Game Thread GAME# 62: BLAZERS @ RAPTORS - MARCH 1, 2019 - FRIDAY, 5:00 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

[chris_in_pdx]

Remember to leave Meyer's wife and Zach's girlfriend out of the voting process for who is hotter.

I ran into Meyers and his wife heading to the Bahamas at the Atlanta airport. Apparently the Players Union runs a bunch of workouts/seminars/meetings there during the ASG break.... to give non-ASG involved players both some fun time in the sun and some constructive time to better themselves from business and personal standpoints. Anyway, I have first-hand evidence that, yes, Meyers' wife is hot as hell, and very nice. Actually both of them were.

 

[Veletin123]

No, this monster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdoğan

for most of his people He's not a dictator , but where here to to discuss sport , not politicks

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Imagine we gel even more and Kanter becomes such a focal point of our bench and meet the Raptors in the finals.

A lot of ifs, of course, but makes you think of how shitty his situation is and how ours could be in the small chance that that would happen.

 

[THE HCP]

Beautiful, chilly ass night here in Toronto...... home to one of my favorite basketball courts I've ever visited.

 

[Eastoff]

for most of his people He's not a dictator , but where here to to discuss sport , not politicks

Okay, let's not discuss politics. =]

 

[joeBlazers]

Forget Politics. Let's focus on the game. We get to enjoy ML and Zach again. I really missed those two.

 

[DDolla]

Just Win Baby!

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Forget Politics. Let's focus on the game. We get to enjoy ML and Zach again. I really missed those two.

I like that my last memory of Zach is pissing off the warriors. Im not sure I want that to be screwed up, but whatever gets W’s.

 

[THE HCP]

Forget Politics. Let's focus on the game. We get to enjoy ML and Zach again. I really missed those two.

I’d feel the same had we LOST 5 in a row.

 

[Pinwheel1]

At least we know he won't sign with Toronto. As for conference, it's the difference between one game in TOR and 2-3 games in TOR... so not a huge deal per se, unless you face TOR in the playoffs.

That's my point right there. Much bigger odds of facing Toronto next year in the playoffs if you are on a good team in the east, as opposed to the finals.

 

[LayneStaley]

Sole possession of 3rd and 3.5 back of 2nd and 4 out of 1st...I’m calling 40 by Dame in a win.

 

[borim69]

The only reason ESPSM is showing 2 Blazer games is because we are playing Toronto and Boston. When Portland beat Boston all the commentary was how poorly Boston was playing. In the 10 minute commentary on the Boston game about Portland was at the very beginning when they said Boston lost to Portland last night after that not 1 single word they did not even mention any name on the Blazers. So no they are not giving us any love we just happen to be playing 2 teams in the east that they want to televise.

 

[BonesJones]

The only reason ESPSM is showing 2 Blazer games is because we are playing Toronto and Boston. When Portland beat Boston all the commentary was how poorly Boston was playing. In the 10 minute commentary on the Boston game about Portland was at the very beginning when they said Boston lost to Portland last night after that not 1 single word they did not even mention any name on the Blazers. So no they are not giving us any love we just happen to be playing 2 teams in the east that they want to televise.

What? Shannon Sharpe said were better than the Celtics. Kenny Smith said we have a chance at making the Finals. Not the attention that OKC, Houston, or other teams would get but still better than we normally do.

If we beat Toronto tomorrow I think we'll get a lot of attention.

 

[crandc]

Wish there was some way for the Canadian government to extend protection to Kanter. Wish he could become a citizen by 2020.

As of right now Denver and GSW are tied and Blazers and OKC are tied. Three of the four top teams in one division makes for interesting stretch run.

Blazers will win, they will be pissed off about Kanter and take it out on Raps.

 

[BonesJones]

If we can win this game there's no reason why we shouldn't go 7-0 on this road trip. How amazing would that be? All this talk about how hard this road trip will be and how it could set us back for the rest of the season then we come out and absolutely crush it. Starts with this game though. Would be nice to sweep Philadelphia, Boston, and Toronto.

 

[andalusian]

I think this one is an L - but I would be delighted to see the Blazers win it - but the Blazers are without Kanter so we are getting the questionable scoring from the bench - it is either great or non-existent, and the Raptors are very good.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Wish there was some way for the Canadian government to extend protection to Kanter. Wish he could become a citizen by 2020.

As of right now Denver and GSW are tied and Blazers and OKC are tied. Three of the four top teams in one division makes for interesting stretch run.

Blazers will win, they will be pissed off about Kanter and take it out on Raps.

Yeah the NW division is the best division in the league. 3 of the top 4, and 4 of the top 6 in the west.......and 4 of the top 11 in the whole league are from that division.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think this one is an L - but I would be delighted to see the Blazers win it - but the Blazers are without Kanter so we are getting the questionable scoring from the bench - it is either great or non-existent, and the Raptors are very good.

One way to win on the road against top team is to stay close until the 4th and hope someone gets hot. Lull them into a false sense of security and then hope to get hot late enough where there is not enough time for the home team to regroup. That is what I am hoping for.

 

[Nannerbee]

I’ll be cheering loudly for our guys a few rows behind their bench! I want a better performance than last year here and hopefully another win. Keep this streak alive! Go Blazers!!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

what happens when we play them in the finals?

no Enes?

I think that by then he could get some assurance from the Canadian government that they would not honor the red notice. But I know it's hard to fully trust any government.

 

[tlongII]

What? Shannon Sharpe said were better than the Celtics. Kenny Smith said we have a chance at making the Finals. Not the attention that OKC, Houston, or other teams would get but still better than we normally do.

If we beat Toronto tomorrow I think we'll get a lot of attention.

I thought we play Toronto tonight?

 

[BonesJones]

I thought we play Toronto tonight?

I haven't fallen asleep yet.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I haven't fallen asleep yet.

Bones is living on Hanoi time...

 

[James lamphear]

I think this one is an L - but I would be delighted to see the Blazers win it - but the Blazers are without Kanter so we are getting the questionable scoring from the bench - it is either great or non-existent, and the Raptors are very good.

Last game we had only 13 points from the bench and that's questionable scoring. But for us to win tonight the bench has to give us at least 30 tonight.

 

[BBert]

Wish there was some way for the Canadian government to extend protection to Kanter. Wish he could become a citizen by 2020.

As of right now Denver and GSW are tied and Blazers and OKC are tied. Three of the four top teams in one division makes for interesting stretch run.

Blazers will win, they will be pissed off about Kanter and take it out on Raps.

I think Kanter could probably buy Canadian citizenship more quickly. Problem solved.

 

[B-Roy]

Nurk has never played a good game against Marc Gasol so I'm a bit worried.

 

[Orion Bailey]

If we win this game we have to catapult into the top four of the power rankings.


Shit.

I mean WHEN we win this game we BETTER catapult into the top 4 of the power rankings!!!!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Nurk has never played a good game against Marc Gasol so I'm a bit worried.

But will Nurk match up with Gasol, or will he primarily play against Ibaka?

 

[B-Roy]

But will Nurk match up with Gasol, or will he primarily play against Ibaka?

Depends on who they start. He started two games ago but not last game.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Depends on who they start. He started two games ago but not last game.

He's only started one game of the 6 he's played with them, and that one game is the one Kawhi didn't play, which would likely be why he started--to add offense to the starting lineup in the absence of their top scorer. It seems extremely unlikely to me that Gasol would start tonight...but sure, anything's possible.