Nick Collison: Blazers "play like adults"

[KingSpeed]

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=290413022

 

[mgb]

The quote of the night belonged to Blazers' reserve forward Channing Frye: "We've got a lot of talent on this team so any time somebody goes down we've got some stuff in the fridge ready to put in the microwave and heat up really quick."

 

[hasoos]

Collison is one guy I wouldn't mind having as the backup PF here.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Collison is one guy I wouldn't mind having as the backup PF here.

Yeah, he's a pretty hard-nosed dude, you kind of wonder if he'd be somewhat wasted as a 12-15 minutes per game kind of guy though.

 

[alex42083]

Here's the OKC paper game recap:

http://newsok.com/portland-blazes-p...article/3361369?custom_click=lead_story_title

PORTLAND, Ore. — The comparisons to the Portland Trail Blazers remain a constant for the Thunder. But the Blazers used Monday’s game at the Rose Garden to prove once again that Oklahoma City has a long way to go before coming anywhere close to resembling the talented young squad that resides in the Great Northwest.

Portland led the Thunder by as many as 35 points, and the final horn in the 113-83 thrashing proved to be the only thing that could stop the Blazers.

Portland shot 51.1 percent and had five players score in double digits, led by forward Travis Outlaw’s game-high 21 points. Brandon Roy scored 20 points and Greg Oden scored 16 with nine rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.

“We’re just not mature enough yet to beat a team like that at home,” said Nick Collison, who returned from a two-game absence caused by a thigh injury. “They play like adults and we don’t play like that sometimes. We don’t share the ball and we try to force things. Defensively, we were bad too.

“We have potential to be good. But there’s a huge difference between having potential to be a playoff team and actually being a playoff team.”

 

[Nate Dogg]

Blazers are unselfish young adults who don't hog the ball. Team chemistry on and off the court are what the blazers have and what other NBA analysis seem to miss.

 

[BasX]

I miss Nick