Game Thread GAME# 81: TIMBERWOLVES @ BLAZERS - APRIL 9, 2016 - SATURDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), CSNNW

[Jade Falcon]

Seems like maybe I was right; this is quite the rude post!

Perhaps, but it was well-deserved on your part.

 

[LuckyShot]

FTM-A
Us - 16-18
Them -19-25

Steals
Us - 2
Them -8

Blocks
Us - 4
Them - 7

Turnovers
Us - 17
Them -11

As much as the refs let Minny back into the game in the second quarter, we then let it get to us, and didn't play well after. This one is on us.

Regarding turnovers and blocks, refs had an effect on those. We turn the ball over getting manhandled in the paint, refs don't call anything, and they get a steal. Happened a few times. We get a clean block, but instead get called for a foul and they get FTs. This also happened at least 3 times that I saw. That 2nd quarter was particularly awful.

Minnesota hit a ton of tough shots, and congrats to them for that. That should have kept them close tonight. The difference was the FTs. Instead of hitting tough shots to keep the lead, they're hitting tough shots to stay in shouting distance.

 

[B-Roy]

3.5 seconds.

I'm going to count the number of last second plays we've blown this year.

Brewer

Randolph

Redick

Towns

Am I missing anything?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

We had an eight game home win streak.

 

[Sinobas]

warriors lost to the t-wolves, are they not playoff ready too?

I mean really does it matter? I don't think anyone other than kingspeed realistically expected us to get out of the first round anyway.

I'm not talking about the Warriors, I"m talking about the Blazers. And why would you even ask if it matters? What a stupid question.

 

[Draco]

That was a fine call. What was stupid was waiting 8 seconds to foul afterwards. Wasted the whole point of getting a quick two to EXTEND the game. Terry blew this one

Do you think Terry told CJ to wait 8 seconds to foul?

Terry made mistakes but every mistake isn't his fault.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Perhaps, but it was well-deserved on your part.

Why? Derisive snorts at one's father sounds pretty rude to me. I honestly didn't think I was going HAM on you. Is this like sensitive subject?

 

[oldmangrouch]

I love Stotts but man we suck at making quick defensive adjustments.

Amen. I have been praising Stotts frequently, but his inflexibility on defense is beginning to gnaw at my confidence.

 

[illmatic99]

3.5 seconds.

I'm going to count the number of last second plays we've blown this year.

Brewer

Randolph

Redick

Towns

Am I missing anything?

Nowitzki

If our season depended on defending for 10 seconds, we lose the game nearly every time. Crunch time defense has to be near the bottom of the league

 

[LuckyShot]

Also. We need a big man.

We really need a big man.

I think we're weak up front. We probably need a big man...

Closest thing we have to real C is Kaman. Plumlee and Davis are PFs.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm not talking about the Warriors, I"m talking about the Blazers. And why would you even ask if it matters? What a stupid question.

The implication is that the wolves are beating teams right now, playing really good ball. Why is losing to the Wolves an important indictment on us but not the Warriors?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

This is the game where you miss having Meyers imho.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The implication is that the wolves are beating teams right now, playing really good ball. Why is losing to the Wolves an important indictment on us but not the Warriors?

Because Curry *jizzes*

 

[Jade Falcon]

Why? Derisive snorts at one's father sounds pretty rude to me. I honestly didn't think I was going HAM on you. Is this like sensitive subject?

It's assuming you think a snort at someone is rude. When it's towards someone who you don't know as placing it on being a rude SON, then it becomes personal.

Do I REALLY need to explain to you why your post was rude? Really?

 

[H.C.]

Do you think Terry told CJ to wait 8 seconds to foul?

Terry made mistakes but every mistake isn't his fault.

Hey, we don't give CJ criticizm on this forum. It's blame Lillard or blame Stotts.
But you DO NOT blame CJ on these forums. The Lillard haters will get you...

 

[jlprk]

This "playoff team" should be a "lottery team." Enjoy the 4 playoff games, because the price we pay to watch those losses is one development year for our next 1st-round pick.

 

[B-Roy]

Nowitzki

If our season depended on defending for 10 seconds, we lose the game nearly every time. Crunch time defense has to be near the bottom of the league

Yeah there's another.

Feels like we've blown more.

 

[Cippy91]

I'm all for different opinions and criticizing. Saying lillards shot selection is bad, okay cool. But when tunchi is constantly on here blatantly talking crazy shit almost like he's trying to get a rise out of people, it's not fun. Dudes like him shouldn't be on this forum. Every time I see a tunchi post I cringe and it legitimately pisses me off. The immature child trying to poke and poke. Well good job buddy, you did it. There's a difference between constructive criticism and whatever the fuck tunchi is doing, call it hating or whatever. Dude has nothing good to say when Blazers perform well, he's only talking when we play terrible or when Damian is playing bad. Shits annoying. And yeah, you can point me towards the mute button but if I got a mute somebody on this forum, what does that say about it? I'm just here as a fan to talk Blazers, why do I gotta mute somebody? It's reached a level of ridiculousness. Long ago actually but moda won't do anything about it for whatever reason

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It's assuming you think a snort at someone is rude. When it's towards someone who you don't know as placing it on being a rude SON, then it becomes personal.

Do I REALLY need to explain to you why your post was rude? Really?

Yeah, apparently. I'm sorry.

 

[LuckyShot]

This is the game where you miss having Meyers imho.

I don't think that statement can ever really be true, because you can never count on Meyers. When he does go off or play like his head isn't completely wedged up his ass, it's completely random. And he often only plays well for about 3 minutes before going back to normal for long stretches.

 

[Stevenson]

That was a fine call. What was stupid was waiting 8 seconds to foul afterwards. Wasted the whole point of getting a quick two to EXTEND the game. Terry blew this one

Taking a quick two with less than 24 seconds left means you will HAVE to foul. That then means you get the ball back and in all likelihood still have to shoot a three, only with less time now. It's never a smart move.

 

[B-Roy]

Closest thing we have to real C is Kaman. Plumlee and Davis are PFs.

Leonard

 

[LuckyShot]

I'm all for different opinions and criticizing. Saying lillards shot selection is bad, okay cool. But when tunchi is constantly on here blatantly talking crazy shit almost like he's trying to get a rise out of people, it's not fun. Dudes like him shouldn't be on this forum. Every time I see a tunchi post I cringe and it legitimately pisses me off. The immature child trying to poke and poke. Well good job buddy, you did it. There's a difference between constructive criticism and whatever the fuck tunchi is doing, call it hating or whatever. Dude has nothing good to say when Blazers perform well, he's only talking when we play terrible or when Damian is playing bad. Shits annoying. And yeah, you can point me towards the mute button but if I got a mute somebody on this forum, what does that say about it? I'm just here as a fan to talk Blazers, why do I gotta mute somebody? It's reached a level of ridiculousness. Long ago actually but moda won't do anything about it for whatever reason

He's an obvious troll. Best thing to do is not feed him so he'll run along and try somewhere else. I'm kind of curious where the threshold is for being an obvious troll before you get banned, but that's about all his posts do for me.

 

[Draco]

3.5 seconds.

I'm going to count the number of last second plays we've blown this year.

Brewer

Randolph

Redick

Towns

Am I missing anything?

Brewer was fine; one legged heave. This one tonight was real bad though.

 

[LuckyShot]

Leonard

Please.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I don't think that statement can ever really be true, because you can never count on Meyers. When he does go off or play like his head isn't completely wedged up his ass, it's completely random. And he often only plays well for about 3 minutes before going back to normal for long stretches.

True but I think he is our best player to stick on low post players like KAT/Cousins

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm all for different opinions and criticizing. Saying lillards shot selection is bad, okay cool. But when tunchi is constantly on here blatantly talking crazy shit almost like he's trying to get a rise out of people, it's not fun. Dudes like him shouldn't be on this forum. Every time I see a tunchi post I cringe and it legitimately pisses me off. The immature child trying to poke and poke. Well good job buddy, you did it. There's a difference between constructive criticism and whatever the fuck tunchi is doing, call it hating or whatever. Dude has nothing good to say when Blazers perform well, he's only talking when we play terrible or when Damian is playing bad. Shits annoying. And yeah, you can point me towards the mute button but if I got a mute somebody on this forum, what does that say about it? I'm just here as a fan to talk Blazers, why do I gotta mute somebody? It's reached a level of ridiculousness. Long ago actually but moda won't do anything about it for whatever reason

It says the forum has a lot of folks and some of them are more annoying than others. Not everyone gets along for various reasons. The mute button is your friend. I'm sure there are dozens of folks ignoring me but that's life.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Yeah, apparently. I'm sorry.

Apology accepted, thank you. I'm sorry for the insult too.

I'm out. Gotta go take out my anger on someone on YouTube, then go catch up on GOT. Hopefully, someone gets cleaved in half; that will make my day.

 

[Cippy91]

Joel pryzbilla could of defended that...

 

[Stevenson]

Because the opponent often misses a freethrow?

That's basketball 101. Sorry you don't understand it.

That is so incorrect. How often do you see someone miss a freethrow and then the other team comes back to hit a contested shot and win? NEVER. Every team does it yet it NEVER works. The foul + pray strategy is a loser. This is basketball 201. Sorry you think this is high school still. These are the top 500 players on the planet.