Game Thread Game #50 - BLAZERS @ CHICAGO BULLS - JANUARY 30, 2022 - SUNDAY - 12:30PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

[Chris Craig]

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STARTERS


Anfernee Simons CJ McCollum

Norman Powell Robert Covington

Jusuf Nurkic




Zach LaVine Ayo Dosunmu

DeMar DeRozan Javonte Green

Nikola Vucevic

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WHEN: JANUARY 30, 2022 - SUNDAY - 12:30 PM (PDT)

WHERE: UNITED CENTER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS


TV BROADCAST

RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCH

BLAZERS


Ben McLemore Dennis Smith Jr

Tony Snell Trendon Watford

Greg Brown III Keljin Blevins


Damian Lillard Nassir Little

CJ Elleby Larry Nance Jr

Cody Zeller

BULLS


Coby White Tyler Cook

Troy Brown Jr Matt Thomas

Tony Bradley Marko Simonovic

Alfonso McKinnie Malcolm Hill

Lonzo Ball

Alex Caruso Derrick Jones Jr

Patrick Williams

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INJURIES

BULLS

Lonzo Ball (Knee) OUT
Alex Caruso (Wrist) OUT
Derrick Jones Jr (Finger) OUT
Patrick Williams (Wrist) OUT

BLAZERS

Damian Lillard (Ab) OUT
Nassir Little (Shoulder) OUT
Cody Zeller (Knee) OUT
Larry Nance Jr (Knee) OUT
CJ Elleby (Ankle) QUESTIONABLE

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COACHES


Chauncey Billups


Billy Donovan

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NOTES

• This is the 2nd of two games this season between the Blazers and Bulls
• The Blazers defeated the Bulls 112 -107 on 11/17 in Portland
• The Blazers split the 2020-21 season series 1-1
• Tony Snell was drafted by the Bulls with the 20th pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He played for Chicago from 2013-16
• Derrick Jones Jr played for Portland for the 2020-21 season

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TRIVIA

The Blazers last played the Bulls on 11/17/21 winning 112 - 107. He was the only Blazers off the bench to score in double digits with 16 points.

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[blazerkor]

For the poll question: With Nas out none of the guys you listed should be getting more playing time. In theory Snell brings the things that we will be lacking because of Nas's injury but in practice that has not been the case so I kindly suggest that you ad CJ Elleby to the list so I can select him. Unless there are big trades we aren't doing shit this season, so develop CJE and get the effort and developing shooting that Nas was bringing... just at a far lower level.

 

[blazerkor]

We let the fucking Rockets back in our last game, don't get me wrong it made things more exciting but it also sent a pretty clear message to me that we pretty much suck. The Bulls are going to beat the brakes off us in all likelihood. We do have NBA caliber players so any given game we could pull off an upset so I'll be routing for one. That being said the Bulls probably got this one.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Can Nurk have another good game.
Will Blazer Broadcasting name CJ the player of the game again?
Stay tuned for all this and more with Chauncey and Friends.

 

[stampedehero]

 

[Scalma]

Elleby should get at least 15 minutes every night now with Nas out.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Elleby should get at least 15 minutes every night now with Nas out.

So, you're for going full tank

 

[Scalma]

So, you're for going full tank

Lol do I want to actively try to lose games? No. But it looks like options in place of Nas are Snell or Elleby. So if we’re gonna suck, may as well play the young guy. Snell shouldn’t even be in the league anymore tbh

 

[wizenheimer]

Bulls have has some serious injuries too

Ball and Caruso will be missing a couple on months, at least. Williams will miss the rest of the season. Derrick Jones is out for a couple of months too

 

[BlazerBeav]

Tanking, and yet I'm still probably going to have this on the big screen and the NFL game on the ipad. Hopelessly addicted.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Tanking, and yet I'm still probably going to have this on the big screen and the NFL game on the ipad. Hopelessly addicted.

NFL (somewhat) big screen, Blazers 17" laptop.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If we are truly in tank mode then I vote Blevins.

 

[BlazerBeav]

The offense in the first 7 minutes has been straight fire. Unbelievable.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

CJ very efficient today.

 

[James lamphear]

Offense was good good ball movement with 10 assist. Now the defense was so so we did hold down under 30 points.

 

[James lamphear]

Defense couldn't be any worst start of this quarter.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I know i have said this before; but no matter who the coach is, our guys cannot stay tight on the corner three shooters. And i Know the coaches are talking about it all the time.

 

[James lamphear]

We are competing in this game.

 

[OneSport3]

Love to see Watford improving every game. Definitely has a great feel for the game. He just needs a consistent jumper.

 

[James lamphear]

I know i have said this before; but no matter who the coach is, our guys cannot stay tight on the corner three shooters. And i Know the coaches are talking about it all the time.

One thing we over played to center to much.

 

[James lamphear]

They got 28 points in the paint and a lot of them are laying.

 

[blazerfan11]

Chicago is showing Portland what you can do if you make more than one pass.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

One thing we over played to center to much.

Billups calls it "over-helping".

 

[illmatic99]

Not a good game from ant so far

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

To shoot that well and be down by nine......

 

[James lamphear]

We gave up 44 points that quarter it's seems like when we got CJ and Powell back and Little went down it's seems like the defense went shits.

 

[illmatic99]

The calculus in deciding whether Ant should be a major part of our future has to consider his ability to improve on defense. He's getting cooked on that end tonight relentlessly. Only 22. But are the tools there to become even average?

 

[James lamphear]

Billups calls it "over-helping".

Same thing

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

The calculus in deciding whether Ant should be a major part of our future has to consider his ability to improve on defense. He's getting cooked on that end tonight relentlessly. Only 22. But are the tools there to become even average?

Hey, if CJ doesn’t have to play defense, why should he?

 

[illmatic99]

Hey, if CJ doesn’t have to play defense, why should he?

cuz we don't want a repeat of Dame-CJ with Dame-Ant. I think they'll be better offensively, but Ant can't continue to be the sieve that he is now.