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Blake better be in the gym early tomorrow shooting free throws. Besides that, holy shit. These guys need to snap out of it.
 
KingSpeed said:
We have only lost to a sub .500 team twice and in both games, Oden played great statistically. Hmmmm
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Roy has scored at least 30 in three straight games, all losses. Hmm.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Sergio's +/- was -15, and you're blaming Blake. Yeah he missed FTs that would have won, but Sergio sucks.
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I didn't say play more Sergio, I said bench Blake. But that's just my postgame anger talking. Nothing is going to make sense on this board for the next hour.
 
Hang some of this loss on Rudy. With Travis out, we really needed him and while, he had a career high 11 rebounds, he shot 2 of 11 from the field.
 
julius said:
I've also seen where his team is 5-17 now (and his Knicks team wasn't exactly winning a lot of games with him either).

I swear, Portland fans are some of the biggest retards in sports after losses (poster in which I'm quoting not withstanding)
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The Knicks were just a mess all the way around, now he is on the Clippers. I think this is his 8th game or so. He is really good offensively, which would be enough to overlook his defense in most cases. He must not be good to be around to always get shopped like he has.

I don't know the guy.
 
The thing is, they put Camby on LMA. If Zach had been on LMA, it might've been a bit more fun tonight.
 
25 games is too early for a rookie wall. How many games in a season in Spain? In college out here, you play around 30 games. Once rookies pass that and are playing more games than they are used to, that is when they hit the rookie wall. Why would Rudy be hitting that wall?
 
alex42083 said:
I didn't say play more Sergio, I said bench Blake. But that's just my postgame anger talking. Nothing is going to make sense on this board for the next hour.
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No you're right though. Rudy plays his best when WHO is running the point? Sergio. That said, Sergio makes a lot of stupid decisions and turns his back on the offense to celebrate everytime he does something good. Tonight Sergio would have been better down the stretch than Blake, of course that's easy to say now that the game is over.
 
This one hurts, bad, I'm about to vomit.

1/5 is the magic number. Ugh.
 
KingSpeed said:
25 games is too early for a rookie wall. How many games in a season in Spain? In college out here, you play around 30 games. Once rookies pass that and are playing more games than they are used to, that is when they hit the rookie wall. Why would Rudy be hitting that wall?
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Shit. Not in a month and a half and tons of back to backs. This has not been a normal NBA schedule; the rookie wall hit a month early for the Blazers.
 
Fez said:
Nate was outcoached, yet again.
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Are you serious? I don't think so. Name one thing that their coach did better than Nate? It's not like Dunleavy was drawing up brilliant plays or making a lot of substitutions that confused us.

Nate wasn't outcoached, he just coached poorly himself.
 
I just thought of something that might explain the horror we are all going through. The team has played what seems like 40 games in 30 days. We haven't had a chance to catch our collective breath either.

Rudy's shot is off because his legs are tired and he has skinny mother fuckin arms. Nuff said.

Oden has swung a bit too much to the careful end on defense, he will try and block shots that might end up a goal tend but seems to be afraid to foul. He will find a nice balance IMO.

I think Blake's facial twitch was acting up tonight.

Roy was awesome, when the second OT started I said please oh please keep doing what ya been doing. Nope, repeat of first over time. LMA with tough running hooks on Camby.

A small forward would be nice, but this team just needs a good point guard. Why oh why couldn't we have rigged the lottery this year too?
 
it's not the # of games overall, i think it's more the schedule and the tough schedule early for the blazers.
 
Just an hour Alex? Jeesh, most of this board will be eating its own babies for the next 3 days. And god forbid they lose to the Kings on Tuesday.

Maybe the team needs to make a trade to shake things up. Utah was 16-16 last year, and finished with like 108 wins or something. And all they added was Ashton Kutcher.
 
I don't think Nate was outcoached, it's just as simple as Blake missing 4 of 5 FTs when he's a 94 percent shooter. The game should've been over an hour ago.
 
julius said:
Just an hour Alex? Jeesh, most of this board will be eating its own babies for the next 3 days. And god forbid they lose to the Kings on Tuesday.

Maybe the team needs to make a trade to shake things up. Utah was 16-16 last year, and finished with like 108 wins or something. And all they added was Ashton Kutcher.
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God, was there ever a more timely 3 day break?
 
julius said:
Just an hour Alex? Jeesh, most of this board will be eating its own babies for the next 3 days. And god forbid they lose to the Kings on Tuesday.

Maybe the team needs to make a trade to shake things up. Utah was 16-16 last year, and finished with like 108 wins or something. And all they added was Ashton Kutcher.
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haha.. well, I'm pretty angry right now and probably will be wanting to throw stuff over the next hour. I should be fine after that, I don't know about everyone else. And I don't really want to a trade. These guys know how to play, they proved they know how to win. It's just frustrating to watch them make stupid mistakes down the stretch, and have it all on us. Oh well... time to find something to throw!
 
alex42083 said:
I don't think Nate was outcoached, it's just as simple as Blake missing 4 of 5 FTs when he's a 94 percent shooter. The game should've been over an hour ago.
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I don't think Nate was outcoached either. I have always diliked Dunleavy, so it might be hard for me to judge.


I thought the officiating was horrible again, not for either team really but it just seemed bad and no I don't have any real examples to give.
 
bodyman5001 said:
I don't think Nate was outcoached either. I have always diliked Dunleavy, so it might be hard for me to judge.


I thought the officiating was horrible again, not for either team really but it just seemed bad and no I don't have any real examples to give.
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Of course Nate wasn't outcoached. They didn't even send doubles at Roy and just let him get his points.

1/5.
 
B-Roy said:
Of course Nate wasn't outcoached. They didn't even send doubles at Roy and just let him get his points.

1/5.
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That was pretty funny. It was like Dunleavy was telling the world that what other coaches have figured out isn't good enough for his team.


I really can't believe Blake missed those free throws. Mostly the fifth one after he had made the first of two. That is usually the hardest one to make.
 
bodyman5001 said:
That was pretty funny. It was like Dunleavy was telling the world that what other coaches have figured out isn't good enough for his team.


I really can't believe Blake missed those free throws. Mostly the fifth one after he had made the first of two. That is usually the hardest one to make.
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4 free throws from one of the best FT shooters in the league. Awesome! Game over! NOT.

1/5.
 
bodyman5001 said:
That was pretty funny. It was like Dunleavy was telling the world that what other coaches have figured out isn't good enough for his team.


I really can't believe Blake missed those free throws. Mostly the fifth one after he had made the first of two. That is usually the hardest one to make.
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One of the biggest gags I've seen in Blazer history. At least the 2000 WCF melt down was a team effort. Blake doesn't need to shoot more FT in the gym. He could show up tomorrow and go 98/100 in practice. You just can't replicate pressure in practice.

G-A-G
 
I'm done with Blake as a starter after this choke job. Unbelievable.
 
craigehlo said:
I'm done with Blake as a starter after this choke job. Unbelievable.
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I'm not. He should still definitely start. He knows this team the best and is the veteran.

I am extremely pissed and bitter though.

1/5.
 
Blake was +2. Highest of any other player, but only one other player on the Blazers had a + and that was Roy at +1. Zach had +17.
 
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