Game Thread GAME# 53: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - FEBRUARY 7, 2017 - TUESDAY, 5:30 PM (PST), CSNNW

[BonesJones]

Dame is sitting right next to me reading this thread FAMS!!!!

No he's not. Alternative facts.

 

[THE HCP]

No he's not. Alternative facts.

Borrowed a couple movies from me, returned my drive and saw I was on here.....read the last page, smiled, got up and went back to his seat.

 

[riverman]

What? No questions for Mr. Dolla'?

Shoutout!!! Great game! Does a game like this get everybody hyped up? Clutch road win?

 

[riverman]

Borrowed a couple movies from me, returned my drive and saw I was on here.....read the last page, smiled, got up and went back to his seat.

I doubt Dame needs any movies from your spank bank collection dude

 

[ripcityboy]

I doubt Dame needs any movies from your spank bank collection dude

Sure it got room up there with all the fantasies of you pretending you're playing with Eddie Hazel?

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

He's already drowned multiple times. I'd trade him for a damned Klondike Bar.

The plain one though, not the toffee one, they'd never go for that.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Just a regular one, not a fancy one with like Oreo flavor or anything.

Ha ha, i just said the same thing right before I got to your post. You must be a genius!

 

[stampedehero]

The morning after: CJ pulls us through. We win 114-113. Too bad about Turner's hand injury. Cuban will be especially irritable on Shark Tank.

 

[stampedehero]

Yeah, I agree. He is not an explosive athlete and that's why he gets rejected at the rim so often. He seems to have good lateral quickness and can guard multiple positions though.

He needs a new workout program. . Perhaps, Olshey can hire the Pats trainer

 

[PtldPlatypus]

...what a thrilling finish! Could this be the turning point?

 

[KingSpeed]

Lol, yeah, losing to a bad team was a "turning point".

Philly was healthy and the hottest team in the NBA. That's when changed lineup. Nearly won the game.

 

[Strenuus]

Philly was healthy and the hottest team in the NBA. That's when changed lineup. Nearly won the game.

I love when we nearly win the game! It means we lost!

 

[illmatic99]

That was a terrific game if you weren't a fan of either team. Last minute was nuts.

This team is just incapable of consistently putting out defensive effort. You're up 16 in the first half -- they're shooting < 40%. Stomp on that team and end the game in the third quarter. But yet again, we lose the lead.

CJ was amazing. His performance in the last minute doesn't happen unless Dame is out there getting trapped and doubled every time down. That was a perfect look at how these guys help each other on offense.

 

[TBpup]

I love when we nearly win the game! It means we lost!

But our record would be much better if we counted 'basically wins'.

 

[rotary111]

But our record would be much better if we counted 'basically wins'.

I would actually feel better about some of those losses if we had 'nearly won'. Getting blown out by crappy teams makes us a crappy team.

 

[blue9]

Really? We won!?! Fuck this shit.

 

[Trackjack]

This how bad officiating was on that play CJ got foul 3 or foul by to guys before he made that shot. He should have won at the line. Silvers need to grow a pair and start fining these official for being so bad. No wonder these players and coaches go ape shit on these officials. So I here the official getting tire of it but when you suck you need get yell at.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That was a terrific game if you weren't a fan of either team. Last minute was nuts.

This team is just incapable of consistently putting out defensive effort. You're up 16 in the first half -- they're shooting < 40%. Stomp on that team and end the game in the third quarter. But yet again, we lose the lead.

CJ was amazing. His performance in the last minute doesn't happen unless Dame is out there getting trapped and doubled every time down. That was a perfect look at how these guys help each other on offense.

This happens all the time in the NBA, teams go on runs. Being up 16 at half really doesn't mean much especially if you're the road team.

 

[BlazerBeav]

This happens all the time in the NBA, teams go on runs. Being up 16 at half really doesn't mean much especially if you're the road team.

Sure, runs do happen - but we consistently blow double digit leads - and often in a hurry. There used to be a time when we would win games by more than 10 - I'm not sure that's happened more than 4-5 times this season. We gave up a 13-0 run up by 12 with 7 minutes left. That's ridiculous.

 

[Haakzilla]

...who the fuck is Brenda Nuckton? Exactly!

 

[illmatic99]

This happens all the time in the NBA, teams go on runs. Being up 16 at half really doesn't mean much especially if you're the road team.

Especially if you're the Blazers this year you mean. How many games have we lost this year after being up by double digits?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

...who the fuck is Brenda Nuckton? Exactly!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

...who the fuck is Brenda Nuckton? Exactly!

Opera Singer. Horse Trainer. Blazer fan.

But all that really matters is that she's someone who had a couple clever tweets that related to the post to which I replied.

 

[blue9]

Especially if you're the Blazers this year you mean. How many games have we lost this year after being up by double digits?

And then add to that how many times we've been down double-digits within 5 minutes of tip-off.
This team is pathetically coached, constructed, and managed.

 

[illmatic99]

And then add to that how many times we've been down double-digits within 5 minutes of tip-off.
This team is pathetically coached, constructed, and managed.

It's the defense.

This team just goes through lulls of effort. The only guy who consistently plays hard is Mason. Rest of the guys don't play hard on every possession.

Wasn't like this before this year.

 

[blue9]

It's the defense.

This team just goes through lulls of effort. The only guy who consistently plays hard is Mason. Rest of the guys don't play hard on every possession.

Wasn't like this before this year.

I agree with you, but it's not just the defense. The offense is awful. All we do is jack up long jumpers - often contested jumpers. When they aren't going in we just continue doing the same damn thing hoping that eventually they'll start going in. That's often how we put ourselves in a big early hole - we come out, miss 5 long jumpers leading to easy transition baskets for the other team and in the blink of an eye we're down 10-15 points.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This how bad officiating was on that play CJ got foul 3 or foul by to guys before he made that shot. He should have won at the line. Silvers need to grow a pair and start fining these official for being so bad. No wonder these players and coaches go ape shit on these officials. So I here the official getting tire of it but when you suck you need get yell at.

Maybe it was like in soccer; play on because you have the advantage; i.e. you have a clear path to the basket.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Opera Singer. Horse Trainer. Blazer fan.

But all that really matters is that she's someone who had a couple clever tweets that related to the post to which I replied.

She should train a horse to sing opera at a Blazer game.

 

[illmatic99]

I agree with you, but it's not just the defense. The offense is awful. All we do is jack up long jumpers - often contested jumpers. When they aren't going in we just continue doing the same damn thing hoping that eventually they'll start going in. That's often how we put ourselves in a big early hole - we come out, miss 5 long jumpers leading to easy transition baskets for the other team and in the blink of an eye we're down 10-15 points.

Agree to an extent. That third quarter was baffling. Dame and CJ were chucking nonstop from outside when they had Barnes and Dirk protecting the rim. Was angry when Terry just let the team bleed.

 

[THE HCP]

You post tweets about our Blazers by your kids nanny? Who the hell is this?