Game Thread GAME# 6: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - NOVEMBER 4, 2016 - FRIDAY, 5:30 (PDT), CSNNW (1 Viewer)

[ripcityboy]

Aminu shot 43% from deep tonight....CJ shot 20% from deep.....Turner shot 50% from deep and had the 3 that started a big run

I'm friggin amazed. Maybe it was the entire team then. What was the percentage as a team?

 

[Natebishop3]

Aminu shot 43% from deep tonight....CJ shot 20% from deep.....Turner shot 50% from deep and had the 3 that started a big run

The selective memory that people are using with Turner is beyond ridiculous.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm friggin amazed. Maybe it was the entire team then. What was the percentage as a team?

CJ (1-5) and Crabbe (0-5) were your bad actors; everyone else shot 33% or better tonight. Should they never shoot threes again?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Dame should have had 43 points tonight because of that botched continuation call in the 2nd...

 

[riverman]

The selective memory that people are using with Turner is beyond ridiculous.

I've been impressed with how Turner, Crabbe, Harkless and Aminu have shut down second chance boards...our defense is improving...the offense will come..somehow CJ escapes the wrath around here even though he's only really heated up for a few qtrs. this season so far and seems to foul immediately after he makes a bucket everytime

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I had to take a long time out just to keep my sense of humor.....and to sample the fruits of my labor....worked like a charm..! May you never thirst my friend!

I polished off a bottle of '12 Riesling Spatlese courtesy of BG. It certainly helped......

 

[ripcityboy]

CJ (1-5) and Crabbe (0-5) were your bad actors; everyone else shot 33% or better tonight. Should they never shoot threes again?

There's always porn......

 

[BlazerCaravan]

http://bkref.com/tiny/BYNyC

Games like Dame's tonight are exceedingly rare.

A couple names not on that list:

Lebron James
Michael Jordan

 

[ripcityboy]

Dame drives to the basket now with a ferocity I've never seen before. He just knocked da' fuck out of Wes. And those tear drops are just automatic.
He's raised his game a notch higher if that's possible.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Dame drives to the basket now with a ferocity I've never seen before. He just knocked da' fuck out of Wes. And those tear drops are just automatic.
He's raised his game a notch higher if that's possible.

What I like is that he's improved a part of his game that is better for the blazers offense as a whole. By becoming an all around threat, defenses can't defend him the same way they used to.

 

[ripcityboy]

What I like is that he's improved a part of his game that is better for the blazers offense as a whole. By becoming an all around threat, defenses can't defend him the same way they used to.

If he keeps this up and doesn't make the All-Star team, I swear I'll get Blazer fans to mail their snot to the league office.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Good to see Plumlee bounce back so well from the Phoenix game. He was very active.
+24 (+/- )

 

[Blazer Freak]

He's had 464 career games, and for most of his career he's not been a very good 3pt shooter. Good shooters don't hit the side of the backboard on wide open shots.

So with that logic you place no more weight in the more recent data then? But I guess you're right, hardly ever do 25 year old players improve parts of their game like shooting over the course of their career!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Watching the game again; Dame's defense was pretty good!

 

[Pinwheel1]

I remember having a debate last year about Wes and his post up skills. My argument was that it was overrated because he seldom did it. Maybe twice a game on average. He tried it about 4 times tonight.......he was visibly frustrated that he could not impose his will on Dame down low.

 

[noknobs]

Aminu and Turner......

DO. NOT. EVER. SHOOT. SWISH 3's A-G-A-I-N!!!

He hasn't shot many, but thats an odd comment to make about Turner since he's shooting almost 43% from 3 this season.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

http://bkref.com/tiny/BYNyC

Games like Dame's tonight are exceedingly rare.

That Pippen did it in only 31mins with no 3pt shots made or taken is fucking amazing.

 

[perkinsfor3]

A couple names not on that list:

Lebron James
Michael Jordan

Two more:

Kevin Martin
Ramon Sessions

 

[ripcityboy]

He hasn't shot many, but thats an odd comment to make about Turner since he's shooting almost 43% from 3 this season.

"Get off my property, Bubbles."

 

[Voodoo]

I've gotten little reaction but again....CJ is a natural 6 man to me....a shooter...guy who picks up the scoring off the bench...this is my biggest wish for the current roster...I'd start Crabbe in his place..he's the next Jason Terry or Manu Ginobli....unleash the beast! Let him play with Napier as the pt guard

Seriously I couldn't agree more, have been saying this (not in this forum but in person) since CJ really started to break out. I love Crabbe, he has a lot of potential to be similar to be Lillards version of a poor mans Klay Thompson given some time and continued confidence.

 

[trailblazer18]

I'm about to go into the O.R. to see my son being born right now! It's Showtime!

 

[PDXFonz]

Just found this piece of gold while looking at the Mavs Instagram.

 

[Nhawz]

Then let's talk about how the team is struggling to find their shots and how Stotts is still trying to fit Turner in. Let's look at statistics and base our discussions off of that and what we could possibly do to make the bench unit run smoother. Napier got time tonight, maybe Stotts has seen what we have and will start using him off the bench so CJ can stay at the 2 and Turner can slide to a more natural 3?

Let's not start threads and call THE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER IN THE NBA a "role player. I'm not saying the Blazers are hitting on all cylinders, but we've got a debateably Top 5 player in the NBA balling his brains out right now and a roster that led a majority of the series against one of the greatest teams in NBA history in their first season together.

I'm all in for statistically based debate but it's absurd to come in here after every game so far this year and see you guys screaming to blow it up already. I've been here a long time and a majority of you are much smarter than that.

This.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

interesting fact from a BE writer: "Scoring 42 points on 18 shots will win your team a lot of games. To put those numbers in perspective, the entire starting lineup around Lillard scored 49 points on 41 shots. They scored 1.2 points per shot; he scored 2.3 points per shot."

 

[Boob-No-More]

interesting fact from a BE writer: "Scoring 42 points on 18 shots will win your team a lot of games. To put those numbers in perspective, the entire starting lineup around Lillard scored 49 points on 41 shots. They scored 1.2 points per shot; he scored 2.3 points per shot."

Wait, you're telling me 49 points on 41 shots in a win is bad?

I got blasted by the Westbrook fanboys because I dared to criticize his "historic" performance when he scored 51 on 44 shots.

Apparently, when on guy does it he's an MVP candidate, but when a group of players do it, they suck.

BNM

 

[BBert]

I've gotten little reaction but again....CJ is a natural 6 man to me....a shooter...guy who picks up the scoring off the bench...this is my biggest wish for the current roster...I'd start Crabbe in his place..he's the next Jason Terry or Manu Ginobli....unleash the beast! Let him play with Napier as the pt guard

Not sure CJs ego would dig that too much, despite what he might say publicly.

 

[julius]

One thing I noticed about the game, Wesley looks like a completely different player. Not just the hair and the mobility, he looks like he's a fringe player.

Sad, hopefully it was just one game.

 

[Boob-No-More]

LOL, just got caught up on this thread.

It's a good thing we won so you guys don't have anything to complain about.

Oh wait...

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

One thing I noticed about the game, Wesley looks like a completely different player. Not just the hair and the mobility, he looks like he's a fringe player.

Sad, hopefully it was just one game.

With Bogut and Dirk out, and the fact that everyone else on that roster either sucks, is AARP eligible, or both, they are relying on Wes to do way too much.

He's always been a role player, but now he's a role player coming back from a rupture Achilles's that makes $17 million/year. Cuban fucked himself, with some help from DeAndre Jordan, on that contract. If Jordan wouldn't have reneged on signing with DAL, Wes would only be making something like $12/year.

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

LOL, just got caught up on this thread.

It's a good thing we won so you guys don't have anything to complain about.

Oh wait...

BNM

Seriously man.... with the way people were freaking out while we had the lead....