Game Thread GAME# 62: BLAZERS @ MAGIC - MARCH 2, 2020 - MONDAY, 4:00, NBCSNW

[DDolla]

This Blazer team is questionable every game

LOL Facts

 

[Shaboid]

Haven't seen Melo make a shot in warm ups yet

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Excited to be at this game tonight. Look for me in the terrace corner 117, row 22.

I hope you have an awesome time.

 

[DDolla]

Excited to be at this game tonight. Look for me in the terrace corner 117, row 22.

Enjoy! It should be over in the 3rd quarter.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Haven't seen Melo make a shot in warm ups yet

saving it for the game!

 

[Wade Garrett]

Haven't seen Melo make a shot in warm ups yet

The problem is you haven't seen Nurk or Dame make one either!

 

[Shaboid]

The problem is you haven't seen Nurk or Dame make one either!

Nurks looking good in his purple suit lol

 

[TBpup]

Nice start!

 

[hoopsjock]

Nice start!

Then we give it all back.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Anfernee hasn't heard about the coronavirus protocol...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Re: the poll. Didn't specify which league's all-star games

 

[TBpup]

17-4 run eliminated that nice start....ooops.

 

[Chris Craig]

What the hell are you doing Stotts. You are suppose to wait till we are down double digits to call a timeout!

 

[James lamphear]

Stotts manage the game like usual to late on timeouts.

 

[James lamphear]

Trent is active tonight 5 points 1 assist 2 rebounds.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I'm glad ORL took a timeout; if I was Stotts I woulda called one a couple minutes ago. asked Whiteside what kind of shots is he taking and Melo what kind of defense he is playing and CJ what kind of offense is he running?

 

[BonesJones]

Hassan - I'm DPOY.
Vucevic - 14pts in 8min.

 

[TBpup]

Hezonja in before Little or Gabriel....SMH.

 

[PDXFonz]

I like what I see, always nice when the shots are falling for us and not them

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

We're only so far ahead cuz ORL can't hit their open shots. (Aren't I in a pissy mood?)

 

[Shaboid]

The Magic's mascot is an abomination

 

[James lamphear]

Good shooting by CJ that Quarter we put up 35 and got 9 assist and held them under 30 so not bad quarter.

 

[Shaboid]

I like picking up full court with the young guys in, but I really don't like playing zone. That is gross

 

[James lamphear]

I don't what it takes for us to challenge people on the 3 point line.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Magic are 4/16 on 2 point shots.

 

[hoopsjock]

I like picking up full court with the young guys in, but I really don't like playing zone. That is gross

A 2-3 zone is partially designed to take away corner 3's yet somehow we often give up wide open corner 3's out of it. I'm baffled how this happens.

 

[James lamphear]

What big right for us is already 12 points off the bench.

 

[BonesJones]

Wenyen, Mario, and Little are all interchangeable defenders and should switch screens amongst each other. Wenyen and Mario understand that, but Little has given up two threes by not being ready to switch screens. Little competes on ball but his off-ball awareness is lacking. Granted, you could say that about the entire team, but...

 

[hoopsjock]

9-18 from 3?

At what point will Stotts learn that maybe he should alter the way they defend teams?

 

[BonesJones]

This defense is ridiculous. Orlando is running screens against interchangeable defenders, yet somehow Portland can't figure out how to deal with it. Just play up and be ready to switch screens. It's not that difficult.