GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ WOLVES - DECEMBER 10, 2014 - WEDNESDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), CSN

[BrianFromWA]

We should have played T-Rob the whole game. LA was not tough tonight, couldn't rebound, but he managed to get in his stupid ass mid range jumpers in. Going 3-14. And people think he's some kind of all-star. We should trade him ASAP before they make a terrible mistake by giving him the max.

someone's giving him the max. Be dumb not to, because his max is way lower than his max would be starting in 2016-17. Whoever signs him will get a semi-deal.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I feel a bit like Champ Kind just took my mother out for a nice steak dinner.

 

[blue9]

Batum makes $11.3m this year fyi. He ought to be fined for coasting.

And despite a 1/6 shooting night being TERRIBLE it's still better to get 5 points on 6 shots, than 10 points on 14 shots.

 

[Sinobas]

LaMarcus has a lower TS% than Roy Hibbert.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Why do the loses always hurt so much more than the wins? Why?!?

 

[blue32]

Well that was a very poor shooting night. How does a team of our calibur let that happen... That's not playoff bball. Luckily this loss doesn't really mean shit aside from forum rage haha.

 

[magnifier661]

Why do the loses always hurt so much more than the wins? Why?!?

I think it was the type of loss that hurts the most. I can live with being beat by a top team. But one of the worst just gotta hurt

 

[MAS RipCity]

Absolutely no excuse to lose to the TImberwolves sans Rubio, Pekovic, Martin, and Williams. We've been playing with fire lately by not putting away teams we should crush and tonight it came back to bite us in the ass. Maybe we'll learn to play clean basketball and play to our level instead of down to our opponents.

I understand we'll have off shooting nights here and there, but we were completely out-hustled and out-worked tonight. Every single time we needed a defensive rebound, we couldn't grab it, because Minnesota got to it first. Our starters' minutes are down from last year and we have a competent bench, so energy shouldn't have been an issue. Just a terrible loss considering how lights out the Western Conference is.

 

[EGame]

Im just done with Batum. He gives the ball to the other team about 10 times a game it seems like. Dude cannot make a shot to save his life either. Rather would just start Crabbe and see what we can do from there.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I think it was the type of loss that hurts the most. I can live with being beat by a top team. But one of the worst just gotta hurt

WRONG!

The correct answer is, wins don't hurt.

Jeez.... it was a trick question.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Not to rub salt in the wound.....

This is the same team that lost to the 76ers.

 

[EGame]

Well that was a very poor shooting night. How does a team of our calibur let that happen... That's not playoff bball. Luckily this loss doesn't really mean shit aside from forum rage haha.

You won't be saying that if OKC comes roaring back to take the division.

 

[noknobs]

Wow that was really, really bad basketball. Hopefully this wakes them the fuck up.

Luckily this loss doesn't really mean shit aside from forum rage haha.

They all could mean something in the west come the end of the year.

 

[Sinobas]

All that matters is getting in in the West, but that is not guaranteed. All that jocking for position and home court advantage is a bunch of shit. In the playoffs it doesn't even matter.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off​

 

[Sinobas]

I can take losing on the road....but can't get over what a god awful team we lost to. They are scum sucking team that was basically without their starting lineup. We got our asses kicked by a bench and a bunch of 3rd stringers on a shitty team.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I can take losing on the road....but can't get over what a god awful team we lost to. They are scum sucking team that was basically without their starting lineup. We got our asses kicked by a bench and a bunch of 3rd stringers on a shitty team.

Ha! Who are you fooling? Fuck this losing shit, you can't take winning.

 

[Sinobas]

Ha! Who are you fooling? Fuck this losing shit, you can't take winning.

The difference tonight is that the rest of the Blazers didn't make up for LA and Batum's suckage.

 

[Sinobas]

The Minnesota Fucking Timberwolves bench.....

 

[MarAzul]

I can take losing on the road....but can't get over what a god awful team we lost to. They are scum sucking team that was basically without their starting lineup. We got our asses kicked by a bench and a bunch of 3rd stringers on a shitty team.

You were wailing last night also.

 

[magnifier661]

WRONG!

The correct answer is, wins don't hurt.

Jeez.... it was a trick question.

Did you see the last game thread?!?! Looks like there were about 5 posters hurting after that win

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You were wailing last night also.

It's what he does.

 

[Sinobas]

You were wailing last night also.

No I was not. I was just pointing out that LA was putting up some bad shots, and everyone else started wailing.

 

[magnifier661]

You were wailing last night also.

That's why I have him on ignore...

 

[Sinobas]

I wrote a poem about this game:

Poop, Poop, Poop
Pee, Pee, Pee
Vagina, Vagina, Vagina.

 

[magnifier661]

The good news... With this loss, our SOS gets better!

 

[Sinobas]

That's why I have him on ignore...

SlyPokerDog is a fuck fuck fuck face!

 

[magnifier661]

Great win tonight!!! GO BLAZERS!!!

 

[MarAzul]

The Blazers played like cellar dwellers tonight. So be it. Lamarcus, Lillard and Batum shooting dismally. So be it. But why doesn't coach play some fresh legs?
Games like this are Leonard games for sure. Hell, the last game I saw him play he got 12 boards. That would have work well tonight. Maybe he could make some shots too,
nobody else was going to get it done. Come on coach, draw a card or two when you got a crappy hand.

 

[Sinobas]

I wish we had Rasheed Wallace, Brian Grant, or Buck Williams back at PF instead of Aldridge.