Game Thread GAME# 55: HAWKS @ BLAZERS - FEBRUARY 13, 2017 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM (PST), TNT

[Nate]

Wasn't that at least a flagrant 1 earlier?

 

[LuckyShot]

Millsap can't beat Aminu so the refs bail his ass out. Perks of being an "all star".

 

[Strenuus]

When we give up 60 in the first half, y'all talk about how bad our defense is but when we hold our opponent under 45, like tonight, no one gives the team props.

It's because one game we give up 60, the next we give up 45, the next we give up 60.

Why praise inconsistency?

 

[KingSpeed]

Dwight Howard shoots threes now, lol?

 

[dead247]

D12 for the 3 shot? I'll take it all night.

 

[B-Roy]

Aminu has Crabbe wide open right next to him but decides to pull it himself. Nice.

 

[LuckyShot]

Aminu hitches the fuck out of his shot when he's too open.

 

[VenomXL]

Let's see if Atlanta starts hitting jumpers in the second half.

 

[Strenuus]

Dwight Howard shoots threes now, lol?

It was his first of the season. Not plural.

 

[BonesJones]

It's because one game we give up 60, the next we give up 45, the next we give up 60.

Why praise inconsistency?

Exactly. 105 per game is average.

We also give up 60 way more than we hold teams under 45

 

[riverman]

Aminu is playing great...I don't get the hate

 

[dead247]

Dwight Howard shoots threes now, lol?

"Shoots" is the key word

 

[riverman]

Encouraging from the cheap seats....good to see Ed Davis have an impact

 

[KingSpeed]

It's because one game we give up 60, the next we give up 45, the next we give up 60.

Why praise inconsistency?

That doesn't make sense. If we give up 60, we're bad. If we give up 45, we're bad because we're not consistently good? How about we're good because we give up 45 and we're good because we're not consistently bad? If you're gonna trash the team when they play badly, you have to praise the team when they play well. By the way, there are no consistently good teams in the NBA except maybe GS and they got blown out in Denver tonight and blew a 19 point fourth quarter lead at home against Memphis last month. I guess GS sucks too.

 

[riverman]

That doesn't make sense. If we give up 60, we're bad. If we give up 45, we're bad because we're not consistently good? How about we're good because we give up 45 and we're good because we're not consistently bad? If you're gonna trash the team when they play badly, you have to praise the team when they play well. By the way, there are no consistently good teams in the NBA except maybe GS and they got blown out in Denver tonight and blew a 19 point fourth quarter lead at home against Memphis last month. I guess GS sucks too.

Some folks just don't know how to enjoy a basketball game...never understood that

 

[VenomXL]

Chuck straight talking out of his ass right now.

 

[Cippy91]

Barkley is wrong here. This team has no talent, dame and cj need help, that's the point. They have to shoot it. They aren't trying to get their own. Cj and dame have no help. Kenny smith gets it though.

 

[Jade Falcon]

That doesn't make sense. If we give up 60, we're bad. If we give up 45, we're bad because we're not consistently good? How about we're good because we give up 45 and we're good because we're not consistently bad? If you're gonna trash the team when they play badly, you have to praise the team when they play well. By the way, there are no consistently good teams in the NBA except maybe GS and they got blown out in Denver tonight and blew a 19 point fourth quarter lead at home against Memphis last month. I guess GS sucks too.

You REALLY think we're pretty good....don't you? You really, really believe that, huh?

 

[KingSpeed]

Exactly. 105 per game is average.

We also give up 60 way more than we hold teams under 45

Still doesn't make sense. When they play well, they suck because they usually don't play well? Doesn't make sense why you don't praise them when they play well.

 

[VenomXL]

These guys haven't been watching the team this year. Can't blame them really.

 

[Strenuus]

That doesn't make sense. If we give up 60, we're bad. If we give up 45, we're bad because we're not consistently good? How about we're good because we give up 45 and we're good because we're not consistently bad? If you're gonna trash the team when they play badly, you have to praise the team when they play well. By the way, there are no consistently good teams in the NBA except maybe GS and they got blown out in Denver tonight and blew a 19 point fourth quarter lead at home against Memphis last month. I guess GS sucks too.

That doesn't make sense either. Because GS has been consistently good with a game here or there of bad... where we suck for most of the games and have a good game here and there.

I mean, you can try to argue it, but you dont have more games of 45 point halftimes with a 105 ppg against average.

Also, I never said they were BAD because they gave up 45, I said they are inconsistent because I look at more than 1 half of play at a time.

Go ahead though, put more words in my mouth. Fox news can do it, I guess it's okay, right?

Valiant effort.

 

[KingSpeed]

You REALLY think we're pretty good....don't you? You really, really believe that, huh?

We're playing well tonight. And we've actually been consistently competitive for the last 10-11 games. Either we've blown out the opponent or it's a close game and we win half the time.

 

[Cippy91]

Shaq is so in love with himself it drives me insane

 

[riverman]

You REALLY think we're pretty good....don't you? You really, really believe that, huh?

A live game is all about cheering and swagger.....in between games folks can analyze the shit out of the game but wait till the buzzer rings at least...I appreciate Kingspeeds efforts to cheer the team during games...!

 

[Cippy91]

Shaq really thinks he was the greatest center of all time. He really thinks he probably could of been out there as a 50 percent three point shooter or some shit. This dude...

 

[KingSpeed]

A live game is all about cheering and swagger.....in between games folks can analyze the shit out of the game but wait till the buzzer rings at least...I appreciate Kingspeeds efforts to cheer the team during games...!

Hell yes! Go Blazers!

 

[Strenuus]

We're playing well tonight. And we've actually been consistently competitive for the last 10-11 games. Either we've blown out the opponent or it's a close game and we win half the time.

We're 5-6 in our last 11.

Not half the time.

Edit: To make it an even dozen, we're 5-7.

 

[KingSpeed]

We're 5-6 in our last 11.

Not half the time.

5-5 in our last 10. It's impossible to go 5.5 out of 11.

 

[Strenuus]

5-5 in our last 10. It's impossible to go 5.5 out of 11.

Then say 10 next time, and not add 11.

 

[Scalma]

Barkley is wrong here. This team has no talent, dame and cj need help, that's the point. They have to shoot it. They aren't trying to get their own. Cj and dame have no help. Kenny smith gets it though.

Barkley still thinks you can't win a championship with jump shooters, even though golden state is probably one the greatest teams of all time. He's an idiot stuck in the past.

As for the Blazers specifically, I doubt he's ever watched a game, even the ones on TNT.

Shaq isn't even worth mentioning.