Game Thread GAME# 61: BLAZERS @ HAWKS - FEBRUARY 29, 2020 - SATURDAY, 4:30, NBCSNW

[Darkwebs]

Biggie schools Collins with a filthy spin move!

 

[Cugel]

Biggie schools Collins with a filthy spin move!

his best of the season that i have seen

 

[hoopsjock]

Swanigan and Whiteside score easily in their post ups due to a huge size discrepancy.

Do we go back to them at all? No.

What do they do instead? Continue trying to post up Melo who is 2/6 and can't get much separation on his post moves so far tonight.

 

[AldoTrapani]

See what I mean about Simons? Can’t stand him

 

[BlazerBeav]

Simons blows a dunk and lead to an easy three. Story of his season.

 

[Labinot41]

Holy shit that would have been a monster dunk

 

[blazerfan11]

Gary Trent? what are you doing on defense? good grief. waiting under the hoop for a rebound?

 

[hoopsjock]

Simons blows a dunk and lead to an easy three. Story of his season.

I wish he would just try to do that more often instead of not going up strong.

 

[Labinot41]

See what I mean about Simons? Can’t stand him

He's actually good this time, it's melo who is killing us

 

[wizenheimer]

too much one-on-one from Simons so far

 

[blazerfan11]

Holy shit that would have been a monster dunk

Maybe he should just try to make it go through the hoop any way he can.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

his best of the season that i have seen

Biggie has definitely improved since he was here last.

 

[blazerfan11]

too much one-on-one from Simons so far

He makes some good passes when he passes. Otherwise it's just not good.

 

[BlazerBeav]

This season is garbage. Sure doesn’t look like we recognize the urgency.

 

[HailBlazers]

Swanigan and Whiteside score easily in their post ups due to a huge size discrepancy.

Do we go back to them at all? No.

What do they do instead? Continue trying to post up Melo who is 2/6 and can't get much separation on his post moves so far tonight.

You know I'm a big proponent of feeding the big in the post.

Often what happens with Whiteside is he forces less than ideal attacks because his teammates failed to set him up on plays prior that would have been actually ideal.

 

[hoopsjock]

You know I'm a big proponent of feeding the big in the post.

Often what happens with Whiteside is he forces less than ideal attacks because his teammates failed to set him up on plays prior that would have been actually ideal.

Right, why would we want a guy shooting 61.1% on the fucking season forcing attacks?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Whats super annoying is Young and company have figured out that a double team / trap at the top means theirs an open guy and are getting wide open shots. Blazers havent figured that out in years.

 

[BlazerBeav]

At some point you start to think the fact that everyone lights us up from outside just might be because of us.

 

[blazerfan11]

do the blazers know they're playing a poor defensive team?

 

[hoopsjock]

WHAT THE FUCK?

Trae Young is 0-4 from 3 and 2-8 from the field yet Stotts chooses now to throw double teams at him? He's not even willing to do that usually when players are actually killing us.

You literally can't make this shit up. The only possible explanation is that he's trying to tank games, nothing else makes sense.

 

[julius]

See the post right after yours, it might explain it.

Yeah, I guess that explains the rest of the season when he pouts when things don't go his way.

 

[blazerfan11]

Whats super annoying is Young and company have figured out that a double team / trap at the top means theirs an open guy and are getting wide open shots. Blazers havent figured that out in years.

This is not a complicated concept. Weird that a coach who is poor at throwing a double team does so crappy on offense against double teams.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

At some point you start to think the fact that everyone lights us up from outside just might be because of us.

Their gameplan is make anyone but young beat us. Which is something I guess. However all its really accomplished is giving up wide open jump shots. The thing is the Blazers should be able to manufacture those same shots when Teams do it them but they dont...

 

[blazerfan11]

WHAT THE FUCK?

Trae Young is 0-4 from 3 and 2-8 from the field yet Stotts chooses now to throw double teams at him? He's not even willing to do that usually when players are actually killing us.

You literally can't make this shit up. The only possible explanation is that he's trying to tank games, nothing else makes sense.

I had no idea what was going on there.

 

[PDXFonz]

Seems like somebody told Terry that the Rip City Kings are taking exception to his timeout management!

Also what the deuce, it’s the Atlanta Hawks boys...

 

[BlazerBeav]

The worst three point shooting team in the NBA is 10-23 at the half. So dumb.

 

[James lamphear]

We gave up 10 3 point so that never change. They get suck to the middle and then can't get back to the 3 point shooters. Melo doesn't go out to guard the 3 point line so nothing changes either the coaches can't make adjustments or the players either don't understand what the coaches saying or the players plainly totally ignore the coaches. I don't know what it is but they can't make playoffs playing defense like this and maybe it would be good if they don't.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

WHAT THE FUCK?

Trae Young is 0-4 from 3 and 2-8 from the field yet Stotts chooses now to throw double teams at him? He's not even willing to do that usually when players are actually killing us.

You literally can't make this shit up. The only possible explanation is that he's trying to tank games, nothing else makes sense.

I dont know what to make of it. I mean I complain when he doesnt try something new so its kind of hypocritical for me to complain when he does. Whats frustrating is look how good ATL is at making EASY passes to wide open guys. Maybe the Blazers should look at the tape and say oh thats how you beat a trap....

 

[wizenheimer]

blazers 6 assists on 23 baskets; hawks 16 assists on 21 baskets

blazers are 27th in the NBA in opponent 3ptFG% at .374. Giving up .409 so far this game

 

[julius]

At some point you start to think the fact that everyone lights us up from outside just might be because of us.

So I was looking at the team stats....the team is 27th in 3 point defense.

Their opponents shoot better from 3 than they do.

Maybe get a coach who puts any kind of emphasis on defense might help?