Game Thread GAME# 8: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 1, 2018 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT

[DreamKillah]

Glad I stayed home tonite. I can always change the channel . . . Wish some fool woulda bought my tix though . . .

 

[The Professional Fan]

He’s getting killed too

I know

 

[Sedatedfork]

Are the Pelicans our kryptonite?

 

[TBpup]

Pels on the 2nd of a back-to-back and without 2 starters.

This game gives me no confidence that a Playoff series between these two would be any different than last season.

 

[VenomXL]

Total bailout there. That possession was going nowhere.

 

[julius]

Imagine if CJ wasn't playing like total and absolute garbage.

 

[Rozay]

aminu is such trash this year. when can we be fucking done with him

He’s always been trash. He’d be ok as a bench guy for defense but other than that he’s not good. He’s also an idiot when he always tries to take it coast to coast

The good thing is he’s expiring this year

 

[ripcityboy]

Are the Pelicans our kryptonite?

No we are.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Aminu is not the answer at 4 please put Zach in next to Nurkic, and stop forcing Aminu. The Pelicans are imploying the same strategy of lets leave Aminu open and assume it'll lead to more bad than good for the Blazers and they're still right..

 

[KingSpeed]

We should be pissed at what they did to us I the playoffs and we should be trying to dominate them.... Worst effort of the year so far.

I disagree

 

[Scalma]

Imagine if CJ wasn't playing like total and absolute garbage.

Hater.

 

[BonesJones]

I disagree

About what?

 

[beast blazer]

How many stops have we gotten in this whole game? Feels like about 7.

 

[Sedatedfork]

No we are.

Hahaha

 

[BonesJones]

Hater.

I think the forum might be glitched, you're triple posting...

 

[KingSpeed]

Aminu is not the answer at 4 please put Zach in next to Nurkic, and stop forcing Aminu. The Pelicans are imploying the same strategy of lets leave Aminu open and assume it'll lead to more bad than good for the Blazers and they're still right..

Aminu has 14 & 9. And he wasn’t problem in playoffs. He played great.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Why is it that Dame ALWAYS gets boxed in on the left side of the 3 when doing a high PnR? Has Stotts not figured that out by now?

 

[TBpup]

Imagine if CJ wasn't playing like total and absolute garbage.

I've had to try to imagine that too many times already this season.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I'd have a four hour practice tomorrow. One hour conditioning, one hour passing fundamentals, one hour defense and one hour for the first team bringing the ball up court faster. (if they didn't get it up within certain time, pushups for everyone.)

 

[BonesJones]

Aminu is not the answer at 4 please put Zach in next to Nurkic, and stop forcing Aminu. The Pelicans are imploying the same strategy of lets leave Aminu open and assume it'll lead to more bad than good for the Blazers and they're still right..

What...? Scoring isn't a problem right now. Chief is 5-8 from the field and 2-4 from 3. That definitely isn't the problem.

 

[KingSpeed]

Most of you guys are way too negative. Basketball is fun and we’re winning. That’s why I got season tickets. More positivity here at Moda.

 

[BonesJones]

I'd have a four hour practice tomorrow. One hour conditioning, one hour passing fundamentals, one hour defense and one hour for the first team bringing the ball up court faster. (if they didn't get it up within certain time, pushups for everyone.)

Burning them out in the middle of 5 games in 7 nights isn't the best idea...

 

[Scalma]

The pick and roll defense by the guards tonight is leaving our bigs on an island trying to cover for their bullshit.

 

[beast blazer]

You know the irony of this. Pels are killing us inside and on the boards and olshey implied ed Davis was a reason we lost.

 

[ripcityboy]

BTW I guess that Ken is a financial planner. That's what he does for a living

 

[Jade Falcon]

What...? Scoring isn't a problem right now. Chief is 5-8 from the field and 2-4 from 3. That definitely isn't the problem.

He's getting destroyed on Defense. His offensive numbers are only half of the story, you know that right?

 

[Boise Blazer]

I wonder if the Pels are missing any players tonight ... if only the announcers would mention it.... oh well guess we'll never know.

 

[EGame]

are we allergic to rebounding? Fucking hell

 

[beast blazer]

Lock nurk in a gym and throw basketballs at him till he learns how to not fumble it.

 

[TBpup]

My goodness that is a ticky-tack call.