Game Thread GAME# 9: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 2, 2017 - THURSDAY, 7:30 (PDT), TNT

[Nikolokolus]

One. Started 6-6 and 1-13 since.

What a fucking mirage that first quarter turned out to be.

 

[LuckyShot]

What a fucking mirage that first quarter turned out to be.

This is a microcosm of Terry Stotts as a coach.

 

[The Professional Fan]

No foul? Fuck you

 

[kingslayer]

At least Nurk has shown up tonight.

 

[TBpup]

Maybe should take a step in?

So pulling up from 28' on the break with no one near you isn't the best choice?

 

[LuckyShot]

No answer for Nurk outside of the zebras.

 

[Strenuus]

DAMN NURK.

 

[riverman]

I can't stand black jerseys for home games.....

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

At this rate someone is getting traded/fired this season.

McCollum/Vanterpool

 

[LuckyShot]

Nurk makes everything so much easier for us.

 

[VenomXL]

Great offensive game from Nurk tonight. Like seeing Biggie get this much run.

 

[riverman]

if you're gonna make one...that's a good time CJ!!

 

[Haakzilla]

...Biggie needs more minutes!

 

[LuckyShot]

So pulling up from 28' on the break with no one near you isn't the best choice?

Or jacking it up from the same distance while fading away from a double team with 14 seconds still on the shot clock?

 

[Nikolokolus]

win or lose tonight, this is a broken ass team.

 

[TBpup]

McCollum/Vanterpool

Vanterpool wouldn't get fired....he would like be the interim head coach.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Can you imagine if Nurk wasn't on this team right now? It would be a blow out.

 

[The Professional Fan]

They say, overcome the refs

I say, why the fuck should we have to do so?

 

[B-Roy]

Biggie should get more minutes.

 

[LuckyShot]

Great offensive game from Nurk tonight. Like seeing Biggie get this much run.

Biggie is very limited by his lack of athleticism, but he's got the grit, attitude, and enough BBIQ. If he can learn to get a little more crafty with finishing around the rim like Zack Randolph he could be a very serviceable player.

 

[TBpup]

Can you imagine if Nurk wasn't on this team right now? It would be a blow out.

Basically would be last season when they were within 1/2 game of the #7 Lottery spot at one point.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

I'm not sure it's necessarily "selfishness" so much as just tunnel vision. I think he'd make more passes if he could see them, but all he sees is the defender in front of him 90% of the time.

He'd have to be looking to pass first in order to see them. He doesn't.

 

[TBpup]

Biggie is very limited by his lack of athleticism, but he's got the grit, attitude, and enough BBIQ. If he can learn to get a little more crafty with finishing around the rim like Zack Randolph he could be a very serviceable player.

Very well stated.

 

[Jade Falcon]

They say, overcome the refs

I say, why the fuck should we have to do so?

It's like boxing: knock the guy out, and don't leave it to the judges.

 

[VenomXL]

Why take that foul? Stupid.

 

[LuckyShot]

Nurk just can't help reaching. Dude, they've called it every time whether you've stripped it clean or not.

 

[Nikolokolus]

They say, overcome the refs

I say, why the fuck should we have to do so?

Seriously, blaming the refs tonight deflects the blame from where it really belongs: Terry Stotts -- shitty gameplan defensively, no adjustments, and just not having his team prepared to play.

 

[tester551]

1 assist in the 2nd quarter till that Dame feed. It goes with CJ going to PG with Turner.

This is a big issue. Portland needs a real PG to play with CJ. Napier is too small

 

[TBpup]

Nurkic HAS to stop reaching down low. He picks up so many cheap fouls that way.

 

[Five Second Violation]

I hate this team so much right now.....