GAME THREAD: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - 12/7/13, SATURDAY, 7 PM (PST), KGW & NBATV

[Carlito]

No I'm serious that ugly sob has killed the blazers as long as I can remember

 

[julius]

God I hate dirk been killing us since 2003 playoffs. Fuck dallas

this game validates everything you talk about, you should be poppin' wood right now.

 

[Strenuus]

Bullshit to everyone saying "good game" you're supposed to protect your home court, not play like shit, and keep teasing like you're going to win then fuck it up at the end. This was not a good game it FUCKING SUCKED!

The blazers waited to turn up the intensity till the 4th, then it was too late.

Step away from the computer. Going 3-1 on this trip (with Ind and OKC as the first 2) is fine. Holy moly. It's one game. Chill.

 

[riverman]

Crappola! Shout out to some really scrappy last second play to almost put it into overtime but credit Dallas, they won this game. Time to get hungry again after a brief spurt of media blitzing attention for a couple of days. Back to normal and time to start a new win streak!

 

[TheBlueDoggy]

Damian's offense is back, but his defensive failures were glaring tonight. I know Jose has some confusing hesitation moves, but Damian just gave up on them time after time, and kept giving up the baseline. Oh well, there's some good here, some bad. I'm personally all for these kinds of losses, as it should show the coaching staff what it takes to beat us, and ways to adjust when the three isn't falling. Could end up being a good learning experience this early in the season.

 

[Carlito]

I agree with sinobas that's a bad loss. Now they could have tie breaker. U guys act like its late April... Dallas is only 3 and a half back of us not to mention west is stacked

 

[magnifier661]

I think collectively, people are handling it pretty well. I mean, it still stings but every season I watch the playoffs and realize how insignificant a single, or even handful of regular season games are in the grand scheme of things. These guys play 82 games a year to decide seedings, but lose 4 in the post season and it's over. Playoffs are another animal and a loss here or there in the regular season really doesn't mean shit.

Nope... And honestly Dallas deserves the win. They had a really good game plan. Phoenix just were unconscious. They never shoot that well. Dallas played their normal game and out played us. But... If we just shot 5% better from three, we would have won

 

[Strenuus]

I think collectively, people are handling it pretty well. I mean, it still stings but every season I watch the playoffs and realize how insignificant a single, or even handful of regular season games are in the grand scheme of things. These guys play 82 games a year to decide seedings, but lose 4 in the post season and it's over. Playoffs are another animal and a loss here or there in the regular season really doesn't mean shit.

Exactly. We're still #1 in the West with a very nice game to get our confidence back. We're in a really good place. Not worried at all.

 

[Strenuus]

I agree with sinobas that's a bad loss. Now they could have tie breaker. U guys act like its late April... Dallas is only 3 and a half back of us not to mention west is stacked

There's the Mixum.

 

[julius]

The bench and defense was sub-part tonight. Bad thing is, due to contracts, there's not a whole lot that can be done to fix the bench this season.

Dallas wanted it more, EARNED the victory, and deserves credit where credit is due. Portlands defense was poor (how many open layups did they have??) and Dallas fought harder for the loose balls.

It sucks not to gain more ground on the rest of the WC, but realistically, the Blazers aren't going to be keeping the #1 seed for much longer anyways.

Let the Freeze-pocolypse come!

 

[Strenuus]

The media doesn't have as much of a leg to stand on with a buzzer beater than a blow out. A blow out they'd have a field day... buzzer beaters happen to every team once or twice.

 

[B-Roy]

Still, I tend to avoid the board after losses because of *cough* certain people *cough*.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

8 - 16 for Dallas vs 9 - 30 from Portland. That's obscene.

63 points left on the court.

 

[magnifier661]

I agree with sinobas that's a bad loss. Now they could have tie breaker. U guys act like its late April... Dallas is only 3 and a half back of us not to mention west is stacked

I do like how you hid all game and posted after you knew we lost. Lmao!!!

 

[julius]

Still, I tend to avoid the board after losses because of *cough* certain people *cough*.

you think it's bad now, just wait until they lose to Utah (if they do). This place will be ugly.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Dallas bench - 23
Our bench - 15

That's the difference. Period.

Hardly 21 missed 3 is the difference.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

I hope they take it out on Utah Monday and beat them by 42 this time. I'd like to see us get 140 or 150.

Gramps...

 

[Strenuus]

Not a big loss, guys. Buzzer beaters happen. We'll fix it.

 

[HailBlazers]

Both teams played hard. Dallas played harder. They deserved the win.

All in all it should prove to be a good learning experience.

 

[julius]

I hope they take it out on Utah Monday and beat them by 42 this time. I'd like to see us get 140 or 150.

Gramps...

As long as they win the game, I don't care if it's 1 point or 10 points.

 

[Natebishop3]

Hardly 21 missed 3 is the difference.

We are going to have nights where we miss threes. That's part of our offense. We can't have a bench that only puts up 15 points. That's completely unacceptable.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Dirk was unreal when they needed him the most. And here I thought that guy had lost a step.

Heart breaker seeing as how I was certain this was going to OT.

 

[Drttimmy]

Tough loss and emphasizes we still have some work to do on defense. But thrilling game! Visions of Roy with those Lillard timely threes!

 

[Hey]

Could've swept the power rankings as #1 with a win. Guess we'll have to settle for top 3 again...

 

[ripcityboy]

Man. Tough loss. I know we would have beaten them if it had gone to overtime. Well there is always tomorrow.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Man. Tough loss. I know we would have beaten them if it had gone to overtime. Well there is always tomorrow.

True, we can't lose tomorrow

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Man. Tough loss. I know we would have beaten them if it had gone to overtime. Well there is always tomorrow.

I guarantee we won't lose tomorrow.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Dallas had 2 days off to prepare for this game. Portland played the night before. Shit happens.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Michael Holton schooling Dwight Jaynes on Talking Ball. lol Jaynes is a typical homer, giggled after wins and piles on the "I told you so" and "Portland is bad" after a loss.

 

[Natebishop3]

Dallas had 2 days off to prepare for this game. Portland played the night before. Shit happens.

That really didn't matter. Dame was huge, Aldridge still put up solid numbers despite all the defensive pressure they put on him, and switching Calderon onto Nic blew up in their face. All we needed was a few more points from the bench and we would have won this.