Game Thread GAME# 51: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - FEBRUARY 7, 2015 - SATURDAY, 5:30 PM (PST), CSNNW

[Daweez04]

:MARIS61:

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

:MARIS61:

Strenny be like...

 

[Strenuus]

your avatar is outdated. he wrecks our balls by turning it over.

Fair point. This must be rectified.

 

[Sinobas]

Aldridge has been terrific since the thumb injury. If he had been playing like this all season, I'd not complain about him. He's hardly taking any of those lazy fade away jumpers anymore, and he's really going inside and playing with some heart. But the rest of the team has gone to pot. This team just can't fire on all cylinders.

 

[Sinobas]

Aldridge has been terrific since the thumb injury. If he had been playing like this all season, I'd not complain about him. He's hardly taking any of those lazy fade away jumpers anymore, and he's really going inside and playing with some heart. But the rest of the team has gone to pot. This team just can't fire on all cylinders.

Now Damian is the one who is jacking up shit.

 

[EGame]

Sinobas we need to be on the same page. Batum is the scapegoat no one else.

 

[Sinobas]

Yes, but Batum has sucked all year. If you look at Damian's shooting percentages each loss, and calculate what the final score would be if he had shot his season average, many of those losses turn into wins. And like that last shot at the end of regulation tonight was shit. 20 seconds left and you do that?

 

[Daweez04]

Sinobas we need to be on the same page. Batum is the scapegoat no one else.

Well he is. Teams can play 3 on 2 at the 3 point line because thye don't have to defend Batum. Starting to show up with Dame and Wes.

When you have 3 guys that can nail it from behind the arc, Blazer's ball movement destroys teams trying to cover ground. Now they can play off Batum, give him the 3 and close on Dame and Wes easily.

 

[EGame]

well in all fairness to his last shot, he seems to make more of those than when he drives in and tries a layup.

 

[Sinobas]

Damian really did not have a bad game tonight and the last couple of games, he's been good going to the hoop, but that brutal stretch of his cost us a lot of games.

Damian needs to take the next step in becoming a better PG, by creating for his teammates and running the offense.

 

[Daweez04]

Difference at the beginning of the year teams didn't know Batum was going to suck and played defense on him. Now they realize they don't have to.

Teams are content letting LMA get his and then making Dame's life hell. That has been the recipe for beating us this stretch.

 

[EGame]

He needs to learn to run a break. That is where he is really brutal in. He cost us some gimmes with his attempt at shots and though he was probably fouled on everyone, we cant depend on the refs for fucking anything.

 

[Sinobas]

Claver's shot looks good, and he seems to be a smart player. I'd like to see him get a shot at the starting job. Batum's 3pt shot is a big handicap.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I think the coach can take ownership on this loss. Terrible game mangement by him and the players. More so him.

Also, there was way too standing around and watching in OT. Team let one get away from them. Just aren't very good right now.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Difference at the beginning of the year teams didn't know Batum was going to suck and played defense on him. Now they realize they don't have to.

Teams are content letting LMA get his and then making Dame's life hell. That has been the recipe for beating us this stretch.

And Wes is looking pretty ordinary of late. I just don't think they have enough. There is a lot of time to turn it around. But even tonight. They are playing hard and in many ways tapping themselves out. Yet...coming up short.

 

[Daweez04]

And Wes is looking pretty ordinary of late. I just don't think they have enough. There is a lot of time to turn it around. But even tonight. They are playing hard and in many ways tapping themselves out. Yet...coming up short.

Well only having to guard 2/3rds of the 3 point line Wes is getting the same treatment at Dame. Need a 3rd 3 points shooter out there or our ball movement offense won't work. We can't "swing the gate" and make perimeter defenders work hard if they can lay off Batum. That is a lot of ground to cover when you have 3 40% 3-point shooters.

 

[BigGameDamian]

No, so we can trade Kaman and his butterfingers.

You really want to trade Kaman now? I would trade him to the Rapters if we could get back Terrence Ross back in a trade.

 

[Strenuus]

You really want to trade Kaman now? I would trade him to the Rapters if we could get back Terrence Ross back in a trade.

Why, exactly, would Toronto do that?

 

[Aussie Blazer!]

Claver's shot looks good, and he seems to be a smart player. I'd like to see him get a shot at the starting job. Batum's 3pt shot is a big handicap.

I second this

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Why, exactly, would Toronto do that?

Toronto wants a big bad and they aren't super fond of ross from what I've heard on real gm. Obviously a third team would have to be involved for everything to workout though

 

[Strenuus]

Toronto wants a big bad and they aren't super fond of ross from what I've heard on real gm. Obviously a third team would have to be involved for everything to workout though

I understand that, but why Kaman of all players? Ross is young enough, and can still grow in his prime...

 

[stampedehero]

Bullshit. We had lost 7 of 10 and blew an 11 point lead with 2:30 left. This is a disaster no way to argue otherwise.

> If you hate losing then you hated the end of regulation and the result of OT

 

[stampedehero]

Dirk Nowitski personally nailed our feet to the floor. I will declare him a M.R. Clutch

 

[rasheedfan2005]

I was having some fun with the whole jinxspeed thing some of you guys take it way too serious lol.

This game hurt but it had nothing to do with jinxspeed.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I understand that, but why Kaman of all players? Ross is young enough, and can still grow in his prime...

Kaman fits their need of a big who can give you a sliver of defense and rebound. Ross is a move-able piece for them because they have DeRozan, Lou Williams and James Johnson.

 

[magnifier661]

Sorry for my meltdown last night.... I just wanted the win so badly and the choke was a hard pill to swallow. But I'm definitely taking breaks from game threads. Too stressful

 

[Strenuus]

Sorry for my meltdown last night.... I just wanted the win so badly and the choke was a hard pill to swallow. But I'm definitely taking breaks from game threads. Too stressful

That was a meltdown by you? Damn. I thought you did quite well. lol.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Sorry for my meltdown last night.... I just wanted the win so badly and the choke was a hard pill to swallow. But I'm definitely taking breaks from game threads. Too stressful

Hey I don't even like to post in the game threads because I worry it's bad luck. It's a part of being a fan so more power to you for loving your team.

 

[stampedehero]

theres losing. and then there is choking an 11 point lead in 2 minutes. that is unacceptable.

>I agree. On top of that there was some shoddy BBall exibited by the dudes in the black jerseys Pitiful. Stotts should have threw his chair

 

[stampedehero]

We're good. Lopez and CJ playing well. Lillard's out of his slump. Tomorrow is a huge game to bounce back with. Splitting the trip would be great. Then beat Lakers and take a week off. We're good.

>We're playing the Rockets on their launch pad. This game was the spilt winner. I have bad vibes with the Rockets who lost to us last year in the playoffs. They won't forget.