GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ KINGS - JANUARY 7TH, 2014, TUESDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

[Darkwebs]

WHEN: 7:00 PM, TUESDAY, 1/7/13​

WHERE: Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA ​

TV BROADCAST:

RADIO BROADCAST:

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S T A R T E R S

PG

DAMIAN LILLARD VS ISAIAH THOMAS

SG

WES MATTHEWS VS BEN MCLEMORE

SF

NIC BATUM VS RUDY GAY

PF

LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE VS JASON THOMPSON

C

ROBIN LOPEZ VS DEMARCUS COUSINS



BENCH ROTATION

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

WILLIAMS , MCCOLLUM , WRIGHT , FREELAND , LEONARD

SACRAMENTO KINGS

FREDETTE , THORNTON , ACY , OUTLAW , WILLIAMS , GRAY


INJURIES
KINGS
CARL LANDRY (torn hip flexor)


HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TERRY STOTTS--- MIKE MALONE



BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

• Tuesday marks the third of four matchups between Portland and Sacramento. The two teams will matchup again for the final regular season meeting on April 9 in Portland.

• The Trail Blazers are 2-0 against the Kings so far this season, winning 104-91 on Nov. 8 and 96-85 on Nov. 9 in Sacramento earlier this season.

• LaMarcus Aldridge and Robin Lopez both recorded double-doubles in the second matchup against the Kings on Nov. 9. Aldridge had 22 points and 14 rebounds while Lopez had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

• The Trail Blazers outrebounded Sacramento 52-33 on the Nov. 9 matchup and 47-31 on the Nov. 8 matchup. Between the two games, Portland grabbed 35 more rebounds than the Kings.

• Damian Lillard scored a team high 22 points along with grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out seven assists in the first contest against Sacramento on Nov. 8.

• Damian Lillard averaged 16.5 points and 9 assists per game while shooting 13-of-22 (59.0%) from beyond the arc last season against the Kings.

• Sacramento forward Travis Outlaw played six-plus seasons with the Trail Blazers after being selected 23rd overall by Portland in the 2003 NBA Draft.

• Thomas Robinson was originally drafted fifth overall by the Kings in the 2012 NBA Draft. Robinson played in 51 games with the Kings his rookie season, averaging 4.8 points and 4.7 rebounds.

•HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 119-74
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 78-18
AT THE KINGS: Kings lead, 56-41

GO BLAZERS!!!
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[THE HCP]

@NBARUMORS: Nik Vucevic suffers a concussion during the Magic's loss to the Clippers (via @JoshuaBRobbins) http://t.co/FPqNxo6TTF

 

[THE HCP]

Somebody use their wizard nerd powers to put the previous post in the Magic thread.

 

[Blazer4ever]

It looks like u could fit a magnet between Lopez and Cousins' pictures.

 

[Draco]

I think CJ will get action in the regular rotation tonight. He has worked hard on his rehab and sucked it up to go to Idaho which no other player was willing to do. Guys will be happy with a rookie getting a few of their minutes for one game when they know it means so much to him. He really wants to get this monkey off his back, and the team plays a back to back tomorrow. I bet he gets at least 10 minutes.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I think CJ will get action in the regular rotation tonight. He has worked hard on his rehab and sucked it up to go to Idaho which no other player was willing to do. Guys will be happy with a rookie getting a few of their minutes for one game when they know it means so much to him. He really wants to get this monkey off his back, and the team plays a back to back tomorrow. I bet he gets at least 10 minutes.

How do you know that no other player was willing to do it?

 

[Strenuus]

I think CJ will get action in the regular rotation tonight. He has worked hard on his rehab and sucked it up to go to Idaho which no other player was willing to do. Guys will be happy with a rookie getting a few of their minutes for one game when they know it means so much to him. He really wants to get this monkey off his back, and the team plays a back to back tomorrow. I bet he gets at least 10 minutes.

There's a lot of consumption of assumption here!

(Conjunction junction, what's your function?)

 

[LillardKing]

I think CJ will get action in the regular rotation tonight. He has worked hard on his rehab and sucked it up to go to Idaho which no other player was willing to do. Guys will be happy with a rookie getting a few of their minutes for one game when they know it means so much to him. He really wants to get this monkey off his back, and the team plays a back to back tomorrow. I bet he gets at least 10 minutes.

You just made this whole thing up. Go to love the internet.

 

[Strenuus]

Awesome that my class starts right at 7. These 7 o'clock games aren't going to work on Tue/Thur. Change your schedule, Blazers. I'm a big deal.


Serious, though, I will be checking in as much as I can.

 

[BrianFromWA]

we'll keep the fires burning for ya'.

 

[KingSpeed]

CJ in uniform!


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[KingSpeed]

Excited to be here for #thedebut


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[illmatic99]

BTW, CLE just destroyed PHI. CJ Miles hit 10 threes.

Our shooters can't be much worse than they were last game.

 

[KingSpeed]

The team that played Sixers before Cleveland hit 16 of 26.


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[rasheedfan2005]

Batum needs to quit with the soft passes.

 

[Darkwebs]

Nice to see Dame finish at the hoop and-one

 

[Natebishop3]

How the fuck do you punch the ball in like that?

 

[RoyToy]

Anyone see Lillard tell Batum to shoot it?

 

[Natebishop3]

"Hey ref... I thought I could take four steps?"

 

[Natebishop3]

Weaaaaaaaaak

 

[Natebishop3]

Dame needs to quit with the lazy passes. He's really pissing me off.

 

[Darkwebs]

We gotta make sharper passes. Everything's getting picked off

 

[VenomXL]

Here, have some free points.

 

[illmatic99]

Dame is floating passes. Come on man

 

[Sinobas]

Damian has been making some terrible passes over the last few games. This quarter has been the is the worst stretch of passing from a Blazer PG I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

They are all making shit soft passes lately.

 

[Natebishop3]

Dame with 3 turnovers already.

 

[illmatic99]

This quarter has been the is the worst stretch of passing from a Blazer PG I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot.

I usually just ignore your posts, but come on

 

[KingSpeed]

Thunder down big in Utah


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[Darkwebs]

Lopez cleans up. Nice!