Game Thread GAME# 57: BLAZERS @ MAGIC - FEBRUARY 23, 2017 - THURSDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

[Chris Craig]

Nurkic with a double double , I'll take that every night

 

[Five Second Violation]

Napier with 10/6/6. Westbrook lite.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Shouldn't his jersey number be 666?

 

[Gronk Brady]

Nurkic created so many open shots and drives for the guards... he takes up so much space, and is so strong opponents can't get through his screens

 

[PHXBlazer1]

We just locked down the defense in the 4th after toying with them for 36 minutes

 

[B-Roy]

I thought we were gonna miss Plumlees passing.

But I think we actually improved our passing ability with Nurk.

 

[noknobs]

Great job by Dame, the break looks like it really helped him recoup.

 

[riverman]

Napier with 10/6/6. Westbrook lite.

I posted this but he actually had 10/7/6

 

[jlprk]

Harkless greets his former teammates after the game. Napier did well because he was up against his former team.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

that was a fun game; just wish we could have got the L.

 

[Jade Falcon]

This was a MUCH needed win tonight for this team. Very proud of them! Go Blazers!

 

[PHXBlazer1]

I thought we were gonna miss Plumlees passing.

But I think we actually improved our passing ability with Nurk.

Yep.

 

[illmatic99]

I thought we were gonna miss Plumlees passing.

But I think we actually improved our passing ability with Nurk.

He takes some crazy risks, but I love it. Just gotta make sure we don't reign him in too much because his fun is contagious.

Such an awesome feel for the game. Reminds me of Kristaps a bit

 

[Pinwheel1]

Love the small lineup. Napier played very well. 6 boards and 6 dimes

 

[Nate]

The Nurkinator ftw

 

[Nikolokolus]

Nurkic created so many open shots and drives for the guards... he takes up so much space, and is so strong opponents can't get through his screens

Don't you mean stronk?

 

[Chris Craig]

I guess Connaughton Time is over now Layman is back. Kind of a shame - he seemed to energize us the past couple of games.

The Blazers know they aren't going to keep Connaughton past this season, they want to decide on Layman now

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Nice to see the coach admit that we don't have a power forward worth anything, so the 5th player down the stretch was our 3rd string PG. Worked out well with us outscoring them 35-18 in the 4th.

 

[jlprk]

that was a fun game; just wish we could have got the L.

Depressing day. First no trades, not even Ezeli's contract. Then we miss the easy loss. Bummer.

 

[tlongII]

We just need to figure out how to protect or insure Nurk's knees. He's much better than I expected so there must be a knee issue of some sort.

 

[riverman]

We just need to figure out how to protect or insure Nurk's knees. He's much better than I expected so there must be a knee issue of some sort.

The first rule of knee club is that no one talks about knee club...the second rule of knee club is that nobody talks about knee club!!!!!!!!!

 

[KingSpeed]

Napier with 10/6/6. Westbrook lite.

10/7/6 actually. And 2 steals.

 

[KingSpeed]

Nice to see the coach admit that we don't have a power forward worth anything, so the 5th player down the stretch was our 3rd string PG. Worked out well with us outscoring them 25-18 in the 4th.

35-18

 

[KingSpeed]

Love the small lineup. Napier played very well. 6 boards and 6 dimes

7 boards

 

[Wizard Mentor]

35-18

typo, fixed already!

 

[B-Roy]

I love how happy Nurk is

He's the clear starter and playing 30+ mpg. It's all he ever wanted.

 

[KingSpeed]

How is Vonleh 3/3 from the field in the box score when the first thing he did was botch a dunk off a Nurkic pass? Did they call it a turnover, lol?

 

[craigehlo]

Dame playing off-the-ball with Napier worked way better than when we try it with CJ at point.

 

[Chris Craig]

10/7/6 actually. And 2 steals.

+20

Hark was +22
Nurkic +23
Dame +27

 

[jlprk]

McCollum does some inaccurate passes because of lack of effort. Both he and Lillard miss a lot of layups because of the same. Stay focused the last second as you do something.