Game Thread GAME# 67: HEAT @ BLAZERS - MARCH 12, 2018 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), ESPN & NBCSNW

[chris_in_pdx]

If the Blazers lose tonight, it is a definite letdown game, which while disappointing, would be kind of understandable.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

This is a trap game. We need to be extremely careful Monday night. The Heat are wounded and smelling blood. They are in a dog fight in the East as well. We better bring our A Game.

Yeah, my jinx senses are tingling HARD. I have a bad feeling about this game.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Yeah, my jinx senses are tingling HARD. I have a bad feeling about this game.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Heat TV guy on the radio right now, says Bam Adebayo will be starting in Whiteside's place tonight. I'll be very interested to see how he performs against Nurkic.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Looks like a classic Miami center - undersized workhorse. He looks to be a 13pt/10reb/3ast in 36 minutes guy. Shoots FTs well (72%). Doesn't foul a ton. Should be interesting to see him go against Collins and Ed after Nurk sits for 44 minutes.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Should be interesting to see him go against Collins and Ed while Nurk sits the entire 4th quarter.

FTFY

BNM

 

[Jade Falcon]

So no Wade or Whiteside tonight, huh?

We are the luckiest team in basketball right now. But I'll take it. We're not going to win them all....eventually, we ARE going to lose. It's just a matter of when and to whom.

Get that win tonight. GO BLAZERS!

 

[DollaBel]

Heat don’t really have great need to win this game as much as we do, I can see us slipping up if we let our foot off the gas but I’m confident we take every single game seriously now.

 

[riverman]

Bring it on! I expect a solid win tonight!

 

[Pinwheel1]

Heat don’t really have great need to win this game as much as we do, I can see us slipping up if we let our foot off the gas but I’m confident we take every single game seriously now.

I would say the incentive is pretty close to ours. We are in 3rd, 3 games in the loss column from 7/8th.
They are tied in the loss column for 7/8th....but only 3 games from 3rd.

 

[Chris Craig]

So no Wade or Whiteside tonight, huh?

We are the luckiest team in basketball right now. But I'll take it. We're not going to win them all....eventually, we ARE going to lose. It's just a matter of when and to whom.

Get that win tonight. GO BLAZERS!

Shhh

 

[Chris Craig]

Yeah, my jinx senses are tingling HARD. I have a bad feeling about this game.

I have a good feeling

 

[BBert]

I have a good feeling

That's not how reverse jinxes work.



Have a fun game!

 

[Chris Craig]

That's not how reverse jinxes work.



Have a fun game!

Its a reverse reverse reverse jinx

 

[KingSpeed]

Heat don’t really have great need to win this game as much as we do, I can see us slipping up if we let our foot off the gas but I’m confident we take every single game seriously now.

They are still in race for 3 seed but if they lose and Milwaukee wins, they fall to 8th.

 

[KingSpeed]

By the way, on 2K, I lost to Heat by about 45 points.

 

[Chris Craig]

By the way, on 2K, I lost to Heat by about 45 points.

Your fault not the Blazers

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

So no Wade or Whiteside tonight, huh?

We are the luckiest team in basketball right now. But I'll take it. We're not going to win them all....eventually, we ARE going to lose. It's just a matter of when and to whom.

Get that win tonight. GO BLAZERS!

Let's lock up the 3 seed first.

 

[tlongII]

I've got a feeling. A feeling I can't hide...

 

[Chris Craig]

I've got a feeling. A feeling I can't hide...

Did you take a blue pill again?

 

[TBpup]

So we're only good if we never lose again? But lose to Miami and we're just a mediocre team?

Interesting....but not what I said at all.

 

[KingSpeed]

Interesting....but not what I said at all.

I guess I was responding to your feeling that we'll return to a worse level of play and that would include losing to Miami or we could be a juggernaut that never loses? Isn't there a middle ground? A team that wins 50 games as opposed to 56 games? 6 more losses doesn't mean we've returned to being a mediocre team. Clarify what you meant.

 

[Spud147]

Let

Down

Game

Huge win against the defending champs, with a full two days to enjoy/celebrate it, and a lesser team coming in, with LeBron on the agenda later in the week...I've got a bad feeling about this one.

Boo!

 

[kjironman1]

Winning this game would be nice. No letdown.

 

[KingSpeed]

Bucks win. Heat needs a win to stay at 7th.

 

[KingSpeed]

Winning this game would be nice. No letdown.

Winning every game would be nice.

 

[KingSpeed]

CD/Dame interview on ESPN right now.

 

[KingSpeed]

the full interview will be shown on ESPN after our game

 

[KingSpeed]

Jalen Rose says Dame will be Top 5 in MVP voting

 

[Boob-No-More]

They are still in race for 3 seed but if they lose and Milwaukee wins, they fall to 8th.

3-8 is just as tight in the East as it is the West. The only difference is 9 and 10 are in the mix in the West.

BNM