Is there no Game Thread???

[chris_in_pdx]

WHAT THE HELL, S2??????

 

[mook]

How do you have a 23 rebound advantage and still lose?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Reggie williams just did the choke symbol.

x

 

[THE HCP]

Is there a game tonight!

 

[craigehlo]

How do you have a 23 rebound advantage and still lose?

Simple. You have a PG that shoots a horrific 4-15.

Miller had 15 dimes and was still a -14 for the game.

 

[e_blazer]

Some ugly turnovers at a critical time didn't help the cause.

 

[Driew]

It was simple--GS scored 100--game. As soon as GS passed 100 I turned the game off. Portland can't win when the opponent scores 100. Sad really.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Is there a game tonight!

I hear it was streaming!

 

[Wheels]

WHAT THE HELL, S2??????

Christmas

 

[craigehlo]

I guess that three previous wins against some pretty weak opponents was just fool's gold like I suspected. This team is still struggling to find an identity.

 

[Wheels]

I guess that three previous wins against some pretty weak opponents was just fool's gold like I suspected. This team is still struggling to find an identity.

That happens a lot at Oracle for this organization.

 

[jlprk]

Simple. You have a PG that shoots a horrific 4-15. Miller had 15 dimes and was still a -14 for the game.

Do you mean efficiency points? Miller had a good game, both per minute and in total. He was 32.5 (ESPN definition) and positive 18 (NBA.com definition).

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailyleaders/_/gameId/301225009

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Rudy was very passive; I don't know if he put the ball on the floor the whole game. Miller and Aldridge looked a little tired; the team as constituted need to play more focused and intense to win games.

 

[KingSpeed]

Rudy did put the ball on the floor and score at the basket. We lost the game because we went cold at the end and while Aldridge is capable of putting up numbers, he's not a legit go to guy at the end of games yet. The old Roy would've won this game for us. The new Roy might've even too. Sucks that there was no game thread today.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Sad game to watch. blazers lost to a 18-5 run by the Warriors by the anouncers. I turned it on with like 3 minutes left and it was just a disappointment to see it end the way it did.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I know it's not the only reason we lost.. but Rudy, Batum and Matthews all missed wide open three's in crunch time.

 

[KingSpeed]

I know it's not the only reason we lost.. but Rudy, Batum and Matthews all missed wide open three's in crunch time.

carbon copy of the end of the Utah game

 

[craigehlo]

Do you mean efficiency points? Miller had a good game, both per minute and in total. He was 32.5 (ESPN definition) and positive 18 (NBA.com definition).

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailyleaders/_/gameId/301225009

Team net points with player in the game. From yahoo box score.

 

[craigehlo]

That happens a lot at Oracle for this organization.

The Blazers are 5-12 on the road this season. Losing at Oracle isn't shocking but this team is terrible away from home, particularly on offense.

Bring on the Andre Miller trade Cho.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Miller played poorly
Aldridge couldn't make anything
Camby injured? He didn't play the second half

I told my father in law that "I bet Nate now force feeds Aldridge like Roy and the offense stands around again" Hey, guess what????? That's exactly what happened

 

[lakeblazer]

We went cold shooting wise and had some bad turnovers but I think Nate did a pretty horrible job on his end of the game with his substitution patterns. He pulled Batum for Matthews and left in Rudy at the 9 and change minute mark and kept him on the bench too long before getting him back in. Nothing surprising for Nate but he does not react quick enough on an opponent's run and takes our guys out when they are playing well.

Bad loss

 

[hasoos]

Do you mean efficiency points? Miller had a good game, both per minute and in total. He was 32.5 (ESPN definition) and positive 18 (NBA.com definition).

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailyleaders/_/gameId/301225009

Which is exactly why those stats don't really mean jack diddly.

 

[hasoos]

Rudy did put the ball on the floor and score at the basket. We lost the game because we went cold at the end and while Aldridge is capable of putting up numbers, he's not a legit go to guy at the end of games yet. The old Roy would've won this game for us. The new Roy might've even too. Sucks that there was no game thread today.

That and Golden State made the same adjustment to Miller that every team does that plays us a few times in a short span. They made him a jump shooter. Everybody always thinks Miller is great until some teams turns him into a jump shooter. Then not so much.

 

[oldguy]

Miller played poorly
Aldridge couldn't make anything
Camby injured? He didn't play the second half

I told my father in law that "I bet Nate now force feeds Aldridge like Roy and the offense stands around again" Hey, guess what?????

That's what I was wondering. In the 4th quarter we were getting beat on the boards with Camby on the bench. My company and I kept wondering aloud, "Why don't they put Marcus in?" We owned the boards for most of the game. If Marcus wasn't too hurt to play, then imo Nate lost this one. Playing small ball with GS plays right into their hands.

Edit: Marcus did play the first 3:30 of the second half, but still not during the time we lost the game.

Go Blazers

 

[Mediocre Man]

That's what I was wondering. In the 4th quarter we were getting beat on the boards with Camby on the bench. My company and I kept wondering aloud, "Why don't they put Marcus in?" We owned the boards for most of the game. If Marcus wasn't too hurt to play, then imo Nate lost this one. Playing small ball with GS plays right into their hands.

Edit: Marcus did play the first 3:30 of the second half, but still not during the time we lost the game.

Go Blazers

If Camby's not hurt, then this loss is more on Nate than it already was.

 

[lakeblazer]

If Camby's not hurt, then this loss is more on Nate than it already was.

Nate please seriously consider Charlotte or NC State for next year.