GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ ROCKETS - DECEMBER 22, 2014 - MONDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), KGW

[rasheedfan2005]

Victor hammered it down!

 

[Strenuus]

There's no need to refute anything. He has every right to be frustrated with his role.

So he hasn't been a 'good soldier' by barretts' words. he's frustrated. when you hear the term 'good soldier' in this context, it means he doesn't complain, get frustrated, etc.

he DOES have every right to be frustrated... so i'm more laughing at barrett trying to sell it than victor actually being frustrated, if that makes sense.

 

[riverman]

Vic had 2pts and 2 boards in 2 minutes.

 

[Strenuus]

This loss ain't so bad if Memphis loses, which they look like they are doing now

We beat houston when it counted. and full strength. this was a 'throw away' game if there ever was one.

 

[magnifier661]

We beat houston when it counted. and full strength. this was a 'throw away' game if there ever was one.

Well that and we still have the lead

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This one doesn't sting.

LMA, the Houston reaper of souls, was out.

Lopez was out.

Batum's heart is missing.

 

[EGame]

just beat OKC. I don't know if Aldridge will play tomorrow, but if he does he will need to carry the load.

 

[PCmor7]

Houston was playing starters deep into the game. They won their championship tonight. It's the only one they are going to win. Not a strong-minded team and one with awful karma to boot. I've lost sleep over games. I am not losing sleep over losing this one. Looked to me like the Blazers are in their heads. Even in losing we won.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I figure, if we lose by less than LA's season point average, we kind of win.

 

[riverman]

Get the next one! Go Blazers!

 

[Superbeard]

Whelp. Gotta hand it to SuperBeard, his group played FAR better defense than our team. And here we all thought they didn't. Ouch >.<

You guys have a hurt frontcourt tonight, Rockets were on a 2 game losing streak and needed this a lot more. Dropping a home game against a team missing key players would have been bad. As I always say even here, just one game. I doubt many Rocket fans make much of it but it's always nice to get a W over a great team and a team above you in the standings. Shame about the injuries though, Rocket fans go through the injury bug every year.

Houston was playing starters deep into the game. They won their championship tonight. It's the only one they are going to win. Not a strong-minded team and one with awful karma to boot. I've lost sleep over games. I am not losing sleep over losing this one. Looked to me like the Blazers are in their heads. Even in losing we won.

Well....McHale over plays his starters every single night. Rockets have a few guys that have been to finals, won championships (Both Harden and Dwight been to the finals) so I really doubt they think this was a championship game...Even if the Rockets were playing for "Revenge" playing for Revenge got the Spurs a ring. They were pretty open that they wanted to specifically rematch with the Heat just so that they could beat that specific team. Any ways, i'm out. Not here to brag and boast. I know we'll be seeing you guys again and again hope both teams are healthy.

 

[julius]

Vic had 2pts and 2 boards in 2 minutes.

Those are insane per 36's!

 

[illmatic99]

As one of Nic's biggest supporters, it hurts to call him out, but his play right now is fucking pathetic. Doing nothing on either end of the floor. If he disgraces Pippen's name by comparing himself to the legend again, I'm gonna ecome a hater

 

[illmatic99]

Vic at least plays hard. Nic coasts

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Is anybody watching Talking Ball? This Fentress guy they have on is such a douche. He's ACTUALLY defending Hardin's play tonight among other things.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Huh... Meyers was a +8 on the night, the highest +/- of any Blazer.

 

[magnifier661]

just beat OKC. I don't know if Aldridge will play tomorrow, but if he does he will need to carry the load.

We need Aldridge. This is one of those games where we need our MVP

 

[PCmor7]

One game in 82, minus two frontcourt starters on the home floor of a good opponent who measures themselves by us. Like I said, not worried. Our team measures itself now by the playoffs. So long as our guys are ready to go come playoff time, I'll sacrifice a game or two now.

 

[Strenuus]

Huh... Meyers was a +8 on the night, the highest +/- of any Blazer.

He actually played well tonight.

There was a moment right before it went to break where Kaman was giving Beibs some instruction on how to guard Howard.. the next possession Beibs did just that. Howard Scored, but it's good to see Beibs learning on the job.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He actually played well tonight.

There was a moment right before it went to break where Kaman was giving Beibs some instruction on how to guard Howard.. the next possession Beibs did just that. Howard Scored, but it's good to see Beibs learning on the job.

I saw exactly that, too. Kaman was really into giving him instructions too, and Beibs did a really good job making Howard move away from the basket; yeah he hooked it in, but he was farther away than when he got the ball on the low block.

Meyers's release is slower than Saha Pavlovic's though, and I didn't think that was possible.

 

[riverman]

He actually played well tonight.

There was a moment right before it went to break where Kaman was giving Beibs some instruction on how to guard Howard.. the next possession Beibs did just that. Howard Scored, but it's good to see Beibs learning on the job.

Meyers had a bad game not long ago but other games where he's gotten some extended minutes, he's played OK.

 

[magnifier661]

That was one of the most pathetic reffing job I'd ever seen. They looked at the replays for several minutes and still didn't see how Wes' arm was almost broken by that dirty play? And wtf did Wes do to deserve that flagrant? A monkey would have done a better job than those fucks.

Yep. And ignoring the traveling calls, offensive fouls and calling anything that breaths on Houston.

Here's the funny thing. The fouls weren't being called and we ran up on Houston. Then they were calling everything and allowed Houston to do whatever the fuck they wanted on us. We go down 10 in the second. Then they allow the game to be played and we come back.

Uh oh says the officiating crew, we better call it right again. Then Houston goes up 20. In the third, we cut it to 14, when the refs were allowing us to play. Time out, refs huddle, then ticky tac fouls and we are down by 20 again

 

[magnifier661]

Lmao my tweet on TV again!

 

[BrianFromWA]

BTW, the ESPN Player of the Game for us was CJ with 17/3/3/3/1

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400578703

 

[BlazerCaravan]

BTW, the ESPN Player of the Game for us was CJ with 17/3/3/3/1

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400578703

Wow that's pretty dang good.

 

[MickZagger]

I didn't get to see the game. Why no Aldridge?

 

[Natebishop3]

I didn't get to see the game. Why no Aldridge?

chest infection or some shit.

 

[MickZagger]

chest infection or some shit.

Was Stotts pulling a Pops and resting Aldridge for tomorrow's game against OKC?

 

[MickZagger]

After the OKC game we have a pretty easy stretch of games coming up, with a lot of them at home.