Game Thread GAME# 57: THUNDER @ BLAZERS - FEBRUARY 27, 2015 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM (PST), ESPN & CSNNW

[BlazerCaravan]

guess two guys with 29 beats one guy with 40

Our Big Three with 76 tonight (Dame, LA, Triple A)

 

[riverman]

That's sad lol

Baffling...I'm as far from sad as I could be about now

 

[Strenuus]

guess two guys with 29 beats one guy with 40

Team ball > ESPN ball ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

ESPN ball = Selfish, singular play, just FYI.

 

[bulls_with_booz]

ever since lillard came in the league it hasn't been the same nigga

where's your bitch there's your bitch she with dame nigga

 

[EGame]

wut ^

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Not really, when we expect our starters to get 85% of the scoring.

It's just kinda crazy to think that we are what, 60+ games into the season and we just now had a bench player go for 18. Afflalo is the man but damn, our bench was terrible.

 

[bulls_with_booz]

sorry for the random shitpost lol

 

[Pinwheel1]

With Portland up by 1 with 11 seconds to go you knew Westbrook was going to attack the basket and he did. Good D by LMA. But that does not excuse why Terry left Lopez on the bench. I applaud him for going small earlier ( I love that lineup) but this was offense/defense time. He brought him in with 6 seconds, why not 11? That could have been costly. He needed a rim protector.

 

[tbird05]

It's just kinda crazy to think that we are what, 60+ games into the season and we just now had a bench player go for 18. Afflalo is the man but damn, our bench was terrible.

That's true, but we didn't have a true "6th man" on our bench, just a collection of 3 or 4 guys to act like a 6th man. Before AA, we would hope our bench guys would hold a lead/keep the deficit reachable. Now with AA, we expect him to drop double-digits every game.

 

[Strenuus]

7 games up. Man, that was a HUGE, HUGE game. Really happy for Eric that the trip across the country was for a great game and a win.

 

[ehizzy3]

ever since lillard came in the league it hasn't been the same nigga

where's your bitch there's your bitch she with dame nigga

Real shit my g

 

[maxiep]

Great grit by our team.

 

[Sinobas]

Afflalo got 30 minutes tonight, which is good, but he needs to get that every night, sacrifice Batum's minutes.

 

[tbird05]

7 games up. Man, that was a HUGE, HUGE game. Really happy for Eric that the trip across the country was for a great game and a win.

2 game swing over the last 3 nights. Our playoff odds went from 98% to 99%, with the division from 82% to 90% after last night. Should be 100% and 95% now.

 

[Strenuus]

2 game swing over the last 3 nights. Our playoff odds went from 98% to 99%, with the division from 82% to 90% after last night. Should be 100% and 95% now.

Glad to have you on the board adding some insight and new blood.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Afflalo got 30 minutes tonight, which is good, but he needs to get that every night, sacrifice Batum's minutes.

Batum has played well lately though,i think AA has pushed him to be better.

 

[ripcityboy]

This team is beginning to impress me. In past years they might have folded, but the bench really made a difference. Kaman and Triple A were great.

 

[illmatic99]

Batum has played well lately though,i think AA has pushed him to be better.

Nah, I think Nic's resurgence has been due to rest and recovery of his wrist

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

This team is beginning to impress me. In past years they might have folded, but the bench really made a difference. Kaman and Triple A were great.

Kaman is so hit and miss... More miss than hit. I can't wait for Freeland to come back.

 

[ripcityboy]

Kaman is so hit and miss... More miss than hit. I can't wait for Freeland to come back.

Yeah. But he's fiery.

 

[tbird05]

Anyone watching the post-game interviews, AA looks like a giddy-school girl with a huge grin being in this playoff atmosphere situation.

 

[Pinwheel1]

7 games up. Man, that was a HUGE, HUGE game. Really happy for Eric that the trip across the country was for a great game and a win.

8 in the loss column which is even better! (vs 6 if we would have lost)

 

[Kontrarian]

Brooks got out coached again.
Not trying to take away from the players, but the coach decides who plays and Brooks had some bad line ups at weird times.
Stotts made the needed adjustments in the fourth and Brooks had no answer.

 

[tbird05]

Brooks got out coached again.
Not trying to take away from the players, but the coach decides who plays and Brooks had some bad line ups at weird times.
Stotts made the needed adjustments in the fourth and Brooks had no answer.

Getting away from pick and roll with Westbrook and McGarry cost then the game. That killed us in the 3rd, and could have buried us in the 4th.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Kaman is so hit and miss... More miss than hit. I can't wait for Freeland to come back.

Amen to that. The flickers of life Kaveman showed at the beginning of the season are almost gone.

 

[julius]

Brooks got out coached again.
Not trying to take away from the players, but the coach decides who plays and Brooks had some bad line ups at weird times.
Stotts made the needed adjustments in the fourth and Brooks had no answer.

I think it was more "hero-ball" by Westbrook, more than coaching.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Hard to believe OKC has played 6 more road games than Portland. We could not afford to lose this game at home.

 

[DUB]

Anyone watching the post-game interviews, AA looks like a giddy-school girl with a huge grin being in this playoff atmosphere situation.

Can't watch, but he's been stuck on some pretty shitty teams. I think this might be the first decent team he's even been on.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Hard to believe OKC has played 6 more road games than Portland. We could not afford to lose this game at home.

That's a darn good point.

 

[ehizzy3]

Amen to that. The flickers of life Kaveman showed at the beginning of the season are almost gone.

Let's hope he can get motivated for the playoffs. Doubt it tho