Game Thread Game #57 - BLAZERS VS KNICKS - FEBRUARY 12, 2022 - SATURDAY - 2:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

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Is it weird that this is a 2pm game in Portland?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • No

    Votes: 7 31.8%

  • Just like back in the day

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • I thought we were playing in NY

    Votes: 4 18.2%
  • Total voters
    22
Fairly-Hard said:
The only positive thing that comes from losing is a draft pick that they will lose eventually anyway. The draft this year is unremarkable at best. They will never be able to lose enough to have a real shot at a top three.
If the team gels and really plays well they will be all that much better next year and will be further ahead in two years which is when they have to be good if they are ever going to regain a chance for playoff success with Damian Lillard.
A draft pick is not as valuable as s better team.
Plus I like watching the Blazers win.
Simple.
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And as someone else pointed out, we can trade our future first round pick if we want to. It won't be possibly owed to Chicago. I don't know if it's important.
 
blazerkor said:
Guys we played awesome in the fourth but the Knicks also shit the bed. That game felt great but I think it's really likely that we lose the next eight and possibly all of the games between now and when we face these same Knicks again. I hope we do win games, every time we play I want a win and that was really fun but this season I don't mind the losses because it improves our draft position and lottery chances.

I hope we keep playing like we did this fourth quarter even when most of the next eight opponents are beating our asses. I hope our guys can keep their chins up during those games and learn from them too. I actually hope I'm wrong and this last quarter of basketball is how we play for the rest of the season and how shitty we make our opponents look for the rest of the season. GO BLAZERS!!!
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No argument there. The key obviously is not about winning this year. We need to see/know what we have going forward while developing the young players. There is some potential for sure.
 
B-Roy said:
Damn. I Kinda like Winslow.
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He's a younger Draymond Green. 6'6" big body who can play PF, fight like hell and not shoot so great. Winslow just need to learn how to pick his spots like Draymond does.
 
This season has been hard until recently, now it's easy come easy go. If we win that's great but the losses don't hurt too much because where we end up doesn't really matter. I would like us to have the best pick possible if we don't make the playoffs because having the 14th pick would suck but if we do make the playoffs that's a really good thing because it frees up all of our future picks and obviously more Blazers basketball.

I find myself more invested in the overall wins and losses of the Pelicans, on a game to game basis, I care about us during the games more than anything else in sports but overall the Pelicans getting the highest pick possible outside of the top four is the thing that matters most to me this season. So the two very conflicting ideal situations would be us in the playoffs and the Pelicans with the fifth pick or us with the first pick and the Pelicans with the fifth pick. Even though the Pelicans having that high of a pick means we were flying close to the sun as far as losing their pick in the lotto.
 
maxiep said:
I love the fact he's such a competitor, but there's a bigger picture.
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winning and developing good habits is the bigger picture, especiallly with so many young players. We’re not in a position to get a top 3 pick and no one else is worth actively trying to lose games for (not like any of the 3 were worth losing games for anyway, only generational talents are)
 
blazerkor said:
Guys we played awesome in the fourth but the Knicks also shit the bed. That game felt great but I think it's really likely that we lose the next eight and possibly all of the games between now and when we face these same Knicks again. I hope we do win games, every time we play I want a win and that was really fun but this season I don't mind the losses because it improves our draft position and lottery chances.

I hope we keep playing like we did this fourth quarter even when most of the next eight opponents are beating our asses. I hope our guys can keep their chins up during those games and learn from them too. I actually hope I'm wrong and this last quarter of basketball is how we play for the rest of the season and how shitty we make our opponents look for the rest of the season. GO BLAZERS!!!
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if other teams can't beat this Blazer team because of their own flaws it's not the job of the Blazer players to roll over and play worse
 
Scalma said:
winning and developing good habits is the bigger picture, especiallly with so many young players. We’re not in a position to get a top 3 pick and no one else is worth actively trying to lose games for (not like any of the 3 were worth losing games for anyway, only generational talents are)
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We're not going to get a star, but I want to get perhaps a future low-end starter and a 6th man.
 
I like Winslow at power forward. He's unconventional, but so is Draymond green. He's a defense, pass-first, push the ball hustle player.
 
Btw how much does Thibs hate Reddish? The cutaway to him after one of his turnovers was so funny. Pure disgust. No way he’s on the Knicks next year.
 
wizenheimer said:
if other teams can't beat this Blazer team because of their own flaws it's not the job of the Blazer players to roll over and play worse
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Agreed, like I said that fourth quarter was fun. If we have a player or coach that for one second doesn't want to win a game that they're active in then that sucks and I want them gone. I want every win while the game is going on, every one. Overall though I would rather have the highest pick possible if we're going to miss the playoffs... so the losses don't hurt too bad. Ideally we end up with a high lotto pick from the Pelicans and get to see some Blazers games in the playoffs while unlocking our ability to deal future picks. If we get the Pels pick we would be drafting this year and would be able to trade future picks starting with next year's.

If we miss the playoffs ideally we'll win the lotto. It would be very much like the Tim Duncan/David Robinson Spurs and could set our team up for a dynastic run.
 
Scalma said:
winning and developing good habits is the bigger picture, especiallly with so many young players. We’re not in a position to get a top 3 pick and no one else is worth actively trying to lose games for (not like any of the 3 were worth losing games for anyway, only generational talents are)
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Fucking Exactly!
 
Fitz303 said:
Man the defense by Hart and Winslow in these 2 clips.... both guys keeping their man with the ball in front of them. I forgot what that looked like. This is the stuff that I've missed for the better part of a decade

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The defense and hustle is real. Today was very enjoyable basketball and I didnt feel that much with the early season other than Little.
 
Fitz303 said:
Man the defense by Hart and Winslow in these 2 clips.... both guys keeping their man with the ball in front of them. I forgot what that looked like. This is the stuff that I've missed for the better part of a decade

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dame & cj mccollum could never
 
Postgame Notes – February 12, 2022

Portland 112, New York 103

Game #57, Home Game #32



TEAM

• The Trail Blazers fell behind by as many as 23 points with 5:22 remaining in the third quarter (56-79) before outscoring the Knicks, 56-24, the rest of the way.

• Portland outscored New York 35-11 in the fourth quarter.

• The Trail Blazers outrebounded New York, 50-41, and outscored the Knicks in the paint, 48-28.

• Portland made 17 of its 20 free throw attempts (85.0%) while the Knicks shot 29-of-34 from the stripe (85.3%).


PLAYER

• Anfernee Simons scored a game-high 30 points (11-23 FG, 6-12 3-PT, 2-3 FT) to go with five rebounds and eight assists in 37 minutes. It was the fourth time this season that he scored 30-plus points. Simons has made at least five three-pointers in three of the last four games.

• In his Trail Blazers debut, Josh Hart recorded 23 points (7-12 FG, 3-6 3-PT, 6-8 FT), one rebound and two assists. Hart is the eighth player in franchise history to score at least 23 points in his first game for Portland.

• Justise Winslow recorded 14 points (5-10 FG, 1-2 3-PT, 3-3 FT), five rebounds, six assists, one steal and one block in 37 minutes of action.

• Ben McLemore had 17 points off the bench for Portland on 6-of-12 shooting (3-9 3-PT, 2-2 FT) to go with five rebounds, two assists and one steal in 30 minutes.

• Jusuf Nurkic logged his 29th double-double of the season, finishing with 12 points (5-9 FG, 2-2 FT), 19 rebounds and six assists in 33 minutes.

• Julius Randle led the Knicks with 28 points (8-20 FG, 12-13 FT), 16 rebounds and six assists in 41 minutes.

• Quentin Grimes had 20 points (6-10 FG, 5-8 3-PT, 3-6 FT), four rebounds, three assists and two steals in 37 minutes. It was his second-highest scoring game of the season.
 
HEAD COACH TOM THIBODEAU

On the second half collapse…

“We got the big lead going into the second half but didn’t close out the third quarter. We gave the Blazers easy buckets and they gained momentum going into the fourth quarter. And then we struggled to end the game.”

On the culmination of a long road trip impacting the performance tonight…

“We’ve just got to find a way to get that win. That’s what competitiveness, toughness, and discipline are all about; that’s why all of that matters. Sometimes it’s in your favor, sometimes its’s not. Every team goes through long road trips, it’s just part of the job. We were outscored 35 to 11 in the fourth quarter. We allowed them to shoot 48 percent from the field and we were badly outrebounded. It was going to be hard to win that game.”

On the team’s toughness and poise down the stretch…

“It depends on how you define the toughness part. The toughness is being on the road a long time; maybe there is some fatigue, but you still have the ability to do all the things that are necessary, even though you may not be feeling your best but we’re counting on each other to get the job done. It’s got to be five guys tied together on offense and five guys tied together on defense. If one guy is choosing not to do what’s needed, even if it’s not going his way, then it’s going to hurt the group, so that’s why you have to keep going no matter what. And then everyone has the responsibility of protecting the basket. That’s the number one thing in defensive transition is protecting the basket first. If we don’t do that then we’re giving them easy points. If you have a big lead, the only way for them to come back is to give up easy baskets and give them open three-point shots.”

On rebounding struggles tonight…

“Our rebounding tonight was problematic. We gave the Blazers multiple chances to score. Also, the penetration in the lane hurt us. I thought the first half, our defense was pretty good and in the second half it was very poor. Mitchell [Robinson] left the game early so Taj’s [Gibson] minutes ran up and then we had to give Taj a break. Then we tried to go with Jericho and that wasn’t working so we went small before Taj came back, just trying to bide some time. But that’s not to make excuses because if we go small that means we’ve got to have everyone fighting for rebounds and going to find a body when a shot goes up, to get it done.”
 
Knicks guard Kemba Walker

On what led to the team blowing a big lead..

“I don’t know. I got to go back and watch the film. I don’t know. We just fell apart, like you said. They got momentum and never looked back.”

On what the message was from the coaching staff was…

“Pretty disappointing. Just got to pick it up, that’s really it. Just got to get better.”

On what changed in the types of shots they were taking in the fourth quarter compared to the rest of the game…

“The rhythm of the game. Obviously, they learned from their mistakes. They adjusted… Make sure we get back I guess and they stopped the way we were scoring, they adjusted.”

On if he feels like things are turning around for him scoring wise…

“I don’t know. It’s just one game. I shot it pretty well tonight, that was it. I don’t know. I just got to keep it going. Hopefully, I can continue to make some shots for this team. Try to keep it going.”
 
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS

On what he liked from the team today…

“I just like the way we hung in there, kept scrapping. You know, I thought that they were kind of having their way with us in the first half. They held up eleven second chance points. We talked about that at halftime. Six offensive rebounds and we came out and we were better there. They had two second chance points in the second half and for that team [the Knicks] that’s doing pretty good for us. And I think three offensive rebounds in the second half so I was happy about that. I really was. We just kept scrapping man, kept scrapping. Obviously Ant [Anfernee Simons] played well, I thought Josh [Josh Hart] was really good. I thought Justise [Justise Winslow] was really good. Nurk [Jusuf Nurkic] he

was beastin down low, getting every single rebound, we went to him, he made great passes out of post when they doubled, and they [the Knicks] fronted him. Ben [Ben McLemore] obviously, Ben just being Ben so, so many good efforts from so many guys.”

On Josh Hart’s debut…

“I’m just happy that I knew what I had. I knew what I was getting. I told you, he’s just tough and he’s just a basketball player. He’s my type of dude so I was happy to see him play well. He’s so good getting downhill. Like when he gets a rebound, which he didn’t rebound a ton tonight because there wasn’t many out there because Nurk was gobbling them up, but when he gets a rebound or even when he gets a kick-ahead there’s not much you can do to stop it. He’s really crafty, step-through’s and he finishes at the basket. He did that a few times. He makes shots, he gets fouled by the way of how hard he’s playing. I thought he had a really good day.”

On Anfernee Simons’ growth…

“Yeah, that's what this is all about. You know, this time for Ant it was figuring out—you know this was a tough team to play against. I mean, Thibodeau’s [Tom Thibodeau] team they were so, so physical. They make you really, really go into physicality mode and I thought Ant did a good job at adjusting to that. I thought all game he was pretty good to be honest with you but late in the game, we started running a little higher pick and rolls, they started switching some, trapped a little bit. I thought he made really good decisions when he didn’t have an advantage of getting off of it quickly. And then the next guy, Nurk or whoever it was had to make the decision. But I thought Ant was poised the entire night.”

On what he wants to take away from today’s game…

“Again, I just loved how hard we played. There was so much life out there. I mean, the fans were great. Even when we were down, we still played the right way, nobody got impatient, nobody forced anything. It was like okay, cool. Now we just chip away. And then we start chipping away and this building does what it does and it was very electric out there and that just gave us so much life to try and get over the hump. So I like everything about it. I like everything about how we played and it was fun. It was fun to be able to coach that.”
 
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