Game Thread GAME# 5: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - JANUARY 1, 2021 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

[Wizard Mentor]

Also: home team advantage does not exist this year.

It still does. Home team gets to sleep in their own beds.

Still, your point is taken.

 

[BlazerBeav]

strained calf muscle I think I heard.

Leg cramp was the official message.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Dear Ant,
Dunk the Effing Ball,
Blazer fans

 

[DDolla]

Dear Ant,
Dunk the Effing Ball,
Blazer fans

Dear Nurk,
Dunk the Effing Ball,
Blazers fans

 

[blazerkor]

It was really nice to see Dame wake up completely. Now we just have to see Nurk, which will happen really soon. CJ has been great and continued to be tonight. RoCo and DJJ are like everything we always wanted Chief and Moe to be. The ball movement was great to see. I think our defense won't be lock down but will continue to be very disruptive. Again, if Nurk starts to show up, we'll be really tough. We miss Gary, Ant did well tonight, Enes did Enes things, Carmelo played the role he needs to play but the headline tonight was A Role Player is Born because for a few brief minutes with rotation players we caught a glimpse of what Giles can be if he stays healthy.

I know that there will be steps back as we take steps forward but with the exception of still needing to see what Nurk can bring, tonight we saw what this team will be.

 

[kjironman1]

Maybe they get GT back for Sunday's game?
I would think Stotts will be playing Giles a few more minutes now.

This is just my opinion but Giles brings pretty much everything Collins brings. Energy, rebounding, putbacks and is a willing passer. Seems to take the ball strong to the hoop when need be and can shoot the ball when open.

 

[KingSpeed]

Does anyone else think Curry couldn’t have done what he did with the teams that Dame has had?

Curry can’t do anything in NBA without his Splash brother.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Speaking of record books, Dame is going to move up a lot on the all-time scoring list this year. A couple of former Blazers are barely ahead of him in Shareef Abdul-Rahim, Shawn Kemp and Terry Porter.

 

[KingSpeed]

So we can see that the team is capable of great ball movement. Now we just need to do it more often.

This is the worst Blazers team ever, right?

 

[KingSpeed]

Dame still looks a little out of sync, but this is the best he's looked since the bubble....Roco and Jones don't supply much offense but they are really disruptive on defense. Lots of energy with those two.....Nurkic, what happened?

and damn, the Warriors have gone from an NBA champion to a lottery team in 3 years. Quite the fall

It’s what they get for moving the team and raising the ticket price.

 

[DDolla]

Warriors Forum:

“Blazers crew are awful”.

“ Warriors should hire Kevin Calabro”

 

[THE HCP]

is it just me or is the audio super awkward on this broadcast?

announcers sound very loud but no crowd noise

Welcome to COVID TV

 

[THE HCP]

What’s up with Dame?

34/8/4/1 in 35 minutes.........

 

[AldoTrapani]

34/8/4/1 in 35 minutes.........

Big bro he killed

 

[bobf]

Dear Ant,
Dunk the Effing Ball,
Blazer fans

Ant’s shot gets blocked at the rim by his own defender an awful lot, whether he lays it up or tries to dunk it. Seems like he just doesn’t have those deceptive basketball moves needed to fool an NBA defender.

 

[THE HCP]

Big bro he killed

I don't know why you ever even question D. If anybody is allowed to have an off game, or TEN it's Dolla'.

 

[THE HCP]

So does Steve Kerr all of a sudden suck as a coach?

 

[Darkwebs]

This is some amazing offense, defense, and hustle strung together (and under 30 seconds of play) from Harry G! He absolutely deserves more minutes after this brilliance.

That dive and flicking the ball behind to a teammate was astonishing! How in the world!!!

 

[THE HCP]

When will Dame pass Clyde for all time scoring leader?

 

[blazerkor]

When will Dame pass Clyde for all time scoring leader?

I bet he does it by the end of next season if he stays healthy. If ends up scoring like he did last season he could pass Clyde before next season's all star break.

 

[BonesJones]

How come when Portland had Harkless, Aminu, and Nurk as non-3pt threats you didn't think that was a valid reason?

Simple: Because the Warriors still move the ball and players while we didnt.

 

[BonesJones]

So does Steve Kerr all of a sudden suck as a coach?

Nope, because losses and wins arent directly correlated to coaching. They still play a good brand of ball but have horrible personnel.

 

[Labinot41]

Giles is better than Collins

 

[kjironman1]

Giles is better than Collins

Arguable but certainly right now yes.

 

[Zach Collins Enthusiast]

Giles didn't outplay Collins, he outplayed Nurk and Kanter. I think he deserves minutes.

Regarding the game, I'm very happy, I feel like I've seen progress. Dame asking to guard Steph and doing a nice job, CJ even played some defense.
And the defense turned into offense that I thought for most of the game also looked good.
Nice win

 

[blazerkor]

Nope, because losses and wins arent directly correlated to coaching. They still play a good brand of ball but have horrible personnel.

@THE HCP isn't serious about all of this "does this team/coach/player suck now?" shit. He's making fun of all of the posts in here that overreact to a performance or handful of performances. I'm pretty sure he knows Kerr doesn't suck but I guess I could be wrong.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I doubt that can happen, every team does their media stuff differently, especially during covid. Warriors are the only one to release info like that before the game.

But... whatever the teams send out I will share.

gotcha. What were you posting last year? Same thing just not as accessible this year?

 

[Orion Bailey]

Great win. Nice to see us dominate from start to finish, give our young guns some run snd not have to overplay our stars!

 

[crandc]

Fun reading the gloom and doom over the Warriors in today's paper.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Fun reading the gloom and doom over the Warriors in today's paper.

so you are saying other fan bases are emo fans just like most of us?

hope you had a wonderful new year btw!