Game Thread GAME# 81: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - APRIL 9, 2018 - MONDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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Of the following teams, which would you want to win the championship?

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DUB said:
Spurs easily, go Patty! If we don't win the Championship, the teams I'd most like to see win it are Utah, then Philly.
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That is correct. I'd maybe add Raptors to the least. These are the teams whose wins I'd actually very much enjoy as long as they did not come at the expense of Blazers.
 
There is a recognition by several on this forum that Blazers are slowing down at the end of games, leading to the losses of several recent close games. I agree. What is needed is improved use of talent and energy to win,

Blazer coaches need to bring the chemistry that is being established with increased use of the bench, as was so noticeably effective in the 2nd half of the Rockets game Mar 5, to get the late game scoring up to achieve the total of 116 points that the Blazers may need to win. The Blazers held the Rockets to only 30 points in the 2nd half after allowing them 66 points in the 1st half! Better offense and defense can bring wins in the next 2 games and the playoffs if the Blazers will efficiently use the talent on the bench, especially when there is evidence of slowing down by the starters. The Blazers can hold on to the 3rd seed if the coaches will look for the hot hand shooters and keep the floor running and defensive intensity up by using available talent rather than the usual rotations.
 
swish3 said:
There is a recognition by several on this forum that Blazers are slowing down at the end of games, leading to the losses of several recent close games. I agree. What is needed is improved use of talent and energy to win,

Blazer coaches need to bring the chemistry that is being established with increased use of the bench, as was so noticeably effective in the 2nd half of the Rockets game Mar 5, to get the late game scoring up to achieve the total of 116 points that the Blazers may need to win. The Blazers held the Rockets to only 30 points in the 2nd half after allowing them 66 points in the 1st half! Better offense and defense can bring wins in the next 2 games and the playoffs if the Blazers will efficiently use the talent on the bench, especially when there is evidence of slowing down by the starters. The Blazers can hold on to the 3rd seed if the coaches will look for the hot hand shooters and keep the floor running and defensive intensity up by using available talent rather than the usual rotations.
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You do realize an integral part of the chemistry has been out in Ed and Mo right?
 
Oh yea! Ed will be back, but perhaps with limited minutes as he rebuilds endurance. But Mo will not be for the Nuggets. The point is to build on what we saw Apr 5 to add scoring and consistent energetic defense to the Blazer effort and win these games.
 
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kjironman1 said:
Manu lit them up. It was on their home court and they are still fighting to make the playoffs. They didn't want to lose that game. Something tells me if the Blazers had Harkless to guard Manu he doesn't have that kind of impact.
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Thank you for finishing my paragraph. Mo is very much missed. Role players are the spine of any team!
 
HCP said:
It evens itself out podcast boy. There have been a handful of games this season we stole that we didn't have any right winning. Sucks we lost those games, but it goes both ways FAMS!
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Like what?
 
Sarni said:
Washington springs to my mind as number one. I still have no idea how they let us win that one.
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That's the only one I can think of. Every other game is a game we should've easily won.
 
BonesJones said:
That's the only one I can think of. Every other game is a game we should've easily won.
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Yeah, That and maybe the Lakers game with the late comeback are the only ones I can think of where we did not actually dominate a game to get the win. Oh and there was one Suns game.

There were many more close games that we lost or simply threw away from a strong winning position.
 
BonesJones said:
Like what?
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There was also a track meet game in Brooklyn that could have gone either way but the Blazers did get it right before that Washington game. There is two wins vs Charlotte that they got. One which was OT. Some would say the win vs the Lakers in December was gifted to them. Chicago OT win on the road obviously could have gone either way. Win vs Spurs in Jan where CJ makes the shot with 6 sec left and LaMarsha misses his jumper to end the game.
Funny thing is during the streak there was really only one game that came down to the wire vs Phoenix.
 
This game is Must Win TV
 
Another team with a good scoring backcourt that we could use Baldwin against. He’s got six fouls. Use them. There’s nobody in their rotation that Connaughton would be better suited to guard than Wade.
 
Scalma said:
Another team with a good scoring backcourt that we could use Baldwin against. He’s got six fouls. Use them. There’s nobody in their rotation that Connaughton would be better suited to guard than Wade.
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While I somewhat agree - 3 fouls in the first 5 minutes of the quarter against the Spurs meant we were in the penalty early.
 
BlazerBeav said:
While I somewhat agree - 3 fouls in the first 5 minutes of the quarter against the Spurs meant we were in the penalty early.
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Refs weren't letting him play. I thought at least two of them were tricky tack. Stotts doesn't really get visibly frustrated and he was hot. But even so, Baldwin immediately caused a turnover and was a +5. I don't really care about that stat, but it does show that he didn't really negatively affect the game. He needs more minutes. A lot more. He's the only guy on our roster that can cause havoc defensively against guards.

And with his Aggressive style of play, he's going to get called for tacky tack fouls, especially as a young player in the league. Eventually he'll garner a reputation, and refs will let him get away with more. But that'll only come with time.
 
TBpup said:
That form is why Ed Davis only shoots inside of 3' unless at the FT line. How is it we have two of the most unorthodox shooting forms in our top-7 players?
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LOL - beat me to it!
 
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