GAME THREAD: HAWKS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 5TH, 2014 - WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM (PST), CSNNW

[SlyPokerDog]

Is that the Trailblazers PR machine or Batum?

https://twitter.com/TrailBlazersPR

 

[Darkwebs]

Lillard has really been facilitating tonight, racking up the assists. 6 assists in the first half

 

[LuckyShot]

Rebound for Batum at the buzzer? lol

 

[B-Roy]

Up 18 at the half and the crowd is still crickets.

 

[Strenuus]

I guess the one thing we can try to stop is the Korver 3 pt streak... got through a half.

 

[LuckyShot]

Lillard has really been facilitating tonight, racking up the assists

Helps when your teammates hit the open shots you give them.

 

[julius]

Up 18 at the half and the crowd is still crickets.

ESPN doesn't mic the crowds that well.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This post is ass!

I can always rescind the rep points.

(and a few more while I'm at it.)

 

[Strenuus]

Up 18 at the half and the crowd is still crickets.

They are on the wifi trying to figure out who the fuck the Hawks have on their team.

 

[B-Roy]

ESPN doesn't mic the crowds that well.

That is probably the understatement of the year.

Even still, crowd hasn't really gotten into the game.

 

[Strenuus]

I can always rescind the rep points.

(and a few more while I'm at it.)

I... love you.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yeah, my Charlotte/Philly fact went over his head because he takes what atheltes say in interviews as fact. When was the last time an athlete said something truthful in an interview?

I never denied your facts about Charlotte/Philly. I remember that. That has nothing to do with the Lakers. They were confident going into the games against us. They don't care what we did against Philly.

Last interview I heard was Aldridge on ESPN a few minutes ago. I believe everything he said about how hard Lillard works. What do you think? Was he lying. I guess we'll never know.

What sucks about this is that I missed a lot the first half because of this discussion. That's my fault. Enjoy the st of the game. I never attacked anyone personally. I was just conveying two points and no one cared. Fine. So be it.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

@ The Hawks:

 

[blue32]

Great effort tonight. I like the energy. Liking everything but the rusty LA. But as long as the other guys continue like they are, good things will happen.

 

[KingSpeed]

I guess the one thing we can try to stop is the Korver 3 pt streak... got through a half.

Definitely. That would be awesome.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I never attacked anyone personally.

Rep'd for not attacking anyone.

 

[julius]

We beat the Lakers with Ha and Telfair. Even though we had a bad record, we had not checked out. We were Rey confident and won that game. You can't judge a team by their record. Any team can beat any team on any given night in this league. These are the best basketball players in the country.

using your logic, it shouldn't be a surprise that the Blazers won that game. the Lakers had just lost 5 in a row, and the Blazers had just BARELY lost to the Nuggets, in Denver. The Nuggets, winners of 49 games that year and 2nd place in the division.

 

[julius]

That is probably the understatement of the year.

Even still, crowd hasn't really gotten into the game.

I don't doubt that the crowd seems listless, but I think it's more to do with the crowd being mic'd.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

1ST HALF STATS
Paint Pts 16-14 ATL
Bench Pts 16-12 POR
Asts 12-8 POR
Rebs 28-19 POR
3PT 7-2 POR
FTs Made 15-14 POR
Blocks 2-0 POR
Moral Victories 1 LAL/KingSpeed

 

[HailBlazers]

It's the hawks, on a Wednesday night, WTF do you expect? And BTW it's not crickets, it's just not loud.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yeah, IN Portland.

and the Lakers that year weren't 41-18. And playing at home. The Lakers had 34 wins, and Portland had 26 at the time.

Not exactly a 21 game difference there. Nice try though.

Okay. Sure, it different. But our guys hadn't "checked out.". That is why I brought up that comparison.

using your logic, it shouldn't be a surprise that the Blazers won that game. the Lakers had just lost 5 in a row, and the Blazers had just BARELY lost to the Nuggets, in Denver. The Nuggets, winners of 49 games that year and 2nd place in the division.

okay, sure. And?

Sounds like you have something against me and you're just trying to "bring me down.". If that's true, then Go ahead. You win. You're better than me.

 

[julius]

Okay. Sure, it different. But our guys hadn't "checked out.". That is why I brought up that comparison.



okay, sure. And?

Sounds like you have something against me and you're just trying to "bring me down.". If that's true, then Go ahead. You win. You're better than me.

Nice use of the John Canzano approach.

 

[maxiep]

Our effort is much better tonight. Hopefully we keep it up in the second half.

If so, then we learned the right lesson from the L*ker game.

 

[B-Roy]

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6622/mike-scott

This Mike Scott dude had a 30 point game a week ago. What in the....

 

[Natebishop3]

Our effort is much better tonight. Hopefully we keep it up in the second half.

If so, then we learned the right lesson from the L*ker game.

I think our heads got a little too big. The Laker game snapped us out.

 

[Darkwebs]

Holy cow, the Hawks are shooting 25% from the field. Some of that must be our defense.

 

[KingSpeed]

Nice use of the John Canzano approach.

I don't know what you mean.

 

[Strenuus]

I never denied your facts about Charlotte/Philly. I remember that. That has nothing to do with the Lakers. They were confident going into the games against us. They don't care what we did against Philly.

Last interview I heard was Aldridge on ESPN a few minutes ago. I believe everything he said about how hard Lillard works. What do you think? Was he lying. I guess we'll never know.

What sucks about this is that I missed a lot the first half because of this discussion. That's my fault. Enjoy the st of the game. I never attacked anyone personally. I was just conveying two points and no one cared. Fine. So be it.

The charlotte/Philly had direct correlation.

As far as LMA... that's PC comments. We -assume- all pro athletes work hard unless we are told differently. So, he may not be lying, but he's also not being "different"... that's hard to explain.

No one personally insulted anyone. At least, I hope I didn't. If I did, it was definitely not intentional.

If you want to watch the replay, it'll be up on watchespn.com. But yeah, lets enjoy the 2nd half.

 

[LuckyShot]

Holy cow, the Hawks are shooting 25% from the field. Some of that must be our defense.

As much as I'd love to agree with you, I can't. We've let them have quite a few open shots and they are just missing. Supposedly they are a good outside shooting team too.

 

[LuckyShot]

Game's back on guys.