Game Thread GAME# 51: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - APRIL 8, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

[BonesJones]

Been saying the same things for years & people try to tell me "it's just one game" at the start of the season or say "Just give the team time to gel". The last 3 times the Blazers have played a healthy playoff team, they've lost by 40, 18, & 17. Tonight's more of the same.

 

[Cugel]

What a complete joke of a quarter. 16 fucking points. Terry should just have called more timeouts. The game is now OVER. Why save your fucking timeouts? Just so fucking stupid. It's 100 percent over. Nice coaching terry. Call fucking timeouts, use your protest. Now it's pointless. Doesn't he get it? You can't go down by 20 and expect anything to happen in 12 minutes against the ~best team in the league.

 

[e_blazer]

It’s not often when you feel like Dame was a net negative in his impact on the game, but he was brutal in that quarter.

 

[James lamphear]

Well well we got a coach is clueless and we got to guards keep on chucking nice brand of basketball.

 

[Darkwebs]

We had a 6 point lead in this quarter.

That’s a 24 point turnaround. Damn.

 

[illmatic99]

He’s pulled every one in and out of the lineup except Melo

im not talking personnel. im talking strategy. no double teams, traps, zone, nothing. just the same old drop coverage regardless of who's on the floor

 

[VenomXL]

I’m losing the will to care about this season. If this is the effort/product on the floor when they face the best teams in the league I don’t know how I could find it entertaining.

 

[B-Roy]

“We just missed shots”, says Jordan Kent who’s mic is clearly not muted. This guy is actually as clueless as he sounds. I thought he was just a shill but he’s actually a dumbass too.

 

[Serbian]

We need to hope for total collapse and not make playoffs. ONLY way stotts is gone. The jazz playing back to back including overtime without clarkson getting blown out. Just want to smesh his head with a shuffle how terrible this coach is

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Is Donovan Mitchell better than Dame already? I mean Dame isn't playing that great at the moment, but even taking that into account, Mitchell's defense is SO much better than Dame's, and there's just not much difference on offense.

 

[Paine Tablet]

The bad basketball is just made worse by Jordan Kent. So bad.

Jordan Blue Check Mark Corporate Tool Brand Wholesome 100% Kent

 

[Strenuus]

Oh man I wanna hear the people positively spin this.

 

[Tyrant of Ants]

Well, fuck, that sure turned to shit quickly. Up 3 at half and down 18 after 3rd quarter.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

“We just missed shots”, says Jordan Kent who’s mic is clearly not muted. This guy is actually as clueless as he sounds. I thought he was just a shill but he’s actually a dumbass too.

Well we certainly haven't MADE them

 

[bobf]

Our iffen

Fuck, really thought Stotts should've challenged that 4th foul on Nurk. Bullshit call and at a fucking pivotal moment. Our defense turned to dogshit once he went to the bench.

Our offense turned to shit too. Nurk vitalizes our offense even if he never shoots.

 

[Tince]

I love Kanter's effort in general, but he's been a mess tonight.

68-68 when he comes and after that it all went to hell. Collins' is far from perfect, but we could've really used a 2nd defensive big tonight since Olshey had no interest in providing one throughout all these injuries.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Oh man I wanna hear the people positively spin this.

"It's all up from here"?

 

[BonesJones]

Jordan Kent's mic came on during the commercial and he said "We just missed shots"

 

[wizenheimer]

well, that quarter turned in one big gawddam hurry. Jazz went on a 37-13 run....yeeeeeeesh!

 

[BigGameDamian]

I wonder what Terry's excuse is?

 

[B-Roy]

Lmao Terry had the audacity to stay Jones and RoCo instead of Melo in the 4th.

 

[trailblazer18]

The quarter got out of control after Nurk had to sit.

 

[BonesJones]

I love Kanter's effort in general, but he's been a mess tonight.

68-68 when he comes and after that it all went to hell. Collins' is far from perfect, but we could've really used a 2nd defensive big tonight since Olshey had no interest in providing one throughout all these injuries.

Giles is very mobile, Stotts could've decided to play him and pressure the screen, but didn't. I told you this would happen with Kanter being dropped off screens. Stotts still played him WITH Melo, saw it get demolished, then called a timeout and made ZERO adjustments!!!!!

 

[bobf]

Hurd is just as annoying as Kent.

 

[Tince]

Playing with house money.

Sorry my friend.

I went the other direction. I don't turn down easy money.

 

[MickZagger]

Now is where fight tooth and nail to claw back in it only to end up short because we’re gassed from the big comeback

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

that would be a good challenge.

 

[BonesJones]

People see the difference in how we play with Nurkic and without him and think the he's the reason the difference is there when it's flawed decision making and coaching as much as anything else.

 

[illmatic99]

no melo, no kanter. can we please keep this for the rest of the quarter

 

[PCmor7]

This feels more and more and more to me like an incarnation of the Blazers nearing its end. I just get a sense like I did with the Felton/Crawford team that management felt desperate to have to make a big move to try to win right then, and, as desperation moves are apt to do, it failed and brought everything down and the team had to be rebuilt.

This just looks like we threw all of our resources at the wall hoping something would stick. Next year, it's going to be awfully hard to extricate ourselves from this with no first-round draft pick, little cap room, a very good chance of losing Powell and DJJ for nothing.

I wouldn't be shocked to see a Blazer team next season that is totally unrecognizable to us. It just feels to me like the Lillard/Olshey/Stotts era has run its course, it's gone as far as it can go, and maybe the best thing to do is rip it down sooner rather than later and start again from scratch.