Game Thread GAME# 56: BLAZERS @ THUNDER - FEBRUARY 11, 2019 - MONDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

[SynTax]

Hood got destroyed by PG in the first. Are we watching the same game?

Everyone got destroyed by PG in the first. So did Aminu and Harkless. I thought his defense was sound and he was working hard to make it tough for him. Maybe I have low expectations, but from what I was hearing he was a really lazy defender. Good effort isn't always enough against guys as good as PG. I was just commenting that he was at least trying to stay with him as opposed to doing stuff like walking away and trying to recover later (Aminu and ET). That's all. haha

 

[The Professional Fan]

And here come the refs right on queue

 

[TBpup]

Aminu needs to not dribble with George around.

 

[LuckyShot]

Let's keep defending the pick and roll that way.

 

[LuckyShot]

LOL

 

[TBpup]

Layman/Hood now with 23 points.....on 9 shots.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Hood abusing Mr Voodoo Donut gave me a little flow

 

[B-Roy]

I just noticed but ET has not played at all this half. Hopefully it stays that way.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Layman/Hood now with 23 points.....on 9 shots.

Do you think we’re better served keeping them as a tandem off the bench or splitting them and putting one in the starting 5?

 

[Chris Craig]

So they get to commit offensive fouls against us now

 

[LuckyShot]

Thunder back to playing football on the basketball court and refs back to calling fouls on us for getting run over.

 

[B-Roy]

We've gone 12 deep in the rotation yet CJ has still logged 30 mins on 4/18 shooting.

 

[Chris Craig]

Do you think we’re better served keeping them as a tandem off the bench or splitting them and putting one in the starting 5?

Tandem

 

[Chris Craig]

I just noticed but ET has not played at all this half. Hopefully it stays that way.

Shhh...now Stotts is going to bring him in

 

[B-Roy]

I wouldn't mind if CJ had his ass glued to the bench for the rest of the game.

Fuck

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Do you think we’re better served keeping them as a tandem off the bench or splitting them and putting one in the starting 5?

This was my suggestion earlier.

Here's an idea.
Shorten your rotation.
Starters: Nurkic, Collins, Jake, Hood and Dame. Gives you a lot of size and a couple guys who can stretch the defense.
Then your main bench guys are Aminu and CJ then depending on matchups, or foul trouble you sprinkle in Curry and ET I guess, even Meyers may get a shot here and there. Dame and CJ together get abused on defense too many small guys the offense can always find a matchup to exploit. Aminu and Moe are too inconsistent on Offense they can't really get played together because the spacing is just bad. CJ's minutes should be down to about 25-28 minutes a game. He may even finish a lot of games, but you want to limit how much he and Dame are out there at the same time.

You don't need to go 10-11 deep every game.

 

[TBpup]

Do you think we’re better served keeping them as a tandem off the bench or splitting them and putting one in the starting 5?

At this point, I'd start one of them....but have many of their minutes overlap as well. Not hard to do.

 

[The Professional Fan]

At this point, I'd start one of them....but have many of their minutes overlap as well. Not hard to do.

Yes agree.

 

[TBpup]

Curry forcing it a bit trying to show he should be playing. Ignoring the 'hot' shooters.

 

[LuckyShot]

Turner is just a taller Felton.

 

[LayneStaley]

Lol at ET taking a 3, what a clown

 

[TBpup]

Really? Turner shooting '3's when we are trying to come back?

 

[BonesJones]

WTF

 

[illmatic99]

dame killed our momentum

 

[BonesJones]

Really? Turner shooting '3's when we are trying to come back?

Then Nurk shooting jumpers. YAY.

 

[riverman]

Jake Layman should be the go to guy at this point in this game

 

[TBpup]

First ET, then Nurk with an 18'er. Guess the Blazers really don't want to win this game.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Done.

 

[BonesJones]

GG

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Well there goes that