Game Thread GAME# 59: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - FEBRUARY 23, 2018 - FRIDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

[Chris Craig]

Yes Sir

 

[tykendo]

Beautiful! Against the hottest team in the NBA. Fantastic victory. "rip city! yes sir!"

 

[DDolla]

This win is nothing if we can’t beat Phoenix so let’s get another one

 

[Darkwebs]

Blazers break the Jazz's 11-game win streak.

It feels good to jizz on the Jazz!

 

[Chris Craig]

And we can say, it's another great day to be a Trail Blazer!

 

[tykendo]

Can't say enough about how proud I am of this team. It's all there for the taking .

 

[KingSpeed]

P.S. Utah had all their stars, Tpup!

 

[theprunetang]

STATEMENT VICTORY.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[KingSpeed]

Thunder Warriors on ABC tomorrow. I can't imagine Thunder will beat GS again, so that will move us up to 6th and them down to 7th

 

[riverman]

beating this team after beating the Warriors is a real shot of adrenaline

 

[Strenuus]

Dang...

 

[Jade Falcon]

Very good win! GO BLAZERS!

 

[KingSpeed]

easy L this is

oh is it? more like an easy W

 

[KingSpeed]

beating this team after beating the Warriors is a real shot of adrenaline

Yep. I thought the schedule was supposed to be difficult. When are the hard games?

 

[tykendo]

After this trip, the Blazers will have 4 More home games than road games left this season. That's huge. Denver won as well, so the division is wide open for the top spot. I look for SA to fall without Kawhi. You can only win so much with magic tricks. The injury to Jimmy Butler is potentially catastrophic for the Wolves. It's all about health down the stretch. Attrition is always tough.

 

[Chris Craig]

If we win tomoorow and okc loses to GSW then Blazers will be back to 5th

 

[tykendo]

oh is it? more like an easy W

What do you expect from a malfunctioning bag of bolts.

 

[KingSpeed]

We play Suns tomorrow, Spurs play Cavs on Sunday. By Sunday night, we could be a half game behind SA.

 

[Pinwheel1]

CJ takes so much pressure off Dame

This is why the "duplication" argument makes little sense to me. You can't rely on one player to be on every night. You need 2-3 options.

 

[KingSpeed]

If we win tomoorow and okc loses to GSW then Blazers will be back to 5th

yep

 

[KingSpeed]

This is why the "duplication" argument makes little sense to me. You can't rely on one player to be on every night. You need 2-3 options.

exactly

 

[tykendo]

If we win tomoorow and okc loses to GSW then Blazers will be back to 5th

This is what makes the run for the playoffs so special. Not just watching our boys, but looking at the competition as well.

 

[KingSpeed]

After this trip, the Blazers will have 4 More home games than road games left this season. That's huge. Denver won as well, so the division is wide open for the top spot. I look for SA to fall without Kawhi. You can only win so much with magic tricks. The injury to Jimmy Butler is potentially catastrophic for the Wolves. It's all about health down the stretch. Attrition is always tough.

10 of 13 at home after tomorrow. I thought our schedule was supposed to be brutal?

 

[tykendo]

10 of 13 at home after tomorrow. I thought our schedule was supposed to be brutal?

It is, just as much for those facing the Blazers. Blazers own their own destiny. They have the pieces, especially when Harkless plays like that, to beat ANYONE in the league.

 

[e_blazer]

Wow.

Only two games out of third place.

Only one and a half from slipping to ninth.

 

[santeesioux]

Wow.

Only two games out of third place.

Only one and a half from slipping to ninth.

3-8 is going to be very close.

 

[tykendo]

I would love the game against Denver here in Colorado, to be for the division title. But there's a lot of games to get to that point. But the Blazers can do it.

 

[Titan]

It might be the high from winning tonight, but I feel a 3 seed is a possibility. So much can happen from 3rd to 10th place in the west. It is making the 2nd half of the season very exciting and entertaining.

 

[HailBlazers]

10 of 13 at home after tomorrow. I thought our schedule was supposed to be brutal?

To be fair, we've been horrible at home this year. Here's to killing it down the stretch.