Game Thread Game #66 - BLAZERS VS WIZARDS - MARCH 12, 2022 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

[Chris Craig]

It was also my daughters birthday. My son came out from LA to surprise her and they went to the game! They had a blast.

Yeah, it was on the Jumbotron. I posted that here last night, wishing her a happy birthday. Sounds like she had a good one. Awesome.

 

[THE HCP]

Yeah, it was on the Jumbotron. I posted that here last night, wishing her a happy birthday. Sounds like she had a good one. Awesome.

Thanks for the shoutout brother! Glad you guys had fun!

 

[KSF-ERIC]

No. We aren't going to do stupid things. This isn't Neil olshey anymore.

They never said Nurk was out for the season.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

No. We aren't going to do stupid things. This isn't Neil olshey anymore.

And btw, Neil tanked the end of Dame’s rookie year. 13 straight losses.

 

[wizenheimer]

And btw, Neil tanked the end of Dame’s rookie year. 13 straight losses.

no he didn't.

Portland played their starters in several of those games. Aldridge sprained his ankle, IIRC, and it was a legitimate injury. Batum missed the last half dozen games or so with a bad wrist and I'm pretty sure he had off-season wrist surgery that summer

that was simply not a good team. Dame was a rookie; Hickson was a terrible C; and that was one of the worst benches in NBA history. Also, that 13 game stretch was brutal. 12 of 13 games were against playoff teams, and 10 were against top-4 seeds

 

[Voodoo]

no he didn't.

Portland played their starters in several of those games. Aldridge sprained his ankle, IIRC, and it was a legitimate injury. Batum missed the last half dozen games or so with a bad wrist and I'm pretty sure he had off-season wrist surgery that summer

that was simply not a good team. Dame was a rookie; Hickson was a terrible C; and that was one of the worst benches in NBA history. Also, that 13 game stretch was brutal. 12 of 13 games were against playoff teams, and 10 were against top-4 seeds

Did you look that up? Or do you just remember crazy blazer factoids like that?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

no he didn't.

Portland played their starters in several of those games. Aldridge sprained his ankle, IIRC, and it was a legitimate injury. Batum missed the last half dozen games or so with a bad wrist and I'm pretty sure he had off-season wrist surgery that summer

that was simply not a good team. Dame was a rookie; Hickson was a terrible C; and that was one of the worst benches in NBA history. Also, that 13 game stretch was brutal. 12 of 13 games were against playoff teams, and 10 were against top-4 seeds

Good points. No good excuse for losing all 13 though. That bench was bad, wasn't it? Pavlovic?

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Time for Josh Hart to come down with a case of plantar fasciitis.

Nah, too suspicious. Toenail fasciitis.

 

[wizenheimer]

Did you look that up? Or do you just remember crazy blazer factoids like that?

I kind of remembered Batum's injury and that it was a tough schedule. I definitely remembered how bad that bench was because after Indiana matched Olshey's dumb max offer to Roy Hibbert, he pivoted to cheap-screwing together a terrible bench. I looked up the actual schedule and compared it to the final standings for that season. The worst team Portland played in that stretch had a 41-41 record

Good points. No good excuse for losing all 13 though. That bench was bad, wasn't it? Pavlovic?

yeah, Pavlovich was one. Rookies Meyers and Will Barton; Luke Babbitt & Nolan Smith; Freeland and Claver. Ronnie Price. Best bench player was probably Eric Maynor who was added at the trade deadline

 

[THE HCP]

Did you look that up? Or do you just remember crazy blazer factoids like that?

Not a SINGLE thing in his post was true. All hearsay!

 

[THE HCP]

Good points. No good excuse for losing all 13 though.

Those aren’t “points” bro. Those are FACTS.