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

[BonesJones]

Same call Layman got called for a block on earlier.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Toronto has taken more charges tonight than the Blazers all season, or so it seems

That's what I was thinking

 

[B-Roy]

I feel like if we are actually gonna win this game we need to get hot from 3.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

They're missing shots...this is our chance

 

[andalusian]

Zach is such a smart player

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Yep...I was wrong, I can own it.

 

[BonesJones]

Now imagine if we played Zach in the first half...

 

[BonesJones]

Great pass Zach.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

good pass by zach.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

There we go!!

 

[LuckyShot]

Lowry just fouling the shit out of everyone because he's mad at the refs about something.

 

[DDolla]

Finish Strong... Let’s Go!!!!

 

[TBpup]

Jake in double digits...Blazers on a 17-5 run.

The bench has kept the Blazers in this game.

 

[KingSpeed]

We’re playing our best D of the year here. Raptors have only scored 5 points since mid 3rd when they took 16 point lead.

 

[B-Roy]

If I was Terry, I might actually try to get Nurk in early to build some confidence on Ibaka instead of just matching him up against Gasol.

 

[andalusian]

Now imagine if we played Zach in the first half...

I appreciate that Terry at time gives players time before he gives up on them, but I think in the Meyers vs Zach issue he could have done it earlier

 

[LuckyShot]

We’re playing our best D of the year here. Raptors have only scored 5 points since mid 3rd when they took 16 point lead.

They have helped by bricking several open shots. Especially Ibaka.

 

[Jade Falcon]

"Toronto is frustrated". Oh Kevin, they don't KNOW frustration.

 

[KingSpeed]

I hate this fucking team sometimes. The individual talent is there. You can see it. But Terry doesn't have the ability to harness it. He's a one note coach and that it. They are never on the same page.

Coach of the Month.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

To be fair to Stotts if the gameplan was to play Meyers, it's ok to stick with it, at least he put Zach in the 2nd half when it wasn't working.

 

[BonesJones]

I appreciate that Terry at time gives players time before he gives up on them, but I think in the Meyers vs Zach issue he could have done it earlier

We didn't to play Meyers 19 minutes in the first half though before making a change.

 

[ripcityboy]

He'll get comfortable. People are overreacting to him.

He's got major anxiety problems. I'm not saying he can't find a comfort zone. But that's why we got him in such a good exchange. Olshey had to show everybody he could find value where other's had failed. It's a fucking dumb personality quirk in a league where premium talent is the overusing factor.

 

[BonesJones]

To be fair to Stotts if the gameplan was to play Meyers, it's ok to stick with it, at least he put Zach in the 2nd half when it wasn't working.

Would've been my gameplan too, until after 5-7 minutes.

 

[LuckyShot]

Coach of the Month.

That says more about how that title is awarded than it does about Terry.

 

[BonesJones]

Goddamn it Rodney...

 

[andalusian]

Zach

 

[B-Roy]

KILLING OURSELVES

 

[LuckyShot]

Sigh...

 

[Darkwebs]

Zach got 2 straight stops on Gasol.

 

[TBpup]

Ugh....2 turnovers in a row when you are within 4. Have to execute better.