter.

 

[Darkwebs]

Absolutely it is the whole team tonight. Oddly though, when Melo plays, they look like that.
The one game he was out, the whole team looked much better.

They say passing is contagious. I guess the opposite of passing is also contagious.

 

[blazerkor]

Well, Dame got to 20 and I think that me the last we see of him this game. Horrific night for him but somehow he still managed to score.

 

[riverman]

Hopefully they're tired from making shots this qtr

 

[James lamphear]

Melo can’t guard Kawhi, like why even have him out there

Not to many can in this league but Melo is not good defender.